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Imran's facIlItators 'runnIng away' one after another, says maryam
Faisalabad a p p ma rya m Nawaz the senior vice president of Pakistan muslim League-Nawaz (PmL-
N) on Friday said that those who conspired against her father former prime minister Nawaz Sharif were now confessing to their involvement in the conspiracy and exposing others who were also involved in it maryam said that "we don't have to do anything they are exposing themselves This is justice from the almighty that we are seeing this," and added that not only were they confessing, but they were also pointing out others who were part of the conspiracy against Nawaz
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"They hatched [the conspiracy] together but now they are being exposed so everybody is looking after themselves all of Imran s facilitators are escaping the country " she said while addressing a PmL-
N workers' convention in Faisalabad
I say this to Panama bench and [former chief justice] Saqib Nisar you must listen to this this nation will never forgive you no matter how many explanations you offer on Sadiq and ameen she said maryam said that former prime minister Imran Khan, who was an absconder in some
shah mahmood Qureshi says he will ‘lead’ PtI if Imran arrested
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that he will lead the party in case his party chairman was arrested The PTI leader made these remarks while talking to the media after securing interim bail in a hooliganism case Talking to media after the hearing Qureshi said that the PTI was the only party that respected the law and state institutions We have always respected the judiciary and will continue to do so in the future, he added In response to a question, Qureshi said: I will take responsibility for the party in case our party chairman Imran Khan gets arrested” Shah mahmood Qureshi also slammed Punjab police for “torturing to death” PTI worker ali Bilal
Punjab election: ecP appoints returning officers
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday appointed District returning Officers (DrOs), returning Officers (rOs) and assistant returning Officers (arOs) for conducting elections across Punjab province The ECP issued a notification announcing the appointment of DrOs ros and arOs for the election across Punjab The notification stated that as many as 36 District returning Officers (DrOs) and 297 returning Officers (rOs) were appointed for election in Punjab adding that all the DrOs and rOs were nominated from Bureaucracy moreover at least 594 assistant returning Officers (arOs) were also appointed The Election Commission of Pakistan said that Saeed Gul was also appointed as rO for women and minority seats
ctD arrests 12 members of banned outfits
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The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday apprehended 12 terrorists belonging to banned outfits according to details, CTD conducted a grand operation on the hideouts of terrorists in several districts of Punjab including Lahore, Sargodha and arrested 12 terror suspects
During the operation in Lahore, forces arrested three terrorists belonging to banned TTP said CTD spokesperson apart from suicide jackets explosives guns ammunition and literature pertaining to terror activities were recovered from the arrested suspects The arrested terrorist had already planned to carry out an attack in sensitive districts he said
The spokesperson said that 12 cases were registered against the terrorists and the investigation was underway On march 7 the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in separate Intelligence-Based Operations claimed to have arrested 11 operatives of banned outfits in Karachi according to the CTD spokesperson, the IBOs were carried out in different localities of Karachi During raids as many as 11 ‘operatives’ of banned outfits had been taken into custody, who were wanted in terrorism cases cases at that time, used to participate in the hearings of Justice (retd) Saqib Nisar and Justice (retd) asif Saeed Khosa but no one bothered to arrest him
She claimed that the Panama bench was not only an enemy of Nawaz but was also an enemy of the poor people of Pakistan who were being provided with rs2 bread and cheap sugar maryam lashed out at Imran for humiliating the nation in front of the ImF by succumbing to its demands Imran is responsible for today s situation They (Panama bench) imposed an incapable incompetent and watch thief on this nation Nation will never forgive them for generations " She said that the bench imposed a person on this nation who was addicted to drugs and he destroyed the country
Hitting out at the PTI chief for using party workers, particularly women as "human shields" to prevent arrest maryam said that Nawaz Sharif went to jail along with his daughter but he never used his workers as shields whereas Imran is using his female workers for this purpose He checks on his doorstep whether women were protecting him or not at all times she said What happens to our daughters and sisters is shameful Their own lawmakers are saying what is happening at
Zaman Park we cannot even say those things in words
The PmL-N leader said that when courts summon Imran Khan he excuses by saying that he has plaster on his leg "Till there are cases in courts, his plaster will not come off He says he is old and cannot come but when he has to hold a rally he is never too old He is only sick for courts but not for rallies have you seen a bigger hypocrite in your life," she questioned maryam said that his father Nawaz Sharif participated in the lawyers' movement despite life threats Even his foreign friends asked him not to participate but Nawaz said people are waiting for me she added Praying for the PTI worker who lost his life a few days ago she said that she respects workers of all political parties but Imran does not even care about his own workers " I t i s s h a m e f u l I m r a n c a l l e d h i s [ s l a i n w o r k e r s ] f a t h e r t o h i s r e s i d e n c e t o e x p r e s s c o n d o l e n c e O n l y a c o w a r d c a n d o t h a t I m a g i n e i f I m r a n w a s p r i m e m i n i s t e r w h e n C l i n t o n c a l l e d b e f o r e P a k i s t a n ’s n u c l e a r t e s t s
