Pakistan
Government will lower exchange rate to Rs 98 per US dollar – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
(Note: This promise tracking commenced in June 2013 and ended on October 2016) The Promise. Pakistan’s Federal Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, had promised to rein in the soaring price of the US dollar back to 98 rupees (Rs) per dollar. Background When Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz assumed charge of the government in June …
Real power rests with establishment in Pakistan – Fazlur Rehman
The Statement Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), has said that political leadership in Pakistan is powerless as the real power rests with the powerful establishment. This is a veiled reference to the security establishment of Pakistan. The Maulana gave these remarks on November 12 while speaking to a local newspaper in Islamabad. Background On Nov. …
PML-N will not abandon any flood victim – PM Nawaz Sharif
Promise Pakistan’s prime minister and chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party, Mian Nawaz Sharif, while attending a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at his Jati Umra residence, said that his party, the PML-N, would support all flood victims at this difficult time. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the PML-N would not …
Zamurd Khan grabbing Sikandar was stupid, not heroic – Rana Sanaullah
Statement Rana Sanaullah, Law Minister Punjab and Member of Pakistan Muslim League-N, while expressing his views on an incident in which a Pakistani politician tried to grab a gunman and stop him from shooting, stated that Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Zamurd Khan’s attempt to grab Sikander Hayatt in the Blue Area of Islamabad was stupid, …
The US is responsible for deteriorating law and order in Karachi – Dr A Q Khan
Statement Pakistan’s chief nuclear scientist and chairman of Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Pakistan (Movement for the Protection of Pakistan), Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, said in a statement that the “United States of America is responsible for the worst law and order situation of Karachi.” Background Karachi is one of the most important cities and an economic hub of Pakistan. …
Terrorist acts on rise compared to the past- ANP Chief
Statement “Lawlessness and terror-related activities are on the rise [in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] as compared to the past”, said Asfandyar Wali Khan, central president of the Awami National Party (ANP). Wali, talking to reporters in his hometown of Charsadda on August 10, demanded that the PTI-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa resign on moral grounds …
Party tickets will go to youth – PTI
Statement Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan had stated that 35 percent party tickets would be awarded to youth in general elections of 2013. He made this announcement in a press conference on April 15, 2013. Background The PTI emerged as a political party claiming to represent the youth of Pakistan. Imran Khan said …