by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Dec 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent a clear message to the Afghan Taliban government that any future attacks having links to the neighbouring country would evoke a strong response, sources familiar with the development have said. Sources said the warning was conveyed through diplomatic channels after the recent attack in Bannu carried out by an Afghan national. This was the 16th suicide attack carried out by a national…
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By Ali Raza in The News, Dec 01, 2023LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif met different party leaders including former premier Shehbaz Sharif, here on Thursday. Along with party Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz, he reached the PMLN Model Town office and spent a busy day there. Shehbaz, in his meeting, congratulated his brother Nawaz Sharif on his acquittal in Avenfield reference. He expressed good wishes for him and…
by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 1st, 2023QUETTA: The top-most leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday promised to spring ‘Jiyala’ surprise in the Feb 8 general elections, claiming that their rivals were nowhere near even understanding the problems facing the people. The PPP held a major power show in the Balochistan capital to commemorate the party’s 56th foundation day, where party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Co-chairman Asif Zardari and…
ISLAMABAD: One of the founding members of the PTI, Akbar S. Babar has rejected Imran Khan’s nomination of Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as a candidate for the party chairman’s slot, calling it “selection instead of an election”. In a press statement, Mr Babar, who had filed the foreign funding case against the PTI, said the nomination of the new PTI chairman has raised serious questions about the transparency and credibility of the entire PTI intra-party…
By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD: The decision to nominate ‘newcomer’ Barrister Gohar Ali Khan for the slot of PTI chairman in the upcoming party polls seems to have caused a rift within the former ruling party, with some leaders comparing the nomination to the appointment of Usman Buzdar as the Punjab chief minister — a move that had drawn considerable flak for Imran Khan. In addition, a purported disagreement between Mr Khan’s…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 1st, 2023An audio clip, purportedly featuring Bushra Bibi, the wife of Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and his lawyer, Latif Khosa, is circulating on social media, indicating differences within the former prime minister’s family amidst his incarceration. In the audio clip, Bushra and Khosa can be heard discussing their grievances against Khan’s sisters. The former first lady recalls a recent incident when Khan’s sisters raised concerns about…
By Sher Ali Khalti in The News,Dec 01, 2023LAHORE: Nineteen children were arrested on charges of blasphemy from across Punjab between January 1, 2023 and October 16, 2023. According to data available with The News, 6 out of these 19 children are in prison charged with blasphemy while the others were acquitted. These figures have been made public by the Inspectorate General of Punjab Prisons in an appeal submitted to the Punjab Information Commission by…
AFP report, Dec 1, 2023ISLAMABAD: Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by his readers and students. In Pakistan, however, he is laying low—worried about being caught in a deportation dragnet and after two years still waiting to be evacuated to the West. He fled Afghanistan when the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 on the advice of US officials and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), fearing retribution…
By Asif Mahmood Butt in The News, Dec 01, 2023LAHORE: Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman said Thursday the Afghan transit trade and smuggling caused loss of four billion dollars annually. Talking to The News, he said after an end to smuggling, the price of sugar has come down significantly and wheat is now in abundance. “Now we are in a position to export wheat,” he remarked. The chief secretary said 900 illegal Afghan refugees…