There will be no negotiation on the 18th amendment or the NFC award: Fazal-ur Rehman as he reads out the APC demands
All media persons, including Mir Shakil ur Rahman, should be released: Fazal ur Rehman #APC
The APC demands a new accountability law that ensures across the board accountability, says Rehman. #APC
Opposition to kick off protest rallies from October 20, says Rehman as he reads out the APC’s action plan. #APC
The APC demands the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Shehbaz Sharif says that he has spoken to Maulana Fazal ur Rehman and it has been decided “akele na jana humein chorr ke,” in reference to last year’s sit-in in Islamabad.
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A recent tussle in Pakpattan between Punjab govt and farmers over state land being handed over for the army’s corporate farming raises a key question:
How much of the 4.8 million acres earmarked for corporate farming by SIFC is actually “barren”?
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Farmers in Pakpattan are challenging the Punjab govt's transfer of state land to an army-led corporate farming initiative, according to Lahore High Court documents.
Petitioners argue that they and their families have been cultivating the land for the state since 1928.
Yet, in Dec 2023, the caretaker Punjab govt allocated this land to a military-run private company for corporate farming.
Here are some of the changes proposed in the new draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment:
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-Article 9A: A new article has been inserted, guaranteeing every person the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
-JUI-F's proposal to eliminate riba has been adopted, with the addition that it will be eliminated "as far as practicable" by January 1, 2028.
Article 48: Previously, the advice tendered to the president by the Cabinet, Prime Minister, or a minister or minister of state could not be questioned in court.
The amendment removes "minister and minister of state" from this protection.
A thread on the 26th Constitutional Amendment Act 2024 and what it proposes.
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In Article 9 which deals with the security of a person, the following has been added.
“Every person shall be entitled to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.”
In Article 17 regarding freedom of association.
Earlier it stated that when the government decides that a political party is operating prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan, the government shall refer the matter within 15 days to the Supreme Court, whose decisions shall be final.
Supreme Court replaced by "Federal Constitutional Court".
The Auditor General’s report 2023-24 revealed that the FWO has established a private limited liability company abroad.
“The rendering of services by Army officers in a private company cannot be termed as regular service counting towards promotion / pension,” the report notes.
The report also notes that the FWO had set up a new venture without government approval.
"Neither any approval was sought from the government with regard to its establishment nor was any detail of the expenditure incurred or revenue received maintained."
It was also noted that the FWO paid donations and charity amounting to Rs. 7,201.543 million.
But the AG states that as a government organization, FWO does not have an official mandate to provide charity.
Adding that "the list of beneficiaries [of the charity] was not available, nor was there any evidence of approval for this expenditure."
Pattan has examined the publicly available election documents for NA-130 in Lahore, where PML-N's head Nawaz Sharif won on February 8.
Here's a thread on the findings:
Pattan identified discrepancies in the election result forms when comparing the voter turnout and polled votes for NA-130 with the three provincial seats within its area.
Generally, it added, the turnout for shared polling stations of a national constituency and its provincial constituencies is the same, as voters who go to the polling stations usually vote for candidates for both NA and PA.
The Christian community of Jaranwala returns to their neighbourhood to find their homes ransacked and gutted.
“What the mob could not steal they burned to the ground,” said one woman.
“It took us 20 years to build this home. In one day they [the mob] sent us back 20 years,” said a man, whose home was burnt, “We can never rebuild our lives again.”
“They tore the Bibles and broke everything else in our Church,” said a young man.