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December 15, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday refused to back down against the opposition despite their threat to march on Islamabad in February.
A source privy to the government spokespersons meeting called by the prime minister disclosed that the Pakistan Democratic Movement s Lahore public meeting came under discussion, media reports say.
Imran termed the PDM s Lahore Jalsa a flop. The meeting slammed Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai s statements against the Punjabis, saying he had insulted them. If the opposition wants to resign, they can. I will not give in to their blackmail. After holding jalsas, they can also try their hand at the long march, he was quoted as saying.
Failed jalsa exposed opposition: PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday refused to back down against the opposition despite its threat to march on Islamabad in February.
A source privy to the government spokespersons’ meeting called by the prime minister disclosed that the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s Lahore public meeting came under discussion, media reports say.
Imran termed the PDM’s Lahore Jalsa a flop. The meeting slammed Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s statements against the Punjabis, saying he had insulted them. If the opposition wants to resign, they can. I will not give in to their blackmail. After holding jalsas, they can also try their hand at the long march, he was quoted as saying. Turning his guns towards PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, the prime minister said she lacked the leadership skills. Maryam Nawaz is spewing venom against the state institutions, he said.
Salman Khan
ISLAMABAD: Over 65 per cent of the senators who are set to retire on March 11, 2021 after completing their six-year constitutional term belong to the opposition parties.
Giving the party position in the national and provincial assemblies that form the electoral college of the Senate, the opposition parties, which have been threatening to submit en masse resignations from the assemblies as part of their ongoing anti-government campaign, will not be able to retain their majority in the upper house of parliament, even if their members do not resign from the legislatures.
The term-wise data of the senators shows that out of the 52 members retiring from the present 103-member Senate in March next year, 34 belong to the opposition parties and 18 from the treasury benches. The total strength of the Senate is 104, but former finance minister of the PML-N Ishaq Dar has not taken oath as senator since he has been living in self-exile in London along with former prime minister Na
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Salman Khan
ISLAMABAD: Over 65 per cent of the senators who are set to retire on March 11, 2021 after completing their six-year constitutional term belong to the opposition parties.
Giving the party position in the national and provincial assemblies that form the electoral college of the Senate, the opposition parties, which have been threatening to submit en masse resignations from the assemblies as part of their ongoing anti-government campaign, will not be able to retain their majority in the upper house of parliament, even if their members do not resign from the legislatures.
The term-wise data of the senators shows that out of the 52 members retiring from the present 103-member Senate in March next year, 34 belong to the opposition parties and 18 from the treasury benches. The total strength of the Senate is 104, but former finance minister of the PML-N Ishaq Dar has not taken oath as senator since he has been living in self-exile in London along with former prime minister Na