WASHINGTON: Delay on part of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to announce the successor of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif does not bode well for the institution, said Shuja Nawaz, distinguished fellow at Atlantic Council. Talking to Daily Times, he said the announcement should have been made by now giving ample time to the outgoing chief to start the process of transfer of power to his successor. “Very few people understand the importance of…
Posts published in “Day: November 4, 2016”
A RAPIDLY deteriorating situation has been salvaged — for now. It should not have taken direct intervention by the Supreme Court to defuse a grave crisis and have the PML-N and PTI behave like responsible national political parties once again, but in troubled times all sensible inputs ought to be welcomed. There is further reason to welcome the Supreme Court intervention: a substantive, independent inquiry into the Panama Papers revelations is now imminent, with the…
The Supreme Court decision to take up the Panama case, while being celebrated by PTI members as the second coming of justice, will be only as useful as the investigation preceding the SC verdict on the issue.Any potential evidence being unearthed is a long shot and evidence found may not even be admissible depending on the parameters of the case.There is a lot to be worried about, even after trust has been put in the…
What was promised to be a grand protest against corruption has now had the air squeezed out of it.PTI had been continually proclaiming it would lay siege to the capital on November 2, and had managed to generate sympathy when it came to its position on the Panama Papers leaks, but the protest ran into significant roadblocks.A major one was the size of the crowd, due to what can only be described as intimidation by…
The uptake of the Panama Papers issue by the Supreme Court sitting in Islamabad has broken the political logjam and set out a roadmap for the resolution of the matter once and for all. All stakeholders, but principally the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) led by the PM Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf led by Imran Khan have agreed to abide by the guidance of the Supreme Court. It is now for the parties to…
Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s decision of postponing the November 2 ‘lockdown’ of Islamabad following the the Supreme Court’s decision has been received with mixed feelings from both within PTI as well as other political parties. While most of the opposition leaders have expressed their opinions on the decision in a mature manner, some of them resorted to plain point-scoring. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has termed Imran Khan’s decision as backdoor deal…
It is quite disturbing to note that the government continues to borrow heavily from external sources to keep foreign exchange reserves high amid growing external debt repayments. According to a report, the federal government has taken dollar 1.8 billion in fresh foreign loans including dollar 900 million from commercial banks over the past three months. With the fresh borrowings, total foreign loans obtained during the tenure of the PML(N) government have shot up to dollar…
SHEIKHUPURA -Nine suspected terrorists were shot dead while five others managed to escape in their shootout with a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) team on Wednesday. According to the CTD Punjab Spokesman, the terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda were riding five motor bikes on a road near Kheroki Malian. They were intercepted by the CTD team following a tip-off. In an exchange of fire, the 9 militants were killed while their five accomplices fled from the site after…
MOHMAND AGENCY – A pickup driver was killed in the Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) blast in Koda Khel area of Baizai tehsil at the border area of Mohmand Agency on Wednesday, officials told. Assistant Political Agent Baizai Pir Abdullah Shah said that a pickup, carrying food items, was moving near a security check post in Koda Khel when an IED planted by unidentified miscreants exploded near the check post on kacha tract, due to which…
QUETTA: A Balochistan Levies official was gunned down in the Wadh area of Khuzdar district on Wednesday. According to officials, unidentified armed men opened firing at Alah Baksh and fled the crime scene. Local administration shifted the body to the Civil Hospital where after completing the legal formality they handed over the body to the family. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack till the filing of this report. The concerned authorities are investigating…
CTD sources claimed the alleged terrorists were planning attack on BZU. Sources added that CTD Multan received a tip-off from a source that some terrorists were planning attacks on educational institutions on which quick action was launched. Police recovered four hand grenades from the terrorists. The bomb disposal squad defused the grenades. The arrested terrorists were shifted to undisclosed place for interrogation. Meanwhile, security was beefed up in Multan after the arrest of terrorists.http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Nov-2016/ctd-nabs-four-terrorists-from-multan