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IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah made the remarks while hearing a plea seeking dismissal of the terror case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
PM MEETS OTHER WORLD LEADERS: on the sidelines of the SCo summit, PM Shehbaz met several world leaders including Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi. The two leaders acknowledged moving forward positive trajectory of bilateral relations.
In a meeting with Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon on the sidelines of the SCo Heads of Council meeting in Samarkand, the two leaders held wide-ranging talks covering all aspects of the mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation including regional and internationalTheissues.prime minister emphasized the expansion of cooperation in the field of road transportation and underscored the importance of connectivity.Heunderlined Pakistan’s readiness to facilitate the provision of access to Gwadar and Karachi to PresidentTajikistan.Rahmon extended profound sympathies and condolences over the loss of human lives and devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan and assured of Tajikistan’s full support in the efforts for relief and rehabilitation of the affected people.
He underscored the need for a strategic partnership aimed at boosting security, mutual trust, countering the current global threats and challenges, enhancing regional stability, and expanding political, trade and economic cooperation.Boththe leaders accorded particular focus on further strengthening of reliable and constructive high-level contacts, inter-parliamentary ties, defence and security relations between the two countries.
As per insiders, the center would also not transfer the announced flood grant of Rs3 billion to the PTI-led Gilgit-Baltistan government. But the amount would be distributed to flood affectees through NDMA or other federal departments in coordination with relevant district administrations.
MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN’S PRESIDENT EMOMALI RAHMON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed Pakistan’s resolve for the timely completion of the important CASA-1000 power project, aimed at the transmission of electricity from the Central Asian state.
PM Sharif thanked Tajikistan for its support to the flood-affected people in Pakistan and shared details of the devastation caused by the massive floods, induced by climate change.
The prime minister underlined the importance of regular meetings of bilateral institutional mechanisms and establishment of mutually beneficial cooperation in the implementation of energy projects.
However, the grants for KP would not be transferred to the provincial government. Earlier Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had announced Rs10 billion grants for the flood-affected populace of KP as flood relief assistance.
amount of Rs28 billion, which was being disbursed to the affectees through NDMA and Benazir Income Support Programme. Every affected family would be given a cash amount of Rs25,000 whereas each family was entitled to Rs1 million that had lost its near or dear one in theWhilefloods.announcing the flood relief grants for KP, the PM had announced that the funds would be spent on relief and rehabilitation of the flood-hit people of the province whereas the federal government, NDMA and the provincial administration, through close coordination, would ensure transparency and immediate disbursement in the affected areas.
The meeting focused on strengthening Pak-uzbek ties in diverse fields for the benefit of the two brotherly nations.
Afghanistan, the prime minister said that both Pakistan and Russia had vital stakes in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.
Earlier in the day, the premier held a meeting with uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed issues of mutual interest.
Earlier, the PM announced that the federal government had allocated an
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It seems the coalition government is “playing politics” with relief and rehabilitation process of flood victims as the centre is going to release relief grants to Sindh and Balochistan governments but not “willing” to issue the same to the PTIled KP and GB governments.
According to reliable sources, the Ministry of Finance, as per the direction of central government, has initiated process for transfer of relief grants to the Sindh and Balochistan governments.
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Emamoli Rahmon, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said. “Both leaders agreed to bolster and expand the scope of mutually beneficial fraternal ties,” she tweeted.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday told the government not to downplay charges as serious as terrorism while questioning whether PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s speech against a female judge and Islamabad police warrants the offence.
Khan was booked in a case under sections of the AntiTerrorism Act (ACT) for making threatening remarks against an additional sessions judge and senior officials of the Islamabad Police in his speech at a rally.
The FIR registered against Khan states that he threatened Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry and police officers at a rally in F-9 Park to “terrorise” police officials and the judiciary.
RIMEMinister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir V. Putin wherein he reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to work closely with Russia to further expand and strengthen bilateralDuringcooperation.themeeting held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation organization (SCo) Council of Heads of State held here, the prime minister said Pakistan was committed to expand cooperation with Russia across all areas of mutual benefit including food security, trade & investment, energy, defence and security.
Whereas in the case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, it would be disbursed to flood affectee through federal government’s departments like the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and administration of the affected districts in the province.
The PM also met President of Tajikistan
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In GB, the PM had announced that an amount of Rs3 billion shall be allocated for rehabilitation and reconstruction in Gilgit-Baltistan. Besides an amount of Rs100 million would be allocated for development in village Bubur
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“Do not confuse things, as a separate case of contempt of court is under trial against Imran Khan,” the chief justice said. At this, the special prosecutor informed the court that Khan appeared before the joint investigation team (JIT) to record his statement on Wednesday.
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The main aim was to prevent the police officers and judiciary from carrying out their legal obligations, states the FIR. The FIR was registered on the complaint of Magistrate Ali Javed in Islamabad’s Margalla Police Station under Section 7 of ATA.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asif, Ismail, and other senior officials attended the meeting as well.
A two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Saman Rifat conducted hearing on PTI’s plea.
Appreciating Russia’s constructive role in
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Following the court’s directives, Abbasi read the transcript of Imran Khan’s “threatening” speech at the rally, contending that sections of ATA apply to the words used in the speech.
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The party had moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to grant Khan transit bail till August 25, but the court had directed the former premier to approach an ATC as it was a terror case.
The two leaders discussed bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and internationalTheissues.prime minister thanked President Putin for Russia’s expression of solidarity and support for the people affected by the massive floods in Pakistan. He also shared details of the devastating impact of this climate-induced calamity.Prime Minister Sharif expressed satisfaction at steady growth of Pakistan-Russia relations, which were marked by strong mutual trust and understanding.Itwasagreed to convene the next meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) in Islamabad at an early date.
At the outset of the hearing, the Justice Minallah said that the court had ordered Imran Khan to join the investigation and asked the investigation officer to guide the court on whether the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is applicable to the former premier’s statement.
The prime minister expressed satisfaction over the growing political, trade, economic, and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
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The finance division, sources informed, prepared the summary for transfer of Rs15 billion to Sindh and Rs10 billion to Balochistan in the head of flood grants announced by the prime minister. After release, the provinces could utilize the funds on its discretion for rehabilitation of the affected people.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and Defence Minister Khwaja Asif are also accompanying him. uzbekistan PM Abdulla Aripov received the prime minister upon his arrival at the airport.
He said that it was essential to intensify the pace of international engagement on Afghanistan and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to support all regional and international efforts to stabilize Afghanistan.
The premier arrived in Samarkand today on a two-day trip where he will attend the 22nd annual meeting of the Council of Heads of State (CHS) of the SCo.
The leaders also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest and agreed to work together to strengthen peace, stability and security in the region, particularly in Afghanistan.ForeignMinister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and senior officials were present.
in District Ghizer. Besides, Rs1 million each would be disbursed to the families of the deceased persons immediately as ex-gratia compensation, as per approved policy. The amount would be recouped through NDMA.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday suspended the transmission of two private news channels ARY and Bol news for three days for not installing time delay mechanism. According to a press release, both the TV channels were continuing their broadcast without installing any effective time delay mechanism in violation of the directives to do so. The Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of both the channels were summoned for personal hearing but they preferred submitting only written replies of the notices.
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The lawyer said the court had yet to see whether the case should be tried according to the old NAB law or under the fresh amended one. It was necessary to discuss the asset’s value and sources of income, otherwise, the burden of proof would not be on the accused.
Concluding arguments, Amjad Pervaiz said there was no document and the case was made based on an opinion just. NAB Prosecutor Sardar Muzafar Abbasi pleaded for adjournment of the hearing as they had to discuss the evidence. The court adjourned the hearing of the case till September 20.
Pakistan Today couldn’t independently verify the claim. Khan’s killing came less than a week after a blast in the picturesque region killed five people, including an influential anti-Taliban tribal leader, on Tuesday, in the first major bombing in over a decade in a city that was once a battleground between the army and TTP. The attack comes as fears rise about the return of the TTP to Swat, and peace talks between Pakistan Army and Afghanistan-based militants, that started last year, have failed. staff RepoRt
he said that LBOD has mostly affected the people of Badin as it’s brought the water of different district including Shaheed Benazir Abad, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas and Umerkot districts. he said that LBOD was not designed for draining out rainwater, saying that its designed water flow was fixed as 4,600 cusecs, but more than 12,000 cusec water was flowing through LBOD, which unfortunately has caused havoc in district Badin.
Murad informed that Badin administration has requested for provision of more than 50,000 tents to settle the flood affectees but unfortunately tents were out of stock current. “We are ready to provide them tents and striving to ensure that the tents are provided but stock was not available.”
CM said that the provincial was working to prepare a strategy for rehabilitation of flood affected people houses, adding that he said that LBOD had affected natural flow of the drain water.
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Last month, the PTI leaders had asked party workers and supporters to take to the streets to protest against the possible arrest of the former prime minister. The call was given after PTI chairman Imran was booked in a terrorism case on the complaint of Islamabad Saddar Magistrate Ali Javed for allegedly threatening the additional sessions judge of the federal capital, Zeba Chaudhry.
arch-rival India worries that the fleet could be used against it by its neighbour.
It may be mentioned here that the accountability court had announced imprisonment sentence to Maryam Nawaz and her husband after convicting them in the Aavenfield flats reference.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani heard the appeals. Maryam Nawaz appeared before the court along with her legalDuringteam. the hearing, Maryam’s lawyer
Amjad Pervaiz said said that there was no evidence that Calibri font was not available at the time of preparation of the trust deed and “we fully accepted this document.” he said according to the prosecution the ate recorded on the trust deed was wrong as the Calibri font was not available on that date of agreement.
The lawyer said the prosecution was naming Maryam as the beneficial owner but she had neither lived there nor received its rent. The documents were of 2006 while the instant case was from 1993. The original documents of the trust deed were never made a part of the case record. Justice Farooq said the main accused in the case had been declared as an absconder and the court was now proceeding with the cases of Maryam Nawaz and Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar. he said the case of the main accused and that of the beneficiary were almost the same. It was a matter of assistance in crime and the prosecution had to prove it.
Justice Kayani observed said had the trust deed been registered, then many evidences would have been clear.
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he said an expert’s opinion could never be taken as primary evidence while the only thing in NAB’s evidence was the report of Robert Radley.
so the affected people could be resettled in theirThehome.Sindh
Amjad Parvez argued that he had prepared paper books to assist the court.
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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday declared that the provincial government will never leave the flood victims alone, saying though the entire country was affected by heavy rains and floods this monsoon season, Sindh province was more affected than other province.
The counsel for PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar on Thursday completed his arguments before the Islamabad high Court (IhC) on appeals against their conviction in the Avenfield flats reference by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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“We had a need for 1.5 million tents after heavy rainfall and floods to provide shelter to people from evacuated from flooded area of the province but unfortunately we couldn’t meet the requirements due to delivery issues of the goods”, the CM claimed while talking to media here during a visit to Badin on Thursday.CM
he claimed that one breach in MMD link canal was plugged but second one was causing problems. he assured that within three days, it would be plugged at all costs. The chief minister directed the officers concerned to expedite dewatering
LAHORE: Celebrations in full swing during annual urs of Hazrat Ali Hajveri, known as Data Sahib. photo by ZubaiR MehfooZ
According to the press release, Pemra has issued orders to cable operators and distribution networks not to air both the channels for three days after finding their written replies as unsatisfactory. The released recalled that that the authority had directed TV channels on September 5 to implement the verdict of apex court and PEMRA laws, while informing the authority about the progress made on installing time-delay mechanism to enable authority to issue orders related to live broadcast after confirming the installation. staff RepoRt
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ISLAMABAD: Engineers and troops cleared a key highway Thursday that will enable aid workers to speed supplies to survivors of devastating floods that have left thousands homeless and killed 1,486 people. Traffic between the flood-hit city of Quetta and Sindh remained suspended for weeks after floods damaged the highway. The blockage had forced the military to deliver aid to victims by helicopters and boats. As they reopened the route, engineers in flood-hit Balochistan also restored the power supply for millions, according to a government statement. And the disaster’s death toll became more clear. On Thursday, the United Nations’ children agency (UNICEF) said 528 children were among those killed in the floods. The National Flood Response and Coordination Centre (NFRCC) said the worst-ever deluge destroyed 390 bridges and washed away over 12,000 kilometres of roads across the country. The inundation of roads affected the government’s response to floods, and people complained they were still waiting for the government’s help. staff RepoRt
The lawyer said there was a letter dated January 5, 2017 in which the Solicitor testified the signature of hussain Nawaz, and no one, who had signed the trust deed, denied his signature
Maryam’s lawyer concludes arguments in Avenfield reference appeals
“We were rich in the wheat production a decade ago but unfortunately now we become its importers due to climate change”, the CM regretted.Murad Ali Shah appealed to developed countries to come forward to assist flood affected and alleviate their sufferings. earlier, the Sindh CM went to offer condolence with Sami family living in a relief camp along the roadside over the killing of their three persons by a loader near Amir Ali Shah village. On the occasion, he announced compensation for the bereaved family and expressed sympathies with the bereaved heirs. Other hand, Badin Deputy Commissioner Agha Shahnawaz Khan briefed the Sindh CM regarding losses and damages caused by floods in the district.
The lawyer said Robert had himself admitted that he was not a font expert. At this, Justice Kayani said then all the evidence was over. In the case Robert
The lawyer said if the Calibri font was removed in the matter then there would be no case.Justice Kayani said whatever font was created, it would have been registered somewhere. On this, the lawyer said it was NAB’s responsibility to bring that on record. Justice Kayani asked that if the trust deed was valid then what was its effect. The lawyer replied it had no effect. No benefit was taken as the property belonged to the same family, which had to live there, he added.
The Sindh chief minister deplored that they were receiving less items than as compared to requirement, adding he acknowledged genuine concerns of the flood affected regarding the gaps in relief activities. “The Sindh government wants to carry out developmental work in rural areas,” the CM vowed.
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hePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Thursday that it will shut Islamabad down and hold country-wide protests in case of party chairman Imran Khan’s arrest. The plan of action was decided in a meeting of the PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Advisory Committee. The meeting was held in Islamabad under the leadership of PTI’s provincial president Pervaiz Khattak; senior leaders including Asad Qaiser, Nurul haq Qadri, Azam Swati, Ali Amin Gandapur, Omar Ayyub, Shehryar Afridi, Atif Khan, Shaukat Yousafzai and Shahram Tarkai were also present. K-P Labour Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said, “In case of Imran Khan’s arrest, all routes leading towards Islamabad will be shut down and a sit-in will be held until the ‘imported
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government’ is ousted.” The provincial minister condemned the government for filing false and baseless cases against the party chief as well as other PTI leaders. It was further reported that the PTI chief has summoned party officials and provincial youth presidents at a meeting in Islamabad tomorrow. The legal aspect, political situation of the country and other important matters will be discussed in the meeting and the senior leadership will be consulted regarding the march towards Islamabad.
package for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet,” Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter following what he called a “warm and productive” telephone conversation with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.
