report in Dawn, November 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad on Thursday quashed a complaint against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif, former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and others over alleged violence against participants of the 2014 sit-in of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) in the federal capital. Last week ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan had reserved the decision on a report…
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report in The News, November 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fiscal deficit for the September quarter stood at Rs484 billion or 1.1 percent of the gross domestic product compared with 0.7 percent of GDP or Rs286 billion in the same period last year. Data issued by the Ministry of Finance on fiscal operations for FY2021 showed that the government posted a primary balance of 0.6 percent of GDP (Rs258 billion) in July-September FY2021, which is in line…
by Mian Abrar in Pakistan Today, November 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: In a new twist to the tale of discord between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) strongman Jahangir Khan Tareen and Prime Minister Imran Khan, the former has decided to end his self-imposed exile and return to Pakistan today.It is pertinent to mention here that Jahangir Tareen had moved to London seven months ago after the decision of the Sugar Inquiry Commission and was residing in London. PTI Jahangir…
by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, November 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Majority of the foreign funded power projects are moving at a snail’s pace, resulting in non-disbursement of committed international funds despite payment of commitment charges. A meeting of the National Coordination Committee on Foreign-Funded Projects (NCCFFP) on Thursday noted with concern that eight out of 14 key projects in power sector had become “problematic” or ‘partially-satisfactory’. The total funds committed by foreign lending agencies and bilateral creditors…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2020LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday convicted three leaders of the proscribed organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in two separate cases of terror financing and terrorism. The ATC Judge Ejaz Ahmad Butter, awarded jail term to Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Malik Zafar Iqbal and Haji Muhammad Ashraf. Maki and Zafar Iqbal are members of the Tanzeem AL-Anfaal Trust which is a subsidiary organization of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba. The court awarded sixteen…
by Zia Ur Rehman in The News, Nov 6, 2020In a meeting with Sindh police chief Mushtaq Mahar on Thursday, Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl Sindh’s secretary-general Dr Rashid Soomro demanded of him to remove names of party leaders from the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997. Soomro said more than 30 leaders from the province’s various parts, including Karachi, had been placed on the Fourth Schedule. The Fourth Schedule is a list of proscribed individuals…
by Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, Nov 6, 2020LONDON: Pakistan refused to accept a chartered flight of around three dozen deportees from London three weeks ago. The flight to Islamabad on October 20 was not given clearance at the last minute by the Pakistan government and the UK authorities were left with no choice but to take the detainees back to their detention centres. Is there more to this step than meets the eye?…
Report in Dawn, November 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Russian troops arrived here on Thursday to participate in the joint Russian-Pakistani military exercise codenamed Druzhba (Friendship) 5. “Russian Federation Special Forces’ contingent arrived in Pakistan for two weeks long joint exercise Druzhba 5. The exercise is aimed at sharing both armies’ experiences in counterterrorism domain,” the ISPR said in a statement. Russian defence ministry, meanwhile, said the exercise was aimed to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries,…
by SHAFQAT ALI in The Nation, November 06, 2020ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party Vice-President Senator Sherry Rehman yesterday said that women were not being given level playing field in the Gilgit-Baltistan elections. The PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate demanded a level playing field for everyone – including women – in the upcoming GB polls. “It is shocking that not only are women being disallowed to submit papers in their respective areas, but they have…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has demanded the chief election commissioner (CEC) Gilgit-Baltistan to reveal his meeting record with government functionaries in Islamabad. “The responsibility of the election commissioner is to hold free and fair elections in GB, but he is holding meetings in Islamabad and addressing press conference against him despite the fact that he does not hold any public office and has…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2020SIALKOT: Member National Assembly (MNA) and PPP information secretary Syeda Nafeesa Shah Thursday said the Election Commission of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) has issued notice to PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his participation in ongoing election campaign but did nothing when Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the region. Talking to reporters at the residence of PPP Sialkot secretary general Khan Shehbaz Khan, she said many federal ministers are busy…