by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 3rd, 2020QUETTA: President of the National Party Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that the strategy of resolving the issue of Balochistan by force will never succeed. Speaking to political activists on Sunday, he said: “The issue is political and it should be resolved politically (and) through dialogue.” Dr Baloch, who is also a former chief minister of Balochistan, said the fire which engulfed the province had been started…
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Bureau Report in Dawn, November 3rd, 2020PESHAWAR: Awami National Party threatened here on Monday to march on Islamabad if Federal Minister for Interior retired Brig Ijaz Shah did not tender resignation till November 10.Speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club, ANP provincial spokesperson MPA Samar Haroon Bilour referred to a statement of the interior minister and described him extremely irresponsible minister.“He has no right to remain a minister any longer,” she added.The minister,…
by Mansoor Malik in Dawn, November 3rd, 2020LAHORE: In what appears to be an attempt to improve the ruling party’s image amid growing challenges from opposition parties, the Punjab government on Monday reshuffled the cabinet along with some senior bureaucrats, with former federal government spokesperson Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan being brought in and information minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan being relieved of his additional charge. Dr Awan, who had held the office of Special Assistant to…
report in Express Tribune, Nov 3, 2020ABOTTABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has launched yet another broadside at Prime Minister Imran Khan, calling him a “liar and hypocrite”. “Imran Khan is a liar who is playing politics of corruption and during his two years in power corruption has increased,” Bilawal said while addressing a corner meeting for upcoming election in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Monday. He said that Premier Imran had promised to…
by Baqir Sajjad Syed in Dawn, November 3rd, 2020ISLAMABAD: United States Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday met Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa to discuss ways for pushing the Taliban and the Afghan government to reduce violence and expedite their snail-paced talks in Doha. “Regional security situation, Afghan peace process with particular reference to border management and way forward for lasting peace in Afghanistan were discussed during the meeting,” the Inter-Services…
Report in Dawn, November 3rd, 2020LOWER DIR: A poster purportedly pasted by a proscribed organisation outside a women degree college in Samarbagh here warned the female students to abandon education or face dire consequences. According to the principal of the Government Ghazi Umara Khan Degree College, the poster was allegedly pasted outside the institution’s main entrance on Friday night by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The principal has also sent a letter to the director higher…
Report in The Nation, Nov 03, 2020Lahore – In a major blow to Al-Qaeda, the CTD Punjab and ISI CTW, in a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the limits of Goth Mazari Tehsil Rojhan District Rajanpur, arrested five important members of AQIS (Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent) Network. The CTD, while smashing Al-Qaeda network in Rajhanpur, also recovered suicide jackets, hand grenades, arms and ammunition. The joint team had been gathering intelligence about the network for last…
by Maleeha Lodhi in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020The writer is a former ambassador to the US, UK and UN.SEVERAL aspects of a fast-changing political situation confront the country with the spectre of growing instability and a slew of detrimental consequences. There are at least five features of the fraught political landscape creating uncertainty about the future at a time when both internal and external challenges abound. The interplay between them risks making the situation more…
report in The News, Nov 2, 2020KHAR: Launching a countrywide campaign against price-hike, unemployment, corruption, worsening law and order and injustice, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) head Senator Sirajul Haq on Sunday threatened to march on Peshawar and Islamabad if his party’s demands were not accepted. Speaking at a public rally at the Bajaur Sports Complex here, the JI chief alleged that the ‘selected’ Prime Minister Imran Khan was a big liar who did not honour even one…
report in Daily Times, Nov 2, 2020After the flour and sugar mafia, now the government has become the patron of the land mafia, said Mian Mustafa Rasheed, Provincial General Secretary PML-F, at a press conference along with affectees of Lahore Ravi Urban Project at the Lahore Press Club. After issuance of presidential ordinance on the islands of Sindh overnight to reward the land mafia, now the laws are being changed and preparations are being made…
by Imdad Soomro in The News, Nov 2, 2020KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau has included Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, former CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah, former minister Sharjeel Memon, former chief secretary Rizwan Memon, besides six secretaries of the provincial government in the ‘fake appointments of Information Officers’ case’. According to the official record available with The News, these officers, most of them sons, brothers and close relatives of leaders of Sindh’s…