Justice Kayani remarked that “you had accepted this document and we will take this to Calibri font’s matter”.
he said Robert Culp was the only witness to the trust deed. The joint investigation team termed the deed forged, citing the Calibri font was not in existence on the day its documents were signed.
Singh’s ministry said the two also reviewed US-Indian defence cooperation and reiterated their commitment to further strengthen military-to-military ties.
According to Rifaqat Ullah, a journalist, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
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Key highway reopened to speed aid to flood victims
PESHAWAR: A second member of a local state-allied peace committee was shot dead in the space of a week by unidentified gunmen in Charbagh town of Swat late on Wednesday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The police identified the deceased as Shirin Khan whose bullet-riddled body was discovered in a nearby area. After the incident, a police team reached the spot and cordoned off the area to arrest the accused who managed to escape.
India is concerned about a US decision to provide a sustenance package for Pakistan’s fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft, the Indian defence minister told his US counterpart on Wednesday. The US-built aircraft are a critical part of the military arsenal of Pakistan, whose
Last week, the US State Department approved the potential sale of sustainment and related equipment to Pakistan in a deal valued at up to $450 million, with the principal contractor being Lockheed Martin Corp. “I conveyed India’s concern at the recent US decision to provide a sustenance
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Efforts on as millions await rehabilitation in Balochistan
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Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan) Director Governance Dr Imran Khalid said the idea of water stewardship emerged to be pertinent concept in the prevailing scenario as there was no human survival without water. he added that amidst ongoing flood situation in Pakistan and disease outbreak feared due to water and sanitation issues in the inundated region of
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Sources said that the government of Pakistan is saving millions of rupees annually from this e-cabinet system however there is a need to further invest in information security keeping in view the emerging cyber security threats and to protect the sensitive data of the country’s highest forum.
The NFRCC reported that overcollection points have received over 8498.8 tonnes of food items while 8219 tonnes of food items have been distributed in the country. In total 7.89 million medicine were collected while 7.75 million have been distributed among flood-affected people in the county, it added.
It is pertinent to note that the Cabinet’s portal is used only for the submission of summaries to the Cabinet Members.Sources said that Ministry IT&T initially found the platform credentials satisfactory after the re-validation the e-cabinet Previously,system.NTISB, an attached department of the
34 affecTees rescued, 16.4 Tonnes relIef goods dIsTrIBuTed, rePorTs nfrcc
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no shortAge of essentiAl food items: There is no shortage of essential food items as wheat, rice, maize, potato and other essential food items are in sufficient stock to cater for food security.
The federal food secretary briefing NFRCC meeting chaired by Deputy
Water Stewardship is referred to using water in a
Smashed communication infrastructure, veritable flood water, starvation, outbreak of vector-borne diseases and displaced families living in open are some of the post- flood challenges in the worst hit parts of the province.Bythe time relief operation continues in full swing in Quetta, Musakhel, Pishin, Qila Saifullah, Zhob, Noshki, Sibi, Bolan, Qalat, Nasirabad, Jafarabad, Jhal Magsi, Awaran, Lasbela, Dera Bugti, Sohbatpur and KachiSohbatpurareas. city and vicinity is the worst hit area still submerged in feet high water that destroyed all valuable of the poor families forcing them to survive under the sky waiting for relief.
The water level is continuously receding in Indus River at the point of Kotri Barrage on Thursday.
A person named Muhammad Juman Gaadhi died in suburban village Mir hassan Gaadhi. And a woman named Sarah, the mother of three children, also lost her life due to hunger and thirst. The locals shifted the bodies to a hospital.
Water level receding at Kotri Barrage
Taking note of a news item published in daily Pakistan Today, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom to furnish a report on the installation of the Indian company solution, Mobile Device Management (MDM), in the tablets given to federal cabinet members.
Chairman Ahsan Iqbal and co-chaired by Chairman NDMA Lt-Gen Akhter Nawaz and National Coordinator Maj-Gen Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.
“Federal and provincial departments, PDMA and Pak Army engaged in the calamity-hit areas are utilizing all available resources to mitigate the sufferings of the catastrophe-stricken people, ” the CM told APP. “We need Rs 200 billion to restore the damaged infrastructure and rehabilitate the displaced population,”
Moreover, NITB does not even have credentials to buy an annual subscription to the allegedly Indian Software. The rights to renew the annual subscription or change credentials are with a former employee of NITB who was a third-party hR resource who left the service in August 2021.
The Punjab government has so far spent Rs 47 billion under Sehat Sahulat Program in private and public hospitals to facilitate the citizens. This was informed by Punjab health Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch, here on Thursday. The Secretary informed that the program was being implemented in 803 public and private hospitals where around 80,000 beds were available for indoor healthcare facility. Under the Sehat Sahulat Program more than 446,000 people received facility of Dialysis, 47,000 Coronary Angiography, 38,000 women underwent through process of normal delivery, 163,000 cesarean, 30,000 hernia surgery, 28,000 chemotherapy, 1,30,000 eye treatment and more than 155,000 citizens received angioplasty treatment through the Sehat Sahulat Program so far.
A total of 147 relief camps, over 300 medical camps, and 284 relief collection points have been established across the country, NRFCC said. Over 1,26,365 people have been treated in the medical camps so far, and patients are being provided 5-day medicine, it added.
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Army rescue And relief Activities: Army Aviation helicopters have taken 526 flights for flood-relief operations rescuing 4604 stranded people, the NFRCC told. 34 people were rescued, and 16.4 tonnes of relief goods were supplied using the Army helicopters in the last 24 hours, it added.
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.The Indian company software being used for ecabinet system since April, 2021.
cabinet division has also audited the e-cabinet software platform but there is also a dire need for a complete independent third-party audit of this MDM solution to revalidate no possibility of backdoor in the system if not replaced.Sources said that hackers on daily basis are making attempts to hack government websites and recently, they managed to hack the Ministry of commerce’s export Development Fund (eDF) website, FBR and National Bank of Pakistan etc, sourceRecently,added.SeCP also succeed in downing the link of the website where the hackers made public confidential details of companies’ CeO and directors.
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The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) organised a media briefing here on Water Stewardship– Media’s Role in Raising Awareness.
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In Khairpur Nathan Shah, the problems of the flood victims have increased as the relief activities could not so far be started in the area. People, suffering from hunger and thirst, are dying due to the lack of medicines.
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way that is socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial which is being achieved through a stakeholder inclusive process that involves site and catchment based actions.
Pakistan scrambled to deliver aid to those most in need as the death toll from record-breaking floods in the nation rose further, with no respite in sight from the unprecedented monsoon rains. The rains started early this year in mid-June and swept away entire villages, bridges and roads, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. At one point, a third of the country’s territory was inundated with water. Authorities said the overall death toll reached 1,486 on Thursday, with five more people dying in rainrelated floods in the past 24 hours, with the majority of those deaths in the hard-hit province of Sindh. experts have said that climate change has been blamed in large part for the deluge, the worst in recent memory. Sherry Rehman, the nation’s minister for climate change, warned that the rains, which had abated late last month only to restart this week, are predicted to continue lashing much of the country in the coming weeks. Rehman also expressed fears the downpours would hamper ongoing rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas, where swirling deluges from overflowing rivers, fast melting glaciers and floods have already affected 33 million people. So far, rescuers have evacuated 179,281 people from flood-hit areas. It will take up to six months to drain water in flood-hit areas, officials say. Waterborne diseases have already sickened thousands of people in flood-stricken areas — and now there are fears of mosquito-borne dengue fever. Mosquitos have spread, due to stagnant waters following the flooding. “With 584,246 people in camps throughout the country, (the) health crisis could wreak havoc,” Rehman said in a statement. She added that so far, Karachi has registered an outbreak of dengue fever. The floods have also destroyed crops, including 70 percent of the onion harvest, along with rice and corn, Rehman said.
Media’s role critical in highlighting water stewardship among masses: Experts at SDPI Seminar
Smany 34 persons were rescued, and 16.4 tonnes of food were supplied to flood-affected people during the past 24 hours, the National Flood Response Coordination Center (NFRCC) said on Thursday.The National Flood Response Coordination Center (NFRCC) meeting was held here to review flood rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations under in flood affected areas across the country.
The federal and provincial governments and the philanthropists are all out for relief to flood affected in most parts of Balochistan amidst the challenge of reaching out to vulnerable across the province.
As per PDMA statistics, heavy rains and floods have affected 9,182,616 people in 35 districts of Balochistan claiming lives of 281 people, damaging 64,385 houses, destroying 1386 km roads, killing 270444 livestock, washing away crops on about 0.2 million acre land.
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catastrophe was huge in terms of severity and intensity, yet the government is striving hard to continue relief operations and ensure its outreach to every affected person by putting utmost efforts,” Chief Minister Balochistan Abdul Qudus Bizenjo said.
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During the last 24 hours, 49,839 cusecs of water has receded at Kotri Barrage. however, high level flood situation persists at theOnbarrage.the other hand, diseases are spreading in the flood-hit areas of Sindh. Gastroenteritis has gripped Khairpur, for all the hospitals in the district have been filled with children suffering from gastro.
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The experts on Thursday called for proactive role of media in raising awareness among the masses on ‘Water Stewardship’ amid soaring water crisis and natural calamities inundating the country.
aJK govt to hold lB polls before nov 30
muZAffArABAd: Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, while presiding a high level meeting, directed the concerned authorities to conduct local elections before November 30. According to the details, the election Commission of Azad Kashmir had written a letter to the government regarding the release of the schedule for the local elections in the second week of November. staff RepoRt
A total of 16,031 people are residing within 9 camps established under the Pakistan Navy, NFRCC reported. 23 emergency Response teams of the Pakistan Army have rescued 15,174 people so far, it added.
authorities scrambles to deliver aid as flood death toll rises
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)’s Leader Murad Saeed Wednesday approached the Islamabad high Court (IhC) against alleged harassment by the police. The petitioner adopted the stance that he came to know that the some FIRs could be registered against him by the police and the FIA. he said that the PTI leaders were already being harassed as a raid was conducted at the house of Saifullah Niazi. he prayed the court to stop the police from harassing him and other PTI’s leaders. he also prayed the court to seek record of cases registered against him across the country. The petitioner had named IGP Islamabad and Director General FIA as respondents in the case.
The forum was informed that import of tomato and onion on fast track is in progress.
The weather would remain hot and dry in most plains of the country for the next 24 hours while Upper Punjab, Upper KP, Gilgit Baltistan, and Kashmir could experience someTherainfall.NFRCC reported that no infrastructural damage was caused by rains in the past 24 hours. however, 12,718 km of roads and 390 bridges have been damaged due to floods amid heavy rainfall and floods in the country, they added.
The only problem being faced is damage to communication infrastructure, which disrupted transportation of various commodities in flood affected areas no further dAmAge: According to the NRFCC report, southern and eastern parts of Sindh, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and North eastern Punjab received heavy rainfall while the rest of the country faced hotter temperatures during the past 24 hours with Turbat experiencing the highest temperature with 42-degree celsius, 41 degrees in Sibbi and 41 degrees in Nokundi.
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highly placed sources told Pakistan Today that Prime Minister, despite having been on a foreign visit, directed the Ministry of IT&T and the cabinet division to submit a report immediately on revalidation of the ecabinet system to curb data leakage, if any. earlier, Pakistan Today on Wednesday reported that the sensitive data of the country’s highest decisionmaking forum, the Federal Cabinet, is at risk as the launching of MDM software to run the portal of the eCabinet.TheGovernment of Pakistan had imposed a ban on
“We are in dire need of tents, food, mosquito nets and medicines,” said Asif Samim, head of Sohbat Pur Khidmat Foundation who has been carrying out relief activities in the worst hit district Sohbatpur.
The NFRCC meeting was chaired by Deputy Chairman Ahsan Iqbal and cochaired by Chairman NDMA Lt-Gen Akhter Nawaz and National Coordinator Maj-Gen Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.
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As per the official sources, the water inflow at Kotri Barrage is 525,696 cusecs upstream, whereas, the water outflow at the barrage is 508,981 cusecs downstream.
The forum was apprised of latest update of weather and flood situation. The Secretary NF S&R presented a detail update regarding wheat stocks in the country and assured that no shortage of wheat/rice/maize/sugar is expected in future as sufficient stocks are already available in country which remained secured during recent flooding.
It is to be noted here that as many as 100 children have died of gastroenteritis in 20 days in the flood-hit areas of Sindh.
The secretary explained that there is no shortage of essential food items in country and the reports in this regard are false and baseless.heexplained that Pakistan’s Annual requirement of wheat is 30.5 Mn Tons whereas 2 Mn tons are Strategic Reserve however in present situation, 7.07 Mn tons including 2 Mn Tons for seeds are available in country which is approximately 153 days of stock which is sufficient enough after that new wheat production will be harvested. Moreover early procurement of seeds will be ensured for the next season.
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Three kids climbed up an electricity pylon in Khairpur Nathan Shah to save their lives from ravaging floods and stranded there for two days before being rescued on Thursday. According to details, three children in Khairpur Nathan Shah saved themselves from drowning by climbing up an electricity pylon and stayed there for two days. After information about the kids reached authorities, they were rescued and moved to a safer place. The heartbreaking pictures of them, stranded atop an electricity pylon, have gone viral on social media. Though flood deluge has subsided to a great extent and rehabilitation process has been initiated in various areas, the flood-affected people continue to suffer and are struggling hard to survive in the disastrous situation. It is important to mention here that 15 people have so far lost their lives in Khairpur Nathan Shah, and more than a dozen people are missing.
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Sawira, the 7th class student of the flood-affected Government Girls Middle School Shahgram in Madian area, said that her school was damaged in the flood and since then she has not been going to school, added that we are worried about our future because the covid-19 affected their education for two years and now the school has been affected by the flood.
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In another raid in Golra, one pharmacy was sealed for selling unregistered drugs while another for not able to present the warranty card of the medicine. The stock
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for high-quality learning, research, and education. Integrity, professionalism, honesty, compassion, inclusion, and social responsibility are lessons that help students become conscious and responsible.Hefurther talked about the various prospects for mutual cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Sargodha University, including faculty and student exchange, joint conferences, and cooperative research, additionally intending to work with Kazakh universities on research projects, training programmes, and language and culture exchanges.
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At least 202 government educational institutions have been affected by the devastating flood in Swat District.
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Ambassador Khan thanked the foundation for its support “at a time when the people of Pakistan needed it most”.OnAugust 26, the envoy wrote to Bill Gates, apprising him of the huge devastation wreaked by the floods.
of both the pharmacies was confiscated by officials, they added. Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel said that they are determined to eliminate the sale of fake and unregistered medicine in the country. Officials would also launch a crackdown on pharmacies selling overpriced medicine, he added.
