by Tariq Butt in The News, January 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: Barring Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) hardliners, all other senior leaders readily consented in the latest Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) deliberations to the view of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) calling for contesting the Senate elections and by-polls and not immediately quitting the assemblies. “The PPP delegates, led by Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who took part in the discussions via video link were positive…
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by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2021.LAHORE: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has declared the opposition parties’ struggle against the PTI government a jihad – a holy war – and claimed that now it will be a sin to turn one’s back on this sacred mission. “What we are doing through the PDM is commonly referred to as a movement when in fact it is a jihad-e-sharee [jihad as…
by Irfanul Haq | Shakeel Ahmed in Dawn, January 4th, 2021RAHIM YAR KHAN / MULTAN: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in an impressive Bahawalpur show on Sunday evening called the opposition’s drive against Imran Khan-led PTI government ‘jihad’ and announced that stepping back from it would be a ‘major sin’. “We will show our cards at the right time which will leave the government shell-shocked,” PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman told a responsive crowd at…
Report in Dawn, Jan 4th, 2021PESHAWAR/KARAK: Members of the minority communities on Sunday held a protest demonstration against vandalising of a Hindu shrine (Samadhi) by a mob in Karak district and demanded of the government to take action against the relevant police officials for not taking measures to prevent the attack. The protesters, holding banners and placards, gathered outside the Peshawar Press Club and raised slogans against the police. They were led by Hindu Rights…
Report in Dawn, January 4th, 2021KARACHI: The Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen on Sunday staged a protest demonstration at the Numaish intersection against targeted killing of 11 coal miners in Machh, Balochistan, and offered its condolences to the Shia Hazara community over the deaths. Speaking to protesters, MWM leader Allama Ahmed Iqbal Rizvi said that terrorists killed innocent labourers once again and posed a challenge to law enforcers. He said elements being supported by Indian spy agency, the…
by Muhammad Akbar Notezai in Dawn, January 4th, 2021TUCKED between Quetta and Sibi districts, the Mach valley in Bolan district is surrounded by mammoth coal-laden mountains, spread over a vast area. Coal is being extracted here since the time of the Britishers who discovered mines in Mach and elsewhere in Balochistan. And there is still a lot of wealth of coal buried beneath the mountains. The famous Bolan River bifurcates Mach town. Inside the town,…
by Mubarak Zeb Khan in Dawn, January 3rd, 2021ISLAMABAD: In a major drive against oil smuggling, Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved a comprehensive action plan against 2,094 illegal petrol retail outlets in three provinces and halt smuggling of petroleum products at the border stations in Balochistan. In a presentation, the customs officials informed the premier that the estimated loss, due to the illegal selling of petroleum products to the national exchequer, is in the…
by Khalid Hasnain in Dawn, Jan 03, 2021LAHORE: The intensifying differences between the provincial government and two Turkish contractors over non-payment of dues and possession of machinery are resulting in large heaps of garbage lying unattended across major spots of the city, waiting for long to be lifted and disposed of by the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC). “No one has come to lift the huge heaps of waste for at least three days and…
by Ali Raza Rind in Dawn, Jan 2021CHAGAI: Local residents on Saturday blocked the RCD Highway at Taftan for hours in protest against prolonged closure of the gate meant for tax-free trade with Iran. Local tribal leaders and political and religious figures, along with their supporters, suspended traffic on the highway at Saindak Cross. The road was finally reopened in the afternoon after successful negotiations between protesters and the assistant commissioner of Taftan. Meanwhile, Jamiat…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, January 3rd, 2021ISLAMABAD: Five officials of the capital police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) were arrested and a case registered against them on charges of killing a 21-year-old man in the early hours of Saturday morning. A judicial inquiry has been ordered by Islamabad Chief Commissioner Amer Ahmed Ali. According to the FIR lodged by Nadeem Satti, the victim’s father, his son Osama had a quarrel with officials of the capital police…
Rashid tells Fazl to focus on Islam, not Islamabad Interior minister says Bilawal is sensible and has played his cards well Says Nawaz Sharif’s passport will not be renewedreport in Daily Times, Jan 3, 2021Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has said that action will be taken within 72 hours against anyone using derogatory language against the Pakistan Army or other state institutions. Talking to the media in Rawalpindi on Saturday, Rashid took a jibe at Fazl…