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PPP’s Raza Rabbani alarmed over ECP conferences with overseas diplomats

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3 weeks ago

August 31, 2023

Pakistan Peoples Get together’s (PPP) senior chief Senator Raza Rabbani has objected to the Election Fee of Pakistan’s (ECP) interactions with overseas diplomats.

The previous Senate chairman has expressed his considerations over overseas dignitaries holding conferences with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja in his private capability and issuing statements concerning the election timeline and transparency. “Elections are Pakistan’s inside matter. We’re not a shopper state.”

The veteran politician is of the view that no matter’s left of Pakistan’s political independence mustn’t be allowed to be violated through overseas involvement.

The event comes because the nation’s high electoral physique has held conferences with all the key stakeholders with a purpose to create a consensus for the upcoming normal elections.

The ECP has held consultations with numerous political events together with PPP, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan (MQM-P), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Balochistan Nationwide Get together (BNP), Balochistan Awami Get together (BAP) and Awami Nationwide Get together (ANP).

A day earlier, the electoral physique as soon as once more reiterated its dedication to complete the delimitation course of by December and maintain elections by mid-February.

Final week the PML-N’s delegation backed the election organising authority to carry polls after finishing up delimitation of constituencies primarily based on the brand new census.

As per the election watchdog, the Nawaz Sharif-led social gathering knowledgeable the ECP that the Council of Frequent Curiosity (CCI) had unanimously given the approval for the publication of census outcomes.

“All political events agreed that 2023 elections ought to be held as per the brand new census. The delimitation schedule issued by the Election Fee is in accordance with the Structure and the legislation,” the PML-N knowledgeable the ECP as per the watchdog.

Furthermore, the electoral authority had additionally interacted with delegations of the JUI-F and PTI, individually.

In these conferences, the JUI-F had backed the ECP to carry normal elections after the delimitation whereas the PTI had urged the electoral watchdog to drop the method and conduct polls with 90 days.

The choice to carry the consultative course of got here after uncertainty emerged on when the final elections might be performed.

The Shehbaz Sharif-led earlier authorities dissolved the Nationwide Meeting on August 9, whereas Sindh and Balochistan assemblies have been additionally prematurely dissolved to permit the electoral authority to carry elections within the nation inside 90 days as an alternative of 60 days if the legislature accomplished its constitutional tenure.

Nonetheless, the ECP could not be capable to maintain the polls throughout the stipulated time because the CCI, days earlier than the dissolution of the assemblies, authorised the seventh Inhabitants and Housing Census 2023.

The CCI assembly chaired by then-prime minister Shehbaz authorised the ultimate outcomes of the census reporting the nation’s inhabitants at 241.49 million with a development charge of two.55%.

The CCI approval made it constitutionally necessary for the ballot watchdog to carry elections following recent delimitations within the mild of the outcomes of the seventh census.

In accordance with Article 51 (5) of the Structure, the seats of the Nationwide Meeting to every province and the federal capital shall be allotted on the premise of inhabitants in accordance with the final previous census formally printed.

Subsequently, on August 17, the ECP introduced the schedule of recent delimitations to be carried out as per the brand new census authorised by the CCI.

As per the schedule, the brand new delimitation of constituencies nationwide might be notified in December this 12 months.

The ECP schedule confirmed that recent delimitation will take almost 4 months, that means the final elections within the nation can’t be held inside 90 days of the dissolution of the provincial and nationwide assemblies.

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PML-N backed Gen Bajwa’s extension to ‘do away with fitna’: Sanaullah

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59 mins ago

September 22, 2023

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Phrases social gathering’s resolution as a tactical manoeuvre ‘save nation’ from Imran’s onslaught

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Rana Sanaullah on Friday stated that his social gathering had supported the extension for former military chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa to deal with the political onslaught by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.

“Some selections are a part of a technique as per the necessities of that point and this [Gen Bajwa’s extension] was one such resolution,” he stated throughout an interview with a non-public TV channel.

He termed the choice to help Gen Bajwa’s extension in 2020 as a tactical manoeuvre by the social gathering to fight what he known as the “fitna” or anarchy being inflicted upon the nation.