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Inefforts.aletter addressed to Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington, Masood Khan, Christopher Elias, president of the Global Development Division at the agency, said its polio programme would also sup-
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Honorary Consul General of Japan in Balochistan, Syed Nadeem Alam Shah said the Japanese government has donated seven million US dollars for the rehabilitation of Pakistani flood victims.Talking to media here on Thursday, he said that due to the torrential downpour and floods, one third of Pakistan’s areas is under water and the infrastructure in these areas has been completely destroyed. “The losses caused by the calamity will exceed 30 billion dollars,” he said, adding that we need huge assistance for the rehabilitation of the damaged infrastructure and relief of the affected people. The Honorary Consul General of Japan further said that there is a severe shortage of food and tents in the flood affected areas. “Various diseases have broken out in the flood-hit areas,” he said urging the government and philanthropists to protect the people of the flood affected areas suffering from diseases. He also underlined the need for provision of clean drinking water, tents, food, mobile clinics, medicines and other medical equipment immediately.
Furthermore, the foundation would put more support towards three maternity hospitals dealing with the largest burden of displaced women to expand midwifery care, and intrapartum services, the letter said.
tragedy of national proportions and one which has captured the attention of the world,” he wrote.
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Even after the passage of more than three weeks, the work on the restoration of schools could not be started. Because of this, thousands of students fear that their educational journey will be interrupted and their future will be Accordingbleak.todetails, worst floods have damaged government educational institutions (schools) in various areas including Bahrain Tehsil and Matta Tehsil as it has washed away other infrastructures and houses on August 26, 2022.Assistant District Education Officer (Planning and Development) Swat Ayub Khan told this scribe that 135 boys’ schools have been affected during the recent flood in Swat District, of which 6 schools have been completely destroyed.“67Girls’ schools have been affected, out of which 7 schools have been completely washed away,” Edu-
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port 1,200 healthcare camps being run by Aga Khan University in the districts most hit by the floods.
Elias informed the ambassador the foundation has an active $4 million grant for the poor that are receiving food subsidies and emergency cash transfers in the flood-affected areas.
According to the Health Ministry, DRAP and FIA
On behalf of the foundation, he expressed his “deepest sympathies” over the losses due to the unprecedented calamity. “This is indeed a
Worst floods damaged 202 govt schools in Swat
“Seeing the impact of the floods on your countrymen, their homes and their lands is greatly saddening.”
conducted a raid in I-8 Markaz Islamabad over a tip about a stock of unregistered and smuggled medicine. A heavy amount of prohibited medicine was recovered amid the raid, it added. The delivery office was sealed and cases were filed against the responsible under the DRAP act, the Health Ministry said.
The Ambassador was accorded a warm welcome on arrival by UoS Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Qaisar Abbas. A delegation from the Sargodha Chamber of Commerce led by its President Shoaib Ahmad Basra, as well as deans, directors, senior faculty, and staff members of the university attended the meeting. They were also joined by the commercial consul of Kazakhstan’s embassy, Dilyara Kempirbayeva.
Addressing the meeting, Ambassador Yerzhan Kistafin vowed to
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The health ministry would do everything in its power to maintain an uninterrupted supply of medicine to the public, Abdul Qadir Patel said.
A man along with his brother shaved his wife’s head in Sarai Mughal after accusing her of having illicit relationship with a man on Thursday. Police registered first information report (FIR) on the victim’s complaint who also told them about her alleged rape by her brother-in-law.According to police, 32-year-old Asia Bibi, a resident of rural area Thatta Kamiana, in her complaint told police that her husband along with his brother shaved her head over alleged affair. She said she kept begging her husband and her brother-in-law for mercy but they didn’t stop. Following that, she was allegedly subjected to rape by her brother-in-law. She, somehow, managed to flee from the house and reached Sarai Mughal police station. The victim was in extreme mental agony and threatened to end her life by setting herself on fire along with her three children in front of police station, if justice is not served to her, said the police. However, Station House officer (SHO) of Sarai Mughal, taking prudent and timely action, arrested the prime accused Noor Muhammad.
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The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have fastened their country-wide crackdown on fake and unregistered medicine, conducting multiple raids, and recovering a significant amount of medicine.
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Illand Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable foundation run by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda Gates, announced $7.5 million in assistance for the flood victims in Pakistan, and repurposed its current grants to boost the rescue and relief
strengthen friendly relations between Pakistan and Kazakhstan besides developing student to student connection through the creation of conducive environment. He expressed his interest to promote collaborative research initiatives to strengthen partnership between the University of Sargodha and the Republic of “SargodhaKazakhstan.isan agricultural region, and in order to assure cooperation in this area, we will promote collaborations in the agricultural sector with the support of the Chamber of Commerce Sargodha and the Sargodha University, ” the Ambassador expressed.Onthe occasion, Prof Dr Qaiser Abbas said: “Sargodha University benefits society by providing opportunities
“I don’t know when the government will think about it and this school of ours will open again because we want to get education,” Sawaira raised
The ambassador also visited the high-tech laboratory of the College of Pharmacy and categorized it as compatible with the modern requirements.
the question.Parentsare also worried about the non-restoration of educational institutions and said that they are thinking about the educational future of their children.Ehsan Ali, a resident of Madian, said that it has been three weeks since the flood, but the schools are still full of debris or the buildings have been severely“Ourdamaged.children’s time is being wasted. Therefore, the government should take measures to restore the education of children on an emergency basis,” he demanded.
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“As we are managing this catastrophe and working tirelessly to alleviate the sufferings, the people of Pakistan would deeply appreciate your support for urgent humanitarian assistance.”
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, Yerzhan Kistafin visited University of Sargodha (UoS) on Thursday to discuss matters of mutual interests.
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The Karachi Police on Thursday recommended the deportation of Afghan immigrants, illegally residing in the city.According to details, SubDivisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sohrab Goth, Sohail Faiz, has penned down a letter to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East, recommending deportation of illegal Afghan immigrants. In the letter, SDPO Sohrab Goth claimed that the Afghan nationals were involved in anti-national activities, land grabbing, murders, drug trafficking and street crimes. The police officer noted that few days earlier, the Super Highway was blocked. “Five cases were registered against suspects in East district including Sohrab Goth,” the letter pointed out. “Three days ago, the police had arrested dozens of illegal Afghan immigrants residing illegally in the city,” it stated, adding that cases have been registered against the arrested immigrants under Foreign Act. SDPO Sohail Faiz, in the letter, maintained that the Afghan nationals have been deported before, asking for permission for deportation amid rising criminal activities.It is pertinent to mention here that the city police arrested as many as 26 illegal Afghan immigrants in Karachi’s Al-Asif Square for illegally crossing the border.
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German Ambassador to Pakistan Alfred Grannas on Thursday announced that Germany would provide an additional €10 million to help to deal with the devastating effects of recent flooding. In his tweet, the German Ambassador said that Germany’s total aid for Pakistan has reached €24 million and vowed, “We will continue to stand by Pakistan during this tragic time.” The aid will supply food, hygiene products, medical supplies, etc., to the flood victims in Pakistan.
prehensive strategy to solve the sewer problems of big cities.
“Is there anything else other than his [Imran Khan] speech? This allegation is of a very serious nature. There is a Supreme Court verdict on the matter,” Justice Minallah said. “The speech was absolutely wrong, with inappropriate words used, but does not warrant terrorism charges,” the judge remarked.
ganization (SCO) in the historic city of Samarkand. The meeting focused on the ways and means to strengthen relationship between Pakistan and Tajikistan in diverse fields including trade, economy, energy and people-to-people contacts.
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China and Pakistan were becoming even stronger.
The PNCA is a National level premier institute that aims to promote artistic activity and focuses on all forms of art, like visual and performing arts.
Earlier, holding a press conference at circuit house, the minister said that Punjab government was committed to resolve the issues on priority basis and following a com-
In response to a question, the senior minister said that there was no wheat crisis in Punjab. It was also meeting the wheat requirements of KPK, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and other units.
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The senior minister expressed these views while holding a joint press conference along with advisor to Punjab Chief Minister for information Omar Sarfraz Cheema here at Circuit house.
Senior Minister Punjab, Mian Aslam Iqbal, said on Wednesday that the sewerage related issues of the city would be resolved soon.
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China is willing to constantly push forward the development of relations with Turkmenistan for the benefit of the two peoples, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov here Thursday morning.
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individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab so far, 8,238 in Sindh, 6,362 in KP, 1,031 in Islamabad, 793 in Azad Kashmir, 378 in Balochistan and 191 in Gilgit Baltistan.
But the world needed to step up to “seize this opportunity”, he added.
At a rally at the F-9 park in Islamabad, the PTI chair had warned that he would “not spare” Islamabad’s inspectorgeneral, deputy inspector general, and female magistrate, vowing to file cases against them for allegedly torturing PTI leader Shahbaz Gill.
Secretary Housing Punjab has been given an important responsibility for the early completion of the projects.
“If we don’t take this opportunity now, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, more disruption, and more Accordinguncertainty.”to WHO’s latest epidemiological report on Covid-19, the number of reported cases fell 28 percent to 3.1 million during the week ending September 11, following a 12-percent-drop a week earlier.
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As many as 593,867 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 521,917 in Punjab, 224,053 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 139,358 in Islamabad, 35,980 in Balochistan, 44,309 in Azad Kashmir and 12,046 in AsGilgit-Baltistan.manyas13,611
Multan sewerage issues to be resolved soon, says senior minister
The IHC adjourned the hearing till September 19, while directing the JIT officials to meet and then inform the court about the developments in the probe on Monday (September 19).
The PNCA has been promoting the Chinese culture among other works as part of its goals. The PNCA regularly hosts Chinese cultural events.
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“Don’t downplay the seriousness of terrorism charges,” IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah said, while responding to the arguments of the special prosecutor.
The provincial minister said that model project of water supply was being started in Multan, Faisalabad, Kasur and Rawalpindi in order to provide clean drinking water to the citizens. Mian Aslam Iqbal said that incompetent people will not be allowed to stay in the positions. Improving public service delivery was top priority.
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He said that the sewerage system of Multan will be repaired on priority basis and problems faced by WASA Multan will be solved. The minister said that the latest machinery and other equipment worth Rs 1.5 billion would be provided to WASA by Japan under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project.
Federal Ministers Khawaja Asif and Miftah Ismail, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and senior officials were present.
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The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.
uLTuRALCounsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Pakistan H.E Mr. Zhang Heqing has held a meeting with Mr. Ayub Jamali, the newly appointed Director General (DG) of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued a notice to Punjab Cane Commissioner Husnain Bahadur on the contempt of the court petition filed against him. During the hearing of petition filed by Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Justice Shahid Waheed of the LHC also ordered the Punjab government’s law officer to submit reply in the case after receiving instructions from the officials concerned. In his petition, Ghazanfar had said that he had supplied canes to Shakarganj Sugar Mills worth Rs2.8 million, but the mill’s owner did not pay him the price. “Following that, I submitted an application to the cane commissioner,” he said, adding and when he did not get justice from the commissioner, he had to approach the LHC. “Disposing of the petition, the court, on June 30, 2022, had ordered Ghazanfar to decide my application,” he said, and added, “But the commissioner did not comply with the court order. Therefore contempt of court proceedings should be initiated against him.”
All possible resources will be utilized to compensate the damages caused in the flood affected areas. He said that Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had collected Rs five billion funds for flood stricken people through one telethon.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan welcomed the PTE chairman in the party and stated that this merger will provide more political strength to PTI in South Punjab region. He hoped that Chaudhry Aurangzeb will work along PTI to bring real revolution in the country. Chaudhry Aurangzeb said that Imran Khan is the only leader who can bring Pakistan out of this political turmoil and bring prosperity to the nation. Now he has joined this journey with Imran Khan for the betterment of the people of Pakistan. Staff RepoRt
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met President of Tajikistan H.E Emamoli Rahmon and discussed various issues of bilateral and regional importance. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the head of state meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Or-
During the last 24 hours, 18,785 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 0.62 percent. The number of patients in critical care was recorded at 82.
“We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic,” he told reporters. “We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.”
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to increase the size and scale of natural gas cooperation and inject new impetus into the development and revitalization of the two countries. He noted the need to accelerate cooperation in non-resource fields and to synergize the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Turkmenistan’s strategy to revive the Great Silk Road.
eral relations, and the strategic partnership has reached a high level.
A day after World Health Organisation’s statement that an end to the Covid-19 pandemic in sight, Pakistan has reported another 117 coronavirus infections and one fatality during the last 24 hours, showed the statistics released by the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Thursday Accordingmorning.toNIHdata, the death toll in the country has risen to 30,604 while the number of total infections now stood at 1,571,530 after adding the fresh 117 cases.
The minister said that it was demand of every Pakistani that fair and transparent elections should be held soon.
Newly reported cases of the disease, which has killed millions since being identified in late 2019, last week fell to the lowest level since March 2020, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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It is an autonomous body that was established in 1973. Earlier PNCA was under the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage but in August of 2019, it came under the National Heritage and Culture Division and this Division was shifted to the Ministry of Education. Recently the name of the Division has been changed to National Heritage and Culture Division, which encompasses all the institutions that come under the Division.
Xi emphasized the need for the two sides
The Chinese side is ready to set up a Luban workshop in Turkmenistan at an early date and continue to strengthen COVID-19 response cooperation with Turkmenistan, he said.
The provincial minister said that mechanism was being devised for the rehabilitation of the flood victims.
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He said that the loss of human lives, crops, cattle and other properties in flood affected areas was being evaluated.
The senior Chinese diplomat congratulated Jamali on his appointment and appreciated the PNCA’s role in promoting local and regional arts.
He mentioned that the diplomatic and friendly relationship between
The two sides need to deliver on mutually setting up cultural centers as soon as possible to provide a new platform for people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries, Xi said.
LAHORE: Chaudhry Aurangzeb, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Eithad (PTE) on Wednesday announced merging his party into PTI during a meeting with former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Eithad (PTE) Chairman Chaudhry Aurangzeb, a potential candidate from constituency NA-137 Okara called on PTI Chairman Imran Khan in Banigala. During the meeting, he announced merging his PTE into PTI, saying he will be PTI candidate from NA-137 Okara.
The senior minister assured that all necessary funds will be provided for city’s sewage projects. Former Foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Malik Amir Dogar, Zain Qureshi and others were also present. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed the minister about issues of the city including sewerage issue.
During the last 24 hours, another 279 patients have recovered from the Covid-19 in Pakistan and the number of total recoveries now stood at 1,535,388. As of Thursday, the total count of active cases in the country was recorded at 5,538.
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Xi said that since China and Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations 30 years ago, the two countries have enjoyed sustained, sound and steady growth of bilat-
“We will not spare the IG and DIG,” he said while addressing the rally. The former prime minister called out Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had approved Gill’s two-day physical remand at the request of the capital police, and said she, too, should prepare herself as a case will also be registered against her. The ex-PM led the rally in support of incarcerated leader Gill, who the party alleged was subjected to “gruesome torture” in police custody.
