By Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 17th, 2023LAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif was ready to dissolve the coalition government to go into polls following the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in a no-trust vote in April 2022, but claimed the decision was changed at the eleventh hour because “we did not want to give in” to purported threats. “Shehbaz Sharif was all set to resign…
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report in Khaama Press online, Nov 15, 2023Sources in Herat province report that the presence of girls in some educational centres has been prohibited due to the failure to comply with the directives of the local government of this province. According to sources, officials from the Ministry of Education, the Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, and Taliban intelligence forces reportedly raided some schools that were teaching girls foreign languages on Tuesday…
by Jamal Shahid in Dawn, November 16th, 2023• Kakar says India ‘flirting with West’ in bizarre attempt to contain ChinaISLAMABAD: Talking about the situation on the western border, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday defended the policy of repatriating illegal Afghan immigrants, saying that issues would start to settle the day Kabul would have a legitimate government. He acknowledged that non-state actors were posing a security threat to Pakistan, while identifying the lax…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post,Nov13, 2023With the Indian government quoting a high price for sugar, which Nepal plans to import through a government-to-government arrangement, top Nepali government officials said they may approach Pakistan for the sweetener if India’s offer doesn’t prove sweet enough. Due to issues ranging from quality (small crystal sugar) to pricing, the process of importing sugar in a government-to-government deal to meet the Tihar festival demand has been deferred, sources…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, Nov 9, 2023PESHAWAR: Around 200,000 Afghans have returned home via Torkham after the government’s drive against undocumented foreigners. The police in Peshawar and other districts have started checking documents of vendors and shopkeepers in some areas to find if they possessed the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards or any other document legalizing their stay in Pakistan. No mass arrests were reported from any locality. There were concerns from…
report in Dailu Mirror, Nov 6, 2023The approval rating of the Government fell from 21% in June 2023 to 9% in October 2023 according to the latest round of the Gallup style ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll of Verité Research. The survey showed that satisfaction with the state of the nation also dropped by half to 6%, from 12% in June 2023. The economic confidence score also fell from negative (-) 44 in June to…
By SHIHAR ANEEZ in EconomyNext, Nov 5, 2023 at 10:54 pmChina has sought approval from Sri Lankan authorities for another research ship in early next year, but the approval is yet to be granted, two government sources said amid rising objections from the island nation’s neighbour, India, over the region’s security concern. The sources, however, said unlike the earlier approved requests, the latest has come without a local partner and the research area being decided…
By Saleem Jadoon in Pakistan Today, Nov 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s decision to deport illegal migrants has caused significant strain in its relationship with Afghanistan, as the Taliban government and several of its leaders publicly criticize Islamabad for evicting thousands of Afghans. The move has put bilateral ties at stake, with the interim prime minister, defense minister, and interior minister of Afghanistan openly expressing their discontent with Pakistan’s actions. While Pakistan has consistently stated that its…
By Tahir Khan Azikhel in The News, Nov 5, 2023BATKHELA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTIP) Chairman and former chief minister Pervez Khattak said on Saturday that former prime minister Imran Khan acted like a dictator and wanted to introduce the presidential form of government in the country. Speaking at a gathering in Thana Baizai in Malakand, Khattak alleged that the ex-premier was not a benefactor of the nation but always thought about his own interests. Several former…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 5, 2023ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed misgivings about what it termed a “nexus” between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the interim government. In a statement on Saturday, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyer Husain Bukhari sounded the alarm over the affiliation of caretaker federal ministers – Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hasan Fawad –with Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif. He further suggested the governor of Punjab’s links with…