by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) are engaged in a fierce political fight in Balochistan weeks before the general elections. Both the major political parties are trying to win maximum electables before the February 8 polls. The contest so far is in favour of the PML-N, with the PPP not giving up. PPP supremo Asif Ali Zardari enjoys influence among…
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report in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to security reasons. In an interview to a private news channel on Saturday, Ghulam Ali said there was no doubt that the situation in some areas such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu was not good and a similar situation persisted in Balochistan.…
Report in Dawn, Dec 4th, 2023KARACHI: As the country heads towards general elections expected to be held in February next year, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to the security situation. “There is no doubt that the situation in some areas such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu is not good,” Governor Ali replied when asked…
by Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Dec 3, 2023With Raushan Ershad not participating in the January 7 parliamentary election, questions have arisen whether the 27-year political career of the Jatiya Party chief patron and opposition leader is coming to an end. The five-time MP welcomed the announcement of the election schedule and unequivocally said the Jatiya Party would participate in the election under the present government. However, amid a growing conflict with Jatiya Party…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 30, 2023Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said the EC doesn’t have the scope to engage itself in any disputes or differences in the political arena. “We told the EU delegation that if there is any difference of opinion in the political arena, we can’t interfere in it. We can’t engage,” he told reporters after a meeting with a European Union delegation at the EC office in Dhaka.…
report in The Express Tribune, Nove 28, 2023.ISLAMABAD: In a bid to solidify its political footing, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to deploy its negotiation team in discussions with various political parties for alliance or seat-to-seat adjustments ahead of the upcoming general elections. The strategic move follows the strides made by the PML-N, prompting the PPP to proactively seek alliances to counter its rival’s advancements. The PPP finds itself confronted with unprecedented challenges,…
report in The Sunday Times, Nov 26, 2023—President claims it comes under the executive branch but opposition say, it is part of the legislature —*Sumanthiran says his party has right to appoint member to CC and questions President’s commitment to solve the Tamil national issuePresident Ranil Wickremesinghe has triggered a political debate with his declaration in Parliament that the “Constitutional Council is part of the executive” and not the legislature as widely believed. The statement,…
report in ToloNews, Nov 25, 2023 at 9:02 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has temporarily taken on the task of regulating the Islamic Emirate’s internal and external policy, which was one of the duties of the Prime Minister’s political deputy. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, told TOLOnews that Muttaqi will temporarily take over for Political Deputy Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir due to his illness. “Following up on domestic and foreign policy…
Report in The Nation, Nov 26, 2023SIALKOT – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said Saturday that political stability is a must to move the country forward. “We have to rebuild the country afresh. After realising what has happened to this country, a person like me thinks 10 times how the country could be put on the right path again,” the former prime minister stated this while addressing a ceremony at the Sialkot Chamber…
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…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 20, 2023Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) held a protest rally on Sunday afternoon around Kakrail, Bijoy Nagor, ShegunBagicha areas of the capital, denouncing the recently declared election schedule, said a press release. Abdul Wahab Minar, joint convener of the party, said that the unelected government was pushing the country towards a civil war. The puppet election commission has been used as a tool to realise the regime’s goal to hold…