China always views China-Turkmenistan relations from a strategic and longterm perspective, respects Turkmenistan’s independently chosen development path that suits its own national conditions, and opposes any external interference in Turkmenistan’s internal affairs and process of stability and development, Xi said, adding that China will continue to work with Turkmenistan to firmly support each other.
The Chinese side is ready to strengthen cooperation with the Turkmen side within the China+Central Asia (C+C5) Meeting mechanism, implement the Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative, enhance international coordination, uphold the converging interests of the developing countries, and contribute to world peace and development, said the Chinese president.
Berdimuhamedov wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) a full success and expressed his conviction that under the wise leadership of President Xi, the 20th CPC National Congress will draw a blueprint for China’s future development and guide China toward more greatSinceachievements.theestablishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and China 30 years ago, bilateral relations have developed smoothly and cooperation in various fields has been expanding, said the president.
They discussed cultural cooperation in different fields. Zhang Heqing expressed the confidence that under Jamali, the PNCA will prosper and take the positive agenda further.
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Yousuf raza Gilani in 2008 stated Gwadar as the “jugular vein of Pakistan” which would soon be on the way of prosperity, but we cannot see any practical work done during and after his PPP’s governance.
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Elizabeth cannot really be said to define an age. It is unlikely that the world will talk of the Elizabethan Age. First of all, the Elizabethan Age is associated with Elizabeth I, when Britain, not yet UK, began the foundations of an Empire.
HE remarks by PML(N) leader and Federal Minister Javed Latif accusing PTI chief Imran Khan of “attacking the basic principles of Islam” and thus calling into question the former PM’s identity as a Muslim are highly provocative, divisive and condemnable. what is more, these can lead to attacks on an already persecuted religious minority. The PML(N) has presumably decided to play the religious card after losing Punjab, its erstwhile stronghold, to the PTI and fearing defeat in the forthcoming by-elections also. It is ironical that a party which was itself a target of religious bigotry a few years back should succumb to using the religious card against the PTI. Unless the statement is denounced by the PML(N)’s topmost leadership, it would tarnish the party’s image and continue to haunt it for years to come.
Pakistan has received further evidence that it can follow modern security protocols when visited by a foreign team. This may well provide reassurance to the visiting team, that the extreme danger of the Sri Lankan attack will not be repeated; when the bus driver was all that stood between the Sri Lankan team and afurther terrorist attack after the initial attempt. However, the complete shutdown of the city does not endear the game to the public, which experiences a major inconvenience. The irony is that many of those stuck in traffic are fans trying to get home to watch the match on television.
That Empire reached its full glory under Victoria. The celebration of her diamond Jubilee, in 1897, was actually a celebration of the Empire. and perhaps the best symbol, remembered even today, was the culmination of that celebration, the great naval review of Spithead, at which the naval might of the Empire was on display. There were two lines of ships seven miles long, formed by 170 ships, including 50 battleships. after all, a huge navy was needed to cover an empire including about a quarter of the world’s surface. In contrast, Elizabeth’s 2002 Golden Jubilee Fleet review was cancelled because of the cost, and there was no talk of reviews after that.
Elizabeth II did not see the end of the Empire; her father did, for George VI proved to be the last Emperor of India, when it became independent in 1947. That year was memorable for Elizabeth for another reason: she got married in July, while India became independent in august. when her father died in January 1952, she became Queen of Pakistan, a title she retained until 1956, when it became a republic.
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Unfortunately former Mr Khan too has all along weaponized religion to defeat political opponents. He says he wants to make Pakistan a welfare state. His reference to the 7th century state of Madina comprising a few thousand citizens, with primitively simple requirements, is out of place and meant to provide a religious flavour to power politics. Mr Khan has even taken the stand that those supporting his opponents would be violating Islamic injunctions. Soon after losing power he told his supporters to take his message to the people as the Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) carried his message. In an inappropriate comparison, Mr Khan said that in the days of the holy Prophet (PBUH) also the youth embraced Islam while the older generation opposed it. He has profusely used Quranic verses to justify his political line of action which is yet another example of giving an Islamic touch to ventures aimed at gaining power. during the last two decades Pakistan has lost over 80,000 innocent lives to religious extremism taking the form of terrorist attacks. There is a need on the part of political leadership to display maturity and avoid the dangerous policy of using religion for gaining political mileage in their bid for political office. There is a dire need to revert to the Quaid-e-azaqm’s advice of keeping religion and politics apart in Pakistan. as he put it in his landmark address to the Constituent assembly of Pakistan on 11 august 1947, ” You may belong to any religion or caste or creed, that has nothing to do with the business of the State.”
The Baloch, along with their grievances, are left to ponder alternatives for themselves, if anything, as the fishermen predict, happens in future. For the past two decades in particular and seven decades in general, every federal government that came, or is in, power, only used the name of Gwadar for attainment of their ends, but no one really worked on the
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China is interested in Gwadar port and aris investing to spread its supply and rule the international market by rooting in Europe and africa through the port, part of the One Belt One road (OBOr) initiative. Pakistan is equally supporting Chinese ambitions because she is getting benefits in form of funds and development projects in Islamabad and Punjab. In fact, she is also involved in the demographic changes taking place in Gwadar to settle more and more Punjabis and provide more comfort to the Chinese settlers in the city in present and in the time to come.
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Nawaz Sharif in 2013 said, “Gwadar and Balochistan are the future of Pakistan,” but the same Gwadar and Balochistan are kept afar from any progress. The locals are being driven off and replaced by people from either Punjab or China.
progress of the local population. Everyone used their sentiments and emotions. Parvez Musharraf in 2006 said, “Gwadar is the ladder of development.” But the locals are still thirsty for water.
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HE death of Queen Elizabeth II marks the end of an era, just as that of Queen Victoria in 1901 of her ancestress Victoria marked that of another. She had many affinities to Victoria, one of them being that she was the only British monarch to reign longer. whereas Victoria reigned for 64 years, Elizabeth reigned for 70. She came close to breaking the record set by Louis XIV of France of 72 years, for the longest reign in history. That record, by the way, was set because Louis succeeded at the age of five, and died at 77. Elizabeth was 96 when she died.
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Elizabeth cannot really be said to define an age. It is unlikely that the world will talk of the Elizabethan age. First of all, the Elizabethan age is associated with Elizabeth I, when Britain, not yet UK, began the foundations of an Empire.
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It is perhaps a coincidence that both Queens began the reigns under Prime Ministers who were old men; Victoria’s first PM was Lord Melbourne, who was 58. The Queen was only 18, and Lord Melbourne only left office in 1841, after she got married, in1840. Elizabeth’s first PM was Sir winston Churchill, then 78, who remained in office long enough to oversee her coronation.
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However, perhaps the apogee of her reign was not the Fleet review, but her being given the title Empress of India in 1877, 19 years after the end of the Mutiny, the abolition of the East India Company, and the assumption of India by the British Government.actually, it was hardly revolutionary. The Company had been separate for a long time, but once it
HE England cricket team has arrived in Pakistan for the first time in 17 years, that last tour having come long before the fateful Sri Lanka 2009 tour in which the visitors were attacked in Lahore, leading to the end of international cricket in Pakistan, with England being hosted by Pakistan twice in the time since in the UaE. However, as the terrorist threat receded, cricket teams began visiting again, until last year, when New Zealand pulled out of a tour on the morning of the first match, because of a terrorist threat it claimed its intelligence had learnt of. England cancelled its own scheduled tour, but australia went ahead with its, which passed without incident. England was persuaded to tour, for no less than seven T20 matches, with no OdIs or Tests. This makes sense considering that both teams are playing in the ICC T20 world Cup in October.
The USa’s main opponent in these newly independent states was the USSr, and the UK was reduced from the metropolitan power to the sidekick of one of the two main competitors for dominance in the world. The USSr has given way to China, but the USa remains, and the UK remains its sidekick.
Elizabeth learned of her father’s death in Kenya, and it was africa that proved to be the focus of the earlier part of her reign, as Britain carried out the decolonization exercise of the 1950s and 1960s. This was not any sort of recognition of the need to end the empire, or any sort of acknowledgement of the evils of colonialism, but a realization that the UK could simply not hold on. The exhaustion caused by world war II was a major reason. The rise of the USa was also instrumental, as ir allowed the UK to make way for its reduced role.
Even though it has been loyal in both the Cold war and the war on Terror, iit has not got much of a reward. at the end of the decolonization process, the Empire was reduced to a Commonwealth. That had little value, as it did not stop the former British colonies looking increasingly away from the UK, and towards the USa.
a bold out-of-the-box solution would be to provide visiting teams accommodation nearer the stadium. Some have said that space has been found in the Gaddafi Stadium premises. Provided that does not mean infringing on the right of others using it, like the other sports associations, it provides a workable, and more secure, solution. Fivestar services can be provided by the concerned hotels acting as catering providers. The police and the military would not have to provide security through several miles of a crowded city, but only a few dozen yards within the same compound. However, that is for the future. Meanwhile, the country wants to sit back and enjoy the game.
Elizabeth saw the UK enter the EU, and then leave it. However, during this attempt at becoming a European power, symbolized by the construction of the Channel Tunnel, which connected the UK, all along alone is its island security, to Europe by a
Victoria became Queen only because her uncles (seven of them) could not produce an heir between them. Even her father, the duke of Kent, had married a German aristocrat late, and then died after fathering her, leaving her as the heir to her uncle, william IV. She lived to 80, and managed to define an age.
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land route. For all this, Elizabeth remained a symbol of the country’s colonial past. Not only was she head of the Commonwealth,, she was the Queen of 15 of its 56 members, with them all now reconsidering whether to retain Charles as monarch. apart from various Caribbean and Pacific islands, there are such states as Canada and australia. There is even a small republican movement in the UK, though no one is proposing the fate of the first Charles ( beheading) for the present King.
was used to underwrite the British national debt, a process which meant that the looting of India would benefit the British government, the foundation was laid for the creation of the Board for India, whose President not only was appointed by the government, but had a seat in the Cabinet. The abolition of the Company merely meant the President was redesignated the Secretary of State for India.
King Farooq of Egypt, that country’s last King was overthrown by the Free Officers (of the army) led by General Naguib and Colonel Gamal abdel Nasser in 1952. He went into exile in Europe, mostly Italy. He was something of a comic-opera figure, being immensely fat and also very tall, dressed alwaysin suits surmounted by a Turkish fez, as a tribute to his Egyptian origin. while in exile, he said, “all kings will be thrown off their thrones. In the end there will be only five kings left; the King of England, and the four kings in the deck of cards.”Itshould not be forgotten that Egypt had been under British and French rule for a lengthy period which included the early years of his reign. He had also seen the proliferation of arab kings after his father Fuad I had declared himself King in 1920, when the break-up of the Ottoman Empire had led to Kings being declared in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi arabia and Bahrain. also, it was at that time that Egypt declared itself independent. when Farouk made his statement, England had just got a queen. It has been 70 years before it has got a king. Indeed it seems that the King of England has no more power than the kings in a deck of cards. Charles has waited all his life to inherit a position of pomp, but no power.
wadar, the hub of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been the centre of attention for last few years, in particular for the interests of China vested upon the port city to reach the Strait of Hormuz, containing two-thirds of the world’s oil reserves and as per estimations seventeen billion of crude oil journey every day from the point at the mouth of Gwadar port of Balochistan (Pakistan) and Chah Bahar port of Balochistan (Iran).
In his reign too, Gwadar has not got anything at ground level. The people keep looking for promises and witness them get crushed or lost amidst the heavy dust of time, but they keep hoping. They want the fundamentals of living and nothing more. However, it is yet not late if the government-in-rule realizes and fixes the issues of the residents. Gwadar was, in fact, always shown developed in the screens, but there was actually never a prosperous Gwadar. It is yet to be seen how the present government deals with the advancement of the port city.
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There is a view, held in those republican circles, that the Queen was head of the ‘establishment’, a loosely defined group which ruled England, ruled the world when the UK had an Empire, and now ruled the UK again. She had inherited a dissolving Empire, and her son has succeeded to much less than she did, when he became heir apparent.
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In-between all these, the Baloch population of Gwadar vociferate for basic amenities including water, bar on drugs, business allowance to supply oil and edible materials in the neighbouring Iran, ban on trawlers coming from either China or Sindh, fishing in deep water and educational rights. However, the government keeps visiting the city frequently to make ‘false promises’ and leave. But the people get nothing practical other than miseries and unending and openendedwhilewaiting.speaking to the locals, they complain of various worries, including their concerns about the posts generated from the CPEC which, they say, are given to people with domiciles of Punjab, Sindh and Khayber Pakhtunkhwa and not the Baloch population living there. “Instead, we are asked to sell our properties for a higher amount,” said rafiq Baloch, a resident of Gwadar’s New Town. “But who can make it clear to them where we will go once we sell out our land of rafiq’sancestors?”concerns are not invalid. People have beenliving here for ages and, when their own land is taken from them, where will they go? But he cannot stay there in Gwadar either. “we are not allowed to fish deep in water, while here in the vicinity we rarely get to catch fishes in a profitable amount,” he grieves.
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what sickens him, and the rest of his community, is that they see trawlers, that too of outsiders, fishing deep in the sea. Not only do these trawlers fish in their sea but commit the genocide of the fishes with their trawlers ending the roots of fishes for the near future. “we fear the day when all the races of fishes are killed by them.” rafiq and his fellows are afraid of the future of fishing.
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Imran Khan in 2018 claimed that his ‘Naya Pakistan’s’ development would begin from Gwadar, but during his time in power (2018 till 2022) Gwadar was deprived of every facility which it owned prior to his government. In fact, the sole stadium, which was the talk of the world cricket, was snatched from the locals because it got international notice. as per the current situation, the Pakistani government is going to utilize the cricket ground as a tourist place and seize the right of local players to play any more in theTheground.present NdM-led government’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, too, had plenty of visits to the port city during the last few months. In a series of tweets after his visits, he criticised the PTI government for overlooking Gwadar despite presence of ample funds. He further said, “Time for presentations is over. Time for action is now. Gwadar is not just about infrastructure development; being part of CPEC, it has political, economic and strategic values. Turning Balochistan’s backwardness into prosperity is our collective responsibility and my mission.”
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Hard times often call for adapting to painful realities, which is necessary to survive in challenging times. The alteration in our individual choices and living standards, as described above, can keep us afloat in the current crushing economic situation.
Second, it is generally observed that electrical appliances, like air conditioners (aCs), lights etc., remain switched on unnecessarily while leaving a room or an office, which costs a significant amount in an electricity bill, especially after the recent hike in electricity tariffs. Thus, it is required to develop a habit of switching off the appliances when they are not needed and minimize usage by limiting consumption to a bare minimum required in these challenging times.
