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  • Moonis Elahi denies PPP asking for Q’s support in Senate

    Moonis Elahi denies PPP asking for Q’s support in Senate

    Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari went to see Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday.

    Reports suggested that apart from inquiring after his health, Bhutto-Zardari asked the Chaudhrys for their support in the upcoming elections for chairman Senate.

    However, PML-Q’s Moonis Elahi has denied these reports in a tweet.

    Geo News anchorperson Shahzad Iqbal tweeted to Moonis Elahi that this news was confirmed by Tariq Bashir Cheema in his show Naya Pakistan and a press release was also issued by the PML-Q saying that Chaudhry Shujaat said we have committed our allies for senate chairman vote.

    Speaking exclusively to The Current, Moonis Elahi said: “Yes, we are committed to our allies, but Bilawal did not ask for our vote nor did he come there seeking it. If he was seeking it, I am sure he would have brought the candidate along.”

  • PDM nominates Gilani as joint candidate for Senate chairman

    PDM nominates Gilani as joint candidate for Senate chairman

    Yousaf Raza Gilani, who defeated Minister for Finance Hafeez Sheikh in the recent Senate polls, has been nominated by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as its joint candidate for Senate chairman. PDM decided this today in a meeting chaired by Maulana Fazlur Rehman. The elections for Senate chairman will be held on March 12 and will be done through secret balloting.

    On the other hand, the government has announced the candidature of Sadiq Sanjrani as its nominee for Senate chairman.

    After Gilani’s surprise win in the Senate, PM Khan sought a vote of confidence in the National Assembly and won on Saturday. Needing the support of 172 MPs in the 342-seat House to retain its confidence, the prime minister secured 178 votes.

    In August 2019, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani survived a no-confidence move tabled against him by the joint opposition. The opposition’s no-trust motion against Sanjrani failed to receive the 53 votes required for his removal even though at the start of the session, 64 senators had stood up in support of the motion.

  • ‘It is better to play cricket with your mouth shut’: Hina Butt berates Hafeez for pro PM tweet

    ‘It is better to play cricket with your mouth shut’: Hina Butt berates Hafeez for pro PM tweet

    Hina Butt has lashed out at Muhammad Hafeez for congratulating Prime Minister Imran Khan and calling his Vote of Confidence a “Masterstroke”.

    Responding to Hafeez’s tweet the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Hina Butt said: “Pakistan was ridiculed in the world for not following corona SOPs and now you are supporting a vote thief.”

    “It is better to play cricket with your mouth shut and do not comment on politics,” she added.

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday won the crucial confidence vote in the National Assembly, hanging on to power after his finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Sheikh lost the high-stakes Senate seat election earlier in the week. After PM’s victory, many celebrities took to their social media to congratulate him. Other celebrities who congratulated Khan included Waqar Younis, Gohar Rasheed, Haroon Shahid, Fahad Mirza, Shaan and Feroze Khan.

  • ‘Pakistani women deserve our immense respect’: Army Chief

    ‘Pakistani women deserve our immense respect’: Army Chief

    On International Women’s Day, Chief of the Army Staff  (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that Pakistani women have contributed immensely for the glory and honour of our nation.

    “They are also at the forefront against COVID. Women in uniform have proved their mettle by contributing copiously in diverse fields serving the nation and humanity. They deserve our immense respect and gratitude,” General Bajwa added.

    COAS’ message on Women’s Day was tweeted by DG ISPR’s official account.

  • Mukhtaran Mai to join Aurat March in Multan

    Mukhtaran Mai to join Aurat March in Multan

    Gender and social activist from South Punjab Mukhtaran Mai, has extended her support to Multan’s Aurat March 2021 and is likely to join the country-wide protest on International Women’s Day which is celebrated every year on March 8.

    Mukhtaran Mai is a survivor of sexual assault and had fought to seek justice from the courts. She had taken the men to court who abused her in 2002 to settle a matter of village panchayat.

    A video shared by Aurat March Multan’s Twitter account shows Mukhtaran Mai supporting the march.

    “The reason I attend every march is to represent women in rural areas,” she can be heard saying in the video.

    “I’m [stepping] out for the rights of women in Pakistan. I’ve always participated in Lahore [and] Multan. It’s International Women’s Day. I raise my voice because our woman bears cruelty in society. Our woman is not weak and fight for her rights,” she added.

    Aurat March rallies and sit-ins will be observed today across different cities of the country to mark the  International Women’s Day. Many people come out on the streets to protest for the rights of women  in the society.

