Voice For Peace

  Six weeks have passed since the dissolution of the Provincial Assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Province. It is a constitutional requirement that elections should be held within ninety days of the dissolution of the Assemblies. No final date has been revealed, the federal government and its representative governors in the provinces are constantly evasive in this regard. But instead of following this order, the Election Commission and the Governor filed an appeal in the High Court which is pending.   Meanwhile, the President of the State, considering his constitutional responsibility, wrote three letters to the Election Commission for consultation, but the Election Commission at first did not respond to the letter and then clearly refused to consult the President of the State in this regard, on which the President itself elected by the two provincial assemblies keeping in mind the constitutional requirement of ninety days date has been announced to be held on April 9, 2023. A...

  The US State Department has said that a robust trade relationship between the US and Pakistan is more important than ever to bolster the latter’s economic stability as it recovers from last year's devastating floods. US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price made these remarks in response to a question at the weekly press briefing. He said that the Pakistan-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council “exemplifies our commitment to deepening our economic and commercial ties with Pakistan”. “We believe that a robust trade relationship between the United States and Pakistan is more important than ever to bolster Pakistan’s economic stability as it recovers from devastating floods, while at the same time also providing an opportunity to Americans and to American businesses in this country, exposing them to new markets – Pakistani markets in this case,” added Price. The spokesperson furthered that the US’ trade relationship with Pakistan has helped both Pakista...

  The federal cabinet has given an austerity plan to save 200 billion rupees, ministers will not take salaries, benefits, expensive vehicles will be returned, utility bills will be paid by themselves. After the cabinet meeting, while holding a press conference with federal ministers and assistants, the prime minister said that in official events one dish, ban on unnecessary foreign trips, reduction in electricity consumption, Tosha Khana records will be public, decision to reduce cabinet size was postponed for a few days. Currently, the country is suffering from an economic crisis. The ruling class is asking for sacrifice from the people, but they themselves are living a life of luxury. In the last 75 years, only poor people have sacrificed. Be it an earthquake or a flood, the burden of natural calamities has always fallen on the poor man. The ruling elite have never sacrificed. Even now, the 13-party ruling coalition, throwing dust in the eyes of the people, has simply announced...