THE exponential surge in essential commodities and fuel prices, mainly driven by the global economic meltdown, is predicted to stay here for at least a few months. The public outcry and protests against the fuel prices hike, calling for the reversal of the decision, are understandable; however, they have negligible chances of forcing the government to reconsider its decision, given its compulsions to appease the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to secure loans. The dire economic situation calls for taking drastic austerity measures at an individual level to survive the severe economic shocks.
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In Pakistan female labour force participation is very low at 14.4 percent, compared to 70.03 percent for males while female employment rate is 16.5 percent and male employment rate is 6.7 percent. according to the Labour Force Survey, female labour participation was only 14.6 percent in 200405. according to the Economic Survey, female labour force participation has increased by eight percent over the last three uationlabourlackitystraintsandvereearlythesetionworkforceistan’sreasonslow.tionlabourasianparisonHowever,decades.incom-tootherSouthnations,theforceparticipa-remainsextremelyTherearevariousbehindPak-lowfemaleparticipa-rate.afewofreasonsincludemarriages,se-negativesocialculturalcon-onfreemobil-ofwomenandtheofanorganizedmarket.Thesit-ofwomenin
aFTEr the recent rains, Hub dam and Kalri Lake are said to have enough water in the reservoirs that may ensure smooth supply for many years. However, water shortage in Block 1 of Federal B-area in Karimabad has remained as bad as it has been for God knows how long. The residents of the area have to purchase water at exorbitant prices. There is excess of water causing misery to people, and, at the same time, there is shortage of water causing misery to many others. does this all make sense?
For several decades women have been forced to conventional responsibilities such as taking care of their children, the primary caregiver with the majority of their time spent on domestic activities for a home, child birth and child raising. In societies these roles were previously considered acceptable norms. However, as the struggle for gender equality, freedom of speech and autonomous decision making evolves, over time increasing number of women can be seen in the labour market. Those women who participate in the labour force are capable of freely empowering themselves, financially assisting their families and contributing to poverty alleviation and the larger socioeconomic domain. In contrast, low female labourforce participation might be considered a failure to promote gender equality and women empowerment. The scenario becomes more complex when motherhood and female labour force participation are Motherhoodconsidered.hasphysiological as well as sociological aspects which should be recognised in the workplace because mothers are a significant population that contributes to the economy. women who are parenting a child while actively engaging in the labour field encounter a variety of problems, including workplace gender discrimination, inflexible work schedules, and a lack of childcare assistance. To address the challenges faced by working mothers, greater efforts are required in modern society. as a result, it is necessary to understand the association between motherhood and labour force participation. This knowledge would lead to improved policy, economic growth and decisions about expanding or sustaining female work force participation.
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VErY woman can play a vital role in the development of a country by participating in the labour force. In our society gender inequality is considered a major social problem. when it comes to working mothers, the situation becomes worse.
In short, women who are termed ‘domestic finance ministers’ are the most underprivileged group in society in terms of service provision. Even though she is able to work outside the home, the dual nature of her obligations at home, which include household duties as well as mothering, puts her in a far more miserable condition.
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also, the trade between Pakistan and afghanistan should be done in foreign currency. we should establish bank branches on the border so that they may facilitate importers and exporters at both ends.
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Pakistan has a comparatively low labour force participation rate because of the smaller number of women in the labour market. Therefore, this is a critical issue for the development of Pakistan.women face social and cultural barriers to mobility and integration in the workplace as well as a stratified labour market, a lack of skills and employer gender preconceptions or stereotypes that gives less value to female labour because of their family obligations and responsibilities.
It’s tough juggling motherhood and a job
The authorities concerned should take note of the matter and stop this campaign in favour of branded oil manufacturers. Today, they are asking the shopkeepers to stop selling loose oil, tomorrow they may ask milksellers to stop selling fresh, loose milk, forcing the people to buy branded packaged milk. will that make sense? If the authorities really want to stop something, they should, instead, focus on banning the sale of liquor and drugs that are playing with the future of our generations.
First, people commuting to offices on their private vehicles can opt for carpooling or take public transport that, in addition to taking thousands of cars off the road, thus reducing hefty oil import bills owing to less fuel demand, provide an economical alternative.
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IT is nice to hear our leaders every now and then talking about the need to ‘learn to live within our means’, but at the same time they celebrate loans, commitments, pledges and donations from just about anywhere and everywhere. There is also the element of dollars flying out of the country under one head or the other. It is the net inflow of external finances that affects the currency exchange rate. Let’s hope we will be able to strike the balance in the future.
we belong to the Hindu community and use loose oil available for rs100 per litre. we use it to light clay lamps in our temples and at our homes in line with our religious practices. Branded oil in packs is expensive and we use it only for cooking purposes.
It is a worrying situation and the moment has arrived to investigate why female education is so low. Education is important for the development of societies and only educated females understand their basic rights, since education allows women to make decisions about labour force participation
Motherhood responsibilities with work progression can be challenging since it comprises a wide range of responsibilities, such as going to meetings, caregiving, managing children’s assignments, carrying and receiving children from school. a mother’s schedule must be flexible in order to fulfil all of her duties. However, gender role dispute is most likely to occur since the formal sector’s rigid structure hinders a mother’s capacity to execute her motherhood tasks and vice versa, and which can lead to some mothers leaving or considering leaving their jobs. Several studies show that there has been an increasing tendency of mothers leaving the job market during child care years all over the world, particularly in the USa. This finding raises several questions: should this be the case in our current age, when there is continual promotion of female child education, women empowerment, gender equality and women ascending to greater levels of decision-making authority in the official sector? Should women have to choose between motherhood and career? are women being educated to devote so much time in school, get a good profession and then resign because they need to have and raise children? work-family experience as well as linked motherhood prac-
POLICE have been raiding shops selling loose oil in areas inhabited by people belonging to the poor segments of society. The shopkeepers are being forced to sell branded oil even though the manufacturers do not market half-litre packs of their products. People are forced to buy one-litre packs that cost rs600 or more.
Nonetheless, despite being an Islamic republic and democratic nation, Pakistan ranks low in terms of gender equality not only in comparison to other developing countries but also in comparison to South asian countries where gender gaps are thought to be the greatest. Unfortunately, the condition of women further worsens when this disadvantaged group enters the labour force to gain some status and control. Insufficient education and a high reproductive burden on women have a detrimental impact on labour force participation. as a result, women in our society are obliged to stay at home and give birth and raise their children.
THErE is some evidence locally available that foreign currency is being smuggled to afghanistan as dealers there pay much better return in the open market. In order to gain maximum financial benefit, unregistered currency exchange dealers here are busy in purchasing foreign currency on a much higher price compared to the bank rate, and then they move it to afghanistan through some secure sources for financial benefits. This is one of the big reasons affecting our own foreign currency reserves and the pressure on the rupee.
Pakistan differs depending on their geographical area and social class. women from metropolitan regions and the upper classes are in a better position since they have more chances for further education and pursuing professional jobs. due to constant motherhood almost 75 percent of the female population that belong to rural areas suffer poor health. as a result of discrimination at legal, social and cultural level all Pakistani women remain structurally underprivileged and inferior.
This way, not only all transactions will be monitored and documented, it will also accommodate both exporters and importers to quickly execute goods and transactional activities. adopting such practices will also be a step forward towards a documented economy in a more secure and efficient manner.
Third, buying essential commodities eats away a significant chunk of a household budget; its impact, especially in these testing times, can be partially offset by growing vegetables at home, which will provide a cushion to spend the amount saved in this way on other essentials.
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tices, and variations because of differences in cultural values, institutional policies and family structure, child upbringing varies by country.
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It is a worrying situation and the moment has arrived to investigate why female education is so low. Education is important for the development of societies and only educated females understand their basic rights, since education allows women to make decisions about labour force participation.
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In the present financial crisis, this grave issue needs to be tackled on a priority basis. The Federal Investigation agency (FIa) should take proper action in consultation with the local community along with police and other intelligence agencies to sort out the parties involved in such a huge crime. If we succeed in stopping this smuggling, I am sure almost 30-40 per cent reserves will remain documented; otherwise we will continue to suffer.
It is also fair to remember that elizabeth herself was the last imperial British monarch and that her reign saw unprecedented decolonisation in Africa. In her time, the empire, forged through force, became the Commonwealth, an organisation to which membership is voluntary and that has enabled the UK to maintain global influence way beyond its size as a nation. If elizabeth can hardly take credit for the dismantling of the British empire, she also cannot be accused of building it.
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Political, societal, and religious leaders must make clear that there is no place for religious extremism in today’s world.
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Indeed, the largest refugee crisis in the world occurred in Myanmar where the Rohingya, a Muslim minority, have suffered repeated violence, discrimination, and
but not sufficient. Through a combination of concrete actions and free and open discourse, leaders in religion, academia, sports, and politics must demonstrate that people who differ from them – ethnically, racially, or religiously – should not be treated with less respect than anyone else. International, nongovernmental groups increasingly are making this case persuasively. The Muslim World League (MWL) has provided both aid and moral leadership. The 2019 Charter of Makkah, which was conceived and shepherded by MWL, laid out a set of principles supporting religious and cultural diversity while condemning extremism. The adoption of the declaration represented the first time in history that Islamic scholars from different sects reached consensus on such a crucial set of contemporary issues.
T’S too early to contemplate disappointment, just days after President William Ruto’s inauguration. Celebrations are still rife, but the reality of the tough times ahead is dawning. As President Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Alliance has pledged, one of its immediate tasks is to lower food prices. The Uhuru Kenyatta administration had, in its final days, toyed around with a subsidy that reduced the price of the staple maize flour from Sh230 to Sh100 per twokilogramme packet. But it came at a huge cost to the exchequer and was quietly withdrawn, to the people’s chagrin. Many had hoped that the Ruto government would immediately restore the pocket-friendly unga. The unga subsidy gobbled up Sh7 billion in a
time of immense change and unpredictability in the world—an era of “historical fracture”—exacerbating “geopolitical confrontation.” Mirziyoyev also pointed out that the summit was taking place in a city that has been historically at the crossroads of civilizations. The gorgeous urban center is seeking to be the venue for a global conversation on how to steer the world away from conflict and towards cooperation. Mirziyoyev emphasized the need for regional connectivity between Central and South Asia. Uzbekistan has come a long way since the current president in the fall of 2016 succeeded Islam Karimov, who presided over a highly authoritarian regime that kept the country isolated from the world.
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persecution. Myanmar’s security forces systematically attacked the Rohingya for many years causing four separate exoduses of Rohingya to Bangladesh since 1978. The U.S. and the United Nations have declared Myanmar’s actions to be genocide. Nearly a million Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar region. Bangladesh’s welcoming response to the influx of refugees serves as a shining example of positive and effective leadership in the face of an ever-growing humanitarian crisis. From the beginning, Bangladesh has provided Rohingya refugees with food, education, housing, and medicine. It has been a beacon of tolerance and compassion in the face of the opposite of both.
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Gregory Tosi, a former congressional aide, is an attorney practicing international trade law in developing countries.
WITH MOST HOUSEHOLDS UNABLE TO AFFORD FOOD, THIS CALLS FOR URGENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. THE GOVERNMENT MUST FIND WAYS AND MEANS, INCLUDING TAX BREAKS AND OTHER INCENTIVES, TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING
of empire in the name of British monarchs. The problem is that fixating on Britain’s royalty, when it was successive elected governments that did so many vile things, risks making the monarchy a lightning rod and protects the British people from having to fully “own” their past.
By hosting the SCO summit, Uzbekistan underscores its coming of age: it is to play a lead role in convening nations, which account for about half of the global population, 60 percent of the eurasian landmass, and a quarter of the world’s GDP. Fifteen regional leaders will be attending the gathering including Turkish president Recep Tayyip erdogan; Indian prime minister Narendra Modi; Pakistani premier Shehbaz Sharif; and Iranian president ebrahim Raisi, whose country is to be inducted as a full SCO member.
S news broke about the U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul, media outlets reported on every facet of the operation from its detailed planning to its surgical precision. But most experts overlooked a vital issue: the religious intolerance and extremism that fueled al-Zawahri.hereis the sad fact: Although the U.S. struck a blow against religious extremism by killing al-Zawahri, fanaticism still festers in many parts of the world. With sad and increasing frequency, misguided radicalized individuals have attacked innocent bystanders, worshipers, and faith-based institutions in the name of religion. Political leaders quickly, and correctly, label these attacks as terrorism. But more must be done.
For Kaunda and Mandela in particular, their conception and practice of political leadership were rooted in the ethos of ubuntu, which recognises other people’s humanity. For them, even if the queen represented a monarchy with a problematic past, they determined that the most effective and sustainable response to that murky history was not to harbour resentment or hate. It was to foster love, forgiveness, reconciliation and shared understanding. Their engagement with the queen projected a kind of African agency that recognises the dignity of all human beings.
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Under Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan—a country of 35 million, the largest by population in Central Asia with far fewer resources than other countries in the region—has transitioned from a post-Soviet autocracy to a pre-democratic state engaged in a careful but risky reform strategy. Particularly noteworthy have been his moves to open up public space for religion in civil society and extension of an olive branch out to Islamist extremists interested in returning to the national mainstream. This strategy is being tested since the Taliban’s return to power in neighboring Afghanistan last year, though Tashkent has maintained a pragmatic approach to dealing with the Taliban. On a broader scale, Mirziyoyev is engaged in a difficult balancing act between instituting political reforms and safeguarding regime stability via changes to the constitution, especially after securing a second presidential term.
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month. The fuel subsidy has cost taxpayers Sh144 billion with Sh60 spent in the past four months alone. This is not sustainable. Instead of subsidies, the Ruto presidency wants to empower producers by providing af-
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Across the continent today, and especially among its youth, there are growing calls for an acknowledgement of this terrible past, and for reparations and return of the cultural artefacts that were looted in the interest
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The effort to combat religious extremism must be global. Religious intolerance is not limited to any single country, region, or faith. In the U.S., for example, antisemitic attacks reached a record high in 2021. Nobody can forget the 11 Jews who were slain in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. The terrorist responsible for this attack made clear he “wanted all Jews to die.” Muslims, too, face rising threats of violent attacks in the U.S. and elsewhere. In the last two years, Muslims and their houses of worship have been attacked in Washington State, Michigan, and Georgia. In Germany, between 2020 and 2021, there were more than 140 attacks on mosques and Muslims.
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ANy Africans’ largely unsympathetic reaction to the death of Queen elizabeth II has come as a surprise to the average British person. This is hardly surprising. Given the passage of time and the queen’s age, most British people either do not associate her with the British empire, do not know much about the negative side of it or, if they do, see it as belonging to the distant past. Overall, they tend to see her — and themselves — as innocent.
