by Shahbaz Rana report in the Express Tribune, Dec 12, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government contracted $10.5 billion worth of foreign loans in the last fiscal year to meet the country’s external financing needs, which were up by one-fourth or $2.1 billion over the previous year. The $10.5 billion fresh commitments were exclusive of the $6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal. The federal government signed new agreements worth $10.5 billion with various development…
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report in The News, Dec 12, 2020KOHAT: Demanding the status of a separate province for the merged areas, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman alleged on Friday that the government merged the former tribal areas into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under pressure from the United States (US). “If granting provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan can be discussed, why not the ex-Fata, which has more population than GB,” he said while addressing a public gathering at the Abbas…
report in Dawn, Dec 12, 2020QUETTA: Opposition Senator Mir Kabir Mohammad Shahi has alleged that the federal and provincial governments are hatching a conspiracy to “separate Gwadar from Balochistan” by fencing the port town in the name of Gwadar Safe City project. Speaking at a press conference, the National Party senator said that his party and people of Gwadar would not accept the move and resist it all forums. “We will take up the issue…
report in The News, Dec 12, 2020LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court Friday granted 14-day physical remand of five alleged members of a terrorist network reportedly sponsored by the Indian’s agency RAW that had tasked them with carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan. The CTD officials produced the terrorists before the court seeking their physical remand for investigations. The court accepted the plea and handed them over to CTD on 14-day physical remand. The accused included Abdul…
by Imran Mukhtar in The Nation, Dec 12, 2020ISLAMABAD – The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has warned the Punjab government that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups can carry out a terrorist attack on opposition’s political rally scheduled this weekend in Lahore. It further said that a terrorist group is planning assassination of senior political personalities associated with PDM. ,an alliance of 11 opposition parties, to create security situation in Pakistan. Through a threat…
report in Dawn, Dec 12, 2020ISLAMABAD: As the year 2020 draws to a close, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a ‘White Paper on Global Journalism’ listed five countries, including Pakistan and India, as the ‘Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the World’. The white paper marks the 13th anniversary of the ‘The List of Journalists Killed (1990-2020), during which 2,658 journalists lost their lives in the line of duty. Iraq topped…
report in Dawn, Dec 12, 2020FAISALABAD: Seven policemen were arrested on Friday after registration of cases against them for patronising the criminals. These policemen, all constables, belonged to various police stations and they were booked following intelligence reports endorsed by the superintendents of police concerned. Those arrested were identified as Yasir of Ghulam Muhammadabad Police Station, Yasir Hameed of People’s Colony, Shehzad Anjum and Afzal Ahmed of Sahianwala, Shahid Ghaffar of Lundianwala, Hafiz Tanveer of…
report in Dawn, Dec 12, 2020KOHAT: Over 500 prisoners are being kept at the Kohat jail against its capacity of 108 as work on construction of two additional blocks has been delayed for unknown reasons. Life of the inmates is at risk as the Covid-19-induced SOPs are not being observed. An employee of the prison department confided to Dawn on contact that whenever a high official or minister visited the jail the administration provided masks…
report in Daily Times, Dec12, 2020The British government on Thursday slapped a travel ban and economic sanctions on former Karachi police officer Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan for being involved in gross human rights abuses including torture and murder – including the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in 2018. Speaking to Geo News, a spokesman of UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which issued the list, confirmed that “Anwar Ahmad Khan: Former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in…
REPORT in The Nation, Dec 12, 2020ISLAMABAD – In a joint operation, Pakistan Navy (PN) along with Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) apprehended 200-Kg of Ice and 99 Kg of Crystal off Jiwani, Balochistan. The drugs, valued at approximately Rs1.8 billion, were to be smuggled to unknown destination through Arabian Sea, said a Pakistan Navy press release. The seized drugs were handed over to ANF for legal proceedings. Successful execution of joint Anti-Narcotics Operation was a demonstration…
by Shahbaz Rana in the Express Tribune, Dec 12, 2020ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has withdrawn the portfolio of Revenue Division from the newly-inducted Federal Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh — a move that may have to be eventually reversed for smooth conduct of official business. The move has clipped the wings of Shaikh for the second time in one-and-a-half years, as earlier Prime Minister Imran Khan had withdrawn the portfolio of the Economic Affairs…