He said that the coalition government along with the provincial government was making utmost efforts to provide relief to the people in flood-hit areas.
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Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser said that Latif’s statements were aimed at instigating religious hatred among the people. “This is condemnable.”Imran,he said, was currently at the height of his popularity. “PTI is the only party which signifies unity today because it has members from all religious sects and cultures,” he said.
The local currency closed at Rs234.32 per dollar, depreciating 1.02 per cent from yesterday’s close.According to Mettis Link News interview with Wajid Rizvi, Head of Research at Intermarket Securities
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A section of Pakistani media reported on Wednesday that MoFA had written a letter to the Afghan foreign ministry seeking Azhar’s handover.
The JeM is a proscribed militant group which has been accused by India of several terrorist attacks, the most recent being the February 2019 suicide attack in Pulwama, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in which 40 Indian soldiers were killed.
PM Shehbaz Sharif also ordered the district administration to immediately resolve the drinking water problems in Sohbatpur.
sions and violence”. “These are the people who want to spread hatred and chaos in the land,” he added.
Appropriate steps should be taken for dewatering with the help of additional machinery and resources, he stressed.
“Whenever their political opponents become powerful, they always indulge in personal attacks. A similar attack was
“It seems that the initiative of the government and finance ministry towards the investment of dollars from friendly countries has not been productive and effective, the IMF deal had given us hope of recovering from the depreciation of rupees but it turned out to be the opposite”, he said.
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He said the government would not charge the consumers in the flood-hit areas for the bills of August and September.
During the presser, Javed Latif accused the PTI chief of pushing the country towards “secularism and away from the “Imranreligion”.Khan wants to create anarchy in the country as he is using religion for his politics,” Latif said. He also showed a few short video clips of Imran Khan to make his point.
The minister said there could be a strong public reaction if Imran Khan’s
The premier further stated that the facility would be extended beyond the flood-relief areas, benefitting around 210 million consumers in the country.
The Pakistani rupee continued to lose ground against the dollar for the ninth consecutive session on Wednesday, the rupee lost 2.4 in the interbank market.
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Moreover, he said a mechanism would be established to revive the crops of wheat and cotton in the flood-affected areas.
Balochistan chief secretary, while briefing the prime minister on the ongoing efforts to deal with flood-related damages, said that 128 roads in the province were dilapidated, out of which 91 have been restored. He further stated that a plan of Rs11 billion has been worked out for livestock rehabilitation.
PM Shehbaz cautioned that dealing with disease outbreak will become difficult if measures to limit the spread are not taken.
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“Today, the incumbent government is complicit in this crime through Javed
His comments came hours after PML-N leader and federal minister Mian Javed Latif, in a press conference, accused the PTI chief of “attacking the basic principles of Islam” and “supporting” the Ahmediyya community during his tenure.“When Imran made the Naya Pakistan, units of Qadianis became active in Karachi […] Did Imran not give interviews to the foreign media in which he said that Qadianis will be given religious freedom,” Latif argued.
He also announced continuation of the government’s facility in September to waive off Fuel Adjustment Charges for electricity consumers across the country on usage up to 300 units.
tactics are not checked, warning there would be bloodshed in the country if Imran Khan went ahead with his politics. “We respect the state institutions and there should not be double standards for political parties.”
PM ANNoUNcES Two-MoNThS wAIVER of UTILITy bILLS foR fLood VIcTIMS: While addressing the flood affectees, PM Shehbaz Sharif announced a two-month waiver of water utility charges for the consumers residing in flood-affected areas all over the country.
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The prime minister reviewed the relief arrangements and later addressed the flood victims in the area.
Latif. I seriously condemn it. The foundation of the PML-N is based on dictatorship […] they have never fought any battle through democracy.
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“Jaish-e-Mohammad chief is not in Afghanistan. Such organisations can operate on Pakistan’s soil – and even under official patronage,” Mujahid added. “We’ll not allow anyone to use Afghanistan’s soil against any other country.”
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“We have written a one-page letter to Afghan foreign ministry, asking them to locate, report and arrest Masood Azhar, as we believe that he is hiding somewhere in Afghanistan,” media reported quoting a top official privy to the However,development.whenapproached, a Foreign Office spokesperson told The Express Tribune that “It is not true”.
“Today, we are here to tell you that when we were in the government, and even today, you have seen our work for upholding Islam and the Prophet (PBUH),” Qaiser added. Meanwhile, former federal minister Iftikhar Durrani said that the government was violating the National Action Plan and Constitution by spreading “religious hatred”.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday lambasted the coalition government — particularly the PML-N — accusing it for “misusing religion of Islam to instil and spread hatred” against party chief and former prime minister Imran“PML-NKhan.is running an organised and planned campaign to make Imran Khan controversial [for the people],” former religious affairs minister Noorul Haq Qadri said at a press conference.
He recalled that PML-N had always levelled personal attacks at Imran. “And this shows that the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Party) has lost.”
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A spokesperson for the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” has denied that Pakistan has demanded the handover of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar from “We’veKabul.also seen this news in the media. But this is not true. Nobody has made such a demand from us,” said Zabihullah Mujahid in an interview with Afghanistan’s ToloNews, a day after a section of the Pakistani media reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written a letter to Kabul’s new rulers seeking custody of Maulana Masood AccordingAzhar.tothe letter, Azhar has been hiding somewhere in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.
saving medicines on priority in Sohbatpur’s area of Balochistan, severely damaged by floods.
done today and it was an escalation,” Durrani pointed out.
RIMEMinister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday warned of a perilous outbreak of water and vector-borne diseases while ordering the rapid dewatering of the flooded areas during his visit to Balochistan’s Sohbatpur district.
In view of the scarcity of drinking water in Sohbatpur, he said, two trucks carrying bottled water would reach in the area by tonight (Wednesday) while 10 tonnes of the commodity would be available in the next two days.
The prime minister said the waiver on water utility charges was aimed at facilitating the people heavily burdened by the challenges in the wake of the flood.
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He directed the authorities concerned to ensure the availability of drinking water and life-
explained the recent depreciation of rupee due to the flood situation in the country, while the US Fed increased the rates which affected the global rate of the dollar against other currencies.
Flanked by fellow PTI leaders Asad Qaiser and Iftikhar Durrani, Qadri said: “When I joined Imran Khan, it was not just for his political ideology but also his religious ideology,” he said, recalling that the policies formed during the PTI government’s tenure were proof of his love and respect toward the Holy ProphetQadri(PBUH).went on to say that the “war being waged by the government was very dangerous as it would create divi-
“Infectious diseases are spreading in the flood-affected areas. Controlling the outbreak is crucial,” the premier said.
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ISLAMABAD: Haseeb Hamza was produced before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) by police on Wednesday, a day after the court warned to summon heads of the intelligence agencies if the administration failed to recover the young man who was picked up from outside his home in Islamabad. Hamza, 27, was taken away by around 20 men, 15 of whom were in black uniform, on the intervening night of August 22 and 23, according to a petition filed for his recovery. In his petition, Zulfiqar Ali, Hamza’s father, said his son was a farmer and worked in the Layyah district of Punjab, adding the unidentified men apprehended him and seized several items, including five laptops, six cellphones and some documents, during the raid. He made the federation of Pakistan, defense secretary, chief of Military Intelligence (MI) and the interior ministry respondents in the case, urging the court to direct respondents to produce the detainee. During the proceedings on Wednesday, Athar Minallah, chief judge of the high court, asked Hamza where he had been, to which he replied he was blindfolded at the time he was taken and had no knowledge of where he was kept. staff RepoRt
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Held under the chairmanship of Shahzad Khan Bangash, chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a high-level meeting was apprised the application has been prepared by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) and officials are being trained to use it. It was further informed the survey of flood-hit houses will begin from September 15 and, once completed, money will be paid through the Bank of Khyber. Per a preliminary damage assessment report prepared by Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), a total of 91,456 houses have been damaged in the flood-ravaged districts. Among these 37,523 have been completely damaged while 53,933 have braved partial damages.
with relief supplies, including thousands of tents, emergency food items, medicines, boats, kitchen items, baby food, and other goods.The Turkish Red Crescent has also dispatched two trucks loaded with relief supplies.Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, along with Minister of Environment and urbanisation Murat Kurum and the heads of several Turkish relief organisations, were the first foreign delegation to arrive in Pakistan soon after the flood to show solidarity with the government and people of Pakistan and to monitor the devastation caused by floods.
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The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease. But they have refused pleas to evacuate.
The AFAD team was flanked by a Pakistan Army officer, Muhammad Ashiq, who said authorities are clearing the areas of flood waters in order to allow the victims to return
In many parts of conservative, deeply patriarchal Pakistan, women live under a strict system of so-called honour.
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drinking water system in the entire region.
Food relief packages from China were distributed in Balochistan amid the recent severe flooding in the country. The ceremony was held in the tribal area of Dera Bugti, attended by over 800 local victims hit by the flood. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister For Narcotics Control Nawabzada Shazain Bugti thanked China for its timely help when Pakistan is suffering from heavy floods. “China has always stood with Pakistan as a brother when we faced these hard times,” Bugti said, adding Islamabad looks forward to deepening cooperation with Beijing to improve infrastructure construction in the fields of education, medical care and others. On the occasion, the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Nong Rong, said Beijing attaches great importance to assisting the Pakistani brothers and sisters who are being hit by the floods, as the two countries have a long tradition of helping each other in times of crisis. “The Chinese people will never forget that Pakistan donated all of its strategic reserve tents when a strong earthquake hit Wenchuan in China’s Sichuan province in 2008,” said the ambassador. He said that China looks forward to strengthening win-win cooperation with Pakistan and making joint efforts to build a better homeland.
operators charging fares far higher than normal. Basti Ahmad Din’s families have worryingly low amounts of food left, and they have decided to pool and ration whatever wheat and grain they managed to salvage after the rains.
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Describing the gesture as “the truest tradition of Pakistan-Turkey exemplary relationship,” Sharif also expressed his gratitude for the recent visit of Soylu and Kurum, as well as heads of several Turkish relief organisations, to monitor the devastation caused by floods, said a statement from Prime Minister’s Office.
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Rickety wooden rowboats are the only way for villagers to head out to purchase food and supplies. They are also expensive, with their
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So far, 1,481 people have lost their lives, including 510 children, and 12,742 others have been injured in flood-related incidents since mid-June, according to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
uRKISHorganisations are at the forefront of helping flood victims in Pakistan, which has been hit by a devastating flood that killed over 1400 people and destroyed infrastructure. The first team of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) arrived in Pakistan on August 7, when the flood hit the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh.
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LONDON: The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction”, UN secretary-general António Guterres warned on Tuesday on the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject. The report, led by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), warns the world is “going in the wrong direction” on climate change. With greenhouse gas concentrations continuing to rise in the atmosphere and world leaders failing to adopt strategies to hold global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures, the earth is inching closer to dangerous climate tipping points, the United in Science report says. Already, extreme weather events are more frequent and more intense. “Heatwaves in Europe. Colossal floods in Pakistan […] There is nothing natural about the new scale of these disasters,” Guterres said in a video message. Despite a dip in emissions during coronavirus lockdowns, planet-warming emissions have since soared beyond pre-pandemic levels. ReuteRs
More than half of the 90 homes in Basti Ahmad Din, located in the Rojhan area of Punjab, have been destroyed. The cotton crops that surrounded the village when the rains started in June are now rotting in flooded fields, and the dirt road that once connected to the nearest city is under three metres (10 feet) of water.
Ankara has so far sent 12 military aircraft and four “Kindness Trains” loaded
extending humanitarian aid to flood-battered people across the country.
According to the latest data by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), a total of 1,480 people have been killed in rain-related accidents since mid-June.
Hundreds of people continue to live in that village, which was built near the Islamabad-Peshawar highway in the district. turKIsh orGaNIsatIoNs’ relIeF aCtIvItIes: Teams from various Turkish organisations, including AFAD, the Turkish Red Crescent, and the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), are still working on relief efforts in different areas of Sindh and Balochistan.Whenan AFAD team visited Mirpur Khas district in Sindh last week to distribute food and other items to victims, locals and officials thanked them for coming in such a difficultThousandstime. of people living in tents on both sides of roads in the district are facing a shortage of drinking water and food as the areas are still submerged, destroying the
Another team of 20 members arrived after a massive flood hit the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh in the last week of August.
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During the 2005 earthquake and the subsequent devastating flood in 2010, Turkey was also at the forefront of assisting the Pakistani people.
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Women can even be killed for bringing “shame” by interacting with men or marrying someone they, rather than their families, choose. And in a disaster situation such as the floods in Pakistan, this code can completely cut off women and girls from basic needs such as food and medical care. Instead of taking their families there, the men of Basti Ahmad Din make the expensive boat trip to the nearest relief camp for aid and supplies once a week.
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“It is up to the village elders to decide,” said Shireen Bibi, 17, when asked if she would prefer to go to the safety of a camp on dry land.
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued notices for Sept 27 to the federal government and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on an application, filed by PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, seeking return of her passport. The three-member LHC bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti, heard the fresh civil miscellaneous application filed by Maryam Nawaz in a pending writ petition. The petitioner’s counsel, Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, argued before the court that an LHC division bench had granted bail to his client in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case in 2019, against surety bonds worth Rs70 million and surrender of her passport. To a court query, the counsel submitted that Maryam Nawaz had been accused of Rs70 million only in the matter. He further submitted that four years had passed, but neither the Bureau filed any reference, nor she had been indicted. He submitted that freedom of movement was a fundamental right and no one could be deprived of that right for a long time. Staff Report mAtter of honour’
On Sunday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked Ankara for
Catastrophic monsoon rains blamed on climate change have left vast swathes of Pakistan under water this summer, with villagers such as those in Basti Ahmad Din grappling with the destruction of their homes and livelihoods.
“We are Baloch. Baloch don’t allow their women to go out,” said Basti Ahmad Din resident Muhammad Amir, referring to the dominant ethnic group in the village.“TheBaloch would rather starve and make do than let their families go out.”
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has launched a mobile application for a survey of houses damaged in catastrophic floods to ensure transparent dispensation of compensation to the householders.
It severely limits their freedom of movement and how they interact — if at all — with men outside their families.
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“Wehomes.arethankful to President Erdogan, the people of Turkey, and all Turkish organisations for helping us in this difficult time,” he said, adding that he salutes President Erdogan and all Turkish people who have always stood by Pakistan in every difficult time.
