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report in The News, Nov 6, 2020ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided reshuffling at high-level in bureaucracy and federal cabinet in phases. Sources have claimed reshuffling process will begin in the next week. The premier has also completed his home work for bringing changes in some important institutions. This reshuffling is aimed at improving the performance of government. The portfolios of ministers of interior, trade, railway, science and technology ministries are most likely to…

by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2020.ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s only ally in Punjab – the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) – not only skipped the luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday but accused the ruling party of never trying to address coalition partner’s grievances in the last two years. Suggesting that the coalition partner was apparently of no value to the PTI government, PML-Q’s Federal Minister for…

by Faizan Bangash in The News, Nov 6, 2020LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Moonis Elahi has tweeted that PML-Q’s alliance with the PTI government is limited to vote and luncheon is not included in it. PML-Q, the major ally of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Punjab and Centre, turned down the invitation from Prime Minister Imran Khan to attend the lunch hosted by him for allies in Islamabad on Thursday.This is for the second time…

by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2020.ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government already in a quandary due to the opposition parties’ firm stance against it, felt the heat from the coalition partners when they expressed their concerns over unfulfilled promises, rising inflation and being ignored for too long at the luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday. Sensing the situation, according to sources, Prime Minister Imran gave enough signals to…

by Mumtaz Alvi in The News, Nov 6, 2020ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday sounded highly optimistic about returning in next elections as well on the basis of his government performance, billing the remaining two and a half years of his rule as the time of showing performance, after having tackled crucial challenges, particularly on the economic front. Sources privy to the luncheon, hosted in honour of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government allies here, claimed…

by Mian Abrar in Pakistan Today, Nov 6, 2020ISLAMABAD: At least three of the five coalition parties of the federal government on Thursday expressed solidarity with Prime Minister Imran Khan while Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) opted to stay away from a lunchoen meeting hosted by the prime minister.The parliamentary leaders of Mutahidda Qoumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) expressed resolve to stand by the…

by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, November 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Amid the opposition’s movement against the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday met government allies who piled up complaints before him regarding non-provision of development funds, price hike and keeping them away from decision-making. The prime minister faced a difficult situation during a lunch he hosted for the government-allied parties, which was not attended by the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) whose leader Monis Elahi later…

by Javaid-ur-Rahman in The Nation, Nov 4, 2020ISLAMABAD – The sitting plan for the Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) after their formal joining of the opposition will remain unchanged in the National Assembly house. BNP-Mengal has recently informed the National Assembly Secretariat about their formal joining of the opposition and becoming a part of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). The MNAs of Balochistan-based party, as per the sitting plan in the National Assembly house, had preferred to…

by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 4th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Over half of the polling stations being established for Nov 15 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan have been categorised as sensitive, a Senate panel was informed on Tuesday. The GB chief secretary told the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan that out of the total 1,141 polling stations, 577 had been identified as sensitive, with 297 of them highly sensitive. The data shared with the panel…

It appears that PTI leadership has shelved their loudly trumpeted agenda of establishing true democracy based on the fundamental of accountability, transparency and rule of law. They are now making compromises on these fundamentals either by design, political expediency or out of compulsion. Firstly, immunity was given to CPEC Authority from National Accountability Law, which was enacted to curb the menace of corruption. Now on a request filed by a citizen Rana Asadullah under the…