Monday, 3 January, 2022 I 29 Jamadi-al-Awwal, 1443 I Rs 40.00 I Vol XII No 186 I 48 Pages I Islamabad Edition
PDM Mulling ProPosal to PostPone ‘inflation March’ Govt to take Shahbaz to court over ‘fake’ affidavit promising Nawaz’s return KARACHI staff report
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he leadership of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is mulling a proposal to postpone the ‘inflation march’ to some later date. It is pertinent to note that in December, the PDM had announced staging protest on March 23 against the PTI-led government in Islamabad. Sources privy to the development have told Pakistan Today that the PDM leadership has been advised to postpone the protest keeping in view the likely arrival of some special guests to attend the March 23 parade. The sources said that China’s special fleet of J-10 jets would also partake in the parade. howeevr, a PDM leader said that the PDM may postpone the march due to the second phase of local bodies polls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). however, as per the recent development revealed by the sources in the PDM, the date of the long march can be rescheduled, or postponed due to the local government polls in KP on March 27. “however, final decision will be taken by
the top leadership in the upcoming meeting of the alliance,” sources revealed. It is to note that JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman while addressing a presser in Peshawar has confirmed that the consultation in this regard is under way with the provincial leaders of the opposition alliance. he went on to state that all constituent parties of the PDM were ready to march on Islamabad, however, the final date of the protest will be decided by the PDM leadership in the upcoming meeting. It is pertinent to note that soon after the announcement by the PDM to stage a protest on the Pakistan Day, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had urged the party to change its date of protest as every year on March 23 military parade is held in the federal capital to mark the Pakistan Day celebrations. PDM outrightly refused to acknowledge Rasheed’s remarks and warned the authorities against using force to bar protesters from entering Islamabad. Fazl, who also heads the PDM, further said that the ‘incompetent government’ had ruined the economy of the country, adding that people were finding it difficult to live due to inflation. “Today, people are committing suicide due to inflation, no
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discussion has been held on mini-budget,” he remarked. The PTI suffered its worst defeat in the local body elections in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, said the JUI-F chief whose party emerged as the single-largest in the last month’s elections. “The results of the KP local body elections have proved that the people are no longer ready to tolerate this government. They [PTI] will suffer even worst defeat in the next phase.” The JUI-F chief said that “movement means continuous struggle”, but avoided giving a final date for the decisive antigovernment march and protest that has long been projected as final steps in dislodging the government. The supplementary finance bill, passed by the National Assembly last week, should have gone to the standing committee, said the JUI-F chief. “Through the bill, the State Bank of Pakistan will be controlled by the IMF,” he added. Fazl said they never considered the PPP as an opponent. “We consider the PPP and the ANP as part of the opposition… our demand is for general elections, and we have a consensus with the PPP on overthrowing the government,” he said.
The government Sunday announced to proceed against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif over submission of a “fake” undertaking promising the return of his brother Nawaz Sharif to the country. After spending a year in prison, the deposed prime minister, now 72, secured a one-month bail in November 2019 to travel to London on the pretext of medical treatment but has since refused to return. Nawaz left the country after the Lahore high Court (LhC) — in a blow to the government which had placed a condition of indemnity bonds for his travel — ordered the federal government to remove his name from the exit Control List (eCL) “sans any conditions”. The Sharifs also signed separate court-approved undertakings, with Nawaz assuring he would return within four weeks, and Shehbaz promising he would “ensure return” of his brother “within four weeks or on certification by doctors that he has regained his health and is fit to
PM Khan urges scholars to help youth deal with corruption, sex crimes ISLAMABAD staff report
Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed concern over sharp increase in corruption and sex crimes in societies across the globe and urged scholars to play their role in dealing with the issue and help guide the Muslim youth. In the second part of the dialogue with eminent Muslim scholars of the world held under the aegis of National Rehmatullil-Alameen Authority on the topic of “Riyasat-e- Madina, Islam, society and ethical revival”, Imran Khan opined that a society had to take a stand against corruption making it unacceptable. The eminent Muslim scholars on Sunday agreed to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s view to jointly deal with issues emanating from globalisation and a plethora of untamed information on the internet through proper guidance of the Muslim youth. Sharing their thought-provoking views, they highlighted that through the creation of adequate awareness about the Seerat and Sunnat of the holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon him), the Muslim youth should be educated to glide through the current age challenges.
return back to Pakistan”. Court documents seen by Reuters showed Nawaz was only allowed to leave for medical treatment after agreeing to a series of conditions preventing him from seeking exile in the United Kingdom. Despite being summoned by the courts, which declared him a proclaimed offender in separate corruption trials, his party insists Nawaz will only return after the completion of his medical treatment — the nature of which remains a mystery to date. his passport expired in February last year after the government refused to renew it in an attempt to speed up his extradition from the United Kingdom. The expired document rendered Nawaz unable to travel anywhere on the Pakistan passport. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said the government has directed Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan to ask the LhC to either bring back Nawaz or take action against Shehbaz for submitting the “fake” undertaking.
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the scholars dotted down certain collective efforts by the Muslim countries to brace the negative impacts of modernity upon the Muslim youth. The prominent scholars included Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, Dr Timothy Winter/Abdal hakim Murad, Dr Seyyed hossein Nasr, Dr Recep Senturk, Dr Osman Bakar, Shaykh hamza Yusuf and Dr Chandra Muzaffar. They responded to various questions raised by the prime minister about the unbridled availability of social media material, corruption, rising sex offences against women and children and other contemporary challenges posed to the
Muslim youth and society. Taking part in the discussion, Dr Seyyed hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington, US, alluded to the impacts of the modernistic trends upon the Muslim youth which could be felt much more than ever. he said that the youth should be taught that spirituality was a real phenomenon while the mundane attractions were temporary. “Today, the world is more precarious and dangerous for the youth,” he said, adding that the Muslim youth should be guided through the teachings which were authentic and pertaining to the current challenges.
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