by Malik Asad in Dawn, 08 Dec 2020ISLAMABAD: In what may come as a major blow to the privatisation process being spearheaded by some unelected members of the federal government, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday set aside the notification regarding formation of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) last year. The IHC, in its short order on a petition, ruled that unelected advisers and special assistants could not head government’s committees and subsequently…
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report in The Express Tribune, Dec 8, 2020ISLAMABAD: The home ministry on Monday ordered provincial governments to take effective measures against armed wings of political and religious parties. A letter issued to the provinces by the home ministry maintained that various political and religious parties have formed their own militias, wearing uniforms like the armed forces, in violation of Article 256 of the Constitution and the third point of the National Action Plan (NAP). The…
Report in Dawn, 08 Dec 2020KARACHI: A University of Karachi laboratory on Monday came to the conclusion that explosive material was used that caused the collapse of a multistorey building in Gulshan-i-Iqbal in October, killing nine people and injuring 22 others, according to officials. Initially, the police’s Bomb Disposal Squad had declared that the explosion was caused by gas leakage, however, SSGC had denied it. Gulshan-i-Iqbal SHO Safdar Mashwani on Monday said that the investigators…
Report in Dawn, 08 Dec 2020PESHAWAR: The opposition Qaumi Watan Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Monday rejected the report of preliminary inquiry into six Khyber Teaching Hospital deaths due to oxygen shortage and demanded a judicial probe into the incident. During a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club here, PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam said the suspension of some employees was not enough to satisfy the families of the deceased. He said a judicial…
by Zulfiqar Ali in Dawn, 08 Dec 2020PESHAWAR: Health minister Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra on Monday blamed the healthcare system for the death of six patients in Peshawar’s Khyber Teaching Hospital due to oxygen shortage as the opposition demanded his resignation. During a provincial assembly sitting chaired by Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, the opposition members shouted slogans and displayed placards inscribed with calls for Mr Jhagra’s resignation as the health minister over the KTH deaths,…
Report in Dawn, 08 Dec 2020LAHORE: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) got a boost on Monday when the All-Pakistan Anjuman Tajran, the body representing trader community of the country, announced joining the anti-government campaign of the 11-party opposition alliance. “The trader community will become a part of the PDM by participating in the Dec 13 public meeting of the opposition alliance,” the body’s secretary general Naeem Mir said in a video message. He said the…
by Ashraf Malkham in The News, Dec 8, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Wapda seems to be stonewalling inquiries ordered by the Auditor General of Pakistan into huge missteps and massive irregularities in procurement for Dasu and Mohmand hydropower projects, TTI (The Truth International) can report. The AGP report on the Ministry of Water Resources and its entities’ accounts for the financial year 2018-19 reveals that WAPDA blew the deadline for signing of a procurement deal with a…
by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2020.ISLAMABAD: The federal budget deficit jumped to Rs894 billion or 2% of the size of national economy in the first four months of current fiscal year due to double-digit growth in expenditures despite a squeeze on both defence and development spending. The budget deficit of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) during the July-October period of current fiscal year was about 17% higher than the same…
report in Pakistan Today, Dec 08, 2020Prime Minister Imran Khan, who used to follow 19 accounts on the social media site Twitter, has now unfollowed everyone on the site, including the official handle of his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). PM Imran, who had the highest number of followers of any Pakistani on the site with 12.9 million followers, used to follow Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood and Human Rights Minister Shireen…
by Jamal Khurshid in The News, Dec 8, 2020KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the registration of a criminal case against a police assistant sub-inspector and four other police officials over the killings of two suspects in a fake police encounter. The order came on an appeal of Mohammad Javed, who challenged his seven-year sentence by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in a case pertaining to attempt to murder, possession of illegal weapon and…
by Mumtaz Alvi in The News, Dec 8, 2020ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday made it clear that the opposition did not know him adding that even if they held 10 public meetings at the Minar-e-Pakistan, it would make no difference to the government. He was chairing a meeting of the government and ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokespersons here. The meeting reviewed in detail the current key national issues with particular reference to the PDM’s…