Unveil schedule for PA polls, Per vaiz Elahi asks ECP

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The country marked the 44th anniversary of the revolution on Saturday with state-organised rallies as anti-government hackers briefly interrupted a televised speech by President Ebrahim Raisi Government television aired live footage of the state rallies around the country In Tehran domestic-made antiballistic missiles, a drone, an anti-submarine cruiser, and other military equipment were on display as part of the celebrations

Punjab flour mills association declares strike over suspended wheat quota

Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is increasing day by day He asked the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) to refrain from committing constitutional violations Pervaiz Elahi said that all institutions are bound to assist the ECP for by-polls in light of the LHC verdict He claimed that PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif will not return to Pakistan now and the top leadership is just deceiving the workers He said that PDM gave nothing to the nation but economic disasters He added that the ruling PML-N should announce the election schedule if it is not afraid of the polls

On February 10, the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to organise by-polls in Punjab within three months

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Former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday termed the Lahore High Court verdict historic one, asking the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce scheduler for election of Punjab Assembly without any further delay

While talking to journalists in Lahore here on Sunday, Ch Pervaiz Elahi said that the Lahore High Court (LHC) gave its verdict regarding the Punjab by-polls in accordance with the law and Constitution

He slammed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for skyrocketing inflation in the country He said that the nation is ready to take revenge on the current rulers in the upcoming elections

He said that the popularity of Pakistan Tehreek-e- treason (and convicted him): that he be hanged, and if he died abroad, his body was to be hanged I wouldn t go into the rights and the wrongs of that sentence, except to say that the Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment (but can a corpse experience punishment?), but it should be remembered that the punishment and conviction stood No one tried to execute the sentence Of course not, for he had been COAS, after all, which meant that the Army was upset by the original sentence As a matter of fact, the sentence reminds one of what was done to Oliver

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The LHC’s Justice Jawad Hassan announced the reserved verdict on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf s (PTI) petition seeking the court orders for Punjab by-polls

In a 16-page short verdict, the high court ordered the election commission for organising by-polls in Punjab within 90 days

The LHC directed the electoral watchdog to issue the election schedule in accordance with the Constitution

It further stated that the elections should be conducted within 90 days after the dissolution of the assembly in accordance with the Constitution

However, it is not clear in the law who will announce the date of elections in case of dissolution of assemblies, it added In light of the court s decisions the ECP is possessing the mandate to conduct elections as an independent and impartial institution

Martial Law imposed on the UK, the infamous Rule of the Major-Generals, when the country was divided into 11 military districts, each ruled by a major-general, all under Cromwell, who had the title of Lord Protector Sure, the treatment of his corpse was barbaric (not to mention that he had been dead two years) But there was never a Martial Law ever imposed on the UK ever again But we must keep in mind that Cromwell wasn’t a commando No English poet was ever treated that way, so I suppose Amjad Islam Amjad had no real worries He was not just the greatest living Urdu poet, but he was the author of Waaris, which was one of the seminal V serials of the early 1980s In a pre-cable era, with PTV not just ruling but monopolizing the airwaves, it defined an era and is still given as an example of how good PV’s plays were It s a little odd how Musharraf s death on a Sunday preceded and then the death of Amjad succeeded, the earthquake in Turkey and Syria That was pretty bad, what with 2500 people dead at least, with bodies being found from the rubble all the ime It isn t as bad as the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, in which 86,000 people died Once again, a natural disaster has shown that national boundaries are merely lines on paper In 2005, the earthquake involved three countries, China, India and Pakistan This time, it s only two Meanwhile, someone has persuaded Imran it’s a bad idea to contest all the seats that have been vacated Even if he was to take oath for one seat (which he won’t) the rest would go through another by-election That reminds me of the bright spark who threatened to sabotage India’s election in 1991 by filing nominations in all 543 constituencies, and the n threatening to commit suicide Now if a contesting candidate dies the polls is countermanded nd a fresh schedule issued, with new candidates allowed to file, though previous candidates don’t have to refile So if that candidate killed himself, there would be a postponement in the

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The Punjab Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has declared a strike from Monday in response to the suspension of the wheat quota for over 100 mills by the Punjab Food Department This move has heightened tensions between the association and the government The chairman of the association has said that flour mills will not receive wheat from the government quota during the strike, and warned that the supply of wheat in the market will be impacted Meanwhile, the food department has reportedly ordered cases against 10 flour mill owners in the province It is worth noting that the recent increase in wheat quota and imports has caused a decrease in wheat prices in the open market in Punjab The per maund price has dropped from Rs5,200 to Rs4,000, and the per kilogramme price has fallen from Rs130 to Rs100 seats he contested In other words, the election would get cancelled

Now if Imran was to contest all those seats, and his prediction that he would be killed came true, what would happen? Imran wouldn t care, though He d be dead What would become of his Jal Bharo Tehrik then? And by the way, one shouldn’t assume that he won t have anything after that Then he would ask that all civil awards, and titles be returned, like Diwan Bahadur, Rai Bahadur, Nawab Bahadur and Khan Bahadur Footnote to these notes: A medical report says that Fawad ‘Nelson Mandela’ Chaudhry had alcohol in his blood when he was arrested Does Rana Sanaullajh have a thing about booze? I mean, Sh Rashid’s blood is being tested, and Ch Pervez Elahi s alleged bootlegger has been arrested I wonder why no one’s cracking down on drug dealers Whatever the truth of the matter, our Nelson should remember that the South African police never got Mandela on that charge