report in The News, Jan 3, 2021ISLAMABAD: A political rally will be held in Bahawalpur tomorrow under the leadership of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). According to sources, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and former prime minister and PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani will also attend the rally. The rally will pass through Bandra Bridge, Model Town C Chowk, Fateh Chowk, Model Town B, and reach Toll Plaza Sutlej…
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by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Jannuary 3rd, 2021LAHORE: With resignations option is almost over, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is pressing ahead with its ‘plan B’ – agitation – and for the purpose it has given an ultimatum of a month to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide the foreign funding case which has been pending for the last six years against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). The 11-party opposition alliance has already…
report in The News, Jan 3, 2021LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal has said Imran Khan has taken an ‘NRO’ in the foreign funding case which has been pending for six years. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said there is evidence of Israeli and Indian lobbies funding Imran Khan and if a decision is taken on merit, the politics of Imran Khan and the PTI will end. The PDM…
Report in The Nation, Jan 3, 2021RAWALPINDI – Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said the government was ready to hold dialogue with the opposition on all national issues excluding amendment in the National Accountability Bureau’s law. Talking to media, he said opposition should sit with the government on national and international issues like Covid-19, threats from India, Kashmir issue, electoral reforms and economic problems. He said that he met industrialists in different…
by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, Jan 3rd, 2021LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department, Punjab, has arrested a key leader of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) organisation, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, for his alleged involvement in a terrorism financing case registered against him at the CTD’s Lahore police station. The FIR was registered against Lakhvi on charges of terror financing on Dec 7. Lakhvi has been declared a terrorist by the United Nations, a CTD spokesperson said, adding the…
Report in Dawn, Jan 3rd, 2021KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notice to the prosecutor general Sindh on an appeal of a militant of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) challenging the death sentence handed down by the trial court in the murder of a lawyer. Ishaq alias Bobby through his lawyer filed an appeal against the conviction order of an antiterrorism court and after a preliminary hearing, a two-judge SHC bench headed by Chief Justice…
report in The News, Jan 3, 2021ISLAMABAD: The persisting gas crisis, due to the ongoing winter season, has intensified and added hardships to the people’s lives. The gas shortage in Karachi has domestic and industrial consumers, as well as tandoors, teahouses, and hotels worried. The severe cold weather has further aggravated the citizens’ plight as it has led to a reduction in pressure and the suspension of gas supply in residential areas. In Gujranwala, residents…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, January 3rd, 2021ISLAMABAD: As the opposition continues to protest over the arrest of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Mohammad Asif, the government on Saturday explained that he had been arrested after his failure to cooperate with officials concerned in valid investigations. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar said Mr Asif had failed to satisfy the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Speaking at a press conference…
Report in Dawn, Jan 3rd, 2021KARACHI: Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen Pakistan secretary general Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari has warned that the “crisis” in Pakistan is benefiting the US, Israel and India. He asked the opposition parties to resolve differences with the government through talks instead of agitation. He expressed these views while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Saturday, according to a statement issued here. He said Pakistan’s geostatic location makes it important in the global…
report in Dawn, January 2nd, 2021MUZAFFARABAD: Alongside the grant of “superior executive allowance” to chief secretary and inspector general of police (IGP), the PML-N government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has also pampered administrative secretaries with grant of a monthly “executive allowance”, it emerged on Friday. A notification to this effect was issued by the finance department on Nov 25, the same day when the notification about the grant of superior executive allowance of…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, January 2nd, 2021ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the first meeting with a delegation of the IPPs to discuss payment of circular debt and implementation of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with the power producers, the government has decided to pay Rs135 billion out of Rs450bn circular debt and settle the remaining amount by the end of the current calendar year. Sources in the finance ministry said that a delegation of…