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  • PM Khan to reveal ‘threat letter’ to senior journalists, allied parties

    PM Khan to reveal ‘threat letter’ to senior journalists, allied parties

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan announced that he would show the “threat letter” reportedly containing evidence of a “foreign conspiracy” against the government to senior journalists and one member each of the government’s allied parties. On March 27, PM Khan had waved a letter during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) power show in Islamabad and talked about a foreign conspiracy to oust his government.

    “The document that I have, I will show it to senior journalists today. We want to protect the nation and can’t divulge details in public. People think this is a joke and I have decided to share it with top journalists,” adding that he would call one member of each allied party and show them the document and “prove that it is real”.

    PM Khan’s comments came during a ceremony for the launch of the E-passport facility in Islamabad.

    “People can take whatever decision they want to. But beware of the fact that, directly or indirectly, you may become a part of a huge international conspiracy,” he said, adding that the document would provide proof of the same.

    “Foreign funding is being used to change the government. Money is coming from abroad and people inside the country are being used. Some of them are unaware they are being used and some are intentionally using this money against us,” said PM Khan.

    “But this is a foreign imported conspiracy. And it started when people from abroad started controlling Pakistan through telephone calls. They cannot tolerate a leadership that works in the people’s interest.”

    “We sacrificed our interests for those abroad but they never valued it,” he said.

    Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said yesterday that Khan was ready to share the “threat letter” with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial. 

    Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Planning and Development Umar said he has seen the letter himself, adding that if someone had doubts, the “prime minister is ready … he thought we can share with the chief justice of the Supreme Court”.

  • Three Pak army officers, three soldiers embrace martyrdom in UN Peacekeeping mission

    Three Army Officers and three soldiers were martyred including two other UN Peacekeepers from Russia and Serbia in a helicopter crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) on Tuesday.

    Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a statement that stated, “Pakistan Aviation Unit is deployed in UN Mission Congo on peacekeeping duties since 2011. On Mar 29, 22 while undertaking a reconnaissance mission in Congo, 1 PUMA Helicopter crashed.”

    According to the mission, “the causes of this disappearance are not yet known. Research is ongoing.”

    ISPR released the names of the martyred who are Lt Col Asif Ali Awan, (Pilot), Maj Saad Nomani (Co-Pilot), Maj Faizan Ali, ​​N/Sub Sami Ullah Khan (Flight Engineer), Havaldar Muhammad Ismail (Crew Chief), and L/Hav Muhamad Jamil (Gunner).

    Earlier on Tuesday, the UN Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) tweeted that they had ‘lost contact’ with one of its helicopters in which eight UN peacekeepers were on board. They were on a reconnaissance mission in the area of Tshanzu, southeast of Rutshuru in North Kivu Province, an area which has been the scene of recent fighting between government troops and rebel group M23.

    Prime Minister Imran Khan also expressed his “deep sense of shock and grief”, the Prime Minister’s office stated.

  • Indian court grants bail to two men who made apps to auction Muslim women

    Indian court grants bail to two men who made apps to auction Muslim women

    An Indian court in Delhi granted bail to the creators of ‘Sulli Deals’, Omkareshwar Thakur and ‘Bulli Bai’, Niraj Bishnoi, on humanitarian grounds on Monday. Both applications, Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai were created to humiliate and mock Muslim girls by uploading their photos and putting them up “for sale” on the applications.

    According to the court, the accused were released as they committed the offence for the first time and it is not appropriate for their well-being to imprison them for a longer time.

    However, the court also imposed strict conditions on both of them, so that they are not able to threaten victims and tamper with evidence.

    Under the conditions, the accused are not allowed to contact or influence any victim. The accused will be responsible for always keeping their mobile phones turned on and providing locations to police. They also cannot travel abroad and have to appear before the court on every date. They must not commit a similar crime during the duration of their bail.

    Earlier this year, Delhi Police arrested Omkareshwar Thakur and Niraj Bishnoi.

    The two application developers uploaded more than 100 photos of Muslim women for sale without their consent. The Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, was also included in the auction list uploaded by ‘Bulli Bai’. In both applications, there was no actual sale but the sole purpose was to defame Muslim women.

  • Taliban threaten to fire govt employees for not keeping a beard

    The Taliban government in Afghanistan has threatened all government employees that they will be laid off if they do not comply with the new orders of keeping a compulsory beard and maintaining the dress code.

    Employees were instructed not to shave their beards and to wear loose trousers and shirts with a hat or turban. They were also instructed to make certain that they offer their five prayers on time.

    According to media reports, the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were seen patrolling the entrance gate of government offices to inspect if everyone was following instructions on Monday. If any employee violated the order, he was not allowed to enter the office premises and would eventually get fired.

    Recently, the Taliban government barred women to travel alone on planes unless they were accompanied by their male guardian. If women have to travel abroad to study, they have to be accompanied by a male relative.

    Prior to this, the Taliban government also banned girls’ education above 6th grade. The announcement came only a few hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months.

  • Is Firdous Apa going to join PML-N?

    Is Firdous Apa going to join PML-N?