This marked Sanaullah’s second consecutive public denunciation of the previous navy management inside simply two days.

A day previous to this assertion, he additionally criticised former generals Bajwa and Faiz Hameed, branding them as “nationwide criminals” and calling for punitive measures towards them.

“The best way the PML-N introduced Gen Musharraf to justice, it should do the identical to [both men],” he had stated on Wednesday.

Earlier, one other social gathering chief Khurram Dastgir Khan had blamed some former judges of the Supreme Courtroom and ex-military generals for the present wave of inflation and inflated electrical energy payments.

“The group of judges who had disqualified Nawaz Sharif in 2017 is liable for the inflation as [the decision] dealt a blow to Pakistan’s financial stability and democracy,” PML-N’s former power minister Khurram Dastgir Khan stated.

“This group was supported by (former military chief) Basic Bajwa and (ex-DG ISI) Basic Faiz who imposed Imran Khan on the individuals of Pakistan after a protracted conspiracy,” Dastgir stated, including the PML-N’s monitor file of taking the nation out of energy-related disaster was “excellent”.

Nawaz Sharif had beforehand accused Bajwa of toppling his authorities, pressuring the judiciary and putting in the federal government of Imran Khan within the 2018 elections however his youthful brother, former PM Shehbaz Sharif has lauded the previous military chief’s companies when he bid farewell to him in November 2022.

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Ousted from CEC: PPP debars Latif Khosa’s celebration membership

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2 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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ISLAMABAD: Failure to answer to the show-cause discover issued final week, the Pakistan Folks’s Occasion (PPP) on Friday not solely suspended celebration membership of the ‘disgruntled’ chief Sardar Latif Khosa but additionally ousted him from its central government committee (CEC).

PPP Secretary Basic Nayyar Bukhari confirmed the event to a non-public TV channel, saying the choice was taken after lawyer Khosa didn’t reply to the show-cause discover issued to him by the celebration final week.

On September 14, the PPP had issued a show-cause discover to Sardar Latif for “representing head of one other political celebration with out prior approval of [party] management”.

Though the latter didn’t point out anybody by identify, it was a transparent reference to PTI Chairman Imran Khan who was arrested final month within the Toshakhana case. Khosa has been representing the PTI chief in a number of instances registered towards him.

The ex-premier can also be going through a case underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act which pertains to a diplomatic doc which reportedly went lacking from Imran’s possession. The PTI alleges that it contained a menace from the USA to oust Imran from energy.

The show-cause discover served on Latif Khosa learn: “You being member of central government committee are defending/pleading/representing a head of one other political celebration with out prior approval of management …whereas delivering a speech in legal professionals perform you criticised the state coverage concerning [the] cipher.

“You might be hereby by means of this present trigger discover requested to elucidate why disciplinary motion not be taken towards you for working towards the celebration coverage; the reply ought to attain the undersigned inside seven days, failing disciplinary motion might be taken towards you by withdrawing your membership…”

Beforehand, Khosa had additionally been served a show-cause discover for giving a press release in favour of the PTI chief.

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SC reshuffles administrative officers | Pakistan Right now

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3 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan (SC) on Friday introduced reshuffling in its administrative personnel.

The apex court docket after approval by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa issued notifications concerning transfers.

In accordance with the notification, Amer Saleem Rana, a District & Periods Choose (grade 21) serving as further registrar (grade 21) on deputation, has been repatriated to his mother or father division, the Lahore Excessive Courtroom.

The companies of Munawar Ali, a senior civil decide (grade 19), working as deputy registrar (grade 20) on deputation, have been returned to his mother or father division, the Sindh Excessive Courtroom, Karachi.

In a subsequent notification, Muhammad Akram Soomro, a senior auditor (grade 17) serving as assistant accounts officer (grade 17) on deputation in SC, is slated to return to his mother or father division, the Accountant Normal Pakistan Revenues, Islamabad, on September 22, 2023.

Lastly, Muhammad Owais, a senior civil judge-cum-magistrate (grade 19), who had assumed the position of deputy registrar (grade 20) on deputation, is ready to return to the Lahore Excessive Courtroom, efficient September 22, 2023.