PM, Qatari Emir discuss mutually beneficial cooperation, economic opportunities

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PM arrives Qatar on two-day official visit: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday arrived Qatar on a two-day official visit where he would participate in the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

The conference, being held from 59 March, will consider steps for accelerating sustainable development in the LDCs, helping them make progress on the road to prosperity.

The prime minister will address the conference on March 6, PM Office

Media Wing said in a press release. The prime minister will also attend a reception hosted by the Amir of Qatar in the honour of heads of state and governments.

In Doha, the prime minister will hold bilateral meetings and interactions with participating leaders and heads of delegation on the sidelines of the conference. At the conference, the leaders will mobilize additional international support measures and action in favour of LDCs and agree on a renewed partnership between LDCs and their development partners. On his Twitter handle, the prime minister posted that he had just reached Doha on the invitation of his brother Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Amir of Qatar to attend the 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

“I will share Pakistan's perspective on the socio-economic challenges facing LDCs in Asia & Africa,” he added.

In a related tweet, the prime minister said that LDCs had been badly affected by climate change, post-pandemic and geo-strategic disruption in food and energy supply chains. These global events had left them vulnerable. LDCs would be better

Maryam mocks Imran, asks Nawaz to lend some ‘courage’ to PTI chief

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz on Sunday took a jibe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and asked her father Nawaz Sharif to lend some of his courage to the PTI chief who had allegedly escaped from his residence Zaman Park fearing arrest.

In a statement on Twitter, she mocked the PTI chief, saying that despite being innocent, her father Nawaz Sharif flew back to Pakistan from London with his daughter’s support and courted his arrest, unlike a “thief[referring to Imran] who would use daughters of others as a shield”.

Maryam Nawaz further criticised the former prime minister, stating that “people can now differentiate between a national leader and a ‘phony’.”

Reacting to the unruly behaviour of PTI workers, Maryam Nawaz called on Imran Khan to be ‘brave’ and surrender to the police. She also criticized PTI workers for their alleged unruly behaviour and quipped Imran Khan that he should not panic.

“Today the nation has recognized who is brave and who is a coward. Be brave and surrender yourself to the law,” Maryam Nawaz tweeted. “This is not the first time the law has come knocking on the doors of those in power. Don’t panic, and don’t let your workers create chaos,” she concluded.

Police claim ‘reluctant’ Imran ‘not in room’ as supporters block arrest bid

below a certain value. The government of Shehbaz Sharif has accused the former prime minister of concealing information about gifts he retained from the repository.

Khan, who is recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during an assassination attempt last year, has skipped three scheduled hearings in the case on grounds of needing medical treatment.

According to a series of tweets by the Islamabad police, the “superintendent of police (SP) has gone to Khan’s room but he’s not there.”

“The team sent to arrest him is still waiting outside his residence,” the police added. “The operation to arrest Khan is being conducted in partnership with the Lahore police.”

The police said they will take legal action against individuals who obstruct the implementation of court orders.

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As workers and supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf (PTI) surrounded the residence of Imran Khan in the Zaman Park neighbourhood of Lahore Sunday, vowing to prevent his arrest, Islamabad police claimed the “reluctant” former prime minister appears “hesitant to be arrested” and has vanished into thin air. A contingent of police from Islamabad collaborated with Punjab police and reached the residence of Khan shortly before noon to arrest him, accusing him of prolonged absence from the trial proceedings in the Toshakhana case.

The case centres on a government department known as Toshakhana — which during the Mughal era referred to the treasure houses kept by the subcontinent’s princely rulers to store and display gifts lavished on them.

Government officials must declare all gifts to the Cabinet Division, but are allowed to keep those