report in The Express Tribune, Nov 19th, 2023.LAHORE: Punjab government spokesperson Aamir Mir has termed the claim that senior American officials met PTI Chairman Imran Khan at Adiala Jail a lie. Four days ago, PTI Central President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi told media persons outside the court that American officials, European Union representatives and an IMF delegation met Imran at Adiala Jail. After Elahi’s claim, the prison superintendent and its spokesperson denied the claim, saying that…
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report in The News, Nov 19, 2023LAHORE/MULTAN/ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: UK High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott on Saturday met PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. Also, the US Ambassador Donald Blome held meetings with leaders of various political parties, including PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP’s Yousuf Raza Gillani and IPP’s Jahangir Tareen, to discuss Pakistan’s political landscape and significance of an ‘enduring’ relationship between Pakistan and the United States. This was the second meeting of Nawaz Sharif with…
by Imran Ayb | Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 19th, 2023• US ambassador Blome calls on Nawaz and Tareen in Lahore, Gilani in Multan• UK’s Marriott meets Zardari in Karachi to gauge PPP’s worries over elections KARACHI / LAHORE: In a flurry of meetings on Saturday, the envoys of the United Kingdom and the United States have called on leaders of various political parties, including the PPP and PML-N, ostensibly to seek their input about…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Nov 19th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: As the country readies for the crucial ballots next year, envoys representing key Western nations on Saturday sat down with linchpins of Pakistani politics — mainly from the PML-N and the PPP — chiefly to discuss the upcoming general elections and economic affairs. US Ambassador Donald Blome held a series of meetings with political figures, notably meeting with PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP’s Yusuf Raza…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 19th, 2023WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections. The lawmakers requested a legal determination from the Department of State under the Leahy Laws and Section 502(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act to assess if US-origin…
By Asim Yasin in The News, Nov 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: A three-member Combined Investigation Team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Rawalpindi, continued on Saturday interrogation of former prime minister Imran Khan in the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA) UK case after getting his physical remand. According to sources, during investigation, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was asked questions about different documents related to £190 million NCA (UK) and Al-Qadir Trust University. The accountability court…
By Awais Yousafzai in The News, Nov 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has observed that the sections applied to the cipher case against Imran Khan involve death and life-term penalties, and the case against co-accused Shah Mehmood Qureshi will also be seen in the same context. The court issued a detailed decision on Saturday, rejecting the bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case. IHC Chief Justice Aamir…
by Terence J Sigamony in Business Recorder, Nov 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the special court, established under Official Secrets Act, 1923, to conclude the trial of the leaking cipher within four weeks IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, on Saturday, released detailed judgment on the application of former foreign minister and Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, which he turned down on November 15. The IHC said undoubtedly, bail…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Nov 19th, 2023QUETTA: Five people, including three Levies personnel, were injured in two armed attacks in Chagai and Pishin districts of Balochistan on Saturday. Three Levies personnel sustained injuries in an attack by unidentified gunmen at a check post on the Quetta-Taftan highway in Chagai. Officials said a group of armed men raided a pickup in the Gazan area near Dalbandin and indiscriminately fired at the Levies personnel on duty…
Report in The News, November 19th, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed four terrorists, including a High Value Target (HVT), during the conduct of an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in North Waziristan on Saturday. Security forces conducted an operation in general area, Khaisoor, North Waziristan District, on reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said. Troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location as a result of which four terrorists were sent to hell,…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 19th, 2023QUETTA: The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), rejecting the committee on missing persons headed by caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti, staged a demonstration in front of the Press Club on Saturday. The relatives and heirs of missing persons chanted slogans, while carrying placards and banners inscribed with their demands for the recovery of all missing persons. The protest was led by Nasarullah Baloch and Mama Qadeer. Speaking…