report in The Express Tribune, Nov 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday instructed all caretaker governments to ensure a level playing field for all political parties in the upcoming general polls. Taking cognisance of a political party’s complaint of not providing a level playing field, the commission has sent an urgent letter to caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar and chief secretaries of the provinces. The letter read that a political…
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Report in Dawn, November 6th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The gulf between two main allies in the last government — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) — is broadening before forthcoming general elections as the former levelled allegation against latter for having a hidden alliance with current caretakers government. In a statement, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari on Sunday raised fingers on PML-N leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar for holding the…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: After finding the Election Commission unsympathetic to his request for an election date, President Arif Alvi emphasised the need to holding elections in 90 days, during a meeting with caretaker Federal Minister for Law and Justice Ahmed Irfan Aslam on Monday. President Alvi praised the caretaker prime minister’s resolve to act upon the apex court’s judgement on the matter. A statement issued by the President’s secretariat said…
Report in Dawn, August 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: In a joint press conference called after President Alvi made startling claims about two recently adopted laws, interim Law Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam and Information Minister Murtaza Solangi rebuffed the president’s stance that he was unaware whether the bills had been returned or not. Giving their legal and constitutional position on the two bills, Mr Aslam said the government had not received any of the two bills from the…