Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal has said that not trying Prime Minister Imran Khan for treason was a mistake, in connection w
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek has decided to hold a countrywide protest on June 17 for denial of justice in the Model Town tragedy that took place seven years ago and barring the impartial joint investigation team from working.
A decision to the effect was taken at a meeting of the core committee of the PAT here on Sunday.
Party general secretary Khurram Nawaz Gandapur regrets that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, which in opposition days had been siding with PAT in seeking justice in the Model Town tragedy, has failed to make any progress on the case despite being in power for the last three years.
Today’s outlook: Senate session, curfew in Karachi after 8pm
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The Sindh government has instructed Karachi to stay indoors after 8pm. People will only be allowed to leave home unless absolutely necessary. The Senate will meet today at 4pm. IRSA has said that water in the Kotri Barrage is being wasted. According to PPPâs Sohail Anwer Siyal, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will write a letter to the prime minister about this soon. Intermediate and matric exams across Pakistan will be held after June 20. PML-Nâs Ahsan Iqbal said that according to the Constitution, introducing a money bill is the prerogative of only the lower house. The government wants to implement the budget through an ordinance. Under normal circumstances, an ordinance cannot be issued at all, he po
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“Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man’s life” Daniel Webster
Over time, this nation has developed a rather peculiar tradition. Whenever politicians are arrested or summoned before the courts, they rally huge crowds, usually armed with bludgeons and stones, and block the main thoroughfares, obstructing the path of emergency services and disrupting traffic as if something momentous has occurred.
Regardless of whether or not they do any actual good for the nation, these public representatives always want to cast themselves as heroes, moving around with great fanfare even if they have been charged with a crime that they might possibly have committed. Having said this, it is the right of their supporters to protest if they think that the State has demonstrated high-handedness but not before exploring and exhausting legal remedies. This can be done by way of gathering peacefully at assigned spots, displaying placards and banner