report in The News, October 09, 2022LAHORE: The chief secretary Punjab office has virtually descended into vagueness as no orders have been issued for filling the post nor the incumbent CS has joined office after the lapse of his leave. On Saturday, Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal was supposed to join office after the lapse of his leave but did not turn up nor the federal government issued any transfer and posting order for…
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by Mansoor Malik in Dawn, October 7th, 2022LAHORE: Deadlock over the posting of a regular Punjab chief secretary between the PML-N-led federal and PTI-led Punjab governments persists for three weeks since the incumbent chief secretary had gone on leave over differences with the chief minister on administrative matters. Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal had gone on a two-week ‘protest leave’ on Sept 17 as he was not happy over issuing transfers and posting orders of…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday observed that respect to human rights is necessary, however, it maintained that following Constitution and maintaining law and order are also imperative. It served notices on respondents on a petition against baton charge of police on activists of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) during their protest march. Secretary Interior, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and others were named respondents in the case. Justice Aamer Farooq of IHC…
LAHORE: Lahore police launched a major ‘preventive operation’ across the city and arrested 250 activists and workers of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan amid intelligence reports that they might take to the streets after Friday prayers. All the six divisional superintendents of police (SPs) deployed force in their respective jurisdiction following reports from civil intelligence agencies that TLP activists might launch “another movement” from Lahore, their stronghold. Most of the arrests were made from Chungi Amar…
ISLAMABAD: The proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has started its march towards Islamabad again, while the government has decided to summon the Punjab Rangers to maintain the law and order situation in Punjab. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday announced that the government had decided to summon the Punjab Rangers to maintain the law and order amid the ongoing protests staged by the TLP. Speaking during a press conference in Islamabad, the minister said the government…
LAHORE: Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly and PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz has said a decision on tabling no-confidence motion against the Buzdar government will be taken from the platform of the opposition alliance — the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), while the provincial government claims that dozens of Nawaz League MPAs will go against such a move, if tabled. Mr Hamza told the media outside the Punjab Assembly: “No-trust is a constitutional option, while protest…
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday organised a protest rally outside the Punjab Assembly against inflation, price-hike in essential commodities and rise in prices of petroleum and electricity. A large number of members of the Punjab Assembly, PML-N ticket holders and workers participated in the protest. They chanted slogans against inflation, price-hike and ‘incompetence’ of the government during the protest. Due to the protest, a traffic jam was witnessed on The Mall and the…
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has assured the Supreme Court that it will leave no stone unturned to trace the culprits as well as the “Naalain-i-Mubarak” (holy relics) which went missing from Lahore’s Badshahi Masjid in 2002. The assurance was held out through a report placed before a two-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday. The bench, headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, ordered the provincial government to continue efforts for recovery of the holy relics. The case was…
LAHORE: The Punjab police on Wednesday night launched a province-wide crackdown against the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and arrested many of its workers and leaders. In Lahore, a heavy contingent of the police reached Multan Road in dozens of vehicles and surrounded Jamia Masjid Rehmatullil- Aalamin where hundreds of charged workers of the TLP had staged a sit-in. The crackdown was launched after a meeting chaired by Inspector General of Police, Punjab Rao Sardar Ali…
THE Punjab administration has finally restored local governments in the province, even if reluctantly, to comply with a Supreme Court order. The latter had declared parts of the new provincial LG law under which local democracy was rolled back in May 2019 as ultra vires the Constitution. Still the future tenure of existing local institutions hinges on the outcome of the petitions filed by the provincial government and the affected elected local representatives. While the…
LAHORE: The PML-N is likely to field Shaista Pervaiz Malik, widow of former PML-N Lahore president Pervaiz Malik, for NA-133 bypoll to be held on Dec 5. The seat fell vacant last week after the death of Mr Malik. Currently, Shaista Pervaiz is an MNA on a reserved seat for women. “The party leadership has decided in principle to award the ticket to Shaista Pervaiz. There has also been a tradition in the party to…