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  • ‘Our Neighbor Reached Moon But We…’: Nawaz Sharif Blames Military For Pakistan’s Woes, Hails India | world news

    New Delhi: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has accused the military establishment of ruining the country’s economy and democracy, while praising India’s achievements in space and development. Sharif, who is eyeing a record fourth term as prime minister, said that Pakistan’s miseries were not caused by India, the US or Afghanistan, but by its own actions. “Our neighbors have reached the moon, we haven’t even stood up on the ground so far” says Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif praising India’s rise while pointing to his country’s economic crisis.

    “We shot ourselves in our own foot…they (a reference to the military) rigged the 2018 polls and imposed a selected (government) on this nation that led to the sufferings of the people and downfall of the economy,” Sharif said during a conversation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket aspirants here.

    He also criticized the judges for supporting the military dictators and ousting him from power three times in 1993, 1999 and 2017. “The judges garland them (military dictators) and legitimize their rule when they break the Constitution. When it comes to a prime minister the judges stamp his ouster. The judges also approve the act of dissolution of the parliament…why?” he asked.

    Sharif, who returned from a four-year-long self-imposed exile in London in October, is the only Pakistani politician who became the prime minister of the coup-prone country for a record three times. He said that he was declared a hijacker in 1999 and removed from power in 2017 for not taking salary from his son.

    “They (military establishment) made this decision as they wanted to bring their selected man into power,” he said, referring to his arch-rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan. Sharif also blamed the military establishment of 2014-17 for coercing the senior judges to remove him from power.

    “They (a reference to the military establishment) visited the residences of senior judges and threatened them. They achieved the required court verdicts against me through coercion,” he said. Sharif has been acquitted in three corruption cases in the last week. He was sentenced to ten years in jail in July 2018 in the Avenfield graft case.

    Sharif contrasted Pakistan’s situation with India’s progress, saying that “our neighbors have reached the moon, we haven’t even stood up on the ground so far”. He praised India’s rise in space and development, saying that Pakistan should learn from its neighbour.

  • Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan, know the entire incident of former Prime Minister’s return to his country

    Nawaz Sharif In Pakistan: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returned to his country from London on Saturday after a long gap of four years. As soon as he reached Pakistan, Sharif’s party ‘Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’ (PML-N) gave him a warm welcome. The entire sequence of events from his conviction to his return to his homeland is as follows:-

    • July 6, 2018: Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in jail after being convicted in the Avenfield case. He was convicted in absentia, as he was in London at the time caring for his ill wife.

    • July 13, 2018: Nawaz and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested upon reaching Lahore from London.

    • 11 September 2018: Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz died in London.

    • September 12, 2018: Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law granted parole, reach Lahore to attend Kulsoom’s funeral.

    • 19 September 2018: Sharif family got a big relief. Islamabad High Court ordered the release of Nawaz, Maryam and Captain Muhammad Safdar while temporarily suspending the sentence given in the corruption case.

    • 24 December 2018: Nawaz was sentenced to seven years in jail and fined Rs 1.5 billion in the Al-Azizia sugar mill case.

    • January 1, 2019: PML-N supremo challenges the verdict of Al Azizia case in Islamabad High Court.

    • 25 October 2019: Nawaz was diagnosed with ‘Immune System Disorder’ and doctors advised him to go abroad for treatment.

    • 26 October 2019: Nawaz got interim bail in the sugar mill case on medical grounds.

    • 29 October 2019: Islamabad High Court granted eight weeks bail to Nawaz in the Al-Azizia case in view of his deteriorating health.

    • 13 November 2019: The then government announced permission for Nawaz to travel abroad for a period of four weeks for medical treatment.

    • 19 November 2019: Nawaz left for London from Lahore via air ambulance.

    • September 1, 2020: The High Court ordered the former Prime Minister to surrender and appear in the court, citing that his bail would expire on February 27.

    • September 12, 2023: Shehbaz Sharif revealed the date of October 21 for Nawaz’s return to Pakistan to lead the party’s political campaign.

    • October 19, 2023: Nawaz is granted protection from arrest bail in two corruption cases while a court suspends his arrest warrant in the Toshakhana case, removing all legal hurdles for his easy return to the country.

    • October 21, 2023: Nawaz returned to Pakistan.

