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COUrT OrdEr SAyS rANA’S ArrEST ‘NECESSAry’ IN THE CASE ISLAMABAD
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special judicial magistrate in rawalpindi on Saturday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for rana Sanaullah Khan, the minister for interior as the minister failed to appear in the court in a graft case. The tiff between federal and Punjab government took a new turn on Saturday as the PTI has planned to launch a long march on federal capital to help bring down the PML-N-led coalition government. The arrest warrants were issued a day
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KOHSAr POLICE rEFUSE ArrESTING SANAULLAH OvEr ‘JUrISdICTION’ ISSUES
after at least three Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders — Senator Saifullah Khan Nyazee, Hamid Zaman and Tariq Shafi — who were picked up by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from various places in the federal capital and Lahore. According to a spokesperson for the AntiCorruption Establishment (ACE) of Punjab, the warrant was issued he failed to appear in a graft-related inquiry, media reported. A PTI leader Iftikhar durrani said Senator Nyazee was abducted from the premises of Parliament House where he had arrived for a session of the Senate. The court order, passed by the court of
Senior Civil Judge Ghulam Akbar, reads that Khan was nominated in a first information report (FIr) and his arrest “is necessary in the case, so non-bailable arrest warrants of the accused may be issued”. “records reflect that contention of the investigating office is genuine, hence, the same is accepted in the interest of justice and non-bailable arrest warrants of the accused namely rana Sanaullah is issued accordingly,” the order said. Meanwhile, PTI tweeted a police party has departed to arrest the minister and will soon reach the Kohsar police station in Islamabad.
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Armed Forces to never allow any force to destabilize Pakistan politically or economically: COAS ISLAMABAD staff report
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday warned that the Armed Forces with the support of its citizens would never allow any country, group or force to politically or economically destabilize Pakistan. Addressing the passing out parade of 146th PMA Long Course, 34th Technical Graduate Course, 65th Integrated Course, 20th Lady Cadet Course and 5th Basic Military Training Course held at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul, Abbottabad as chief guest, the Army Chief said Pakistan Army, with full support and
confidence of the Nation had successfully turned the tide against the menace of terrorism in the last two decades and had ensured that organized terrorism was decisively rooted out from the country. The COAS said, “This is indeed a unique accomplishment that not many countries or armies can claim.” He iterated that Pakistan was a responsible and peace-loving country and that its efforts for international peace, especially in Afghanistan, the Middle East and in UN peacekeeping missions were being acknowledged by the international community.
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