By Asim Yasin in The News, November 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The political and electoral dialogue committee of the Pakistan People’s party has decided to make contacts with all the political figures of the national and provincial levels and assigned important tasks to the committee members to schedule meetings with national and provincial personalities for possibilities of electoral seat adjustment. The meeting of the dialogue committee of the PPP was held with the chair of Secretary General…
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report in The Express Tribune, Nove 28, 2023.ISLAMABAD: In a bid to solidify its political footing, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to deploy its negotiation team in discussions with various political parties for alliance or seat-to-seat adjustments ahead of the upcoming general elections. The strategic move follows the strides made by the PML-N, prompting the PPP to proactively seek alliances to counter its rival’s advancements. The PPP finds itself confronted with unprecedented challenges,…
By Tariq Naqash in Dawn, November 28th, 2023MUZAFFARABAD: Two members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet, elected from the Pakistan-based Kashmiri refugees’ constituencies, shocked government officials and staff of a local hotel here on Monday as they scuffled with each other on some alleged business dealing. The incident occurred in the porte cochère of the hotel where earlier a Youth Summit was held under the aegis of AJK sports, youth and culture department,…
by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD:The Afghan Taliban government has asked Pakistan to suggest alternative ways to tackle the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Kabul has flatly refused to use force against the terrorist outfit.Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been running high for months over the TTP issue. At the heart of the stalemate is the reluctance by the Afghan Taliban to rein in the TTP. Despite simmering tensions, the…
report in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Monday rejected the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request for extending former prime minister Imran Khan’s physical remand in the £190 million case. The court instead, sent the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman on a 14-day judicial remand. Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Islamabad Accountability Court-I presided over the hearing of the corruption case, with the primary accused Imran and his wife Bushra…
Report in Dawn, Nov 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The commission constituted to probe the TLP sit-in at Faizabad in 2017 has summoned ex-premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, Dawn has learnt. According to official sources, Mr Abbasi has been summoned on Wednesday and the ex-interior minister on Thursday. The former prime minister assured the commission of his appearance, while confirmation from Mr Iqbal is awaited. The federal government on Nov 15 formed the…
Bureau Report in Dawn, November 28th, 2023PESHAWAR: The death toll from Sunday’s suicide attack on a security convoy in Bannu increased to two on Monday and the military identified the attacker as an Afghan national. Ten people were injured in the incident while the attacker was identified as an Afghan national affiliated with Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, according to a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations. The attacker was riding a motorcycle laden with…
report in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry of Interior has cautioned both illegal and legal Afghan migrants to refrain from supporting or funding any candidate for political or electoral activities in Pakistan. It has warned that a violation of this order will lead to deportation of that individual regardless of their legal status.A statement issued by the ministry on Monday said it is illegal for an Afghan national to support or…
by Umer Burney in Dawn, Nov 28, 2023Citing “serious security risks”, Adiala jail authorities failed to present PTI Chairman Imran Khan before the special court at Islamabad’s Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Tuesday as per the orders of the same court’s judge. Last week, Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who is hearing the cipher case, had issued directives that the PTI chief and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi be presented at the FJC.…
By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, November 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Core Committee on Monday gave formal approval to hold the intra-party elections within the time frame given by the Election Commission of Pakistan. During the core committee meeting, the Central Media Department said, important issues including the country’s political situation, organizational activities, ongoing series of repression and fascism against PTI leaders and workers and intra-party elections were discussed. It strongly condemned the arrest…