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report in Dawn, December 27th, 2020LARKANA: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said lawmakers of Pakistan Peoples Party have submitted their resignations to the party chairman and now it is for the leadership to decide when and how to use them at opportune time. He told journalists in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto on Saturday that central executive committee of the party was scheduled to meet on Dec 29 in Karachi and the issue…

Report in The News, December 27th, 2020PESHAWAR/CHAKDARA: The ousted rebel leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) have teamed up against Maulana Fazlur Rehman and they are meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday wherein they would decide about the future line of action. Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan, who along with three other leaders was expelled from the JUI-F recently, said on Saturday that he came to know about his expulsion from the party through the mainstream media…

by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, December 27th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The recently expelled leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) are meeting in Islamabad next week amid reports that a new faction of the party may be launched on the occasion. As the JUI-F is said to be facing resentment from its senior cadre over the expulsion of Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Gul Naseeb and Maulana Shujaul Mulk, they have reportedly decided to launch…

report in The News, Dec 27, 2020Karachi: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday ordered police to approach Interpol for the arrest of Balochistan separatist leader Hyrbyair Marri who has been declared a proclaimed offender in a case pertaining to the attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi. Three heavily armed militants belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) led by Hyrbyair who is living in exile had carried out an attack on the Chinese consulate…

by Naveed Siddiqui in Dawn, December 27th, 2020Seven soldiers were martyred in a gun attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan post in Harnai district of Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Sunday. The “terrorist fire raid” targeted an FC post located in Shahrag area of Harnai late on Saturday. “During [an] intense exchange of fire, seven brave soldiers embraced shahadat while repulsing raiding terrorists,” an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said. It said…

Report in Dawn, December 27th, 2020CHITRAL: Five newly-elected office-bearers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Lower Chitral youth wing resigned in protest against the ‘selection’ of the president and general secretary by the party’s divisional head. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Ziaur Rehman, Nazir Ahmed Chitrali, Abuzar Ghaffari, Salah Jani and others said the divisional president had appointed the two men on key posts despite the fact that they had not even filed nomination papers.…

report in The News, Dec 27, 2020CHAKWAL/ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the opposition leaders are provoking coup within the army should their leadership fail to remove the elected government. He said if the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) goes ahead with resignations from assemblies, then the opposition parties will see emergence of forward bloc. While reiterating his strict stance of no compromise over the opposition’s corruption cases, the prime minister said any…

Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 28, 2020ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in the Senate have reiterated their resolve to stand firm on the House’s deputy chairman Saleem Mandviwalla’s motion against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal. Reports suggest the united opposition will hold a meeting to mull over the matter of accountability in Senate on December 30. However, the reports further suggested the parties have refused to budge over the summons issued to…

report in Dawn, December 26th, 2020QUETTA: The Foreign Office has requested the Canadian government to conduct an investigation into Karima Baloch’s death and sought its inquiry report, said Adviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Information and Parliamentary Secretary Bushra Rind on Friday. While expressing grief over the tragic death of Ms Baloch, former chairperson of BSO Azad, in Canada, Ms Rind said it was the Canadian government’s responsibility to provide protection to the Pakistani citizen…

report in Dawn, December 26th, 2020KHYBER: Vehicular traffic on the Peshawar-Torkham Highway remained suspended for over two hours on Friday as tribesmen blocked the road to protest long hours of power suspension in Wali Khel area of Landi Kotal. The tribesmen chanted slogans against both the local grid station staff and the administration officials for failure to curtail the loadshedding duration. They alleged that grid station staff was taking money from influential people to ensure…