FRESH UPDATE: Police investigation reveals Zaahir Jaffer, killer of
#JusticeForNoor
, is a US citizen and was booked to leave Islamabad for America on a flight today. Police is treating this as proof of premeditated murder and attempted flight from justice.
UPDATE: I have received reliable information that the murderer's family is trying to bribe police and a judge to allow him to flee. They have also threatened the family of the deceased.
Thousands of people have gathered in the Swat district’s capital city Mingora demanding peace and an end to rising militancy in the valley. “We demand peace on our soil,” people respond as they echo the the call of the speaker on the stage.
Pakistan's new Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar arrives at the Foreign Ministry to take chare
She has previously served as Foreign Minister from 2011-13
YOUNG PAKISTANIS!
Your country is in perpetual political and/or economic crisis.
YOU make up 70pc of the population.
How do you feel about your future life prospects?
I want to hear your personal feelings, for a
@SCMPNews
article on Pakistan's 75th independence anniversary.
A day after Pakistan PM Imran Khan blamed the US for trying to oust him from power, the country's army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa told a security conference in Islamabad that Pakistan valued its long-standing ties with the US & that it was also Pakistan's largest export market
Announcement by family of
#JusticeForNoor
:
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Noor Mukadam.
Her Namaz-e-Janaza will be held on Thursday, 22nd July 2021 at 1:30pm (after Zuhr Namaz) at Jaamia Masjid Naval Anchorage.
UPDATE: I have received reliable information that the murderer's family is trying to bribe police and a judge to allow him to flee. They have also threatened the family of the deceased.
By refusing to call off Cambridge exams,
@OfficialNcoc
is recklessly endangering thousands of children for the sake of money. Job titles will not save you from the wrath of parents if something happens to these kids. I am one of those parents. I won't be taking prisoners 🔥🔥🔥
The UAE, Jordan and Maldives are the latest Muslim countries to condemn the derogatory remarks made against Prophet Muhammad by leaders of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Wishing all students taking exams starting from today, the very best. These are tough times and difficult decisions have been made keeping the students best interest in view. British Council is committed to strict implementation of SOPs and we will monitor them closely. Good Luck
If this bare-faced liar of a minister thinks he can endanger the lives of my son and other kids and get away with it, he is sorely mistaken. I am going to dedicate time and effort to expose every skeleton in his cupboard.
You are sharing a letter issued by
#Cambridge
after its global deadline of 17th April to convert to SAGs. Not only are you unreasonable you've restored to blatant lying to avoid any responsibility for your disastrous decision. Have some shame at least and own your blunder.
"Islamabad residents were shocked on Sunday when they bought bread from a tandoor in F-6 and received them wrapped in forms and other documents apparently issued by the ECP for use in the elections."
I have received reliable information that the murderer's family is trying to bribe police and a judge to allow him to flee. They have also threatened the family of the deceased.
OLevels exams cost 15k to 25K & Alevels 17k to 30k per subject.
#Cambridge
benefits. School charge fee to process docs, many offer campus as exam venue while their work load increases if SAGs so schools benefit. Staff becomes invigilators. They benefit. Only Student dont benefits
"Will you be meeting senior people in the Taliban?"
@lindseyhilsum
asks Pakistan’s intelligence chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, about their hopes for Afghanistan as he arrives in Kabul.
As the political fortunes of Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan sink following a military-led crackdown, foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari could emerge as a prime minister candidate after reportedly proving his “mettle” to the generals, I report.
FRESH UPDATE: Police investigation reveals Zaahir Jaffer, killer of
#JusticeForNoor
, is a US citizen and was booked to leave Islamabad for America on a flight today. Police is treating this as proof of premeditated murder and attempted flight from justice.
This proves, should our country demand on every level, it is an absolute certainty that we all can get SAGs.
Dates and deadlines, all that is a formality. I hope empathy, equality and flexibility is shown to the students of Pakistan.
#PAKdeservesSAGs
To put this into perspective, that's about US$2.5 billion. The contract for the Diamer-Bhasha Dam awarded in May to China Power & FWO is worth US$2.7 billion. This is just one example of the "opportunity cost" of poor governance and brazen opportunism.
