by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2020.ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday finally gave the portfolio of revenue to Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, just a couple of days after elevating him from adviser to the full-fledge minister but clipping his wings by not extending the said portfolio. With the decision, the premier ended the uncertainty in the power corridors as to who would look after the affairs…
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by KHALID RASHEED in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2020.LAHORE: As the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) continues to flex its political muscle against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government, its own internal unity appears to be fractured. According to one insider, the party appears to be divided internally. “There are two visible factions in the party. One is loyal to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the other, to his younger brother and former…
Report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2020PESHAWAR: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested four suspects in two separate search operations and recovered arms and ammunition from their possessions. The first operation was conducted by Counter Terrorism Department in Malik Doran Gul Market at Sarband area of Bara tehsil in Khyber tribal district. Police arrested two alleged terrorists and recovered two hand grenades and two 30-bore pistols from their possessions. The arrested persons were identified as…
Report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2020QUETTA: A member of the National Assembly from Gwadar-Lasbela, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, has expressed reservation over the decision for fencing of Gwadar in the name of security, pointing out that the move will create doubts in the minds of locals. Mr Bhootani said that as an elected parliamentarian from Gwadar, he would take up the issue concerning the people of the port city with the top political and military leadership.…
by Iqtidar Gilani in The Nation, Dec 15th, 2020LAHORE – Pakistan Democratic Movement has given deadline of January 31, 2021 to Imran Khan-led federal government for stepping down. Talking to media after four hours long meeting of leadership of 11 parties alliance at Jati Umra on Monday, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that date of long march towards Islamabad would be announced on February 1 if demand of resignation was not fulfilled. PML-N Vice…
Report in The News, Dec 15th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Commission on Inquiry of Enforced Disappearances has submitted the response to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UN-WGEID) Geneva after its every session to review the position of cases against member countries, including Pakistan. The Commission stated that it was gratifying to note that on the response, submitted by the government of Pakistan, UN-WGEID has clarified 174 cases, which was registered against Pakistan,…
by Obaid Abrar Khan in The News, Dec 15th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday summoned PM’s Adviser on accountability and interior Shahzad Akbar for a hearing related to delayed justice case on December 24. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing a case related to the undue delay in the delivery of justice to the citizens of Pakistan. During the hearing, Justice Minallah expressed his disapproval and said the state has…
Report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2020KOHAT: An official of Counter Terrorism Department was killed by unidentified assailants in Kachai area of Kohat on Monday. The CTD office said that Aqleem Haider was on leave and was in his hometown Kachai for three days. It said that unidentified armed men stopped him and opened fire at him. He was injured seriously. He was taken to the hospital but he succumbed to his wounds there. A case…
by Jamil Nagri in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2020GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan chief election commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan has said the long-awaited local body elections will be held in the region early next year. Mr Raja Shahbaz told Dawn that the GB Election Commission had decided to organise polls for Gilgit-Baltistan local bodies in the next few months. The last local body elections in Gilgit-Baltistan were held in Aug 2004. Mr Shahbaz also rejected the allegations of rigging…
Report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2020RAWALPINDI: Police officials narrowly escaped when an unidentified person fired gunshots at Sadiqabad police station before dawn on Monday and escaped. Police have registered a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act on the complaint of ASI Mohammad Saleem, and launched investigation. The complainant said he was sitting in his room when he heard the sound of a gunshot, following which, he rushed to the muharar’s office and observed that two gunshots…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Defence on Monday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that an activist of the banned outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) was not in the custody of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI). Justice Ghulam Azam Qambrani was hearing a petition filed by Saadia Rahat, a practicing lawyer, against the abduction of her spouse Naveed Butt, former spokesperson for HuT, who has been missing…