by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, November 18th, 2020ISLAMABAD: A judge from Fatehjang district has invited the attention of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed as well as the chief justice of the Lahore High Court to the harassment of judicial officers at workplace in the lower judiciary due to boorish and rowdy behaviour of lawyers. Additional District and Sessions Judge Fathejang Dr Sajida Ahmed Chaudhry, who has done her PhD and joined the service…
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report in Dawn, November 18th, 2020KHYBER: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police officer in Jamrud and injured his driver on Tuesday. Officials said former Jamrud SHO Gula Jan along with his driver was on way home in Shah Kas area in his personal vehicle when two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on them. They said Gula Jan received critical injuries and was immediately rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, November 18th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday termed the First Information Report (FIR) registered against journalist Asad Ali Toor infructuous. Mr Toor was represented by Advocate retired Col Inamur Rahim and Imaan Zainab Hazir-Mazari before Justice Sadiq Mahmud Khurram. Besides, prominent lawyers Umar Gillani, Imtiaz Haider and Sikandar Naeem Qazi being part of the legal committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) for defence of…
by Shahzad Paracha in Pakistan Today, November 18th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Unknown assailants abducted the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) assistant commissioner from his office in Shikarpur, Pakistan Today learned on Tuesday. Sukkar regional tax office has communicated to the police that AC Muhammed Yakoob Rajper has been kidnapped by unknown assailants from the office of Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue (DC IR), Shikarpur. LDC Noor Mohammed said that at about 4 PM, four unknown persons in a…
Report in Times of India, Nov 18, 2020 at 10.23 AM ISTGILGIT-BALTISTAN: With the results seemingly in favour of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Gilgit Baltistan, massive protests continue in the illegally occupied region alleging poll rigging in the Legislative Assembly elections. The elections were held on Sunday in Gilgit-Baltistan in 24 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly. Thousands of people turned up on the streets, carrying flags to protest against the rigged…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 18th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party has raised questions over neutrality of GB’s chief election commissioner in the recently held Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections, arguing that instead of taking action over ‘open and blatant violation of electoral law’ by the federal government he is asking the opposition parties to provide proof. This attitude was enough proof of the partial conduct of the GB’s CEC himself, said Taj Haider who…
by Atika Rehman in Dawn, November 18th, 2020LONDON: A day after British Pakistani Lord Nazir Ahmed tweeted that he has stepped down from his role in the UK House of Lords after 20 years of service, a report published by the Upper House revealed that a conduct committee recommended he be expelled after an inquiry into sexual misconduct. The decision marks the first time a peer has ever been recommended for expulsion. “Lord Ahmed breached…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, November 18th, 2020GWADAR: A suspected terrorist wanted by the Iranian government for a long time and his two sons were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Turbat town of Kech district on Tuesday. The police said that the alleged terrorist, identified as Mullah Omer, was hiding in the Satellite town area of Turbat. A police team during a routine patrolling signalled a vehicle to stop in the…
by Shishir Gupta in Hindustan Times, Nov 18, 2020Relations between Pakistan and the UAE appear to be on a sharp downward spiral in recent weeks, particularly after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was critical of the UAE’s formalisation of its relationship with Israel, people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity. This has manifested itself not just in the arrest of pro-Palestine Pakistani activists in the UAE, but also of other Pakistani residents,…
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, which had gone into hibernation after getting a bloody nose in 2018, is back into action once again. After leading a big rally in Karachi, it is now holding a sit-in at Faizabad, blocking Islamabad-Rawalpindi traffic, preventing children from going to schools and employees to Islamabad Secretariat. Attempts by Punjab’s ineffectual CM to stop the TLP supporters from holding the protest have failed. Despite raids and arrests in several cities and sealing Rawalpindi’s…
At a time when the second wave of coronavirus infections is underway, TLP’s stick-wielding protestors have descended on the capital due to the recent actions of the French government and are demanding the expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan and cutting off all ties from France with immediate effect. The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan rally in the capital comes at a very sensitive period; and as always, its efficacy for Pakistani citizens is as arguable as…