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he China-led regional bloc, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), will be holding its twenty-second summit in Uzbekistan’s ancient city of Samarkand. Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be attending and are expected to have a key bilateral meeting at a time when the Kremlin’s war rages on in Ukraine and Beijing is exhibiting aggressive moves towards Taiwan. Washington better pay heed as its two principal adversaries are trying to consolidate their dominance in the heart of eurasia.
fertiliser—with the retail price of a 50kg back almost halved from Sh6,500 to Sh3,500—will be supplied from next week to enable farmers to make good use of the short rains to boost crop production. The only problem is, the harvest will be several months later. It is, therefore, not an immediate solution to the current crisis. Life is going to get tougher as the new administration is sceptical about the costly fuel and food subsidies.Kenyans should expect higher fuel prices of over Sh200 per litre, with a ripple effect on the cost of other goods and services. With most households unable to afford food, this calls for urgent government intervention. The government must find ways and means, including tax breaks and other incentives, to lower the cost of living. It can do this by reviving the food and fuel subsidy in the short term so as to reduce the prices of essential commodities before the long-term plan takes effect.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev himself described his country’s chairmanship of the SCO at a
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This is why, while much of Africa saw the queen as a symbol of a problematic institution, she will still be mourned across the continent as a fellow human being in line with African philosophical recognition of common humanity, one that unfortunately was not accorded to Africans themselves during the colonial enterprise.
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Uzbekistan’s choices remain highly limited when the United States and the broader West do not have much of a presence in the heart of eurasia. Washington and its allies must realize that Uzbekistan, which borders all the other four Central Asian neighbors, is the pivot of the region. Simply put, it is subject to varying centripetal forces. China and Russia have no interest in its reform efforts; in fact, they would prefer not to see the country make progress on that front. If the United States is to ensure that Uzbekistan has a soft landing in its reform and development journey and becomes a trusted partner, then it must help the Uzbek state and society build resilience and pursue a robust and independent multilateral foreign policy.
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THE EXCEPTION IS KENYA, WHERE THE ANTI-COLONIAL STRUGGLE WAS VIOLENTLY REPRESSED BY THE BRITISH MILITARY IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HER REIGN, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AFRICANS KILLED AND TORTURED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS
MUSLIMS, TOO, FACE RISING THREATS OF VIOLENT ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND ELSEWHERE. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, MUSLIMS AND THEIR HOUSES OF WORSHIP HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN WASHINGTON STATE, MICHIGAN, AND GEORGIA. IN GERMANY, BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021, THERE WERE MORE THAN 140 ATTACKS ON MOSQUES AND MUSLIMS
Complicating these domestic changes is the fact that the Uzbeks are having to pursue them at a time of great geopolitical upheaval in their strategic environment. This would explain why Tashkent has been keen on assuming a leadership role in regional and international affairs. Taking on a lead role in the SCO is a way for the Uzbeks to continue the cautious path towards political and economic transformation while living in a neighborhood influenced by anti-democratic powers such as Russia and China.
Many Africans see things very differently. This is not to do with elizabeth as a person but rather with the institution of the British monarchy and the atrocities committed in its name. here, we see the continent’s complex relationship with the monarchy and the queen, one that recognises her association with a problematic colonial legacy but also as a global “celebrity”. In her role as a “British celebrity”, the queen has been used as a tool to legitimise the United Kingdom’s interests in former colonies and to build the country’s “soft” global power. This has had the effect of masking and deflecting the brutal legacy and atrocities of British colonialism.
The international community must come together to confront religious intolerance in Myanmar and elsewhere in the world. Sanctions against the leaders of Myanmar’s military, who have perpetrated much of the violence against the Rohingya, are important
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fordable farm inputs, fertiliser and seed.
Situated at the crossroads of eurasia, Uzbekistan is trying to navigate amidst great power competition, a strategic environment in extreme flux while the country is going through a crucial period in its own social, political, and economic development. It is important to appreciate the major strides that the Central Asian nation has made, especially in the last six years. China and Russia certainly recognize the country’s importance, and the United States cannot afford to leave Uzbekistan to the mercy of its two primary adversaries.
Much work remains to be done in the U.S., Myanmar and elsewhere in the world. The Makkah Declaration and the Declaration of Common human values provide a bright, guiding light. The brutal attack in Afghanistan reminds us that the world should follow it.
The Makkah Declaration, as the Charter is also known, not only laid out important principles but also conceived practical programs and partnerships inside and outside the
Islamic world. These programs include youth engagement and women’s empowerment. This May, a conference of Muslim, Jewish, and hindu leaders met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to focus on the issue of religious extremism. At the close of the conference, attendees issued a “Declaration on the Common human Values,” which “call(s) on religious institutions around the world to advance values that highlight forgiveness and religious tolerance” and reject the extremism that incites hatred and create(s) crises and fuel conflicts.”
On an individual level, she enjoyed close relations with many nationalist leaders, such as Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda and South Africa’s Nelson Mandela precisely because she was a pragmatist who accommodated and adapted to the tide of decolonisation and independence. The exception is Kenya, where the anti-colonial struggle was violently repressed by the British military in the early years of her reign, with tens of thousands of Africans killed and tortured in concentration camps.
President Ruto is, of course, keen to implement his election campaign pledges that, definitely, played a significant role in his victory. Some 1.4 million bags of
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KARACHI: Ziauddin University organized an Open House activity to provide the necessary information and consultancy about the advantages of the different programmes offered by the faculties of Ziauddin University to visitors including students, their parents, teachers. The purpose of this Open House is to provide future university students with the opportunity to explore campus and programmes while socializing with current students, alumni, and faculty members of Ziauddin University. While speaking to the audience, Dr. Nida Hussain, Pro-chancellor of Ziauddin University said that one of the first important decisions that young adults must make is choosing a university. It is essential to visit the campus before making a decision because the environment will play a significant role in your decision. "By attending our Open House, you will have the chance to interact with and learn from current students and alumni. Ziauddin University is a renowned educational institute of Pakistan, which offers a large number of high-quality undergraduate, graduate, master and doctorate level academic programmes", she added. Dr. Nida further said that ``our focus at Ziauddin University is on the provision of an excellent learning environment, learning resources, learner support through our unique teaching and learning methodologies, and fair and continuous assessment of student's knowledge, skills and attitude are the key attributes". Large number of students from various institutions in Karachi visited the Open House at Ziauddin University, where they met with faculty members. pr
the students with the Doctorate, Masters and Baccalaureate degrees in their respective fields of specialization. The chief guest awarded the President of Pakistan Gold Medals to Malik Nauman Rauf of Aerospace Engineering, Zainab Waheed of Avionics Engineering, Rubab of Electrical Engineering, Rehmat Ali of Mechanical Engineering, Usman Ahmed Siddiqui and Ebtassam Qamar of Materials Science & Engineering and Uroosha Ilyas of Space Science, who stood first in their respec-
ating the best customer experience in the skies. United’s new flight to Dubai and our complementary networks will make global travel easier for millions of our customers, helping boost local economies and strengthen cultural ties. This is a proud moment for both United and Emirates employees, and I look forward to our journey together.”
MIRATESand United announced a historic commercial agreement today that will enhance each airline’s network and give their customers easier access to hundreds of new destinations* within the United States and around the world.
Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said: “Two of the biggest, and best-known airlines in the world are joining hands to fly people better to more places, at a time when travel demand is rebounding with a vengeance.
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At the eight other U.S. airports served by Emirates – Boston, Dallas, LA, Miami, JFK, Orlando, Seattle and Washington DC – both airlines will have an interline arrangement in place.
and bring the United Arab Emirates and the United States even closer. We welcome United’s return to Dubai next year, where our hub Dubai essentially becomes a gateway for United to reach Asia, Africa and the Middle East via the combined network of Emirates and flydubai. We look forward to developing our partnership with United for the longScottterm.”Kirby, CEO of United Airlines said: “This agreement unites two iconic, flag carrier airlines who share a common commitment to cre-
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Consumers Choice Awards is the most recognized and prestigious event in Pakistan. For the past twelve years, many leading multinationals and national companies were selected by Pakistani consumers. The Award has become a recognition of quality, safety, integrity, and outstanding standards for products and services. The ceremony was attended by various prominent personalities including top businessmen as well as various Government representatives from the Federal & Provincial level.
Ordercall, Bank Alfalah partner to offer convenient digital solutions to retailers
Hyundai Nishat Motors (Private) Limited's CEO Mr. Hasan Mansha was awarded the CEO of the Year at the 16th Consumers Choice Awards 2022 held in Pearl Continental. In addition to the prestigious title, Hyundai TUCSON has won the 2022 Consumer Icon Award.
KARACHI: Ordercall, one of Pakistan’s fastest growing B2B e-commerce marketplaces, has entered into a strategic partnership with Bank Alfalah, Pakistan’s leading financial institution, to empower retailers through digital payments and financing. The collaboration will offer retailers convenience through the integration of Bank Alfalah’s extensive range of digital solutions into Ordercall’s ecosystem, helping grocery storeowners to avoid potential stockouts and make hassle-free payments on the go. Sharing his thoughts, Syed Atif Hassan, CEO, Ordercall said, “This alliance is a key milestone towards our mission to empower Pakistan’s retailers. With Bank Alfalah’s digital payments and lending network, Ordercall will unlock a new chapter for the B2B e-commerce industry by enabling small businesses to outsource necessary capital – the Islamic way.” Ordercall and Bank Alfalah are making a positive socio-economic impact on Pakistan, by investing in innovative technologies and creating commercial and operational synergies. As the demand for consumer goods grows, this strategic venture will provide retailers with a promising channel to increase their income, earn asustainable livelihood.
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KARACHI: HBL, the largest and best bank in Pakistan, has announced raising the staff service age from 60 years to 65 years. This first-of-a-kind step underscores the Bank’s commitment to the well-being of its staff, thus ensuring they continue to thrive.
Emirates and United announced their agreement today at a ceremonial
According to Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO)’s spokesman, System Maintenance/Development Work is in process. Therefore power supply of below mentioned feeders/areas will be temporary suspended as per given schedule: On 16 th September, From 07:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, Pakhwal, Chak Daulat Feeders, On 17 th September, From 07:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, Morat, Dharabi, Miani, Manara, PAF Color Kahar, Shugharpur, Abdullahpur, C WO, Jalalpur Sharif, NCI, Mandi Bhalwal, Chak Daulat, Pakhwal, Tharpal, Kariala, Murid, Amanpur, NDC One, Two, I-10/3, PHA Two, I-11/3 , Metro, Islami University, Bahria University, Dr. AQ Khan, I-10/2, NUST University, Ufone, PTCL, SES, Fazal Ghi, Nascom, Raja Sultan, Eidgah, Ali Market, Dhok Najo , TB Hospital, Khurram Colony, Sixth Road, Al Qadir Mill, Al Rizwan Mill, Color Kahar Feeders and surroundings will remain closed. IESCO management apologizes to its esteemed customers for the power outage. If the work is completed ahead of time, the power supply can be restored even before the scheduled time. pr
A range of features and highlights contributed to the Hyundai TUCSON winning the 2022 Consumer Icon Award and multiple awards globally. Despite new entrants and fluctuating affairs of the country, Hyundai Tucson has made its mark in the Pakistani market.
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event at Dulles International Airport, hosted by United CEO Scott Kirby and Emirates President Sir Tim Clark, featuring United and Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and flight crews from each carrier.
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The plantation drive was led by Mr. Fahd K. Chinoy, CEO Pakistan Cables Ltd alongside the Company employee volunteers. Mr. Masood Lohar, CEO Clifton Urban Forest appreciated the Company’s efforts and shared future plans of expansion of the Clifton Urban Forest.
From November, Emirates customers flying into Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston - three of the biggest business hubs in the U.S – will be able to easily connect onto United flights to and from nearly 200 cities across the Americas on a single ticket.
BellCow Communications Private Ltd joined hands with Quetta Gladiators as their official marketing agency. Seen in the picture, Mr Azhar Hameed CEO Quetta Gladiators and Mr Muhammad Wasay Mustafa, Managing Director BellCow signed the contract. Mr Nadeem Omar Owner Quetta Gladiators and Hasan Omer, Marketing Director along with BellCow team were also present in the ceremony held at QG office.
Customers of both airlines can soon book these connecting flights on a single ticket – making check-in and luggage transfer faster and easier. For example – travellers will be able to visit United.com or use the United app to book a flight from New York/Newark to Karachi, Pakistan or go to Emirates.com to book a flight from Dubai to Atlanta or Honolulu.Thisagreement will also give the loyalty program members of both airlines more opportunities for more rewards: Emirates Skywards members can soon earn miles when they travel on United operated flights, and United Mileage Plus members flying on United’s New York/Newark to Dubai flight will be able to earn and redeem miles when connecting beyond on Emirates and flydubai.
In the current socio-economic environment, this first-of-akind step is a game-changer for the financial industry. This ensures that the staff continue to financially support their families in the present global and local economically challenging times. Moreover, it will allow the Bank’s experienced staff members to further utilize their skills and also pass on those skills to the younger generation. With effect from 01 September 2022, the Bank will retain all its management staff till the age of 65 years. Commenting on the initiative, Muhammad Aurangzeb, President & CEO - HBL, stated, “The strides that the Bank has made over the last eight decades, would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of its people. HBL, with guidance from the Chairman and the Board of Directors, undertook the game-changing step of raising the service age to improve the quality of life of those we work with and those we serve. This effort underpins our belief in being a ‘Bank with a Soul’. pr
Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad celebrated its 15th Convocation of Class of 2022 with the graduation of 294 students in the disciplines of Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Materials Science & Engineering and Space Science here on September 15, 2022.
tive programs. Vice Chancellor’s Medals for Best Projects were awarded to Malik Nauman Rauf and Rehma Khan from Aerospace, Sami Ur Rehman and Amber Fatima from Avionic ,Uzafir Ahmad and Muhammad Talha Aamir from Electrical, Maryam Mehmood and Haleema Mujeeb from Mechanical, Hamdaan Ahmad and Esha Ghanzafar from Materials Science and Engineering and Sumair Saghir and Laiba Rashid from Space Science Departments. Addressing the august gathering, the chief guest congratulated the graduates specially the award winners and position holders. He appreciated the faculty for providing a congenial environment to the students and in supporting them to develop life–long learning skills. He advised the graduating students to use their skills and knowledge with sincerity and commitment towards nation building.
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Pakistan Cables is one of the few local companies which are signatory to the Business Commitment to Net Zero. In 2021, the Company inaugurated Pakistan first and largest, Miyawaki based Urban Forest on an industrial estate, which is home to over 47,000 trees to date.
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KARACHI: To mark the 75th Independence Day, Pakistan Cables employee volunteers visited the Clifton Urban Forest in Karachi for a plantation drive, supporting the Company’s commitment to environmental conservation. The Company pledged 2,000 trees to the forest, which is spread across 250 acres in Clifton, Karachi.