Leaving for a relief camp would mean the women of the village mingling with men outside their families, residents told AFP, and that would violate their “honour”. The women of Basti Ahmad Din do not get a say.
“We never could forget our Turkish brothers and sisters who helped us in 2010 and built a new house for us,” Ihsan ullah, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, told Anadolu Agency.
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Numerous volunteers who come to the village to drop off aid packages have pleaded with the residents to leave for safety, to no avail.
Price added that the uS was concerned that media and content restrictions, as well as a lack of accountability for attacks against journalists, undermined the exercise of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and “Aassociation.freepress and informed citizenry, we belive, are key to democratic societies around the world, the key to our democratic future. That applies equally to Pakistan as it does to other countries around the world”.
He said the uN had already launched a $161 million flash appeal for Pakistan flood victims and for the rehabilitation purpose, adding the funding would provide critical food and cash assistance to nearly one
Eight members of Punjab Assembly belonging to PML-N have file a joint application in a local court, seeking transfer of a case pertaining to vandalism in Punjab Assembly to another court.
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current and future counter-terrorism threats, in Washington’s first major security assistance to Islamabad in over four years.
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PCJCCI Vice President Sarfaraz Butt said that around 40 per cent of the major companies had planned to move factories from China to other locations, which included Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Philippines. He added that Pakistan had the ninth largest labour force in the world, according to the labour force 2013-2014, clocking in at 57.24 million. Out of this, 3.4 million people were unemployed, while many were employed in areas not relevant to their expertise.
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we have a responsibility to maintain financial accountability and transparency,” he asserted.
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Now, this is a fleet that allows Pakistan to support counterterrorism operations, and we expect Pakistan will take sustained action against all terrorist groups, added the spokesperson.In2018,Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump suspended about $2 billion in security assistance to Islamabad, accusing it of providing support to the Taliban and the Haqqani Network groups and not dismantling their “safe havens”.
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The purpose of the press conference was to ensure transparency, he said. “We will try to keep the media updated and will answer every question,” he added.
Addressing a press conference here, he said that united States, Canada and other countries had made good announcements in response to the appeal.
He also apprised that from the announced donations of 150 million dollars from various countries, only 38.5 million dollars transactions were received uptil now.
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Price responded by saying: “We continue to be concerned by significant restrictions on media outlets and civil society in Pakistan. “I know that your outlet, ARY, has not been immune to this constricted space. We routinely raise our concerns about press freedom to all stakeholders around the world, including to our partners and our counterparts in Pakistan,” he said.
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Pakistan-China Joint Chambers of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) President Wang Zihai said on Wednesday that China’s decision to relocate part of its manufacturing sector to cost-effective locations should help Pakistan if the country could chalk out a strategy and train its labour according to the industry’s needs. Chairing a think-tank session held here at PCJCCI premises, he added that China was witnessing an economic transformation, following Europe’s model of relocating parts of its manufacturing sector to economically viable places that offer skilled labour at cheap rates. PCJCCI Senior Vice President Ehsan Choudhry said that technical training should be provided to labourers so that they could take advantage of China’s move. Pakistan could make its unemployed manpower effective in the current scenario by providing technical and factual training in industry-related work ambit. He was confident that Pakistan could attract the Chinese manufacturing sector by developing a trained workforce for industries. He termed the phenomenon a great industrial transfer, which had brought in plenty of opportunities. He added that one-third of Chinese manufacturers for textiles, garments, shoes and hats had already moved all, or part, of their production centres outside China.
We have started an immediate response to the disaster, but we are still in the early stages. We have to speed up our response, which need more funds,” he said .
HEF-16 fighter programme is an important part of a broader uSPakistan bilateral relationship and this fleet will allow the country to support counter-terrorism operations, the administration of President Joe Biden believes.
“We did recently notify Congress of a proposed foreign military sale valued at $450 million for maintenance and sustainment services for the Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 programme,” Ned Price told reporters at his daily press briefing on Tuesday.“Pakistan is an important partner in a number of regards, an important counterterrorism partner. And as part of our longstanding policy, we provide lifecycle maintenance and sustainment packages for uS-origin platforms,” he said in response to a question.Pricesaid the programme is an important part of a broader uS-Pakistan bilateral relationship, and this proposed sale will
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“All the international support and funding is going into the government system,” he said.
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sustain Islamabad’s capability to meet current and future counterterrorism threats by maintaining the F-16 fleet.
CHS. The CHS is the highest forum of the SCO, which considers and defines the strategy, prospects, and priorities of the Organization.Attheforthcoming CHS, the SCO leaders will deliberate on important global and regional issues, including climate change, food security energy security, and sustainable supply chains.
The coordinator voiced the government stance that around 33 million people had been affected due to recent flooding and it would take at least three to four months for people to return to their routine life.
The comment from a State Department spokesperson came as the united States sought to defend its decision to provide a $450 million worth of military sustenance programme to Pakistan, braving fierce opposition from its strategic partner and Islamabad’s archrival India.
The united Nations Resident Coordinator in Pakistan Julien Harneis on Wednesday said that the joint flash appeal by the Government of Pakistan and united Nations Secretary General got a positive response from the international community.
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agreements and documents that would chart the future direction of cooperation among SCO member states. The SCO is a major transregional organization spanning South and Central Asia.
Judge Yaseen Mohal.
“The prime Minister will be participating in the SCO-CHS on the invitation of President of the Republic of uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who would chair the meeting,” the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. The leaders of SCO members and observer states as well as heads of SCO organizations and other special guests will attend the meeting.
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Wednesday highlighted the importance of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the development and progress of the region and strengthening of Pakistan-China fraternal bonds. The minister was speaking in meeting with a delegation of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) headed by its President Overseas, Zhang Guoliang. According to press statement issued by Finance Ministry, Zhang Guoliang, President Overseas CNNC briefed the finance minister on investment in CPEC projects and presented company’s report. He expressed sympathy on the loss of lives, properties and infrastructure due to the recent devastating floods in Pakistan.
Founded in 2001, the SCO upholds the values and principles enshrined in the “Shanghai Spirit” that include mutual trust, mutual benefit and pursuit of theasenhancingwithandinfrastructure,seekingpromotingeconomicpopulationnearlySCOdevelopment.Collectively,commonthememberstatesrepresenthalfoftheworld’sandaquarterofglobaloutput.TheSCO’sagendaofpeaceandstability,andenhancedlinkagesineconomic,tradeculturalspheres,isalignedPakistan’sownvisionforeconomicconnectivitywellaspeaceandstabilityinregion.
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Flood assIstaNCe: Meanwhile, the uS said it has flown 10 missions into
The Department of Defence (DoD) is in support of the uS Agency for International Development’s efforts to provide assistance to Pakistan in the wake of massive flooding and the humanitarian assistance crisis there.
The PML-N MPAs, through the application submitted on Wednesday in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Jamil Bhatti, requested that their bail pleas should be shifted to the court of another Additional District and Sessions
IslaMaBad: Chairman of Habib Bank Limited and Director of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development Sultan Ali Allana called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday. The prime minister conveyed his respects to Prince Raheem Aga Khan and expressed his gratitude for the generous contribution to the flood relief efforts in Pakistan. During the meeting, they discussed the areas of mutual interest including economic situation in the country and areas of development. The prime minister appreciated the role of HBL and other Aga Khan Development Network institutions in Pakistan. On September 4, Prince Raheem Aga Khan telephoned the prime minister and announced donation of $10 million for the flood affected people of Pakistan. Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhamad Asif also attended the meeting. app
During the briefing, Price was also asked to comment on media freedom in Pakistan, particularly with regard to restrictions on ARY News and Bol News, popular antigovernment TV stations, in recent days and the arrest of the former station’s head of
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Through Moon Khokhar and Nasir Chohan Advocates they pleaded to the court that as per one FIR their bail pleas were being heard by one court, but the filing of another FIR in the same case they had applied for the bail in another court. They urged the judge to club their bail pleas in connection with both FIRs. The additional sessions judge reserved verdict in the joint application of the PML-N MPAs including Rana Mashhood, Rukhsana Kausar, Saiful Malook, Awais Leghari, Rana Muhammad Aslam, Mirza Javed and Hamif Gul.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the annual meeting of the Council of Heads of State (CHS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) being held on September 1-16 in uzbekistan’s city Samarkand.
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The current floods triggered by monsoon rains in Pakistan have so far killed nearly 1,480 people and injured another 12,728 while damaging 6,674 kilometres of the road network and destroying over 1.7 million houses.“Our condolences certainly go out to those who’ve been impacted by this terrible natural disaster,” Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.
IslaMaBad: The second planeload of relief goods sent by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) on Wednesday arrived in Karachi from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The first airlift was arrived at the same destination on Tuesday night. Each airlift was carrying 90 tons of food, medical supplies and shelters to support the flood victims. Both of the relief airlifts would benefit 19,000 people. Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki said the purpose of this emergency aid was to address the drastic impacts of flooding on various cities, towns and villages of Pakistan. He said the following aid was reflection of the strong historical ties between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Besides Saudi ambassador, Consul General, Karachi, Bandar Al Dayel, and provincial minister for Labour and Information and Human Resources, Saeed Ghani were present at the airport to receive the aid. The KSrelief, provides comprehensive and impartial aid to vulnerable communities around the world. This airlift is just an example of Saudi Arabia’s commitment to providing urgent support to countries facing crises such as Pakistan is being experienced these days. To date, the KSrelief has implemented 2,086 humanitarian projects in 86 countries, saving and improving the lives of millions of people in need.
On September 8, the Biden administration approved a fleet sustainment programme for Pakistan to help it meet
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Besides attending the summit, PM Sharif will hold bilateral meetings with other participating leaders on the sidelines of the
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He said the Emergency Relief Fund had announced $10 million, adding that they were exclusively discussing that how Pakistan could attain the maximum donations from the uN system.
Pakistan to deliver over one million pounds of critical humanitarian supplies and equipment to people affected by the raintriggered catastrophic flooding that has killed nearly 1,400 people, washed away about two million homes and destroyed over four million acres of farmland.
Principal Scientist, Mango Research Institute (MRI) Multan, Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Grewal advised farmers on Wednesday to cut the Scales-hit branches of mango trees in their orchards and burn them to save the aromatic and delicious fruit from the insect attack and make room for passage of air and sunlight through the plants. Grewal said in a statement that attack of Scales, a small, stationary, and shell-like insects on leaf stems or fruit surfaces was observed on mango crop not only on big trees but also on smaller plants. “Since the attack occurred at a time when fruit was passing through firming stage, pesticides application was not possible and hence it affected the fruit quality in some orchards.” The MRI principal scientist warned that this problems should be tackled effectively now otherwise it would emerge again next year with more vigor. The branches of mango trees affected the most by scales must be cut and burned. Trimming of plants should also be done to ensure passage of air and sunlight for better growth. He advised farmers to apply spray of 400 grams Beprofezane in 100 litres of water or 250 ml Tryezophos in 100 litres of water per acre to control the attack.
million people residing in various districts of Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. He agreed, in the current situation, that $161 million may not be enough for relief activities as they had again made an appeal before the international community to grant more funds.
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NAB had nominated Rubina Khalid, former Executive Director of Lok Virsa Mazharul Islam, chief executive director of Cosmos Production Pvt Ltd in Self Generated (SGF) of Lok Virsa Dr Tabinda Zafar and Muhammad Shafi as accused in the reference.
The participants emphasized upon the need for enacting legislation that supports sustainable consumption and production, circularity and sustainable waste management, including waste treatment and safe handling of healthcare and biochemical waste.
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2022 floods with consultation of the Irrigation Department,” CM Shah said.
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AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir announced the verdict on the petition of accused under NAB amendment Act 2022. The court stated that it did not fall in jurisdiction of accountability court after
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tween habitat loss environmental degradation and climate change, and the emergence of novel zoonotic diseases such as Coronavirus.
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An Accountability Court (AC) Wednesday returned a reference to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against PPP’s Senator Rubina Khalid and others
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced the dates for the second phase of Sindh Local Government (LG) polls and by-elections in the National Assembly (NA) constituencies. The election commission announced to organise LG polls in all districts of Karachi on October 23, whereas, by-elections in eight NA constituencies will be held on October 16. The decision was taken in a high-level session chaired by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja today. The commission sought a report from the concerned authorities regarding.
The speakers at a session Wednesday urged the Asia-Pacific region countries to develop and advance legislation, regulation and policy to protect, promote and realize the right to a clean healthy and sustainable environment.
Addressing the session titled “Building resilience to preserve our common future” the parliamentarian reflected on National-level options for promoting a green recovery in their respective countries, including in relation to clean energy, biodiversity and waste management and circularity.
The session noted that there should be financial instruments to fund long-term disaster risk reduction initiatives and prioritize citizen engagements in discussions on risk disasters to promote inclusive strategies that are responsive to the risks and needs of constituents.
Talking about relief efforts, Murad Ali Shah said that the PDMA has delivered 175,933 tents, while NDMA has provided 10,853 tents to flood-hit people in different areas of the province so far. “The NDMA has also distributed 21,363 tents, while the Navy has distributed 2,586 tents,” Sindh chief minister
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pertaining alleged corruption of Rs 30.13 million in Lok Virsa funds.
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“We are trying utmost to avoid drowning of any new area and water level is coming down”, he claimed, saying in view of devastation “we praying for no more rains.”
The Sindh CM informed that hectic efforts were underway with support of the federal government to restore the railway track in all affected areas of the province.
“Totalsaid.2,16,000 tents were distributed in the province till yesterday,” he added.
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According to details, Pakistan and Indian delegations would dialogue on waterrelated issues specifically on the Lower Kalnai, Kero and other hydro power plants projects under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 (Sindh Tas accord).
NAB alleged that Mazharul-Islam had misused his authority and illegally extended the contracts in favour of Cosmos Production “in connivance with” Senator Rubina Khalid and Dr Zafar. Additionally, NAB said that Senator Khalid and Dr Zafar had “gained illegal benefits by getting the extension of the agreement
without calling the fresh tenders/without any competition. It added that this had resulted in a loss of Rs 30.13 million to the national exchequer.
It also highlighted the persistent environmental challenges that subvert the achievement of SDGs in different countries in the Asia-Pacfic region.
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the fresh amendments in the law. The court asked the bureau to file the case to the relevant forum.
