ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Palestinian political leaders on Thursday pointed out an ‘inadequate’ support for Palestine cause from different Muslim countries and warned leaders of Islamic nations against internal divisions, saying fragmentation of Muslims served the Zionist agenda. They were speaking at a virtual dialogue hosted by the Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on Palestine – a […]
Farhatullah Babar
PPP tables constitutional amendment bill in Senate for South Punjab province
Former Senator Farhatullah Babar has said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Saturday tabled a constitutional amendment bill in the Senate to create South Punjab province along the lines of the Bill that was passed by the Senate in 2013. The new province shall comprise Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions and the […]
Threat to Pakistan not from across borders but from internal issues: Babar
The threat to Pakistan is not from across the border but from internal issues, including the inability to control the ticking time bomb of population, said former senator Farhat ullah Babar at a national conference on the status of reproductive health and rights in Pakistan, organised by the NCHR and Awaaz at a local hotel […]
PPP urges govt to criminalise enforced disappearances
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Secretary General and former senator Farhatullah Babar on Friday urged the government to fulfil its promises of introducing a legislation to criminalise enforced disappearances and ending torture. He said this while addressing a protest demonstration held by the families of victims of enforced disappearances. Speaking on the occasion, he said that […]