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Informat on Minister Marriyum Au rangzeb on Monday accused for mer pr me minister Imran Khan of inst gat ng the publ c with v olence and hate speech a leg ng that he was the mastermind of the Shahbaz Gill controversy and the anti army campaign “ Nowadays, you have seen that a drama is under way in the countr y because a man who is an expert at lying, is creating false narrative and spreading propaganda [among the publ c] she said at a press confer ence in Islamabad The min ster recalled that when the PTI government was ousted t had left behind a “ landmine” for the incumbent coalit on ru ers Ever s nce we have been tr y ng to fix the economy And we have succeeded considerably as the market is regain ing conf dence “ But this man [ mran] ust can’t stand to see th s she said When this man saw that the s tuat on was f nally gett ng better, he decided to spread so much hate and anar chism [in the countr y] that the confi dence of the economy started shak ing again ” Referr ng to the PTI chief s state ments at the rally n the cap tal on Saturday Aurangzeb said that Imran was a thug and who nstigated people and then ran away “ H B med that the ex premier was an expert at changing de He did so with the martyrs of the Lasbe [ ] he wrote that for G he the mas behind all But the rea ity was that Imran had been caught the minister contin ued f you haven t committed theft, subm t your answers to the FIA and ECP [ ] why have you refused to talk to them? Nawaz Shar f d d the same, why can t you?
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The State Bank of Pak stan (SBP) on Mon day ma nta ned the status quo by keep ing the interest rate on hold at 15% Accord ng to the details, the central bank s monetar y policy committee (MPC) met under the chair of Deputy Governor Syed Murtaza and reviewed the econom c indicators The meeting decided to mainta n the interest rate for the next s x weeks
The status quo decision taken by the MPC Is primar ly because of admin stra t ve steps taken to curtai imports and plans for strong fiscal consolidation in FY23 In a statement, the SBP said that re cent inf at on developments have been in ine w th expectations, domestic de mand has begun moderat ng and the externa position has mproved As a re sult, the MPC fe t that t was prudent to take a pause at this stage “ Looking ahead the MPC ntends to remain data dependent, pay ng close attention to month on month inf ation inf ation expectations deve opments on the f scal and external fronts, global commod ty prices and nterest rate de cis ons by ma or centra banks ” read the statement
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The SBP noted that since the last meeting headline inf ation rose to 24 9% n Ju y as per expectat ons, the trade balance fel sharply in Ju y the rupee reversed course during August and the board meet ng on the ongo ng review under the IMF programme wi take place on August 29th It is ex pected that the Fund wi l release a fur ther tranche of $1 2 b ll on The central bank c aims the release wi l cata yse fi nanc ng from mu ti atera and bi ateral enders ” I n t e r m s o f n t e r n a t i o n a l d e v e o p m e n t s t h e M P C n o t e d t h a t b o t h g o b a l c o m m o d i t y p r i c e s a n d t h e U S d o l l a r h a v e f a l l e n i n r e c e n t w e e k s i n r e s p o n s e t o s i g n s o f a s h a r p e r t h a n a n t i c i p a t e d s o w d o w n i n g l o b a l g r o w t h a n d n a s c e n t m a r ke t e x p e c t a t i o n s t h a t t h e U S Fe d e r a l Re s e r v e t g h t e n i n g c y c l e m a y b e l e s s a g g r e s s i v e t h a n p r e v o u s l y a n t c p a t e d ; m o r e e m e r g i n g m a r ke t c e n t r a b a n k s h a v e s t a r t e d t o h o l d p o l c y r a t e s i n t h e i r r e c e n t m e e t i n g s On ba ance the MPC noted that some greater slowdown in g obal growth w ll not be as harmful for Pakistan as for most other emerging econom es given the relative y small share of ex ports and fore gn private inflows in the economy As a resu t both inf ation and the current account def cit (CAD) should fa l as globa commod ty prices ease whi e growth will not be as bad y af fected T h e d e c i s i o n i s i n l i n e w i t h m a r ke t e x p e c t a t o n s M o s t a n a y s t s h a d e a r l i e r d e v e o p e d c o n s e n s u s t h a t t h e b a n k w o u l d m a n t a i n t h e r a t e a t t h e c u r r e n t l e v e t h e h i g h e s t s i n c e N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 8 I t m a y b e r e c a l l e d t h a t t h e c o m m i t t e e h a d r a s e d t h e b e n c h m a r k p o l i c y r a t e b y 1 2 5 b a s s p o n t s ( b p s ) t o 15% during the last meet ng in July Be s i d e s i t t i e d i n t e r e s t r a t e s o f t h e E x p o r t Fi n a n c e S c h e m e ( E FS ) a n d Lo n g Te r m Fi n a n c n g Fa c i t y ( LT F F ) t o t h e p o l i c y r a t e, g i v n g t a 5 0 0 b a s i s p o i n t d i s c o u n t r e l a t i v e t o t h e p o l i c y r a t e t o e n c o u r a g e e x p o r t s A l t h o u g h a n u m b e r o f e c o n o m i s t s c l a m e d t h a t Pa k i s t a n s t r a d e d e f i c t d e c r e a s e d b y 1 8 % Yo Y a n d 4 7 % M o M d u r n g t h e m o n t h o f J u l y 2 2 m o s t y a s a r e s u l t o f a d e c r e a s e n m p o r t c o s t s w e e k l y i n f l a t o n h t a r e c o r d h i g h o f o v e r 4 2 % i n t h e w e e k e n d e d o n Fr d a y Data re eased by the Pakistan Bureau of Stat stics (PBS) shows that the benchmark CPI nflation spiked to a 14 year high at around 25% n July So far in 2022 the central bank has held five MPC meetings A hike in the pol cy rate was notified in three of these meetings, to a comb ned hike of 525 bas s points
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Flash floods caused by massive rains continued to wreak havoc across Pakistan, killing another 23 people over the past 24 hours, officials and local media reported At least nine people lost their lives in southwestern Balochistan, which remains the hardest hit by the ongoing monsoon spells Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed Incessant rains along with flashfloods have inundated large swaths of land and washed away hundreds of houses, bridges, roads, and thousands of animals in 25 of a total 36 districts in Balochistan, mainly in the eastern parts Tens of thousands of stranded people in Sibbi, Jhal Magsi, Sohbatpur, Jaffarabad, Dera Murad Jamali, Lasbela, Kohlu, Dera Bugti, and other towns have taken refuge at higher grounds along the highways as rescue workers backed by the army troops are struggling to provide them cooked food and tents Another five people were killed in separate incidents of roof crashes in remote Ghari Khero town of Sindh, where raging floods have submerged over a dozen districts Three children died when the roof of their house collapsed in Larkana The remaining deaths were reported from different parts of Sindh and Punjab According to the National Disaster Management Authority a state run agency that coordinates multiple relief and rescue organisations, over 675 people have died in the ongoing monsoon season, with 224 of them in Balochistan alone, since June 14
Govt decides to hold donors ’ conference for rehabilitation of flood hit areas
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The Prime Minister said that the international institutions should be briefed about the devastation caused by floods in the country as well as the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts by the federal and provincial governments He also appealed the philanthropists to generously contribute in the Prime Minister s Flood Relief Fund The Prime Minister directed to immediately dispatch 40,000 tents and 100,000 ration packets to the flood affected areas and take measures for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood hit areas The Prime Minister also directed all the institutions concerned to speed up the process of relief and rehabilitation in the flood affected areas on emergency basis
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The devastating floods continue to create havoc in Pakistan
Acting Chief Justice Aamer Farooq reserved judgment after listening arguments on petition filed by Secretary General PTI Asad Umar regarding n t h e c o m m e n t s r e g a r d i n g t h a t t i m e ’s c i r c u m s t a n c e s T h e l a w y e r s a i d t h a t w h a t w a s w r o n g i n i t i f s p e a k e r w a n t e d t o v e r i f y t h e r e s i g n a t i o n s f r o m m e m b e r s T h e c o u r t s a i d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p e t i t i o n e r t h e a c t i n g s p e a k e r h a d a c c e p t e d t h e r e s i g n a t i o n s W h a t s p r o b l e m i f a n a c t i n g s p e a k e r i s s u e d o r d e r i n t h i s r e g a r d , i t q u e s t i o n e d T h e l a w y e r s a i d t h e m a t t e r w a s n o t a s s i m p l e a s b e i n g p o r t r a y e d b e f o r e t h e c o u r t W h e n t h e n o c o n f i d e n c e m o v e w a s s u b m i t t e d t h e n t h e t h e n s p e a k e r a n d d e p u t y s p e a k e r c r e a t e d h u r d l e s i n i t , h e c o n t e n d e d T h e d e p u t y s p e a k e r, h e s a i d , h a d t e r m i n a t e d t h e n o c o n f i d e n c e m o v e a n d l a t e r t h e t o p c o u r t d e c l a r e d h i s m o v e a s i l l e g a l T h e b e n c h r e m a r k e d w h a t e v e r h a d h a p p e n e d a c o n s t i t u e n c y c o u l d n ’ t b e k e p t w i t h o u t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e I r f a n Q a d i r s a i d o n e p e r s o n w a s c o n t e s t i n g e l e c t i o n s i n n i n e c o n s t i t u e n c i e s , a d d i n g t h a t t h e P T I r e p e a t e d l y d r a g g i n g j u d i c i a r y i n p o l i t i c a l a ff a i r s T h e c o u r t s a i d
StAff RepoRt Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday while taking strict notice of public complaints about inflated electricity bills, directed the authorities concerned to submit an urgent report and recommendations on the matter The prime minister, chairing an urgent meeting to discuss the complaints on the inflated electricity bills resolved not to sit idle until the public complaints were addressed “Khadim e Pakistan is answerable to his people for resolution of their grievances I am committed to speaking truth to my people he remarked Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir, Special Assistant to PM Ahad Cheema and relevant senior officers attended the meeting
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The government on Monday decided to hold a donors’ conference for the rehabilitation of flood affected areas of the country The decision was taken in a meeting of relevant officials held here with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in chair to review the progress of relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood affected areas Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman, Advisor to PM Ahad Cheema, Member Provincial Assembly Punjab Awais Leghari, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz and relevant senior officials attended the meeting
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PTI suppor ters continue flocking to Bani Gala on Imran Khan’s call NewS DeSk Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters on Monday continued flocking to Bani Gala, the residence of PTI chief Imran Khan, after he was booked under terrorism charges Leaders of the PTI had asked party workers and supporters to take to the streets to protest the possible arrest of the former premier PTI supporters carried PTI flags and chanted slogans in support of Imran Several PTI bigwigs were also present at Imran’s residence in Bani Gala Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and his son Moonis Elahi arrived in Bani Gala on Monday morning and met with Imran at his residence Talking to the media, Senator Faisal Javed urged PTI supporters to make their way to Bani Gala, adding that families including young children and elderly people had been at Bani Gala since Sunday night He requested that more people join those already present to boost the morale of the supporters currently present outside Imran’s residence “Together we can achieve Haqeeqi Azadi [true freedom] Senator Javed said According to the senator, the fight for true freedom had entered its decisive stage and reminded PTI supporters that Imran had vowed to never bow before anyone but the Almighty “Just as Imran Khan has never disappointed the nation, the nation has also never disappointed Imran Khan,” Faisal said He added that the actions of the incumbent coalition government suggested that the “imported government was frightened” PTI’s Farrukh Habib also lead a convoy of party supporters from Faisalabad to Bani Gala
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IHC rejects plea against physical remand of Gill StAff RepoRt The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected an appeal against physical remand of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill and also instructed the government to appoint an inquiry officer on the allegations of torture on the accused The court, in its verdict, said it could not interfere into the matter of physical remand of the accused An SP (superintendent of police) ranked officer would supervise physical remand of the accused, who would ensure that no violence would be used against him (Gill) during the police custody, it added
ISLAMABAD S ta f f R e p o R t Islamabad Police late Monday night raided incarcerated PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s room in Parliament Lodges and claimed of recovering a pistol satellite phone and foreign currency According to details available with the media, the raid was carried out under the supervision of a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and Gill accompanied them there with police officials in handcuffs A pistol was allegedly recovered during the operation; however, Gill refused to take ownership of the weapon Apart from weapons, a mobile phone, satellite phone and USBs have also been recovered from the room Moreover, his wallet, that was missing, has also been recovered in which two of his CNICs were also found Along with all these two passports were also recovered Gill told journalists that he had no clue as to why his wallet was found in the room, claiming that he had left it in the car when he was taken into custody
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he added Police have now taken Gill to Punjab House and will conduct a search operation there as well According to sources, the police raided the room to recover the script read by Gill on the private TV channel” Earlier on Monday, a district and sessions court in Islamabad granted a two day physical remand of Gill in a sedition case filed against him after reviewing his medical report Imran Khan’s chief of staff was presented before the court earlier shortly after being discharged from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Gill was taken into custody on August 9 from Banigala Chowk over charges of inciting mutiny among public against the ranks and files of Pakistan Army by making some remarks during a TV programme
In a move apparently aimed at gagging the critics of the government prominent anchorperson Jameel Farooqui was arrested in Karachi for purportedly making “false claims” of torture on Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff to former prime minister Imran Khan, against Islamabad police Gill was arrested after appearing earlier this month on ARY News in Karachi when he allegedly incited troops and officers to mutiny During the broadcast Gill, a known critic of the military, said soldiers and officers should refuse to obey illegal orders from the military leadership In a statement on Monday, the Islamabad police which derisively referred to Farooqui as a “YouTuber” in a series of tweets announcing the arrest it has since deleted said he was taken into custody after a case was registered against him at the Ramna police station in the capital In its article, The News widely understood to be sympathetic to the Sharif family, also called Farooqui, long associated with Bol TV, a “YouTuber” According to the statement, the journalist, in a YouTube video, had accused the Islamabad police that ti inflicted medieval torture on Gill The police had indicated action against those making “inflammatory, fabricated and false allegations against it the statement recalled Interestingly, Karachi police have pleaded ignorance about the matter Zaman Town station House Officer (SHO) Zahid Lodhi said that local police had not arrested Farooqui Farooqui s arrest embodied “unprecedented censorship” of the press under Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, Fawad Chaudhry senior vice president of Pakistan Tehreek i Insaf (PTI), said Media organisations, journalist unions and campaign groups have denounced the trend as a serious threat to press freedom in Pakistan
Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday declared two districts D I Khan and Chitral as calamity hit areas after flash floods unleashed by heavy rainfall and promised to announce special rehabilitation package for the affected areas soon Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan has directed concerned authorities to expedite relief and rescue operation in the calamity hit areas He directed the district administrations to take necessary steps on emergency basis to provide food, drinking water and other essential items to people in the flood affected areas He also directed district administration and relief organizations to reach out every single person affected by floods He said that he would personally visit D I Khan and Chitral as soon as the weather improves and would monitor ongoing relief operations in the affected areas, besides assessment of damages He said that loss of lives and properties would be compensated and sought report of damages from the district administrations Chief Minister directed to restore the damaged infrastructure in the flood affected areas at the earliest He said that all available resources will be utilized to help and rehabilitate the victims
