By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan may get a surprise from former Army Chief General (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa during the cipher case proceedings. In an informal conversation with journalists during the previous hearing of the cipher case, Khan had said, “I will include General Bajwa and US embassy officials as witnesses in the case”. A source who recently interacted with the former army chief on the issue says Bajwa…
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by Behram Baloch in Dawn, December 7th, 2023GWADAR: Following a two-week protest in Turbat against the alleged extra judicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh, the family, political party members, and civil society workers have decided to relocate their sit-in to Quetta. The protest concluded in Turbat on Tuesday after which participants began their march towards Quetta. Locals in Hoshab welcomed the protesters, with more individuals joining the march from the are. Carrying placards and banners,…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A four-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be going to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to charge-sheet PTI’s founding chairman Imran Khan and former central leader of the party Fawad Chaudhry in contempt cases on Dec 13. Announcing its verdict on Nov 30, an ECP bench headed by member from Sindh Nisar Ahmed Durrani had referred to the Oct 11 order requiring Mr Khan’s…
by Javaid ur Rahman in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday decided to hold proceedings against former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry on December 13 in the contempt of the commission case. The proceedings of the case against Imran Khan and ex-party leader Fawad Chaudhry will now take place at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. The commission, keeping in the view the Interior Ministry’s denial…
By Awais Yousafzai in The News, DEc 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear the appeal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday (today) against the seven-year jail sentence in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference. The court will also hold a hearing on NAB’s appeal to increase Nawaz Sharif’s sentence in the Al-Azizia reference. A division bench, consisting of Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb, will conduct the hearing.…
Report in The News, December 07, 2023QUETTA: The unknown armed men gunned down an advocate and injured his colleague in Mastung town area of Balochistan on Wednesday. According to police sources, the victim identified as Muhammad Waris Advocate along with his colleague Haji Habibullah was on way to the Session Court from his house when armed assailants opened fire at them and fled from the scene near Major Chowk area. As a result, Muhammad Waris…
Report in Dawn, December 7th, 2023HYDERABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department of Hyderabad police claimed to have arrested a suspect, who was involved in blowing up pylons of high transmission power line. A press release issued by the CTD here on Wednesday said that the suspect identified as Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed was caught near Yusuf Goth in Jamshoro when he, along with his accomplices, was planning to blast high transmission line. His associates managed to…
By Umar Cheema in The News, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani was among thousands of Afghan citizens who had Pakistani passports until recently. The News has learnt from interior ministry officials that these passports were issued from different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh. Haqqani was issued a Pakistani passport for five years which he used to travel abroad, particularly to Qatar for negotiations with the United States for the signing…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press, December 7, 2023The Taliban captured three leaders and 16 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters, as per the Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper. According to the report, these Pakistani militants were apprehended in the border city of Kandahar. The arrest of Pakistani Taliban members came as a result of Pakistan’s pressure on the Afghan Taliban to take decisive action against the Pakistan Taliban, Express Tribune reported. Pakistan has repeatedly claimed…
report in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said Wednesday that the nation should not have any doubts about the general elections to be held on February 8, 2024. “I have no doubt about it… The concerns are often associated with our political system. We have a history of our own,” he remarked in an interview with Independent Urdu. The prime minister expressed the hope that the elections would…
Report in Dawn, Dec 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: In the lead-up to upcoming elections on February 8, 2024, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday highlighted some critical observations shaping the country’s political landscape. The HRCP said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) brought some clarity by confirming the election date, addressing some uncertainties. However, persistent rumours of potential delays continued to circulate, creating an air of uncertainty. Concerns arose regarding the restriction of freedoms,…