by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 23rd, 2023• Ahsan Iqbal says elder Sharif to lead poll drive after clearance in all cases against him• Delimitation, infighting over tickets cited as other factors for delay in campaign LAHORE: While the Pakistan Peoples Party has already launched an aggressive election campaign by holding rallies in different parts of the country, its former ally the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has linked kicking off the drive to clearance of its…
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report in The News,November 23, 2023LAHORE: Former prime minister and PMLN President Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met several former parliamentarians, including ex-senator Waqar Ahmed and PMLN KP President Ameer Muqam. Both congratulated him on his acquittal in the Ashiana Iqbal reference. The leaders discussed the overall situation and preparations for the general elections. Shehbaz said that under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, the PMLN always lived up to the trust and expectations of the nation.…
report in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2023.ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: In a strategic move for full slate of candidates, the leadership of PPP Punjab convened on Wednesday and finalised plans to nominate candidates for every provincial and national constituency within the province. The party also decided to open doors for aspiring candidates, inviting applications to bolster the electoral roster. The decision was taken during a meeting led by Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur with the party’s…
by Muhakmuddin in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2023.CHITRAL: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday repeated his call on the “traditional old guard politicians” to step back, emphasising that the country’s youth deserved a chance to shape their future without anyone else’s political baggage. Addressing a public rally in Chitral, Bilawal dialled up his rhetoric against his party’s former partners in the previous coalition government, accusing the Shehbaz Sharif-led dispensation of…
report in Dawn, November 23rd, 2023SAHIWAL: In an intelligence-based operation, the regional office of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), in collaboration with the police, arrested a banned-outfit militant in the Chichawatni vicinity. The CTD recovered explosive material, detonators, dry batteries, electric circuits, and switches used for improvised blasts. The militant, identified as Waheedullah in the mid-30s, belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mohmand area. He was shifted to an undisclosed location for further investigation. The CTD claimed…
Report in The Nation, Nov 23, 2023CHITRAL/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday said that people’s rule would be established after winning the February 8 general election. He said leaders of opposition parties have disappointed people and masses of KP were looking now to PPP for resolutions of their problems. Addressing party convention here, he said that veteran leaders of opposition parties failed to address the masses’ problems during their tenures…
report in The News,November 23, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on the route of a security forces convoy in North Waziristan on Wednesday. The IED exploded in Razmak, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Two soldiers Lance Naik Ehsan Badshah, 33, a resident of District Karak, and Lance Naik Sajid Hussain, 30, a resident of District Kurram, embraced Shahadat. “A sanitization operation is being carried out…
Report in Dawn, November 22nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court decided on Tuesday to conduct regular hearing of the appeals, filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, against his conviction in two corruption references. An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb had, on October 24, revived Mr Sharif’s appeals in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references. Justice Farooq noted that since the hearing may continue for a longer period,…
By Khalid Iqbal in The News, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court Tuesday extended the physical remand of PTI Chairman and former premier Imran Khan to another two days in Al-Qadir Trust case, while hearing in the Toshakhana reference was adjourned till November 29. On the other hand, the interim bail of the PTI chairman’s wife Bushra Bibi in Al-Qadir Trust case and Toshakhana reference was extended to November 29. The court also granted the…
report in The News, Nov 22, 2023RAWALPINDI: Three terrorists were killed in two Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) and a soldier was martyred as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was exploded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. An intelligence based operation was conducted in general area Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan District and after intense exchange of fire, two terrorists were sent to hell on Monday. In a separate operation conducted in general area Kot Azam, South Waziristan District,…
Bureau Report in Dawn, November 22th, 2023PESHAWAR: A soldier embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device blast in North Waziristan, while separate intelligence-based operations in Dera Ismail Khan and South Waziristan districts left at least three ‘terrorists’ dead. Soldier Shahzeb, a resident of Rawalpindi, was martyred in an IED attack in Gharyoum area of North Waziristan district, Inter-Services Public Relations, military’s media wing, said in a statement on Tuesday. The ISPR stated security forces conducted…