by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, December 26, 2020.ISLAMABAD: The cracks within the JU-F – the country’s largest politico-religious party – deepened on Friday as the party’s leadership expelled four of its senior members for “deviating from the party policy” and for “creating party within the party”. The JUI-F disciplinary committee took action against Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan and Maulana Shuja-ul-Mulk. According to a party spokesperson, the…
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report in Daily Times, Dec 26, 2020Former Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Ajmal Qadri has claimed that ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif had sent him to Israel to hold talks with Tel viv officials. “It was a kind of study tour,” Qadri confirmed a local television channel. He said he had met senior officials of the Israeli foreign ministry and cabinet members during his visit. However, he didn’t specify the year he visited Israel. Commenting on…
by Chidanand Rajghatta & Omer Farooq Khan in Times of India, Dec 26, 2020WASHINGTON: Distracted by domestic political wrangles and the holiday season in its final weeks in office, the outgoing Trump administration stillmanaged to zero in on Pakistan trying to spring yet another terrorist, Omar Saeed, accused of murdering Wall Street Journalist Daniel Pearl, fromprison, warning that it is closely following the matter. “We are deeply concerned by the reports of the December 24…
report in The News, December 26th, 2020TIMERGARA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday foiled terror bids and arrested four alleged terrorists in separate actions in Lower Dir district. The sources said that 375 kilogram explosives, safety fuses and detonators were also seized during the actions. The CTD Malakand Region officials along with other security forces stopped a suspected pickup at Mian Killay checkpost in jurisdiction of Munda Police Station in Lower Dir district. Upon search…
report in daily Times, Dec 26, 2020The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has foiled a major terror bid in tribal district Bajaur by arresting four suspects and seizing a huge quantity of explosive material and two vehicles. Police told the media on Friday that a major terrorist bid was foiled by the timely action of security officials by arresting suspects and seizing explosive material from their possession. Earlier on Wednesday, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police…
report in Dawn, December 26th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued notices to Google Inc. and Wikipedia for “disseminating sacrilegious content”. An official statement on Friday said: “PTA has been receiving complaints about misleading search results associated with Present Khalifa of Islam and unauthentic version of the Holy Quran uploaded by the Ahmadiyya Community on Google Play Store. “Being a matter of very serious nature, PTA has approached Google Inc. with the directions…
by Afzal Ansari in Dawn, 26 Dec 2020KASUR: Scores of villagers of Sarai Mughal on Friday staged a protest demonstration against, what they said, police failure to register cases and arrest the rapists of minor girls. Six girls between 5 and 15 years were allegedly raped or subjected to rape attempts during the last one month. Panic prompted the locals to gather outside the Sarai Mughal police station and voice concern at the rising number…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, December 26th, 2020• Fazl says he won’t surrender• Ministers assail the decisionISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) on Friday announced termination of the basic membership of four senior party leaders for deviating from party policies, with all JUI-F workers being warned against making any contact with them. While announcing the decisions that the party’s disciplinary committee took on Thursday, JUI-F central spokesman Mohammad Aslam Ghori said the basic membership of former…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 26th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Auditors have found irregularities in hiring of a British law firm for collecting evidence against MQM’s exiled leader Altaf Hussain in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case, which resulted in a Rs24.43 million loss to the exchequer. This was revealed by the Auditor General of Pakistan in a report tabled during a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday. During the meeting, PAC member Senator…
by Azfar-ul-Ashfaque in Dawn, December 26th, 2020KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, which has been facing strong criticism from its foes for not taking a bold stance over a federal cabinet decision to approve the controversial National Census 2017, said on Friday that the party was trying to find the basis to remain an ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government. On Dec 22, the federal cabinet had okayed the census results and decided to send a…
report in The News, December 26th, 2020MANSEHRA: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) has refused to close down seminaries, saying they wouldn’t shut down the religious educational institutions until Wafaqul Madaris asked them to do so. “We would never allow district administration to close seminaries until the Wafaqul Madaris take a decision,” Mufti Kifayatullah, the district president of JUI, told a gathering. A large number of heads and teachers of the seminaries from parts district attended the…