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January 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The involvement of the army of 20 advisers and special assistants to the prime minister in cabinet committees which they had presided over for a long time has now been reduced to attending those meetings only ‘by special invitation’.
Implementing an IHC judgment, the prime minister has reconstituted the cabinet committees by minimizing the role of the advisers and special assistants. As ruled by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), these figures can now neither head nor be members of any cabinet committee, and have no role, responsibility or duty to perform in the ministries and divisions to which they have been appointed. In any official record, no adviser or special assistant can be shown to be heading or presiding over a cabinet committee or a ministry or division. According to the IHC ruling, they can no longer have any say in making decisions and policies. Under an official notification, the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms
US riots: Donald Trump concedes election loss, condemns siege on Capitol
8 Jan, 2021 07:23 AM
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The President posted a video update a day after the attack on the Capitol. Video / Donald Trump via Twitter
The President posted a video update a day after the attack on the Capitol. Video / Donald Trump via Twitter
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Key Points:
• In a video message, President Donald Trump acknowledged his election loss after the US Congress certified President-elect Joe Biden s victory last night.
• Trump condemned the violence of his own supporters who stormed the Capitol Building as lawlessness and mayhem .
• More than 200 lawmakers are calling for Trump s removal from office, either through impeachment or the 25th amendment. One Congresswoman says impeachment will begin most likely tomorrow .
Four more senior advisers in the White House National Security Council have resigned following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, according to a senior administration official and a person familiar with the matter.