Mr. Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat, a BS-19 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Deputy Commissioner, Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad, under Interior Division, is transferred and directed to report to Establishment Division, with immediate effect and until further orders.
The debate regarding who's going to be assigned the arduous task of holding the finance ministry ahead of the crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still ongoing. The two candidates vying for the position are Miftah Ismail and Ishaq Dar, both of whom are from the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
The senior PML-N leader, Attaullah Tarar, further asserted that “we have tolerated this for long enough,” but now [that they were in power], they would no longer tolerate this.
The counsel further underlined that although the election commission prohibited taking funds from outside sources, the ban on taking funds from local companies had been lifted under the election acts.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi accused the bureau chairman of "being fully under control" of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he used to take instructions from the previous government."
As the hearing was adjourned till the next day, the court directed the officials of the ministry of interior and the FIA to appear before 10:30 a.m tomorrow and explain who had authorized the placing of the names of the petitioners.
The opposition accuses Khan of mismanaging the economy and foreign policy. He denies this. No Pakistani prime minister has ever completed his full term in office.
Ahead of the vote of no-confidence, which is likely to conclude before the end of this month, the Prime Ministers meeting with the Chief of Army Staff, especially at the Prime Ministers residence in Bani Gala, comes at a crucial point and signals that the military establishment and the political leadership are on the same page.
