by Mubashir Hassan in The Nation, Dec 9, 2023LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday renewed his demand for accountability of former military generals and judges for ruining the country by ousting his government in 2017. Addressing the party’s parliamentary board which is finalising the tickets for the February 8 general elections, Sharif said: “We do not want to come into power to roam around in luxury cars…
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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…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, October 12th, 2023LAHORE: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday called on PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and asked him to support his party’s demand to defer the polls beyond next January. The latter, however, has sought time to consult with his party. “Maulana Fazl asked Shehbaz to support his demand to defer the polls beyond January as both have to make joint political moves in the current scenario. The PML-N…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2023.LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s persistent efforts to convince his elder brother, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, to reconsider his demand for holding former military officials accountable for their “unconstitutional actions” seem to have borne fruit. A well-informed source within the party claims that the three-time former prime minister is now inclined towards adopting a more conciliatory stance. He intends to prioritize the country’s economic stability…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 19, 2023As part of a simultaneous movement demanding the resignation of the Awami League government and elections under a neutral caretaker government, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has declared a 15-day program from Tuesday till October 3. The party’s Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan announced the program schedule on Monday afternoon at the BNP chairperson’s office in Gulshan. BNP’s programs include-Rallies in Dhaka’s Keraniganj and Gazipur’s Tongi on TuesdayRoad…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 18, 2023While the ruling Awami League is already gearing up for the election, opposition BNP is concentrating its efforts on forcing the government to accept the demand for polls under a non-partisan interim administration. BNP sources say the party would intensify its movement in the coming days to press home its demand. As part of this, it will announce a series of rallies and road marches for this month…
by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, Sept 16th, 2023LAHORE: Apparently dissatisfied with the response it has received regarding complaints about an ‘unlevel’ playing field, the PPP central executive committee has empowered former president Asif Ali Zardari to raise the issue with all quarters concerned and demand that the Election Commission immediately announce the election schedule. “It is not possible here to repeat all the reservations expressed by PPP’s representatives from all over Pakistan regarding the level…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Sept 14, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said that the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) planned in Lahore on Thursday (today) may re-deliberate upon its position regarding the elections’ date. Sources have expressed mixed opinion regarding the outcome of the committee with some speculating that in a bid to dial up pressure on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce a date for general elections,…
Report in The Daily Star, Sept 11, 2023The BNP is going to bring changes in the protest programmes to press home its one-point demand of election under a non-partisan administration. Party sources said this strategy is to make successful its ongoing movement demanding resignation of the government and election under a caretaker government in the coming months. The party has already chalked out some court-centric protest programmes and the front and associate organisations — Chhatra…
report in The News, August 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: Three major political parties, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and Awami National Party (ANP), have sought the resignation of President Dr Arif Alvi after his statement on the issue of signing of two important bills. Faisal Karim Kundi, a spokesman for the PPP, responded by calling the incident unfortunate and lamenting the fact that the president apologised 24 hours after it was reported in…
report in Dawn, August 19th, 2023HYDERABAD: Representatives of the Commission for Inter-Faith Harmony have urged Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff and other government functionaries to form a commission to probe the tragic Jaranwala incident. Fathers Danial Fayaz, Jamil Albert, Shahzad Khokhar, James Castloino and others said at a press conference at local press club on Friday that if perpetrators of such crimes had been punished in the past, the Jaranwala incident would…