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in May 2022 and now the Indian delegation is to visit Pakistan for the next phase of theThedialogue.IndusWaters Treaty was signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan and brokered by the World Bank. The treaty fixed and delimited the rights and obligations of both countries concerning the use of the waters of the Indus River system. The Indus River rises in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region of China and flows through the disputed Kashmir region and then into Pakistan to drain into the Arabian Sea. It is joined by numerous tributaries, notably those of the eastern Punjab Plain—the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers.
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which received 52 percent more rainfall in this season.He said Indus River while passing through Sindh divided the province in two parts and there was water on both sides of the“Presentlyriver. seven to eight million-acrefeet water standing in Kashmore, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kambar-Shahdadkot, Larkana and Jamshoro,” he said and added that they would drain out the water into the river, which would pass through Manchhar Lake. “This water will flow through the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) to discharge into the sea,” Shah said. The Sindh chief minister also dispelled reports about “This or that Wadera is taking decisions,” saying these were misgivings. “All decisions are being taken by the Sindh Irrigation Department in consultation with stakeholders,” he declared.
Pakistan and India would resume their dialogue on water-related controversies next month. According to sources, an Indian delegation will visit Pakistan for the second phase of the dialogues to be held under the Sindh Tass accord.
INDHprovince received unprecedented 1,100mm rainfall, 800 percent more than average in the six spells of the current monsoon so far, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah stated while highlighting gravity of the calamitous weather that wreaked havoc across the “Accordingprovince.toestimates around 30 million-acre-feet water entered the province so far and now seventh spell of monsoon is around the corner”, the Sindh CM informed while sharing details with media here on Wednesday.CMShah pointed out that Sindh province had received 800 percent more rainfall than average as compared to Punjab,
They were of a view that green recovery from the covid-19 pandemic as a way to help achieve environmental and sustainable development objectives. They highlighted the persistence environmental challenges that undermine the achievement of SDGs in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
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“We would have faced more difficulties if the water of the river kept at the upstream,” he said. “We have opened some canals of Sukkur Barrage in a controlled manner,” he claimed and added some canals of Guddu Barrage have also been opened.
“We could not shut mouth of someone. Anyone tell me, where we have deliberately gone wrong. Not a single person can raise finger at the Sindh government,” he said, saying no expert has pointed out that the government did this or that mistake. “The Sindh government has taken decision during
“If someone wants to talk with me over this issue, he is welcomed and I will answer all questions,” Murad Ali Shah said.
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The legislators discussed linkages be-
Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehmam remarked that apart from various socio-economic challenges, Pakistan is making considerable efforts to deal with climateShechange.urged the world to take action to tackle climate change as it knows no borders, sects or colours. This session focused on the importance of reducing risk building resilience to disasters and other shocks to safeguard development gains.
It shedded light on the importance of reducing risk and building resilience to catastrophes and other shocks.
He said that the water level at DaduMoro Bridge has dropped by one foot between yesterday morning and today.
The delegates of various countries described the critical role of Parliamentarians in reducing disaster risk and presenting key actions they can take to advance risk reduction at the national and local levels.
They asked for prioritising laws and regulations that require public investment in conservation programs, sustainable agriculture initiatives and urban green infrastructure in order to reduce deforestation and habitat loss, which are factors that could increase the risk of zoonotic diseases.
Speakers for advance legislation to ensure sustainable environment
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Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Wednesday strongly denounced attacks on JUI leaders in Swat and Tank districts. In a media statement, the JUI chief said that anti-state elements were once again targeting the leaders of JUI that was a matter of grave concern for the party and its leadership. Maulana said the desire for the establishment of lasting peace in the region should not be considered as our weakness. “The JUI leaders were being targeted but sadly no arrest in this regard has so far been made.” After Waziristan and Bajaur, the incidents of terrorism in Swat and Tank were much deplorable and unacceptable. Such events, he said, were meant to undermine our efforts for the establishment of peace in the region. Maulana maintained that people should not be compelled to take law in their hands and institutions responsible for their security should be more vigilant and responsive. Offering Fateha for the souls of the departed persons, Maulana prayed that may Allah Almighty accept their sacrifice and grant them high place in the Heaven.
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“Acattle.shortage of fodder for cattle has emerged,” said Syed Murtaza Ali Shah, deputy commissioner of Dadu, adding that army and navy helicopters were trying to reach the farmers. Airdropping supplies would be difficult, however, said a military official, who sought anonymity as he was not allowed to talk to the media.
Sindh received 466 percent more rain than average and all the flood waters roll through Dadu, which has a population of 1.5 million.
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Fawad Chaudhry, a former information minister and party’s senior vice president, demanded the Senate chairman must take action against those who carried out “this outrageous act”.
After the incident, the law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area and started search operations in the area.
“Idrees Khan along with two police guards was returning from Kotakay area to his village Bara Bandai when a remote control bomb planted in a dirt track went off, leaving all those who were in the vehicle killed on the spot”, DPO Marwat said.
PTI calls out PML-N for running malicious campaign against Imran on PTV
Islamabad: Continued efforts by PTA and telecom operators to restore connectivity in flood affected areas has resulted in further reduction of non-functional sites count to 163. However, work is in progress for complete restoration of telecom services in Flood affected areas on top priority. Currently, 129 cell sites in Sindh and 34 in Balochistan are affected and inaccessible due to flood water but other operational sites in the vicinity ensure that there is no communication blackout.
Earlier, Maqbool Ahmed Bhatti, an accused who’s an employee of the corporation, was caught red-handed by the Sukkur police selling assistance in the open market. A separate case was also registered by Jhangro police station in Sukkur against Bhatti and his accomplices, including the USC staff and a group of private entities.
The PTI leader also castigated the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra)
“I request all the channels that aired this presser: a very dangerous and heinous game is being played and PML-N has sev-
People familiar with the matter said FIA suspected that namanzoor.com, a website documenting the list of party’s donors, was being operated from his residence.Theagency secured search warrants from the of-
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fice of a judicial magistrate to conduct the raid. The move was condemned by Khan’s cousin and former prime minister Imran Khan who accused the “imported” government and its “handlers” of trying to push him against the wall. “I am warning them there will be consequences they will have to face,” he tweeted.
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“It is further clarified that SBP has advised banks to seek prior permission before initiating trans-
“Saifullah Niazi is a senator. Raiding his house, taking away his laptop and phone and harassing him is another achievement of this so-called government,” he said.
Both the government and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres have blamed climate change for the extreme weather that led to flooding in the nation of 220 million.
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“But this is not what we have been taught. We have been taught to fight you on political grounds. We have not been taught to make personal attacks,” he added.
Chief Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday slammed the incumbent government over a huge number of Ministers in the cabinet.
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eral people to play it. Latif is one of them.” Furthermore, Durrani told the PML-N that he handled the media of PTI and warned that “if I start doing these things, you won’t be able to leave your houses”.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday said that there is no restriction on the import of raw materials for any industry including export-oriented industries, as reported by Dawn.
USC staffer booked in Sukkur over aid fraud
A day after an IED blast in Kabal Tehsil of Swat, the death toll has rose to eight as three more bodies were found at the explosion scene on Wednesday, the police officialsPeaceconfirmed.Committee leader
HEcyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided early on Wednesday the residence of Senator Saifullah Khan Niazi of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and confiscated his laptop, mobile phone and electronic gadgets.
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Meanwhile, Balochistan MNA Saleem Khosa complained that Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudus Bizenjo is “not attentive” towards Sohbatpur. “There is no arrangement for dewatering the land in this area,” he claimed.
Update on restoration of telecom services in flood affected areas
The crime circle in Sukkur of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a case against the local Utility Stores Corporation (USC) staff and their suspected accomplices on charges of selling ration bags meant for the victims of flood in the openAccordingmarket. to an official of the agency, the first information report (FIR) No. 46/2022 was regis-
tered under sections 409 (criminal misappropriation) and 109 (punishment of abetment) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against the accused who are now taking part in the investigation.
Death toll rises to 8, day after IED blast in Swat
While updating about the 220kV Sibbi-Quetta transmission line, the spokesman said that 10 towers of said transmission line were collapsed in Bibi Nani area of Balochistan during flash floods. All available resources were utilized and best possible efforts were made to complete the rehabilitation works in time despite difficult terrain, access to road issues, crossing of flood water, non-availability of heavy machinery and transportation of material. After the completion of rehabilitation work, another source of power supply has been restored to Balochistan. Pertinent to mention here that the Honorable Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif also had an areal view of the collapsed towers in the river during his visit of flood-hit areas of Balochistan. pR
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“On the one hand, the imported government is increasing size of the cabinet on daily basis while on the other, has left the poor people at the mercy of skyrocketing rate of US dollar and flour prices”, he regretted in a series of tweets on Wednesday. Taking to his twitter handle, the former Interior Minister Rashid said that after the electricity bills, school fee of children and house rent have gone berserk while poor people cannot light their stoves. Staff RepoRt
In furtherance to its effort to maximize customer’ convenience, K-Electric has partnered with Faysal Bank Limited (FBL) to offer instalment of electricity bills. The offer that is available for all FBL’s credit / Islami Noor card holders, is live from 1st September until 30th November 2022. Through this facility, eligible customers can avail 3-months installment plan for KE’s electricity bill on 0% Markup with a one-time nominal processing fee of PKR 700. The procedure to avail the service is also very simple; after making bill payment through FBL’s credit / Islami Noor card, customer would have to get in touch with FBL’s customer interaction center (CIC) agent to request for the payment to be broken in instalments. Delighted at the launch of this campaign, Chief Distribution Officer at K-Electric Amer Zia said, “At KElectric we continue to strive for improvement in our services to provide our customers a seamless experience and further enhance their convenience. Our collaboration with Faysal Bank through this offer is another testament of our commitment towards providing maximum relief to our consumers.”
actions for import of motor cars (CKD), mobile phones (CKD) and machinery,” said the SBP.
“It is a serious issue,” the army official told Reuters. “Airdrops would not work, but it is important that fodder be supplied to livestock.”
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Farmers stranded by unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan are running low on feed for their cattle, officials said, as airdropping supplies proved a difficult task.
A case of the blast has been registered in the CTD police station Kabal in which “unknown accused” have been nominated.
cIvIL socIety hoLDs PRotest IN MINgoRA: The civil society held a peaceful protest in Mingora to condemn the killing of a peace committee member in the blast. They demanded the government to take stock of the deteriorating situation and take measures for maintaining peace and order in Swat.
Some media reports and representatives of trade organizations have claimed that banks are not opening letters of credit for essential raw materials including pharmaceuticals. “The SBP has already approved more than 7,000 cases to date,” it said.
Idrees Khan was targeted in the remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) blast planted at Bara Bandai area of Kabal Tehsil on Tuesday evening. The peace committee leader, two police personnel –Head Constable Rambail, a resident of Peshawar and Constable Tauheed, two passersby –Sanaullah, a resident of Bara Bandai and Umar Ali resident of village Fazil Banda were killed on theLater,spot. three more bodies were found at the scene of the incident, who were identified as: Ibrahim Shah and his brother Afzal Shah, residents of Fazil Banda and Muslim Khan, a resident of Bara Bandai. The bodies were removed to their native areas where they laid to rest while Idrees khan was buried in his hometown Bara Bandi on Wednesday.
The situation is set to worsen as weather officials have warned of more rain in the next few days, posing a fresh threat to thousands of displaced people living in tents or in the open alongside Officialshighways.estimate about 700,000 cattle have been lost in the floods nationwide, and the rest, which form a critical asset in a poor country, are growing thin for lack of food.
The protesters were carried placards with slogans such as “We want peace in Swat”. The protestors urged the government and the law enforcement agencies to take emergency measures to maintain durable peace in the area. eIght of 10 AbDuctees ReLeAseD: On the other hand, eight of the ten abducted employees working at the tower of an International Mobile Company in Chuprial area of Matta Tehsil were released by the “unidentified abductors,” a day after their “abduction” from the working site. Two employees, however, are still in the custody of the “unidentified armed men”
“The armed men have demanded Rs100 million as ransom for release of the employees, the officials confirmed.
According to the police, six to seven kilograms of explosives were used in the bomb blast.
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lahore: The National Transmission & Dispatch Company Ltd (NTDC) has completed the necessary rehabilitation works of Port Qasim – Matiari Transmission line and Sibbi-Quetta transmission line within minimum time and re-energized both the transmission lines today. The NTDC spokesman said that five towers of the 500 kV Port Qasim- Matiari transmission line were affected due to heavy windstorms near Nooriabad, Jamshoro district of Sindh in the first week of current month. The completion of rehabilitation works of said transmission line will resume evacuation of power from the 1320 MW Port Qasim Coal Fired Power Plant and 660 MW Lucky Coal Fired Power Plant to the National Grid.
They have been taken to the police station by the Chuprial Police, the sources claimed and added that two employees – Engineer Yousaf Shah and Muhammad Khalid are “still missing.”
In Sindh, one of the worst affected areas, farmers in several villages have braved the rising waters to stay on and try to keep alive their remaining
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Earlier, Swat DPO Zahid Marwat told the media that it was a remote-controlled bomb blast. He said five people including peace committee member Idrees Khan and two policemen were killed in the blast.
According to police sources, the armed men released eight persons on Wednesday including: Arsalan, Muhammad Asbar Malik, driver Abdul Hakeem and a labour Waqt Ali.
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UN agencies are assessing Pakistan’s reconstruction needs after it received 391 mm (15.4 inches) of rain, or nearly 190 percent more than the 30-year average, in July and August.
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Javed Ghulam Mohammad, MD & CEO Martin Dow Group highlighted Pakistan’s potential for manufacturing diagnostics equipment for the international markets. He expressed these views while speaking at the 19th Pharma Asia, International Exhibition & Conferences, held recently at Expo Centre, Karachi. The event was centered on ‘Boosting Medical.
The floods caused by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains have affected 33 million people and killed almost 1,400, sweeping away homes, transport, crops and livestock in damage estimated at $30 billion.
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Serving the masses, he said, was the noblest deed “instead of indulging in politicking as done by some leaders” even in the grave flood situation.
for not stopping television channels from airing Latif’s press conference.
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ice, otherwise application of federalism shall lead to abolish the presence of federal police in the provinces. Will this divergence of interest not jeopardize the constitutional administrative federalism if federal police officers are allowed to reform provincial police services?
