Foreign Office insists on all sides to seize historic opportunity for peace
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Thursday urged all sides in Afghanistan to take steps to reduce violence leading to a ceasefire in the war-torn country, as the NATO chief dropped a clear hint that the international forces would not leave the country this summer.
“Pakistan has continued to reiterate its calls on all sides for taking measures for reduction in violence leading to ceasefire, which is linked to progress in the Intra-Afghan Negotiations,” the Foreign Office spokesperson told a weekly news briefing.
Zahid Hafiz Chaudhri’s statement came as NATO defence ministers met to decide whether to withdraw from Afghanistan as part of the US-Taliban deal inked in the Qatari capital on February 29 last year.
Committee formed to probe PTI members vote buying in 2018 Senate polls
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Thursday Feb 11, 2021
(L-R): Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari and Adviser to the PM on Accountability Shahzad Akbar. PID/APP/File
PM forms committee to probe leaked video allegedly showing PTI members receiving large sums of money
Committee comprises Fawad Chaudhry, Shireen Mazari and Shahzad Akbar
The three will look into events surrounding the video, as well as the alleged involvement of Pervez Khattak and Asad Qaiser
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday constituted a committee to probe a leaked video allegedly showing PTI members receiving large sums of money.
Pakistan expresses ‘unshakable’ support for Kashmiris on Solidarity DayInternational 2021-02-05, by Editor Comments Off 1
Pakistan is observing Kashmir Solidarity Day on Friday with public rallies being observed across the country to express wholehearted support of the Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under United Nations resolutions.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Imran Khan will address a public gathering at Kotli in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier, President Arif Alvi also addressed a session of the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad. He also led a solidarity march alongside AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider and AJK President Sardar Masood Khan.
Speaker Asad Qaiser warns of strict action over unpleasant incident in NA
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National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. APP/File
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday warned of strict action against anyone found involved in the unpleasant incident a day earlier during parliamentary proceedings. The unpleasant incident which took place in the NA on last day is highly condemnable, he wrote on Twitter. I ve called a meeting on Monday, February 8, wherein the record of the proceedings will be examined to [probe] the matter. Strict action can be taken against members who were involved in that incident, he added.
Qaiser went on to say that as a custodian of the National Assembly of Pakistan, I have to maintain the order and to regulate the proceedings of the House in accordance with parliamentary practices, rules of procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 .