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Jahangir Tareen ‘likely to meet’ PML-N leaders during UK trip

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  • Istehktam-e-Pakistan Party chief leaves for UK.
  • Tareen is expected to stay in UK for over a week.
  • He will meet overseas Pakistanis during his visit.

LAHORE: Days after officially forming a political party, Istehktam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), president Jahangir Tareen left for the United Kingdon on Sunday amid speculations that he will hold meetings with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders.

According to sources, the party chief is expected to stay in the UK for over a week, during which he will hold meetings with the overseas Pakistanis and have his medical check-up. 

Soon after rumours spurred regarding its emergence, the party was joined by several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) deserters and close aides of Imran Khan, including:

  • Former information minister Fawad Chaudhry
  • Former Sindh governor Imran Ismail
  • Former health minister Amir Kiani
  • Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas 
  • Former federal minister Mahmood Molvi
  • Former SAPM Firdous Ashiq Awan
  • Former federal minister Ali Zaidi
  • Former provincial minister Fayyazul Hasan Chauhan
  • Former member of the provincial assembly Nauman Langrial

Tareen had brushed aside the impression that his party was formed to replace the PTI, saying IPP would work only to develop the country. 

He had expressed sorrow that despite making efforts while in PTI, his new comrades could not work hard to materialise the PTI manifesto and disappointed the people.

The IPP chief had expressed confidence that more politicians would join the IPP in the coming days, and the party will try its best to resolve the economic mess and divisions in the nation.

Tareen — once a close aide of the PTI chief and a key person in bringing the party to power in 2018 — officially launched his new party on June 8, saying that he joined politics to play his role for the betterment of the country.

Several PTI defectors — who parted ways from Khan following the May 9 mayhem — have joined hands with Tareen.

On May 9, the PTI chairman was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court. His arrest triggered almost countrywide rioting, during which important military installations — including the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and Lahore Corp Commander’s residence — were attacked and vandalised.

Since then, there has been a mass exodus of PTI leaders jumping ship, and many that claimed to leave the party had stated in their press conferences that they had bid adieu to politics.

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The PPP and PML-N will confer on power-sharing arrangements in Punjab today.

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The coordination committees of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are scheduled to convene today at the Governor’s House in Lahore to deliberate on power-sharing arrangements in Punjab.

The PPP delegation would comprise Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmood, Nadeem Afzal Chan, Hassan Murtaza, and Ali Haider Gilani.

Ishaq Dar, Azam Nazir Tarar, Rana Sanaullah, Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan, and Maryam Aurangzeb will represent the PML-N.

The conference will discuss local issues in Punjab and offer a forum for the PPP to express its concerns over its collaboration with PML-N in the province.

Both parties seek to fortify their partnership and optimize governance techniques in Punjab.

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Sheikh Rasheed says PTI and government negotiations won’t provide any results.

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Sheikh Rasheed voiced his worries about the nation’s ongoing political dilemma while speaking outside the Anti-Terrorism Court.

According to Sheikh Rasheed, a committee was established to negotiate, but the process has not produced any tangible results. In order to emphasize the seriousness of the situation, he said, “Political conditions are extremely bad.”

He made the joke, “Even after war, if negotiations fail, then it will all come down to judo karate,” in reference to the next steps.

“Everyone there prays for Pakistan’s betterment,” Sheikh Rasheed, who had returned from Saudi Arabia, said. He emphasized the necessity for the nation’s circumstances to improve and stabilize.

Assad Qaiser, a former speaker and PTI leader, had earlier called on Speaker Ayaz Sadiq of the National Assembly to discuss the official start of talks with the government.

The two leaders shared their opinions on bringing parties together on matters of national importance and reducing political tensions and conflict.

“I will persuade my people, you persuade the hardliners in your party,” Ayaz Sadiq said to Assad Qaiser.

The party’s founder is in jail, and the PTI leadership has asked to meet with him. “We will continue to confer with him,” Assad Qaiser declared.

Earlier, PTI leader Shaukat Yousafzai stated that if the discussions don’t begin, a campaign of civil disobedience will begin on December 14.

Speaking to the media Regarding the meetings, Yousafzai claimed that the government ministers were making insincere remarks.

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Bushra Bibi maintains bail as the IHC concludes the FIA’s petition.

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) conducted a hearing about the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) plea for the revocation of Bushra Bibi’s bail.

The court, led by Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, rejected the FIA’s petition during the hearing.

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Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb sought information regarding Bushra Bibi’s location, to which her attorney, Barrister Salman Safdar, affirmed her attendance in court.

The judge urged the counsel to regard the matters with gravity, underscoring the necessity of adherence to trial protocols.

The court sought details about instances where Bushra Bibi had been exempted from attending trial hearings and clarified that if the High Court grants bail and the accused fails to appear, the trial court holds the authority to cancel the bail.

Justice Aurangzeb assured that such actions would not amount to contempt of the High Court’s order.

Based on these considerations, the court closed the proceedings and dismissed the FIA’s plea.

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