By Asim Yasin in The News, November 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti Wednesday disclosed that Afghan citizens were involved in most of the terrorist incidents that took place in Pakistan and said the recent suicide bombing on a security forces convoy in Bannu was carried out by an Afghan. “Afghan citizens were involved in 14 out of 26 terrorist incidents which took place in Pakistan”, he said while briefing the Senate Committee on…
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report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is expected to release the schedule for the next general polls scheduled to be held on February 8, 2024 till December 5. The polls supervisor will publish the final lists on redrawn constituencies for national and provincial assemblies on Nov 30. According to sources, the list of the constituencies in light of the fresh delimitation based on the 7th Population and…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has intensified its election groundwork nationwide, opting to entrust election campaigning responsibilities to the youth and minority communities, as announced by the party’s leadership. PML-N Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz has directed the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) and Minority Wing of her party to intensify the campaign nationwide for the upcoming general elections scheduled for Feb 8 next year.…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.KARACHI: PPP Central Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said the party intended to forge a coalition government with its allies in the upcoming general elections. The statement came as the party is busy manoeuvring to cobble up its own electoral alliances in the wake of the PML-N’s efforts to make a foray into the PPP’s turf — Sindh — and other provinces to solidify its political…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 29th, 2023AS the general election draws closer, the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) — the new home of most PTI deserters — is grappling with the perception of being the PML-N’s ‘B-Team’. IPP’s patron-in-chief Jahangir Khan Tareen (JKT) and president Aleem Khan have notably refrained from targeting the Sharif brothers in recent election rallies in Punjab, hinting at underlying amicable relations. Besides, the IPP has also not completely ruled out the…
By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, Nov 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The senior leadership of the PTI, including legal and constitutional experts, are trying to resolve the matter of holding intra-party elections as per the ECP’s orders, given the tricky question of incarcerated party chairman Imran Khan’s participation in the upcoming party polls. A senior party leader told The News that the party is “yet to reach a conclusion regarding our chairman and vice-chairman [Shah Mehmood Qureshi]…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, November 29, 2023KARACHI: PTI senior leader and lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar has said that in a meeting with Imran Khan one person has been agreed on as someone who can contest the PTI’s intra-party polls in Imran’s place. The name of the person will be announced as soon as all legal compulsions are finalized, and the party could hold the intra-party election on Saturday or Sunday. Speaking to host…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The head of the Afghan diplomatic mission in Pakistan was summoned on Tuesday by the Foreign Office (FO) and conveyed four demands including extradition of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, whose group carried out the recent terrorist attack in Bannu. Two civilians lost their lives while 10 others, including three security forces personnel, were injured in a suicide attack in Bannu’s Bakka Khel area, the Inter-Services Public…
By Mariana Baabar in The News, November 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned a representative of the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad where Pakistan strongly condemned the suicide attack perpetrated on a security forces convoy in the Bannu district on November 26 by an Afghan national. The foreign office demanded the Afghan interim government to take swift “verifiable actions” against all terrorist groups and their sanctuaries. The envoy was also asked to…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Nov 29th, 2023GWADAR: A comprehensive shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed throughout the Makran division on Tuesday in protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh during an intelligence-based operation on Pasni road in Turbat. The protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing has now entered its sixth day. The call for the shutdown and wheel jam strike was issued by the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) in…