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Incompetent leaders failed to restore peace: Siraj

report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023BATTAGRAM: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that incompetent and corrupt leaders have failed to revive economy and restore peace in the country. Speaking at a public gathering here on Thursday, he said that after remaining in power, both Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and member parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement had no justification to seek votes from people. He claimed that JI always strived for enforcing a corruption-free and merit-based system in…

Nawaz meets Mehmood Khan Achakzai

report in The News, Dec 15, 2023LAHORE: Former prime minister and PMLN Quaid Nawaz Sharif met Mahmood Khan Achakzai, head of PakhtunKhaw Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) here on Thursday. The two leaders met at the central secretariat of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. PMLN Senior Vice President and Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz and leaders of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party also participated in the meeting. Mahmood Khan Achakzai congratulated Nawaz Sharif on acquittal in NAB references. The two…

Nawaz pins hopes on masses after back to back legal triumphs

report in Daily Times, Dec 15, 2023Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif Thursday hoped the people would back his party when elections take place next year after he secured major victories from courts. “I am hopeful that you [the people] will announce your judgments on February 8, [2024] and end the punishments meted out to you,” Nawaz said in a recorded message to the nation, aired live on television channels. Nawaz has time and…

Pakistan suffered because ‘ladla’ was brought to power: Nawaz

report in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2023.LAHORE: In an apparent reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan, former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Thursday questioned why Pakistan was punished by imposing [establishment’s] ladla (darling) on them after his removal from power in 2017. “Your enmity was with Nawaz Sharif and you had put him in jail but why did you punish the people? Why the lives…

Are polls possible now on Feb 8?

By Ansar Abbasi in The News,Dec 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) order on Wednesday to suspend the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notification to requisition returning officers from bureaucracy is likely to delay the Feb 8 general elections. ECP former secretary and presently caretaker Punjab CM’s Adviser on Law Kanwar Dilshad, when approached, told The News that Feb 8 elections are likely to be delayed because of the LHC judgment. Dilshad said a…

February 8 polls hit a snag after LHC ruling

by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023• ECP stops trainings of election staff; official says schedule not feasible without ROs• PTI demands poll schedule ‘within 24 hours’, seeks election supervisors from judiciary• PML-N says PTI didn’t question appointment of bureaucrats in 2018 polls; PPP says won’t tolerate delays ISLAMABAD: A day after a Lahore High Court order suspended a notification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the appointment of returning officers…

Recent terrorist attacks came from Afghanistan: FO

by Baqir Sajjad Syed in Dawn, December 15th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday doubled down on its allegations that recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan originated from Afghanistan, while firmly denying any engagement in talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “Our law enforcement authorities have established links between recent terrorist incidents and individuals associated with the TTP or its affiliates, who are believed to have hideouts within Afghanistan,” said Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch…

Incompetent leaders failed to restore peace: Siraj

report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023BATTAGRAM: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that incompetent and corrupt leaders have failed to revive economy and restore peace in the country. Speaking at a public gathering here on Thursday, he said that after remaining in power, both Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and member parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement had no justification to seek votes from people. He claimed that JI always strived for enforcing a corruption-free and merit-based system in…

Nawaz meets Mehmood Khan Achakzai

report in The News, Dec 15, 2023LAHORE: Former prime minister and PMLN Quaid Nawaz Sharif met Mahmood Khan Achakzai, head of PakhtunKhaw Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) here on Thursday. The two leaders met at the central secretariat of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. PMLN Senior Vice President and Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz and leaders of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party also participated in the meeting. Mahmood Khan Achakzai congratulated Nawaz Sharif on acquittal in NAB references. The two…

Nawaz pins hopes on masses after back to back legal triumphs

report in Daily Times, Dec 15, 2023Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif Thursday hoped the people would back his party when elections take place next year after he secured major victories from courts. “I am hopeful that you [the people] will announce your judgments on February 8, [2024] and end the punishments meted out to you,” Nawaz said in a recorded message to the nation, aired live on television channels. Nawaz has time and…

Pakistan suffered because ‘ladla’ was brought to power: Nawaz

report in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2023.LAHORE: In an apparent reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan, former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Thursday questioned why Pakistan was punished by imposing [establishment’s] ladla (darling) on them after his removal from power in 2017. “Your enmity was with Nawaz Sharif and you had put him in jail but why did you punish the people? Why the lives…