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reserved its judgment on a petition of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) challenging phase wise acceptance of its MNAs resignations and seeking to stop elections in nine constituencies
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“My wallet was usually carried by my driver and the room from where the pistol has been recovered was in use of my guards,” he said Replying to the questions of the journalists Gill confirmed PTI chief Imran Khan’s claim regarding being sexually assaulted in police custody Yes I was sexually abused said Gill in response to the question “I see some changes in my room, my passport wasn’t found at its usual place this hints that somebody came here during the period of my custody,”
Additonally Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, while talking about the catastrophic floods said on Monday that these were testing times for the people of Sindh Talking to the media in Sukkur where he had gone to monitor relief and rescue operation being carried out in flood hit areas of the division, he said the Sindh government would not leave people of the province alone “This year situation is worse than what it was in 2010 since the province received record breaking monsoon rains,” he said, adding, “There is a crisis in Sindh as people of the province are in dire need of support The CM informed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif could not visit Sukkur today due to bad weather We will give Rs1 million to each member of the household of those who lost their lives in these floods,” he announced He told newsmen that the provincial government was doing all it could to reach out to people living in remote areas of the province “Although, it is not possible to reach each and every remote area; but still we are trying our best,” he claimed Later talking to media at Jeelani House in Khairpur, the chief minister said the Sindh government had declared the district calamity hit “Under this new arrangement, people of the district will get relief in taxes, CM Murad said, adding, We also plan to give other concessions to people of the district Each affected family will get Rs25, 000 ” He went on to add that arranging shelter and food for those whose homes had been destroyed in these rains was a top priority for the Sindh government, while draining out rainwater from low lying areas, streets and roads was the second “We are giving millions of rupees in cash to each deputy commissioner so that these could be spent on the relief and rescue operation, he said, adding the provincial government had assured them that they needed not worry about the money because they would be given more if the need arose
The Federal Flood Commission on Monday predicted “very high to exceptionally high level flooding” in the hill torrents of the D G Khan division and rivers and nullahs of eastern Balochistan According to the report of FFC, flows from the hill torrents of D G Khan division may raise flow at Taunsa Barrage up to high to very high flood level from August 23 to 26 2022 It also forecasted urban flooding in Sindh during the corresponding time Moreover, the report also highlighted a fresh strong monsoon activity in Sargodha Peshawar Kohat D I Khan Divisions, South Punjab and Balochistan including the upper catchments of river Indus and Kabul from August 23 to 26 FFC advised concerned organizations to ensure all the precautionary measures and round the clock patrolling of river embankments and training works including irrigation and drainage network
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The Chinese Embassy on Monday announced opening up of visas for long term Pakistani (international) students receiving academic education in China as well as allowed entry for business card holders The Chinese Embassy, in a notice on its website, said:“From now on, long term international students receiving academic education in China can apply for the student visa (X1visa) by submitting the form of Visa Application for Study in China (JW201 or JW202) and the school admission notice (fresh student) or no objection to returning China certificate (continuation study) “As per the latest visa application policy, from 0:00 on 24 August 2022, foreign nationals holding APEC business travel card holders and foreign students with valid study residence permits are permitted to enter China IPo Pakistan functioning without head officer for over a year
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03NEWS Tuesday 23 August, 2022 | LAHORE LAHoRe da n i ya l a h m a d s A Z G A R Engineering Works Limited (SAZEW) on Monday notified the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it will be introducing the completely knocked down (CKD) variants of its Haval lineup of vehicles within August
ISLAMABAD a p p Pakistan earned $809 740 million by providing different transport services in various countries during the twelve months of the last fiscal year (2021 22) as compared to the preceding corresponding fiscal In comparison to FY21, this shows a growth of 48 84% wherein $544 040 million was earned through the provision of these services, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported During the period under review, the export of sea transport services witnessed an increase of 53 57% by going up from $81 760 million last year to $125 560 million during the period under review Among sea transport services, exports of freight services surge by 137 28% from $34 170 million last year to $81 080 million whereas the exports of other sea transport services; however, decreased by 6 53% from $47 590 million to $44 480 million during the period under review, the PBS data revealed The export of air transport services increased by 51 79% by going up from $435 480 million last year to $661 010 million during FY22 Similarly taking air transport services into account, the export of passengers services rose by 55 09% from $286 040 million to $443 620 million, whereas exports of freight services surge by 8 24% from $29 110 million to $31 510 million In addition, the export of other air transport services surged by 54 48% from $120 330 million to $185 880 million Meanwhile, the export of road transport services during the period under review decreased by 14 92% by going down from $17 230 million to $14 660 million during this year Moreover data published by PBS shows that among the road transport services, the export of freight services decreased by 65 88% from $12 250 million to $4 180 million during the fiscal year under review, while the export of other road services increased by 110 44% from $4 980 million to $10 480 million, in addition the exports of postal and courier services decreased by 11 08% from $9 570 million to $8 510 million
The military stepped up efforts on Monday to rescue hundreds of thousands of people marooned by floods and facing severe shortages of food in the southern and northwestern parts of the country An estimated one million have been affected by heavy rainfall, flash floods and landslides since July as Pakistan endured more than 60 percent of its normal total monsoon rainfall in three weeks With little aid from a weak civilian government, many flood victims are pinning hopes on the military as the only institution capable of helping them rebuild their lives Survivors of the nation’s worst rains and flash floods in history are increasingly impatient over a lack of food and relief goods, and are criticising the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for mismanagement Some villagers have been living on rooftops for days, while others are eating plants and leaves after exhausting food stocks
The performance of 15th National Assembly has registered a stark decline in its fourth parliamentary year, falling short in terms of legislation as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif failed to provide leadership and direction to the legislation process As the 15th National Assembly concluded fourth Parliamentary year an analysis of the performance carried out by PILDAT based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) has revealed that eight month period of the National Assembly under Prime Ministership of Mr Imran Khan was different from the same period under Shehbaz Sharif Per the release, legislative business witnessed a decrease of eight per cent in the fourth year of the 15th National Assembly as it passed 55 laws compared to 60 bills passed during the third year of the Assembly However, in a comparison of legislation between four years of 15th and 14th National Assembly, the 15th National Assembly has passed 155 bills in the fourth year period while the 14th National Assembly had passed 125 bills in its first four years
Profit had earlier documented how Sazgar ’s expansion into the CKD space seemed likely looking at the Rs32 million and Rs17 million increase in SAZEW in its property, plant and equipment, and long term financing respectively from its December 2021 to March 2022 quarterly reports However, its eagerness to initiate its local assembly is likely an attempt to build upon the success it’s seen in the automotive space Four wheelers accounted for 58% of all revenue generated December 2021 and March 2022 based on SAZEW’s quarterly reports Localizing the portfolio may also enable SAZEW to stabilize the prices of the HAVAL portfolio by reducing the forex exposure associated with the completely built up units (CBU) with the H6 having seen three price revisions this summer Amidst the buzz, SAZEW has not given a final date for when the CKD Jolion will be launched However, the expectation is that it will be announced in the months following the release of the H6 seT To InTroduCe CKd Haval suvs THIs MonTH
The prime minister will chair a meeting today to review the rescue and relief operations in flood hit Sindh and Balochistan provinces as well as the disbursement of cash relief to the victims
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On Sunday, Shehbaz Sharif also on the telephone discussed the prevailing flood situation with Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz Owing to the disconnectivity of land routes due to the flood caused destruction of road infrastructure, the rescue and relief operations were facing hiccups The prime minister had instructed the provision of helicopters where the floods had damaged roads and bridges, to ensure uninterrupted relief operation During the meeting, the prime minister would be briefed on the ongoing relief efforts through the helicopters He would also review the ongoing disbursement of Rs25,000 each among the flood stricken families, which he had launched on Friday
An Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said the Pakistan Army on Monday continued relief and rescue operation in flood hit towns of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan Its troops were engaged with the civil administration in assisting relief and rescue operations in the provinces hit by record rains and flash floods The chief military spokesperson said the troops were engaged in shifting affectees to safe areas besides also distributing rations among them In Sindh it said soldiers reached the flood hit town of Saim Nullah in district Khairpur to safeguard the victims after flooding damaged more than 200 houses Troops from the garrison city of Pano Aqil who took part in the efforts shifted the victims to safe locations and a group of military doctors provided immediate medical aid Whereas in Balochistan, soldiers from Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps continue to provide assistance to civil administration in their relief efforts in the cities of Quetta, Pishin, Qila Saif Ullah, Ziarat, Zhob, Loralai and Noshki “Teams of Pakistan Army, FC, PDMA [Provincial Disaster Management Authority] and civil administration are shifting people to safer places where they are being served with cooked food and other amenities Relief camps have been established in Naseerabad Duki and Lasbela areas the ISPR said It further shared that free medical camps were also established in flood affected areas while all out efforts are being made to restore communication infrastructure at the earliest In Punjab, Pakistan Army is carrying out relief activities and providing medical care to the affected people in the cities of Vehari, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan
The Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan has been functioning without a chief for over a year as the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is yet to finalise the recruitment of a new chairman of the organization Profit learnt on Monday The post has been vacant since June 2021 when former chairman Mujeeb Ahmed completed his term Though the ministry had advertised the post in August 2021 it has yet to complete the recruitment process Insiders privy to the matter informed that the ministry did not follow the due process in an apparent bid to hire a candidate of its choice Sources claim that the change in the central government was also a reason for no progress on the matter However, the Establishment Division, while noting a violation of rules, has objected to the process asking MoC to follow the due process
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday reserved its judgment on maintainability of a plea seeking disqualification of PTI’s Chief Imran Khan on grounds of hiding information from ECP Acting Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case filed by a citizen Muhammad Sajid The petitioner adopted the stance that PTI’s chief had hide details about his daughter in his nomination papers submitted to Election Commission of Pakistan He said that Imran Khan did not meet the eligibility under article 61 and 62 of the constitution, and prayed the court to declare him as disqualified for the membership of National Assembly It further said that the PTI head had been denying his relation with his alleged daughter, adding that Imran Khan knew that there was evidence against him that s why now he used to avoid answer on it Imran Khan could not hold the post of party head or public office as per law, he said After listening arguments, the court reserved its judgment on admissibility of the petition army helps as desperation mounts in flood-hit cities
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This is because SAZEW has been able to complete trial operations earlier than the previously expected date of 1st October, 2022 Profit was also able to confirm from Ammar Hameed Director at Sazgar Engineering, that the company has an annual productive capacity of 24,000 to cater to demand According to the details, the H6 1 5 and 2 0, the two variants being introduced, will retail for prices of PKR 7 425 million and PKR 8 499 million respectively Both vehicles are crossover SUVs (CUV) They will likely take aim at vehicles such as the KIA Sportage, arguably the most popular vehicle in the category, and the myriad of other new entrants in the CUV space such as the Changan Oshan X7 and the MG HS “It has more features, bigger cabin size It s all about the features with Haval said Ammar Hameed, Director at Sazgar Engineering, when referring to the competitors occupying the same space as Haval Profit has already documented the nature of the CUV market and the space that various competitors currently occupy
ISLAMABAD S ta f f R e p o R t Imran Khan was granted protective bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday a day after the Pakistan Tehreek i Insaf (PTI) chairman was charged under the anti terrorism act following accusations of threats to police and a magistrate during a fiery speech to supporters at the weekend The charges came over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad on Saturday in which he vowed to sue the Islamabad police chief and a female judge, and alleged that Shehbaz Gill his chief of staff had been tortured and sexually abused after his arrest Khan was booked a day later under Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti terrorism Act, 1997 The use of anti terrorism laws as the basis of cases against political leaders is not uncommon in Pakistan The three governments of Nawaz Sharif from 1990 to 2018 introduced the notorious trend and used the laws against his opponents and critics On Monday, Fawad Chaudhry, senior vice president of the party, confirmed the request for interim bail has been made to the high court Babar Awan and Faisal Chaudhry, counsels for Khan, filed the petition on behalf of the former prime minister A two member bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Babar Sattar, which took up the petition however asked the former prime minister to approach the relevant forum, an anti terrorism court (ATC) At this, they were informed that Khan residence in Bani Gala had been “surrounded” and “he cannot even approach the relevant court” The counsels urged the court to grant Khan protective bail so that the ATC could be approached The judges then approved the protective bail until Thursday, directing Khan to approach the relevant court by then
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THE PETITION: The petition stated that Khan was a “target of the ruling PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) for his fearless criticism, and extremely bold and blunt stance against corruption and corrupt politicians And to achieve this malicious agenda, acting in a most unfortunate and clumsy manner, a false and frivolous complaint has been registered against him by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police at the behest of the incumbent government,” it added Imran sec ures protec tive bail in terrorism c ase
