By Maqsood Tirmizi in The Nation, Dec 12 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League (N) Wednesday staged a token walkout in the National Assembly over dilly-dally attitude of the government in tabling the draft Accountability Bill in the House. Earlier, the opposition parties jointly staged another walkout over the issue of government’s indifference attitude towards the MPs’ queries about the paddy procurement. Talking on a point of order, Opposition Leader Ch. Nisar Ali Khan said the…
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By Farman Ali in The Dawn, Nov 12 ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The people of Gilgit-Baltistan will go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new legislative assembly that will enjoy more powers under political reforms introduced by the government recently to accord the region more autonomy. More than 250 candidates are in the running for 23 seats. The winners will elect members for nine reserved seats — six for women and three for technocrats.…
The Business Recorder, Nov 12 At long last democracy is knocking at the door of Gilgit-Baltistan. The people of this region announced their accession to Pakistan just 11 weeks after the creation of Pakistan, on October 30, 1947 by physically throwing out the Dogra governor Gansara Singh, but democracy took 62 years to reach here. The problem, that still remains, is that under the Karachi Agreement, their political future is linked with Azad Jammu and…