Author: Badar Khalid
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Justice Mansoor Ali Shah unlikely to be next CJP: Report
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah is unlikely to become the next Chief Justice of Pakistan after Justice Qazi Faez Isa if the coalition government manages to pass the 26th constitutional amendment, The News has reported. The News report stated that according to government sources, the ruling coalition and its allies will choose Justice Yahya Afridi as…
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What are the pros and cons of the newly proposed constitutional court?
After the coalition government failed to pass the much-discussed secret constitutional amendments last month, lawyers, journalists, and social media have been busy debating what the proposed amendments mean. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has aggressively campaigned for judicial reforms and the establishment of a new constitutional court. On the other hand, many lawyers…
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Social media angry at The Economist magazine for alleged removal of Palestine flag
The Economist, a British weekly news magazine, published this week’s issue with a picture of the Bangladesh students’ protest on the front page of its magazine, alongside the headline, “Bangladesh Begins Again.” However, social media users pointed out a significant difference between the pictures used by the magazine and the same pictures available on the…
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TTP launches Azm-e-Shariat as retaliation to Pakistan’s Azm-e-Istehkam
Following the government’s announcement of launching the new security operation Azm-e-Istehkam, a counter-terrorism campaign against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), the terrorist organisation has also announced its own retaliatory operation Azm-e-Shariat, the Khorasan Diary reported. Earlier this week, journalist Iftikhar Firdous raised alarms over the “clarity of policy” that the TTP holds against a confused and ambiguous…
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Khan was wrong, should’ve kept in touch with the military: Fawad Chaudhry
In an interview with VOA Urdu on Wednesday, Former Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry stated that he made the “mistake of cutting ties with the establishment on Imran Khan’s advice.” When asked whether he was still in contact with the army, he replied laughing, “They beat us senselessly, what contacts are going…
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Censorship, Surveillance; mysterious firewall being installed to block content
Umar Cheema, a senior investigative reporter at The News, has revealed that a national firewall is being installed on different internet service providers (ISPs) to rein in social media. The filters will block unwanted content from reaching a wider audience online. The Current also spoke with Shahbaz Rana, a senior journalist at The Tribune, to…
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Russian Embassy sets the record straight after claims of Ambassador congratulating Khan
The Russian Embassy in Pakistan on June 4 posted a clarification on the social media website X, formerly Twitter, stating that, “The official pages of the Embassy of Russia on social media platforms are the only credible source of information on our Ambassador’s engagements and activities.” Interestingly, accounts affiliated with the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
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Major cases against Imran Khan and how they turned out
What are the major cases against Imran Khan and how did they turn out? Khan was collectively given sentences of 30 years in the Cypher Case, Toshakhana reference case and the Iddat case. CYPHER CASE In January 2024, Imran Khan was sentenced to ten years by a special court, established under the Official Secrets Act,…
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Marwat says won’t compromise on self-respect, can’t work in PTI
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) maverick Sher Afzal Marwat posted on X (formerly Twitter) to complain about the treatment handed out to him by his party and said, “No one should expect me to beg for duties because my self-esteem has been hurt.” A social media user commented under Marwat’s post asking what the PTI leadership is…
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Talks sirf unke sath hongi’ says former president Arif Alvi
Former President and senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leader Dr Arif Alvi reiterated that Imran Khan is ready to hold a dialogue but only with those “who could offer something”, Dawn reported. Alvi said that holding talks with those who had come into power through ‘Form 47s’ would be futile. Interestingly, during the interaction with reporters…