report in Prothom Alo, Dec 28, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started its three-day public campaign and distribution of leaflets calling people to boycott the ‘dummy’ elections and build a public opinion in favour of their non-cooperation movement demanding the resignation of the incumbent government in the second phase of its ongoing movement. According to concerned sources, the party is likely to declare the same type of programmes at the end of this 3-day…
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by Muhammad Shahzad in The Express Tribune, Nov 8, 2023LAHORE: In a significant development in the ongoing investigation of the May 9 Lahore Jinnah House inferno, two senior police officers have surfaced as suspects. The list of suspects, handed over to SP Investigations Model Town, includes Inspector Asim Rafi, currently serving as the Personal Staff Officer (PSO) of Lahore DIG Operations, and Sub-Inspector Asif Zulfiqar, who is serving as SHO Mustafabad. The list, which consists…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 08, 2023After a one-day pause, BNP-Jamaat is going to enforce a fresh 48-hour nationwide blockade of roads, railways, and waterways starting 6:00am today amid the ongoing arrest spree of BNP leaders and activists. A bus was set on fire in the capital’s Malibagh area last night. Receiving the information at 11:03pm, two fire engines rushed to the spot and were trying to douse the fire, said Talha Bin Zasim,…
by Saleem Shahid | Ibrahim Shinwari | Umer Farooq in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023PESHAWAR: The caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has exempted the illegal immigrants scheduled to resettle in Western countries from the ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrants. The KP home department said in a letter that a list of illegal foreigners destined for third countries was received from the federal Ministry of Interior and individuals destined for third countries would not be subject to arrest.…
report in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has granted the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party until September 13 to present its arguments in the ongoing intra-party elections case. Emphasising the need for timely resolution, the electoral watchdog announced that a decision on the allocation of electoral symbols to PTI would be made after the arguments are heard. A three-member bench, led by Nisar Ahmad Durrani, presided over the PTI…