by Saleem Shahid | Ibrahim Shinwari | Umer Farooq in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023PESHAWAR: The caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has exempted the illegal immigrants scheduled to resettle in Western countries from the ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrants. The KP home department said in a letter that a list of illegal foreigners destined for third countries was received from the federal Ministry of Interior and individuals destined for third countries would not be subject to arrest.…
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By Tahir Khan Azikhel in The News, Nov 5, 2023BATKHELA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTIP) Chairman and former chief minister Pervez Khattak said on Saturday that former prime minister Imran Khan acted like a dictator and wanted to introduce the presidential form of government in the country. Speaking at a gathering in Thana Baizai in Malakand, Khattak alleged that the ex-premier was not a benefactor of the nation but always thought about his own interests. Several former…
report in Daily Times, Nov 5, 2023The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Saturday issued a written order granting permission to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold rallies and conduct their election campaign in accordance with the law of the land. The court in its verdict asserted that no political party was denied its right to actively participate in the electoral process, a private TV channel reported. The PHC has also directed the caretaker provincial government…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, November 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday expressed concern over terrorist attacks on security forces days after the announcement of the general election date. The party issued the statement hours after nine terrorists were killed as security forces foiled a terrorist attack on the Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force. A day ago, 17 soldiers and five civilians were martyred in militant attacks in Gwadar, Dera…
report in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023NAWABSHAH: Pakistan Peoples PartyParliamentarians president and co-chairman of the party Asif Ali Zardari has said that when he had surrendered his certain presidential powers to the parliament through the 18th constitutional amendment, ‘they’ did not appear to be happy with it. He did not specifically name the unhappy elements but the general impression was that it may be the security establishment. “There were no gestures of happiness when ‘they’ congratulated…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 5, 2023ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed misgivings about what it termed a “nexus” between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the interim government. In a statement on Saturday, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyer Husain Bukhari sounded the alarm over the affiliation of caretaker federal ministers – Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hasan Fawad –with Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif. He further suggested the governor of Punjab’s links with…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Nov 5, 2023LAHORE: With the PPP officially dropping hints about the possibility of forging alliances against the PML-N, the latter also claims to be open to the possibility of forging alliances in Sindh and elsewhere to increase its chances of success in the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8 next year. PML-N leader and former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair said the PML-N will field candidates throughout the…
report in The Express Tribune, November 5th, 2023.Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry was arrested in Islamabad on Saturday, confirmed the former PTI leader’s wife. Hiba Chaudhry took to X (formerly Twitter) this afternoon to announce that her husband was arrested, adding that his whereabouts were “unknown”. Fawad’s brother, Faisal Chaudhry, also confirmed the news. Hearing a plea filed against the former information minister’s arrest and seeking his recovery, the magistrate of the Kohsar police station,…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Yet another bill, which was passed by both houses of parliament months ago, has gone missing, it has emerged. A calling attention notice submitted with the Senate Secretariat, bearing the signatures of PPP Senators Saleem Mandviwala and Taj Haider, a copy of which is available with Dawn, invites the attention of the federal minister for parliamentary affairs towards the non-approval of “The Protection of Family Life…
By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, Nov 5, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The only brother of seven sisters was among the five people who were killed in a blast near Tank Adda in Dera city on Friday. Qamar Zaman, 16, son of Habibullah, had come to the Dera Ismail Khan city to appear in his grade nine examination. His roll number slip was found at the site of the blast. It may be mentioned that…
report in Pakistan Today, Nov 5, 2023PESHAWAR: A group of clerics in Kohistan on Saturday proclaimed that women working with non-governmental organisations (NGO) would not be allowed to mingle with “na mahram” men in public and that doing so would require them to follow specific directives, contingent upon their marital status. A 12-member group of clerics issued a warning that if a married woman was found accompanying a na mahram — men that women are…