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 Zardari Hud and Fred Shujaat Elahi's candidature is being examined, Hamza Shehbaz's support is on July 22. July 20, 2022   President of PAML Q. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (L) and brother Parvez Elahi (R). — AFP/File LAHORE: In a major development, Muslim League (Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday announced his support for his cousin Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in the upcoming Punjab Chief Ministerial elections. In this statement, the emotions calmed all the spooks, the party's candidate was the presidential slot in the four provinces. "Those who have won the mandate have the right to govern," Hussain said, referring to the Punjab by-elections in which the opposition PTI stole the show. It should be noted that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain's son Chaudhry Salik Hussain is currently the federal minister in the coalition government and Hussain's support for Elahi shows his inclination towards PTI. A senior PML-Q leader advised the country's political leade...

 July 20, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is reviewing Saudi Arabia's commitment to finance Pakistan before the global lender provides fresh funds to the South Asian country, ARY News reported on Bloomberg. Reported regarding. Bloomberg, quoting informed sources, said that the IMF wants to ensure that Saudi Arabia will provide $4 billion in funding to Pakistan to ensure that Islamabad is able to recover after the IMF loan. No matter the funding. Cold Transfers included exclusive drawing rights, added circuses. The case is very important because, while the IMF is due to lend Pakistan $1.2 billion, it will not be enough for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government to avoid a debt default. According to the report, Pakistan needs at least $41 billion in the next 12 months for debt repayments and increase in foreign exchange reserves. "If there is a risk of default, the IMF's board may not approve the release of cash," it added. Earlier on July ...

 Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar's coalition was deprived of public support. 19 July 2022                                                                            I am Javed Latif. Image: File Lahore : Wary of a rude wake-up call on its own home turf, the ruling coalition appeared to be taking a page out of its old playbook on Monday as it lashed out at the "powers that be" that do not protect it. Important stakes in the by-elections of Punjab Addressing a news conference, PML-N MNA Javed Latif apparently delivered a difficult double-edged message that the PML-N-led government's "tough decisions" weighed on the polls and the party's results. Accepted - but so did the "state". . Do not appreciate the "sacrifice" of Muslim League (N). "If repeated decisions about the country's destiny are made beh...

 The Prime Minister says that despite the shameless attacks on institutions, Imran's free pass has harmed the country.    19 July 2022                            Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif addressing the Budget Conference in Islamabad on June 7, 2022. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce its "long-delayed decision" in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) banned funding case. The prime minister made the comments on his official Twitter handle and defended his statement, adding that former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan has been given a "free pass despite his repeated and shameless attacks on state institutions". " "The immunity granted to them has harmed the country," he claimed. The case, formerly known as the 'Foreign Funding Case', was opened in March 2018, while the ECP has reserved its decision since June 2022. Read: PTI case...

B election is not a barometer of popularity, SIS Railway Minister after key meeting of Padma Alliance               July 19, 2022 Railways Minister Saad Rafique addressing a presser. SCREENGRAB The coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced to complete its constitutional term despite a major setback in the by-elections of Punjab. Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq said in a joint meeting that we came to power in the larger interest of the country, we knew that they had laid economic mines for us but we took tough decisions to save the country. are Press conference. After an important meeting of the allied parties of PDM and government officials, the political and economic situation of the country was discussed in Model Town Lahore on Tuesday. The Railways Minister said that the Punjab by-elections are no barometer to gauge popularity and added that his party wrested five provincial assembly seats from the PTI in the by-el...

The result was an all-time low against the dollar. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the greenback rose by Rs 8.8, or 4 percent, to Rs 224 at around 2:30 pm from the previous day's close of Rs 215.20. Hoover, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), closed at Rs 221.99, still up 3.1 pitch. Saad Bin Naseer, director of Matis Global, said the rupee was seeing a depreciation due to "panic buying [of the dollar] by banks in the interbank market". He said that after by-elections in the province's 20 seats, "financial markets are panicking following fears of a change [of government] in Punjab and at the Centre". In the by-elections, the PTI won a landslide victory against the ruling coalition led by the Muslim League (N). After the victory, PTI has demanded early elections. Naseer added that Fitch rating agency's downgrading of Pakistan's outlook from stable to negative added to the panic in the market. Additionally, he said, the ...

 The ECP had announced the exercise in 20 constituencies of the province. July 13, 2022 Islamabad: Preparations for the July 17 by-elections to 20 Punjab Assembly seats are in the final stages as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed the printing of 5 million ballot papers. (Today) will start from Wednesday. On May 20, the Election Supervisor de-seated 25 PTI MPs for violating party guidelines and voting for Hamza Shehbaz for the post of Punjab Chief Minister. A reference sent by Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervez Elahi against dissident legislators was accepted by the ECP for violation of Article 63-A, which related to defection. The much-awaited judgment had acquired political significance in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict on the Presidential Reference, which sought to interpret Article 63-A, which dealt with disqualification of legislators on impeachment. On May 25, the ECP announced that by-elections to 20 seats would be held on July 17. According to the de...

 Analysts say the polls give the PTI chairman an opportunity to gauge how well his campaign to garner popular support is going. July 16, 2022 Islamabad: Former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan faces a popularity test tomorrow (Sunday) in the by-elections to 20 Punjab Assembly seats, which will decide the fate of the provincial government led by Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz. Sunday's vote in Punjab is being seen as a potential bellwether for national elections that must be held by October next year, although former Prime Minister Imran Khan has not been elected since he was ousted by a no-confidence vote in April. A campaign has been conducted across the country for polling. Twenty seats in the Punjab Assembly fell vacant after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defector lawmakers at its request when they switched allegiances. These conspiracies led to a change of government in the province, which is now headed by Prime Mi...

Secretary ECP pledges to take indiscriminate action against those creating unrest July 16, 2022 Secretary CEC says any attempts to create unrest will be dealt with indiscriminately. PHOTO: FILE Islamabad: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja on Saturday made the deployment of Pakistan Army troops mandatory in Punjab by-elections as polls are scheduled to be held in the province today. In a statement, the CEC stressed that the deployment of military personnel was necessary to protect voters and asked the Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to set up a camp office in Lahore to oversee security and election arrangements. directed by ECP Secretary Umar Hameed Khan later reached the provincial capital and set up camp as per instructions. Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has decided to deploy 2,000 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in view of the law and order situation during the elections on the request of the High Election Authority. According to Umar Hameed K...

Two people were killed in a continuous rainstorm in the flooded part of Karachi the next day At least five people were killed as relentless rainfall battered Karachi on Monday, submerging several areas of the city and leaving many without power on the second day of Eidul Azha. According to police, four people were killed due to electric shock in different areas while one died due to collapse of a wall. Karachi police said that further investigation is underway. Despite the Sindh government's claims of cleaning up the city's storm drains, the overnight rains caused rainwater to accumulate on roads and neighborhoods, reminiscent of the devastating torrential rains of August 2020. On social media, citizens complained of prolonged power outages and turning roads into "rivers" as the #Karachirain trend took to Twitter. However, Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab said the "quantum of rain has been 126mm in certain areas of Karachi in three hours". He said that th...