by Rizwan Shezad in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday hinted at a possible delay in the holding of the next general elections as the 54-day mandatory period for campaigning for the February 8, 2024 polls began from December 16, but the three-day training of the officers responsible for supervising electoral activities was halted because of a Lahore High Court order over a PTI petition.…
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By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: Time is running out for Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan to get their convictions reversed in order to take part in the upcoming general elections. As the election date – Feb 8, 2023 – has been announced, these top leaders have nearly one month period to get chit from courts to become eligible for taking part in the elections. The Election Commission of Pakistan has to…
Report in The News, October 19, 2023BARA: The office-bearers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) on Wednesday expressed concern over the worsening law and order in Bara and asked the police to stop harassing the people. Speaking at a press conference, PMLN provincial vice-president Zahir Shah Afridi, alleged that a police party from the Pishtakhara Police Station led by a DSP arrested Mohammad Khan along with his friends in a raid on Ring Road Peshawar…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Oct 12, 2023ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, challenging the trial court’s order for his upcoming indictment in the cipher case. He has also sought bail in two National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases. The Special Court (Official Secrets Act) on Oct 9 distributed copies of the challan among the counsel for Mr Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi and decided to indict…
by Akmol Hossain in Prothom Alo, Sept 30, 2023Moulvibazar: They are sometimes seen together on one stage, delivering speeches. But in actuality they have not been together for around two years. The movement and programmes are being held, but separately. BNP’s activities in Moulvibazar district are being carried out in this manner, under the leadership of the president and the general secretary. Awami League, on the other hand, is quite well organised in Moulvibazar. Even…
report in The Sunday Times, Sept 10, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint a retired judge, possibly from the Supreme Court, to probe controversial revelations made by Britain’s Channel 4 television. The Sunday Times learns that it will be a prelude to the appointment of another Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) if it is found that the matter requires further investigation. Already, a Parliamentary Select Committee and a Presidential Commission of Inquiry have probed the incidents. However,…
by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Friday re-arrested former chief minister and PTI President Parvez Elahi near his residence soon after the Lahore High Court (LHC) set him free with a restraining order against his possible arrest by any agency or preventive detention. A team of federal capital police, assisted by the Lahore police, intercepted the white SUV near the FCC underpass in which Mr Elahi was riding…
By Eric Shahzar in The News,August 27, 2023The writer is an academic based in Oxford and London, UK.An accurate measure of a truly thriving and pluralistic society lies in how it treats its minorities. In Pakistan, a nation grappling with religious extremism, the plight of minorities remains an ever so pressing concern. In Sep 2017, the tragic case of Sharoon Masih, a young student lynched to death simply for drinking water from his Muslim classmate’s…
report in The Himalayan Times, June 28, 2023Patan High Court stated in its order today (June 27) that halting the screening of Indian films doesn’t fall under local government jurisdiction. Patan High Court has ordered Kathmandu metropolis’ Mayor Balen Shah not to ban screening of any Indian film in Kathmandu metropolis if it has been approved by the censor board.Patan High Court’s preliminary conclusion was that Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah does not possess…