REPORT in The Nation, Nov 21, 2020BEIJING – A Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Friday indicated that any attempt to sabotage China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) flagship project would not succeed and said both countries could work together to ensure its success, with support of the international community. “I have already made my response to this issue. No attempt to sabotage the CPEC will succeed,” Zhao Lijian made his remarks during a briefing while answering a…
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REPORT in The Nation, Nov 21, 2020ISLAMABAD – Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong called on Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza at Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi. According to Pakistan Army’s media wing, “matters related to geostrategic environment and further strengthening of security and defense cooperation between the two countries were discussed during the meeting.” The statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate further said that both sides reaffirmed the…
by SHAFQAT ALI in The Nation, Nov 21, 2020ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday alleged that the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Election Commission was involved in rigging the recently held general elections in the region. Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, spokesperson for Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said that the GB’s chief election commissioner should announce the results forthwith, and must not waste time in holding meaningless press conferences. Senator Khokhar accused the GB…
by Javaid-ur-Rahman in The Nation, Nov 20, 2020ISLAMABAD – The PTI’s senior lawmakers, in upcoming National Assembly session, may formally invite the joint opposition for introducing electronic voting in the country by amending rules in electoral reforms. The government side would try to take opposition into confidence for initiating constitutional amendments in both the houses of the parliament. As Prime Minister Imran Khan the other day [Wednesday] announced that his government will introduce an electronic…
by Asim Yasin in The News, N0v 20, 2020ISLAMABAD: Former chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani opposed the government move on a constitutional amendment for election in Senate through show of hands on technical ground and suggested that instead of open vote, the name of the voter as a member of the provincial assembly be written on the ballot paper. He said that during the previous session of the National Assembly, a government bill namely, “The…
report in The News, N0v 20, 2020ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, who is also the head of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), on Thursday said he has requested Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser to summon a meeting of the NA committee to stop the proposed rally of the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in Peshawar. Speaking at Geo News programme ‘Capital Talk’ hosted by Hamid Mir, Asad Umar…
report in The News, N0v 20, 2020PESHAWAR: The media committee of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Thursday declared that the public gathering on November 22 would be held at all costs and it would prove a referendum against the government. They were addressing a joint news conference here. Those who spoke on the occasion included Abdul Jalil Jan of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, Senator Rubina Khalid of Pakistan People’s Party, Ikhtiar Wali of Muslim League-Nawaz, Asad Afridi of…
report in The News, Nov 20, 2020LAHORE: PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah has termed 2021 the year of general elections and said that now there is no need for local body elections in the country including in Punjab. Talking to media here on Thursday, he said the opposition will not negotiate with the government on any issue including electoral reforms because in response to the offer of the Charter of Economy, “we have been called…
by Attiya Munawer in Daily Times, Nov 20, 2020Gilgit-Baltistan is a region of natural beauty, rich in resources and spread over a vast area. This area covers 28,174 square miles or 72,971 square kilometers. Due to its mostly mountainous terrain, the population is only 1.8 million. The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly has 24 seats, on which party-based elections are held. Earlier, two elections were won by PPP and PML-N respectively, this is the third general election, this…
report in Dawn, November 20th, 2020JHELUM: The closing ceremony of Exercise DRUZBHA-V between Pakistan and Russian forces was held at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) near Kharian.Russian Ambassador Danila Ganich, Inspector General Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) Lt-Gen Sher Afgun and senior military officials from both sides witnessed the closing ceremony. “Special Forces’ Pakistan-Russian Federation Contingent demonstrated real-time skilful drills & procedures of counter terrorism operations,” an ISPR release said. The two-week long Durzbha-V was…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, November 20th, 2020ISLAMABAD: A group of public-spirited individuals, including I.A. Rehman, on Thursday challenged the Supreme Court office’s Oct 29 decision to return a petition they had moved against the alleged kidnapping and detention of the Sindh police chief.The petition had sought an SC declaration that the Oct 19 detention of the Sindh inspector general as well as illegal and mala fide interference in a criminal investigation gravely breached fundamental…