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objective of police reforms is to create a provincial police service (PPS) on posts connected with the affairs of a province, abolishing the scheme of reserving provincial posts for central services. Provinces cannot perform the operations of law and order unless they establish their own police service accountable to the provincial executive and law. How can provinces perform operations of policing where federal PSP officers are not accountable to provincial political executive and law?
Reserving posts connected with the affairs of a province for central services is a colonial scheme and was never incorporated in the constitutions of Pakistan. Police Service of Pakistan is a product of this scheme and requires an immediate constitutional interrogation. Is it not a constitutional breach to raise a centrally organized police in a federal parliamentary constitution?Thecore
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Finally in 2018, I touched the coal seam at the bottom of the first open-pit mIne at Thar which has now started to produce power. It’s a Public-Private joint venture between Engro and the Sindh Government, called SECMC (Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company). Finally Pakistan has started to use its own resources to generate inexpensive power. now the KBs are in the process of converting all plants operating on imported coal to the local variety, abundantly available at Thar. Imported LnG can also be replaced with SnG (Synthetic natural Gas) produced by aboveground gasification of Thar coal to get rid of the KBs. That is my next challenge to overcome the LnG ‘ Import Mafia ‘ and theirKickbacksKBs. Projects are unsustainable as their outputs cannot cover the inputs. The current decline will continue till such irritants are removed. Sovereign guarantees and foreign governments are also involved in this trap. A negotiated way out has to be found. In case of the IPP’s circular debt an attempt was made to renegotiate the agreements to reduce and finally eliminate this menace but it did not produce the desired results, and the expert finally left in disappointment. It now seems that for the life of these non-productive power plants the republic is stuck with these KB projects.
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The problem has been such that former federal minister Murad Saeed has felt constrained to insinuate that the TTP has the support of powerful institutions, implying the intelligence agencies and the Army, with which his party has been clashing ever since its ouster at the Centre. He did not mention two things, however. First, that his party has been ruling KP since 2018, and if any institution has been giving the TTP support, it is with the support of the PTI’s provincial government. Second, that his party chief Imran Khan’s sympathies with the TTP were strong enough for him to be derided as ‘Taliban Khan’.
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The general cadre of police comprising spying, operations, investigation, prosecution, administration and policy support should be replaced with specialized sub-cadres aiming at competitive and transparent vertical mobility. Specialization of police functions is as important as that of constitutional alignment of the service. How can a general cadre police officer be appointed in different federal and provincial specialized agencies to perform different challenging tasks?
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Coded law of police needs constitutional reformation. There is a need to incorporate the state-citizen relationship in the coded law of police unlike the existing state-subject relationship of inherited colonial coded law. It is unfortunate that Punjab is presently without any enforceable act of policing as Police Order 2002 stands expired. The provinces are constitutionally required to legislate two acts regarding creation of the police service of the province and functions of police.
The Power of the police is not arbitrary in democracies. It always contains legal checks and balances. It is a balance act between the iron hand of the state and fundamental rights and liberties of the people. Our present mode of policing makes police an arbitrary expression of state power. It requires an equilibrium and this can be achieved by legislating an organic act and subsequently implementing it.
Why have a federal police service
In the 1990s there was a race for Kickback Projects between the two main ruling parties. Classic disastrous projects have been the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that produce unaffordable power, and which are paid capacity charges even if the plants do not run. The circular debt keeps spiraling Currently people are on the roads with electricity bills that they cannot pay. LnG ( Liquified natural Gas ) is being imported from Qatar at exhorbant rates. Even Coal is coming from overseas to run power plants with the Sahiwal Plant being the major irritant. The Orange Line Train cannot even cover the electricity charges. As it has been built under CPEC with Chinese loan, the interest payments keep piling up. The M-2 Lahore-Islam-
Having the matter thoroughly discussed in Parliament would not only be the principled thing to do, but is actually eminently practical. After all, the solutions proposed by the supposed experts have not worked,and Parliament may well provide new ideas leading to a solution. Or does someone want a repeat of the earlier episode in the district, in which law enforcement personnel were shown on video as captives of militants? Or must more lives be lost, as the TTPeliminates potential opponents, while spreading terror?
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The 22nd annual Meeting of the Council of Heads of State (CHS), the highest forum of the Organistion will be the highlight of the event. The CHS considers and defines strategy, prospects and priorities of the Organisation. At the forthcoming CHS, the SCO leaders will deliberate on important global and regional issues, including terrorism, climate change, food security, energy security, and sustainable supply chains. They would also approve agreements that would chart the future direction of cooperation among SCO member states.
HE killing of Idris Khan and his police guard in Swat indicates that the Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may be launching a new sequence of terror attacks after the breakdown of its negotiations with the government. The reasons for that breakdown are as murky as the negotiations themselves. All that is known is that the Afghan Taliban have been brokering the talks, which have included visits by delegations, one of ulema, another of tribesman, to Kabul, where they met TTP chief Maulvi Fazlullah. The TTP had threatened a resumption of the terror attacks which had virtually paralyzed the country, and this attack may only be the beginning.
recruit a superior human resource only for the matters of administration excluding the responsibility in matters of operation, investigation and prosecution?
Pakistan’s strategic location could have turned the country into a hub of trade with neigbouring countries. Successive governments however failed to leverage this to the country’s advantage. While other developing nations have espoused liberal trade regimes since the 1980s, Pakistan continues to rely on import substitution policies. Pakistan can benefit a lot from SCO if it concentrates on enhancement of trade with its member states.
HE two day Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit is taking place in Uzbekistan’s capital.
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DMInISTRATIvE reforms in Pakistan have been an eyewash. These often fail even before a start. There are civil service monopolies in the administrative corridors of power and the political executive hasn’t been able to dissect and lead the structures of administration. Consequently, politicians are dependent on the members of monopolist civil services to reform the services.Isthisnot a conflict of interest deploying members of so-called superior services to reform civil services? Monopolist services always hijack the process of reforms in order to avoid existential threat to their services owing to constitutional and structural anomalies. Ironically, It is even more astonishing to see the continuous trust of political executive in these monopolists to lead the administrative reforms. Is this not absurd for the political executive to choose a class of reformers those against whom actually reforms are required? Hence, the choice of independent reformers is the primary objective of the process of reformation.
abad Motorway has increased the travel distance by over 100 kilometers together with the un-necessary ‘Chakri Loop’ gradient that is a serious hazard for heavy traffic. The nandipur Power Project produces power at Rs 42 per unit, perhaps the highest in the world. Both parties were involved in massive Kickbacks in this plant. Munawar Baseer Ahmad, the MD PEPCO of that time, was punished for being the ‘Whistleblower’ while the ministers involved were let go by nAB.
The Copper-Gold Reko Diq project was another debacle which is now finally settled but after colossal loss of time and money. Pakistan Steel plant at Karachi was arbitrarily shut down to lower its value to be sold as scrap to a selected bidder of choice.Microsoft, the global software giant, wanted to invest in Pakistan. A highpowered team was sent to the land of the pure to finalize the deal but returned disappointed. They then decided to establish their centre in India, today the Indians have emerged as major players in the IT industry.
Police reforms raise a fundamental question of administrative federalism. Should federal police officers or independent experts reform the police services of the provinces? Administration of police is a provincial subject according to law and placement of federal police officers on provincial posts is a constitutional anomaly. Yet, inherently, the interest of the federal police officers is to maintain the colonial scheme of reserving provincial posts for central serv-
Policing is a devolved subject all over the world. The Constitution organizes it provincially. Article 240 provides three types of services. Federal and all Pakistan services with their connected posts are regulated under an organic act of Parliament whereas provincial posts and services are to be regulated by an act of provincial assembly. All-Pakistan service is a common service to be raised on all-Pakistan or common posts of federation and provinces created under the subjects of Federal Legislative List Part II to be controlled by the Council of Common Interests according to Articles 153 and 154. There is no constitutional support of district police service but provincial police service can be devolved to districts by legislating an organic act and corroborating it with local governments.
Pakistan has great mining potential which remains untapped. In 2004, as Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), I started the Thar Coal Project. As mining is a provincial subject I travelled to Karachi to meet the minister in-charge. The plan was to establish a mining company based in Karachi under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister with federal funding.Theminister insisted on power generation despite my insistence to start digging for the 175 billion tons of ‘Black Gold’. Finally, to get his way he told me that he was more interested in working with a German Investor for power generation; he did not desire to get involved in mining. My term ended in 2005 but I kept going as the country was running out of the much needed fuel. It did not end here, and there were detours like the Underground Coal Gasification started under a retired but ambitious nuclear scientist which resulted in delays and wastage of resources. Currently the project is under nAB investigation.
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The government of Imran Khan decided to produce power from local sources like hydel and coal, and this policy should continue together with gasification to produce SNG.
n the last 40 years only ‘Kickback’ projects have been executed in the land of the pure. KB has been a historic phenomenon in the Indian Subcontinent. In the Raj it was popularialized by the award of title of Khan Bahadur. Pakistan started off well and remained relatively clean till the first Martial Law in October 1958. The debt-based economic model introduced by the first usurper has proven to be disastrous for the land of the pure.
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Another important phase of restructuring is to abolish the class system in the police force. How can superior and inferior ranks form a joint police force? Police should be organized at a lower level and promoted systematically to the higher ranks without lateral entry or recruitment.Policing is not a showcasing of administrative skills only rather developing core skills of operation, investigation, prosecution and finally administration. Is it justifiable to
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The writer is a civil servant serving in Punjab and leading a society for implementation of Administrative Federalism. He can be reached at musatariq2016@gmail.com
The malaise of policing in Pakistan doesn’t require reforms but restructuring. The present structure of the police is against the federal parliamentary foundation of the constitution, hence it requires constitutional alignment. Law and order is a provincial subject according to Article 70 (4) read with Schedule 4 of the Constitution. Article 240 (b) of the Constitution empowers provincial assembly to legislate provincial posts and services. The Punjab Rules of Business, 2011 empower the Home Department of the province to raise police service. Unlike the legal position, police is organized centrally, namely through the Police service of Pakistan (PSP) hinging upon a few executive instruments. nevertheless, the existing central structure of police on a provincial subject defeats administrative federalism and provincial autonomy.
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The 1980S detracked the political, economic and the social structure of the country. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s (ZAB) nationalization policy in the 1970S created a gulf between the government and big business. Ziaul Haq, the third dictator, played on this divide to neutralize the public appeal of ZAB. Businessmen were introduced into the corridors of power through the partyless elections of 1985. While Ayub Khan’s decade in power concentrated the wealth of the nation into the hands of 22 families, Zia’s misrule destroyed civilian institutions; together with opening the floodgates of corruption, with businessmen and traders in positions of authority and law making for which they were unsuitable.
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The forum provides venues of cooperation to member countries with fractured relations. Pakistan and India have taken part in anti-terrorism exercises held under the ambit of the SCO regional anti-terrorism structure (RATS). This time Pakistan has confirmed that it will attend the joint anti-terror exercises in India next month. The cooperation must lead to end of support to non state actors involved in attacks on civilians and security personnel.
Both PM Shehbaz Sharif and PM Modi will attend the summit. While the two are not expected to engage in a one-on-one session on the sidelines of the summit a brief cursory meeting is not being ruled out. The summit is the first in-person meeting since 2019 and takes place in the shadow of the Russia-Ukraine war that is having a negative impact on world economy.Meanwhile the return of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, which has observer status at the eight-member SCO, poses dangers to neighbouring countries. Pakistan continues to face terrorist threats from the Afghan soil while fugitives wanted by Pakistan continue to take shelter in Afghanistan, the latest being Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed. The Pakistan delegation needs to take up the issue of terrorism emanating from the neighbouring country in the sideline meetings of the summit.
The writer is ex-Chairman, Pakistan Science Foundation. He can be contacted at: fmaliks@hotmail.com.
Political intervention in the affairs of police requires lawful scrutiny. There is a difference between the political executive and politicians. The political executive is the leading part of the executive and should always lead the police according to law and processes. But, illegal political intervention by general politicians should not be allowed.
The government of Imran Khan decided to produce power from local sources like hydel and coal, and this policy should continue together with gasification to produce SnG. If Pakistan has to be made sustainable, KBs in all forms have to be eliminated, and hopefully after 75 years of independence all Khan Bahadurs should have perished by now. I know of one in Sharaqpur Sharif whose claim to fame is ‘Son of Khan Bahadur’. Hopefully this legacy will not be passed over to the grandson. Pakistan will be better off without such contaminants.
Elite capture in Pakistan
No country without standing on its feet can do any better on any front.
Sanctions came in a corollary to only get worse in 1998 when this country declared itself to be a nuclear power. With the ascent of the last dictator, the USA again started raining dollars, thanks to the 9/11 incident and the subsequent War on— or rather aptly War of— Terror. It is noticeable whenever the Army ruled Pakistan, the USA was magnanimous, but the civilian governments didn’t get along well with Uncle Sam. It in itself speaks volumes.
This unjust system of affairs may work for a short time before exploding the very country if the elite carries out these policies. Countries like India and Bangladesh have learned this simple lesson decades ago, yet our ruling mafia, both military and civilian, doesn’t want to take the burden because the poor are at their disposal.
Following the news about the damaged pillars, national Highway Authority (nHA) engineers carried out damage assessment, and declared it fit for routine traffic.
At the end of the event, token and appreciation awards were also distributed among the participants. Among award holders was a Burushaski poet named Sher nadir Shahi. The “Basharat Shafi” Award was given to Sher nadir Shahi. This third mega event was appreciable and such events must continue to preserve our languages that are on the verge of extinction.
Under Guren Osay, events are held to encourage youth in participating in activities like career counselling, book reviews, admissions guidance, thematic hikes and much more—this apart from annual cultural events.
Gureninstitutions.Osayteam has initiated a vital effort to reunite the speakers and encourage the research and development of this language amidst the sad demise of the great Burushaski poet and researcher Basharat Shafi(late) who had put in his indefatigable effort to enrich and revive this vulnerable language. In fact, the phrase “Guren Osay” is taken from one of the verses of his poetry which literally means “to take care”.
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For five years, no nHA official bothered to check the health of the bridge till the recent floods washed it away eventually. Since the bridge is no more functional, the commuters, including students and traders, have been using the Western Bypass as the lone alternative.
