Tag: DPO Pakpattan
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CJP orders to verify degrees of all police officers
Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday directed all Inspector General of Police (IGPs) to verify the educational degrees of all police officers across the country. A meeting of the Police Reforms Committee (PRC) was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of CJP Justice Gulzar Ahmed. The meeting was attended by Justice Umar…
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The New and Old Pakistan Paradox
Waqas Shabbir | Abid Raza: A Misjudged Figure I remember bitterly opposing member national assembly MNA-Abid Raza, during a time when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary board had approved the ticket for the convicted murderer from Kotla to contest in the July 2018 general elections from National Assembly constituency-NA-71. Raza faced allegations over his links…
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Did PTI achieve anything substantial in its 100 day test-run?
PTI completed its first 100-days with plenty of fanfare and a grand launch event, where the Prime Minister and his cabinet members claimed that they delivered on most of the promises made in the 100-days plan. These ranged from the formation of committees and task forces to making key appointments and from developing many new…
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DPO Pakpattan case: Who is the real winner?
News Analysis | In a rather shocking development, the Supreme Court on Monday accepted the apologies submitted by the Punjab Chief Minister and former police chief in DPO Pakpattan Rizwan Gondal transfer case. Earlier in the day, all the respondents, former IGP Punjab Kaleem Imam, CM Punjab Usman Buzdar and Ahsan Gujar had rejected the…
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Performance of PTI regime in its infancy – Part II – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Imran Khan (IK) has leadership qualities, has charisma, is populous, has no corruption scandal or foreign assets, he is adept in fundraising and in making thrilling speeches, is a go-getter, but has no experience of governance and is therefore prone to making mistakes. His critics equate him to Peter Pan, inclined…
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SC grills IG Punjab over political coercion in DPO Pakpattan case
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Monday, began hearing a Suo Motu case pertaining to controversial and widely-publicized transfer of Pakpattan District Police Officer (DPO) Rizwan Gondal. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar headed the three-member bench which heard the case. Amid media frenzy outside the court, Khawar Maneka[the former husband…