by Mubashir Hassan in The Nation, Dec 15, 2023LAHORE – The PML-N supremo Mian Nawaz Sharif Thursday expressed his optimism that people would back his party in the upcoming general elections to alleviate themselves from the troubles they had endured as a consequence of his political persecution in the last five years. “The people themselves serve as the court, and hopefully, they will pronounce their judgment on February 8”, he said in his maiden televised…
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report in The News, Dec 15, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that Pakistan was punished by imposing a Ladla just for taking revenge from him as he had put the country on the road to progress. In his maiden televised ‘address to the nation’ after ending four years of exile, Nawaz said: “It was necessary to remove and punish me to bring a ladla (blue-eyed boy) but what…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has once again called out the character who he claimed “orchestrated” his ouster as prime minister in 2017. In an address to the nation on Thursday, the PML-N leader explicitly named former chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa, but didn’t mention the former army chief, or his spymaster — whom he has named on several previous occasions. He claimed senior judges were forced to…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023ISLAMABAD: PPP Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi said on Thursday that party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will stand for the position of prime minister, and his father, former president Asif Ali Zardari, will be nominated for the role of president in the upcoming elections. Flanked by other PPP leaders he said that incidents of terrorism were on the rise these days only because of faulty policies of the…
Report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The PML-N and MQM-P on Thursday questioned the PTI’s intentions in contesting the appointment of civil servants as election supervisors, saying that the former ruling party seemed to have no issue with a similar arrangement in the 2018 polls. In a statement, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif accused the PTI of hatching a conspiracy to delay polls. He said the PTI went to court with the intention to delay polls…
report in The Nation, Dec 15, 2023 iISLAMABAD/LAHORE – …….. However, the ECP rejected the allegations of any planning to delay the upcoming polls, claiming that it has completed all necessary arrangements to conduct the polls. In reaction to the PTI blames about delaying the polls, the Commission rejected these claims. “These are unfounded and baseless claims which are aimed at misguiding the people,” said the election regulatory body in a statement issued here. The…
Report in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan issued a demarche to Kabul following a deadly gun and bomb attack targeting a military compound in Dera Ismail Khan, the interim Afghanistan government promised to probe the terror attack, but also asked Islamabad to refrain from blaming Kabul for every problem. Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Kabul would investigate the attack. “We are shocked at the attack in Pakistan. We will look into…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet on Wednesday extended a deadline for the repatriation of Afghan nationals who have been residing in the country without proper documentation, but waiting to relocate to Western countries under their respective resettlement plan. Other significant decisions made by the caretaker cabinet included the formulation of the National Space Policy, establishment of the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCIA), and a telecom tribunal to…
by Zain Ul Abideen Siddiqui in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2023.KARACHI: Former federal minister Faisal Vawda asserted on Wednesday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, despite running alone in an ostensibly empty political landscape post-Imran Khan, would only secure the “fourth position”. Vawda made these remarks during an appearance on the Express News programme “Kal Tak” hosted by Javed Chaudhry. He said that it was Khan who fuelled the May 9 riots, causing losses…
By Ali Raza in The News, December 14, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim league Nawaz (PMLN) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday he did not want revenge from anyone for what had happened to him but it was necessary to bring to account the culprits. The games with the country would not stop if no one was held accountable, he said. Addressing the party leaders and participants in the 8th meeting of PMLN…
By Amjad Safi in The News, December 14, 2023PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday demanded an inquiry into the negotiations with militants and bringing them back to the country without taking parliament and people into confidence. Addressing the members of Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) here, Bilawal said such elements should be exposed before the nation and held accountable for betraying the martyrs. PPP provincial president Syed Mohammad Shah Bacha,…