Reuters report in Dawn, November 4th, 2020KARACHI: In the quarrel over building a gleaming “new Dubai” on two small islands off the Arabian Sea coast, the voices of the fishermen who have plied these waters for centuries often go unheard. Steering his boat out of the Jamote jetty in the village of Ebrahim Haideri, 25-year-old fisherman Shakil said the islands around which he catches fish, crab and shrimp are now patrolled by armed guards. “We…
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by Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 4, 2020ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Barrister Shahzad Akbar said on Tuesday that the British Home Department had responded to Pakistan’s request for the deportation of Nawaz Sharif. Talking to The News, Barrister Akbar said that he had been told by the home department in London that it was considering Islamabad’s request. He said that nothing had been received from London in writing as yet but he…
report in The News, Nov 4, 2020LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah has said the party supremo Nawaz Sharif is busy with his medical treatment as well as treatment of the ruling elite currently. After completing both these treatments, he would return to the country, he told a press conference here on Tuesday, along with other party leaders. Rana Sana called upon the chief justice of Pakistan to take notice of acquittal…
by Mushtaq Paracha in The News, Nov 4, 2020NOWSHERA: Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak has decided to hold a big public meeting here on November 21, a day before the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) gathering in Peshawar. “Prime Minister Imran Khan will be in Nowshera on November 21 for the ground-breaking of the CPEC City at Rashakai. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to go for a power show in the district the…
report in The News, Nov 4, 2020CHARSADDA: Awami National Party (ANP) provincial president Aimal Wali Khan on Tuesday reiterated the demand seeking the formation of a truth commission and resignation of Interior Minister Ijaz Shah over his controversial statement. Addressing a gathering at Khanmai Union Council here, he said that the statement of the interior minister had ridiculed the sacrifices of the ANP leaders and workers. Aimal Wali said that the ANP leader and workers…
Editorial in Pakistan Today, Nov 4, 2020For Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Information Ministry holds the key to keep the opposition down and complete his tenure. With little success to show, the PTI’s strategy relies on opposition bashing. Besides a fulltime Federal Information Minister, Mr Khan has collected together several spokespersons who meet regularly to take directions from him on how to demolish the opposition. With the PML(N) still enjoying widespread support in Punjab, the…
You would have to look really hard to find a government that is just unable to get the right team together even after spending about two and a half years in office. The latest reshuffling in Punjab is hardly a confidence inspiring exercise. And not many people seem to notice, though it ought to baffle onlookers, that this has become a government where special advisors rejected at the provincial level find positions close to the…
by M Ashfaque Arain in The Nation, Nov 2, 2020The writer served as Pakistan’s Air Adviser at New Delhi from 2002 to 2006, presently working as Director Strategic Stability and Defence at Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies.While warfare is as old as human history and its basic objectives remain unchanged, its methods, means and techniques have continuously transformed with the evolution of technology. In modern times, the unacceptably high cost of men, material and…
REPORT in The Nation, Nov 4, 2020Gilgit – Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur has said that Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal were responsible for delaying the “provisional province” status for Gilgit-Baltistan. Addressing a public gathering in Aliabad Hunza, Gandapur said Hunza will get additional seat before next election. He announced various development projects and administrative divisions for Hunza including Aliabad Tunnel project for irrigation water, stadium, hospital, mineral policy, 4G/3G connectivity…
by Jagaran Chakma in The Daily Star, Nov 4, 2020Bangladesh could sign an agreement with India next month to begin construction of the India Special Economic Zone (ISEZ), where billions of dollars of investment are expected to pour in from the neighbouring country. The deal between the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) and Exim Bank of India may be up for signing during a virtual meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries next…
by Tariq Butt in The News, Nov 4, 2020ISLAMABAD: The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority and its executives, employees and staff have been given indemnity from any suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings by any agency. Section 23 of the CPEC Authority Ordinance tabled in the National Assembly says: “No suit, prosecution or legal proceedings will be carried out against the CPEC Authority, its chairperson, member, executive directors of operations and research, employees, officers,…