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Report in Dawn, November 17th, 2020LAHORE: The PML-N has criticised the government for continuing to transport party president Shehbaz Sharif from jail to courts or hospital in an armoured vehicle despite the fact that the opposition leader in the National Assembly suffers from chronic backache. “We condemn the shifting of Shehbaz Sharif to [General] hospital [for his CT Scan there] in an armoured car instead of being provided a better vehicle, keeping in view his…

by Malik Asad in Dawn, November 17th, 2020ISLAMABAD: An accountability court here on Monday indicted former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail, former managing director of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Sheikh Imranul Haq, ex-chairperson of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Uzma Adil and others in the LNG terminal project reference.Mr Abbasi’s son Abdullah Khaqan, who is in quarantine at home due to Covid-19, was also indicted. For the…

by Azfar-ul-Ashfaque in Dawn, November 17th, 2020KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui of working for Indian intelligence agency RAW and demanded that the government impose a blanket ban on MQM-P’s name, flag and election symbol. However, the MQM-P rejected Mr Kamal’s allegations and termed them a “pack of lies”. Speaking at a press conference here, Mr Kamal, who has been demanding a…

by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, November 17th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee to Protect Minorities from Forced Conversions observed on Monday that there must be clear definitions of, and differentiation between, forced and voluntary conversions.Committee chairman Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar informed members during a meeting that the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) had already been asked to undertake the task of preparing a draft to define forced conversions. CII director general Inamul Haq informed the committee that…

report in The News, Nov 17, 2020LAHORE: A Sahiwal district leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who was booked in an incident of violence against a female government servant, has been appointed on the women protection authority. The FIR of the incident was lodged in late September this year and local PTI leader Naveed Aslam is on bail nowadays in the case of slapping a woman officer of the Pakistan Post. Ironically, the accused has…

by Mohammad Asghar | Munawer Azeem in Dawn, November 17th, 2020•Protesters continue to occupy Faizabad•No official confirmation of agreementISLAMABAD / RAWALPINDI: The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) late on Monday night announced that the government had accepted all its four demands, but made no announcement about calling off its sit-in. A spokesman for the TLP released a copy of the handwritten agreement carrying signatures of Minister for Religious Affairs Pir Noorul Qadri, Interior Minister Ijaz Shah and…

by Shakeel Anjum in The News, Nov 17, 2020ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Sunday declared that the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) had decided to call off its protest after prolonged negotiations in Islamabad. However, the TLP leadership gave the impression that the protest had not been called off. Sources in the TLP told The News that the final decision would be made after a meeting with their leadership. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor ul Haq…

by Zahid Gishkori in The News, Nov 17, 2020ISLAMABAD: Tax authorities have informed the apex court that the defence put forth by the wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa to explain the sources of investment made in the purchase of her three expensive London properties is quite unsatisfactory. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has submitted its final report with the Supreme Court (SC) following its 19th June judgment that ordered the tax authorities to…

by Waseem Ashraf Butt in Dawn, November 17th, 2020GUJRAT: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Monday arrested a close aide of the Chaudhrys of PML-Q, Nadeem Akhtar Malhi, for allegedly causing a loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer through a contract of sand excavation from the Chenab river. ACE Gujrat Deputy Director Afzal Hayat Tarrar told Dawn that a team arrested Malhi as soon as he came out of the Gujranwala anti-corruption court…

by Muhammad Anis in The News, Nov 17, 2020ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) held here Monday maintained that there would be no change in the narrative of the movement. Talking to newsmen after a PDM Steering Committee meeting, PDM spokesman Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the meeting discussed the future action plan, saying that options of a shutdown strike and the Islamabad march could not be ruled out. The meeting chaired by…