Wanted in many cases, imran must be arrested for provoking attack on LHc: marriyum

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mINISTERfor Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had made the Constitution, law, and judicial system a joke and instigated his party workers to attack the Lahore High Court.

Talking to the media here at the Parliament House, she said Imran Khan should be taken to task for provoking his workers to attack the court which had summoned him in a case earlier in the day.

“Imran Khan is wanted in many court cases, but for provoking an attack on the Lahore High Court today, he must be arrested immediately,” she stressed.

The minister said the court wanted Imran Khan’s presence in a matter pertaining to his ‘false’ signature on the bail petition, but he refused in the first place on the pretext that he was unable to leave his Zaman Park residence due to injury.

But before appearing in the court, which had given him another deadline to ensure his presence by the evening, Imran Khan gave a call to his supporters on social media to swarm into the LHC building, she added.

Once he arrived in the court, another excuse was made that he could not come out of his vehicle to present himself before the judge, she said, adding such tactics were employed to gain some time so that his workers could gather to attack the court premises.

It was an irony that how Imran Khan’s lawer had asked the court to send a person to get his signature on the petition from outside the court where he was sitting in the vehicle, she remarked.

Marriyum asked whether such relaxation was available to all the people who were summoned by the same court and whether special hearings would also be arranged for them. A layman, she said, did not have all those facilities which were available to Imran Khan, who at one moment requested an ambulance and at the other sought an extension in the deadline for appearing before the court. “This is (the matter of) bail before arrest, which shows his mala fide intention that he does not want to be part of the inves-

Mushaal blasts world’s callous approach towards smoldering Kashmir

ISLAMABAD Staff RepoRt tigation,” she said, asking how could a person present himself before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) if he did not bother to appear before the court.

Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organization, Mushaal Hussein Mullick lashed out at the international community and UN for adopting a “deaf and dump approach” towards shouldering Kashmir, which, she said, they can’t even hear the heartbreaking pleas of Kashmiri little daughters demanding release of their fathers illegally detained in Indian jails for years.

In a statement on Monday, she said that several families from Baramulla district along with their children protested at Srinagar’s press colony against the delay in trials of their kin held in several jails for many years.

She said that the innocent daughters of incarcerated Kashmiri fathers were demanding release on a fast-track basis with eyes full of tears since they are cognisant of the brutal treatment being meted out by the fascist Indian government against their fathers.

The Hurriyat leader stated that the notorious Indian government was brazenly violating the fundamental rights of Kashmiri people and unleashed state terrorism in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) but the so-called civilized world “sewed their lips” on the world’s worst human rights abuses in the occupied valley.

Musshaal said that a little girl, who did not see her father for the past five years, was crying seeking to meet her jailed father. The chairperson urged that world powers and human rights organisations should listen to the pleas of the innocent souls who wanted the release of their fathers incarcerated in Indian jails in fake politically-motivated cases.

She said that like other Kashmiri daughters, Raziyah Sultana had not seen her father for almost 9 years and demanded several times to the UN bodies to ensure her father’s release and her meeting but neither the world nor the notorious Modi government paid any attention to her repeated requests.

“The FIA says it wants to interrogate Imran Khan while the court is asking him to appear before it, but he is listening to nobody in a total disregard of the law and Constitu- tion,” she quipped. The minister also recalled that Imran Khan had abused and threatened a female sessions court judge, who had summoned him in another case but later apologized to save his skin. He used to say that the country would achieve independence when the rich would come under the law, but ironically, he himself had been ridiculing the system and violating the law with impunity. She said the three times prime minister Nawaz Sharif had presented himself before the court despite knowing that all the cases and witnesses were false and fabricated. Nawaz Sharif was not given an exemption from appearance before the court when it was sought due to the deteriorating health of his wife.

