Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Sept 26th, 202• Insiders say Shehbaz, sons are trying to talk the elder Sharif down• Ex-PM says no changes to elder brother’s homecoming planLAHORE: With his aggressive stance, demanding the accountability of former generals and judges, making some within the party uneasy ahead of his planned return to Pakistan on Oct 21, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is giving his stated position “a second thought”, party insiders told Dawn on Monday. “Although…
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by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Sept 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s remarks on the possibility of fair elections without Imran Khan and his party members on Sunday once again raised the spectre of the infamous “minus-one formula” that has haunted the country’s political battleground for decades. In an interview with The Associated Press, the caretaker premier said that fair elections can take place without Imran or hundreds of members of…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 23, 2023Claiming BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s condition as critical, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday again demanded that the 78-year-old Begum Zia be sent abroad immediately for better treatment. “Today when she (Khaleda Zia) is in a life-threatening situation, she is being withheld. Begum Khaleda Zia is not only a prisoner but also the number one leader of the country’s democratic movement. She served the country…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 19, 2023In a new twist, the CPN (Maoist Centre), which is led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has said that it can change the name of the party and remove the Maoist tag. At present, the party’s official name is CPN (Maoist Centre) and if the other communist parties and forces are ready to come together, it would be ready to drop the tag, Maoist Centre, according to…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 17, 2023Jatiya Party Chairman yesterday said his party is taking preparation to contest the next polls, independently. “JP has decided to nominate candidates for 300 seats in the upcoming national election. Nominations will be given to corruption free leaders,” he said while addressing the bi-annual conference of the Lalmonirhat District Jatiya Party at the Lalmonirhat Railway Officers Club. Criticising the Digital Security Act, GM Quader said, “People have been…
by Rahmeen Khan in The Express Tribune, Sept 16, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party has thrown its weight behind Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, leaving little doubt about whose opinion prevailed within the party, two PPP leaders familiar with the outcome of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting revealed. Talking to The Express Tribune, they said that former president Zardari whose position regarding economy first and elections later, was dubbed as his personal opinion by his…
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 Kathmandu Post, Sept 12, 2023The visiting delegation of the CPN-UML raised the map issue with the leaders of the Communist Party of China during a meeting in Beijing on Monday. A high-level UML delegation led by the party’s General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel met with several CPC leaders as part of the exchange programme between the two Communist parties. “China should support Nepal’s new map [unveiled in May 2020],” Rajesh Rai, who is…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 12th, 2023WASHINGTON: The State Department said on Monday that the United States was not trying to influence the outcome of the expected elections in Pakistan as it did not support any party or candidate. The department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller offered this assurance while responding to a question from a journalist, who asked why an ambassador should meet the chief election official of a country. US Ambassador Donald Blome met…
report in Daily Mirror, Sept 12, 2023Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who has maintained a stark silence since his resignation in July last year is now eyeing to recapture and strengthen his failed image through a new political party which is now led by one of his close aide’s and media owner who declared his entry into politics yesterday. The Daily Mirror learns that Gotabaya Rajapaksa who has been given all the privileges and facilities as…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 11, 2023Leaders of major parties have advised Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to maintain a fine balance in the country’s relations with the two neighbours as he prepares for a China visit this month. Dahal is preparing for two back-to-back visits—first to the 78th United National General Assembly in New York and then to China. Dahal is scheduled to address the UNGA on September 21 and…