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Seat adjustment in polls: PPP dialogue body to contact important political personalities

By Asim Yasin in The News, November 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The political and electoral dialogue committee of the Pakistan People’s party has decided to make contacts with all the political figures of the national and provincial levels and assigned important tasks to the committee members to schedule meetings with national and provincial personalities for possibilities of electoral seat adjustment. The meeting of the dialogue committee of the PPP was held with the chair of Secretary General…

Bilawal dials up rhetoric against ‘the old guard’

by Muhakmuddin in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2023.CHITRAL: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday repeated his call on the “traditional old guard politicians” to step back, emphasising that the country’s youth deserved a chance to shape their future without anyone else’s political baggage. Addressing a public rally in Chitral, Bilawal dialled up his rhetoric against his party’s former partners in the previous coalition government, accusing the Shehbaz Sharif-led dispensation of…

EC invites BNP, other parties to dialogue:

Report in The Daily Star, Nov 02, 2023The Election Commission has written to the BNP and other registered political parties, inviting them to take part in talks that will be held on November 4, said sources. The commission will inform the parties about its election preparations and also listen to their recommendations, according to EC officials. However, EC Secretary Jahangir Alam yesterday refused to make any comment when a reporter asked him whether the EC…

No need for intl. investigation if crdible domestic probe is conducted: Cardinal

By Prageeth Janaka in The Island, Sept 26, 2023Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has called on the government to ensure a credible, transparent investigation into the Easter Sunday terror attacks. He has said the need for an international probe could be avoided if the inquiry is carried out with integrity and devoid of political influence. Addressing the media during the golden jubilee celebration of St. Michael’s Church, at Embilipitiya, on Sunday (24), the Cardinal expressed…

Political leaders want new CJP to ‘balance scales of justice’

by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, Sept 18th, 2023LAHORE: Political leaders have congratulated Qazi Faez Isa on his appointment as the 29th chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) and hoped the court would be balanced in the dispensation of justice under his leadership. Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif expressed the hope that principles of justice would be upheld during the new chief justice’s tenure. Congratulating CJP Isa on his new…