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PDM Lahore rally a referendum against ‘incapable, incompetent’ rulers: PML-N leader
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PDM Lahore rally a referendum against ‘incapable, incompetent’ rulers: PML-N leader

Taking a jibe at the Imran-Khan led government in Pakistan, Rana Sanaullah, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab president said that the upcoming Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally in Lahore on December 13 would be a referendum against "incapable and incompetent" rulers.Speaking at a press conference, he said that the event would prove that Lahore has awakened, after which entire Punjab and Pakistan would awaken.Sanaullah further asked how democracy would thrive if institutions are used for political objectives, and questioned who had made the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) controversial and who was blackmailing its chairman.He also claimed that he was arrested on fake and baseless charges and was implicated in a drug case when nothing incriminating was found against him...
Pak court issues arrest warrant against Maryam Nawaz’s husband in 2019 case
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Pak court issues arrest warrant against Maryam Nawaz’s husband in 2019 case

A court in Pakistan’s Lahore has issued bailable arrest warrants against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s husband Safdar Awan in a case related to a clash with police officials outside National Accountability Bureau (NAB) last year.A district court conducted the hearing of a case against retired Captain Safdar Awan and others over clashing with police officials outside a NAB court in 2019.As per media reports, Judicial magistrate Hafiz Nafees heard the case where the prosecution told him about non-compliance with the orders by the accused despite being summoned.The prosecution pleaded for issuance of warrants of the accused to make progress in the trial.Later, the district court issued bailable arrest warrants against the accused and adjourned the hearing t
India will attack if we don’t release Abhinandan by 9 pm: Pakistan MP recounts in Parliament
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India will attack if we don’t release Abhinandan by 9 pm: Pakistan MP recounts in Parliament

A Pakistan MP speaking in Parliament has said that Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was perspiring and his "legs were shaking" as Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said during a meeting that if Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was not released, India would attack Pakistan "at 9 pm".In a speech in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq claimed that the Imran Khan government had abruptly released Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, captured last February after a dogfight between Indian and Pakistani pilots.The PML-N leader told opposition leaders that Qureshi in a meeting with the parliamentary leaders, including PPP and PML-N and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, had asked for Abhinandan to be le...