New political alignments in the offing
July 9, 2021
Next general elections are still far away if held as per schedule in October, 2023 but the ‘political trio’ of our politics, Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, has already started political maneuvering for the possible success.
While the main focus would be on the future political scenario in Punjab, they have also started reaching to smaller parties and disgruntled elements within the parties. In this backdrop, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s meeting with PML (Q) leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday along with his son Ch Monis Elahi (once disliked by Imran to an extent that he did not include him in the cabinet) was of political significance.
Khuzdar [Balochistan], June 2 (ANI): Pakistan's traders have staged a demonstration against the killing of a Hindu trader, leading to a traffic jam between Khuzdar and Karachi for several hours.
The Balochistan Assembly on Friday set up a special technical committee to find out details of petroleum exploration blocks awarded to state-run oil and gas companies without taking the province into confidence. Online/File
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Friday set up a special technical committee to find out details of petroleum exploration blocks awarded to state-run oil and gas companies without taking the province into confidence.
Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) lawmaker Sana Baloch, while speaking on a call-attention notice in the provincial assembly on Friday, pointed out that the federal government had allocated six blocks to the companies for exploration of mineral resources in the provinces, including Balochistan, without taking the provinces into confidence, which was a violation of the Constitution.