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General Bajwa, has requested assistance from Washington in achieving an early transfer of funds from the IMFin order to help stabilize Pakistan's shrinking economy.

  The Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, has requested assistance from Washington in achieving an early transfer of funds from the International Monetary Fund in order to help stabilize Pakistan's shrinking economy. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, according to security sources, spoke with the army chief earlier this week. It is stated that the army chief made a plea to the White House and Treasury Department to get the IMF to immediately supply the almost $1.2 billion that the country is slated to receive under a reopened loan program. "Staff-level approval" for the loan was granted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 13. IMF Executive Board clearance is required before the transaction can be completed as part of Pakistan's $6 billion Extended Fund Facility. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be on vacation for the next three weeks, and its board will not meet until late August at the earliest. According to an IMF official wh
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What happened and who will be the next Chief Minister of Punjab?

Today's Punjab CM election between Hamza Shahbaz and Parvez Elahi will affect the future politics of Punjab and Pakistan.


  • Punjab Assembly session for the CM election at 4PM.
  • Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari will chair an Important Session.
  • Strict security in and around the Punjab Assembly for the CM Election Session. 
At 4PM, The crucial Punjab Assembly session for the election of the new chief minister will held and chair by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari.
Strict security measures are in place with in and out of the Punjab Assembly to avoid any harm situation.

Last week's stunning victory by the PTI in Punjab by-elections over the seats of dismissed means that both Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Noon (PMLN), the two main major parties of Punjab , are currently and politically in a heated race for the Chief Minister-ship, with their respective candidates being Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, a candidate of the PTI, and Hamza Sharif, a candidate of the PDM.

The Number Game in the Punjab Assembly for the CM Election

As a result of the shifting political heat in the province of Punjab, Pervez Elahi is currently the leading contender to succeed Hamza Shahbaz Sharif after by Election of Punjab 2022.

Before the by-polls, PTI and PML-Q had already achieved a combined strength of 173 (163 for PTI and 10 for PML-Q).

With the addition of 15 seats in a recent by-election, the total number of seats now stands at 188, a simple majority of 186 for CM Election. In terms of political standing, the PTI and PML-Q have crossed a significant threshold.

There is a good chance that an independent MPA will join the next government.

The PML-N has 164 members (four new), the PPP has seven, three independents, and a single member of the Pakistan Rah-e-Haq party in its 179-member ruling coalition in the Punjab Assembly.

While the PTI already has a simple majority to win the election of CM Punjab, the PDM claims they can manage the numbers game on television so many times till the PTI wins 15 seats in the Punjab by Election. Let's see at 4 p.m. What happened and who will be the next Chief Minister of Punjab?



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