SEnSInG the possibility of Mehar city getting submerged, the residents rushed to erect an embankment to stop floodwater from entering the city, but the protective embankment got breached soon as it could not face the ferocity of the flood. Many areas around the city have been inundated, and if more rains come down, as predicted by the Met office, Mehar city itself will struggle to survive. The authorities concerned should save the residents of the city before the calamity hits.
Surprisingly both distrusted each other so much, on the one hand; they needed one another so desperately that it was all but impossible to snub the other, on the other. In other words, Pakistan and the USA were like those unhappy couples who had relations based on profound distrust of the other and scepticism, yet both were inevitable for each other.
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It seems Pakistan has some sort of dependency syndrome, especially economically, which has penetrated the very roots of this country.
health of the country at risk. As a result, real estate seems to seep into the psyche of businessmen. According to some reports, the total worth of the real estate is as high as $400 billion but the country has begged international lenders for just $1.3 Ratherbillion.than investing in export-based sectors, real estate, which is profoundly unproductive, untaxed and dependent on more imports, has become an easy sector for spending money. Had this sector been of any benefit, China wouldn’t have put it under severe restrictions. Additionally, most black money comes to it, which makes it nothing except a tax-free haven for those who are already uber-rich at the cost of the downtrodden.Thereisno doubt that elite capture started with the creation of Pakistan. This very fringe group has taken politics hostage for its own benefit. While at the façade they show concern for the country at least they say so, the fact is that they only come here to rule or to make money, and when their mission is complete, they leave this country to the dogs.
As a result, it remains clogged with heavy vehicles, making it difficult for students to reach academic institutions in Karachi on time. In addition, the route entails an additional distance of 22km that adds to the sufferings of those condemned to use it every single day. It is frustrating in every sense of the word, including the financial burden in these days of hyperinflation. Moreover, the number of road accidents have increased, like the recent collision between a workers’ bus and a truck which left 16 people injured. Finally, the Western Bypass was not built to cater to a load that it is being subjected to these days, and this means possible problems in the future. There is no winner in the current equation.
It seems Pakistan has some sort of dependency syndrome, especially economically, which has penetrated the very roots of this country. no country without standing on its feet can do any better on any front. The USA used Pakistan time and again for its own national interests starting with the SEATO and CEnTO, leading to the Afghan War and ending with the War on Terror.
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Moreover, an increasing number of stray dogs, some of them in a very unhealthy condition, roam the streets, posing great threat to the passers-by. The city authorities should set things right without further delay.
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The Hub-Karachi bridge had been sustaining a heavy flow of traffic for the last three decades, and in 2017 some of its bolstering pillars were damaged when they could not stand the ferocity of the floods back then.
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The core aim of this organisation is to preserve the language in various linguistic dimensions and promote the indigenous culture and art. This organisation has already accomplished many projects in current past in collaboration with Lok virsa to engage the Burushaski speakers across the country. Also, it has successfully organized three seasons of the annual event along with various thematic activities promoting this language.
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The root cause of this sorry state of Pakistan’s economy is manifold. For a start, real issues don’t get addressed, which in turn get worse day by day. For example, we neither have land tax nor have businesses been registered or digitalized specifically small enterprises, which encourages rent-seeking, putting the economic
Another disconcerting element comes from a situation in which politics is intertwined with the economy. A middleclass Pakistani youth can be anything but a politician. Why? Politicians make policies and the rest follow those policies. In a sense, almost a thousand individuals write the destiny of 230 million people. Worse so, excluding exceptions, all of these members who happen to be electable— they are born with a silver spoon in their mouth. That the representation of a street man is done by another man who has no idea of that life, who hasn’t seen a single day of poverty; says in itself something more than just an inherently unjust system. This exclusive economic and political system robs the country of its potential, growth, and prosperity.
The purpose of Guren Osay’s third season was to arrange a cultural event for the people of GB and Chitral.
Take a look at all our current imported politicians, both in power and in the PTI, and their family members except those who are in politics.
InFRASTRUCTURE despite holding an immense importance in terms of economic activities, stands demolished in Balochistan in the wake of recent floods. A number of bridges have been washed away, including the main bridge connecting Hub to Karachi. Since the collapse of the bridge, heavy and light traffic is forced to use the Western Bypass, which is the only bridge currently connecting Balochistan to Sindh.
GUREn Osay is an organisation that was established to promote the culture and art of Brushos of Gilgit-Baltistan. The core objective of organizing this is to instil in the young generation the importance of their dwindling native cultural values. This would help in the preservation of their indigenous culture and language.
society into many halves leaving the masses for wolves. The elite doesn’t bother with the public services, like public schools, hospitals and others, because they have made an alternative system from their families: Bahria Towns, O- and A-Level schooling system, private hospitals and gigantic shopping malls saturated with imported goods.As a consequence, public institutions suffer a great deal of negligence. Those who cannot afford heavy prices are left at the mercy of crony capitalism and unabated economic uncertainty.Wecome to know about all sorts of deficits from economists and they give us a list of factors and solutions but to no avail. nevertheless, they don’t tell us about the elephant in the room: the root cause of it. For example, rich kids are fond of iPhones, which they change every year, take imported cars for granted, and their addiction to branded attire cannot be emphasized enough. Their parents may have agricultural lands or huge investments in real estate or may come from the bureaucracy. They earn from this country, but they don’t trust its product, consequently, they import on end. As a result, dollars go out of the country and import bills touch the skies. This year alone, no less than $ 8 billion was squandered on the import of non-essential goods, thanks to our elite.
This unjust system of affairs may work for a short time before exploding the very country if the elite carries out these policies. Countries like India and Bangladesh have learned this simple lesson decades ago, yet our ruling mafia, both military and civilian, doesn’t want to take the burden because the poor are at their disposal. It’s about time that as a country, our leaders should get together and map out a plan for inclusive growth so that one day our country will be progressive, developed and modern.
THE area of Clifton Block 2 in Karachi is home to several malls and departmental stores, and is considered a posh locality. However, the entire civic structure of the area, including the roads and sewerage lines, is in a bad shape. Many of the green areas have been encroached upon by restaurants. A large number of them function from evening till late in the night with the connivance of relevant authorities. Besides, some of the streets have been illegally occupied by garage owners. A vast area close to the Indus valley School is used as garage for denting, painting, gasoline and chemical works, endangering the lives of the residents.
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Recently, in the third mega event held in Lok virsa heritage Museum, youth proactively participated and performed Burushaski theatre, Burushaski Mushaira, Musical performances, documentaries, comics etc.
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The exclusive system, furthermore, divides
n the book, Why Nations Fail, the writers, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, have vividly mentioned that the prosperity of a country doesn’t hinge upon outside help. no amount of donations, aid and other financial assistance, the writers argue, can sustain a country, let alone transform it. Of course, there are other factors as well, such as an inclusive system, which works as a lynchpin for the prosperity of any nation irrespective of geography and other components the writers have debunked one by one. Interestingly, the book shows readers how one thing engenders another— i.e., the exclusive system results in dependency while the inclusive system effects prosperity, independence and well-being for all and Bysundry.putting the whole book in a Pakistani perspective, the real crisis can be understood. As regards dependency, the most poignantly dangerous issue comes from financial dependency, inter alia. Since the 1970s, the economy of Pakistan has been propped up by foreign aid. When the Jihad in Afghanistan was in full swing, dollars satiated the boots and mosques. With the conclusion of the (un)holy war co-opted by unholy men, this country went to the birds financially, and by extension socially.
Another problem is that the government runs to the IMF for a bailout package. The latter agrees to help only when the former gives a nod to drop the bombs of inflation, taxes and increased cost of living on common people. The story gets repeated unless elections are around the corner. This tried technique is not only simple but viable as well because every government has done so since the 1970s without any consequence. In a sense, much more like other things, the poor compensate for the luxury of the rich in this land of pure.
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Burushaski language is spoken in Yasin, nagar and Hunza in GB, around 150,000 speakers are said to be speaking this language. Having said so, this language is considered as an endangered by various linguistic research
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The rains have stopped and the water level in Hub River has dropped down enough for the authorities to restart work on the alternative route that had to be stopped as the water level started rising in the river. The nHA must urgently come up with a plan to initiate the repair work on the HubKarachi bridge as well to mitigate the woes of the commuters.
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It’s about time that as a country, our leaders should get together and map out a plan for inclusive growth so that one day our country will be progressive, developed and modern
Given the queen’s visibility and longevity, it is understandable that many Britons feel a sense of sadness at this passing, though only the very few who actually knew her will be able to mourn the private person. Yet, we are repeatedly instructed that this death is a profoundly significant moment not just for the whole country but the Commonwealth and the entire world.
The pageantry and enforced reverence of “reigning” rather than “ruling” give plutocracy the legitimacy of “tradition”, even divine sanction of this entitlement. In continuation with the oldest forms of feudalism, the queen was one of the country’s largest private landowners. None of this is an “anachronism” for the British monarchy, which sits comfortably at the interface of old wealth and perfectly modern oligarchy while sprinkling doses of charity benevolently upon the people.
s Europe awaits swedish election results that balance on a knife’s edge, some are asking: How did this happen? In sweden, a bastion of tolerance, a nationalist and anti-immigrant party is on the cusp of joining a right-wing coalition in government rule. A look at the party’s origins and trajectory provides some answers.
artefacts and her household remained exempt from laws that ban race and sex discrimination.Theprecise extent of her personal wealth remains unclear although it is thought to run into hundreds of millions of pounds. Not all of the wealth is simply historical. Tellingly, the British monarchy gives itself the corporate moniker of The Firm. Like many other global corporations and despite all the patriotic hymning, it has offshore investments that avoid taxation. Charles III’s inheritance from his mother will also be exempt from inheritance tax.
The real success of such manufactured consensus is evidenced, however, by the emollient rhetoric emerging from quarters claiming to be not monarchist. “Whatever you think of the monarchy”, such declamations begin, followed by praise for the late monarch’s qualities on which we are all to agree: “duty”, “loyalty”, “grace”, “dignity” and “selfless service”.
As a recent open letter from Jamaicans to Prince William and Catherine during their Jubilee tour of the Caribbean noted, the late queen could have led a national reflection on this legacy, but failed to do so. The letter also observed that the present royal family are “direct beneficiaries” of historical wealth accumulation “including that stemming from the trafficking and enslavement of Africans”. This much is indisputable.Farfrom opening the royal family’s wealth – inherited or otherwise – to scrutiny (astonishingly there appears to be no study of this topic), the queen “successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing’ private wealth” from the public. The queen was also given a personal exemption from having her private estates searched for stolen or looted
When probing questions are asked, we are reminded not only of her “maternal” role for the nation but that she is a “mother and a grandmother”. separating the “human” from the institution, and the “family” from the “monarchy” has long been a successful tactic in preventing searching scrutiny of the institution. Invited to get caught up in the human drama of marriages, births, divorces, feuds, and deaths, we fail to ask more fundamental questions. Whose interests, for instance, does monarchical “duty” ultimately serve?
What is the current state of election results? On sunday, sweden held nationwide elections for its legislature, the Riksdag. With more than 95% of the vote counted, a winner has not yet been declared.
It is the kind of mandated devotional unanimity that the new King Charles III once described in relation to another, nonWestern country as an “awful soviet-style display”. The queen’s image now appears automatically on many workplace screen savers while, startlingly, many academics across the country have received instructions from their employers to either not use
self-absorbed grandstanding is perhaps to be expected from a British media not known for nurturing diversity of opinion in a country where large portraits of the queen are now plastered serially across billboards, bus stops, tube stations, malls, cinemas, and thoroughfares, accompanied by daily public ceremonies and costumed pageantry.
As Britain’s ruling classes scrambled to control the narrative of the loss of imperial power, they produced the myth of decolonisation as a managed and planned process. Elizabeth II’s involvement was central to this myth and also in mediating between opposing groups like African nationalists
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With the end of Elizabeth’s reign, open criticism has been voiced – largely by denizens of former colonies from Ireland to Nigeria – of the Crown’s responsibility for colonisation, enslavement, indenture, extraction, dispossession, ethnic cleansing, and violence. It has also been pointed out
This is exactly how history gets airbrushed. In 1952, as the young Elizabeth, committed in her own words to “our great imperial family”, was informed at a safari lodge in Kenya that she had acceded to the throne, Britain had commenced a long and brutal counterinsurgency in that country, one that would see thousands of innocents jailed, tortured, and executed. This was not atypical of decolonisation, which was far from always gradual and peaceful.
SWEDEN DEMOCRATS GO MAINSTREAM: Due largely to the civil war in syria, Europe was faced with a wave of largely Muslim refugees in 2015. Over the course of one year, 1.3 million people fled to Europe; sweden took in some 163,000 asylum-seekers (Germany took in around 1 million). sweden that year saw the second-highest number of asylum applications per capita in Europe, after Hungary. Political scientist Martinsson sees this as a major factor in the party gaining traction. “The main reason for the party’s success in the last decade has been sweden’s uniquely high number of asylum-seekers and unusually rapidly changing demographics in terms of ethnicity and the share of foreign-born citizens,” he told DW in an interview from Gothenburg.
this set the stage for eventual entrance to governing.
Priyamvada Gopal teaches in the Faculty of English at Cambridge University.
and white settlers.
social media or to mind what they say.
That said, those who announce themselves republicans should acknowledge that it is perfectly possible, indeed normative, to have elected heads of state and government while maintaining precisely as grotesquely unequal a society as in Britain. The American fascination with the British monarchy is in part explicable through the fact that a tiny number of multibillionaires, unanointed monarchs, own more than half that country’s wealth. If we want a more democratic and equal world, it is not just the British monarchy that must be abolished but plutocracy itself.
Increasingly visible criminal violence and gang activity are also playing a role in the rise of the sweden Democrats. The party more than doubled its position in the 2014 election, gaining around 13% of votes. In 2018, that share became 18%. When the center-right Moderates agreed to cooperate with the sweden Democrats in 2019,
However much we may delude ourselves with corgis and Paddington Bear, marmalade sandwiches and horses, we will never know the human being who wore the crown studded with colonial loot. Monarchy provided the only lens through which most had a necessarily curated access to Elizabeth II. she is unlikely to have wanted it any other way. Indeed, the very sense of “duty” and “selflessness” that she is lauded for required her to recede as a person and embody the institution. It is entirely incoherent to separate the queen from the Crown and, thereby, the British state.
