by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, December 29th, 2023QUETTA: Balochistan caretaker Chief Minister Mir Ali Mardan Khan Domki has announced that both federal and provincial governments have formed separate committees to investigate the Balaach Mola Bakhsh killing case. Additionally, a separate committee from the federal government is actively engaged in talks with participants of the Turbat march sit-in in Islamabad. Chairing a meeting on law and order, CM Domki said the inquiry reports from both committees…
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report in Dawn, December 26th, 2023MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Peoples Party has approached the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl for seat adjustment in the Feb 8 elections to two national and five provincial assembly seats here. “The PPP recently contacted us through its provincial general secretary, Shujah Salim Khan, with a request for seat adjustment here but we have yet to respond to it,” JUI-F provincial deputy emir Hidayatullah Shah told reporters on Monday. He said the PPPwanted seat…
By Muhammad Riaz Mayar in The News, Dec 26, 2023MARDAN: Tough contests are expected in Mardan district among Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F, Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, and JI, in 3 national and 8 provincial constituencies. The total registered voters in Mardan district are 1,538,078, including 696,382 females and 841,696 males. The election commissioner has designated 1,055 polling stations, comprising 353 male, 319 female, and 383 combined. For the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 21, 2023The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has decried the tendency of governments at all three levels to make policy decisions through the Cabinet or similar authorities at provincial and local levels to avoid investigation by the anti-graft body. Making public its 46-point suggestion to the government on Wednesday, the anti-graft body called for an end to such practice. The commission said that the suggestions were provided…
report in The Kathmandu Post, December 20, 2023 .Amid the homework of the ruling parties to bring Rastriya Prajatantra Party on board the federal cabinet and in Koshi Province, the right-wing outfit has announced nationwide protests to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu kingdom and scrap provincial structures. A three-day central committee meeting of the fifth largest party in the federal parliament announced on Tuesday that it would start the ‘Mechi-Mahakali unity march’ and Kathmandu-centric demonstrations…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is expected to release the schedule for the next general polls scheduled to be held on February 8, 2024 till December 5. The polls supervisor will publish the final lists on redrawn constituencies for national and provincial assemblies on Nov 30. According to sources, the list of the constituencies in light of the fresh delimitation based on the 7th Population and…
report in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2023.ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: In a strategic move for full slate of candidates, the leadership of PPP Punjab convened on Wednesday and finalised plans to nominate candidates for every provincial and national constituency within the province. The party also decided to open doors for aspiring candidates, inviting applications to bolster the electoral roster. The decision was taken during a meeting led by Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur with the party’s…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 15th, 2023QUETTA: At least two dozen prominent politicians from Balochistan joined the PML-N on Tuesday after a meeting in Quetta with its supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, who arrived in the provincial capital on a two-day visit to woo ‘electables’ in the lead-up to the Feb 8 elections. The former prime minister, who returned from London in October following four years in self-imposed exile, also met the leadership of several…
Report in The News, November 01, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has decided to start the process for general elections from Wednesday (today) and will seek applications for seats of national and provincial assemblies till November 10. The last date for submitting applications for national and provincial constituencies would be November 10, said PMLN Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal while talking to the media at Jati Umra on Tuesday after a grand consultative session of…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 26th, 2023PESHAWAR: The police arrested three Afghan nationals for being involved in mobile phone snatching following an exchange of fire in separate actions on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Tuesday night. Officials said a mobile team of Pahari Pura police station signaled two men riding on a motorcycle to stop, but they opened fire on the personnel, who had to retaliate, forcing the criminals to flee. They said…