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The 15th National Assembly has therefore passed 24% more laws in the same period compared to the previous Assembly During the fourth year of the Assembly 32 government bills were introduced compared to 31 bills introduced in the third year while Private Members introduced only 46 bills which is a decline from third year when 74 bills were introduced Excessive reliance on issuing ordinances has been witnessed during four years of the 15th National Assembly through seventy four (74) ordinances laid in the Assembly A s fourth year compared to twenty (20) ordinances laid in the Assembly during the third year which i s a a % 1 5 N a o n a l Assembly of Pakistan has only met for 87 days in the fourth parliamentary year The Assembly has met for 10% more days than it was convened during its third year, which were 79 sittings NA per formed better under Imran K han as compared to PM S hehbaz: t
flood affected people living in 17 districts in all the provinces of Pakistan Each food package contained 95 kilograms essential food items, including 80kg flour, cooking oil of 5 liters, 5kg sugar, and 5kg of Daal Chana, which is sufficient for the family for the whole month the news release said The food bags would be distributed in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and local government Speaking on the occasion, Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Said Al Malki said both the countries enjoyed close relations The kingdom, he said, had always stood by Pak istan in every difficult time, especially in disasters NDMA Chairman Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz thanked the Saudi ambassador, KSRlief director and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their generous and timely support for the flood victims KSRelief has already distributed 5,000 food packages among the flood affected people in Balochistan This project comes under the umbrella of humanitarian projects by the KSA, represented by the King Salman Humanitar ian Aid and Relief Center to assist affected families living in Pakistan
A meeting of the Environmental Pro tection Council was told that Rs4 million were required for each brick kiln to be converted on zigzag technique and the provincial government cannot provide this amount from its own exchequer However, loans on easy install ments would be provided to the owners of brick kilns by the Bank of Khyber for this purpose The committee to provide loans to brick kilns owners consisted of Dr Hizb Ullah Khan Dr Rashid Rehan and Engineer Faizan While the committee for dealing with legal affairs consisted of Justice (Retd) Abdul Latif, Secretary Law, DG Environ mental Protection Agency and Deputy Director Legal En vironment Protection Agency The committee would also hold meetings with the brick kilns owners in this regard
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The country has seen a surge in armed attacks on polio vaccinators, mainly in KP, coinciding with the capture of Kabul in Afghanistan by the Taliban last August “Vaccinating the nation’s fu ture is an honour for us But, no doubt, it s dangerous as well, particularly in the tribal region, and other remote parts of KP, said Naseebullah Khan, a polio vac cinator from Peshawar Khan, a father of three, confirmed to Anadolu Agency that many vaccinators have refused to continue to work in vul nerable areas in recent years due to armed attacks and threats In the latest attack, assailants gunned down two policemen guarding a team of vaccinators in the Tank district earlier this week Some armed groups often tar get vaccinators, mainly in border areas of KP and Balochistan They see anti polio campaigns as part of an elaborate anti Muslim, West ern conspiracy and often issue death threats to vaccinators, many of whom are women for administrating the vital vac cines to children Many, especially in rural Pakistan, reckon that the vaccine is part of a Western conspiracy, which aims to sterilise Muslim children Media reports said around 150 peo ple associated with the drive including security personnel, have been killed in Pakistan since December 2012 “The danger (of attack) is continu ously lurking but we are not going to give up It s a do or die situation for Pak istan because there is no cure for polio,” said Khan Ta r g e T wa s n e a r ly a c h i e v e d: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif launched the new phase of polio vaccination Friday that involves 108 dis tricts Pakistan is one of two countries, the other is Afghanistan, where polio still ex ists and the country remains under a polio linked travel restriction imposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) The UN health agency made it mandatory in 2014 for all those traveling from Pakistan to carry a polio vaccina tion certificate
Tuesday 23 August 2022 | LAHORE 04 NEWS StAff RepoRt t H E Lahore High Court (LHC) on M o n d a y g a v e o n e w e e k t i m e t o the Punjab government for filing a r e p l y t o a p e t i t i o n c h a l l e n g i n g the appointment of Principal Sec r e t a r y t o C h i e f M i n i s t e r P u n j a b M u h a m mad Khan Bhatti
The Secretary NSD also held bilat eral meetings with the Secretaries of the Security Councils of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and discussed matters of mu tual interest
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has dispatched 100 more emergency relief trucks carrying 950 tons of essential food items to the flood hit areas of Pakistan to meet the needs of affected people According to a Saudi Embassy news release on Mon day some 10 000 food packages would help over 70 000
From the roofs of inundated mud houses, it was an incredible sight earlier this week to see two polio vaccinators wad ing through waist deep rainwaters to de liver vaccines They were headed to a remote vil lage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where their colleagues were engaged in administer ing jabs to children
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A two member delegation of the Na tional Security (NSD) Division led by Secretary NSD, Eng Aamir Hasan at tended the 17th Meeting of the Secre taries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states held in Tashkent from August 18 to 20 and highlighted the issues faced by the entire region During the meeting a protocol of the 17th meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the SCO mem bers was negotiated at the experts level and later signed by the leaders of the delegation where Eng Aamir Hasan signed the document from Pakistan side, a news release said At the concluding meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the SCO member states on August 20 Secretary Eng Aamir Hasan delivered Pakistan’s country statement, touching upon issues facing the SCO region in cluding challenges to international sys tem, Covid 19 Pandemic, regional connectivity, situation in Afghanistan, In ternational System and Security, Counter Terrorism Illicit Drug Trafficking and Cyber Security among others
NewS DeSk Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has presented a pro posal to provide loans on easy installments to the owners of brick kilns in the province to convert their kilns on zigzag technology for environmental protection Official sources said the Environmental Protection Council Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has evaluated a cost of Rs 4 million on con version of every brick kiln on zigzag technology The Council has constituted a special committee to provide fi nancial assistance to the owners of brick kilns for transfer ring the kilns on zigzag system A three member committee has also been formed to deal with the legal af fairs in this regard
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Raging floods caused by ongoing torrential monsoon rains have submerged large swathes of Pakistan, but unfazed polio vaccinators are administering jabs to children under 5 in many parts of the northwestern province which borders Afghanistan The province is the hardest hit by polio A short video on social media shows men carefully cuddling the blue vaccine boxes and trying to maintain their balance in the gushing muddy brown rainwaters in the remote village of Dera Ismail Khan, a southern district in KP It prompted a barrage of praise for the vaccinators who have been leading the country’s anti polio fight against the odds Meagre salaries, armed attacks and on top of all refusal from parents to get their children vaccinated on faux reli gious grounds, have led the nation to continuously miss the mark of a polio free country
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App In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah has criticized Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for his blatant lie about Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s house arrest He said that there was an obvious difference in the statement of the Lt governor and that of the police According to Kashmir Media Service, Omar’s remarks came after journalists were not allowed to meet Mirwaiz at his Nigeen residence in Sri nagar, a day after Sinha had said the Hurriyat leader was not under house arrest “The Lt governor says one thing and the police do something entirely different, Omar wrote on Twitter, reacting to the reports of journalists prevented from meeting or interviewing Mirwaiz Sinha, while speaking to the BBC, had said Mirwaiz was not under house arrest and was a free man I will correct it he had said when asked about the reasons for the house arrest of Mirwaiz “Even in August 2019 he was not booked under the PSA (Public Safety Act) If you go back, there were some incidents We have deployed police personnel around him for his protec tion,” Sinha said in the interview
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At least seven people were killed and around 10 others injured on Monday after a roof of a mosque collapsed in Khairpur district of Sindh, media reports said A c c o r d i n g t o t h e r e p o r t s , t h e i n c i d e n t t o o k p l a c e i n t h e A h m a d p u r n e i g h b o u r h o o d o f t h e d i s t r i c t e a r l y M o n d a y d u e t o t o r r e n t i a l r a i n s , a n d o v e r 1 0 0 p e o p l e , i n c l u d i n g w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n , g o t t r a p p e d u n d e r t h e d e b r i s
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The victims were sleeping in the mosque during the tragic incident, rescue officials said The victims were local flood affected people who have taken refuge in the mosque since their own houses were affected by the floods Rescue teams reached the site and shifted the vic t i m s t o a l o c a l h o s p i t a l , r e s c u e o ff i c i a l s s a i d H e a v y rains in the area over the last four days had resulted in multiple accidents
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He pleaded with the court to grant two weeks time for filing the reply, as many notifi cations and other documents had to be brought on record in the matter However, the court turned down the re quest and ordered for filing reply in one week besides asking for providing a copy of the reply to the petitioner ’s counsel Later, the court adjourned further hearing The petitioner had submitted that two separate notification were issued for appoint ment of Muhammad Khan Bhatti as princi pal secretary to chief minister He submitted that on July 26, the respondent chief secre tary issued a notification which stated that Muhammad Khan Bhatti was transferred with an immediate effect and posted as prin cipal secretary to the chief minister Punjab against a vacant post However the chief secretary issued another notification which stated that Muhammad Khan Bhatti was transferred with an immediate effect and posted as principal secretary to the chief minister of Punjab against a vacant post on deputation basis, he added He argued that the appointment of Bhatti was illegal and unconstitutional He submitted that as per rules, an officer of a service cadre could not be appointed in an other cadre and the Supreme Court had al ready set a principal in this regard He sub mitted that civil service or PMS officers could only be appointed to the slot of the principal secretary He submitted that the appointment was also in violation of prin ciples of good governance He pleaded with the court to set aside the appointment for being illegal
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The delegation of Pakistan Film Pro ducers Association apprised the Federal Minister of Information about the prob lems faced by the film industry Federal Minister of Information as sured to take all possible steps for the de mands, problems and solutions of Pakistan Film Producers Association The delegation appreciated the steps taken by Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb for the revival of the film industry in
The HRCP urged the government and opposition to join hand for addressing is sues of the people affected by rains and floods
News Desk Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted pro tective bail to 14 leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML N) for 14 days According to details, the court directed the PML N leaders including SAPM Attaullah Tarar and Rana Mashood to submit surety bonds worth Rs25,000 each and barred Punjab Police from arresting them It merits mention that a local La hore court has issued non bailable arrest warrant of PML N leaders at the request of the police in the Pun jab Assembly rioting case Police officials sought per mission from the court to arrest Attaullah Tarar, Bilal Farooq Tarar, Saiful Malook Khokhar, Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari, Mirza Jawed, Pir Khizer Hayat, Raja Sagheer Ahmed, Abdul Rauf, Pir Ashraf Rasool, Bilal Farooq, and Rana Mannan Khan After the change of leadership in Pun jab, the new government also started proceedings against the leaders of the previous provincial govern ment, changing the course of the cases registered against PTI officials sc summons dg anti corruption in a vehicle transfer case islaMaBaD S ta f f R e p o R t
The Human Rights Commission of Pak istan (HRCP) Monday expresses grave concern at the loss of lives and liveli hoods wrought by floods across the coun try, especially in Balochistan, Sindh and southern Punjab
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iHc grants protective bail to 14 pml-n leaders
The Supreme Court Monday summoned the Director General (DG) Anti Corruption Punjab case of transfer of vehicle without verification by the Excise Depart ment A two member SC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi heard the case The court summoned the DG Anti Corruption as the Investigating Officer (IO) failed to answer the court’s questions At the outset of hear ing, Advocate Khawaja Waseem counsel for accused Muhammad Zubair Allauddin said that his client pur chased a vehicle from a third party on open letter He said that his client bought the car and sold it on During the hearing the investigating officer along with two junior officials appeared in the court, upon which Jus tice Mazahar addressing the Investigation Officer said that he was asking junior officers for every court query Investigation Officer (IO) Malik Mansoor said that both the junior officers were his reader Justice Mazahar asked the IO whether he appeared before the court with the whole army Justice Ijaz also grilled the IO for appearing before the court without preparation of the case The IO stated that the matter was referred to Anti Corruption due to the involvement of Excise officers in the matter int’l Housing expo-2022 to be held in november
The government as well as all elected representatives must implement well conceived, practical measures to counter the food shortages, disease, displace ment and loss of livelihood caused by the floods However, this year ’s weather patterns must also serve as an SOS to the state that Pakistan’s survival in the long term is in cumbent on its ability to begin to deliver climate justice to the people G
Pakistan provides high standard facilities to int ’l tourists: Envoy Hassan
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News Desk Ambassador of Pakistan to Indonesia Muhammad Has san has said there are numerous opportunities in tourism sector in Pakistan and the government is pro viding international level facilities for tourists Pakistan has vast opportunities for all sectors of tourism includ ing mountaineering, adventure, and religious and halal tourism He was addressing an online seminar on tourism promotion in Pakistan, organized by the Embassy of Pakistan, Jakarta at the Chancery, a press release re ceived here on Monday said Ambassador Hassan highlighted the critical role of tourism sector in the economy and appreciated the ef forts of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), and Pakistan Association of Tour Operators (PATO) in promoting tourism
The event was physically attended by over 60 rep resentatives of Indonesian travel agencies, the hospi tality industry and the media while the representative of TDAP, PTDC, and PATO attended virtually The Ambassador talked about the unique aspects of Pakistan s tourism sector and various destinations He said the embassy was ready to extend all assistance
Leaked videos of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill have sur faced on social media in which he can be seen eating under protest “I am eating under protest since you’re forcing me to eat it is my choice whether I should eat or not Gill can be seen arguing with the doctors in a video that appeared online on Monday PTI leader said that he is diabetic and cannot drink juice as the medical staff con tinues to ask Gill to eat more “I am a dia betic I cannot drink juice I have already eaten porridge, drank juice and cannot eat more I can’t drink lassi (yogurt drink) as well since it upsets my stomach ill said that the doctors were forcing him to eat as they got orders from ‘some one else I have already eaten breakfast please don t force me to eat if you were me you would’ve also eaten only this much and not more,” he can be heard ar guing In another video, Gill said that his beard was also shaved forcefully “This is not right you cannot force me to eat you are harassing me, he can be seen, telling the medical staff in the video Meanwhile, Shahbaz Gill has been discharged from the Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad According to doctors, all clinical reports of PTI leader were satisfactory and he has no problem in breathing The medical board discharged Gill after declaring the reports of the PTI leader satisfactory Doctors said that Gill had taken breakfast and also drank juice They further said that the PTI leader was nebulised regularly to eradicate his breathing problem Gill was arrested from Bani Gala Chowk in Islamabad a few days ago after a video clip of his controversial remarks aired on a television channel went viral on social media He was subsequently booked on charges of inciting mutiny in the military However roughly 10 days after his arrest the PTI chairman and the party leadership adopted an offensive mode with all guns blazing and decided to take to the streets After seeing photos and videos show ing Gill gasping for air while being taken to the court and hospital, the PTI chair man went to see Gill at the PIMS on Fri day evening but was denied permission Earlier in the day, an Islamabad court granted police custody of Gill until Au gust 24, after hearing the lawyers’ argu ments in a plea against the 48 hour physical remand of the PTI leader
