REPORT in The Nation, Dec 9, 2023KARACHI – Former President and Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari Friday said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) always made efforts to solve the problems of the common man. He said that, since its inception, the slogan of its founding revolutionary Leader Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto “Bread, Cloth and House” had been integral to the core values and ethics of the PPP and for the fulfillment of…
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report in The News, Dec 9, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Friday met Awami National Party (ANP) leader Aimal Wali Khan and discussed current political situation amid upcoming general elections scheduled to held on February 8. The meeting took place at Zardari House in Islamabad. PPP leaders Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari and Faisal Karim Kundi were also present on the occasion. According to…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Dec 9th, 2023LAHORE: According to Dr Firdos Ashiq, the meeting indeed took place between the IPP Jahangir Khan Tareen, Aun Chaudhry and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. She clarified that the purpose of the meeting wasn’t to forge an alliance but to focus on ensuring free and fair elections. Although the discussion did involve a proposal for seat adjustment, she stressed that it was just an initial proposal needing…
by Mubashir Hassan in The Nation, Dec 9, 2023LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday renewed his demand for accountability of former military generals and judges for ruining the country by ousting his government in 2017. Addressing the party’s parliamentary board which is finalising the tickets for the February 8 general elections, Sharif said: “We do not want to come into power to roam around in luxury cars…
By Mumtaz Alvi & Sher Ali Khalti in The News, Dec 09, 2023LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Friday his party wanted not only to form governments after winning elections, but also conduct accountability of those who staged his ouster in 2017 and destroyed Pakistan. Addressing a PMLN leaders and the parliamentary board meeting here, Nawaz said he did not return to the country only to form a government, but…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 9th, 2023LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday said his party was not in pursuit of power, but gave priority to the accountability of those people who were responsible for implicating him in “fabricated” cases that led to his ouster as the prime minister in 2017. “This [accountability] is necessary so that the truth can be known to the people and justice can prevail,” he said while addressing a…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, December 9th, 2023• Nawaz blames former CJP, COAS, ISI chief for ‘lodging false cases, bringing misery on people’• PML-N agrees to seat adjustment with IPP for pollsLAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has hinted that he is in no mood to eschew the demand of holding former generals and judges accountable “for ruining the country” by ousting him as prime minister in 2017. Mr Sharif’s remarks, made during the party’s…
PTI report, Dec 7, 2023 at 11.48 AM ISTWASHINGTON: A resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives urging Pakistan to uphold democratic institutions, human rights, and the rule of law, as the cash-strapped country prepares for general elections in February. The resolution introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Mitch McCormick and Congressman Dan Kildee this week affirmed its strong support for democracy in Pakistan, including free and fair elections reflecting…
By Khalid Iqbal in The News, Dec 08, 2023ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has sent Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen on a seven-day physical remand. The counsel of the PTM leader protested and said Pashteen had the right to organise rallies, pointing out that his car had been fired upon in Balochistan and he was ‘kidnapped’ three days before being presented in the court. He contended that such circumstances did not warrant a…
by Mateen Haider in The Nation, Dec 8, 2023ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan has once again become the hub of global terrorism as 23 terrorist organizations are based there and involved in planning and executing terror plots in various countries including Pakistan. According to security sources, these terror outfits are posing security threats to particularly the United States, China, and Pakistan. The sources also said that 17 out of 23 terrorist organizations based in Afghanistan are directly…