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Umar Cheema

Chittagong

Investigative Journalist and Correspondent at The News International

Investigative journo @thenews_intl |@ICIJorg member| awards from @pressfreedom @SyracuseU @Mizzou @ICFJ @gijn | @YGLVoices| ex-fellow @nytimes| alumni @LSEnews|

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  • Public trust in Gujranwala police surges, survey finds

    3 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Umar Cheema

    ISLAMABAD: That people rate the police poorly isn’t news. However, it becomes so when they express trust in them. This has happened in Gujranwala – in what is likely the first-ever survey conducted by the police to understand how they are viewed by the public. The city police there have received unexpectedly positive ratings in areas such as crime control, investigations, traffic management and public service delivery.

  • Mystery behind Gen Kayani’s extension unravelled

    3 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Umar Cheema

    ISLAMABAD: Although President Asif Ali Zardari was not a puppet of the establishment, he went to great lengths to keep the generals satisfied—from matters related to their service extensions to political engineering in Parliament and actions against the PMLN, reveals his former spokesman in a book documenting Zardari’s tenure in the presidency. Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, then army chief, granted extensions to a few lieutenant generals without seeking government approval.

  • The Zardari Presidency (2008-13): Exit denied: Why Zardari was stopped from flying to Dubai?

    4 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Umar Cheema

    ISLAMABAD: Back in October 2011, when the Memogate scandal erupted and tensions escalated between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, the then president Asif Ali Zardari, under immense mental stress, attempted to fly to Dubai for medical treatment, armed with a loaded gun. His departure was aborted, as revealed by Farhatullah Babar in his book, The Zardari Presidency (2008–13). Zardari’s health was deteriorating rapidly.

  • A deal was being sealed in Presidency when US Navy Seals raided Abbottabad

    1 month ago | geo.tv | Umar Cheema

    ISLAMABAD: When the United States Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, a power-sharing agreement was being signed at the Presidency between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), reveals a new book documenting significant events from Asif Ali Zardari's previous term as president.

  • A deal was being sealed in Presidency when US Navy Seals raided Abbottabad

    1 month ago | thenews.com.pk | Umar Cheema

    ISLAMABAD: When the U.S. Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, a power-sharing agreement was being signed at the Presidency between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), reveals a new book documenting significant events from Asif Ali Zardari’s previous term as president.

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Umar Cheema
Umar Cheema @UmarCheema1
7 Jun 25

کسی جانورکو ذبح ہوتے دیکھنا بھی کوئی آسان عمل نہیں، لیکن ذرا سوچیں کہ کیا قیامت ہوتی اگر اولاد کی قربانی کا ہی حکم برقرار رہتا اس صورت میں پھر نہ جانے کون عید مناتا

Umar Cheema
Umar Cheema @UmarCheema1
7 Jun 25

سب کو عید مبارک، خبریں گردش کر رہی ہیں کہ آج بکروں کی خیر نہیں

Umar Cheema
Umar Cheema @UmarCheema1
6 Jun 25

اللہ صحتیاب کرے، خواجہ صاحب کا شمار انتہائی نفیس اور وضعدار سیاستدانوں میں ہوتا ہے

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