by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has pinpointed more than Rs1.543 trillion worth of malfeasance and mismanagement of public funds by public sector entities, including the Petroleum Division and its subordinate oil and gas companies, during the fiscal year 2018-19. In an audit report, the AGP noted with serious concern the management weaknesses in the Ministry of Energy — Petroleum Division — as “no mechanism was in…
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by Waseem Ashraf Butt in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020GUJRAT: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) plans to hold a public meeting in Hafizabad after the prime minister reportedly approved the plan of going to public in response to the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rallies in different parts of the country. Shaukat Bhatti, a PTI MNA, will host the Hafizabad public meeting. He told Dawn by telephone on Sunday that Imran Khan would address the rally on…
by Amir Wasim in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) on Sunday reacted strongly to the recent remarks of Minister for Interior retired Brigadier Ijaz Shah in which he had allegedly warned the opposition of attacks by the Taliban. While the PPP sought an apology from the interior minister over his remarks, the ANP called for his “immediate resignation”. In a statement, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar,…
report in The News, Nov 2, 2020KOHAT: The devotees of a saint blocked the Kohat-Hangu Road to protest against the government for not allowing them to repair the damaged structure of the shrine.The members of the Shia sect staged the protest at Kacha Pakka area and blocked the Hangu-Kohat Road. While members of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat staged the protest at Nusratkhel area at Hangu-Kohat Road. The blockade of the road inconvenienced the passengers.…
by Ihtisham Khan in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2020.PESHAWAR: Days after a bomb attack on a madrassa left at least eight people dead and dozens injured, police in the provincial capital have started to implement a security plan which had originally been devised after the December 2014 terrorist attack on the Army Public School (APS). The Express Tribune has learnt that the decision to implement the plan was taken in the wake of the…
report in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020GWADAR: Security forces foiled a possible terrorist activity in southern Balochistan by killing a suspected terrorist and seizing a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in an operation in the Buleda area of Kech district. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted the intelligence-based operation on the hideout of a proscribed organisation during which a heavy exchange of fire took place between the raiding team and the…
Report in The Daily Star, November 02, 2020Unemployment in the garment sector deepened in September after touching its lowest point in August, raising questions about job security in the industry amid the risk of a potential second wave of coronavirus infections. About 8 per cent of garment workers reported that they were unemployed in September, up from 5 per cent the previous month, according to a study conducted by the South Asian Network on Economic…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 2, 2020KARACHI: Defending recently issued controversial remarks of PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq on the assembly floor, party’s vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that the statement was not directed towards the armed forces but by conducting a press conference, it was being portrayed as if it was. ….. Maryam, in today’s address, strongly criticised DG ISPR Maj-Gen Babar Iftikhar for not holding a similar presser over equally controversial statement…
report in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020TAXILA: PML-N leaders of Attock district have distanced themselves from the recent “anti-state” remarks of the party leadership, particularly the stance of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq. At separate press conferences in different towns of the district on Sunday, PML-N member of the Punjab Assembly Jehangir Khanzada, former member of the National Assembly Malik Itabar Khan and former MPA Shahwaiz Khan…
by Mazhar Abbas in TNS, Nov 1, 2020The writer is a senior columnist and analyst of GEO, The News and Jang.The Pakistan Democratic Movement, an 11-party opposition alliance, has launched a campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan. Two highly controversial speeches by three times prime minister Nawaz Sharif seem to have set the tone for it. However, it is still far from clear where all this will ultimately lead to. As for the government,…
by Tariq Butt in The News, November 1, 2020ISLAMABAD: The government has finally moved a constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly to allow dual nationals to contest elections and to hold open Senate polls as opposed to the present system of secret ballots. The government has gone ahead with the move despite the fact that it lacks the requisite two-thirds majority in parliament. According to the bill, an elected dual national has to renounce…