The Ministry of Housing and Works will organise the first International Housing Expo 2022, Pakistan in No vember in collaboration with other relevant ministries agencies, organizations and authorities aiming to en sure safe and secure housing for the people Secretary Housing and Works Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Monday chaired a meeting to review arrangements for the expo, which will be inaugurated by the prime minister Iftikhar Shallwani said the construction sector and al lied industry were the biggest job providers “Every one has a fundamental right to have secure and safe housing, and the ministry intends to organize the event to achieve this purpose,” he added During the meet ing, different themes came under consideration It was decided to have minimum reliance on government re sources, and seek the financial support for expo through sponsors and partners S ta f f R e p o R t News Desk m inister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday that film and drama could play an important role in improving Pakistan’s global image Talking to a delegation of Pakistan Film Producers Association led by its Chairman Sheikh Amjad Rashid which met her here, she said improving the story, quality and technology of films was part of national film policy announced by the government The government was taking practical steps to rehabilitate cinemas build new cinemas and give incentives to artists, she remarked Quality films are very much needed at this time, the film industry will be aligned with technology and modern re quirements she maintained In this regard, the government would provide all possible support to the film makers in the import of equipment for the film industry, including tax relief, she as sured the delegation Discussions are going on with FBR for the elimination of withholding tax im posed on the film industry, the plan of ac tion will be decided soon she said Marriyum said that discussions were ongoing with the relevant authorities to give tax concessions to new cinemas production houses and all stakeholders of the film industry will be consulted on tax exemptions and other issues very soon The government restored the film and culture policy, as soon as it assumed responsibility, and it gave film the status of an industry She said that efforts will be intensi fied to start joint production of Pakistani and Chinese filmmakers The minister also briefed the delega tion about his discussions with the Chi nese Ambassador regarding cooperation and co production between Pakistan and China in film making Chairman Film Producers Associa tion Shaikh Amjad Rashid said that the Government’s initiatives would help re vive the cinema and film industry and his association would l work with the gov ernment to give the Pakistan film indus try its true identity
to Indonesian tourists interested in visiting Pakistan From the Indonesian side the speakers included Andik Susanto Billi, popularly known as Billi the Backpacker, Havilah, and Innoy, a travel vlogger who had earlier visited Pakistan While expressing their keen interest in exploring Pakistan, the Indonesian speakers agreed on the need to enhance mutual collaboration in the field of tourism Billi and other Indonesian speakers shared their ex periences in Pakistan and highlighted the friendliness and hospitality of Pakistani people, Pakistani cuisine as well as the natural beauty of Pakistan They appreciated the embassy for arranging the seminar, and acknowledged that such events would bring more awareness amongst Indonesians about Pak istan’s untapped tourism potential From the Pakistan side, Bakhtawar from TDAP, Saadia from PTDC, and PATO Vice President Malik Azmat Awan gave detailed presentations on Pakistan covering the thriving tourism potential of the country, and the various initiatives of the government of Pak istan to promote tourism The embassy also distributed the guidebook on the tourism potential of Pakistan among the participants
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The scale of destruction needs to be mapped urgently and affected persons provided access to clean drinking water as well as basic food and medical sup plies in the immediate term T s
The federal government must not forget that the PTi has developed roots among the people as shown in bye elections in Punjab and Karachi’s Na 245 The best way for the ruling alliance is to compete with the PTi through pro people policies it would be unfortunate if there was a display of vengefulness on federal government s part The PTi is within its right to hold peaceful protests but it cannot be allowed to create lawlessness or resort to violence Those who violate laws should be taken to courts
D e vo l v i n g p owe r s to l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s i s a n e s s e nt i a l f i r s t s te p Wo m e n ’s e m p o w e r m e n t i s a va l u a b l e i n s t r u m e n t i n d e v e l o p i n g n a t i o n s l i k e Pa k i s t a n fo r l i f t i n g m i l l i o n s o f p e o p l e o u t o f t h e c y cl e o f p ov e r t y, l o w e r i n g m o r t a l i t y r a t e s , d e c r e a s i n g d e p e n d e n c y bu rd e n s , a n d p ro m o t i n g l o n g - t e r m s u s t a i n e d d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e wo r l d R a b a i l a n j u m O s h a z Fat i m a On local governance and effective disaster management W o m e n E m p o w e r m e n t And their Role in S ocio Economic D evelopment in S outh Punjab 06-07 Comments - 23rd August 2022_Layout 1 8/23/2022 12:32 AM Page 1
The PTi chief alleges that a certain Mr Y has come to islamabad and that he knew his plan imran Khan is however not fighting for democracy he is least bothered about the establishment’s intrusion into civilian turf For him the word neutral is in fact a pejorative term when applied to the army For good three years he felt comfortable for being on the same page with the army he feels disturbed now because the army is no more willing to bear the burden of imran Khan s failed policies
Women s empowerment has always been a contentious topic in developing nations like Pakistan because of the com plicated cultural and socio demographic environ ment overall major indicators of human development of women have been considered lower rather than men although Pakistan has taken some significant steps toward empowering women but their situation is still dire, particularly in rural regions
a F T E r four months of appealing and cajoling the alienated establishment to somehow or other arrange fresh elections and finding it unresponsive, imran Khan has decided to confront the ‘neutrals’ head on he has become particularly desperate after the arrest of his chief of staff on charges of inciting insurrection a desperate iK has now decided to revert to his familiar bullying tactics Taking resort to parables, he now talks about the Mongol hordes led by Genghis Khan, who resorted to inhuman acts as part of psychological warfare to spread fear among the populations that they invaded imran Khan has claimed insiders told him that ‘neutrals’ are responsible for the ongoing crackdown on PTi also, that on May 25, the police were ordered from ‘above’ to use violence against PTi protestors he has learnt that the chief Election commissioner is delivering verdicts against PTi due to pressure from above Even the ‘torture’ on his aide took place after orders from above The people who came to meet iK received calls from the intelligence agencies
central and provincial government s inept performance in dealing with the recent disastrous events in the country not only re flects prevarication and urban policy failure but at the same time, underscores the need for an operational local governance system a truly working local body can act as a catalyst in extending meaningful governance to the grassroots and likewise liaise disaster management activities better Disaster need not necessarily be an event of a scale of a tsunami anything that causes serious disruption in an otherwise functioning society resulting in sub stantial losses can be deemed as a disaster so much so that it cannot be dealt with existing set of resources
Summarily, local authorities can align local con cerns with government policies and priorities, and translate the latter to the former ’s needs especially to induce communitarian resolve and engender resilience
The increased frequency and severity of disasters is manifest Population explosion unplanned urban ization and climate change are some reasons relevant to Pakistan which makes it ever more susceptible to crises To be better equipped to deal with extraordi nary emergency situations, we need to design robust preemptive disaster measures and introduce proactive policy culture at each and every level of the State net work all of this necessitates the institutionalization of effective local bodies which if meaningfully oper ationalized can truly unleash sustainable progress and development through and through for Pakistan
Women’s empowerment is a valuable instrument in developing nations like Pakistan for lifting millions of people out of the cycle of poverty, lowering mor tality rates, decreasing dependency burdens, and pro moting long term sustained development of the world Women’s engagement is crucial for bringing about lasting change that benefits everyone, not just the women themselves Women and girls make up an un reasonably large proportion of poor countries and are more likely to be hit by hunger, violence, disasters and climate change additionally the majority of women in developing countries frequently lack legal rights and basic necessities of life when compared to men
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empowerment of women is also a crucial component of gender equality The relationship between eco nomic growth and female empowerment is two fold and is defined as increasing women s access to health, education and employment opportunities as well as their rights and political engagement in general in order to reduce gender inequality, economic develop ment can make a big contribution Education access adequate job opportunities, and media information ap proaches are considered more appropriate and feasi ble measures for adequate women empowerment and health care access Emer gency based State based pol icy measures must be implemented, such as pro viding women with access to education right outside their homes, increasing the num ber of jobs that give women priority and ensuring that they have proper media ac cess to raise awareness of their legal rights and impor tant social contributions Pakistan’s inability to sustain gender equality and its failure to take into ac count the thoughts and view points of roughly half the population prevent it from having the opportunity it needs to foster economic progress if the participation rate of women in the workforce is equal to that of men, it is predicted that Pakistan’s GDP will increase by nearly one third, according to iMF research Sig nificantly increasing the participation of women in economic activities, will significantly aid the coun try s goal of inclusive development and sustainable economic growth South Punjab is regarded as a back ward Punjab zone in which women are unfavourable in South Punjab, women’s empowerment is substan tially diminished due to patriarchal factors So in such circumstances, education is one of the best solutions which would enable women to contribute to the socio economic development of the region in a better way it is the need of time to provide girls of South Punjab with easily accessible educational opportunities, es pecially in the paradigm of higher education in such prevailing conditions, the role of universities became important because such institutions can provide spe cial facilities for girls education introduction of spe cial scholarships, availability of transport and allocation of special seats are the steps to motivate the girls students for higher education Numerous NGos and universities are working to make higher education of women easier, where KFUEiT takes the lead by motivating women to take admission in engineering, which is considered an un orthodox” field for women in our country The Vice chancellor Dr M Suleman Tahir has offered hundred percent scholarships and in centives to women to prompt them to pursue higher education by facili tating them in every possible way hoping it would bring a change in society it would bring a positive change and would empower the women in South Punjab No doubt, the implementation of such policies is gradually chang ing the social and economic interface of the region it will take some time to ob serve the candid impact of such policies We hope to see similar initiatives that help break the stereotypes in South Punjab and bring a change in people’s attitude towards women educa tion Even the smallest steps in the right direction matter, and should be acknowledged Oshaz Fatima is an academic researcher and youth leader with more than six years of active volunteering experience She is currently working as a freelance writer
The handbook of crisis and Emergency Manage ment states that crises scrambles plans interrupt con tinuities and brutally paralyze normal government operations and humans lives ’ Therefore, States must take preemptive measures to optimally deal with sit uation like we have at hand The event is not a cli matic aberration since Pakistan is dearly a victim of climate change But, from a policy perspective, it has conspicuously put belying political claims of devel opment to tatters, of which the megacity of Karachi is an apt example Therefore, given the vulnerability to such cata strophic events, it is essential that governing bodies adopt strategic risk reduction measures to mitigate the impact of disasters and possibly avoid them in future The role of local governments in disaster man agement is not a matter recondite Perhaps it is one which holds the key to improved public service de livery at least in theory if we hold all good gover nance practices as given a working local government system in Pakistan can surely revolutionize gover nance and leave inexorable problems well rested Where policies may be enunciated at the center part of the agenda and its implementation can be done by local government authorities in emergency situa tions this can guarantee tangible relief especially where it is critically needed Thus, it is not inapt to maintain that local govern ing bodies have the potential to systematize gover nance processes and bring about relief operations efficaciously in times of crises This reduces chances of implementational mismanagement and to some ex tent misappropriation of funds due to immediacy and thereafter keener oversight it is noteworthy that disaster management and crises response are multi actor tasks which cannot be wholly dealt with by local governments alone Nev ertheless it is important to realize that local govern ment can act as a collective point of action and the strategic center for disaster mitigation and relief work thus acting as a focal unit for the coordination of the federal and the provincial governments and, disaster management authorities This goes without saying that local governments are also an important actor when it comes to provid ing up to date, real time information that allows for effective and quick decisions which are especially needed in times of disaster it is especially significant since disaster management in the country has mostly been reactive in nature rather than anticipatory The lack of planning and preparation inevitably mars ac tion and efficacy, the effect of which is compounded by the administrative absence of local authorities This acts as a major obstacle for the entrenchment of disaster resilience in our (vulnerable) societies Furthermore the reactive policies and relief aid are unsustainable especially in the long run and act as an extra socioeconomic cost There are several reasons for this: the monetary disbursement can be no compensation for the mental trauma of victims, the money could be utilized in advance to provide vulnerable communities better standard of living and disaster resilient infrastructure in the first place, mon etary aid may also open up newer avenues of venality which itself is a problem and, with the ravaging scale of disaster, innovative ways are needed to predict and deal with them These are some of the reasons why proactive disaster management policies are desirable hence, it is obvious that what we as a society have had to bear recently is an unforgivable policy failure, the culpability of which falls on negligent State practice a more organized and well networked State apparatus could result in better if not best dis aster management here we can see why organizationally and ad ministratively local governing bodies are helpful local governments are usually responsible to perform critical development functions from urban planning to social services to disaster management Therefore, they should be conceived of as founda tional in building resilient cities and robust gover nance infrastructure This requires some meaningful decentralization to take place which will galvanize local bodies to prompt action Transfer of authority to the local level is therefore essential to allow these bodies to strengthen institu tional outlook and build capacity Besides, it is easier for local authorities to gather requisite social capital, summon community participation and induce civic ownership of the local management and programs This results in locally relevant, context driven poli cies which can developmentally uplift and prepare communities for unforeseen events Moreover, diffusion of authority is administra tively efficient as local bodies would not need to wait for a strategic plan from the center to take ac t i o n F u r t h e r m o r e , d e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n i s a l s o t i m e savvy in this context as local State managers tend to be better connected with the community thus bet ter knowing of the vulnerabilities of their respective jurisdictions
