by Zain Ul Abideen Siddiqui in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2023.KARACHI: Former federal minister Faisal Vawda asserted on Wednesday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, despite running alone in an ostensibly empty political landscape post-Imran Khan, would only secure the “fourth position”. Vawda made these remarks during an appearance on the Express News programme “Kal Tak” hosted by Javed Chaudhry. He said that it was Khan who fuelled the May 9 riots, causing losses…
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by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 11th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Beset on all sides, the PTI seems to have finally come to the realisation that in order to survive in the electoral landscape of Pakistan, it may have to sit down with other political stakeholders, including the PML-N and PPP, instead of relying on the powers that be. “Although the party is not ready to hold negotiations with the PPP and PML-N, it seems we may be…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 29, 2023The confusion over the Awami League sharing seats with its 14-party allies is apparently clearing up as AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said his party will share seats with its alliance partners after observing the political situation. “The Awami League will have candidates in all 300 seats. But if there is a consensus, some seats will be left for the alliance members,” he told journalists at the…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 25, 2023LAHORE: A seemingly simmering in-house duel in the Bhutto-Zardari family thrust to the forefront on Friday after PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s crusade against the “old guard” cropped up in his own household, fuelling speculations about rifts with his father who remains unconvinced of his son’s tender political muscles. While Bilawal’s call to push aside old politicians in favour of a new guard has been making headlines, a…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023LAHORE: With the ‘powerful circles’ overtly supporting the PML-N, the PPP cannot point the finger at it, fearing the instant ramifications of annoying the ‘kingmakers’ of the time, a leader of the latter party told The Express Tribune while commenting on the political landscape of the country. A former ally of the PPP, the PML-N seems busy building a grand alliance to form a national government.Everybody…
by Rajan Philips in The Island, Nov 12, 2023President Wickremesinghe’s political days are numbered in more ways than one. There are virtually none left for Mahinda Rajapaksa. The oldest of them, R. Sampanthan, is under pressure to formally retire. Vasudeva Nanayakkara has not been heard in a while, but he too belongs to the cohort of politicians who entered parliament in 1970 or 1977. They respectively came from Colombo, Hambantota, Galle/Kiriella and Trincomalee, and belonged…
Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2023• Urges caretaker govt to give all political parties equal opportunities to contest polls• Forwards letter addressed to him by PTI general secretary ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday conveyed to caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar the concerns raised by the PTI about the “erosion of fundamental rights” and urged the caretaker government to provide level playing field to all political parties in the run-up to general elections…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 31st, 2023.KARACHI: The return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has sparked conversations between the PML-N and the MQM-P to explore the possibilities of collaboration as political parties jockey for power ahead of the elections. MQM-P Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui announced on Monday that his party’s delegation is scheduled to meet with Nawaz Sharif and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif in the near future. The formal contacts between Dr…
By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews Online, Oct 18, 2023 at 8:59 PMFor 40 days, there has been no official conferences and meetings of Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate. The last meeting of the deputy prime minister was on September 4 with the former Turkish ambassador, but he has not had an official visit since then. Meanwhile, the head of the press for the political deputy prime ministers’ office…
By Gulalai Hakim in TOLOnews Online, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:21 PMSher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, referring to the recent situation of migrants and their treatment in Pakistan, said that Islamabad deports Afghan migrants to put political and economic pressure on the Islamic Emirate. Speaking at the ceremony of the completion of the first phase and the start of the second phase of the Qosh Tepa Canal, he criticized the situation…