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Nawaz likely to re-conquer Punjab, KPK

Report in Business Recorder, Oct 21, 2023LAHORE: All is set for the return of PML-N supremo to the country and a big power show of the party at Minar-e-Pakistan on Saturday (today). Nawaz Sharif, who is in Dubai, will travel to Pakistan in a charter plane on Saturday. He would reach Lahore Fort through a helicopter to attend the PML-N public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan. The PML-N supremo is returning to the country after ending his…

PPP questions protocol to ‘convict’ Nawaz on return

by Zulqernain Tahir | Mansoor Malik in Dawn, Oct 15, 2023• Says ex-PM should think of contesting election only after serving out his jail term• PTI terms homecoming result of ‘a secret deal’• PML-N seeks permission for Minar-i-Pakistan rallyLAHORE: As less than a week is left in PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif’s return from a self-imposed four-year exile, senior PPP leaders have started questioning the ‘understanding’ they claim he has reached with the quarters concerned…

Return of Nawaz not outcome of a deal: Tarar

Report in Dawn, October 13th, 2023TAXILA: Senior PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar on Thursday set aside the perception that the return of party supremo Nawaz Sharif was the outcome of any deal with the establishment. Talking to newsmen at Kohistan Secretariat here, he clarified that there were no changes or cancellation of Mr Sharif’s return to Pakistan and all the speculations in this regard were misleading. Mr Tarar said on October 21 Mr Sharif would make…

26 Afghan prisoners return home from Pakistan:

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan has announced that 26 Afghan citizens have been released from Pakistani prisons and returned to their country. The Ministry announced on Thursday on its social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that 26 Afghan citizens detained by Pakistani police have been released from custody in Pakistan. The Ministry has clarified that these 26 Afghan citizens, who…

30 Afghan families return home via Torkham border

by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, October 6th, 2023KHYBER: Amid the government’s ultimatum for all undocumented immigrants to leave Pakis­tan by the end of October, 30 Afghan families have returned to their country via the Torkham border crossing over the last couple of days. Though immigration officials termed it a ‘routine affair’, independent sources attributed the sudden rise in return of Afghan families to the government’s ultimatum. Sources close to the development said the number of…

Nawaz Sharif ‘purchases’ air ticket to return home on Oct 21

Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 3, 2023LONDON: Three-time prime minister and PML-N’s absconding leader Nawaz Sharif has purchased his air ticket for Pakistan, source said on Monday. Sources close to Sharif told this scribe that the three-time prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) de-facto chief Nawaz Sharif, who has been wanted by courts, plans to land at Abu Dhabi International Airport from London on October 21 from where he plans to fly to Lahore…

Nawaz ‘ready to face anything’ upon return

by Zulqernain Tahir | Atika Rehman in Dawn, Oct 1st, 2023LAHORE / LONDON: After in-depth discussions on the issue with the party’s second-tier leadership at two separate meetings, the PML-N on Saturday declared that supreme leader Nawaz Sharif is ready to face “all kinds of circumstances” upon his return from London on Oct 21. A day after senior leader Ishaq Dar announced they would no longer be demanding for accountability of elements behind the elder…

Shehbaz downplays speculations around London trip

by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 23, 2023• Mystery still surrounds ex-PM’s abrupt visit• Says Nawaz will unveil plan to tackle poverty, improve economy at a rally upon return LONDON: A day after arriving in London on a visit seen as sudden and rushed, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif met with his brother Nawaz Sharif and other N-league representatives at Stanhope House, and later said the meeting was called to discuss Mr Nawaz’s next legal and…

Nawaz’s return plan not affected by SC decision: Ata Tarar

By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, Sept 16, 2023LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) Deputy Secretary General Attaullah Tarar has said that PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif’s planned return to Pakistan on October 21 will not be affected by SC decision. After holding meeting with Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif here, Attaullah Tarar said that CJP Umar Ata Bandial has displayed his pro-PTI and pro-Imran Khan bias once again by trying to favour Imran Khan but…

Nawaz all set to return on Oct 21, says Shehbaz

by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023• Insiders say ex-PM has ‘serious legal challenges to overcome’• Party confident supreme leader’s presence will give political boostLONDON: After four years in self-imposed exile, a date for the return of former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has finally been set. The elder Sharif will return to his hometown of Lahore on October 21, his brother Shehbaz Sharif confirmed to Dawn on Tuesday, saying that…

Human trafficking goes on apace- BIA officials placed on high alert

report in The Sunday Observer, Aug 6, 2023The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been placed on high alert against Sri Lankans leaving the country with doctored foreign visas and passports, recruited by human traffickers in return for large fees, a top official said yesterday. From the beginning of last week, at least seven people including one woman were taken in for questioning by Immigration Border Service Agents deployed under cover at the BIA, Immigration Controller…