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S o c i a l change means the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural sym bols, rules of behaviour, social organiza tions, or value system Simply, it is the study of shifts in attitudes and behaviour that charac terize a society Without a doubt society develops through evolutionary processes Therefore, a clear change in the socio economic structures of society is visible Such societal changes are also a result of spe cific social movements, such as the civil rights move ment, women s suffrage, and movements for women’s empowerment cultural religious eco nomic, scientific, or technical elements can also in fluence such social transformation
Floods i F one were to look at most of the coverage of the mainstream media, one would think the country isn t experiencing a calamity other than the political variety Whereas that is a horrible indictment of the state of the nation s news media it is also a comment on the current political leadership Focusing more on clamping down on the opposition, it seems to have thrown the hapless affectees of the floods to fend for themselves Not that this somehow absolves the current federal opposition, because they’re in power in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, helming the tier of government that is supposed to be more hands on in a situation like this With more than 500 people killed and a million affected, even though the disaster and emergency management apparatus of the government are trying to do their work there appears to be an air of rudderlessness to their efforts in the absence of the political leaderships being more visible during the efforts This isn’t the first time Pakistan has faced such terrible floods and it certainly won t be the last, but we need to realise that climate change is going to make their occurrence more frequent and their results more disastrous We need to eke out a more concerted and more coordinated approach towards dealing with such disasters from now on our special geography, our mountains, our plains, our rivers, are all blessings of nature and from them emanate bounties that nourish the nation But with these, come certain challenges as a price for the above our response should not be found wanting Political parties in the center and the provinces must also consider, with the utmost seriousness, the ramifications of inaction in terms of rehabilitation next year when elections will be held as things stand, incumbents have not fared well in recent electoral contests PDM parties in Sindh and islamabad would do well to joins heads and hands and develop a workable strategy to provide tangible and effective relief to affectees of the ongoing climatic calamities
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Numerous recent studies conducted around the world show that women’s empowerment is crucial for a na tion to maintain sustainable economic progress
The people of North Waziristan wholeheartedly supported the army, left their native land and lived for years in camps as internally displaced persons (iDPs) just for the sake of ensuring a peaceful Pakistan in recent weeks, the people of Waziristan protested against targeted killings in the area This was their legitimate and constitutional right
The digital slaves also offer free access to their data in return of some services Traditional slaves had to pay to get freedom from their ruthless mas ters The digital slaves also pay for their shift from one platform or app to another in the form of data Both the traditional or digital slaves own nothing The digital slaves are some extent more pathetic than traditional salves The traditional slaves were under compulsion to work as slaves but the digital slaves are willing slaves They are happily and willingly ready to leave their friends and acquain tances, their reputation and all other external as pects of their digital identity Users have no assurance that the value of the free data they pro vide bears any relation to the value of the free services they receive We generate data around the clock from awakening to sleep even during our sleep too Where we are, how we pay our bills, how many there are of us at home what videos we watch, what websites we visit, what we buy, where we go, who our friends and family are, where we work what teams we support etc With every passing day we generate an ever increasing volume of data according to a study published in 2018 by the harvard Business re view, the value of the data generated by a house hold of four people is about $20,000 annually Data that is valuable not only from the advertis ing point of view, but also insofar as it is a vital component for artificial intelligence in the dig ital world we are all slaves to Tech giants
Problems of Nor th Waziristan
T h E new tribal district of North Waziristan has been facing numerous challenges for long The people of the district are patriotic and have always stood firm for the cause of Pakistan Earlier they were chained in draconian laws like the Frontier crimes regulation (Fcr), imposed by the British They had faced hardships during the erstwhile Soviet Union s occupation of afghanistan later, the United States launched operation Enduring Freedom in afghanistan which brought unending misery to the tribal areas, especially to Waziristan region, where nobody felt safe, especially the women and children The people of North Waziristan faced atrocities committed by Tehreek i Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and gave extraordinary sacrifices for the sake of durable peace in the region as well as for Pakistan in 2014 Pakistan army launched operation Zarb i azb in order to get rid of TTP and to establish the writ of the state
We are living in the digital regime under powerful digital monopolies linked to the rise of inequalities in major market economies, large scale exploitation of digital users for political purposes and the prevalent in capability of digital users to clutch the busi ness purposes that their data serves intimidation to dent market economies and demo cratic processes it is so easy to be taken in by the positive spin sur rounding icT The Uni versal Declaration of human rights must in clude digital slavery in its declaration The dig ital world is shaping and reshaping our beliefs, dictating how and what we consume and en forcing the rules inter national Day for the remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition is observed annually on august 23 This day raises aware ness about the gruesome nature of the slave trade and reminds people about the transatlantic slave trade and its implications Transatlantic slave trade affected over 15 million people, including children, for more than 400 years This day is observed in memory of all vic tims of the slave trade and also aspires to promote critical examinations of such behaviors that could lead to modern forms of exploitation and slavery
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namely the Big Five We provide dates free of cost This free labor enables digital Big Five (apple, Facebook/Meta, amazon, Google, and Microsoft) to hoard vast fortunes in return, we receive free apps and other internet services We have no property rights on the data This rela tionship between the digital networks and their users is digital slavery There is of course no as surance that, for every individual, the marginal value of the free internet services is equal to the marginal value of the users information Much like the marginal value of slave labour far sur passed the marginal value of the food, clothing, and shelter that the slaves received hal Varian the chief economist at Google, squabbles that presently data is abun dant and thus almost valueless, whereas the designers of the net works are scarce and thus generate most of the value of the digital network services This self serving argument is analogous to arguing that slave labour, in the heydays of slavery, was plentiful and that most of the value was gener ated by the designers of the slave plantations The system is also unjust, since the owners of the digital networks exert irresistible author ity They possess the entrée to the digital data on which their users rely, much as old style slave owners owned the access to their slaves basic provisions The slave owners were in a po sition to abuse their market control to their own material gain, much like the digital networks nowadays are doing as a result more than 40 million people around the world are enslaved today chancellor Merkel suggested that digital data should be priced and users must be able to sell their data contrary to that we are digital slaves and our digital identity is fully controlled and used by organization
Zero learning i have seen and vividly remember a small fraction of huge sacrifices and a tragedy of great proportion by Muslims migrating from india 75 years ago at the time of the creation of Pakistan During all these years, i have been carrying a dream that during my lifetime, we will work hard and see a prosperous and developed Pakistan Now looking back over all these years, barring some patches, Pakistan s history has been a tale of massive corruption, poor governance, and sheer greed by its leaders over these years we have seen and watched many countries go past us to join the rank of developed countries, or at least made great progress, while we continue to stagnate or deteriorate it is this greed for power and corruption by our ‘worthy’ leaders that hardly any elected government has been able to complete its term in office over all these years We have learnt virtually nothing whatsoever from our turbulent history in fact, it was this greed and sheer mismanagement of our leaders that deprived us of half of Pakistan 51 years ago Now that we have just celebrated the 75th anniversary of our independence, let us remember the huge sacrifices the Muslims of india made for creating Pakistan, and vow to elect honest people of great integrity as our legislators if we have not learnt anything from our turbulent history and gross mismanagement we will all be responsible together for the events that may follow Pakistan Zindabad! KHAN LAHORE
o U r advertisement industry relies on poor entertainment concepts where we can see hosts, anchors and actors appearing repeatedly 24 hours a day in advertisements that are aired on the electronic media These advertisements are mostly based on or inspired by foreign media depicting their culture having nothing to do with us in many advertisements, girls are shown dancing at public places i wonder whose culture they show innovation and creativity is seldom seen i fail to understand why such silly ideas are adopted by the advertising agencies, and approved by the clients concerned Wasting money on poor advertisement content hardly makes any sense i think our educational institutions lack research based education to prepare our marketing professionals to indulge in original thinking and to come up with ideas keeping in view our culture and ethics We need to think over this and review our advertisement content policies
The tribesmen announced the blockade of Waziristan which affected local businesses, and had far reaching consequences on the already fragile economic conditions of the country Unfortunately, there was no immediate response from high level officials who did not bother to pacify and calm them down it was a time to console them and stand by them in these hard times only collectively can we defeat our covert and overt enemies in order to make Pakistan peaceful and progressive The officials did come later and the protest was subsequently called off, but the delay in response only added to the sense of deprivation among the locals
Issues faced by DHA residents
SAMAR HUSSAIN KARACHI
MAJID SALEEM DAWAR PESHAWAR
r E G r E T Ta B lY, the residents of Defence housing authority (Dha) in Karachi, despite paying hefty taxes, are still deprived of basic amenities and facilities They do not get anything in lieu of the heavy taxes they pay They can only reproach the cantonment Board clifton (cBc) and Dha, but that does not resolve anything They have a valid reason to complain taking into account the prevailing circumstances as well as past experiences in their so called posh areas which these days are inundated with rainwater and are devoid of any basic rescue facilities, neither for the elderly, nor for the students going for their exams, etc Besides, the situation is further aggravated by K Electric (KE) which carries out hours of loadshedding without giving any cogent reason Moreover, the sanitation as well as emergency staff of cBc just roam the area to show they are busy while doing actually nothing above all we the residents of Dha never get water through the lines however, during torrential rains in monsoon, we face sewage spreading all over, causing waterborne diseases, countless mosquitoes, flies and weird insects that spread strange smell in the area We fail to understand as to what role the cBc and the Dha are even supposed to play during such an emergency to provide and ensure relief to the residents of the area confronting a host of problems owing to the downpour and dust storms They just carry on with their life as usual attitude This shows the inefficiency of these institutions despite receiving a huge amount in taxes in fact this lethargy is not new; one has seen it in the past, especially during the 2020 urban flooding when people of the area faced irreparable losses The relevant departments should take serious measures ensuring the safety of people s property and lives MAJID BURFAT KARACHI
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W E are experiencing the greatest technological revolution in the history of mankind This revolu tion is four times greater in terms of impact than the industrial rev olution Furthermore, it has only just begun Slavery is a potent and touchy term re counting repugnant violation of fundamental human rights and should not be functioned care lessly Self ownership in a legal sense and esca lating trafficking of personal data to supply algorithm based analytics and ai is enabling a new form of digital enslavement that has the budding to cut back liberty and perturbing risk of collective and individual autonomy Slaves offer free labour for their owners; in return of food, clothing and shelter
The notion of ‘self sovereign identity’ of digital users is at risk Most of the users are entirely unaware of the digital system They consider ‘Privacy’ in their own hands while it is the other way round Privacy means that only authorized recipi ents can entrée your digital identity; ‘trustworthi ness’ means that the information enclosed in your digital identity is correct The cambridge analyt ical scandal and other misdeeds suggest serious problems concerning privacy
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Tuesday, 23 August 2022 08 WORLD VIEW T h i s i s w h a t s p y f i c t i o n l e a v e s o u t a b o u t t h e c i a al Jazeera a p o o rva n a n d i T was Independence Day for rapists and mur derers
The state govern ment had ordered their remission It is not a coincidence that their release came on a day when India marked 75 years of freedom from colonialism The men were gar landed when they stepped out of prison Bilkis Bano, the lone survivor among a group of Muslims who were chased and attacked with lethal weapons as part of a pogrom against the community, re ceived the news of the release of her assaulters with shock and disbelief how can justice for any woman end like this?” she asked in a statement Bilkis, who was five months pregnant at the time, was among three women who were gang raped by the convicts now set free her daughter Saleha’s head was smashed before her, killing her instantly She was three years old In all 14 people were murdered in the attack From that moment, Bilkis fought against the odds and the might of the Gujarat state government then led by current Prime Minister Narendra Modi and still headed by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for jus tice
C I A F I C T I O N R A R E LY E V E R D E P I C T S W H AT I S C A L L E D “ L I A I S O N W O R K ” I N T H E I N T E L L I G E N C E W O R L D. R E L AT I O N S H I P S B E T W E E N T H E A M E R I C A N I N T E L L I G E N C E CO M M U N I T Y A N D F O R E I G N I N T E L L I G E N C E S E R V I C E S A L L O V E R T H E W O R L D A R E C R I T I C A L TO A M E R I C A’ S N AT I O N A L S E C U R I T Y w h y a f g h a n i s t a n m a t t e r s l i t t l e t o t h e w e s t A B S E N T A M A J O R, C R E D I B L E T R A N S N AT I O N A L T E R R O R I S T T H R E AT, A F G H A N I S TA N H AS R E T U R N E D TO W H E R E I T S H O U L D H AV E A LWAY S B E E N: A P E R I P H E R A L CO N C E R N O F T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S A N D T H E W E S T I T I S I M P O R TA N T T O R E M E M B E R T H AT V I N AYA K D A M O D A R S AVA R K A R , O N E O F T H E I D E O LO G I C A L G U R U S O F T H E R U L I N G D I S P E N S AT I O N , H A D O N C E J U S T I F I E D R A P E A S A L E G I T I M AT E W E A P O N T H AT C O U L D D E T E R M U S L I M S F R O M D O I N G T H E S A M E T O H I N D U W O M E N RapisTs fReed: is This how jusTice ends foR indian MusliMs?
