by Naeem Sahoutara in Dawn, 29 Dec 2020KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday sentenced the prayer leader of a mosque located on Superhighway to over 25 years in prison for raising funds for the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD). The court also ordered the provincial education department to take over and forfeit the mosque/seminary in Malir used by JuD for generating money to fund terrorist activities across the country. On Monday, the ATC-XII judge, who conducted…
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by Tariq Naqash in Dawn, 29 Dec 2020MUZAFFARABAD: Reviewing its earlier decision, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of a former ruling PML-N lawmaker, rendering him eligible to contest elections in future, it was announced on Monday. On Sept 15, 2019, a day after Mirpur was hit by a devastating earthquake, an apex court bench, comprising the then Chief Justice Chaudhry Ibrahim Zia and senior judge Raja Saeed Akram…
Report in Dawn, 29 Dec 2020QUETTA: Newly-appointed Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Sarfaraz Ali called on Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai and Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Monday. In separate meetings, the governor and the chief minister discussed with Lt Gen Ali the overall law and order situation, steps taken by law enforcement agencies against terrorism, projects launched by the provincial government for the socio-economic development and prosperity and matters of common interests.…
by Manzoor Ali in Dawn, Dec 29th, 2020PESHAWAR: The police department has terminated the services of its four officials, including two station house officers, on the recommendation of a judicial commission’s probe into the stripping and torture of an Afghan national in custody. A video showing the stripping of Radiullah alias Amir Tehkalay on the Tehkal police station premises in Peshawar had caused a social media uproar in June this year. The provincial government had…
REPORT in The Express Tribune, Dec 29, 2020ISLAMABAD: A high-level Saudi delegation led by the kingdom’s foreign minister will pay an official visit to Pakistan next month for talks with the Pakistani leadership on the latest situation in the region, including the Middle East, and other bilateral issues. The Saudi foreign minister will be accompanied by a delegation of heads of Saudi companies and businessmen. Sources have said that Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman,…
by Omer Farooq Khan in Times of India, dec 28, 2020 at 11.30 PM ISTISLAMABAD: The gulf between Pakistan’s government and opposition has widened, with the 11-party united opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) reiterating its threats of a long march on Islamabad if Prime Minister Imran Khan fails to step down by January 31. To mark the 13th death anniversary of former PM Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bux in Larkana, Sindh province, on Sunday,…
by Salman Akram Raja in The News, Dec 26, 2020The writer is an advocate of the Supreme Court of PakistanWhen, nearly two years ago, Meesha Shafi accused a prominent singer and actor of inappropriate physical contact on multiple occasions she walked onto a legal chessboard mined against her. Soon she, and the other women who came out with similar allegations, as well as those who sought to support her found themselves facing what the Guardian…
By Shahzad Paracha in PT Profit, Dec 28, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has failed to meet the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) demand regarding structural reforms in State-Owned Enterprise (SOEs), a condition set to restart the $6 billion loan programme, which has been stalled for about ten months now. According to the details, the international financial institution had asked Pakistan to submit a new law in the parliament, aimed at modernising and defining the role of the state…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, December 28th, 2020GWADAR: A well-attended jirga held here has rejected the government’s plan of fencing off the port city of Gwadar and said the authorities wanted to restrict the entry of local people into the area and stop the fishermen from earning their livelihood. Tribal elders from different areas of the Gwadar district, including Peshkan, Ganz, Jewani, Surbandar, Pasni and Ormara, and leaders of various political parties, including those from…
by Khalid Mustafa in The News, December 28, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carved out a plan to increase its market share in Afghanistan up to 60-65 percent and to this effect, the authorities after taking the GHQ on board, have finalised a trade and investment vision statement for the landlocked country, and have decided come what may, the trade routes between the two countries would not be closed down further. While talking to The News, Adviser…
By Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Dec 28, 2020Pakistan has for the first time officially taken credit for facilitating not just the February 29 deal between the US and the Afghan Taliban but also talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as the intra-Afghan talks are set to resume next month in Doha after a 20-day break. Islamabad played a key role in the Afghan peace efforts but this is the first time…