Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 31, 2023Drawing the federal government’s attention to their demand to adjust the police force and promulgate the federal civil service law has been the provincial leadership’s regular business for the last few months. The chief ministers and ministers descend on Kathmandu to pressure the prime minister to address their demands. Every time they approach Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, he promises them to act immediately, and they return. The…
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report in Daily Times, Dec 30. 2023 PML-N’s Shehbaz, GDA chief, announce consensus on a four-party seat adjustment formula involvingMQM-P and JUI-F Former PM urges joint efforts to address Karachi woesThe Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) have agreed to support each other in the upcoming general elections. The development came during a meeting between PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and GDA chief Pir Pagara, with Khawaja Saad Rafique and Ayaz Sadiq…
report in Dawn, December 26th, 2023MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Peoples Party has approached the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl for seat adjustment in the Feb 8 elections to two national and five provincial assembly seats here. “The PPP recently contacted us through its provincial general secretary, Shujah Salim Khan, with a request for seat adjustment here but we have yet to respond to it,” JUI-F provincial deputy emir Hidayatullah Shah told reporters on Monday. He said the PPPwanted seat…
report in The News, December 25, 2023PESHAWAR: Desperate for some electoral adjustment, a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) delegation paid another visit to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) and the two parties decided to work out recommendations for seat-to-seat adjustment at the district level. Headed by former provincial president of PPP and ex-minister Syed Zahir Ali Shah, the visiting delegation consisted of Shazi Khan and Misbahuddin. Provincial secretary of the JUIF Ataul Haq Darvesh, Secretary Information Abdul…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Dec 9th, 2023LAHORE: According to Dr Firdos Ashiq, the meeting indeed took place between the IPP Jahangir Khan Tareen, Aun Chaudhry and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. She clarified that the purpose of the meeting wasn’t to forge an alliance but to focus on ensuring free and fair elections. Although the discussion did involve a proposal for seat adjustment, she stressed that it was just an initial proposal needing…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, December 9th, 2023• Nawaz blames former CJP, COAS, ISI chief for ‘lodging false cases, bringing misery on people’• PML-N agrees to seat adjustment with IPP for pollsLAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has hinted that he is in no mood to eschew the demand of holding former generals and judges accountable “for ruining the country” by ousting him as prime minister in 2017. Mr Sharif’s remarks, made during the party’s…
report in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif accompanied by PML-N president Mian Shehbaz Sharif visited the residence of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) chief Ch Shujat Hussain on Wednesday, marking their first meeting in almost 15 years to initiate discussions for seat adjustments ahead of the February 8 elections. This encounter follows a prior meeting in 2009 when Nawaz Sharif offered condolences to Ch Shujat Hussain on…
By Ali Raza & Farooq Aqdas & Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News,December 05, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) has clarified that it will not form an election alliance with the JUIF, but seat adjustments may be considered. “There is no talk of an election alliance with Maulana Fazlur Rahman, but seat adjustments,” PMLN Punjab President Rana Sanaullah said in a media talk after a meeting between Mian Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur…
Report in The Nation, November 22, 2023ISLAMABAD\LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday held discussions on current political scenario with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F). After arriving at Rehman’s residence in Islamabad both the former prime ministers extended condolences to Rehman over the sad demise of his mother-in-law. Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hydari, Ishaq Dar, Maulana Asad Mehmood, and…
by Rizwan Shezad in The Express Tribune, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday decided to move forward with mutual consent and “adjustment” in the upcoming general elections and beyond. The two heavyweights of the country’s political arena had their first formal meeting after Nawaz returned to the country on Oct 21. The two leaders discussed the current political situation, and the…
Report in Dwn, November 13th, 2023LAHORE/GUJRAT: Senior leader of PML-Q Chaudhry Shafay Hussain says his party is not being merged into any other political entity. In a statement issued in Lahore on Sunday, the former federal minister in the PDM government said his party would maintain its separate identity instead of merging with the PML-N. However, both the parties could strike seat adjustments in the general election, he said. Shafay added that the PML-Q candidates…