Missing persons’ issue: PPP catering to two narratives? on May 13, 2019While the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been regularly raising the issue of the missing persons, PPP senior leader and former interior minister Rehman Malik maintained that names placed on the missing persons list are mostly fake as it is part of an agenda to defame Pakistan, according to media reports. […]
Assassination attempt on Telcos in Pakistan on March 10, 2019Telecommunication businesses could join the long list of Pakistan’s dying industries if Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) does not pay them US $ 118 million, which is owed to them. PTCL has illegally withheld this amount, equivalent to Rs 12 billion, from the International Clearing House (ICH) on the pretext of self-assumed and inapplicable provincial […]
Federal cabinet members not on the same page: Bilawal on March 8, 2019Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has replied to a harsh attack by the Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Asad Umar on Thursday by pointing out that there are two different narratives being pushed by members of the federal cabinet when it comes to extremists. He said that the members […]
Take initiative against banned outfits: PPP on February 25, 2019Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Taj Haider has urged the government to take practical initiative against banned outfits so that they are no more able to compromise Pakistan’s position in the international arena. Speaking to Daily Times, he said that only barricading extremist forces like JuD and FIF instead of taking concrete actions against […]
State oppression on the rise on February 10, 2019Authorities in Pakistan have started to curb dissent and freedom of expression of peaceful citizens by arresting them in extremely controversial manner. At 4am on Friday morning, several heavily armed law enforcers, many in plain clothes, reached the house of young academic Dr. Ammar Ali Jan and jumped over the wall. The CCTV footage of […]