Clerics and representatives of different political organisations and religious schools of thought have called on the government to fully implement the National Action Plan (NAP) and ensure legislation on the draft of ‘Paigham-e-Pakistan’. While addressing Ulema-Mashaykh Convention, which held in Faisalabad here on Sunday under the aegis of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), clerics and representatives of different religious schools of thought stated that government had represented emotions of Muslim Ummah on the issue of Namoos-e-Risalat…
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Protesters vandalised the head offices of the Jang-Geo media group on I.I. Chundrigar Road on Sunday, allegedly beat a cameraman and other staffers. The episode drew a sharp reaction from media organisations, prompting the authorities to take notice. The protesters were venting out their rage against inflammatory words allegedly used by Irshad Bhatti, an anchor, against Sindhis recently. Additional IG Ghulam Nabi Memon, the Karachi police chief, told Dawn that “this is an unfortunate incident.…
Police have nabbed a group of police officers who received large sums of money as bribes from citizens for fake constables’ recruitment. The group, which includes five police personnel and five private individuals, including a Dolphin Force officer, has been involved in previous recruitment. The police department has arrested two members of the gang while suspending the police personnel involved in the gang and started an investigation against them. According to the police report, Line…
While preparing a draft of reforms, a think tank of serving and retired inspector generals of police (IGPs) has pointed out a set of key problems, mainly the chronic political interference in police’s operational matters, and argued that these issues have been hindering mega reforms in the decades-old police system in Punjab. They believe that since inception, the approach of the police has largely been crime-centric i.e. to curb crime, rather than to facilitate the…
The anguishing sobbing of the family members of “missing” persons from Balochistan staging a sit-in in Islamabad would break any heart. Some might say their harrowing experiences finally struck a cord at the centre as Human Rights Minister reached out to the protestors. Shireen Mazari even assured them of the government’s commitment to “end(ing) this practice of enforced disappearances through legislation.” PM Khan’s invitation to meet the families in March is another welcoming sign of…
Report in Dawn, Jannuary 6th, 2021LAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday allowed more time to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit a compliance report about the attachment of the assets owned by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif since he had been declared absconder in a reference of 34-year-old illegal land allotment in favour of Jang Group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman. The investigating officer told the court that the process to attach the movable and…
Report in Dawn, Jannuary 6th, 2021MANSEHRA: A jirga jointly formed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan governments to settle the bilateral boundary dispute has received the consent of the conflict zone’s settlers for its decision to be declared in the days ahead. “We met settlers of the disputed territory between KP and GB and got their willingness to accept whatever the decree issued by us to settle the issue amicably once for all,” jirga head…
report in the News, Jan 6, 2021QUETTA: Top-level negotiations continued between the government emissaries and leaders of the Hazara protesters here till 2am with the government requesting that the dead are buried and the protesters asking for Prime Minister Imran Khan to come to console them before any burials. The government side was represented by Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi, Adviser to PM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari and NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri.…
report in Dawn, January 6th, 2021QUETTA: Despite efforts made by the federal and provincial authorities, thousands of mourners belonging to the Shia Hazara community, who have blockaded a highway here with the bodies of slain coal miners, have refused to end their sit-in which entered the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Even extremely cold weather could not force the protesters, including women and children, to leave the Western Bypass area. They are protesting over the…
by Abdul Sattar in The News, Jan 6, 2021The writer is a freelance journalist.Many in the opposition camp may have been quite taken aback by the PPP’s decision to contest the up-coming Senate elections. Some have accused the party of stabbing the PDM in the back. The decision has also created an impression that the opposition parties stand fragmented. But before unleashing a torrent of criticism against the PPP, one needs to ponder over the…
by Sumaira Jajja in Dawn, January 6th, 2021KARACHI: “The zulm that was done to our people, even animals don’t do this to their foes. This genocide must stop now,” a visibly shaken Hazara woman said at the protest condemning the Mach massacre on Tuesday outside the Karachi Press Club. The emotionally charged protest was organized by the residents of Hussain Hazara Goth in solidarity with the victims of the Mach coal mine attack where 11…