By Imtiaz Hussain in The News, December 28, 2023GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that Pakistan was not a poor country but it was Islamabad that had a poor insight into the issues confronting the nation. Speaking at the 16th death anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto here on Wednesday, Zardari said: “The problem lies not in Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, or Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, but in the…
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by Malik Asad | Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, December 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A judge of Islamabad High Court (IHC) expressed displeasure over the discriminatory treatment of police against the Baloch protesters and directed them to complete the identification parade of 34 detained protesters. On the other hand, lawyers expressed solidarity with the Baloch demonstrators and asked the government to release the protesters and accept their demands. During the hearing of a petition seeking the release of…
report in The News, December 28, 2023LAHORE: In its fact-finding report titled ‘The Merger and its Discontents’ launched Wednesday, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern about the alleged mismanagement of development resources for the Newly Merged Districts (NMDs), the resurgence of militancy in the region, the delayed repatriation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), curbs on fundamental freedoms, incidence of enforced disappearances and the continued use of internment centres. Led by former…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought the details of the bail orders of Manzoor Pashteen issued on December 26 in two separate cases. Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzaib heard Manzoor Pashteen’s plea, in which the petitioner sought details of the cases registered against him. Attaullah Kundi, counsel for Manzoor Pashteen, informed the court that Pashteen was apprehended in a separate case immediately following the issuance of…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, December 28, 2023PESHAWAR: Two policemen were wounded in yet another attack on a police post in Dera Ismail Khan late Wednesday night. Officials said the alert cops bravely fought back and repulsed the attack. Reports said the attackers opened fire with sniper guns and automatic rifles on a post in Maddi area. Police and security personnel retaliated and the firing continued for some time. Reports said two policemen…
report in Dawn, December 27th, 2023KHYBER: Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan inaugurated on Tuesday the first command and control centre at Police Training Center Shahkas in Khyber tribal district. He was accompanied by CCPO Sayed Ashfaq Anwar, who also performed the opening of a new police station in Bara alongside inaugurating women-specific separate complaint desk in the same new building with female staff. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of police command and control centre,…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, Dec 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Domestic violence is emerging as a silent pandemic in Pakistan, posing a serious challenge to society and the state, points out a study report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report, Gendered Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Central and West Asia, quoted a recent survey carried out in Punjab and Sindh which reported an increase in incidence of threats of physical violence (40 per…
By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, December 27, 2023LONDON: Aleema Khan has revealed that legal proceedings will be initiated in the UK by Imran Khan’s sons and in the US against American diplomat Donald Lu, seeking justice for the PTI chief. However, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the UK appears to be unaware of these developments. In the United States, Atif Khan, a PTI Core Committee member and adviser to Imran Khan, has verified…
Report in The News, December 27, 2023LAHORE: The terrorists, who were killed in an encounter in Chiniot district couple of day ago, has been identified as members of terror outfit Tehreek-e-Talban Pakistan (TTP), the police said on Tuesday. According to the spokesman, CTD carried out an operation in Chiniot area, as a result of which Ghazanfar Nadeem, involved in the killing of fifty people, including the attack on the Faisalabad office of ISI, was killed…
Report in The News, December 27, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department has made further progress in investigation into the Dera Ismail Khan terror attack, it has been learnt. The CTD report said the main attacker Sifatullah had crossed the Torkham border into Afghanistan on March 3 and there was no record as to when he returned. His location in different parts of Pakistan a few days before the attack was also collected, it added. The CTD…
Report in Dawn, Dec 27th, 2023KARACHI: The owner of a general store, said to be associated with the outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), was shot dead in what police described as a targeted attack in Korangi on Tuesday. Korangi SHO Amin Solangi said that two assailants riding on a motorbike arrived at a shop in Zia Colony, one of them got off the two-wheeler and opened straight fire on Muhammad Saleem, 50. He suffered…