  • VIDEO: Explosion near Pakistan’s largest nuclear plant, blast in Dera Ghazi Khan

    A big news is coming out from Pakistan. It is being told that there is news of blast in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. Let us tell you that this explosion took place near the nuclear plant. This plant is the largest nuclear plant in Pakistan. Initial information is revealing that this nuclear plant of Pakistan was the target of TTP.

    However, the reason for this incident has not been known yet. It is being said that TTP may have a hand in this. It should be known that in the year 2012, Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists had threatened to blow up this nuclear base. In such a situation, this attack is being linked to that threat. Please note that after this threat, the security of this nuclear base has been further increased. Let us tell you that a repository of uranium has also been created in Dera Ghazi, Pakistan. The nuclear center built in Dera Ghazi Khan is the largest in Pakistan.

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  • Pakistan News: Imran Khan’s troubles increased again, court extended his remand by 14 days in document leak case.

    Pakistan News: The troubles of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan have increased once again. In fact, a special court of Pakistan today i.e. on Tuesday has extended the judicial custody of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for 14 more days in the cipher case. With this, the possibility of his early release has also reduced. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan was arrested in March last year in violation of the Official Secrets Act. He is accused of violating the confidentiality of the official document (cipher) sent by the Pakistan Embassy in America.

    Judicial custody increased for the third time
    This is the third time that Imran Khan’s judicial custody has been extended. His last 14-day detention period ended today. Special court judge Abul Hasnat Zulkarnain conducted the hearing in the district jail Attock. Imran Khan has been detained in this jail since August 5 after being convicted in the Toshakhana case. After the hearing, the court extended his judicial custody till October 10 to complete the investigation.

    The court also extended the custody of former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for the same period. Qureshi also faces charges under the same Act. However, the Islamabad High Court on Monday ordered the authorities to transfer Imran to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, but no action has been taken yet. Earlier, the authorities had given permission to hear the case in jail citing security reasons.

    Imran Khan is lodged in Attock jail.
    It is noteworthy that earlier Islamabad High Court had ordered to transfer Imran from Attock Jail to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, but the direction has not been implemented yet. At the same time, due to security reasons, permission was given to hear the Imran Khan case in jail.

    Who is Imran Khan?
    The full name of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan is Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi. He is a Pakistani politician. Imran is also the founder and president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party. Imran Khan was born in 1952 in Lahore, Pakistan. Before being a politician, Imran Khan was a famous Pakistani cricketer, who also made the Pakistani team the world champion in the World Cup. In 2013, he entered Pakistani politics and contested the election for the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan under the PTI flag. In the elections held in 2018, PTI party registered a big victory and Imran Khan was accepted as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

  • Pakistan Election: General elections will be held in Pakistan in the last week of January 2024, Commission announces

    Pakistan The Election Commission of India (ECP) announced on Thursday that general elections in the country will be held in the last week of January 2024. Pakistan’s political parties, which are facing cash crunch, were continuously pressurizing them to hold elections on time, after which the Commission has made this announcement.

    Election program will be announced at the end of the year

    The Election Commission of Pakistan said that it has reviewed the delimitation work of constituencies and the preliminary list of delimited constituencies will be released on September 27. The Commission said that political parties can lodge objections on the initial list, after which it will consider all the objections and suggestions. The Commission said that after considering the objections and suggestions regarding the list, the final list will be released on November 30 and after that the election schedule will be announced. The Election Commission said that after the completion of the delimitation process, the Commission will announce the election schedule of 54 days and ‘the voting process will be completed in the last week of January 2024.

    Law to hold general elections in Pakistan within 90 days of dissolution of the National Assembly

    Pakistan Under US law, general elections must be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, which was dissolved on August 9. However, due to the new census conducted this year, it became mandatory for the Election Commission to start the process of delimitation. The previous government had announced just a few days before the completion of its term that after the arrival of the new census report, the constituencies would be delimited on its basis and after that general elections would be held. Since then, apprehensions were being raised that the deadline for holding elections within 90 days of dissolution of the National Assembly would not be complied with and the elections would be held till next year because the process of delimitation takes four months.

    Election Commission decided to complete the delimitation process in less time than stipulated time.

    Amidst the pressure being put on the ECP by various political parties to conduct elections on time, the Commission decided to conduct the delimitation process in less time than the stipulated time. Under the Constitution of Pakistan, the Election Commission has to complete the work of delimitation within a period of 120 days.

