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by Mehtab Haider in The News, Nov 16, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) admits that the illicit cigarette trade deals an estimated loss of Rs24 billion per annum to the national exchequer. “Our estimate suggests that the share of illicit cigarettes stands in the range of 16 to 18 percent causing Rs24 billion losses to our revenues,” Member Tax Policy FBR Chaudhry Muhammad Tarique said in a policy dialogue on tobacco taxation. The…

Report in The News, Nov 16, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Sunday reacted to the arrest of its former MNA Abdul Ghaffar Dogar, saying such actions could not dampen the spirit and morale of its workers. Reacting to the arrest, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz tweeted that the Multan rally of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) would be held on its scheduled day and time. “This puppet and selected government cannot dampen the spirit and…

report in Dawn, November 16th, 2020LAHORE: The unity of progressive political parties, and a wide assortment of people’s movements committed to class struggle, genuine democratic federalism, women’s emancipation, equal citizenship for followers of all faiths, and an ecologically sustainable model of development is essential to address Pakistan’s political, economic and cultural crises and transform it into a welfare state. This was the crux of a joint declaration issued following a two-day summit of the Mazdoor…

report in Dawn, November 16th, 2020SUKKUR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Sindh chapter general secretary Maulana Rashid Mehmood Soomro has said that JUI-F is not against the Pakistan Army rather the party believes that army is guardian of the country’s boundaries. He said at a press conference at a filling station in Kandhkot on Saturday evening that his party was only against the generals who had toppled elected governments and intervened in state institutions. He condemned the child-rape…

Report in Dawn, November 16th, 2020KARACHI: Several hundred people took part in a rally organised by the Sindh Action Committee (SAC) on Sunday at Fawwara Chowk against “anti-Sindh” projects and the controversial Pakistan Islands Dev­elopment Authority (PIDA) Ordinance. The Sindh government was urged to take up the issue of the islands before Council of Common Interests (CCI). The rally started from Gora Qabrustan on main Sharea Faisal and culminated at Governor House, where SAC leaders…

Report in Dawn, November 16th, 2020MUZAFFARGARH: Police arrested four men who organised a village council (jirga) and ordered the killing of a woman of their tribe under karo kari for marrying a man of her own free will around a year ago.According to the Chowk Karam Dad Qureshi police, District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Hassan Iqbal took stern action against a family of Suleman Pathan tribe who held a jirga against a woman of their…

by Yousaf Ali in The News, Nov 16, 2020PESHAWAR: After its humiliating defeat in Lower Dir and Upper Dir district in the 2018 general election, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has suffered another serious blow in its erstwhile stronghold as former provincial finance minister Muzaffar Sayed has parted ways with the party and decided to join the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Reports about the possible defection of Muzaffar Sayed had gone viral on social media and caused…

by Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 16, 2020ISLAMABAD: In an open letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan and Lahore High Court chief justice, a woman Additional District & Sessions Judge from Punjab, Dr Sajida Ahmed, has said that it would have been better for her to rear cattle and make dung cakes in her village than joining the judiciary where she has to face disrespect and naked abuse in court everyday from “so-…

Report in Dawn, November 16th, 2020SHEIKHUPURA: Five armed men abducted a 20-year-old girl from her home where her engagement was going on and injured three members of her family in Narang Mandi Saddar Bazaar on Sunday.Dozens of members of Irfa’s extended family were present at her house to participate in the engagement function when five armed people, including Irtiza, appeared and opened indiscriminate firing. As a result of the firing, the girl’s uncle advocate Mudassar…

by Naeem Sahoutara in Dawn, November 16th, 2020KARACHI: Witnesses in high-profile cases are scared to move freely in courts to testify against accused as the Sindh government is yet to fully implement a law specifically enacted to provide protection to witnesses, it has emerged.Judicial and prosecution sources told the Dawn that witnesses were feeling insecure to record their statements against accused in most criminal cases, particularly those being tried in antiterrorism courts. The provincial assembly…