by Syed Irfan Raza | Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, October 18th, 2023ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Almost a week after President Arif Alvi urged stakeholders to end bitterness to pave the way for democracy, the PTI on Tuesday proposed a ‘Grand National Reconciliation Dialogue’ among all stakeholders, while its leaders separately called on the president and the caretaker information minister. According to a statement by the President House, PTI leaders Raoof Hassan and Barrister Umair called on…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 17, 2023 at 10:11 PMTwo hundred journalists, led by the Federation of Journalists in Exile, have written a letter to Pakistan’s acting prime minister calling for a ban on their deportation. Afghan journalists in Pakistan are in a dire situation and their families will also face danger if they are deported from Pakistan, the letter said. Earlier, the Islamic Emirate pledged they would talk with Pakistani officials and said that…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, October 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League (PMLN) Quaid Nawaz Sharif will approach the Islamabad High Court (IHC) today (Wednesday) through his counsel for procuring protective bail, undertaking to contest cases pending in the learned court/s subsequently. A PMLN legal team has been constituted under former law and justice minister Senator Azam Nazir Tarar that also includes Amjad Pervez, Advocate. The team has tweaked the…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Oct 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said that in his view, there is no room for any dialogue with the attackers and planners of May 9. Talking to The News, he said like the caretaker government, President Dr Arif Alvi also has a limited role, as the latter has completed his tenure. The interior minister was contacted for his comment on PTI’s request to President Arif Alvi…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Oct 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: In a major political breakthrough, the interim government on Tuesday reached out to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership, signalling an effort to create an environment conducive for the upcoming general elections. The day witnessed a flurry of unusual political activities as meetings that appeared to lay the groundwork for the polls opened the lines of communication with foes and erstwhile allies alike. The development followed…
by Syed Irfan Raza | Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, October 18th, 2023ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Almost a week after President Arif Alvi urged stakeholders to end bitterness to pave the way for democracy, the PTI on Tuesday proposed a ‘Grand National Reconciliation Dialogue’ among all stakeholders, while its leaders separately called on the president and the caretaker information minister. According to a statement by the President House, PTI leaders Raoof Hassan and Barrister Umair called on…
By Shazia Hasan in Dawn, October 18th, 2023KARACHI: As the humanitarian situation in Gaza becomes desperate after days of relentless bombing by Israeli forces, global aid organisations have said the time was “running out to save millions of people” in the Gaza Strip. Yet, no aid is being allowed inside the besieged enclave. Like global aid agencies, non-governmental organisations in Pakistan are also ready to provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, but they cite blockade and…
By Umar Cheema in The News, Oct 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: The relationship between Pakistan and the United States came to a standstill after Imran Khan waved a piece of paper portraying it as a copy of a cipher in his speech on March 27 last year to allege that America was involved in ousting him from power through a no-confidence motion of his political opponent. Interviews conducted by the FIA of relevant officials at the Ministry…
By Malik Asad in Dawn, October 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The legal team of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has completed its preparations to procure protective bail for the elder Sharif, with at least three petitions likely to be filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the coming days, seeking relief in the Avenfield, Al-Azizia and Toshakhana cases. The PML-N supreme leader is all set to return to Lahore on October 21, where he is slated…