Sunday, September 24th, 2023
PML-N weighs in on Nawaz Sharif’s retaliatory narrative
‘Narrative committee’ to garner public feedback, communicate public pulse to leadership about aggressive rhetoric Bureau Report LAHORE: As PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif reintroduces aggressive rhetoric ahead of his return to Pakistan, a ‘narrative committee’ has been established within the party to weigh in on the retaliatory narrative of the former prime minister which, according to an insider’s personal reckoning, had little traction in the general populace. The PML-N insider expressed personal doubts that this aggressive narrative would prove to be counter-productive for the party and particularly for Nawaz Sharif himself.Read More
Thai embassy keen to cement ties with Pakistan thru sports diplomacy
Thai ambassador disclosed that next month Thai Women Cricket team will travel to Lahore to participate in the cricket events DNA ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Thailand to Pakistan Chakkrid Krachaiwong has said Royal Thai Embassy earnestly believes in sports diplomacy to strengthen the friendship between Thailand and Pakistan as well as international community in Islamabad. A friendship that goes beyond state to state relations and focuses on people to people interaction He expressed these views while speaking as chief guest on the occasion of a football match played between the ThaiRead More
Out of 3.7mn Afghans living Pakistan, only 1.3mn are registered
ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (DNA): Out of total 3.7 million Afghans living inPakistan, only over 1.3 million are registered, while 775,000 are stillto be registered. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee’s (UNHCR)statistics compiled up to June 2023, 68 per cent Afghan migrants areliving in Pakistan’s urban and semi-urban areas while the remaining 32per cent are settled in villages and tribal areas. Out of total 3.7 million, 700,000 Afghan nationals are settled in KhyberPakhtunkhwa (KP); 300,000 in Balochistan; close to 200,000 in Punjab,73,000 in Sindh, 41,000 in Islamabad andRead More
SC orders to compile list of conflicting decisions of high courts
ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (DNA): The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered tocompile lists of conflicting decisions of the High Courts. The Registrar Office of the SC has issued an important circular in thematter of discrepancies in the judgments of the five high courts and thecircular has asked to prepare lists of judgments based on discrepancies. According to the circular, appeals against the decisions of the highcourts are pending in the SC. A number of inconsistencies have beenidentified in the challenged decisions of the high courts. In the circular issued byRead More
Journalist Khalid Jamil sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand
ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (DNA): A local court in Islamabad on Sunday sentjournalist Muhammad Khalid Jamil to jail on a 14-day judicial remand ina case pertaining to spreading “provocative narrative against the stateinstitutions through social media platforms”. The journalist was presented in an Islamabad district and sessions courttoday after completion of a two-day physical remand. During the hearing, the FIA sought more physical remand of Jamil whichwas rejected by Islamabad court. After hearing arguments, he was sent tojail on 14-day judicial remand. Khalid Jamil, the bureau chief of a private newsRead More
Mushaal lauds PM for raising voice for oppressed Kashmiris at UNGA
Says regional peace to remain elusive without resolution of Kashmir dispute Islamabad: /DNA/ – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Human Rights and Women Empowerment Mashaal Hussain Mallick extoled the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaarul Haq Kakar for raising voicing for the oppressed Kashmiris in his address at the UN General Assembly session. SAPM on HR and Women Empowerment, while addressing the award ceremony arranged by Bright Future Society, said that I am grateful to the PM for highlighting the state terrorism in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu andRead More