report in The News, Nov 6, 2023If the Pakhtun community in Karachi is targeted for any reason, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will stand by them. MQM-P Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said this on Saturday as he addressed a public meeting of the party in the Saeedabad area of Baldia Town. He said that only the two classes of oppressor and oppressed existed in the country today and the MQM-P stood against the former…
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by Kesara Abeyawardane in Daily Mirror, Oct 5, 2023In recent times, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been making headlines with his candid and outspoken remarks on critical geopolitical issues during his foreign visits. His latest interview with DW News in Germany, although more of a verbal sparring match than a usual run-of-the-mill television interview, shows a stance against what could be termed as biased narratives perpetuated by Western ‘woke’ media. In a world filled with carefully…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, August 30, 2023KARACHI: Imran Khan’s Toshakhana sentence suspension by the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday does not translate into suspension of his disqualification, say legal experts. Posting on X (former Twitter), lawyer Reema Omer says that “If a court suspends the sentence but conviction remains, disqualification remains too.” Omer cites case law (2019 SCMR 382) to make her point, quoting: ““Suspension of sentence would have no consequence on conviction…