In this file photo, Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Khan Gandapur addresses public gathering during the election campaign in GB near Kashrot area. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The opposition lawmakers on Wednesday lodged a strong protest in the National Assembly and Senate over scathing remarks of a federal minister about two former prime ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif and warned that use of such language could lead to more confrontation and chaos.
The opposition members in the National Assembly staged a walkout and disrupted the proceedings by pointing out lack of quorum whereas the legislators in the upper house had a verbal clash when some treasury members again targeted the opposition’s leadership and tried to defend Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur who had called the late Bhutto a “traitor” and Mr Sharif a “robber” during an election rally in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday.
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‘Teri Yaad Ai Teray Janay Kay Bad’: Asad Umar wonders if Mufti Muneeb will now be missed
Pakistan
Thu, May 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar on Thursday took a dig at the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee over the delay in announcement of the Shawwal moon, wondering if Mufti Muneeb will now be missed.
The federal minister, in a tweet, poked fun over the moon sighting controversy that gripped the whole nation on 29th Ramadan.
There was an unusual delay by the moon-sighting body that triggered conspiracy theories on social media and a leaked video of the member of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee made things further shady.
Pakistan
Thursday 22 April 2021, by Farooq Tariq
Farooq Tariq, general secretary of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a network of peasant organisations in Pakistan, outlines an activist’s life.
Activists have to pay the price for speaking the truth
I take pride in having fought against four military dictatorships. I participated in the students’ demonstrations against Gen Ayub in 1968-69. During Gen Yahya’s martial law, I joined protests and strongly condemned the military operation in East Pakistan.
Gen Zia’s reign was particularly tough for me. I had to spend eight years in exile. I was chased for organising demonstrations against Gen Zia’s dictatorship and for writing articles criticising his policies. In 1977-1978, I was warned that I had been spotted by the regime’s informers and was likely to be arrested and subjected to state excesses. I had no option but to go in exile in the Netherlands where I would remain 1978 to ’86.