By Fawad Yousafzai in THE NATION, DEC 30, 2020Islamabad – Pakistan and Russian Federation have agreed to establish a special purpose company, namely Pakistan Stream Pipeline (Pvt.) Ltd for the execution of North-South gas pipeline project, it is learnt reliably here. The matters pertaining the new company and the start of execution work was discussed on December 23, 2020, during the second meeting of the Joint Russian-Pakistani Technical Committee for the implementation of the North-South…
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report in The Express Tribune, Dec 30th, 2020.ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday signed a “Joint Appeal Letter” seeking $4.8 billion loan from various International Financial Institutions (IFIs) for a railway line project connecting Pakistan with Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and the Central Asian Republics. The premier signed the letter after Uzbekistan’s Minister for Transport Makhkamov Ilkham called on him. …… The official statement noted that PM Imran “supported Uzbek efforts to secure financing for the…
report in Pakistan Today, Dec 29, 2020Replying to the claims the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders made during the Larkana rally, Interior Minister Shiekh Rasheed Ahmed said that the opposition leaders are “a product of General Headquarters gate number four” and that “they polished Ziaul Haq’s boots”. The above was said during a press conference in the federal capital, wherein the interior minister rebuked the opposition’s claims of the Pakistan Army interfering in local politics.…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, 29 Dec 2020ISLAMABAD: The government is ready for dialogue only with the serious-minded leadership of the opposition but PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz should not be part of the process, announced federal Minister for Information Senator Shibli Faraz on Monday. “National dialogue is part of politics and the forum for such a dialogue will be parliament, as it represents the people’s will. But both…
report in Daily Times, dec 29, 2020Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice-President Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met at Bilawal House Naudero, Larkana, on Monday and agreed to take Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) with a mutually formulated strategy for upcoming activities, a private TV channel reported. Both leaders discussed the political situation in the country and termed December 27 gathering at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh successful. Maryam was also apprised about…
by Talib Faridi in The Express Tribune, Dec 29th, 2020.LAHORE: The country’s top graft buster has expanded its investigation into the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case to include former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s younger daughter Asma Nawaz in view of an unaccounted for increase in her assets. According to sources, Asma Nawaz came on the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) radar after it was noticed that she received profit from the business enterprise even during the times…
by MANSOOR ALI in The Nation, Dec 29, 2020ISLAMABAD – The expelled leaders of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) will meet today (Tuesday) to decide future strategy and plan of action. The senior leader Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani will host the meeting at his residence in Islamabad. According to sources, the expelled leaders have intensified their contacts across the country in order to take on board all their workers. The source further revealed that the meeting will…
report in The News, Dec 29, 2020KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday turned down the plea of a senior accountant at the Education Department against his dismissal from service over corruption charges, reported a private news channel. An apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, heard the case at the Karachi registry. During the hearing, the chief justice asked a lawyer representing the appellant: “Do you think we don’t know what happens…
report in The News, Dec 29, 2020LAHORE: PML-N Punjab spokesperson Azma Bukhari has alleged that the government has left its sinking ship on the shoulders of its spokespersons. In a statement here on Monday, she said the duty of PM’s advisers was only to count the participants in the PDM public meetings. Azma Bukhari said that the government spokespersons were getting heavy salaries for doing cheep propaganda. “Claimants of providing free bread to nation are…
by Peerzada Salman in Dawn, 29 Dec 2020KARACHI: Criticising the Pakistan Peoples Party for its “surreptitious” approval of the PIDA ordinance, Sindh United Party (SUP) leader Syed Jalal Mahmood Shah said on Monday that the federal government had begun “occupying” the islands of Sindh and Balochistan beginning with Bundal and Buddo. He was speaking on the Pakistan Islands Development Authority Ordinance at a one-day national conference on the subject organised by the SUP at a…
by Tahir Siddiqui in Dawn, 29 Dec 2020KARACHI: Fearing a serious crisis in near future and untoward situation in the province, especially in Karachi due to the persistent gas shortage, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Imran Khan direct the petroleum division of the federal energy ministry to immediately allocate at least 1,500 to 1,600 MMCFD (million cubic feet a day) gas to the province. In a letter…