by Dr Rana Jawad Asghar in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2020.Recently I was asked by a senior government official as to why I said Punjab was not telling the truth about its Covid-19 cases. “This is a very serious allegation,” he told me, and “what proof do you have for this statement?” In the era of social media and rantings on our TV screens, he was right to see where I stand on my…
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by Mian Abrar in Pakistan Today, , November 11th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday had a heated debate on the fixation of support price for the upcoming crop of wheat as ministers offered a divided opinion over the issue. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, discussed the overall political and economic situation of the country. According to a source, at least four cabinet ministers strongly supported fixing wheat support price at Rs1,800…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, November 11th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned the Islamabad inspector general of police, SSP and an investigating officer in Abdullah Omar missing case. He was abducted by unknown persons in 2015. Omar was allegedly involved in the murder of former federal minister for minority affairs Shahbaz Bhatti and Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, the Federal Investigation Agency prosecutor in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. He was, however, acquitted…
by Amir Wasim in Dawn, November 11th, 2020ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Tuesday cancelled the parliamentary leaders’ meeting which he had convened on Wednesday (today) for “a briefing by military officials on the current issues of national security” after the opposition parties decided to stay away from it. The decision to cancel the meeting was announced officially by the National Assembly Secretariat through a tweet without mentioning any reason. Earlier, information secretary of…
Report in Dawn, November 11th, 2020KARACHI: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Tuesday asked the federal government to play its role for fresh population census in Karachi, nullify the Sindh local government law and set up an autonomous city government in the metropolis.The demand from the JI leadership came in a meeting of its leaders with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail at Governor House where the JI proposed several measures and sought role of the federal government of the…
by Kalbe Ali | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 11th, 2020• Imran, Abbasi no more billionaires as they declare assets’ cost instead of worth• Seven among 12 MNAs belong to ruling coalition• Landlords, capitalists dominate the National Assembly ISLAMABAD: Landlords and capitalists dominate the National Assembly with the majority of its members possessing huge pieces of land, precious properties and massive investments in stocks, shares and industrial units and agriculture. Those who are rolling…
by Fahad Zulfikar in Business Recorder, Nov 11, 2020 (BREAKING NEWS)Karachi: An accountability court in Lahore indicted PML-N President and leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and others in a money laundering case, local media reported on Wednesday. As per details, the court instructed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to present their evidence in the said case at next hearing. However, all the accused nominated in the case pleaded not guilty.…
Report in Dawn, November 11th, 2020LAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday issued perpetual arrest warrants of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif after completing the process to declare him an absconder in a reference of illegal land allotment transaction which also involves Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman. As Presiding Judge Asad Ali resumed hearing, NAB Prosecutor Haris Qureshi submitted a report on the process to declare Sharif an absconder. He said the suspect had not…
report in Dawn, November 11th, 2020LAHORE: Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani has announced a new policy for crime control. He made the announcement in ‘Police Senior Command Conference’ at the Central Police Office on Tuesday. It was the first gathering of over 70 police officers, including heads of all nine regions and 36 districts, at the CPO. Under the new policy, Mr Ghani ordered free registration of the first information reports (FIRs) and strengthening…
report in The Frontier Post / November 11, 2020ISLAMABAD (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned federal secretaries of Interior Ministry, Defense and Cabinet in person on next hearing in a matter pertaining to implementation of court orders in a missing person Umer Abdullah case. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad, SP investigation, SHO of relevant police station and investigation officer were also amongst the respondents who were summoned by the bench. Justice…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, November 11th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Sarina Isa, the wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday personally submitted an application to the SC registrar with a request to include all the judges in the full court who had earlier decided her husband’s petition against the filing of a presidential reference and issued a short order on June 19. “I am confident when this injustice is brought to the…