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leader and former special assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) on information and broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has termed the news regarding her wish to join the government’s rival political party —PML-N as “fake”.

    According to Geo News, it was earlier reported that the former SAPM had conveyed the message to the PML-N leadership in London through renowned singer Waris Baig — who had met PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and former finance minister Ishaq Dar in London.

    As per the news outlet’s sources, Awan did not demand a ticket from her constituency Sialkot.

    Geo News further revealed that the PML-N’s top leadership discussed the matter for ten minutes.

    However, Awan was not given any assurance regarding her addition to the party and was told to contact the PML-N leadership in Punjab.

    It is pertinent to mention that Awan has been not seen by the public on mainstream media for quite a while.

  • Harvard University congratulates Ayesha Malik for becoming first female Supreme Court judge

    Harvard University has congratulated its alumnus, Ayesha Malik who is the first woman appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 75 years of its history.

    She has studied law and earned a degree of LL.M ( Master of Laws) in 1999 from Harvard Law School where she was named a Landon H. Gammon Fellow for academic excellence. Harvard Alumni Association also published an article on her achievement on its website.

    “Congratulations to @Harvard_Law alum Ayesha Malik LLM’99, who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan! She is the first woman to serve as a justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court in the country’s 75-year history,” Harvard Alumni Association tweeted on March 27.

    Justice Ayesha Malik took oath as the Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on January 24, 2022. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed administered the oath.

  • PTI ministers meet PML-Q leadership to deliver PM Khan’s ‘important message’

    PTI ministers meet PML-Q leadership to deliver PM Khan’s ‘important message’

    Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Defense Minister Pervez Khattak had a meeting with Punjab Provincial Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and his son Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi.

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation met the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) to convey a message from Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan.

    A notification/statement of the meeting was issued. According to the statement, Member National Assembly (MNA) Tariq Bashir Cheema informed the federal ministers of the problems they have been facing for the last three and a half years while discussions were also held to resolve the issues.

    Pervaiz Elahi said that regarding the meeting, the party will take President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain into confidence and the next meeting will be held in Islamabad soon.

  • ‘Not invited, not going, haven’t met PM Khan for a year’: Chaudhry Nisar

    ‘Not invited, not going, haven’t met PM Khan for a year’: Chaudhry Nisar

    Estranged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party member and former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has denied meeting Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently.

    In a recent interview with BBC Urdu, Khan explained that since the last three or four days, he has been in his village in Chakri. He said he had not met the PM last week or last month or even last year.

    “I don’t meet anyone secretly. Imran Khan is my friend from Aitchison College but our politics is very different.”

    “I have not received an invitation to attend the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) jalsa on March 27 nor am I attending it,” said Nisar.

    Earlier it was reported that PM Khan said he met Chaudhry Nisar. “I have had an association with him [Chaudhry] for the last 40 years,” he revealed, adding that Nisar will be “taking all political decisions himself”.

  • PTI books special trains to accommodate people from Lahore, Karachi to reach Islamabad

    PTI books special trains to accommodate people from Lahore, Karachi to reach Islamabad

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is holding a jalsa at the Parade Ground tomorrow (Sunday) in Islamabad. The party leadership is expecting a huge crowd in the power show.

    To accommodate the people travelling from Lahore and Karachi, the ruling party has booked special trains in advance. A train will leave from Karachi today and will reach Lahore tomorrow around 03:30am and after half an hour, the train will leave and will reach Islamabad around 09:30am on Sunday. Another train will leave from Lahore around 04:30am on Sunday. Trains will also take back passengers tomorrow night.

    State-owned news channel, Pakistan Television (PTV) News, shared pictures and videos of people travelling from Gilgit-Baltistan for PTI’s public gathering on Twitter.

    PTV News also shared a special message from Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan regarding the jalsa. In the video message, PM Khan is calling people to join him in Islamabad on March 27.

    PTI has also hired DJ Butt for thejalsa. “DJ Butt will be in action in our historic public gathering on Sunday,” said PTI regional president MNA Ali Nawaz Awan.

    PTI leadership is expecting one million people in Islamabad. Following the Supreme Court’s order prohibiting political parties from entering the Red Zone, PTI relocated its planned March 27 power show in Islamabad from D-Chowk to Parade Ground.

  • PM Khan says PTI more popular now, like in the 2014 dharna, all thanks to the Opposition

    PM Khan says PTI more popular now, like in the 2014 dharna, all thanks to the Opposition

     Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan Friday said that institutions are neutral in this political fight between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and the Opposition.

    The premier made these comments during a meeting he had with senior journalists.

    “The PM was confident that he would defeat the no-trust motion,” said Geo News anchor Shahzad Iqbal.

    “Since the Opposition had submitted the no-trust motion, our popularity has increased manifold, the same we had during our 2014 dharna,” said PM Khan. 

    “Some people feared that the popularity of PTI was declining but it has increased in the last two weeks. A massive rally will be held on March 27 that would show how popular is our party. Those who think our government will be toppled should change their mind,” said the premier.

    “I think the umpire is neutral and the Opposition has brought this no-trust motion to save their corruption and especially the cases of Shehbaz Sharif,” the PM was quoted by the anchor.