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Cipher case designed to save Gen Bajwa: Imran

By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, October 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, while talking about the cipher case, Thursday said that the bogus case was designed to protect former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and Donald Lu. “I was the elected prime minister of the country. Treason was committed against me and my government by General (retd) Bajwa. Instead of investigating the foreign conspiracy in orchestrating a regime change, a…

Don’t lose hope, trials will pass: Imran

report in The Express Tribune, Oct 13th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Imprisoned chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has reaffirmed his commitment to the pursuit of ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ (real freedom). He urges the nation not to lose hope, assuring that this trial will pass, and whenever elections are held, the only outcome for the “unelected predatory group and their enablers” will be defeat. In his message to the “nation” from the jail, the former premier said: “Regardless…

PML-N prioritized state over politics: Shehbaz

report in The Express Tribune, Oct 13th, 2023.LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has claimed that during the rule of his elder brother, Nawaz Sharif, the entire world was startled by the pace of progress in the country but that during the party’s recent rule it sacrificed its politics for state. “We prioritized the state over politics. If there is no state, there will be no politics. To achieve economic development, political stability is necessary,” Shehbaz…

Return of Nawaz not outcome of a deal: Tarar

Report in Dawn, October 13th, 2023TAXILA: Senior PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar on Thursday set aside the perception that the return of party supremo Nawaz Sharif was the outcome of any deal with the establishment. Talking to newsmen at Kohistan Secretariat here, he clarified that there were no changes or cancellation of Mr Sharif’s return to Pakistan and all the speculations in this regard were misleading. Mr Tarar said on October 21 Mr Sharif would make…

Govt set to appeal verdict in NAB tweaks case

by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, October 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The federal government has, in the wake of top judiciary’s verdict upholding the Practice and Procedure Act 2023, decided to challenge the Supreme Court’s Sept 15 ruling in which it had declared as illegal the amended National Accountability Ordinance (NAO). Talking to Dawn, Attor­ney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan said the appeal is likely to be moved early next week. Permission may also be sought…

Report in The News, October 13, 2023

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said any leader, be it Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari, or Nawaz Sharif, will have to seek legal remedy to their cases. In an interview with WE (World Echo) News on Thursday, a digital media platform, he dismissed the impression that the PMLN leader Nawaz Sharif’s decision to get back home was part of any deal with the interim government, APP reports. “The caretaker government has ‘no soft corner’…

Counter terrorism: Pakistan’s and China’s military intelligence wings to set up hotline

by Mushtaq Ghumman in Business Recoder, Oct 13,, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Military Intelligence of Armies of Pakistan and China are to establish hotline on counter terrorism through inking a formal pact, well informed sources told Business Recorder. Sharing the details, sources said, Defence Division on October 2, 2023 informed the Federal Cabinet presided caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar that General Headquarters (GHQ) proposed signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a counter terrorism Intelligence…

Pakistani Authorities hinder aid collection for Herat earthquake victims: Manzoor Pashteen

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, revealed Thursday that Pakistani authorities have prevented his group from gathering aid for earthquake victims in Herat, Afghanistan. He criticized the Pakistani government for hindering “the expression of Pashtun humanity.” Mr. Pashteen is one of the influential Pashtun leaders in Pakistan who has repeatedly criticized the government and the military for unlawful killings and abductions in tribal…

26 Afghan prisoners return home from Pakistan:

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan has announced that 26 Afghan citizens have been released from Pakistani prisons and returned to their country. The Ministry announced on Thursday on its social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that 26 Afghan citizens detained by Pakistani police have been released from custody in Pakistan. The Ministry has clarified that these 26 Afghan citizens, who…

Scam of issuing Pak passports to Afghans unearthed

By Azaz Syed in The News, October 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: A large number of Pakistani passports are said to have been issued to Afghan citizens. Saudi Arabia have recovered Pakistani passports from 12,000 Afghan citizens and provided details to the Pakistani embassy, sources told to Geo News/The News. Director General Immigration and Passports Directorate Mustafa Kazi and the Federal Investigation Agency have started an investigation in this regard. As a result of the ongoing investigation, the…

‘Illegal’ Afghans to be housed in Karachi, Sukkur for deportation:

By Imtiaz Ali Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2023KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to set up ‘housing facilities’ in Karachi and Sukkur to lodge illegal Afghan immigrants before their deportation, it emerged on Thursday. Sources told Dawn that a meeting, held here at the Sindh home department on Thursday, decided to form a high-level committee comprising officials of civil and military representatives to oversee repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees from Sindh. The sources said…