report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023QUETTA: The law-enforcement agencies on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a car-bomb attack in the city and seized an explosives-laden car from a parking lot near a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. According to police, law-enforcement agencies had received information about the presence of a suspected car in the parking lot close to a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. Members of law-enforcement immediately acted…
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by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Sept 28, 2023ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is in contact with the United States over a plan to send more than one million Afghan refugees back home, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Senior Pakistani diplomats told The Nation that Pakistan had briefed the US about the illegal activities of the Afghan refugees and their involvement in terrorism. One diplomat said the US respects Pakistan’s decision but feared humanitarian crisis due to the…
Reuters in Dawn, September 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Just a day after Russia claimed to have made its first Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) delivery to Pakistan, the government distanced itself from the import, triggering a controversy over the shipment amid an energy crisis. The energy ministry on Wednesday said Islamabad was ascertaining the facts after Russia’s embassy tweeted that Moscow had made its first LPG delivery to Pakistan. However, the ministry made it clear that the government…
by Kashif Abbasi in Dawn, Sept 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel was informed on Wednesday that “commercial and foreign concerns” were major impediments to completing the long-delayed Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project. However, officials assured the meeting that efforts for the swift completion of the project have been expedited. The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, which met with Saadia Abbasi in the chair, decided to invite the attorney general for Pakistan at the next meeting…
report in The News, September 28, 2023PESHAWAR: The United States (US) has reaffirmed the commitment to support Pakistan in the fight against cross-border infiltration and militancy in KP. The commitment was reaffirmed as US Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer visited Peshawar recently where he met officials. During the visit Schofer met Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat and delivered $350,000 worth of safety and security equipment to enhance the safety and effectiveness of forces…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, September 28th, 2023LAHORE: With the PML-N’s supreme leader Nawaz Sharif scheduled to arrive in Pakistan in less than a month, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is set to reopen three cases against him linked to alleged illegal plot allotments and land acquisitions in Lahore, as well as a questionable share transfer in Chaudhry Sugar Mills. This move by NAB is based on a recent Supreme Court decision that struck down…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2023.LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s persistent efforts to convince his elder brother, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, to reconsider his demand for holding former military officials accountable for their “unconstitutional actions” seem to have borne fruit. A well-informed source within the party claims that the three-time former prime minister is now inclined towards adopting a more conciliatory stance. He intends to prioritize the country’s economic stability…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Sept 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: A public opinion survey done in July this year shows the highest approval rating of 88 percent for the military. The survey, done by Gallup for a political entity that commissioned it for its own assessments, also shows people’s trust in the media and courts with 56 percent approval rating for both. However, the approval ratings for politicians, in general, are 39 percent, parliament 47 percent,…
Report in The Nation, Sept 28, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said that Pakistan was focusing on its own interests without choosing sides in the great power competition, and that the West was “over-obsessed” with efforts to contain China. The prime minister, in an interview with Washington Post during his visit to New York to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly session published on Wednesday, said Pakistan intended to stay “neutral”…
report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023KARACH: The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis was informed on Wednesday that a growing number of beggars from Pakistan were moving abroad, which has spurred ‘human trafficking’. Secretary Zulfikar Haider of Ministry for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development made this disclosure during a discussion in the Senate panel on the issue of skilled and unskilled labour leaving Pakistan, Dawn.com reported. In a startling revelation, Secretary Haider informed the…
report in Pakistan Today, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar affirmed on Tuesday that the military will continue to play a significant role in the country’s politics unless civil institutions bolster their organisational capabilities. This persistent imbalance prompts military interventions in the daily affairs of the government, Kakar stated during an interview with TRT World. Kakar attributed this lopsided civil-military relationship to the long-standing deficiencies in civilian institutions over the past four…