report in The News, December 31, 2023MANSEHRA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) leader Mufti Kifayatullah on Saturday said his party was in contact with other political parties to get their support against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supreme leader Nawaz Sharif for NA-15 in February 8 elections. “This is a wrong perception that JUIF is pursuing the agenda of PMLN as an ally. JUIF has its own policies and being a strong political power we will defeat Nawaz Sharif…
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by Om Prakash Thakur in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2023.Farmers in Sarlahi staged a protest in Hariwan Municipality on Saturday afternoon, demanding the government provide them with a subsidy amount of sugarcane sold last year and fix the minimum support price for this year. Protesters rallied from Krishna Chowk to Indu Shankar Sugar Mills carrying sugarcane and converged in an assembly. The farmers demanded the government fix the minimum support price of sugarcane Rs750…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 10, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called upon the authorities in Afghanistan on the occasion of “World Human Rights Day” to embrace human rights commitments as the cornerstone of a stable, peaceful, and prosperous future, and to lend their full support to it. On Saturday, UNAMA reiterated its commitment to the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan by issuing a statement on…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023QUETTA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has called upon his political rival, Nawaz Sharif, to contest elections “on an ideology” and not with “the help of administration”. In a press conference in Quetta on Saturday, when Mr Bhutto-Zardari was asked about the PML-N leader, he said, “Mian Sahib, respect the vote, don’t disrespect the vote.” He said some people have “a misconception that political winds are in their favour”,…
By Rameez Khan in the ExpressTribune, Nov 9, 2023ISLAMABAD: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to fly to Balochistan next week to further expand his party’s alliances with regional players, whereas PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will also visit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa a few days later in a bid to cobble up some support for the next elections. The PML-N on Tuesday formed an alliance with the MQM-P and announced reaching out to other players in Sindh.Now it…
by Mansoor Malik | Afzal Ansari in Dawn, Oct 16, 2023KASUR/LAHORE: As the Lahore district administration allowed the former ruling party to hold a gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan to mark the homecoming of its supreme leader on Oct 21, PML-N leaders on Sunday addressed a party convention in Kasur, in a bid to whip up support for Nawaz Sharif’s return. Speaking to workers in Mustafabad, PML-N Vice President Hamza Shehbaz said Pakistan will “restart its journey…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, October 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) has and will continue to stand with Pakistan and its vulnerable communities as one year after the devastating floods, millions of Pakistanis still need urgent support, US Ambassador Donald Armin Blome reaffirmed on Tuesday. According to a press statement released by the US embassy, Ambassador Blome’s recent visit to Sindh underscores the continued US commitment to aiding Pakistan’s most vulnerable regions in their…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Oct 2nd, 2023QUETTA: Two days after the deadly suicide blast in Mastung, the caretaker Balochistan government declared an “all-out war” against terrorists with the support of armed forces. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai said terrorist incidents were occurring in the country, and there was “a set pattern” of these attacks. “Enough is enough. Now there will be no appeasement or concession … we declare…
Report in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Just weeks after US Ambassador Donald Blome met Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja to reaffirm his country’s support for free and fair elections, British High Commissioner Jane Marriott had an “important introductory meeting” with the CEC, which raised many eyebrows. “We agreed that it’s crucial the country sees free, credible, transparent and inclusive elections in line with the law,” Ms Marriott posted on X, formerly Twitter. The meeting…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 12th, 2023WASHINGTON: The State Department said on Monday that the United States was not trying to influence the outcome of the expected elections in Pakistan as it did not support any party or candidate. The department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller offered this assurance while responding to a question from a journalist, who asked why an ambassador should meet the chief election official of a country. US Ambassador Donald Blome met…