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The politics of gargantuan wealth is really the most important nettle to grasp in relation to the British monarchy and the queen who lately sat on its throne. Described by the poet Percy Bysshe shelley as “only the string that ties the robber’s bundle”, the monarchy’s – and the royal family’s – ultimate service is to underline the entitlement of the rich and powerful to call the shots.
VER since Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully at a great age, the British public sphere has been engulfed by waves of cloying platitudes. On a seemingly interminable loop, we hear that she was the glue that held us together, a part of us that has been taken from us, and the only stable presence in our lives. What renders our social existence so fragile and unstable in the first place that only one woman, who we would never meet, could provide “continuity” and “reassurance”? You may not ask such questions, for the mildest dissent is immediately shut down. A handful of people have already been arrested merely for anti-monarchist placards or slogans.
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Where the response is not outright denial, there is the suggestion that one can mourn the queen separately from the empire she headed as it disbanded slowly, though never entirely, from her accession onwards. One commentator believes her to be “the antithesis of stereotypes of Empire” and the sunny side of Britishness.
The “Commonwealth” to which she became deeply committed was not the antithesis of empire but part of the fudge by which the “great imperial family” overnight became a “Commonwealth of Nations” with the queen – and now Charles – at its head. This was not a retreat, the story goes, but a fulfilment of Britain’s original civilising mission.
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE SWEDEN DEMOCRATS? Founded in 1988, the sweden Democrats unified various elements in sweden’s far-right milieu, including fascists and white power proponents. “some of them also had ties to openly neo-Nazi movements,” said Johan Martinsson, a political science professor at sweden’s University of Gothenburg. Around the mid-90s, however, new party leadership publicly denounced Nazism. “Gradually, the party began to normalize and ban outright racism,” explained Martinsson, who has written an extensive paper on the party. Openly extremist members were ejected, and its platform reshaped. But according to Bulent Kenes, a persecuted former editor of a Turkish newspaper who has been living in sweden since seeking asylum since 2016, “They keep a hidden agenda.” He believes the party merely put a compassionate face on its neo-Nazi ideology in order to make it more socially acceptable.
The first years of her reign would also see tremendous suppression of anticolonialism in Cyprus, Malaya, and elsewhere. Through resistance, peaceful and violent, Britain was forced, colony by colony, to abandon the imperial project. Although she never distanced herself from either the British Empire or its atrocities, the queen is known to have accepted the reality of anticolonial nationalism – or, as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called it, “winds of change”. This does not mean she gifted independence to subjugated states or that she eased them into nationhood.
WHAT DO THE SWEDEN DEMOCRATS STAND FOR? As for political scientist Martinsson, he defines the sweden Democrats as “mainly an anti-immigration party with a nationalist ideology” but shies away from describing it as extreme- or radical-right. “In economic terms, the party is more centrist and pragmatic, with a mixture of left- and right-wing proposals,” Martinsson said. Journalist Kenes, however, remains convinced that the party is a threat to democracy. He points to a recent review indicating that 214 sweden Democrat candidates who stood in the latest elections can be linked to rightwing extremism. The sweden Democrats aim for zero asylum-seekers, along with longer prison sentences and wider use of deportation. The party also has a euroskeptic stance. “sweden has been a great country, a safe country, a successful country — and it can be all these things again,” Politico reported Akesson as saying during a rally in Helsingborg earlier this month. “It’s time to give us a chance to make sweden great again,” he was quoted as saying.
A FRESH FACE IN PARTY LEADERSHIP: In 2005, current party leader Jimmie Akesson came to head the group. Only 26 at the time, the former member of the Moderate party pushed the sweden Democrat’s image away from its far-right roots, taking it in more of a populistParallelingdirection. other right-populist movements, the party sought to portray itself as “advocating for ‘ordinary people’ against a corrupt elite at the height of a global recession,” wrote scholar Danielle Lee Tomson in a paper on the rise of the sweden Democrats. As part of its push to project a gentler image, the party’s logo was also
CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY CURRENT SURGE: “It is surprising for me to see them as the second-biggest party in the elections,” Kenes told DW, as the sweden Democrats had lost ground during the pandemic as voters turned more toward established parties. speaking from stockholm, he said that aside from the immigration issue, the economic effects of COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have played a part in boosting the party’s popularity, particularly among the working class. He doesn’t believe that all sweden Democrat voters share the party’s nationalist ideology but are rather “reacting to inflation and economic deterioration.”
IN AN ELECTION SWEEP THAT CAME AS A SHOCK TO SOME, THE RIGHT-WING SWEDEN DEMOCRATS ARE NOW POISED TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNING COALITION. BUT WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY STAND FOR?
The trouble with myths is that they prevent an honest reckoning with history or what Elizabeth II euphemised as “difficult episodes in our past” which she was clear should not be revisited. such an attitude simply consolidates Britain’s ongoing imperial amnesia and tendency to praise the British Empire without acknowledging the many harmful consequences that still shape the lives of millions today. The descendants of the enslaved and the colonised are repeatedly exhorted to “move on from this painful legacy”, to use former Prime Minister David Cameron’s words.
The astonishing rise of the right-wing Sweden Democrats
With immigration as a top topic in both the 2014 and 2018 elections in sweden, the sweden Democrats capitalized on this concern. Turkish journalist Kenes, who has extensively profiled the party, said its defense of “swedishness” brings results. “Especially undereducated people feel a threat from the cheap labor of immigrants,” he said. “They think [the governing] social Democrats are not representing their interests anymore.”
Most denizens of the Commonwealth –Britain’s former colonies – live precarious existences of their own, many battling catastrophic floods or famines that are nowhere in the headlines. They are unlikely to be “reassured” by the existence of a distant queen or, frankly, troubled by her demise. Many vulnerable Britons, too, face far from peaceful illness and death this winter.
that the royal family’s wealth is inextricably tied up with the projects of enslavement and colonisation even as the sources of royal riches remain shrouded in opacity.
FAR FROM OPENING THE ROYAL FAMILY’S WEALTH – INHERITED OR OTHERWISE – TO SCRUTINY (ASTONISHINGLY THERE APPEARS TO BE NO STUDY OF THIS TOPIC), THE QUEEN ‘SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED THE GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE A DRAFT LAW IN ORDER TO CONCEAL HER ‘EMBARRASSING’ PRIVATE WEALTH’ FROM THE PUBLIC THE QUEEN WAS ALSO GIVEN A PERSONAL EXEMPTION FROM HAVING HER PRIVATE ESTATES SEARCHED FOR STOLEN OR LOOTED ARTEFACTS AND HER HOUSEHOLD REMAINED EXEMPT FROM LAWS THAT BAN RACE AND SEX DISCRIMINATION
biggest party on the right, in front of the Moderates who came as a close third with 19.1%. The cliffhanger election is not expected to be resolved until all postal and absentee ballots are counted.
changed: from the swedish flag embodied as a flaming torch to the pennywort flower in flag colors of yellow and blue. The party made its debut in the Riksdag in 2010 when it gained almost 6% of the vote. But it struggled to gain traction and was considered a pariah in coalitionbuilding. That changed after the migration crisis of 2015.
Exit polls sunday night initially indicated victory for the social Democrats’ center-left coalition, which has been in power since 2014. But as vote-counting progressed, the right-wing bloc consisting of the Liberals, Christian Democrats, Moderates and sweden Democrats now seems on track to win, currently with 49.7% of the vote. While final results are awaited, social Democrats have so far received the largest percentage of votes, 30.5%. But currently, the sweden Democrats are the second-strongest party, gaining 20.6% of the vote in their best-ever election performance. That makes them the
Islamabad staff report
Ambassador Ulanbek Totuiaev said that the business community of Kyrgyzstan is keen to import agricultural products from Pakistan, especially mangoes and kinnows. While they look forward to tapping into Pakistani market by exporting their agriculturalFederalproducts.Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema said that officials from the
Highlighting the company’s strong commitment to the people, Mr. Tariq Kirmani, Chairman, GO said: “Being the fastest growing OMC with an expanding footprint of retail outlets network, GO is taking immense strides to put into place a robust infrastructure that will fulfill the energy needs of the nation in every urban city as well as distant areas of the country.” pr
both sides can discuss the required facilitation and build the required framework for trade between the Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan. He said that he is interested in fully utilizing the trade potential with Kyrgyzstan in agriculture and Federallivestock.Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema directed the relevant officials at the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to assess potential avenues to boost trade and cooperation withAmbassadorKyrgyzstan.Ulanbek
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LAHoRe: Enablers, the largest eCommerce network in Pakistan, CEO Saqib Azhar and COO Faisal Azhar hosted an event where Enablers students and notable personalities from the industry shared their views on, “How to handle the economic crisis in Pakistan” in Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore. Chief guests including Group Head Marketing Nawaiwaqt Group-Bilal Mehmood, Marketing Head Daily Ausaf- Rana Attiq, Sr. Marketing Professional Jang Group-Noorullah, Bureau Chief ExpressIlyas Chaudhry, APNS-Mohsin Seyal, Monday Ausaf-Muzammil Suharwardi, Anchor SAMMA and TVZohaib Saleem Butt participated in the panel talk and proposed the solutions to rescue Pakistan’s weak economy and strengthen it by utilizing youth as the workforce and other solutions which can be transformed into policies and should be implemented to get desired results. They also laid emphasis on the collaboration of the government and eCommerce organizations for the remittance of foreign currency in the currency. During the event, attendees from the business, IT industry, education, and related fields were present and shared their ideas with each other to get the motivation that how their hard work and consistency to achieve goals helped create more jobs and increased the employment ratio in their social circle.
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vited Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema to take part in the next Joint Working Group, which will be organized by the Ministry of Commerce to enhance regional economic trade between Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan, to explore the options and means to ensure
Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research (MoNFSR) Tariq Bashir Cheema was called on by Ambassador of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan Ulanbek Totuiaev at his office today. During the meeting, both sides discussed the trade potential of agricultural products between the two countries.
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cooked food packs, 507 water bottles and 3415 ration packs were distributed amongst the needy families of Uthal, Lakhra, Matyari, Shahdadkot, Sohbatpur, Qila Abdullah, Fazilpur, Jhaal Magsi, Hajipur, Basti Sher Muhammad and Basti Jageer Gabool. PAF Emergency Response Teams have been constantly engaged in safe evacuation of flood-trapped people. Moreover, 2416 patients were also attended by medical teams of Pakistan Air Force.
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) instituted Top 25 Companies Award in 1994 to acknowledges the performance of the top companies. By the Grace of Allah Almighty, since then Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) is amongst Top 25 Companies of PSX. FFC has once again been ranked FIRST for 12th consecutive time amongst the TOP 25 Listed Companies for the Year 2021. The award recognizes the production competence, excellent financial and managerial performance of listed companies and provides them with a powerful marketing tool. pr
EDERALMinister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Wednesday said that Pakistan highly values its bilateral ties with the Germany including trade and economic relations.
development in these relations between Germany and Pakistan.
PAF has always remained at the forefront in extending humanitarian assistance during natural calamities. The current relief operations are practical manifestation of Pakistan Air Force's resolve to extend support to fellow countrymen in the hour of need.
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nomic policies of the present government aiming at promotion of trade and investment. He further informed about the devastation caused by the recent floods in Pakistan and losses to the economy of AmbassadorPakistan.ofGermany thanked the Finance Minister and expressed keen interest in enhancing and strengthening bilateral relations between both the countries especially economic and trade relations. The Ambassador also expressed sympathy on the loss of lives and devastation caused by recent floods in Pakistan. He further extended his country’s full support for flood relief to Pakistan.
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s fastest growing OMC, Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. (GO), inaugurated their first COCO retail outlet in Scheme 33, Karachi and another retail outlet in the heart of Karachi on Main Shahra-e-Faisal. The retail outlets are fully functional and passengers can get Hi-Octane, Petrol, Diesel and Lubricants for their vehicles. Besides fuel, a wellequipped mart, car wash and tyre shop are available for daily commuters.
food security in the both countries.
Pakistan Air Force being well aware of the miseries of the people affected by recent flash floods is making all-out efforts for their welfare and rehabilitation. PAF is empowering state institutions by vigorously undertaking relief operations and assisting civil administration in rescue & relief efforts in the flood-hit areas of
The retail outlets were inaugurated by Mr. Tariq Kirmani, Chairman, GO. Syed Hassan Mahmood Zaidi, Chief Commercial Officer, GO, Mr. Ammar Ali Talaat, Chief Strategy & BDO, GO, Mr. Nasir Ahmed, DGM - COCO, Sales & Marketing, GO, Mr. Arshad Vakil Khan, DGM, Sales & Marketing and other GO employees were present at the inauguration ceremonies.
Tariq Bashir Cheema said that Pakistan will take all the necessary steps to ensure food security in the country.
Enablers holds champions meet-up to discuss solutions to Pakistan’s economic crisis
PAF assisting civil administration in relief, rescue efforts
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Moreover,causetheinspirational generosity of NUST Alumni fraternity has no match. Yet another footprint of empathy and compassion set by alumnus of NUST and owner of Pure Foods, on realizing the need for pure water in flood affected areas, pledged 20,000 bottles of mineral water (6 Litres each). Masood Khan, Ambassador of Islamic republic of Pakistan in United States in his tweet also laud NUST USA Alumni for their support as, they have pledged more than $50000 US dollars in addition to the in-Kind donation for flood victims in Pakistan.
changed in Kyrgyzstan, which is actively pursuing the direction of growth in agriculture, science and technology, and education. He said that many opportunities of fruitful cooperation exist between the two countries.
based assessment through engaging the community and local government. Some of the important aspects in this regard are provision of seeds, fertilizers, insecticide sprays, agriculture implements/ tools, tractors, and livestock etc. NUST focus will be on revival of community services to include repair and maintenance of school, health care unit, mosque, water supply (wells and hand pumps), sewerage drains, mud roads etc.
The Minister expressed these views during a call on with Mr. Alfred Grannas, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany here at the Finance Division.Finance Minister Mr. Miftah Ismail welcomed Mr. Alfred Grannas, Ambassador of Germany and congratulated him on joining his Mission in Pakistan. The Finance Minister highlighted bilateral relations and level of
Account Title: NUST Flood Relief Fund
Bank: HBL, H-12 Branch
Both sides discussed matters of mutual interest and cooperation and stressed for enhancing these relations.
