Amjad Mahmood | Imran Ayub in Dawn, Dec 30, 2023• Teams up with GDA, secures MQM-P’s assurances during his Karachi visit• Pledges water, transport projects for metropolis if PML-N comes to power• Dar says seat adjustments with other parties ‘to be very limited’ KARACHI/LAHORE: In a decisive push to forge an anti-PPP electoral alliance in its stronghold Sindh, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif wrapped up his two-day Karachi visit on Friday after finalising a deal with…
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by Naeem Khanzada in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023KARACHI: A broad-based political alliance is likely to emerge soon in Sindh, as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and some other parties have completed their consultation to give a tough time to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the upcoming general elections, it emerged on Sunday. In this regard, senior leaders of the PML-N and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) finalised their consultations regarding pre- and…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Nov 5, 2023LAHORE: With the PPP officially dropping hints about the possibility of forging alliances against the PML-N, the latter also claims to be open to the possibility of forging alliances in Sindh and elsewhere to increase its chances of success in the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8 next year. PML-N leader and former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair said the PML-N will field candidates throughout the…
by Jamal Shahid in Dawn, Oct 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Friday was informed that 215 individuals had been arrested under blasphemy charges with the highest number of arrests made in Sindh, which was 78. A significant session of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights took place at the Parliament House, which was presided over by Senator Walid Iqbal. The committee addressed multiple pressing issues, including the blasphemous act in Jaranwala, which led…
by Tahir Siddiqui in Dawn, October 7th, 2023KARACHI: A meeting of the Sindh Apex Committee, attended by caretaker Chief Minister retired Justice Maqbool Baqar and Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir, was informed on Friday that pockets where illegal Afghan nationals were concentrated in the province had been identified. The provincial government informed the meeting that an action plan to implement the federal government’s policy on illegal foreigners’ repatriation plan had been shared…
Report in Dawn, September 4th, 2023LARKANA / DERA GHAZI KHAN: A large number of people took to the streets in different cities of Sindh on Sunday to protest against the abduction of some members of the minority Hindu community and increasing incidents of robberies in the province. The sit-in, in which people from all faiths are participating, was staged for the recovery of the abducted members of the Hindu community in Kashmore, including Mukhi Jagdish…
by Ishaq Tanoli in Dawn, Mar 7th, 2023KARACHI: The Federal Shariat Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act of 2013, saying that the law was not against the injunctions of Islam. It observed that the legislature’s move to fix a minimum age for marriage was in accordance with injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah. The two-judge bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Dr Syed…
report in The News, Feb 14, 2024Karachi: The Malir district police on Monday arrested another alleged notorious terrorist of the banned Sindh Republican Army (SRA) over involvement in a number of terrorism activities in the city and other parts of the province. Malir police chief SSP Irfan Ali Bahadur said a raid was conducted after an informant tipped the police off about the presence of terrorists in an area. After facing resistance, the cops arrested…
The seventh annual report of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) painted a depressing picture of what life is like for the people of the province. 738 cases of human rights violations pertaining to crimes like forced marriages, extremism, gender-based violence, honour killings, workplace harassment, torture and religious intolerance were reported–the key word here is ‘reported’. The number is likely to go up if we account for all the crimes that have been committed under…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 25th, 2022.An advocate convicted in a terror case has been able to get his licence from Sindh Bar Council (SBC) to practice the law. As per Section 108-B(d) of The Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976, it is required for the all law graduates to submit an affidavit disclosing any past conviction in any country. The Pakistan Bar Council also prohibits any such person to be admitted…