He (Nawaz Sharif) had never disrespected the court, law, and system, rather he appeared before the court as well as a joint investigation team on regular basis, she added. Likewise, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Shahid Khaqan Abbassi, Maryam Nawaz, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Asif, Hanif Abbasi and other leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz presented themselves before the courts in false cases, but never resorted to any attack, the minister maintained. On the one hand, she said, Imran Khan was not appearing before the court, and on the other, he violated the Constitution multiple times through a constitutional office. Imran Khan wanted President Dr Arif Alvi to exercise powers of all constitutional offices, including the Chief Election Commissioner, Supreme Court, and Parliament.

Senators demand action to lift curbs on girls education in Afghanistan

Senators on Monday demanded the upper house of the parliament to ensure measures to remove obstacles to girls’ education in Afghanistan that were causing negative ideological impact along the areas of the country with the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Senator Rubina Khalid of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) on a point of public importance highlighted that the curbs on girls’ education in Afghanistan were casting negative ideological impacts along the border region of the country. She said the House should refer this matter to the committee to work out solutions to address this matter on priority as girls’ education was a prerequisite for nation-building.

Senator Rubina also underlined that the population was the elephant in the room that was rising with every passing year and unfortunately no one was paying attention to it.

Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) also underscored that the issue of girls’ education in Afghanistan was

iHc summons dg ecp in shandana gulzar case

ISLAMABAD Staff RepoRt necessary to address as it had across-the-border impacts due to cultural affinities among both nations. This issue, he said, should be referred to the committee to resolve the problems of girls in merged districts who are likely to b negatively impacted due to the decision of the Afghan government. He also demanded the attention of the house on issues of missing persons and Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch facing detention due to the Haq Do Gwadar movement. This issue should also be referred to the committee to provide a way for the family of the aggrieved, he added.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned the director general (Law) Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a case against the de-notifying of PTI’s lawmaker Shandana Gulzar. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the case filed by PTI’s leader challenging the ECP’s notification which de-notified her from the NA seat. At the outset of the hearing, the ECP’s lawyer informed the court that the DG couldn’t appear before the bench this day due to an important meeting in the office. Justice Miangul Hassan remarked that some disqualifications had even far-reaching effects.Petitioner’s lawyer Barrister Gohar said that the decision taken by the ECP was not in its mandate. At this, the court remarked how it’s so as it was the responsibility of the ECP to conduct the scrutiny of the nomination papers of the candidates. The court instructed the petitioner’s lawyer to present the references of law and courts’ verdicts related to his case. The court summoned DG (law) ECP on the next hearing and adjourned the case till February 22.

masood khan terms us gsp program vital to strengthen trade ties, spurring growth

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Alliance of GSP countries has called upon the US Senate and the House of Representatives for their bipartisan support to expedite legislation for renewal of GSP Program for developing and the least developed countries. The 27-nation alliance stated this in a letter written to the Chair and Ranking Members of leading legislative committees of the US Congress, including Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, Committee of Foreign Relations of House of Representatives, Senate Committee of Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, says an official statement issued here on Monday, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan co-signed the letter along with other 26 ambassadors. Pakistan is an active member of the Alliance, and other countries of the Alliance include Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Macedonia, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine and Yemen.

Several Injured As Another Lift Falls In Karachi

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Several people including two women were injured as another lift fell in a residential area of Clifton in Karachi on Monday. This is the second incident of lift collapse as a woman had died when elevator at a private hospital in Kareemabad area of Karachi fell last week. In the latest incident, the lift of an apartment building in Clifton Block IV came down crashing at 11:00 pm on Sunday night injuring four people who were rushed to a private hospital for treatment. The lift came straight down from the upper floor, as a result of which the four people inside sustained minor injuries, who were shifted to a private hospital by an ambulance of a rescue organization. The injured included two women and as many men who were now being treated for their wounds at South City Hospital. In the earlier incident, a woman had died lift at a private hospital in Karimabad fell on Wednesday last. Family members of the woman had threatened to take legal action against the hospital administration.