    At present, a caretaker government is ruling Pakistan.

    At present, a caretaker government is ruling Pakistan and after the elections, it will take over the reins of the country until a new Prime Minister is elected. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that the interim government is committed to maintaining the democratic process in Pakistan by holding general elections and it will not make any excuses in this regard.

    Imran Khan’s party had demanded voting on November 6.

    President Arif Alvi, a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party of deposed Prime Minister and jailed Imran Khan in a corruption case, had earlier this month written a letter to the ECP, unilaterally proposing to hold voting on November 6. But the apex election body had refused to comment on this.

  • Pakistan News: Imran Khan’s judicial custody extended till September 13 in confidential message case

    A special court in Pakistan on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of former Prime Minister Imran Khan till September 13 in a case related to the alleged disclosure of classified messages, leading to his early release from jail despite getting bail a day earlier in a corruption case. Hopes were dashed.

    Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain gives verdict in the case of missing documents related to confidential message

    Judge Abul Hasnat Zulkarnain, who reached Punjab’s Attock jail for the hearing, gave the verdict in the case of missing documents related to confidential messages. This document was waved by Khan during a political rally before his ouster last year.

    The hearing took place in Attock District Jail

    The hearing of the case was held in Attock District Jail after the approval of the Law Ministry amid security concerns expressed by the Home Ministry. According to Geo News, Judge Zulqarnain extended Khan’s judicial custody till September 13, which means he will remain in jail for now.

    Former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also given judicial custody for 14 days in the same case.

    The court, recently set up to hear cases filed under the Official Secrets Act, also sent Khan’s close aide and two-time foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 14-day judicial custody in the same case.

    Imran Khan is in jail since August 5

    Qureshi, 67, vice president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was arrested in August. He appeared in the court amid tight security. Authorities on Tuesday decided to hear the case inside the Attock district jail, where Khan, 70, is lodged since August 5 after his conviction in a corruption case.

    Imran got bail in a case

    On Tuesday, a two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court had suspended Khan’s sentence, but he could not be released as the judge hearing the case related to the disclosure of confidential messages ordered him to be kept in jail and produced for trial. Had ordered.

    Permission was given to enter the jail and meet Khan

    Khan’s five-member legal team, headed by lawyer Salman Safdar, attended the court hearing in jail, the report said. According to reports, the team was initially denied entry, but was later allowed to enter the jail and meet Khan.

    Only three lawyers were allowed to represent the former Prime Minister

    Khan’s party said only three lawyers were allowed to represent the former prime minister during the hearing. Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat filed the petition saying that the Law and Justice Ministry’s August 29 notification on holding trials inside jail was against the law as it violates the spirit of open trial.

    The appointment of the judge of the court is also challenged

    He argued that the proceedings should be held in the judicial complex in Islamabad and if the purpose is to keep the proceedings secret then the hearing should be held in camera. Khan also challenged the appointment of an anti-terrorism court judge as a judge in the special court set up for his case registered under the country’s Official Secrets Act.

    Many people were made defendants

    Khan made the Law and Justice Ministry, the Home Ministry, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency, the Commissioner of Islamabad, the Islamabad Inspector General of Police and the superintendents of Adiala and Attock jails as defendants in the case.

    PTI spokesperson Zulfikar Bukhari said in a statement, “When Imran Khan requested to use technology for his daily hearing, it was broadcast as if he was trying to avoid it. Now, the hearing has been ordered from his jail cell. Why can’t this be done live on TV or at least in the presence of their friends and family.”

    He said, “The world should see whether there is any element of justice in this illegal trial. The plan was to crush and eliminate PTI…Instead the Constitution and the law were brutally murdered…” The case initiated earlier this month alleged that Khan and others secretly Violated relevant laws.

    In March last year, ahead of the vote on the no-confidence motion, Khan took out a piece of paper from his pocket and waved it at a public rally in Islamabad, claiming it was proof that there was an “international conspiracy” to topple his government. A conspiracy is being hatched. Khan had to be removed from power due to the no-confidence motion. However, during questioning by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in jail on August 26, Khan had denied that the paper he had waved at a public meeting last year was a confidential document. He had also admitted the loss of the confidential document and said that he did not remember where he had kept it.