report on Express Tribune, Dec 19, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has noted that a country where freedom of expression is suppressed suffers economically and even the impression of restriction on press should be avoided. “Freedom of expression is extremely important. A country where freedom of expression is suppressed remains economically backward. The court has written in an earlier order that there should not even be an impression of a restriction on the freedom…
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AFP report on Express Tribune, Dec 19, 2020French authorities this week arrested four people of Pakistan origin suspected of links to the meat cleaver attack in late September by a young Pakistani outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that wounded two people, a judicial source said on Friday. The four were detained on Monday and one was already charged on Wednesday with taking part in a terrorist conspiracy, while the three others…
Report in Dawn, December 19th, 2020PESHAWAR: The provincial police chief on Friday appointed Abbas Ahsan the new capital city police officer. Mr Ahsan PSP (BS-20), who was awaiting posting at the Central Police Office, has replaced Mohammad Ali Khan. According to a notification issued here, IGP Dr Sanaullah Abbasi posted Mr Ali Khan as the deputy inspector general of police, special branch. Meanwhile, SP investigation unit at CPO, Khan Zeb PSP (BS-20), has been transferred…
By STAFF REPORT , (LAST UPDATED 38 MINS AGO) KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Saturday sent Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and MP Ali Wazir and four other accused on physical remand after they failed to present a counsel during the proceedings. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police arrested had Wazir from Peshawar on Wednesday in connection with a case registered against him and several leaders of the ethnic movement in Karachi after a recent anti-government…
Report in Dawn, 19 Dec 2020QUETTA: Frontier Corps personnel travelling in two vehicles escaped a bomb attack in the Brewery Road area on Friday, police said. They added that a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) was used to carry out the attack when the FC vehicles were passing through the Brewery and Esa Nagri roads interaction. The IED, weighing around seven kilogrammes, was buried along the roadside, the police said. “FC soldiers remained unhurt in…
Report in Dawn, 19 Dec 2020KARACHI: The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s Member of National Assembly, Ali Wazir, who was recently arrested in Peshawar over a host of charges including using provocative language against state institutions during a rally in Karachi, was brought to the metropolis on Friday night. Police sources said that the MNA was brought to Karachi by air and police personnel took him into custody at the airport. He was later taken to an…
Report in Dawn, December 19th, 2020PESHAWAR: The newly-posted Inspector General of Frontier Corps (North) Maj-Gen Adil Yamin called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan here on Friday. They discussed matters related to the overall security situation in the province with special focus on the merged areas, according to a statement. The chief minister lauded the role of Frontier Corps in restoring durable peace in the merged districts and said that the security forces, including…
by Zia Ur Rehman in The News, Dec 19, 2020Karachi: Amid the ongoing anti-federal-government campaign by the opposition parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has planned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit next month to Sindh. The PM is expected to announce mega development projects and criticise the provincial government performance in his expected visit. Sources of the PTI Sindh chapter told The News that the PM in his next month’s visit to Sindh would visit districts…
report in The News, Dec 19, 2020ISLAMABAD: According to a fresh survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan, 17 percent citizens in Karachi have declared the PTI as first choice for their vote. The survey comprising interviews of over 500 respondents was conducted from October 27 to November 17. It revealed that after PTI, the PPP and PML-N would bag equal percentage of votes (13 percent), while 12 percent voters will go in favour of the MQM-Pakistan.…
by Afzal Ansari in Dawn, Dec 19th, 2020KASUR: Accountability of both the judges and lawyers at their respective platforms can pave the way for smooth and peaceful working of the courts as well as resolution of disputes in the courts, say bar and bench. Tussle between lawyers and judges, especially in lower courts, is not new. It resurfaced here two weeks back when 10 judges of the Pattoki tehsil courts registered their collective protest by…
Report in Dawn, December 19th, 2020PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami has announced resuming its anti-government drive from Dec 27 after suspending it last month in the wake of spike in Covid-19 cases across the country. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, JI provincial chief Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan said the party would begin the drive by organising a public meeting in Lakki Marwat on Dec 27. He said the protest movement and other political activities were suspended…