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FM Bilawal leaves for Jordan to attend ‘royal wedding’

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2 years ago

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FM Bilawal invited to wedding event by Royal family of Jordan: FO
Jordan is gearing up for the crown prince’s wedding on Thursday.
The foreign minister will meet Iraqi leadership during Baghdad visit.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is travelling this afternoon to Jordan and Iraq, the state-run APP quoted Foreign Office as saying on Wednesday.

In the first leg of the visit, the foreign minister will travel to Jordan to attend the royal wedding at the invitation of the Royal family of Jordan, the statement added.

Jordan is gearing up for Crown Prince Hussein’s wedding on Thursday, an event already greeted with fireworks, concerts and social media frenzy in the usually quiet desert kingdom.

The eldest son of King Abdullah II will marry Saudi fiancee Rajwa Al Saif at the grand royal wedding with regional monarchs, US First Lady Jill Biden and the king of the Netherlands among the guests.

On the big day for the Hashemite kingdom, a key Western ally, the royal red motorcade, reserved for special occasions, will cross the capital Amman to celebrate the bride and groom who are both 28 years old.

In the lead-up to the wedding of the next in line to Jordan’s throne, the country has been gripped by royal fever.

From Jordan, the FO said that FM Bilawal travel to Iraq from June 5-7.

During the visit, the foreign minister will meet Iraqi leadership, and hold detailed meetings with his counterpart.

“Important agreements will also be signed during the visit,” read the communique.

Bilawal is undertaking this visit at the invitation of the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iraq, Dr Fuad Hussein.

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Ali Amin Gandapur is declared a proclaimed criminal by the ATC.

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3 days ago

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Ali Amin Gandapur, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Umar Tanveer Butt have been convicted of terrorism by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad. The case is related to demonstrations against the disqualification of Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra heard the case, and processes to designate former Federal Minister Amir Mahmood Kayani as a proclaimed offender were also initiated. PTI leaders Wasiq Qayyum and Faisal Javed also made an appearance before the court during the hearing.

The proclaimed offenders’ cases would be kept apart from the other accused by the court. For a few of the defendants who were not present, arrest warrants were issued.

In his petition, Senator Faisal Javed asked that the case’s terrorism-related clauses be eliminated. The hearing was postponed until January 15 by the court, which also ordered arguments on the petitions that were filed.

A demonstration against Imran Khan’s disqualification led to the case’s registration at Islamabad’s I-9 Police Station in 2022.

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Imran Khan is expected to meet with the PTI negotiation team today.

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5 days ago

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PTI founder Imran Khan is expected to meet with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) negotiation committee, which is in communication with the government, in Adiala jail today (Monday),

Sources claim that Omar Ayub, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Allama Nasir Abbas, Salman Akram Raja, and Asad Qaiser—all members of the negotiation committee—will meet with the founder of the PTI.

According to sources, the PTI founder and Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, are also scheduled to meet one-on-one today.

Attorney Faisal Chaudhary, who founded the PTI, would support the bargaining committee. The PTI founder would be consulted by the negotiation committee on the third round of talks with the government, according to sources.

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

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3 weeks ago

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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.