report in The Express Tribune, Dec 5, 2023LAHORE: As the party ramps up its electoral preparations for the general election, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif took charge on Monday, presiding over the party’s second parliamentary board meeting to allocate tickets on both national and provincial assembly. The session, helmed by Nawaz, conducted interviews for prospective candidates vying to contest the 2024 general elections from Rawalpindi, Attock, and Chakwal. Interviews slated for candidates eyeing two National Assembly…
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Report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023CHARSADDA: Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said instead of taking decisions ‘behind the closed doors’ in Islamabad regarding Afghan refugees’ deportation’ the government should have taken Pakhtun leaders into confidence to seek a viable solution to the lingering issue. Speaking at ‘Meet the Press’ programme of Mohammadzai Union of Journalists here on Sunday, he also expressed his anger over the atrocities inflicted on innocent Palestinians. He…
By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, October 26th, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab caretaker government is likely to constitute a special medical board in case medical reports submitted to the Lahore High Court by PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif are contested, according to a committee that recommended the suspension of the PML-N leader’s sentence in the Al-Azizia case. The five-member body was formed by caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi to deliberate upon an application filed by the…
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Jan 17th, 2023PESHAWAR: One of the country’s senior most lawyers, Abdul Latif Afridi, was shot dead in a broad daylight attack inside the bar room of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday, allegedly over a family feud. Mr Afridi, 80, was sitting in the bar room with other lawyers when the attacker opened fire, SSP Operations Kashif Abbasi said. Mr Afridi, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar…
report in The Morning online, Jan 13, 2023The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approval for Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) is now expected in the second quarter of 2023, Standard Chartered’s Global Research report revealed. Accordingly, the prediction was made owing to delays in securing financial assurances from its bilateral creditors, the report read, adding that this could further delay negotiations with commercial creditors, which are also expected to be pushed back to the…