by Imran Ayub in Dawn, 30 Dec 2020• Party will contest by-polls, Senate elections• Bilawal rules out talks until PM steps downKARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is keeping all its options open as it has decided to collect resignations of its parliamentarians by Dec 31 in line with the decision of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and at the same time contest coming by-elections and Senate polls. However, it ruled out any possibility of…
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by ABDULLAH ZAFAR in THE NATION, DEC 30, 2020KARACHI – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided against resigning from the assemblies and also announced to take part in the Senate polls. While announcing the decision at a crowded press conference at Bilawal House after the CEC meeting, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said that they will challenge the incumbent government from within the assemblies. He denied that the PDM had decided on resignations and said that…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 30th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that a case will be registered against Mufti Kifayatullah for his diatribe against Pakistan Army. In an informal chat with journalists here on Tuesday, he said a case would be filed against the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader in Lahore with ‘full preparation’. Apparently the minister was referring to Mufti Kifayatullah’s comments during a TV talk show in which he…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, 30 Dec 2020ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday gave a go-ahead to the National Assembly speaker to accept resignations of opposition legislators, sending a clear message to them that the government will not succumb to “pressure tactics”. The cabinet also took a number of other important decisions, among them being granting approval to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federal Bureau…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, 30 Dec 2020GWADAR: Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove has said that the provincial government has stopped the fencing work in Gwadar as it will not take any decision against wishes of the people of the area. Speaking at an open kachehry here on Tuesday during a visit to the area along with Advisers to the Chief Minister Danesh Kumar, Akbar Askani and Mahjabeen Sheran, the minister said the government wanted…
by Ali Raza Rind in Dawn, Dec 30th, 2020CHAGAI: The area residents and local employees of the Saindak Copper-cum-Gold Project ended their protest after Chinese firm MCC Resource Development Limited (MRDL) issued a notification regarding further arrangements for the leave policy. According to the notification, a copy of which is available with Dawn, all the departments and units were required to formulate the 2021 Leave Plan for employees in a reasonable way based on general…
report in Dawn, Dec 30th, 2020GILGIT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted a 12-member committee to make recommendations for granting Gilgit-Baltistan the status of a provisional province of Pakistan. Federal minister for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit- Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur heads the committee, which also comprises GB Chief Minister Mohammad Khalid Khurshid, the attorney general of Pakistan, federal secretaries for finance, defence, foreign affairs, parliamentary affairs, GB chief secretary, joint secretary of the GB Council…
report in Dawn, Dec 30th, 2020MANSEHRA: A jirga jointly formed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan governments to settle the bilateral boundary dispute began work on Tuesday. The jirga members, including elders from Kohistan (KP) and Diamer (GB), met deputy commissioner of Upper Kohistan district Arif Khan Yusufzai and met the affected families in Bhasha area. They informed the DC about their assignment and plan of action. The 24-strong jirga, whose members were named by…
by Saleh Zaafir in The News, Dec 30, 2020ISLAMABAD: The naval forces of Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will enhance their mutual cooperation for the sake of regional security situation. The expression of resolve came in the maiden meeting between Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Amjad Niazi and UAE Ambassador to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi here at the Naval Headquarters on Tuesday. According to official sources, the two discussed overall situation,…
by Tahir Khan in Daily Times, Dec 30, 2020Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar said on Tuesday that Pakistan could play an influential role in convincing the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire, which is the critical component of ending violence and restoring peace in Afghanistan. Atmar offered the remarks while talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan in Kabul days after Taliban political representatives met Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Shah Mahmood…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 30, 2020WASHINGTON: The US Attorney General said Tuesday the United States “stands ready” to try a militant convicted of murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl whose release was ordered by a Pakistani court. The decision by Sindh High Court to release the accused comes months after it sparked outrage for overturning the murder conviction and death sentence of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and acquitted three other men connected to the…