The CIA s Zero Units, direct action Afghan commando units funded and run by agency officers, had provided both a highly effective means to harry and attrit Al Qaeda and a platform for intelligence col lection throughout some of the most violent and inse cure corners of the country The Zero Units were also one of the bright spots of the Afghanistan evacuation last August
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The BJP through decisions like this which should be abhorrent to all sensitive people is trying to make its constituents, who are mostly hindu, partners in this perversity They must speak up against this release Apoorvanand teaches Hindi at the University of Delhi He writes literary and cultural criticism saNdboxx F r u m e n ta r i u s i usually love a good piece of fiction about CIA op erations That is despite the fact that many of them are mostly inaccurate in depicting the reality of in telligence work Sure, some get things right, some of the time The film Zero Dark Thirty, for example, does a pretty good job of showing the years long process of finding Osama bin Ladin, even if it got it wrong in the number of people actually involved, or the complexity of the work In reality it took far more than one determined analyst to lay the groundwork for Neptune Spear As another example, Six Days of the Condor, a great spy novel in its own right has a relatively absurd plot re volving around a deadly conspiracy within the CIA how ever, the depiction of analysts and their daily work at the beginning of the novel gets the atmospherics right The movie Charlie Wilson’s War, probably my favorite CIA movie of all time, gets all kinds of things right, from the crusty old case officer and his battle with headquarters drones to its depiction of how lethal arms might be pro vided to foreign insurgents It’s still not perfect, though With a few exceptions most fictional CIA stories re volve around gun battles, fistfights, cool tech, assassina tions, sabotage, and harrowing clandestine meetings in hostile environments Those are by no means unheard of events in the CIA’s history, but they do not define the day to day reality of most intelligence work So what are these works of fiction leaving out? First most CIA fiction never shows us the intrepid clandestine officer writing intelligence reports and operational cables We have a saying at the Agency and that is: if you don t write it, it didn’t happen CIA officers in the operations di rectorate write a ton of cable traffic They have to document meetings with sources intelligence information received and how things are going in their efforts to recruit a foreign spy For every one hour of operational activity, there are about two hours of writing involved I do not remember ever seeing Jason Bourne sitting behind his computer at headquarters, banging out a report You also rarely ever see CIA officers having to do basic administrative tasks In the real world, CIA officers have to account for the money they hand out, and their travel expenses They also have to occasionally battle with hR over pay and benefits Mundane? Sure But the CIA is a bureaucracy It is a highly streamlined and effective bureaucracy, but still, it gets hung up on some of the same things that all bureaucracies get hung up on Another piece often missing is asset recruitment I have said it a few times, usually in partial jest, but one of the best depictions of developing and recruiting an asset I have seen on film is in the third Star Wars prequel Re venge of the Sith In the movie, we see emperor Palpatine play on Anakin Skywalker s fears, motivations, and de sires to convince him to come over to the Dark Side Those scenes are not far off in terms of the accuracy of convincing someone to spy on their country on behalf of the United States We rarely see that delicate dance on film or in books, probably because it is slow, deliberate, drawn out, and subtle It would probably make for a better romance movie plot than it would for a spy film Going deeper into the weeds of intelligence work, once a source is fully recruited, actively on the books, and regu larly reporting intelligence information to the CIA the case officer’s job is not done In fact, in many ways, it has just begun Not only does the CIA officer have to conduct a clan destine relationship with the source and document the in telligence they provide, but the officer also has to go about making sure the asset is reliable, provides accurate informa tion and is not trying to deceive the CIA It is a sensitive area, so I will not go into it too much but the CIA case officer has to put some effort into validating the source for honesty, access to information and reliability It is methodical and detailed work, and rarely ever shown in CIA fiction We also don’t often see the prep work that goes into CIA operations Sure we see the cool guy op carried out but the hours of preparation that went into that single op erational act are rarely ever appreciated in fiction There are surveillance detection preparations and measures to employ, intelligence and operational reports to review, communications plans to tweak, and future meeting arrangements to work out CIA operations work is detailed and meticulous, and that level of planning hardly ever makes it onto the page or screen Finally CIA fiction rarely ever depicts what is called “liaison work” in the intelligence world Relationships be tween the American intelligence community and foreign intelligence services all over the world are critical to Amer ica’s national security, and to the CIA’s work Foreign li aison services those countries’ intelligence services are a force multiplier for the United States and the CIA takes those relationships with the utmost seriousness and purpose We could not do many of the things we do with out the help of our foreign partners There is a lot of on the ground work that goes into those relationships, and we do not usually see it in CIA fiction I am sure that the countless authors and screenwriters out there who write CIA fiction know what they are doing when crafting entertaining espionage narratives Frumentarius is a former Navy SEAL former CIA officer and currently a Captain in a career fire department in the Midwest
On August 15 11 convicts serving life terms for having committed mass murder and gang raping Muslim women in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002 were released
The local police officer who registered her case, after she walked almost naked from the scene of the crime, distorted her account to make the case weaker, ac cording to the Central Bureau of Investigation, India’s premier investigative agency A court found later that po lice officials and doctors fudged the facts, tried to ma nipulate the autopsy process and falsify records and destroy evidence It was only when the National human Rights Commission (NhRC) took up her case that the wheels of justice slowly started turning The case was moved out of Gujarat because the Supreme Court was convinced that a fair trial was not possible in that state In 2008 a special court in Mumbai convicted the accused of rape and murder, a verdict up held by higher courts In 2019, the Supreme Court asked the Gujarat government to give Bilkis Bano Rs 50 lakh ($62,560), a house and a job as compensation The amount was unprecedented for such cases and under lined the extraordinary nature of the crime This wasn’t just about Bilkis Scores of feminists, human rights defenders and organisations joined hands to shelter Bilkis who had to live in hiding for her safety constantly moving from one place to another Their fight was also for every other person brutalised and murdered in what in the eyes of many was part of a genocidal crime against Muslims When people with no criminal record decide to rape and kill women and men for their religion as happened in 2002 it becomes all the more heinous Now, justice is being trampled upon After one of the convicts appealed to the Supreme Court for release the top court of the land asked the Gu jarat government to act in keeping with the state’s remis sion policy in 2002 Using holes in that policy, a Gujarat government appointed committee loaded with BJP members recommended remission Never mind that Bilkis, who lives in close proximity to the homes of the released convicts must now fear for her life and the safety of her family, once more Why was this done on Independence Day? The sym bolism is inescapable especially since Modi had only hours earlier spoken about the need to respect women, in a speech to the nation It is inconceivable that the Gujarat government could have pressed ahead with the release of the convicts without the consent of the prime minister’s of fice and the office of the home minister, Amit Shah, who is Modi s most trusted lieutenant Shah held the home of fice during Modi’s time as Gujarat chief minister too The message to Bilkis and all those who held her hands while she fought for justice is clear: This is how battles for justice will end in Modi’s India; that crimes against Muslims even mass murders and gang rapes will be treated lightly Sadly, none of this is surprising After all, it was under Modi’s rule in Gujarat that Bilkis first had to run for her life and hide from the state machinery It was Modi s govern ment in the state that fought her as she battled for justice Going back further, it is important to remember that Vinayak Damodar Savarkar one of the ideological gurus of the ruling dispensation, had once justified rape as a legitimate weapon that could deter Muslims from doing the same to hindu women It is also not a coincidence that calls for the murder of Muslims and rape of Muslim women have been given by so called hindu religious leaders in recent months Instead of punishing them, Indian authorities have targeted those who exposed this hate speech, such as fact checker Mo hammad Zubair who was arrested on spurious grounds equally worrying is the role of some bodies that had once stood by Bilkis like the Supreme Court In June, activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested after the Supreme Court itself suggested that her pursuit of justice for the victims of the Gujarat pogrom was a conspiracy for which action should be taken against her If the message to Muslims is to not expect justice, the signal to the BJP’s supporters is that they are immune from punishment for any crime That in fact any allega tions that a hindu has committed a crime against a Mus lim must be a conspiracy irrespective of the evidence available Already that is the claim being peddled by some regarding the 11 men released in the Bilkis case The remission of their sentences has sparked outrage in Indian civil society with most opposition parties crit icising the move Interestingly, the newest contender for power in Gujarat, the Aam Aadmi Party which rules in the national capital Delhi and in the state of Punjab has maintained a studied silence Is it choosing polit ical expedience over justice?
The CIA, according to the Washington Post’s David Ignatius, managed to evacuate more than 20,000 of its Afghan partners and their families Both before and after the withdrawal, the Biden administration promised to contain terrorism through over the horizon capabilities, primarily strikes by armed drones flying out of bases over a thousand miles from Afghanistan Critics dismissed this as an empty promise; fictitious, even Former U S Central Com mand head Gen Kenneth McKenzie stated in Decem ber that the United States now had “about 1 or 2 percent of the capabilities it previously had to surveil Afghanistan Intelligence officials warned of Al Qaeda or the Islamic State reconstituting themselves in an Afghan safe haven and being able to strike beyond Afghanistan’s borders in as little as six months Without either a military footprint or capable local proxies, the United States will not be able to “mow the grass” of mid and low level terrorists in Afghanistan with anywhere near the efficacy with which it could do so even a year ago What regular counterterrorism does take place in Afghanistan will be in the nature of a gangland war, with the Taliban summarily executing any ISIS K fighters it can get its hands on But the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri on July 31 suggests that claims of the unseriousness of American over the horizon counterterrorism were overwrought Zawahiri emir of Al Qaeda since 2011 and the sub ject of a worldwide manhunt for an entire decade before that, was killed on the balcony of a house in Kabul by a pinpoint drone strike his body likely shredded by bladed R9X hellfire missiles, with no civilian casualties The precision of the attack speaks to a patient and penetrating intelligence collection effort A pattern of life was estab lished and Zawahiri’s death was confirmed by a CIA ground team The Taliban, of course, immediately dis claimed any knowledge of Zawahiri s presence in Kabul Their spokesman reiterated that they would not allow a threat to any other country to emanate from Afghanistan That this strike could be pulled off suc cessfully in a denied environment like Afghanistan and at a home owned by a top aide to Taliban deputy leader Sirajuddin haqqani, no less proves that over the horizon counterterrorism is far from “fictitious ” It is not a panacea, as many experts rushed to insist, but targeted drone strikes in Afghanistan remain a viable and useful U S capability even in Washington, though, Zawahiri’s death was a blip on the radar By noon that day, it was off the top of the New York Times’ website To both elites and the av erage American, transnational jihadist terrorism is far, far down the list of major worries Fewer than one percent of Americans listed it as their top concern this summer In the wake of the September 11 attack, terrorism was, for a time, successfully portrayed as a near ex istential threat The foreign policy conventional wis dom in Washington immediately became interventionist extremism and ungoverned spaces around the world could not be ignored or contained; problems would not stay “over there ” The Middle east was the original swamp that needed draining The events of the succeeding two decades however have largely made the opposite case The wars came home to America not through enemy attacks (with the exception of a handful of “lone wolves”) but by pervert ing and radicalizing American culture, society, and poli tics The Covid 19 pandemic then exposed a superpower that lacked production capabilities public health compe tence, and basic societal concurrence The threat from a few foreign fanatics seems trivial by comparison Afghanistan’s problems are now her own Absent a major, credible transnational terrorist threat, Afghanistan has returned to where it should have always been within a year of the Taliban s overthrow in 2001: a peripheral concern of the United States and the West Gil Barndollar is a Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities He deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 2012 and 2013 2014 as a U S Marine infantry officer
T h e United States entered Afghanistan to disrupt and decimate Al Qaeda and to teach its Taliban backers a lesson Despite an in termittent, unserious, and wholly quixotic attempt to apply flawed Western counterin surgency doctrine to Afghanistan, counterterrorism was always the overriding U S interest in the country As maximalist U S aims of a united democratic peaceful Afghanistan slowly proved unattainable, it was counterterrorism really, the fear of a successful attack on U S soil under the watch of a president who had had the resolve to order a final withdrawal that kept an American military presence in Afghanistan When President Joe Biden finally summoned that resolve and withdrew the remaining U S troops, the ensuing implosion of the Afghan government re moved a final hedge against terrorists: the ability to both gather intelligence and attack potential transna tional terrorists through Afghan proxies
ADB star ts providing funds for KP’s Cities Improvement Project
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Tauqeer termed the arrangement as mutually beneficial for both the organizations as it will further strengthen NBP’s partnership with PIA NBP is capitalizing on its large corporate relationships by offering specialized priority services and awareness sessions for the employees of large corporates like PIA to help its employees meet their personal banking/financing needs We are bringing banking to employees’ workplace for facilitation and better customer service NBP is presently offering a wide range of consumer financing products that inter alia include “Personal Loans”, “Financing against Gold”, “House Loans” and “Auto Loans” The bank holds lion’s share in the category of personal loans Also speaking on the occasion, Chief Financial Officer of PIA, Mr Amos Nadeem said that PIA being the national flag carrier has always been at the forefront to adapt to global technological advances and transformation in the aviation sector PIA considers its employees as its assets and believes investing in them to achieve its mission
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Commenting on the occasion, Aamir Irshad, Head Corporate, Commercial & Investment Banking Group HBL said “HBL is a strong advocate for technological advancements and has shown its continued support for the development of digital infrastructure by extending a Infrazamin credit guarantee backed loan facility of PKR 2 1 billion to Multinet We believe this facility will go a long way in augmenting internet and data access to second and third tier cities of Pakistan along with improving the capacity and quality of internet for Mobile Network Operators Internet Service Providers and SMEs ”
staff report Ambassador of Pakistan to Indonesia Muhammad Hassan has said there are numerous opportunities in tourism sec tor in Pakistan and the government is providing international level facilities for tourists Pakistan has vast opportu nities for all sectors of tourism, includ ing mountaineering, adventure, and religious and halal tourism He was addressing an online sem inar on tourism promotion in Pakistan, organized by the Embassy of Pakistan Jakarta at the Chancery, a press release received here on Monday said A m b a s s a D A P C P A To O s ( PATO ) i m o t i n g t o u r i s m The event was physically attended by over 60 representatives of Indone sian travel agencies, the hospitality in dustry, and the media, while the representative of TDAP, PTDC, and PATO attended virtually The Ambassador talked about the unique aspects of Pakistan s tourism sector and various destinations He said the embassy was ready to extend all assistance to Indonesian tourists in terested in visiting Pakistan From the Indonesian side, the speakers included Andik Susanto Billi popularly known as Billi the Back packer, Havilah, and Innoy, a travel vlogger who had earlier visited Pak istan While expressing their keen in terest in exploring Pakistan, the Indonesian speakers agreed on the need to enhance mutual collaboration in the field of tourism Billi and other Indonesian speakers shared their experiences in Pakistan and highlighted the friendliness and hospitality of Pakistani people, Pak istani cuisine as well as the natural beauty of Pakistan They appreciated the embassy for arranging the seminar, and acknowledged that such events would bring more awareness amongst Indonesians about Pakistan s untapped tourism potential From the Pakistan side, Bakhtawar from TDAP Saadia from PTDC and PATO Vice President Malik Azmat Awan gave detailed presentations on Pakistan covering the thriving tourism potential of the country, and the vari ous initiatives of the government of Pakistan to promote tourism The embassy also distributed the g u i d e b o o k o n t h e o tional Pakistani and Indonesian cui sine at the end
