Gohar seeks ‘conducive environment’ for talks

RAWALPINDI: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Tuesday said meaningful negotiations with the government could only move forward if a conducive political environment was created. He said that simultaneous convictions of PTI workers and calls for dialogue sent conflicting signals. Speaking to the media after being stopped by police near the Dahgal checkpoint while…

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Bilawal, Fazl urge govt, protesters to resolve AJK crisis through dialogue

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari meets JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to discuss national political issues in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: X/PPP Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday called for dialogue to resolve the ongoing unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, while announcing an electoral…

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Tensions persist in AJK as Shaukat Nawaz Mir arrested amid JAAC sit-in

Muzaffarabad deputy commissioner confirms Mir’s arrest during a joint operation in Dhirkot Head of the banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) Shaukat Nawaz Mir. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube Shaukat Nawaz Mir, head of the recently proscribed Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), was arrested in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Dhirkot area on Tuesday, according…

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Bilawal calls for int’l convention against ‘weaponisation of waterways’, says it threatens global peace

Says India’s violation of treaty a challenge to international law, global peace and the rights of downstream states Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing an international seminar titled The Indus Waters Treaty: A Key Instrument for Peace and Regional Stability held at the Jinnah Convention Centre in Islamabad. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Peoples Party…

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Senate opposition leader files privilege motion against Barakahu SHO, seeks action over ‘rude’ conduct

Says actions of SHO, accompanying police officers amounted to ‘gross act of disrespect towards member of the Senate’ Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Tehreek –e-Tahaffuz-e ain Pakistan deputy chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the Senate Raja Nasir Abbas filed a privilege motion against the Station House Officer…

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Terrorists must not be called by any other name, says Tarar

Calls out a report by Turkish public broadcaster on recent terrorist attack on a Rangers facility in Karachi Information Minister Attaullah Tarar addressing a press conference in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday criticised the use of the term “militants” to describe those responsible for attacks on civilians, saying “terrorists are…

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Pakistan urges UNSC to press Israel on settlements in occupied Palestinian territory

Says SC must compel Israel to quickly cease all settlement, which constitute flagrant violation of international law Pakistan urges UNSC to press Israel on settlements in occupied Palestinian territory Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, called for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), saying…

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