According to figures corralled by
@GeoASKKS
, the PTI govt caused a loss of Rs 404 Billion to Pakistanis just in the category of wheat and sugar, through lack of decision-making and late and wrong decisions. The loss has been paid by the exchequer and ordinary Pakistanis.
In Pakistan, it isn't about whether CPEC is good or bad. It is about whose business interests are benefited or harmed, and how that ties into the overall political power structure. My report on the recent Dawood interview controversy.
via
@SCMPNews
تو فائنلی۔۔۔ عمران خان نے یہ مان لیا کہ امریکا نے فوجی اڈے نہیں مانگے تھے۔۔
"جب مجھ سے ایک انٹرویو میں پوچھا گیا کہ کیا آپ امریکا کو اڈے دے سکتے ہیں تو میں نے تب جواب دیا کہ ایبسلوٹلی ناٹ"۔۔ عمران خان
Zahir Jaffer presented before district court a few minutes ago. While talking to media, he said, “I’m an American citizen, not a Pakistani. My lawyer will tell you if there is anything.”
@AmirMateen2
@ImranKhanPTI
Imran Khan is pacing himself, waiting for the winds to change and the opportunity to bowl with a new Dukes ball. That's when we'll see his big booming in-swingers.
@CTurnerFCDO
HM Govt has a moral responsibility to order the
@BritishCouncil
NOT to participate in the reckless endangerment of students forced to sit CAIE exams by host govts which refuse to follow the science.
List of 11 countries including Pakistan. Except Pakistan all have cancelled all exams. 9 of them leave Pakistan behind by miles when it comes testing/reporting
#Covid
. 6 of them have a death rate lower than Pakistan. But
#PTI
Govt believes in miracles not science
#CancelAllExams
They wouldn't have needed to if the retired general chairing Wapda had not blocked the Chinese development of Basha Dam on vague national security grounds.
Pakistan Armed Forces contributing to Diamer-Basha & Mohmand Dam Fund. Officers of Pak Army, Navy and Air Force will contribute their 2 days’ pay while soldiers one day’s pay to the announced fund for this national cause.
#DamsForPakistan
🇵🇰
I broke this story for The News in 1992. 14 plots in Allama Iqbal Town went to a current federal minister via proxy applicants. A 1-acre commercial plot was allocated to the guy who accused Zardari of tying a bomb to his leg. It was all part of the Midnight Jackals conspiracy.
@gohermunir
Noor's family only appears influential. Right now, her 70-years-old parents are at home with only a few family members and their daughter's friends supporting them.
Do the math
@OfficialNcoc
: average positivity rate is 13pc. So average 13/100 people likely to be infected. Put a 1,000 unvaccinated kids susceptible to UK variant in an enclosed space. 130+ may be infected. 10+ deaths. Asymptomatic majority become super spreaders on Eid.
Sitting for 2-3 hours in this hall with no ventilation whatsoever is bound to infect hundreds of A and O level students even if a few are infected - and have no symptoms but can still transmit the virus
If this video is, in fact, verified by the provincial finance ministers, it is a crime against the Pakistani nation.
Partisan politics aside, if true, this is akin to plotting national bankruptcy amidst an apocalyptic climate disaster.
One awaits the truth of this matter.
شوکت ترین کی پنجاب اور خیبرپختونخوا کے وزرائے خزانہ سے گفتگو کی آڈیو لیک سامنے آگئی
"میرا تو سیاست پر سے ایمان اٹھ گیا ہے"
دیکھئے انصار عباسی کا تجزیہ
#GeoNews
Broadsheet CEO Kaveh Moussavi announces to sue Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh for defaming him in the Broadsheet Commission report, gives 7 days notice for apology; says language used in the report is that of a 'mafia lawyer'
@cyalm
They will closely watch the reaction on the streets of Punjab. Hitherto, slow burning anger with the military has manifested as sarcastic wit. Today, activists chanted abuse at Gen Bajwa. Will the general public echo the jeers of "shame"? Shades of Musharraf's last year as chief.
@pkBritish
SUCH INSENSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT SUICIDAL . WE ARE DONE WITH YOU. YOU KNOW NO SOPS ARE ENSURED THATS WHY YOURE WARNING YOUR INVIGILATORS. SHAME ON YOU
@pkBritish
After more than a decade of terrorist insurgency, the Pakistani state is unwilling and unable to prevent a mob of extremists from laying siege to
#Islamabad
. Says a lot - like we are stupid, obstinate and still too invested in religious hypocrisy to learn from past blunders.