Ambassador Ulanbek Totuiaev apprised that the government has recently
GO expands retail outlets network in Karachi
Balochistan, Sindh, KPK and South Punjab. Pakistan Air Force has also established various Field Medical Camps where doctors and para-medical staff are providing free treatment and medicines to the flood affectees round the clock. During the relief operations, Emergency Response Teams of PAF have distributed prepared food, rations and other essential items.
In the past 24 hours, 15719
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delivered at Relief Camps established at Gate # 1 & 2 of NUST Campus, Sector H12, Islamabad.
NUST provides relief to 2,500 families in flood-affected areas of Sindh, Balochistan, KP and South Punjab
The Minister also apprised the German Ambassador about the eco-
Food Security and Research Ministry striving to find potential avenues to boost agricultural trade with Kyrgyzstan
For contributions in kind, relief items,
While NUST has given an excellent input for addressing the sufferings of the flood hit people Now faculty and students of NUST are working on a concept of “Own a Village. NUST “Own a Village” concept has to cater for the revival of livelihood, shelter and community services relying on a need-
especially for winters (e.g shawls, blankets, tentage, etc) and food items (e.g flour, rice, ghee, pulses, sugar, tea, milk, etc) may be
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Apart from providing goods & ration, the main objective of NUST is to provide rehabilitation and reconstruction support in flood affected areas. NUST has opened a dedicated Bank Account to receive flood donations. Funds can be transferred to:
NUST, the Pakistan No.1 university with a support of its Alumni association continues its commitment in flood affected areas struggles with the aftermath of the devastating floods. During these trying times, NUST is carrying out its flood relief operations in all affected areas of KPK, Baluchistan, Sindh, and South Punjab with full zeal. NUST has so far distributed 3000+ ration bags to 2500+ families in calamity-stricken in and around Quetta, Sukkur, Naushahro Feroze, Badin, Sanghar, Dadu, Thatta, Sibbi, Swat, Ghizer, Dera Ghazi Khan, Risalpur and Nowshera. Heavy rains and deluge have caused serious damage to life and property across the country. Joining the national efforts amidst this perilous crisis, NUST students, faculty, staff, and alumni are vigorously taking part
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the government of Canada will match donations to the “Humanitarian Coalition” in response to the flooding in Pakistan, and every donation made by individuals until September 28, 2022, will be matched up to a maximum of $3 million.
diers opened fire which caused casualties,” the spokesperson added.
But the accession of King Charles also heralded another symbolic change: the first Princess of Wales since Diana’s death 25 years ago.
It was reported a day earlier that at least three Pakistani soldiers embraced martyrdom when, the army said, terrorists from Afghanistan opened fire in a latest incident that is likely to complicate the relationship between Islamabad and TerroristsKabul.from across the border continue to pose security threat to Pakistan despite Afghan Taliban takeover and promises by the interim government not to allow Afghan soil to be used against its neighbour.
According to a press release issued by the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad on Wednesday, PM Trudeau also announced that Canada will allocate an additional $25 million of funding in response to the impact of flooding in Pakistan, and to support development projects in the country, in addition to the $5 million the Liberals announced last month.
The funds, raised through the generosity of Canadians, will help the Humanitarian Coalition and its members deliver life-saving services, such as emergency food and nutrition assistance and emergency cash and vouchers, as well as necessary water,
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Karimi said on Twitter that military facilities, “in principle”, should not be built close to the Durand Line. He further said that a day earlier, the “Pakistani military sought to build an outpost“Somethere.”Islamic Emirate members went to talk to them, but Pakistani sol-
Camilla used her husband’s secondary title and became the Duchess of Cornwall.
“The problem of comparison with Diana won’t arise because Kate is not Camilla — and because things have moved on,” royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Guardian newspaper.
This is why the government of Canada is joining with Canadians in supporting Canada’s partners on the ground in Pakistan that are providing urgent, lifesaving assistance in response to this devastating flood.We cannot forget the people of Pakistan, especially the women and girls who have been disproportionately affected. We continue to look at other ways we can continue to assist those impacted by this tragedy.”
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Before Diana, the previous Princess of Wales was Mary of Teck, from 1901 until 1910, when her husband became King George V.
Kate’s daunting task of following Diana as Princess of Wales
Helping tHose on tHe margins: The title of Prince of Wales is granted by monarchs to their eldest living son. Charles was created Prince of Wales aged nine in 1958, and, on his first full day as king, gave the title to 40-yearold TheWilliam.Princeof Wales’s wife becomes the Princess of Wales.
“Diana will never be forgotten. But I’m sure that she’ll continue the legacy. And she’ll be a wonderful tribute to Diana,” said Keith Lowing, 73.
Outside Kensington Palace in London, where Diana continued to live after separating from the new King Charles III in 1992, members of the public voiced their views on the task facing Kate.
Karimi said that the Islamic Emirate’s forces also opened fire. He further
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As the new Princess of Wales, Prince William’s wife Catherine is inevitably drawing comparisons with her superstar predecessor, William’s late mother Diana, whose legacy still frames Britain’s view of its royal family.
Canada announces additional $25m for Pakistan flood victims
Charles’s second wife Camilla was entitled to use the style Princess of Wales after their wedding in 2005. But she chose not to do so as the title was so strongly associated with Diana, who had publicly blamed Camilla for being the third person in her marriage to Charles.
sanitation and health services, it added.
said that there was a possibility that Pakistani soldiers also suffered casualties.
The two countries have been the first to resolve the border issue, build cross-border oil and gas pipelines, carry out international cooperation on production capacity, and establish a permanent comprehensive strategic partnership, all of which have created many “firsts,” he said. China will always be Kazakhstan’s trusted friend and partner, he added. Noting Xi’s choice of Kazakhstan for his first visit since the COVID-19 pandemic began, which also coincides with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Kazakhstan and China, Tokayev stressed that it fully demonstrates the high level of mutual trust between the two countries and the high level of the permanent comprehensive strategic partnership. President Xi’s visit will surely become a new milestone in the history of Kazakhstan-China relations, he said. Kazakhstan will continue to firmly adhere to the one-China policy and be a good partner and friend that China can rely on under any circumstances, he added.
Jointly promoting bilateral cooperation: China-Kazakhstan cooperation enjoys a solid foundation, huge potential and broad prospects, Xi said.
Taliban confirm ‘Tensions’ on borDer WiTh PaKisTan
The retiree and his wife Kathleen were sat on a bench in the palace gardens, where Diana and King Charles’s sons William and Harry unveiled a statue of the late princess only last year.
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A statement issued by the military’s media wing said terrorists from inside Afghanistan, across the international border, opened fire on Pakistani troops in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district.
Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, during his visit to Pakistan, said, “Canadians believe in helping others in times of crisis.
He also observed the humanitarian response underway firsthand, gaining a better understanding of what the people of Pakistan are going through.
“Our new Prince and Princess of Wales will, I know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given,” King Charles said on Friday.
Pakistan has experienced its worst flooding in recent history, and Canada will continue to be there to help the people of Pakistan by supporting the humanitarian response to the crisis and longer-term development
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The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday saw Britain enter a new era, after her 70 years on the throne.
China and Kazakhstan agreed on Wednesday to further deepen cooperation in various areas, such as economy, trade, production capacity, connectivity and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement was reached during the talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev after Xi’s arrival at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport. The Chinese president left Beijing on Wednesday morning to attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and pay state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan at the invitation of Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. rock-solid cHina-kazakHstan relations : Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 30 years ago, China-Kazakhstan relations have withstood the test of changes in the international landscape, Xi said.
HigH standard to matcH: That said, Diana remains a revered figure in Britain and around the world. Her tragic death aged 36 in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997, left her frozen in time and a near-saintly figure to many. “Diana was a very important princess and was very much loved by the public. She doesn’t represent the crown so much as the people,” Maria Aragon, a 21-year-old.
HEIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) confirmed on Wednesday that the IEA and Pakistani military were involved in a clash along the internationalAccordingborder.to IEA Deputy Spokesperson Bilal Karimi, the clashes took place in Dand Patan area in Afghanistan’s Paktia province.
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New Zealand, the World Test champions were beaten 3-0 before England defeated India in a one-off Test, held over from last year because of coronavirus concerns in the Indian camp, prior to seeing off the Proteas. All of those triumphs were marked by a willingness to engage in dashing run-chases, while removing as much pressure from players as possible, albeit much of England’s success, as South Africa captain Dean Elgar noted, was built on traditional fundamentals of the red-ball game.
“I can do triple ascents,” he said. “But, maybe that depends also on luck.”
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Inzamam backs Malik, Shan, Sharjeel for WC Squad
Pakistan’s international home season is about to start, with England playing seven T20Is from September 20 in Karachi and Lahore. According to details, the England squad will arrive in Karachi tomorrow, September 15 to mark their first-ever tour in last 17 years. English captain Jos Buttler will hold an on-arrival press conference at 2.00 pm at a local hotel here in Karachi. England will hold its first training session at the National Stadium from 7 pm on September 16. Pakistan will start training from September 17. Karachi will host four matches from September 20 to 25, while the action will move to Lahore for the final three games. (September 28 to October 2). England Squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood and Mark Wood. australia’s starc, Marsh and stoinis rested for india t20 tour
“I felt like the Korean climbers would not be able to summit the mountain, but I had to as I would not get work if I returned unsuccessfully,” he said.
two places to 20th.
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‘excited’ by Pakistan challenge: But before then England face the very different challenge posed by going to Pakistan, where they have not played a series since
“(We must) Walk towards that danger of what Pakistan is going to throw at us. “It’s a hot country, you are not going to get anywhere near as much assistance with the ball as you do in England. You will be facing a lot more spin.
Sherpa, who began working in mountaineering as a porter and kitchen aid,
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On average, 14 people die every year on the eight eight-thousanders in Nepal. About a third of deaths on Everest are Nepali guides and porters, underscoring the risks
Thetwice.Nepali climber’s summit of Gasherbrum II (8,035 metres) in Pakistan last month completed his unprecedented double ascent of the eight-thousanders — as the 14 peaks are collectively known.
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He was farming potatoes and corn, and grazing yaks at the age of 30 — when many of his peers were making more money on the peaks.“I used to ask myself, if those who could not even carry as much as me were returning to the village after climbing mountains, why
As usual, he was guiding a paying customer — this time a Japanese climber — to the top.“What I have done is not something that is impossible,” the 47-year-old told AFP. “I was just doing my job.”
“I have seen many dead bodies while going up or descending the mountain,” said Sherpa.“Iam walking the same route or the same mountain,” he added. “How would my family and children live if I met the same fate?”Yak
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In recent years, several films have helped shine a light on the key role of Nepali climbers, including “Sherpa” which was released in 2015, and more recently “14 Peaks:
‘Just doing my job,’ says record-setting Nepali climber
England excited for a ‘different challenge’ in Pakistan
Building on the players that should feature in the team, Inzamam said, “I think Shoaib Malik, Sharjeel Khan, and Shan Masood can play a great role for Pakistan given the current situation.”
For New Zealand, Matt Henry has moved up one slot to take eighth position among bowlers while Finn Allen is in the top 100 for batters.
couldn’t I?” he said.
England needed just 25 minutes at the Oval to complete a nine-wicket win over the Proteas in barely more than two days’ actual playing time that secured a 2-1 series victory.
Nothing is Nepal’sImpossible”.cultureandtourism minister Jeevan Ram Shrestha said Sherpa’s double ascent record had established him as “a source of inspiration for climbers around the world”.Sherpa has climbed Everest seven times and has triple ascents on another four of the 14 peaks.Back in Kathmandu after last month’s record-setting climb, he is preparing for a fourth summit of Manaslu with a client and is getting offers for other expeditions.
Cricket Australia said on Wednesday that paceman Mitchell Starc and all-rounders Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis will miss the T20 tour of India with “low level” injuries. Marsh (ankle), Stoinis (side) and Starc (knee) will be replaced by Nathan Ellis, Daniel Sams and Sean Abbott in the squad, CA said in a statement. The three-match tour starts in Mohali on September 21 before heading to Nagpur and Hyderabad. Selectors felt that with three games in six days across the three Indian cities, the trio were best served remaining home to prepare for Australia’s defence of their T20 World Cup title on home soil, CA said. The T20 World Cup starts on October 16.
But they all took place on home soil and Stokes is determined England should “walk towards danger”, in cricket terms, during their next Test series, a three-match tour of Pakistan in December.
Former Pakistan captain Inzamamul-Haq has claimed that opportunities need to be provided to different players. The legendary batter named Shoaib Malik, Shan Masood, and Sharjeel Khan as three players who need to be tested on the back of a disappointing run of Pakistan openers in the Asia Cup 2022.
He donned another climber’s hand-medown boots for his Cho Oyo summit, which paved his way to working as a guide on other eight-thousanders.By2019,hehad double summits on half of the 14 peaks, and a foreign climber suggested he try to complete the set. everest x 7: Long in the shadows as supporters of their paying foreign customers — it costs more than $45,000 to climb Everest — Nepali mountaineers are slowly being recognised in their own right.
He eventually decided to follow suit, hoping the work would help him support his family of eight, and fulfil his dream of “wearing mountain gear”.
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AJAPAKSA’Sblistering 71 off 45 deliveries with six fours and three sixes, that won him the Player of the Match award, has helped him advance 34 places to a career-best 34th position, according to the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings released on RajapaksaWednesday.hadscores of 25 not out against India and 24 against Pakistan in other matches of the tournament played during the pastAll-rounderweek.
“That’s a new challenge for us and something we are excited by. To show in different situations we can show off the positive mindset and always try to put the pressure back onto the opposition,” he added.
the middle-order did not step up when they were required to. The conditions of the World Cup in Australia will be extremely difficult and the conditions need to be kept in mind before the selection,” said Inzamam while talking to media during an event in Lahore.
South Africa opener Alax Lees has moved up 18 slots and occupies 74th position while left-arm fast bowler Marco Jansen has reached 26th position after a first-innings five-wicket haul.
It can be a perilous occupation. Altitudes above 8,000m are considered a “death zone”, where there is not enough oxygen in the air to sustain human life for long periods.
Ben Stokes is up three places to 35th in the same list, while Ollie Pope (up 17 places to 29th) and Zak Crawley (up 16 places to 48th) are the batters to have improved their rankings.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Nabi has conceded the top place for all-rounders to Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hassan.
Mitchell Starc (up three places to ninth) and Adam Zampa (up three places to 15th) have advanced in the bowlers’ list.
“It is something that we are going to have to try to continue to do in Pakistan, we can’t live off the fact that we’ve won six out of seven games because we will be presented with a completely different challenge,” he said.
