Highlights
Prime Minister Imran Khan s third wife Bushra Bibi proclaims to be a ‘mystic’ and reportedly indulges in ‘black magic’ rituals.
She has allegedly created her own separate faction within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) which claims allegiance to her.
New Delhi: As the world is advancing in the age of science, Pakistan seems to have boarded the wrong bus. An ardent follower of Bushra Bibi, Prime Minister Imran Khan has followed her advice ever since he first met her.
Claimed to be a “faith healer” by many people in Pakistan, she is slowly taking center stage in Pakistan s political atmosphere, although some critics have objected to her occult practices. Bushra Bibi who proclaims to be a ‘mystic’ is reported to be involved in practices like reading faces and talking to ‘Djinns’, two practices that are termed as ‘black magic’ rituals and are
National
January 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: After falling out of favour with his powerful patrons, recently removed Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Omar Sheikh is unlikely to get the nod from the Central Selection Board (CSB) for the third consecutive time for promotion to Grade 21.
Sheikh has already been twice superseded by the CSB. The board, constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan, starts its three-day session from January 4 to look into the promotion of bureaucrats of different groups to grades 20 and 21.
Omar Sheikh faces heavy odds this time as well in view of the inclusion of two senior police officers in the CSB.
Signposts to 2021
January 3, 2021
A year that begins with a huddle of the leaders of opposition parties to redesign their strategy at a critical moment in their campaign to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan will not promise peace and tranquility on the political front. And this deadly confrontation is sure to dominate a public discourse that is less a debate and more a partisan harangue.
Considering the agony that most of us have suffered during the year of the pandemic, that ritualistic exercise of making hopeful and ambitious resolutions for the New Year has lost its glamour and pizzazz. Besides, the spectre of Covid-19 is continuing to haunt us. Still, the sense of a new beginning, of stepping into a new space of time is conspicuous by its presence.