By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, Sept 04, 2023ISLAMABAD: For the first time in its history, the country will have an interim president and prime minister from next week when President Arif Alvi’s tenure ends and he assumes the position of an interim president. He will be restricted to a limited role in important national affairs and will be asked to resign after the election schedule is announced. Sources say that it has been…
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Report in Dawn, September 4th, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and US envoy to Pakistan Donald Blome on Sunday held a meeting at her Murree residence wherein both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, including economy and security. The picture of the meeting was shared by the PML-N social media account. It was also re-tweeted by the PML-N chief organiser. The statement posted by the former ruling party’s handle said that…
report in The News, Sept 03, 2023KABUL: The Taliban government advised Afghan citizens not to travel to Pakistan due to ongoing political instability in neighbouring country. According to the details, an advisory has been issued by the Afghan Foreign Office. The Afghans citizens have been asked to exercise caution in traveling to Pakistan due to ongoing political instability, protests and violent incidents.https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1106322-afghan-citizens-should-not-go-to-pakistan-advises-taliban-govt
reportTAXILA: PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who is incarcerated in Attock Jail has ruled out “any deal to seek his release and asserted he would never leave Pakistan,” his lawyers claimed, after meeting the ex-prime minister. Talking to journalists outside the prison following the meeting on Saturday, Advocate Shoaib Shaheen said Mr Khan has “ruled out any deal” and termed the perception of him settling abroad as baseless propaganda to dent his popularity. Mr Khan stated…
By Ali Raza & Mumtaz Alvi & Saeed Niazi & Waqar Satti in The News, Sept 3, 2023ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has revoked the services of Geoffrey Robertson KC after announcing that PTI Chairman Imran Khan has hired the British lawyer to represent him in international courts in cases related to “unlawful detention and human rights abuses”. But the PTI deleted the tweet within hours and terminated the services of the lawyer after criticism…
By Ikram Junaidi | Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Sept 3rd, 2023LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: On the reports that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is engaging eminent human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson to represent its incarcerated chief Imran Khan in international courts in relation to unlawful detention and human rights abuses, the PML-N on Saturday tried to give it a ‘religious colour,’ alleging that he (Robertson) was a lawyer of novelist Salman Rushdie and that he (Khan) is conspiring against…
report in The Khaama Press online, Sept 1, 2023Qari Fasihudin Fitrat, Chief of Army Staff of the de facto administration, has said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is absent within Afghanistan’s borders. He emphasizes that Pakistan should focus on identifying its enemy within its territory. In an exclusive interview with Ariana News, Fitrat said that if anyone seeks to challenge the Taliban administration’s commitments. Moreover, when it turns to violence, the acting government will respond…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023WASHINGTON: A Republican lawmaker has introduced an amendment to the House of Representatives’ annual appropriations legislation that would cut off funds to Pakistan to discourage the “crackdown on political dissent”. Republicans are a majority in the House. The amendment, proposed by Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles, would bar the US Department of Defence from providing assistance to Pakistan in the wake of an ongoing crackdown by the country’s military…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Aug 31, 2023 at 9:30 PMAfghan immigrants in Pakistan criticized the delay of their immigration cases. Immigrants from Afghanistan said that the Pakistani military has mistreated them for the past two years and that their future is uncertain. This situation has caused some immigrants to commit suicide. Maryam Sadat, a citizen of Afghanistan, committed suicide on Wednesday in Islamabad. “Three of our young people have lost their lives in the…
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…
by Abdullah Momand in Dawn, August 31, 2023Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Wednesday that the Afghan government had arrested some perpetrators of terror attacks in Pakistan and informed the authorities in Islamabad. Jilani shared this in response to a question about cross-border terrorism while speaking to reporters at the Foreign Office. The minister’s statement comes as Pakistan continues to face terror incidents — which have been on the rise since the banned…