report in Daily Times, Dec 30. 2023 IHC calls on caretakers to maintain neutralityOn Friday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) permitted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and lawyers to hold election meetings with party founder Imran Khan in Adiala jail in the run-up to polls scheduled for February 8. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb passed the order on a petition by Imran seeking permission for meetings with party leaders to formulate a strategy for the polls. The…
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By Shazia Hasan in Dawn, October 18th, 2023KARACHI: As the humanitarian situation in Gaza becomes desperate after days of relentless bombing by Israeli forces, global aid organisations have said the time was “running out to save millions of people” in the Gaza Strip. Yet, no aid is being allowed inside the besieged enclave. Like global aid agencies, non-governmental organisations in Pakistan are also ready to provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, but they cite blockade and…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Oct 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said that the upcoming general elections will not be considered ‘credible’ if Imran Khan was not allowed to contest. Talking to media persons outside an anti-terrorism court, where he was brought in a case pertaining to violence outside the judicial complex in Islamabad, ex-CM Elahi said any election without Mr Khan would not be accepted and such elections…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 10, 2023— Says PTI’s status as a political party remains intact— Clarifies caretaker government has no bias towards any political partyISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday said that only “law-abiding” Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders would be allowed to participate in the upcoming general elections. During an informal conversation with senior journalists in Islamabad, the caretaker PM affirmed that PTI’s status as a political party remained intact. Reiterating…
Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Sept 27, 2023LAHORE: Bringing the internal debate surrounding the party supremo Nawaz Sharif’s confrontational narrative, PML-N leader Javed Latif has said that the former prime minister believed that the current state of affairs could not be rectified if those responsible are allowed to walk free. The party leader shared Nawaz’s conviction that if people don’t stand behind the judges who, despite facing pressures, made decisions in accordance with the…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 8, 2023A total of 582 eminent citizens yesterday said BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia should immediately be allowed to fly abroad for better treatment. In a joint statement, they said the three-time former prime minister of Bangladesh has been undergoing serious illness and living a life of prisoner even at the age of 78 based on a “motivated verdict”. They called upon the government to go beyond politics and…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 27, 2023The Taliban administration, disregarding the international outrage stemming from the “oppressive” restrictions imposed on the lives, work, and education of women in Afghanistan, has continued to intensify these limitations. In the latest instance, as per the directive of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Taliban, women are not allowed to visit Band-e-Amir’s attractions. Khalid Hanafi, the acting Minister of…