Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2020PESHAWAR: An elderly man belonging to a religious minority was gunned down by an unidentified attacker at a bus stop here on Sunday. Badabher police station registered a murder case under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the deceased’s brother. Mahboob Khan, 75, had gone to the residence of his daughter in the Sheikh Mohammadi area, situated in the southern outskirts of the provincial capital.…
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by Mushtaq Paracha in The News, Nov 9, 2020NOWSHERA: A delegation of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf headed by Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak will visit Awami National Party’s Bacha Khan Markaz, the party head office, today (Monday) to apologise for the recent controversial remarks by Brigadier (retd) Ijaz Shah. Speaking at a recent ceremony at his hometown Nankana Sahib, Punjab, the interior minister had said the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had in reaction to the ANP…
by Zia Ur Rehman in The News, Nov 9, 2020Karachi:The five-day-long ‘Sindh Awareness March’ – a rally held by the Qaumi Awami Tehreek to protest the federal government’s plan to develop the cities of Karachi’s two islands, the provincial government’s plan to sell Tharparkar’s Karoonjhar Mountains, and other issues “posing threats “ to Sindh’s provincial autonomy – concluded at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday. The march, which passed through different cities en route to…
Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2020Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday lashed out at the Sindh government for Karachi’s sorry state of affairs during the party’s public meeting at Bagh-i-Jinnah. “You ruined all industries and infrastructure, snatched away electricity, water and gas from the people. Businesses are being closed down [while] the youth is unable to secure jobs. “For the past 12 years, you have not given us a single drop…
by Mohammad Hussain Khan in Dawn, November 9th, 2020HYDERABAD: Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Amir Khan on Friday said that although his party was an ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf his party it was not satisfied with the performance of the federal government. He added that the progress on fulfilment of promises made with his party remained very slow. Mr Khan said that post-Altaf Hussain MQM was better as it was violence free. “This MQM…
report in The News, Nov 9, 2020ISLAMABAD: The federal ministers and leaders of the PTI on Sunday termed the opposition’s alliance the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as ‘Pakistan dacoit movement’ and said the corrupt established palaces with looted money. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said it was quite obvious the opposition did not know what to do and they were shooting arrows in the dark. Reacting to the opposition leaders’ speeches, the…
by Mian Abrar in Pakistan Today, Nov 9, 2020–Opposition alliance aims to ramp up anti-govt campaign–Gulf deepens between PPP, PML-N over Bilawal’s interviewThe 11-party anti-government alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), on Sunday discussed the options for holding a long march against the federal government in the month of January while en-bloc resignations from the assemblies and the Senate were also discussed. It was decided that final decisions would be taken by the senior leadership of…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 9, 2020ISLAMABAD: The leadership of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of opposition parties, has expressed serious concerns over the delay in investigation of PML-N leader Captain (retd) Safdar’s alleged arrest under duress from his hotel room in Karachi last month. “Despite the assurance of army chief that investigation would be completed in 10 days no headway has been made after passing of three weeks,” JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur…
Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The constituent parties of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have agreed to prepare a new charter to formally outline their demands and future course of action to achieve their targets with the main aim of “establishing a true constitutional and democratic system in the country”. Talking to reporters after presiding over a meeting of the heads of the 11-party alliance here on Sunday, PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman…
There has always been an unsaid rule in Pakistani politics that prohibits the use of specific names of individuals belonging to institutions when referring to the ‘establishment’. Whenever the word is used, it is usually a reference to political interference, which is why most politicians choose to deal in euphemisms during discourse, both inside and outside Parliament. Last month at the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) first major public show in Gujranwala, former Prime Minister Mian…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 8th, 2020QUETTA: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Saturday suffered a major setback in Balochistan when its provincial chapter president retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch formally resigned from the party and former chief minister Sanaullah Zehri announced quitting the PML-N’s central executive committee. Their parting came after differences emerged within the PML-N over what they called their leader’s narrative against the army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chiefs and for…