Report in The News, Oct 26, 2020KABUL: Afghan forces have killed a top Al-Qaeda militant wanted by the United States, as the government on Sunday accused the Taliban of still keeping close ties with the Islamist militant group. Abu Muhsin al-Masri, an Egyptian national believed to be the group’s number two in the Indian Sub-continent, was targeted in eastern Ghazni province, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said in a statement. The National Directorate of Security did not…
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by Mazhar Abbas in The News, October 26th, 2020Whatever happened between Oct 18 and 19 at the IGP Sindh House, followed by a revolt within the Sindh police top brass in solidarity with their commander, IGP Mushtaq Mehar, will have far-reaching political and administrative consequence, though Prime Minister Imran Khan termed it ‘comedy’ and a non-issue. Two high-level inquiries are under way, one by the army on a directive of army chief General Qamar Javed…
By Mohammad Haroon Alim in Khaama Press, 25 Oct 2020 at 02:11 PMOfficials say at least 12 individuals who were part of various criminal activities in different parts of the country, were arrested through security raids in the regions. Interior Ministry tweeted, “12 suspects involved in different criminal cases were arrested during several separate raids of the ANP in Khost, Ghazni, Herat & Parwan provinces. The arrestees’ files have been referred for further investigation to…
Editorial in Pakistan Today, Oct 25, 2020The courtiers around Prime Minister Imran Khan are willing do anything for him irrespective of its legality. The President continues to abjectly sign on the dotted line of any order emanating from the PM’s office without giving it a second thought. The reasons given by the Supreme Court for overturning the reference against Mr Justice Qazi Faiz Isa should be embarrassing for the PTI government. The Supreme Court pointed…
The writer is a retired air vice marshal and a former ambassador.It all began on Friday last when at Gujranwala our three-time former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, decided to name names. Which was okay except that he literally sounded the war horns against the generals and the army which he felt was behind his ouster from power in 2017 after four years in tenure. Actually his removal was ordered by the Supreme Court of Pakistan…
by Faraz Khan & Nasir Zaidi & Zia Ur Rahman in The News, Oct 25, 2020KARACHI: Ali Imran Syed, senior Geo News reporter, who went missing on Friday evening in district east of Karachi, returned home almost after a day long-ordeal on Saturday evening. Imran, a resident of Block 8-A, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, went missing on Friday between 7pm and 8pm to when he had gone to bakery but did not return home. The family had also…
report in The News, Oct 25, 2020MIRANSHAH: People hailing from different tribes in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan blocked the Bannu-Miranshah road at several points as protest over land disputes continued for the second day in the tribal district on Saturday. The people of Khadi, Eidak, Norak and Azizkhel tribes of Mir Ali tehsil erected barricades on the Bannu-Miranshah road at several points and blocked it for vehicular traffic in protest against the ongoing…
by Mehtab Haider in The News, October 25, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has to repay $4.4 billion on account of foreign commercial loans during the current fiscal year of 2020/21, indicating a pressure building up on forex reserves amid uncertainty over IMF’s stalled program. The country has to make total external debt repayments to the tune of $10.3 billion during this year. It just paid out $798 million out of it. The remaining amount of over $9.5…
by Hasnaat Malik in The Express Tribune, Oct 25, 2020.ISLAMABAD: The apex body of lawyers – the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) – has demanded immediate resignations of President Dr Arif Alvi, Minister for Law Dr Farogh Naseem and Adviser to Prime Minister Shahzad Akbar in view of the Supreme Court detailed judgment in Justice Qazi Faez Isa case. The PBC made this demand on Saturday through a written statement issued a day after the Supreme…
Report in Dawn, October 25th, 2020LAHORE: The mainstream opposition parties — the PML-N and PPP — have asked Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi to step down after the Supreme Court’s detailed verdict in the Justice Isa case. “No justification is left for the premier and the president to stick to their offices after the apex court’s decision in the justice Isa case,” PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said. Talking to the media…
The disheartened journalist who gave up on his passion
by Noman Awan in The Express Tribune, October 26th, 2020.KARACHI: Many media professionals in the country are forced to bid farewell to the field because of self-censorship and a lack of fairness. One such example is of senior journalist Khairullah Aziz who not just quit his job but also said goodbye to the field of journalism for good. “I have said goodbye to the electronic media. We are not doing journalism but are being dishonest…