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‘Ladla’ being imposed on country as ‘innocent’ again: PMLN

report in The News, Dec 24, 2023LAHORE/ KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) leaders strongly criticised former prime minister and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan for allegedly destroying every sector of the country during his four-year rule. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, PMLN senior leader and former information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb wondered why a “political terrorist” was being declared an innocent person by the court. She said earlier the ladla was…

Blasphemy accused shot dead:

Report in Dawn, November 3rd, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: A youth allegedly involved in a blasphemy case was shot dead on Thursday in Makdoompur Pahuran town in Khanewal district. Police said Umair Ali was arrested after he uttered some offensive words and showed disrespect to certain religious figures. When he was released on bail, he left the town. Ali returned home a couple of days ago and was sitting outside his house in Makdoompur Pahuran when…

‘N’, IPP on same page over PTI’s ‘misuse’ of Rs870m in state funds:

By Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, October 26th, 2023LAHORE: The PML-N and the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) have called for action against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his party’s then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for allegedly misusing Rs870 million state fund for hiring ‘trolls’ and ‘influencers’ for social media campaigns. On the other hand, the PTI has termed it a “malicious pro­paganda campaign” agai­nst the party by the vested interest, demanding investigation against then chief minister…

Afghan Refugees face mass exodus in Pakistan:

By Noman Hossain in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Around 1.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan face a mass exodus as Islamabad has given them an ultimatum to leave the country by November 1. On October 3, Pakistan’s Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said in a press conference that the government had “given them [Afghan refugees] a November 1 deadline” to leave voluntarily or face “forcible expulsion” after that date. Bugti claimed that some…

Accountability mantra ‘deferred, not forgotten’

by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, October 4th, 2023LAHORE: The PML-N says it has deferred its demand for accountability of former generals and judges who allegedly had Nawaz Sharif “dethroned”, until an “appropriate time”, adding that it hasn’t “forgotten these characters”. The party also announced on Tuesday that supreme leader Nawaz Sharif will get protective bail ahead of his return to the country on Oct 21 and surrender to court in the Al Azizia corruption case…

Network of hostile intelligence agencies’ involved in recent incidents of blasphemy: Punjab IG

report in Dawn,Aug 29, 2023Punjab Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman Anwar on Monday said the police have unearthed a “network of hostile intelligence agencies” that were allegedly involved in the recent incidents of blasphemy across the country. On August 16, a violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched nearly two dozen churches and attacked the residences of members of the Christian community and the office of the local assistant commissioner in Jaranwala. According to estimates…

Two ‘butchers of Swat’ not freed, MNA told:

By Azaz Syed in The News, April 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: Responding to the query of MNA Mohsin Dawar, a high-ranking security official said two top militants from Swat allegedly involved in butchering people back in 2009-10 were still in custody of the security forces. “When I came I was told that both the butchers of Swat were being released but I ordered stopping their release,” he said. Dawar had asked about Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan…

Punjab CTD kills TTP man, arrests 11 others

Report in Dawn, Feb 12th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have killed a suspected terrorist allegedly belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested 11 other members of banned outfits from different cities during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Punjab. According to a spokesperson, the Punjab CTD conducted 26 IBOs in different districts of the province to counter the menace of terrorism and interrogated 26 suspects. During…