Death zone: Nepali guides — usually ethnic Sherpas from the valleys around Everest — are considered the backbone of the climbing industry in the Himalayas. They carry the majority of equipment and food, fix ropes and repair ladders.
climbed his first 8,000-metre peak in 2006 while guiding a South Korean group to the summit of Cho Oyu.
they take to enable their clients’ dreams of reaching the world’s highest peaks.
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Sherpafarmergrew up in Sankhuwasabha district in eastern Nepal — a poverty-stricken and remote rural area that includes Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest mountain.
“Pakistan’s performance in the Asia Cup 2022 were not that good but what is more worrying is that
Hasaranga, a formerly topranked bowler, has advanced in all three lists after a fine all-round effort in the final saw him smash a 21-ball 36 and follow it up with a late triple-strike with his leg-spin bowling. With a three-wicket haul in the previous match against Pakistan two days earlier, he has moved up three places to sixth position.
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He is also up seven places to fourth among all-rounders and up 28 places to
Ben Stokes said on Monday it was “scary” to think of what England might achieve after rounding off a successful first-season as captain with a dominant display against South Africa.
Heroics against Pakistan HelPed rajaPaksa, Hasaranga gain big in icc t20i rankings
It also meant England had won six out of seven Tests under a new leadership duo of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum — a far cry from a record of one win in 17 matches that marked the end of Joe Root’s reign as skipper.
Ravichandran Ashwin (up nine places to 41st) and Axar Patel (up 14 places to 57th) have also made notable gains, while Afghanistan batter Ibrahim Zadran has advanced 55 places to 63rd after his unbeaten half-century against India.
He further added that the seven-T20I series will be a good audition for players to make a statement in regards to their call-up for the World Cup later this year.
Kohli, who smashed a match-winning 122 not out off 61 deliveries in a Super Fours match against Afghanistan, has leaped 14 places to reach 15th position while seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s remarkable haul of five for four in the same match has lifted him to the top 10, from 11th to seventh position.Lokesh Rahul has progressed from 30th to Spinners23rd.
The 52-year-old further added that the middle order did not perform up to the mark during the recently concluded tournament.
Sherpa says his family often tell him he has faced enough challenges in the mountains and the time has come to hang up his boots. “Sometimes I want to go and sometimes I don’t want to,” he said. “What to do except climbing? There is no other job.”
Summiting the world’s 8,000-metre mountains is the ultimate bucket list dream for ambitious climbers, a feat managed by fewer than 50 people, and Sanu Sherpa is the first to do it
In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, updated after the second and third Australia versus New Zealand matches, Steve Smith has jumped 13 places to 10th position after scores of 61 and 105 while Alex Carey has moved up
england team land in karachi today for t20 series
England have been without two injured fast bowlers in Jofra Archer and Mark Wood all season, but Stokes is excited by the prospect of both express quicks being available when his team try to regain the Ashes at home to arch-rivals Australia next year. “Who knows how far we can take this side over the next couple of years?,” he said. “We’ve got two of our premium fast bowlers who have had big injuries this summer and have missed a lot of cricket. “You add Jofra and Woody into the mix being fully fit — it’s scary to think where things could go, especially with the ball.”
In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings that takes into consideration performances in the third England-South Africa Test at The Oval, Player of the Match Ollie Robinson is up 11 places to 15th after finishing with seven wickets in the match including a five-wicket haul in the first innings.
PDMA raises alarms about flooding in eastern rivers
HEMinistry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Wednesday confirmed that the technical team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) completed its engagement with relevant agencies and institutions in a productive Accordingmanner.
Earlier, the cabinet division had also found vulnerabilities during the technical
As a corporate strategy, DGKC’s equity injection makes sense.
The penultimate model available in the lineup will retail for an ex-factory price of Rs2,120,000.Thecompany’s introduction of the new Alto is a likely attempt to spur sales. It recorded the sale of 3,954 units in August which was a 41 per cent dip from its already troubling sales figures in July. Figures released for August indicate a contraction of 67 per cent in comparison to August 2021. On the other
The DG Khan Cement Company (DGKCC) on Tuesday notified the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it plans to invest Rs900 million into Hyundai Nishat Pakistan for equity.
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The PDMA also issued fresh details of the inflow and outflow of waters in Punjab rivers.
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scheduled to be held in the third week of October 2022 in Paris. “Pakistan is looking forward to a logical conclusion of the ongoing evaluation process,” the FO statement added.
“The amounts (by other shareholders) will depend on their shareholding percentage,” Mansha added.
Going forward, debt-equity restructuring may provide Hyundai with greater fiscal space to maneuver long-term as the market braces for a downturn. It would be premature to conclude whether future injections will be needed. However, given that Hyundai has completed the increase in their productive capacity, future debt needs may not arise. At least to the same extent.
hand, the price and penultimate nature are indicative that PSMC is cognizant of the record high inflation as it seeks to ameliorate its sales problems with an affordable option.
Similarly, he informed that it had also been decided to convert expensive power projects running on costly imported fuel to local fuel. Addressing a press conference here, the minister said that the proposed solar energy project would be completed at earliest under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He said that solar projects with a capacity of 1-4 MW will be set up in rural areas and in all government buildings in the first phase. “Both local and foreign investors have shown keen interest in investing in solar energy projects,” he added.
The minister said the government had decided to optimally utilise indigenous sources of energy instead of relying on expensive imported fuel for generation of electricity. “The shift will not only help lessen the burden on the national exchequer but would also provide power to consumers at an affordable rate.”
The Alto has been one of the major victims of these halts as PSMC had suspended its booking on multiple occasions.
“Pursuantdomain.totheauthorisation of onsite visit by FATF Plenary in June 2022, an FATF technical team recently visited Pakistan and held detailed discussions with relevant
“As a result of Pakistan’s strenuous and consistent efforts over the last four years, Pakistan has not only
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The water flows may increase in eastern rivers along with their associated nullah/tributaries from Sept 18. The water lever in the streams connected to rivers may soar, causing flood in the area.
The rainfall recorded during the period was Sindh: Mithi 41mm, Tharparkar (Islamkot 28, Diplo 27, Nagarparkar 05), Tando Jam 07, Thatta 05, Hyderabad 02, Badin 01, Punjab: Kasur 13, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Cherat 02, Peshawar and Kalam 01mm. The highest maximum temperatures recorded during the period were Turbat 41 C, Lasbela and Nokkundi 40 C.
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to a statement released by the Foreign Office, the FATF team’s visit was “smooth and successful”, while the meetings were held in a “constructive and positive atmosphere”.
According to the synoptic situation, continental air was prevailing over most parts of the country.Monsoon currents were likely to penetrate upper parts of the country during the
The launch of the new Alto VXR immediately raises the question of the vehicle’s availability for the remainder of the year. PSMC has been one of the companies worst impacted by the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) increased administrative oversight of completelyknocked-down (CKD) kits, with the company having announced six halts in production over a 30 day period.
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The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Wednesday issued an alert to all departments concerned as Meteorological Department forecast monsoon rains for upper catchment areas of Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers.
DGKCC itself, per its annual report for 2021, has already invested Rs948.730 million and provided a guarantee for Hyundai to obtain Rs1,269.671 million from Meezan Bank Limited. Hyundai was able to rebound from its July by increasing its sales by 860 per cent in August. However, their concerns seem warranted given the bleak outlook of the industry as it grapples with the ongoing completely-knockeddown (CKD) kit shortage, and with inflation eroding customer spending
The cabinet division had also shown its displeasure to the former permanent ED of the NITB on the reports of weak security and platform performance of the e cabinet portal, the sources added.
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next 24 to 48 hours. During the last 24 hours, hot and humid weather prevailed over most parts of the However,country.rain-thunderstorm occurred at isolated places in lower Sindh, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kasur.
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Officials from the Indus Water Commission of India informed their Pakistani counterparts that 170,000 cusecs water had been released into the Ravi after opening the spillway at Ujh Barage at 5:30pm. Pakistani officials said that the water was expected to
The PDMA, in an alert issued here, said that the authority has informed that well marked monsoon low over central parts of Madhya Paradesh may affect the upper catchment of eastern rivers including Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab from Sept 17.
audit of the e-cabinet portal but later on, NITB approached Zoho corporation, without doing any due diligence, for improving the system.
The PDMA advised to shift the resident of most vulnerable areas to temporary relief camps/safer places as and when required.
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Firstly, financial theory dictates that equity is more expensive than debt. Whereas a bank would have provided the funds to Hyundai as secured debt, Hyundai’s shareholders are providing unsecured debt to the company. DGKCC had extended a Rs1 billion working capital loan at 1 Month KIBOR last year, however, the company sought to not to exercise the option this time. Shareholders, barring Hyundai’s sister companies, are unlikely to be doing this out of generosity. With the 1-year trailing KIBOR at 16.38 per cent, this is the least shareholders are likely to expect as a return on their bailout of Hyundai.
Secondly, this raises the questions about Hyundai’s prudence in its operations. Mansha cited the high interest rates as the reason for the restructuring. This leads to questions regarding Hyundai’s profitability, its operating profit in particular. An equity injection from shareholders is a route companies often take when they are unable to restructure their debt obligations, so it is possible that Hyundai’s lender is aware of the situation.
“With regard to technical compliance with FATF standards, Pakistan has now been rated as Compliant/Largely Compliant in 38 out of 40 FATF recommendations, which places us among the top compliant countries in the world,” the ministry stated.
The provincial authority asked health department to mobilize medical team for provision of first aid to the affecteees of urban flooding to avoid epidemic diseases and relevant department to ensure required dewatering sets machinery available timely to avoid urban flooding.
agencies. From our perspective, it was a smooth and successful visit,” reads the statement.Theministry said that the visit’s focus was to validate Pakistan’s highlevel commitment and sustainability of reforms in the AML/CFT regime. The statement further shared that the report of FATF’s onsite team will be discussed in FATF’s International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) and Plenary meetings, which are
Last month also, authorities were on alert on Monday as India released another gush of floodwater in the Pakistani rivers, while the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warned that the country was expected to receive “above average rainfall” during the ongoing monsoon season.
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The power minister informed that investors were being briefed on a 600 MW initial solar project whereas the government plans to add 11,000 MW of electricity to the national grid in the coming years. About the former, he said that the project would be awarded to the lowest bidder. About other sources of energy, Dastgir said that coal and oil prices had witnessed a sharp increase of 300-400 per cent in the international market during the current year, therefore these options were not viable in the long term either. On the other hand, he said that prices of solar and wind energy were around 50-60 per cent less than other fuels.
The sources said that the Government of Pakistan had imposed a ban on Indian developed products, however, in this case, the NITB reportedly showed negligence and purchased MDM solutions from the Indian firm despite a solution similar to this product already available in the global market. Moreover, the sources said that Zoho MDM application can access mic and camera of every tablet device issued to federal cabinet members.
The statement by the FO came in response to media queries following a new story that recently appeared in the press about Pakistan’s recent engagement with the task force and progress in the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)
achieved a high degree of technical compliance with FATF standards, but it has also ensured a high level of effectiveness through the implementation of two comprehensive FATF Action Plans,” the statement read, stressing that Pakistan is committed to “continuing its efforts” in this regard.
Mainly hot and dry weather is likely to prevail over most plain areas of the country.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairperson and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday appeared before a four-member joint investigation team (JIT) probing a terror charge against him for allegedly threatening police and judicial officers at a rally last month. The charges relate to an emotional speech last month at a rally in Islamabad in which Khan threatened Zeba Chaudhry, an additional district and sessions judge, for allowing police to interrogate Shahbaz Gill, Khan’s chief of staff. Gill was arrested in August and charged with treason over making anti-military remarks during a show on ARY News in which he urged soldiers and officers to disobey “illegal” orders from their leaders. The charge carries the death penalty under a sedition act that stems from a British colonial-era law. During the Islamabad rally, Khan directed his comments against the judge. “You also get ready for it, we will also take legal action against you,” Khan said at the time. The JIT is headed by Farhat Abbas Kazmi, a senior superintendent of police (SSP) for operations at Islamabad police. Khan faced some 20 minutes of the investigation and answered questions asked by the police, which later handed the PTI chief a written questionnaire containing 21 queries. Talking to reporters after appearing before the JIT, Khan reiterated his demand for free and fair elections. Speaking to reporters, he said the terror case against him had created an embarrassment for Pakistan. He said Pakistan was being forced into a situation like that of Sri Lanka. Gill was kidnapped and subjected to sexual abuse and custodial torture, and then, while we were raising funds for flood victims, TV transmission was shut down, he recalled.
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enter the country by Monday midnight. Rain /thundeRstoRm likely at isolated places: Rain/thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in north Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, GilgitBaltistan and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
FO, when referring to the status of Pakistan’s progress, stated that the FATF’s latest evaluation of Pakistan supersedes its findings in previous years.
“All shareholders are going to put in money. We want to decrease the company’s debt and improve our debt-equity ratio because of the high interest rates,” CEO Hyundai Nishat Hassan Mansha told Profit.
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The sensitive data of country’s highest decision-making forum, Federal Cabinet, is at risk as the launching of Mobile Device Management (MDM) software to run the portal of the E-Cabinet has been purchased from an Indian IT Highlyfirm. placed sources have informed Pakistan Today that National Information Technology Board (NITB) – an attached department of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom – has reportedly purchased MDM software/application from Chennai-based Indian company, Zoho Corporation,
The statement further read that the completion of both action plans by Pakistan in June 2022 is, in fact, an acknowledgement by FATF of attaining a high level of effectiveness on FATF“Overstandards.lastfour years, Pakistan’s effectiveness in AML/CFT regime has increased across all Immediate Outcomes, which has significantly mitigated risks and threats of money laundering and financing of terrorism,” the ministry of foreign affairs concluded.
a year before and installed it in the tablets given to Federal Cabinet members.
Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) has introduced the fourth variant to PSMC’s best selling car of FY22, the new Alto VXR AGS.
Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir on Wednesday while reffering to the government’s plan of solarisation termed it the foundation for providing inexpensive electricity to the masses, and added that the government will not set up any new power projects based on imported fuel in the future.
Independent technical experts have claimed that the Indian Company can remotely retrieve the sensitive data issued to Cabinet Members and Secretaries.Source revealed that the NITB does not even have credentials to buy an annual subscription of the allegedly Indian Software.