by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023GWADAR: A sessions judge in Turbat has ordered the police to register an FIR against Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials involved in the alleged encounter of four men. On Thursday, CTD claimed to have killed four ‘terrorists’ in an intelligence-based operation near the Pasni Road bus terminal in Turbat. The family of one of the victims, Balaach Mola Bakhsh, has disputed CTD’s version and claimed he was in custody…
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report in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police on Saturday claimed to have repulsed a militant attack on a checkpost in Bakhmal Ahmadzai area of the Lakki Marwat district. An official said that on Friday night, cops noticed movement of militants around the police post in the modern thermal cameras, and fired at them. “The assailants also hit the police post with light and heavy weapons,” claimed the official. He said that after hearing…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 25, 2023LAHORE: A seemingly simmering in-house duel in the Bhutto-Zardari family thrust to the forefront on Friday after PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s crusade against the “old guard” cropped up in his own household, fuelling speculations about rifts with his father who remains unconvinced of his son’s tender political muscles. While Bilawal’s call to push aside old politicians in favour of a new guard has been making headlines, a…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 25th, 2023QUETTA: Trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan via the Chaman border crossing remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, as the participants of a sit-in being held against the strict visa regime continued to block the highway leading to Kandahar. Thousands of traders, workers of different political parties and members of civil society have been staging the sit-in on the Quetta-Chaman highway for over a month against…
by Naveed Butt in Business Recorder, Nov 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Thursday, left for Dubai shortly after his father and Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP-P) President Asif Ali Zardari publicly undermined his authority. In an interview with a private TV channel on Thursday, Zardari said, he was the one who had the power to issue party tickets for candidates in the upcoming general election, not his son. He has said…
report in The News, Nov 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court IHC has been informed that Dr Fowzia will meet her incarcerated sister Dr Aafia Siddiqui in the United States in the first week of December, it emerged Friday. This will be the second meeting between the two sisters in the last 20 years. Earlier in May, Dr Fowzia met Aafia Siddiqui in Fort Worth prison. IHC Justice Sardar Aijaz Ishaq Khan took up the…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, November 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Senior PPP leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Monday moved an in-chamber appeal challenging the Supreme Court registrar’s decision not to entertain his petition highlighting what it called unlawful practice of enforced disappearances of citizens. The SC registrar office had, on Nov 8, returned the petition terming not entertainable, as Mr Ahsan didn’t point out “as to what questions of public importance” regarding the enforcement of fundamental rights…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Nov 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to strictly deal with hateful content, hate speech and extremism proliferating on social media, with more effective implementation of the new laws. Chairing the National Action Plan (NAP) Coordination Committee meeting at the National Counter Terrorism Authority Pakistan (NACTA) headquarters in Islamabad, Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti outlined a comprehensive strategy to combat the issues. During the meeting, it was firmly…
report in The News, Nov 25, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) President and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said that the experience and expertise of the N-League in handling crises and providing relief to the people are unparalleled. The PMLN president engaged in crucial deliberations with party’s seniors leaders, former MNAs, and former party ticket holders. Distinguished personalities present at these meetings included Khawaja Saad Rafique, Rana Sanaullah, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Raja Riaz, Sardar…