by Javaid-ur-Rahman in The Nation, Dec 5, 2020ISLAMABAD – The Parliamentary Opposition parties are set to take all anti-government decisions including deliberation on moving no-confidence motions at the forum of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). The Parliamentary Opposition parties under the umbrella of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), for the last one-month, have been taking decisions about conducting anti-government public gatherings. These Opposition parties would start deliberations related to Parliament including moving no-confidence motions at the forum…
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Report in The Nation, Dec 4th, 2020LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami Emeer Senator Sirajul Haq has termed the PTI government a complete failure and destruction for the country, vowing to send the rulers packing and bring a real revolution based on the founding principles of Pakistan. Talking to journalists after addressing a ceremony in honour of special persons on occasion of ‘International Day of Disable Persons’ at Mansoora on Thursday, he said the second phase of JI’s…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, Dec 4, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan experienced a significant increase in methamphetamine seizures between 2016 and 2018, and quantities of the drug seized increased more than 21 times from about 133kg in 2016 to 2.9 tonnes in 2018, reveals the ‘Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020’. The report published by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday says the spike in seizures in 2018 is attributed to a single large…
report in Dawn, Dec 4, 2020LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday convicted four leaders of Jamatud Dawa (JuD) in two more cases of terror financing. Announcing the verdict in FIRs 27 & 40 of 2019, Presiding Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar handed down 15-year-and-a-half-month imprisonment to Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Ashraf each while six-month term to Abdul Rehman Makki in each case. Several leaders of the JuD including its chief Hafiz Muhammad…
By Mian Abrar in Pakistan Today, Dec 4th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Qasim Khan Suri on Thursday said that the federal government has resumed talks with Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) to persuade the disgruntled ally into becoming part of the coalition government once again. However, BNP-M Secretary-General Senator Jahanzeb Jamaldini has contradicted the claim, saying that there were no talks between the two parties.National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri told media in Quetta…
Report in The News, Dec 4th, 2020MANSEHRA: People on Thursday took to the streets in protest against the delay in appointments of the teachers and other staff at the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Balakot. A former naib nazim, Mohammad Pervez, said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had upgraded the high school to the higher secondary level on people’s demand about four years ago, but added that local girls were still deprived of admissions…
Report in The News, Dec 4th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The provincial governments in Pakistan could not get success in satisfying majority of people with their performance, reveals a survey conducted by Pulse Consultant. The survey findings are based on over 2,000 respondents’ opinion who were interviewed during October 21 to 27, 2020. The survey was conducted through computer assisted telephonic interviews, a state-of-the-art technology where all calls are recorded. In the survey, the Sindh government received most…
by SHAFQAT ALI in The Nation, Dec 4th, 2020ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party yesterday demanded probe into the Liquefied Natural Gas ‘scandal’ and slammed the government for gas shortage in the country. PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman said due to the government’s ‘incompetence’, the circular debt in the gas sector had reached a shocking figure of Rs 350 billion. “As if our Rs 2,253 circular debt was not enough, now due to…
by Mehtab Haider in The News, Dec 4th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenues, Dr Waqar Masood, has said the FBR identified a staggering 7.4 million potential non-filers who undertook multi-billion rupees transactions and paid withholding taxes for purchasing properties, vehicles and other luxurious items but refused to come into the tax net. “In the first batch, the FBR identified 250,000 individuals out of one million filers who claimed absolutely no income…
Report in Dawn, Dec 4th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to initiate a fresh inquiry against former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who is at present living in London apparently to avoid facing alleged corruption cases in Pakistan. The decision to initiate a new case against the former minister was taken in a meeting of NAB’s Executive Board, which was presided over by the anti-graft watchdog’s chairman, retired Justice Javed Iqbal. A senior…
ISLAMABAD – The PTI’s first-ever election victory in the strategically located Gilgit-Baltistant (GB) and the alarming rise of infections in the second wave of Covid-19 amid the opposition’s anti-government campaign have increased chances of elevating the ruling party’s political fortunes. After getting a smooth sailing in the November 15 elections of the Gilgit-Baltistant Assembly followed by the formation of its government in the region, the ruling PTI now feels confident to consolidate its position at…