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report in Dawn, December 26th, 2020DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan Democratic Movement president Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday said the multiparty opposition alliance would decide on Jan 2 about whether to take part in the coming by-elections or not. Mr Fazl, who also heads the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, told reporters here that the opposition was united and its main demand was the prime minister’s resignation and free and fair elections in the country. The PDM president said…

report in The News, Dec 26, 2020DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ LAHORE: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz Friday turned down the proposal to hold grand dialogue. Talking to media in Dera IsmaIl Khan, Maulana Fazl said that all opposition parties are united on one platform and their demands are prime minister’s resignation and free and fair elections. He said that any personal opinion of any opposition leader should not…

report in The News, Dec 26, 2020LAHORE: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, Senator Sirajul Haq has suggested the national institutions to avoid interfering other’s domain for smooth functioning of the democracy, if they sincerely wanted to see the country to progress. While launching the second phase of the JI movement against the corrupt policies of the government that causing inflation and unemployment, Sirajul Haq said after the departure of the British, their agents had occupied the country and…

by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 26th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Two days after the government invoked advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over open voting for Senate polls, the Pakistan Peoples Party has warned the government against any unconstitutional move. “Under the garb of so-called transparency of the vote, the federal government wants to destroy the pith of the Senate which is enshrined in Article 59 of the Constitution requiring it to hold Senate elections on…

Report in Dawn, December 25th, 2020KHYBER: Labourers and daily-wage workers continued their protest at Torkham border here on Thursday. They demanded exemption from coronavirus testing and opening of the border crossing throughout the week. The protesters complained that the border crossing was opened four days a week adversely affecting their work, which was also badly hit by the rapid antigen testing for coronavirus. Meanwhile, the police in Jamrud area stopped Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement chief Manzoor…

Report in Dawn, December 25th, 2020LAKKI MARWAT: The representatives of farmers have demanded of the authorities to initiate work on the second phase of Kurrum Tangi dam project and construct small dams to boost agriculture in the backward southern district. The demand was made at a seminar titled ‘Grow more wheat’ held in the district agriculture office here on Thursday. Assistant Commissioner Umer Bin Riaz attended the seminar as chief guest. The director of agriculture…

Report in Dawn, December 25th, 2020KARAK: Stick-wielding women of Jatta Ismailkhel union council of Banda Daud Shah tehsil here on Thursday blocked the Karak-Bannu road to traffic to protest gas loadshedding and low pressure in the area. The women accompanied by local elders complained that they were forced to use firewood for cooking and other needs due to low pressure and outages of natural gas in the area. The area elders, including Khattak Ittehad general…

Report in Dawn, December 25th, 2020LAHORE: The Lahore High Court was assured on Thursday that the provisions of the Punjab Compulsory Teaching of Holy Quran Act 2018 would be enforced in letter and spirit in all educational institutions from the next academic year. The undertaking was given by Secretary of School Education Department Dr Sohail Shehzad before a two-judge bench seized with an appeal seeking a direction for the government to take all possible steps…

report in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2020.LAHORE: Convicted in yet another case, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentenced on Friday chief of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed to 15 years and six months imprisonment, according to Express. Besides sentencing Saeed, ATC Judge Ijaz Ahmed Buttar also handed down punishments to Hafiz Abdul Salam, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Ashraf and Yahya Mujahid to 15 years and six-month imprisonment, whereas a six-month imprisonment was handed down…

report in The News, Dec 25, 2020LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court Thursday sent five alleged members of a terrorist network sponsored by the Indian agency RAW that had tasked them with carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan to jail on 14-day judicial remand. The CTD officials produced the terrorists before the court and sought extension in their physical remand for further investigations. However, the court refused to grant further physical remand of the accused and sent…