  • Vaccination of people 60 and above to begin on March 10

    Vaccination of people 60 and above to begin on March 10

    Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has announced that vaccination of people over 60 years would start from March 10.

    Read more – ‘Govt does not plan to buy vaccines anytime soon’

    “Vaccination of people 60 years and older will be starting from Wednesday March 10,” announced the Minister, adding: “Vaccinations will be done in reverse order by age – which means the oldest person who has registered will be vaccinated first.”

    Read more: Here’s how you can register for COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan

    As per reports, Pakistan’s positivity ratio has risen from 3.21% to 4.57% in one month. Pakistan has reported 592,100  virus cases and 13,227 deaths so far. 1,592 cases and 22 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country.

  • Peshawar University makes ‘shalwar kameez’ compulsory for female students

    The University of Peshawar has reinforced a dress code for students, first introduced in 2013.

    As per a notification issued by the university management, women must wear “white shalwar with kameez of their own choice, while men should wear decent/modest clothes.”

    The dress code is being implemented to “lessen the financial burden on the parents” said the university’s spokesperson while talking about the notification.

    Earlier in January, the Hazara University in Mansehra issued a new dress code for students, faculty members and administrative staff. In the notification, female students were advised to wear abaya/scarf/dupatta in neutral colours without any decorative material. The female students were also instructed to wear shalwar kameez with dupatta or chaddar.

  • Man climbs up electric pole after family fails to get him married

    Man climbs up electric pole after family fails to get him married

    A man in Sukkur climbed up an electric pole after his family failed to get him married. 

    As per details, Hanif hailing from Sukkur, a district of Sindh, climbed a pole of high tension wires after his family refused to get him married.

    The family of the youth is trying to convince him to come down.

    Talking to media, Hanif’s relatives said that he had again climbed the electric pole. Hanif has earlier climbed the pole four months ago.

    In a similar incident that happened in December, last year, a man had climbed up an electric pole to reportedly woo his angry wife in Sindh. Nadeem Jamali, a resident of Kandhkot, had climbed a pole of high-tension wires after his unhappy wife moved the court for Khula.

  • Imran wins crucial vote as parliamentarians express confidence

    Imran wins crucial vote as parliamentarians express confidence

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday won the crucial confidence vote in the National Assembly, hanging on to power after his finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Sheikh lost the high-stakes Senate seat election earlier in the week.

    Needing the support of 172 MPs in the 342-seat House to retain its confidence, the prime minister secured 178 votes. PTI has 157 members in the House.

    The session began at 12:15 pm with a single-point agenda to reaffirm confidence in Imran, according to a National Assembly Secretariat statement.

    Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tabled the resolution in the House. The resolution reads: “That this House reposes confidence in the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr Imran Khan, as required under clause (7) of Article 91 of the Constitution Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”

    MPs arrived at the Parliament House while scores of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) activists and supporters and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders gathered outside.

    Read more – PTI, PML-N face off in Islamabad as parliament decides PM’s fate

    Before the session began, Punjab and Balochistan chief ministers Usman Buzdar and Jam Kamal Khan, Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and other officials met in Speaker Asad Qaiser’s chamber, where they discussed the vote of confidence.

    The prime minister had decided to take the vote on Wednesday (March 3) following the Senate elections wherein his party faced the unexpected defeat of Sheikh.

  • PTI, PML-N face off in Islamabad as parliament decides PM’s fate

    PTI, PML-N face off in Islamabad as parliament decides PM’s fate

    Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) protesters and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters engaged in a short brawl and shouted slogans against each other outside the Parliament in the red zone, the day Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan sought a vote of confidence in the National Assembly.

    As per details, the law and order situation erupted as the parliament geared for PM Khan’s vote of confidence amid joint opposition’s boycott of the session.

    PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal and Musadiq Malik were among the PML-N leaders present at the scene.

    The incident reportedly occurred when PML-N leaders tried to address the media and PTI workers surrounded the PML-N leaders and a scuffle broke out. A large crowd has now gathered at D-Chowk and some political workers have entered the Parliament Lodges.

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    While many reports have suggested that PTI supporters instigated the violence, Focal Person to PM Imran on Digital Media Dr Arsalan Khalid and Focal Person to Chief Minister Punjab on Digital Punjab Azhar Mashwani have alleged that Abbasi and Malik attacked PTI supporters when they chanted slogans against PML-N.

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    Later, a large contingent of law enforcers arrived at the scene and managed to separate the political workers of the two parties.

    The 30th NA session – on a single point agenda – will make it clear whether PM Imran commands the trust of the house and whether the lawmakers who allegedly ditched the ruling candidate on the general seat in the recently-held Senate election stick to their stand.