On talking about the accolades, the CEO of Hyundai Nishat, Mr. Hasan Mansha said, "Hyundai is all about connecting people and together we can achieve extraordinary things. The desire to imagine, explore, and grow, enables us to create opportunities for people to bring out the best in them. With the Hyundai Tucson, the perception of a premium SUV has changed and that's why it's loved by people all over the world."
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United will launch a new direct flight between Newark and Dubai starting in March 2023 – from there, customers will be able to travel on Emirates or its sister airline flydubai to more than 100 cities. Tickets for United’s new Dubai flight are now on sale.
Maj Gen Amer Nadeem, HI(M), Chairman SUPARCO graced the occasion as the chief guest. The chief guest conferred
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Pakistan Japan Business Forum Chairman Kalim Farooqui, hosted a luncheon in honor of Ambassador of Japan Mitsuhiro Wada, at a local hotel. Photo shows Barrister Abdul R. Sattar, Suhail Shums, journalist, and anchor Shama Munshi, with other honorable guests. pr
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“China is willing to make efforts with Russia to assume the role of great powers, and play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world rocked by social turmoil,” Xi told Putin at the talks.
The ministry said that so far, 71 Azerbaijani soldiers have died during the recent flare-up, while Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Wednesday that 105 Armenian soldiers were killed in the clashes. Following the recent flare-up in the region, Türkiye reiterated its support to Azerbaijan.
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For Xi — on his first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic — it is an opportunity to shore up his credentials as a global statesman ahead of a pivotal congress of the ruling Communist Party in October.
transit and energy cooperation,” Hossein Amirabdollahian wrote on his Instagram page.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was in the Silk Road oasis of Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Thursday to attend the summit. He held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian state TV reported.
Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Thursday said Iran had signed a memorandum of obligations to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which is holding a summit this week in Uzbekistan.Thebody, formed in 2001 as a talking shop for Russia, China and ex-Soviet states in Central Asia, expanded four years ago to include India and Pakistan, with a view to playing a bigger role as a counterweight to Western influence in the region.
Months of indirect talks between Iran and US President Joe Biden’s administration have hit a dead end over several obstacles to reviving the nuclear pact, under which Tehran agreed to curbs on its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions.
of 80 large companies will visit Iran next week, Russian state-owned news agency
In July, just days after Biden visited Israel and Saudi Arabia, Putin visited Tehran in his first trip outside the former Soviet Union since the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Xi and Putin last met in Beijing in early February for the Winter Olympic Games, days before Putin launched the military offensive in Ukraine.
Seventy-one Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in recent days in “provocations” by Armenia, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.
“By signing the document for full membership of the SCO, now Iran has entered a new stage of various economic, commercial,
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The SCO — made up of China, India, Pakistan, Russia and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan — was set up in 2001 as a political, economic and security organisation to rival Western institutions.
Sitting across from each other at two long rounded tables and flanked by aides, the two leaders met on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in ex-Soviet Uzbekistan.
Remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War casketed in S.Korea
The main summit day will be Friday, but a meeting of the Chinese and Russian leaders later Thursday is set to be closely watched, with talks about the conflict in Ukraine expected.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping gathered with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand on Thursday for a summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence.
Putin and Xi were being joined by the leaders of India, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and several other countries for the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Uzbek city on Thursday and Friday.
The two countries have also stepped up military cooperation in recent years, with China sending hundreds of troops to take part in military exercises last month in Russia’s Far East.
“Iran is determined to boost its ties with Russia, from economic to aerospace and political fields,” Raisi said during his meeting with Putin, according to Iranian state media.
It was not clear who else Xi might meet, although talks with Modi would be their first since 2019. China-India relations turned frosty over deadly fighting in 2020 on their disputed Himalayan border.
Besides Xi, Putin was also set Thursday to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, then on Friday to hold talks with Indian premier Narendra Modi and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The US sanctions and growing concerns about an emerging, US-backed Gulf ArabIsraeli bloc that could shift the Middle East balance of power further away from Tehran have prompted Iran’s clerical rulers to pursue closer economic and strategic ties with Russia, itself hit with sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
China always opposes the use of illegal unilateral coercive measures against other countries by political, economic, military or other means, and urges relevant countries to immediately cancel unilateral coercive measures and eliminate the measures’ negative impact on human rights, the Chinese representative said, adding that the UNHRC should hold countries accountable for indiscriminate unilateral enforcement measures.
Iran’s economy has been hit hard since 2018, when then-US President Donald Trump abandoned Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, including Russia and China.
behaviours seriously violate the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and basic norms governing international relations, said the Chinese representative.
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China on Wednesday opposed the illegal unilateral sanctions imposed by the U.S. and certain Western countries at the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Vienna.
Earlier on Thursday, the two first held separate meetings with leaders of ex-Soviet Central Asian nations. Putin sat down with the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan while Xi met Uzbek President ShavkatPutinMirziyoyev.thensawIranian President Ebrahim Raisi, announcing that ties were “developing positively” between Moscow and Tehran, and giving his full backing to Iran’s application to become a member of the SCO. Raisi told Putin that US-backed sanctions on both countries would only make their relationship “stronger”.“TheAmericans think whichever country they impose sanctions on, it will be stopped, their perception is a wrong one,” Raisi said.
The remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were casketed in South Korea on Thursday to be sent back to their homeland. The ceremony to lay the 88 remains in coffins was held in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul.
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71 Azerbaijan soldiers killed in provocations by Armenia
Entry to Samarkand, a city of grand tiled mosques that was one of the hubs of Silk Road trade routes between China and Europe, has been restricted for days, with its airport shut to commercial flights.Security was tight across the city, with a huge police presence on the streets and armoured vehicles parkedResidentsdowntown.told AFP of their joy at hosting the meeting, pointing to Samarkand’s long history as an international crossroads.
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The Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, officials with the Chinese embassy in South Korea, officials with the South Korean defense ministry as well as personnel responsible for the excavation and identification of the remains attended the Aceremony.flowerbasket was laid at a temporary settlement for the remains of the Chinese People’s Volunteers martyrs. All members of the Chinese delegation bowed three times to the Chinese People’s Volunteers martyrs and presented flowers before the South Korean side placed the remains in Thiscoffins.year’s repatriation ceremony, the ninth of its kind, is scheduled to be held at the Incheon International Airport on Friday. China and South Korea have successfully carried out the handover of the remains of 825 Chinese People’s Volunteers martyrs in South Korea for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021, following humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendship and practical cooperation.
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For Putin, the summit is a chance to show that Russia is not isolated internationally, at a time when Moscow’s forces are facing major battlefield setbacks in Ukraine.
Beijing has not explicitly endorsed Moscow’s military action but has steadily built economic and strategic ties with Russia during the nearly sevenmonth conflict. Xi has assured China’s support of Russian “sovereignty and security”.
The unilateral coercive sanctions are a serious violation of international law, said a Chinese representative during a dialogue held by the UNHRC 51st regular session and the Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive sanctions.
On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara sees the latest border tension as the result of Armenia’s violation of the November 2020 deal ending the Karabakh war that resulted in the victory of Azerbaijan, adding that he finds it “unacceptable.”
“We adhere to the principle of one China. We condemn the provocation of the US and their satellites in the Taiwan Strait,” Putin said.
In fall 2020, Azerbaijan liberated several cities and over 300 settlements and villages that were under Armenian occupation. The fighting ended with a deal brokered by Russia.
“We are proud that so many leaders of various countries are gathering in our city. Samarkand from ancient times was a legendary city,” said 26-year-old Shakhboz Kombarov.
“We highly appreciate the balanced position of our Chinese friends in connection with the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin told Xi, while reiterating Moscow’s backing for China on Taiwan.
Iran has moved a step closer towards becoming a permanent member of a China and Russia-dominated Asian security body, as Tehran seeks to overcome economic isolation imposed by US sanctions.
Formerly Cold War allies with a tempestuous relationship, China and Russia have drawn closer in recent years as part of what they call a “no-limits” relationship acting as a counterweight to the global dominance of the United States.
“Attempts to create a unipolar world have recently acquired an absolutely ugly form and are completely unacceptable,” Putin said.
Last year, the central Asian security body approved Iran’s application for accession, while Tehran’s hardline rulers called on members to help it form a mechanism to avert sanctions imposed by the West over its disputed nuclear programme.
The defence ministry in Moscow said Thursday that Russian and Chinese warships were on a joint patrol in the Pacific and planning a live-fire artillery exercise at sea.
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Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of “large-scale provocations” in recent days, saying saboteurs planted mines and Armenian forces carried out “intensive” firing on Azerbaijani positions.
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USSIANPresident Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West.
States, which has led the charge in imposing sanctions on Russia over Ukraine and angered Beijing with recent shows of support for Taiwan.
Russia has in turn backed China over Taiwan, calling US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island this summer a “clear provocation”.
Much of the focus, however, will be on bilateral
The U.S. and certain Western countries have taken unilateral coercive measures at every turn in accordance with their domestic laws, arbitrarily applied long-arm jurisdiction, and the resulting secondary sanctions and excessive compliance have done extensive harm, said the Chinese representative, adding that this is a violation of human rights in the name of democracy and human rights. Some countries have recklessly expanded unilateral coercive measures, even used them to suppress the legitimate government of the country concerned, and used them as a political tool to subvert other countries’ regimes, and all these
Putin said on Thursday that a delegation
The summit is also a chance for both leaders to thumb their noses at the West, especially the United
Relations between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Upper Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
Putin took a clear broadside at the United States, which has been leading efforts to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia.
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Iran will now be able to take part in the body’s meetings, although it is likely to take some time to achieve full membership, deputy secretary-general of the organisation Grigory Logvinov told Russian state TV, which also reported the signing.
England last played in Pakistan in 2005 and were due to visit last year until pulling out at short notice after New Zealand also cancelled a tour citing safety concerns.
tential to represent Pakistan at the highest level and I am hopeful if they get opportunities, they will perform strongly.“Fakhar Zaman has also been rested from the England T20Is so that he can recover from the knee injury he sustained when he landed awkwardly while fielding in the final against Sri Lanka in the ACC Asia Cup 2022.”
Over the past five years, international cricket has gradually returned to Pakistan and earlier this year Australia toured successfully for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century.
The team lost all three matches at the Super Four Stage of the Asia Cup, played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this month.
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The move infuriated the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), who called it “disrespectful”.Following a 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, Pakistan were forced to play international matches at neutral venues such as the UAE, where they hosted England for series in 2012 and 2015.
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Renowned commentators David Gower and Mark Butcher from England, and Pakistan’s cricket legends Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aamir Sohail, Bazid Khan and Urooj Mumtaz will commentate on the seven games to be played across Karachi and Lahore from 20 September until 2 October.
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The 19-man England squad, captained by Jos Buttler, will play seven Twenty20 games against Pakistan in Karachi and Lahore from September 20 to October 2 as both teams tune-up for next month’s T20 World Cup in Australia.England will return in December to play three five-day Test matches.
Afghanistan are in Group 1 of the Super 12 stage of the World Cup to be held in Australia from October 16 to
monitor their journey and shops and offices overlooking the stadium will be ordered to shut.
Seven t20iS Pakistan v England T20Is (matches to start at 19:30 PKT): 20 September – 1st T20I, Karachi 22 September – 2nd T20I, Karachi 23 September – 3rd T20I, Karachi 25 September – 4th T20I, Karachi 28 September – 5th T20I, Lahore 30 September – 6th T20I, Lahore 2 October – 7th T20I, Lahore SCHEDULE OF MATCHES:
Pakistan Cricket Board has put together a dynamic commentary panel for the historic seven T20 Internationals between Pakistan and England.
The series marks the return of the England men’s side to Pakistan after a gap of 17 years and the broadcast of this much-anticipated series will be available through PTV Sports on Linear TV and ARY Zap on livestreaming within Pakistan; Etisalat (Middle-East and North Africa), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky NZ (New Zealand), Fox Sports (Australia), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sony (South Asia outside Pakistan), Super Sports (SubSaharan Africa) and Willow TV (North America). BBC Sport (United Kingdom) and FM 106.2 (Pakistan) will be radio partners for the series.
MELBOURNE: Australian women’s vice-captain Rachael Haynes called time on international cricket Thursday after a decorated career spanning more than a decade. The 35year-old became one of the sport’s most adaptable players after making her debut for Australia in 2009, batting in almost every top order position across all three formats. “To all the teammates across my career, you are the reason I’ve played as long as I have. You’ve inspired me to be better every day,” she said. “I’ve learnt something from all of you, on and off the field. You’ve challenged me as a player, helped me grow as a person and most importantly, made cricket fun.” Haynes captained the side for the first time during the 2017 Women’s ODI World Cup when regular skipper Meg Lanning was battling a shoulder issue. She became vice-captain in 2018, playing pivotal roles in Australia’s T20 World Cup triumphs that year and in 2020, their ODI World Cup win in 2022 and the historic Commonwealth Games gold medal run in July. AFP
Jamal and Sindh’s mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed in line with their strategy to reward high-performing Addressingcricketers.
The PCB said that the Australia se-
The tour also comes as Pakistan grapples with catastrophic flooding that has left nearly a third of the country under water and affected at least 33 millionLastpeople.month the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said the team were “desperate” to play in Pakistan despite the humanitarian disaster.
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November 13. They are placed alongside hosts and defendng champions Australia, England, New Zealand and two qualifier teams who will come from the first Groupround.2comprises India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh and two qualifiers.Malikzai said the squad is balanced and will do well in Australia.
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“The Asia Cup was a very good opportunity for the team to build up things
On match days, roads between the England team hotel and Karachi’s National stadium will be sealed off and under armed guard. A helicopter will
The production will be done through 28 full HighDefinition cameras – including Buggy and Drone cameras. The production will also include a comprehensive Hawkeye set-up – UltraMotion ball-tracking and UltraEdge to further enhance and aid Decision
Former International Cricket Council’s (ICC) elite panel umpire from Pakistan Asad Rauf has died at the age of 66 after suffering a cardiac arrest in Lahore, ESPNcricinfo reported Thursday. Rauf had a substantial first-class career as a middle-order batter before he turned to umpiring, appearing for National Bank and Railways, averaging 28.76 from 71 firstclass matches, the publication stated. In his career as an umpire, Rauf officiated 64 Tests, 49 of which as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire, 139 ODIs and 28 T20Is. The former match official was one of the most prominent names in the mid-2000 when it comes to the umpires. He was on the ICC’s ODI panel since 2004 and was elevated to the ICC’s elite panel in 2006, just a year after he debuted officiating a Test match. Along with Naeem Dar, Rauf was among those who contributed to improve the reputation of Pakistani umpires prior to the neutral umpires era. However, his career ended abruptly in 2013 when the Mumbai Police named Rauf as a “wanted to be accused” in a probe into a spot-fixing controversy in Indian Premier League (IPL) where he had been officiating the matches. Though Rauf left India before that edition of Indian league cricket ended, but he was ruled out from the Champions Trophy tournament that came soon after. Later that year, ICC dropped Rauf from its elite panel, despite insisting his name coming up in the criminal investigations wasn’t the reason behind his termination. The former umpire claimed innocence throughout this time and expressed willingness to cooperate with the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit. This was followed with The Board of Control for Cricket in India banning Rauf for five years in 2016 for alleged corruption and misconduct.
