ISLAMABAD: The appointment of retired justice Azmat Saeed as the head of the inquiry commission on the Broadsheet scandal has become controversial as the opposition has rejected the selection while the government has defended the move.
The opposition has rejected the appointment on the grounds that Justice Saeed was part of the five-member bench of the Supreme Court which announced the verdict against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers case.
On the other hand, federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan have said that the government had no “bad” intention in retired Justice Saeed’s appointment.
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January 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that those speaking against the Army will be taken to task.
Speaking to digital media representatives, Imran Khan said institutions are being pressured to save loot and plunder. According to a private news channel, the premier said those attacking the institutions will not be spared. He said the corrupt elements are mistaken that they can blackmail him. He said it is unprecedented that the Army is being criticised under a democratic government just to save corruption. He said PDM was a group of thieves and robbers that sought NRO from him in written form.
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ISLAMABAD: In a late night development, much to the relief of citizens across Pakistan that had been waiting to see a speedy redressal of the grievances of the Hazara community, it was announced that the 10 coal miners who were massacred by terrorists on Sunday will be buried.
Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri, who was in Quetta along with Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi to hold talks with Shuhada Action Committee late on Friday night, announced that the sit-in has come to an end with the Shuhada Committee agreeing to bury the martyred coal miners and Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa were set to depart for Quetta to condole with the bereaved families and listen to their grievances.