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The arrangement offers concessional rates and dedicated services designed to address the financial needs of PIA employees This inter alia includes offering concessional rates to PIA employees on NBP liabilities and consumer assets products and services
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The institute initially intends to commence ac ademic operation in the faculties of Business Man agement and Information Technology, the officials informed The Chairman Committee regretted the absence of the Minister as well as the Secretary, Ministry of Education The Chairman Committee directed them to ensure presence in the next meeting The committee also unanimously endorsed the re nomination of Senator Nuzhat Sadiq as a mem ber of the Federal Board of Intermediate & Second ary Education (FBISE), Islamabad The matter was sent to the committee by the Chairman Senate which was ratified unanimously by the committee Regarding the matter pertaining to BPS promo tion status and its resolution as committed by the HEC the Chairman HEC apprised the committee that the Academic Committee of the Commission had decided to constitute a sub committee (com prising vice chancellors representative of Ministry of Finance, MOPE&T, APBUTA) to review the ex isting draft policy The officials informed that two meetings of the sub committee had already been held The final recommendations of the sub com mittee will be placed before the Academic Commit tee of the Commission The matter was deferred for further deliberation and report Referring to the matter of Public Petition sub mitted by Mr Din Kalam Khan Wazir regarding the transfer of female teachers from Tribal District North Waziristan to Abbottabad, the Chairman Committee said that matter should be taken at its earliest and be resolved as committed by the Fed eral Minister for Education The Additional Secre tary assured the committee to look into the matter and resolve the issue in coordination with the Provincial Minister for Education Earlier the committee offered Fateha over the sad demise of Senator Sikandar Mandrol The meeting was attended by Senators Fawzia Arshad Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar Molvi Faiz Muhammad and Senator Falak Naz
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industries and medical and hospital instruments, chemicals and agricultural fertilizers 5 Dairy industries 6 Food and dried fruit industries 7 Electric cars, electronic tools and Cars batteries, micro capacitors and filters 8 Mining and construction ma chines and industrial furnaces 9 Carpets and rugs and flooring T h e e x h i b i t i o n t o p r o v i d e g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o t h e t r a d e r s a n d t h o s e a c t i v e i n t h e e c o n o m i c f i e l d a n d a l l t h e i n t e r e s t e d p e o p l e , k n o w l e d g e b a s e d , I T a n d f o o d i n d u s t r i e s a r e h e r e b y i n v i t e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e e x h i b i t i o n s o a n e ff e c t i v e s t e p c o u l d t a k e n t o w a r d s a p r o f i t a b l e a n d r e l i a b l e b u s i n e s s PA K - I r A n P r o M o t e e C o n o M I C t I e s t H r o u g H ‘ PA K - I r A n t r A D e e x H I B I t I o n ’
Commenting on the occasion, Maheen Rahman, CEO InfraZamin, said, The transaction is one step further towards mobilising investments from the private sector for boosting economic growth and covering the infra structure gap in frontier markets We are grateful to HBL Bank for their vision and support throughout this transaction process and look forward to seeing Multi net achieve their business expansion goals
staff report t HE Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as two friendly and neighboring countries, have made the promotion of eco nomic relations by facilitating the ac cess of businessmen and economic activists to each other ’s market; as one of their important priorities and to achieve the aforementioned goal, to take measures step by step While the world is facing eco nomic problems such as the increase in global energy prices and interference in the supply and transit system of goods Such situation further high lights the need of solidarity among the countries particularly of the neighbor ing countries due to easy and econom ical access to each other ’s goods and services markets Therefore with the aim of interact ing and to get familiar with the eco nomic activists, companies and busi nessmen of the two countries with each other s capacities and capabilities the first specialized exhibition of Iranian goods will be held in Islamabad from August 24 to 26 at Pak China friend ship Center, Islamabad This exhibition will be held by fo cusing on the needs of the markets of the two countries and with the presence of large Iranian companies and empha sizing on the introduction of high qual ity products in the following fields: LPG petrochemical industries and engine oil Polymer industries and plastic products New technologies in the field of telecommunications and smart tech nologies and simulation systems and nanotechnology Pharmaceutical InfraZamin and HBL facilitate Multinet for greater digital reach and transmission across Pakistan KaracHI S ta f R e p o R t InfraZamin Pakistan’s partial credit risk guarantee cover of PKR 1,575 million (US$7 6 million) on the Digital In frastructure Facility will effectively de risk the majority of credit risks of this project expansion This is InfraZa min’s first transaction in Pakistan and paves the way for ward for deeper market development via credit guarantees HBL will facilitate Multinet to access 7 Year long term funding in expanding their fibre optic network to under served cities and populations enable a wider reach for internet access via fibre for Small and Medium Enterprises and reduce the cost of carrying broadband traffic from one city to the other thereby improving cost effective data and broadband penetration in Pakistan In addition to these positive developmental impacts, the project is also expected to create additional jobs of which 20% will be allocated specifically to women Multinet has also chosen to adopt best practices in Health and Safety standards and will work on a long term basis with an independent Health and Safety advisor to ensure worker safety and protection during network rollout The company will continue to engage with InfraZamin to en sure continued capacity building and training in this area The project also envisages improved corporate gover nance, disclosure and transparency standards for Multinet which is a welcome step towards better governance stan dards in private unlisted companies
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started providing loans for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Cities Improvement Project, the biggest project in the history of the province Immediately after the ADB released fund, the KP government released Rs248 million to the project on Monday According to sources in the Finance Department an amount of Rs240 million was provided by the Asian Develop ment Bank to the provincial government, which is now being provided to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project and shall be used in ac cordance with the details of items and expenses in cluded in the PC 1 of the project
The provincial government has signed a loan agreement for the pro vision of clean drinking water, sanitation services and basic facilities in five major cities in the province Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad, Swat, and Kohat in the first phase of cities Improvement Project In the second phase these services will be further improved in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and Peshawar BRT services According to sources, the provincial gov ernment will receive a loan of 1 billion US dollars from the Asian Development Bank for both phases of this project After the increase in the value of Dollar, the the government asked the ADP to provide the loan in Euros which was approved The project is the biggest project in the history of the province started on loan from ADB It will also be the largest loan taken for any project in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The project aims to ensure the provi sion of clean drinking water in these cities improve ment of drainage system, water treatment plants to make drainage water reusable, establishment of dumping sites including waste disposal and construc tion of public parks
The Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Fed eral Education and Professional Training, Senator Irfan ul Haque Siddiqui has urged the Chairman HEC to use his powers in good spirit and faith to empower the educational sector The committee meeting held here on Monday also decided to hold a special meeting to discuss fi nances and funds of the HEC and to evaluate the fi nancial model of the institute The Chairman Committee was of the view that the funds and finances of the department should be utilized in providing quality education He recom mended to identify the lacunae in the Higher Edu cation Commission and a work plan to resolve them He also sought a comprehensive report on the future work plan within 30 days The briefing by the HEC on the goals, objec tives, targets, responsibility, administrative control, use of funds, and future plans were deferred on the request of the Chairman Committee
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have signed an agreement for “Employee Banking” for provision of banking facilities to PIA employees Under the aforementioned arrangement, NBP will facilitate PIA employees to meet their financial needs through provision of its wide range of assets and liabilities products under the preferred service mode
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The committee also unanimously passed the Bill titled The Pakistan Global Institute Bill, 2022 moved by Senator Shahadat Awan The Committee was informed that the Bill had already been passed by the National Assembly, introduced by Senator Shahadat Awan on behalf of Rana Tanveer Hussain Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training in the senate The Chairman HEC said that this will be the only Degree Awarding Institute (DAI) in the private sector The sponsoring body of the proposed DAI is THMC Education System (Private) Limited The committee was briefed that the proposed DAI was the only institute in the private sector with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from South Korea Its objective was to further strengthen the linkages between Pakistan and South Korea, to improve the quality of education in Pakistan and provide the Pakistani youth with opportunities for research in management, information technology and other areas
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The ROK and the U S have agreed upon the conditions based transfer of wartime operational control over the ROK’s troops from Washington to Seoul The ROK’s wartime command was handed over the U S led UN com mand after the 1950 53 Korean War broke out The ROK won back its peacetime operational control in 1994 Before the UFS exercises, the two allies conducted preliminary drills last week amid protests against it Thousands of lib eral activists gathered in central Seoul on August 13 to call on the ROK government to suspend the UFS drills with the U S They also demanded the dissolution of the ROK U S alliance and the withdrawal of all U S forces
“That would allow him to remotivate Ukrainian troops and society and justify his requests for more aid from European partners,” Dumoulin said Can Ukraine continue to resist? Military hardware and intelligence data from Europe and the US have al lowed Ukrainian forces to slow but not stall Russian forces in the Don bas and along the Black Sea coast But that is also allowing Russia to consol idate its positions having already built u p i t s m i l i t a r y p r e s e n c e o n t h e Crimean peninsula over the past eight years since its annexation by Moscow And so far, Zelensky’s pleas for more advanced and powerful weapons have b e e n u n s u c c e s s f u l T h e U k r a i n i a n people are united and support the gov ernment so far, but that stability also s t r o n g l y r e l i e s o n t h e i d e a t h a t t h e West helps Ukraine in this war,” said Dimitri Minic, a research fellow at the French Institute of International Rela tions in Paris The arrival of cold weather will also test Ukrainians resolve if they face fuel shortages, power or heating cuts, and other hardships, especially if more people are driven from their homes by the fighting
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“Now she is the sainted figure and they have elevated her as such because they have talked repeatedly of how she was hounded to her death by the media,” said royal histo rian and author Ed Owens A recent Hollywood film and popular Netflix series “The Crown” have presented fictionalised accounts sympathetic to Diana, reviving interest in her life and style “I think ‘The Crown’ is going to do much when it returns to our screens this au tumn to embellish that idea of a human tragedy, again a saintly figure,” Owens added Inner turmoIl: Born on July 1, 1961, Diana hailed from the aristocratic Spencer family with close ties to the monarchy: her father worked for king George VI and Queen Elizabeth II She grew up with three siblings in a childhood marred by the bitter break up of her parents She left school at 16 with no qualifica tions and went to finish school in Switzer land, before getting a job in a nursery in London From the moment she was linked to Charles, however, her life changed The prince was under increasing pres sure to find a bride, and proposed at the age of 32 Diana said they only met 13 times be fore their wedding Heir to the throne Prince William was born the following year, fol lowed by Prince Harry two years later Robert Hardman a former royal reporter and author of “Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II”, described Diana as an absolutely devoted mum “She gave them both the same sort of support, attention, encouragement, indul gence he said Diana also possessed a strong empathy and sense of style, and rode a wave of pop ular enthusiasm for the monarchy She used her position to champion mar ginalised groups, shaking hands with pa tients with AIDS and leprosy who were viewed as pariahs at the time lAHore, PAKIStAn: Diana, Princess of Wales wearing a traditional pink shalwar kameez, is welcomed at Lahore airport by Imran Khan on February 20, 1996, in Lahore, Pakistan Anwar Hussein/WireImage But privately she was plagued by bulimia and fears her husband did not love her and the rest of the royal family did not care ‘FeAr, PArAnoIA And ISolAtIon’: Rumours the marriage was in trouble broke in 1992 after biographer Andrew Morton lifted the lid on Diana’s misery with a reve latory book, based on audio tapes made by the princess in response to his questions via a mutual friend That year ended with the bombshell an nouncement that the royal couple would sep arate The scandal deepened with further recriminations and allegations appearing in the media before first Charles and then Diana admitted to being unfaithful In her controversial 1995 interview with the BBC‘s Panorama programme Diana admitted her affair with army officer James Hewitt, but also criticised the royals and questioned her husband s ability to be king
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The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States on Monday began their annual military drills involving the large scale field maneuvers that had been suspended for the past years The annual summertime military exercises re named Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) this year involving field maneuvers, would last through September 1, according to the ROK s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) The JCS said that the drills are defensive in nature as they have been annually staged, but the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has denounced the exercises as a dress rehearsal for northward invasion The UFS drills will involve the large scale field maneuvers that had not been held for the past years under the preceding ROK s government for peace drive with the DPRK The JCS noted that the field maneuvers were aimed to ensure the condition of a stable push for the transition of wartime operational control through the assessment of the full operational capability
Six months after Russian forces launched what they hoped would be a blitzkrieg invasion of Ukraine, the con flict has turned into a grinding cam paign of daily air strikes and battles with no clear endgame in sight Much of the country s east and south are under Russia’s control de priving Ukraine of the Black Sea ports vital for the grain exports that are the lifeblood of its economy Russia is also suffering under Western sanctions, though few expect President Vladimir Putin to end the slow but steady push deeper into Ukraine anytime soon let alone give up the territories already oc cupied How long could it last? Both sides have sustained punish ing losses of lives and materiel but nei ther appears willing to consider a ceasefire Ukrainians believe they are in an existential fight to defend a nationhood that Putin dismisses as a historical fal lacy In such circumstances nobody can win,” said Konstantin Kalachev, a Moscow based political analyst “This ‘special military operation’ could go on for years “Russia is hoping to win by wearing them down Time is not on Ukraine’s side, and its economy could break, he told AFP Marie Dumoulin a director at the European Council on Foreign Rela tions, said the vigorous support from Western allies would also make it harder for either side to back down now “Each side thinks they can still press a military advantage so it’s unlikely that this is going end soon,” she said Putin has also framed the conflict as part of Russia’s resistance to an expansionist NATO, making any suggestion of “defeat” un acceptable He could punish Ukraine’s desire for closer EU integration by push ing toward the key port of Odessa ef fectively landlocking the country and throttling its exports Ukraine s Presi dent Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile might seek more tactical successes, like the sinking of the Moskva missile cruiser in April or possibly even try a counter offensive to retake some areas