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Afghanistan’s selectors dropped five players who featured in their failed Asia Cup campaign when naming a 15-man squad on Thursday for next month’s T20 World Cup.
“I think hopefully us going out there and playing will be a positive for what’s been a pretty harrowing time for the people of that country,” said managing director of men’s cricket Rob Key.
ment.” Allrounder Mohammad Nabi will continue to lead the side, while Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah and Gulbadin Naib have been added as Afghanistanreserves.Squad for T20 World Cup: Mohammad Nabi (captain), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.
vide insights in pre- and post-match shows to be hosted by famed presenter Zainab Abbas.
Pakistan squad for England T20Is: Babar Azam (captain) (Central Punjab), Shadab Khan (vice-captain) (Northern), Aamir Jamal (Northern), Abrar Ahmed (Sindh), Asif Ali (Northern), Haider Ali (Northern), Haris Rauf (Northern), Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Haris (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh), Mohammad Nawaz (Northern), Mohammad Rizwan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Wasim Junior (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Naseem Shah (Southern Punjab), Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh), Shan Masood (Balochistan) and Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)
Middle-order batter Darwish Rasooli, leg-spinning allrounder Qais Ahmad and the right-arm quick Salim Safi made the 15-member cut after good domestic-level performances.
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squad due to the knee injury but he will remain part of the travelling reserves to travel to Australia with the team. Meanwhile, for the seven-match T20I series against England, the selectors have named all the players who will travel for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia except Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi. In their places, the selectors have named Northern’s all-rounder Aamir
nicely,” chief selector Noor Malikzai said in a statement.
England cricketers arrive in Karachi for first Pakistan tour in 17 years
England’s cricket squad touched down in Karachi on Thursday on their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years.
It said Samiullah Shinwari, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat and Noor Ahmad would all miss out from the Asia Cup squad.
The last time England toured Pakistan, the government was waging a battle with militants. The security situation has vastly improved since then, but there has been an uptick in attacks
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“Since the Australian conditions are fast-bowling friendly, we have added Safi, the tall right-arm quick to add further impetus to our bowling depart-
The 18-member squad includes top-order batter Shan Masood, who is yet to play a T20I, besides uncapped all-rounder Aamir Jamal and mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed while Fakhar Zaman, nursing a knee injury, has been rested for the series.
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since the Taliban stormed back to power in neighbouring Afghanistan.
ries had “demonstrated our event planning and operational skills” and expressed confidence that the England games will also pass off safely.
AKISTANcricket Chief Selector Muhammad Wasim announced an 18-member squad against England cricket team for the seven IT20s in Karachi and Lahore between September 20 and October 2.
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Fakhar Zaman has missed out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
a press conference at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday, Muhammad Wasim said, “Along with Shan Masood, I want to congratulate Aamir Jamal and Abrar Ahmed on earning their maiden call-ups. Both Aamir and Abrar have been selected as we believe they have the skills, talent and po-
As the board continues its efforts to enhance the TV viewership experience for Pakistan Cricket fans across the world, Spidercam will be used to bring fascinating and captivating images for the first time in an international series in Pakistan from the seven T20Is.
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Afghanistan ring changes for T20 World Cup
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The squad has two changes from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad to replace injured Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman. Shaheen is under a rehab in England and will join the Australia-bound World Cup squad in Brisbane (Australia) on October 15. Fakhar Zaman has been rested to nurse his injury.
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Two days after registrar of the Supreme Court (SC) returned Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) petition against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) verdict in the case of phased acceptance of the resignations given by its 123 members of the National Assembly (MNAs) with objections, the party on Thursday again challenged the high court’s decision in the apex court.
During the programme in question, Gill spoke at length about the current political situation, and urged troops up to the brigadier level not to accept any illegal order from the top military brass.
in reserves when no-trust move was tabled against him. Even after striking an IMF deal, the government has $8.8 billion of foreign reserves now, he said.
ML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday launched a diatribe against PTI Chairman Imran Khan, saying he was launched in politics to “create anarchy and destruction” in the country.
Subsequently, on September 2, after being denied bail multiple times by a district and sessions court, Gill approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for relief.
the third candidate in the panel also exceeds the age limit set for the MP-1 scale post. Dr Arslan was superannuated from service on July 22, 2020. He was a BS21 officer of Pakistan Customs Service, served as Member Customs (Legal & Accounting), FBR, DG CPEC (Customs) and DG Intellectual Property Rights (Enforcement).
Maryam alleged that some foreign powers had launched Imran to destroy the new generation’s moral values as well as corrupt the country’s politics.
MoC violates rules in hiring process of chairman IPO
According to the first information report (FIR) registered against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader, he is being probed under Sections 34 (common intention), 109 (abetment), 120 (concealing design to commit an offense punishable with imprisonment), 121 (waging war against the state), 124-A (sedition), 131 (abetting mutiny, or attempt to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty), 153 (provoking to cause riot), 505 (statement conducing to public mischief) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
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Safdar also said it was The Almighty Allah and not the PML-N, who ruled the country.
hiked, making it difficult for a common man to meet his ends. “These people used to protest against any hike in prices by our government and take out protest rallies. But what they have done today has further exposed them.”
The post of chairman IPO Pakistan has been vacant since June 2021, as the ministry could not complete the recruitment process for various reasons.
Aid flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States arrived in the country on Thursday, the foreign ministry said. The United Nations is assessing reconstruction needs.
Amid protests by flood victims in Sindh for not being provided relief aid, more than 500 tents were recovered during a raid at a rice mill warehouse in the town of Nasirabad along with some ration bags which were supposed to be distributed among the affectees.
He lamented that Pakistan has never witnessed this level of inflation as rupee continues to lose its value despite an IMF bailout.
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The tally of dead stands at 1,486, about 530 children among them, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said, as it released its first country-wide total since September 9, a period that saw 90 more people die. Over the last few weeks, authorities have thrown up barriers to keep the flood waters out of key structures such as power stations as well as homes, while farmers who stayed to try and save their cattle faced a new threat as fodder began to run out.
countrymen. They do not have any solution to deal with economic crisis,” he said.
During the proceedings on Thursday, Athar Minallah, chief justice at the high court, who took up the petition, asserted no one could be deprived of the right to bail unless there was solid evidence against them.
Relief goods recovered from warehouse of PPP leader in Sindh
Citing the provisions of the law applied against the former minister, his lawyer Salman Safdar reiterated the case against Gill was based on ill intentions and political victimisation. He claimed that Gill’s remarks weren’t directed towards the army but instead targeted the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
“Who says Imran Khan is stakeholder… he is not a stakeholder… rather he is destruction of Pakistan.”
Making NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and others respondents in the case, the party argued that the IHC’s verdict was contrary to the facts, and that acceptance of the resignations
Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff to former prime minister Imran Khan, was granted bail on Thursday after months of detention while facing a trial over remarks critical of the “Allahmilitary.issufficient for us and the best of those on whom to depend,” he said in an Arabic-language tweet issued immediately after his release.
Pakistan’s unprecedented floods, which have submerged huge swathes of the country, have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities looked to step up relief efforts for millions affected by the disaster. The floods brought by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains have hit 33 million of a population of 220 million, sweeping away homes, transport, crops and livestock in damage estimated at $30 billion.
District and sessions judge Kamber Shahdadkot Zahid Hussain Mitlo, who was escorted by police and some officials in plain clothes, ordered the SSP to register a case against PPP local councillor, rice mill owners and concerned SHO for their involvement.
Calling Imran Khan a ‘fitna’ (mischief-monger), Maryam Nawaz said that during his over three-and-a-half-
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“Look Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is visiting all flood-hit areas of the country despite the fact that in none of the provinces the PML-N is in power,” she boasted.
“I do not have any personal benefit in early elections but since these people are only bent on getting clean chit in their cases, it could further hurt the country politically and economically,” he said. “I once again demand to hold early election to pull out the country from the ongoing crisis.”
ance of the resignations given by its MNAs by the speaker, had said that it was purely parliament’s internal matter and the court could not interfere in IHCit.
year rule the country’s economy reached the brink of destruction. She said Imran had even broken the country’s deal with the IMF before leaving the office, which further aggravated the situation.Referring to Imran’s statement that he had become more dangerous, she said these words were not meant for his political opponents, but for the country.
by the NA speaker in phases wasItunconstitutional.wasstatedinthe petition that the PTI lawmakers had resigned from their seats en masse following the passage of no-trust motion against their government on April 10, 2022 in order to seek fresh public mandate.
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Interestingly, the MoC in its advertisement published on February 11, 2022 regarding appointment against the post of Chief Executive of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) (MP-1 scale), another attached department, has clearly mentioned the maximum age limit of 62 years.
He further shared how prices of flour, rice and other basic commodities have been
As the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has finally forwarded a panel of candidates for appointment of Chairman Intellectual Property Organization (IPO), the ministry has reportedly violated the age limit set for appointment against the post of MP-1 scale. According to reliable sources, the MoC has forwarded a panel of three names including former ambassador Farukh Amil; former chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Muhammad Javed Ghani and former Member FBR Customs (Legal & Accounting) Dr Arslan Subuktageen to Prime Minister for appointment as chairman IPO Pakistan, an attached department of MoC.
Former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan on Thursday said that the incumbent government has lost its credibility inside and outside Pakistan and they have no plan to deal with a crippling economy.
Talking to reporters at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises, he said that if former finance minister Ishaq Dar returned to Pakistan, the value of Pak Rupee against the US dollar would go up. He added it would take a year to clear what he called the mess created by Imran when he was the country’s prime minister.
“There will be no economic stability unless there is a political stability. Whatever excuse they give for delaying elections, the entire nation is the ultimate sufferer here,” he said while addressing his supporters.
Talking to newsmen after her court appearance here along with her husband Capt (r) Safdar, Maryam Nawaz said the forces which funded him do not want Pakistan to progress. “Imran brought the economy on the verge of collapse and he had also violated the agreement he struck with the IMF.”
man that if he wanted general elections in the country, he should dissolve the provincial assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab first.PML-N vice president also urged the former prime minister not to use religion for politics.
The IPO Pakistan, an important organization of the ministry, has been without a head for the past over 15 months as the selection process could not be completed for various shortcomings. Although, the ministry advertised the post in August 2021, it is yet to fill the vacant post.
The government and the United Nations have blamed climate change for the surging waters, in the wake of record-breaking summer temperatures, that have driven thousands from their homes to live in tents or along highways in the open.
Earlier, Asking what was the haste in seeing former prime minister and his father-in-law Nawaz Sharif back in Pakistan, Capt (r) Safdar claimed that PML-N supremo Nawaz would return to Pakistan, the PTI chairman would be in jail.
“These powers do not want Pakistan to progress,” she opined.
He reminded the opposition that before coming to power, they portrayed Shehbaz Sharif as the one who could sort out all issues, however, after ascending to power he failed to deliver.
She made it clear to the PTI chair-
“There wouldn’t be any remedy if the same person turns out to be innocent later,” he said, directing police to continue their probe but not seek further detention for Gill without the necessary evidence.
“I can easily claim that PTI is the most popular and nationwide party and the entire opposition is only bent on getting a clean chit in their cases rather than caring for the
According to an insider privy to the development, some potential candidates of the post were concerned that the ministry’s high ups, by not mentioning the age limit and relevant experiences in the advertisement, have tried to facilitate blue-eyed candidates.
The top candidate Farukh Amil has been Pakistan’s Ambassador to Japan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. However, the candidate on second number, Muhammad Javed Ghani, meets the age limit as he was retired from services on April 10, Interestingly2021.
Imran Khan further compared that petrol prices in global markets were at $103 per barrel when they hiked the fuel prices to Rs150 per litre, however, the incumbent government has increased the price to Rs230 per litre when the prices are declining in international markets.
Death toll from floods touches 1,500: NDMA
“People are bearing the brunt of rains and sitting under the open sky and you have stored the tents here,” said the judge to the owner of the rice mill in a video that went viral on social media. There were reports that police have registered the case and taken a few people into custody. According to locals, the tents were brought to the rice mill by newly-elected councillor Wazir Ali Phulpoto. “The tents are stored on the directives of the local MPA who had handed over the tents. The revenue officials including Mukhtiarkar and police are in hand and glove in such things,” said Rajab Solangi, a local activist, who along with dozens of flood victims was protesting in front of DC House for tents.
Pakistan received 391 mm (15.4 inches) of rain, or nearly 190 percent more than the 30-year average, in July and August. That figure climbed to 466 percent for one of the worst-affected areas, the province of Sindh.
Gill was arrested on August 9 on charges of sedition after he allegedly attempted to incite soldiers to revolt against the top military leadership in remarks he gave to ARY News, a popular cable television station.
“And that former NA deputy speaker Qasim Suri had accepted these resignations on the floor of the House before himself calling it a day,” read the Therefore,petition.the party prayed to the court to declare the IHC’s verdict in the case null and Ninevoid.days back on September 6, 2022, the IHC, while rejecting the PTI’s petition against phased accept-
Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Athar Minallah, in his remarks, had said that the former deputy speaker Qasim Suri had accepted these resignations by going against this court’sTheverdict.pointto be noted, he added, was that the NA speaker had accepted the resignations of 11 PTI MNAs after he felt satisfied. “Your MNAs could have gone to the speaker’s chamber to convey their concerns to him,” he remarked while addressing PTI’s lawyer Faisal Chaudhry.
Imran Khan pointed out that the government assured that economy would stabilize once IMF releases its loan tranche, however, despite receiving money after implementing strict conditions, the economy has not yet stabilize.
“We got the biggest current account deficit of US$20 billion as compared to the incumbent government that only inherited a deficit of $16 billion,” he shared a comparison, adding that PTI inherited $9.5 billion in foreign reserves as compared to $16 billion
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The charges against Gill carry up to a death sentence if he is found guilty.
‘Imported govt’ lost credibility inside, outside Pakistan: Imran
As per details, the candidate who has been proposed as top one in the panel after the selection process has reportedly retired in January 2019 and he is over 63 years old. As per the rules of recruitment under MP Scale Policy 2020, the age of a candidate should not be more than 62 years as he would have to complete the 3-year contractual term by attaining the age of 65.
Gill granted bail after weeks of detention in sedition case
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She told Imran that he could not get a clean chit by putting all blame for the country’s pathetic situation on the cur-
rent government’s shoulders. “Imran, this is your party which is in power in the flood-affected provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Maryam said, adding, “Therefore, a greater responsibility rests on your shoulders.”