Democratic falls and undemocratic betrayals
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April 19, 2021
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Nawaz) having a reputation of matured political entities are yet to come out from their past misgivings despite signatories of 2006 ‘Charter of Democracy’ signed by former prime minister late Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, which lay down some basic principles for strong democratic order, which unfortunately the parties vigorously violated time and again, making CoD more of a myth than reality.
It would have been better if the two parties while ending their seven-month ‘marriage of inconvenience,’ tore up the CoD.
Instead, PPP Co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tore apart the ‘show-notice’ issued to his party by the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). In reaction, PML (N) leader and former prime Mmnister Shahid Khakan Abbasi said ‘kuda hafiz’ to PPP.
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April 5, 2021
SWABI: A judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court, his wife, daughter-in-law and her son were martyred when unidentified gunmen fired indiscriminately at them at the Ambar Interchange in Swabi district on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway on Sunday.
Sources said that the judge, Aftab Khan Afridi, was on his way back to Islamabad from Swat where he was serving for the last two months when the incident happened. When his vehicle reached the Ambar Interchange on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, some unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on the judge and his family in the jurisdiction of the Chota Lahor City Police Station
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Four, Including Anti-Terror Court Judge, Shot Dead
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Prime Minister Imran Khan condemns attack that left Judge Aftab Afridi, his wife, daughter and grandson dead en route to Islamabad
Judge Aftab Afridi of the Swat Anti-Terrorism Court was shot dead along with his wife, daughter and grandson after unidentified assailants opened fire on his car on Sunday. The driver of the vehicle was left injured by the attack.
According to police, Afridi was traveling to Islamabad from Swat when the attackers opened fire on his car at the Swabi Interchange on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway. All four deceased Afridi, his wife Bibi Zainab, daughter Kiran, and three-year-old grandson Mohammad Sanan died on the spot, while driver Jehangir Khan was left critically injured.