The government needs to act decisively and rapidly, first to secure the economic bailout package from the IMF and then to carry it forward successfully. There will be very difficult economic and political decisions to take for this government.
According to reports, ARY has been taken off cable in many areas of Islamabad, Karachi, and Sukkur. Interestingly, the government's alleged media crackdown comes ahead of PTI's Azadi March scheduled for 25th May.
On 22 April 1977, Bhutto imposed martial law on Karachi and two other major Pakistani cities to evade mounting pressure on him to resign. An Army spokesman said the military rule was going into effect immediately in Karachi, Lahore, and Hyderabad
Minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain appreciated the interest of the Chinese side in the agriculture and livestock sector of Pakistan, particularly the fish and seafood industry.
The Punjab police, late on Monday night, raided the houses of several Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers across the province ahead of their Azaadi March on May 25.
Currently, the situation is very tense in Pakistan. There are also fears that the Azadi March will result in violence. Therefore, Pakistanis are urging COAS Bajwa to take action and save the country from succumbing to further crisis.
Based on the best available assessment Yahya Khan agreed to hold them in 1970. He had been assured that a hung parliament, which would let the military strongman continue ruling the roost, was the most likely outcome.
