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PML(N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s interview with the BBC must have had a demoralising impact on the PTI. All the more so as it has come at a time when the entire lot of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s allies are expressing dissatisfaction while a crucial ally has declined the invitation to attend his luncheon. Ms Nawaz has revealed that members of the security establishment had reached out to “many people around me, but nobody has…

by Fahd Husain in Dawn, November 14th, 2020IT is suddenly the flavour of the month. Everyone who is anyone is suggesting it, advocating it and pushing for it. Talk talk is better than fight fight, goes the argument. In the middle of a ferocious war of words, who has decided to smoke the peace pipe? And why?It all happened with Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s interview to BBC. “Army is my institution,” she said. “We will definitely…

by Amir Wasim in Dawn, November 13th, 2020• Vows not to have secret dialogue with anyone• Claims establishment contacted ‘people around her’• PPP sees BBC interview as outcome of ‘ongoing rethinking process’ within PML-N• PTI terms it ‘face-saving move’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Thursday showed her party’s readiness to hold talks with the army, but with certain conditions, including packing up of the present Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government. “Army…

Report in Dawn, November 13th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday closed an investigation against Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi in an alleged corruption case for want of evidence and approved filing of seven references against others, including officials and public representatives of Balochistan. The decision was taken at a NAB Executive Board Meeting (EBM) presided over by its chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal. “The EBM has authorised closing of investigations against…

by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, November 13th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may not be back on track in a formal way very soon as the authorities struggle on politically challenging issues — power sector and revenue — amid difficult economic conditions. While the two sides are currently involved in setting timelines for revised structural benchmarks, the government wants some nascent feel-good factor in some economic indicators to…

by Mehtab Haider in The News, Nov 13, 2020ISLAMABAD: The IMF is all set to convert all missed structural benchmarks such as tabling bills for amendments into State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Nepra Act as “prior actions” for the formal revival of much-awaited second review under the $6 billion programme for Pakistan. Without implementing all the “prior actions”, including raising power tariff, taking additional taxation measures by FBR, introducing amendments to the SBP and…

by Murtaza Ali Shah & Zahid Gishkori in The News, Nov 13, 2020LONDON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have declared Altaf Hussain, founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), one of the most wanted terrorists of the country, listing him in the Federal Investigation Agency’s Red Book for the first time. The Red Book, compiled by Counterterrorism Wing (CTW) of the FIA, included names of other MQM leaders like Muhammad Anwar, Iftikhar Hussain and Kashif Khan Kamran, who were…

Report in Dawn, November 13th, 2020LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday sent a bouquet to PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and inquired after his health. PML-N leader Khwaja Asif visited Shujaat at the Services Hospital and presented a bouquet on behalf of Mr Sharif who inquired after his health and wished him a fast recovery. A good number of provincial lawmakers and politicians, including JI’s Liaquat Baloch, visited the hospital.https://www.dawn.com/news/1590096/nawaz-bouquet-for-shujaat

by Ishaq Tanoli in Dawn, November 13th, 2020KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leaders on Thursday slammed the Sindh government for carving out the seventh district out of Karachi and approached the Sindh High Court against the creation of Keamari district. They contended that it was not an administrative decision, but an attempt to divide the city on ethnic lines and strengthen the political position of the Pakistan Peoples Party. The MQM leaders, Khawaja Izharul Hasan…

Report in The Nation, Nov 13, 2020ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau on Thursday moved a graft reference to the accountability court against former secretary interior Shahid Khan pertaining to embezzlement of around Rs 40 millions in plots allocated for martyrs’ widows. The NAB reference alleged that former Secretary Ministry of Interior Shahid Khan had devoured the expensive commercial plot of National Police Foundation (NPF) which was allocated for the families of martyrs. It said…