Commander Habib ur Rehman, the second in charge of Taliban in Gilgit-Baltistan holds an open katchery in Babusar area. This is happening in the main KKH artery which connects Pakistan with China via CPEC.
So much for Imran Khan's vision of tourism in Northern Areas.
A day after the Taliban seizes power in Afghanistan, Pakistan will introduce a curriculum that critics say represents a return to the extremist texts of the Zia era.
An announcement: I have joined The News, a Pakistani newspaper I helped launch 27 years ago, as its Islamabad-based "Editor Content Development". I will continue to contribute to SCMP, The National and TRT World.
@Rai_Manzoor786
Don't insult Islam by using it as a justification to impose a mindset that is clearly at odds with the Prophet's urgings to seek out knowledge.
Sajid Gondal, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pak's press official has been disappeared from Islamabad *allegedly* in context of
@FactFocusFF
investigation on Chair CPEC/Gen Asim Bajwa's business empire. Gondal is not a whistleblower for
#Bajwaleaks
.
#BringbackSajidGondal
Nothing in UNCLOS (which U.S. hasn't even ratified) permits military activities in other nations' EEZs. It's one thing for U.S. to conduct "freedom of navigation" operations in disputed waters, as in SCS, it's another thing to do so in a partner nation's EEZ without its consent.
GOP putting the students in harm’s way by forcing them to appear for Cambridge exams when all other countries of the region have postponed them is beyond sense. Nothing is more important than the safety of our children. I hope sense prevails and these students are heard.
"The monthly average of corona deaths has been the highest in April. The worldwide fatality rate is 2.12pc while the fatality rate in Pakistan has risen over the world fatality rate for the first time during this pandemic to 2.16pc.":DG ISPR
My colleagues at
@geonews_urdu
ought to be ashamed for making Imran Khan's bail appearance the top story at a time when many millions of Pakistanis have been displaced by floods.
#JusticeForNoormukadam
I can confirm that the person managing the fund, Tariq Ghaffar, is the husband of Noor's cousin and that he is acting on behalf of the family.
Even the smallest amount would mean a lot for Noor’s cause, and this is a verified gofundme managed and organised by her own family. To those saying she’s already from a wealthy family, legal battles this big require more money than an ambassadors pension
@AsfandyarMazari
has shared these horrendous unfolding scenes from his village in Rajanpur, in the south of Pakistan's Punjab province. The flooding Indus is wreaking havoc on a scale last seen in 2010.
@Xadeejournalist
I just returned from Swat. Policemen and Levies told me groups of 10-15 TTP militants have occupied mountain tops bordering Buner. Army said TTP infiltrators are typically grouped into 3-man teams. All said CT op is inevitable after completion of ongoing urgent flood relief work.
"Obvious solution: move Fakhar up to open when Pakistan bat first while sticking with the present combination in pursuit of a score."
Fakhar, Babar, and Rizwan: How can Pakistan fit three into two?
Any journalist who interviews Govt on possibility of cancelling exams now & switching to School Assessed Grades is likely to hear that
#Cambridge
deadline was 17th April and its not possible now. But its just a bureaucratic deadline. Window to submit SAGs doesn't open till 18May
Interior minister
@ShkhRasheed
says China has asked Pakistan to ensure that both sides have the same narrative on the Dasu attack. He said the
@ForeignOfficePk
would exclusively speak on Islamabad's behalf from now on.
"China Southern Airlines has announced starting its flight operations from Lahore to Urumqi from Thursday. It has also planned to operate flights between Lahore and Guangzhou from August."
US used Pakistani airspace for drone that killed al-Qaeda chief: analysts
Islamabad gave Washington permission and could have provided intelligence confirming whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, observers told me. via
@scmpnews
So they decided that now, while Pakistan is the midst of a constitutional crisis, was the opportune time to remind the world how far they could deliver a nuclear weapon.
The disconnect with global events is breathtaking.
Pakistan today conducted successful flight test of Shaheen-III surface to surface ballistic missile. The test flight was aimed at revalidating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system.