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AgencIeS U S Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’ recent remarks about Taiwan region “called white black” and again exposed Washington s hegemonic logic, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday in response to comments made by Burns in a CNN interview Burns told CNN on August 19 that China’s re sponse to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit was an “overreaction ” China has lodged stern representations to the U S side multiple times over Pelosi’s visit to the Tai wan region, and has clearly indicated that all conse quences should be borne by the U S side the spokesperson said in the statement “It would be unfair to say that the U S had not been warned about the consequences if the visit took place,” the spokesperson added C h i n e a n d u r g e d t h e U S t o i m m e d i a t e l y r e d r e s s t h e m i s t a k e b y t a k i n g c o n c r e t e a c t i o n s t o u n d o t h e e g r e g i o u s i m p a c t o f P e l o s i ’s v i s i t , t h e s p o k e s p e r s o n n o t e d “ T h e C h i n e s e s i d e p o i n t e d t o t h e p l a i n f a c t t h a t i t i s t h e U S t h a t m a d e p r o v o c a t i o n s f i r s t , i m p o s e d a n a v o i d a b l e c r i s i s o n t h e C h i n e s e p e o p l e , a n d y e t f a l s e l y a c c u s e d C h i n a o f s t a r t i n g t h e c r i s i s ; i t i s t h e U S t h a t h a s a p p l i e d t h e s a l a m i s l i c i n g t a c t i c s t o r e p e a t e d l y c r o s s t h e r e d l i n e a n d u n d e r m i n e t h e o n e C h i n a p r i n c i p l e a n d t h e s t a t u s q u o a c r o s s t h e Ta i w a n S t r a i t s , a n d y e t f a l s e l y a c c u s e d C h i n a o f c h a n g i n g t h e s t a t u s q u o , t h e s p o k e s p e r s o n s t r e s s e d “It is the U S that has been conducting gunboat diplomacy at China s doorstep, and yet sought to stigmatize and demonize China’s legitimate, lawful, professional and transparent military drills; it is the U S that has been undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and yet it tries to shift the blame for making provocations and escalating ten sions onto China; it is the U S that blatantly in fringed on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and trampled on China’s red line, yet it falsely accused China of overreacting and manufac turing the crisis What the U S has done has com pletely gone over the line It is not China that is being irresponsible It is Pelosi and the U S gov ernment that are being extremely irresponsible ” the statement read T h e s p o k e s p e r s o n r e i t e r a t e d t h a t t h e o n e C h i n a p r i n c i p l e i s a t t h e h e a r t o f C h i n a ’s c o r e i n t e r e s t s N o c o u n t r y, f o r c e o r i n d i v i d u a l s h a l l e v e r u n d e r e s t i m a t e t h e f i r m r e s o l v e , s t a u n c h w i l l a n d s t r o n g c a p a b i l i t y o f t h e C h i n e s e G o v e r n m e n t a n d p e o p l e t o d e f e n d s o v e r e i g n t y a n d t e r r i t o r i a l i n t e g r i t y a n d t o a c h i e v e n a t i o n a l r e u n i f i c a t i o n a n d r e j u v e n a t i o n ” China once again urges the U S side to abide by the basic norms of international relations including respecting other countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity and non interference in others internal af fairs return to the right path of the one China prin ciple and the three Sino U S joint communiqués and stop doing anything that undermines China s core in terests the spokesperson noted Republic of Korea, U.S. kick off joint militar y drills
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LOnDOn A F P F ROM her engagement to Prince Charles as a shy teenager to her roles as a doting mother, humanitarian and global celebrity, Diana s turbu lent 36 year life still captivates peo ple around the world Young, beautiful and fun, she seemed re freshingly informal when she married the heir to the throne in 1981 aged 20, after what the media portrayed as a fairytale romance But the acrimonious breakdown of her marriage to Charles, with salacious details filling the tabloids, tipped the monarchy into perpetual crisis while driving her to self harm In an extraordinary 1995 interview, she spoke out candidly about her husband s af fair with Camilla Parker Bowles and her own infidelity Stripping the monarchy of its mystique and casting doubt on Charles’s ability to be king, the interview drew horror in parts of the British establishment In recent years, her image has shifted as her sons fiercely defend her memory and use her purported mistreatment by the press in their own battles with media outlets
At least 14 people were killed and 12 others injured in heavy downpour and flash floods late on Sunday in Afghanistan s eastern Paktia province, the state run Bakhtar News Agency reported Monday “Fourteen people lost their lives and 12 oth ers wounded after heavy floods hit some areas in the provin cial capital Gardez and some districts of Paktia province late on Sunday,” the state run agency said According to the news agency 358 residential houses were completely destroyed and 676 others partially destroyed by the monsoon floods that washed out at least 20 acres of land The floods also left more than 1,430 livestock killed and hundreds of kilometers of roads, numerous protective walls, bridges and water dams damaged in the province, said the agency On Saturday, flash floods and rainstorms killed 15 people and injured nine others in Khushi district of Paktia’s neighboring Logar province, provincial police spokesman Ahmadullah Anas confirmed More than 200 people, according to officials, were killed due to downpour and flooding in 10 out of the war torn country’s 34 provinces over the past couple of months
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LAHORE S ta f f R e p o R t Director General (DG) Sports Board Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi has said that the SBP would provide the best facilities and cooperation for holding the 13th Na tional Men/Women Ju Jitsu Championship, scheduled to be held here at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymna sium Hall from August 23 to 25 He said this while ad dressing a press conference at National Hockey Stadium on Monday Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser, Director Admin Syed Omair Hasan Chief Sports Consultant SBP Hafeez Bhatti, President Pakistan Ju Jitsu Federation (PJJF) Khalil Ahmed Khan, Secretary PJJF Waqar Ilyas Khan, Director Referee Kazim Ali Changezi and other officials were also present Addressing the press confer ence, Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that country’s top teams including Pakistan Army, Navy, Wapda and all provinces will participate in the 3 day championship The championship will be considered a sort of trials and performance of all male and female players will be monitored minutely in the event and the top performers of the competition could be given a chance to represent Pakistan in international Ju Jitsu competitions” Elabo rating the origin of the game, the DG SBP said that Ju Jitsu is a kind of martial arts and the games of judo and karate have also started from Ju Jitsu Mbappe scores in record time as Ligue 1 hits red cards high AgEnciEs Hat trick star Kylian Mbappe matched one Ligue 1 record by scoring after just eight seconds in Lille to set Paris Saint Germain on their way to a 7 1 victory on Sunday, while the division hit a modern high with 11 red cards in one weekend Mbappe equalled a 30 year old record when he burst into space, collected a pass from Lionel Messi and surprised Lille goalkeeper Leo Jardim with a lob to score his second league goal of the season
Men’s pre season cricket camp for 2022 23 domestic season from TuesdaySBP to provide facilities for holding National Ju-Jitsu championship
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The camps at six centres will be conducted by the coaches part of National High Performance Centre panel P r e l i m i n a ry s q u a d s Balochistan: Abdul Hanan Achakzai, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai Abu Huraira Aftab Ahmed Akif Javed Ali Waqas, Ammad Butt, Asad Shafiq, Ayyaz Tassawar, Azeem Ghumman, Bismillah Khan, Dawood Khan, Fahad Hussain Fahad Iqbal Faheem Younis Gohar Faiz Haris Sohail, Haseeb Ullah, Hazrat Umar, Hazrat Wali, Hidayat Ullah, Hussain Talat, Imam Ul Haq, Imran Butt, Jalat Khan, Junaid Khan, Kabir Raj, Kaleem Ullah, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Shehzad, Latifullah, Mirwais Tareen Muhammad Ghaus Muhammad Ibrahim Snr Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Javed, Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Shahid, Najeeb Ullah Achakzai Nasir Khan Rasool Bakhsh Raza Ul Hassan, Salim Mal, Shan Masood, Shehbaz Khan, Shoaib Ahmed, Taimur Ali, Taj Wali, Tariq Jameel, Yasir Shah, Zain ullah Snr and Zubair Khan Central Punjab: Abdul Sammad, Ahmed Daniyal, Ahmed Safi Abdullah Ahmed Shahzad Ali Shafiq Ali Shan, Ali Zaryab, Ammer Hamza, Asad Raza, Bilal Asif, Bilawal Bhatti, Bilawal Iqbal, Fahad Munir, Gohar Hafeez Butt, Hamza Akbar, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Hu nain Shah, Imran Dogar, Irfan Khan Niazi, Junaid Ali, Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Abu Bakar, Muhammad Akhalq, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Irfan Jnr, Mo hammad Naveed Mohammad Rameez Jnr Mirza Salman, Mohsin Riaz, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Saad, Muhammad Waheed, Muhammad Waleed, Mukhatar Ahmed Nisar Ahmed Rizwan Hussain Saad Naseem, Sadaqat Ali, Saif Badar, Shahrukh Ali, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohaib Ullah, Umar Akmal, Usama Mir, Waqas Maqsood, Zafar Gohar and Zaid Alam Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Adil Amin, Adil Naz, Afaq Ahmad Ahmed Khan Aitizaz Habib Khan Amir Azmat Arshad Iqbal, Arshad Ullah, Ashfaq Ahmed, Asif Afridi, Farhan Khan, Fazl ur Rehman, Gohar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ihsan Ullah Imran Khan Snr Irfan Ullah Shah Israrullah Khalid Usman, Maaz Ahmed Sadaqat, Maaz Khan, Mehran Ibrahim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Muham mad Imran, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Nisar Afridi, Muhammad Usman Musaddiq Ahmed Nabi Gul Najee bullah, Niaz Khan, Rehan Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan, Sajid Khan, Sajjad Ali, Salman Khan
The speakers also paid rich tributes to Altafur Rahman for his excellent performance in these in ternational games Altafur Rehman, in his re marks thanked the management of Paraplegic Center Peshawar and Friends of Paraplegics who always encouraged and supported him since the beginning and facilitated him in every way to achieve his obsessive goal of having fame in his sport CEO of the Center Dr Syed Mohammad Ilyas said, “Talented youth like Altafur Rehman are pride of the nation and we feel ho noured to nurture such talent ”
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The goal matched Michel Rio’s strike for Caen against Cannes on February 15, 1992, although statisti cians MisterChip calculated that Rio was slightly faster scoring after 7 9sec to Mbappe s 8 3 Mbappe then hit a post when facing an open goal, but Messi, Achraf Hakimi and Neymar all scored before half time as PSG tore apart the only other club to win the French title in the last five seasons Stories of tensions be tween two of PSG s superstars Mbappe and Neymar had swirled around the club this week but the Brazilian scored twice and Mbappe three times “It’s a real satis faction to see them happy on the field, playing for each other PSG coach Christophe Galtier said
The preliminary squads of Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab will train at Bugti Stadium Quetta LCCA ground, Lahore, Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, House of Northern, Islamabad, Hanif Mohammad High Perform ance Centre, Karachi and Inzamam ul Haq High Per formance Centre, Multan, respectively, till 25 August
A grand function was organ ized at the CPMR Hall of the Paraplegic Centre to honour Rah man who brought bronze medal home
Fast bowler Muhammad Hasnain has re placed the injured Shaheen Shah Afridi for the Asia Cup in the United Arab Emi rates (UAE) The 22 year old Hasnain returned to cricket in June after remodelling his bowling action He was suspended in February after being called by umpires during the Big Bash League (BBL) The right arm fast bowler has taken 17 wickets in 18 T20s and played his last T20 against the West Indies in Karachi in December 2021 Hasnain is represent ing the Oval Invincibles in the Hundred competition in England and will join the team in the UAE During the Hundred competition, Australia s Marcus Stoinis mimicked Hasnain’s bowling action with a throw ing motion when he was walking back to the dugout after being caught by the fast bowler ’s short pitched delivery However, the Australian batter was not formally sanctioned for questioning the legality of Hasnain’s bowling action Afridi was ruled out of the Asia Cup and also from next month’s seven match T20 series against England after doctors advised him to rest for at least four to six weeks to fully recover from a knee in jury Pakistan is placed in Group A along with archrival India and a qualifier Pak istan will play its opening game against India on Saturday Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in Group B with the top two teams going through the Super 4 stage
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The management of the center, staff members, students and the team of ‘Friends of Paraplegics’ gave a warm welcome to Altafur Rehman on his marvelous achievement of and profusely gar landed him
It will be England’s first Test tour to Pak istan since 2005 England is also scheduled to play a seven match T20 series in Pakistan next month as a build up for the T20 World Cup in Australia before returning in Decem ber for the Test series England will be playing a Test match in Rawalpindi for the first time Pakistan has happy memories in Multan where it beat England by 22 runs during its last tour 17 years ago “We have been working closely with the PCB over recent months and I am grateful to them for everything they have done and continue to do, to make our Test and T20 tours a mouth watering prospect for all in volved,” ECB’s interim chief executive offi cer Clare Connor said in a statement The return of our men s Test team to Pakistan for the first time since 2005 will be a historic occasion The opportunity to play Test cricket in front of passionate cricket lovers in Pakistan after such a long time is something to be cherished Zakir Khan, the PCB’s director of inter national cricket said Pakistan and England have historically produced some close Test matches “Pakistan cricket fans have waited for al most 17 years to see elite England players in action Khan said “Both the sides have evolved since they last played in Pakistan in 2005 and have re cently been playing entertaining and exciting cricket I remain confident this series will live up to the expectations of the global cricket fans who want to watch and enjoy competitive and thrilling matches ” England is in 7th place in the WTC points table while Pakistan is 5th tESt MatchES iN PakiStaN
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The players will arrive at the cricket centres today These squads have been finalised by the national men’s selector, Muhammad Wasim, in consultation with the six Cricket Associations and the final line ups for the National T20, which begins from 30 August, and Cricket Associations T20, commencing 2 September, will be announced on the last day of the camp
A N D will play a three Test se ries in Pakistan as part of the World Test Championship in December, the Pakistan Cricket Board an nounced on Monday Rawalpindi will host the first Test from December 1 5 while the second Test will be played at Mul tan from December 9 13 Pakistan’s favourite home ground the National Sta dium at Karachi will host the third and final Test from December 17 21 Pakistan has lost just two Test matches at Karachi out of 44, with one of the defeats coming against England in 2000 South Africa won the other Test when it beat Pak istan by 160 runs in 2007 Pakistan has won 23 Test matches at the National Stadium
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Showboating Japanese badminton star Kento Momota promised to cool down after being fired up by an ador ing home crowd in his first round win at the world championships in Tokyo on Monday Second seeded Momota’s career has been in free fall since a car crash more than two years ago which left him badly hurt but he looked back on top form during a 21 16, 21 14 win over Mexico’s Lino Munoz Momota rushed out to an early lead and seemed to be enjoying the adulation of the Tokyo crowd, until world number 82 Munoz started to come back into the match Momota said he had wanted to show the crowd what he could do “a little too much” and promised to “calm down” in his next match I scored a point and I heard a little girl behind me shout out ‘brilliant,'” said a sheepish Momota after the match “I heard that and thought I wanted to do it again, but then I ended up giving away the next point Next time I’ll try and keep my cool ” Momota ad vanced to the next round along with top ranked Dane Viktor Axelsen, but third seeded Anders Antonsen crashed out at the first hurdle The 2019 world silver medallist fell behind early and never managed to get a foothold in a 21 15, 21 19 loss to Japan’s Kenta Nishi moto The 25 year old Antonsen was playing his first competitive match in three months after pulling an ab dominal muscle and said it “felt a bit strange just to suddenly be on court again” “I felt like I played better and better and it was a shame that I didn’t make the comeback in the second game, I was so close,” said Antonsen who had fended off four match points It s my first match in a long time so I just need to get back to competition Today was the beginning ” Axelsen lived up to his billing as the world s number one with a straightforward 21 16, 21 12 win over Malaysia’s Daren Liew Axelsen was pleased to safely negotiate his way past the world number 29 “Every first round is always tricky Daren is an experienced opponent, he’s a really good player when he plays well, said Axelsen isLAMABAD t h e a S S o c i at e d p R L
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stAff REpORt A disabled table tennis player Altafur Rahman, who won bronze medal in the recently held Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey, paid a special visit to the Paraplegic Center in Hayatabad, Peshawar on Monday where he was admitted for rehabilitation due to polio dis ability He, after rehabilitation, served the centre as a volunteer and emerged as a table tennis player
The players and officials part of the ongoing Kash mir Premier League will join their sides when they ar rive in Rawalpindi and Quetta on 26 August
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