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Thursday, 26 August, 2021 I 17 Muharram, 1443 I Rs 15.00 I Vol XII No 56 I 12 Pages I Lahore Edition

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PM says eco-friendly ravi Urban Project to generate $40 billion revenUe

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riMe Minister imran Khan on Wednesday said that he was “ashamed” and “pained” when he saw the assault the female tiktoker, referring to the independence day incident. “the Minar-e-Pakistan incident, when i saw it, i was ashamed, it pained me to see it. no one could have imagined such an incident taking place [in Pakistan] when i was growing up,” PM imran Khan said, during an event in lahore. this was the first time the premier had made any public remarks on the matter since the incident took place. on the occasion, he stated that this sort of harassment was not part of the culture of Pakistan. the premier said he has travelled across the world, and while he was growing up, he had observed that Pakistanis respected women much more than the Western world. “the downfall that we are witnessing is because our children are not being edu-

cated in the right manner. this is not a part of our culture and neither of our religion,” he said, referring to the behaviour that was displayed by the mob, at the greater iqbal Park in lahore on august 14. the prime minister said “sex crimes” in Pakistan were on the rise, and blamed it on the negative side of the use of mobile phones. “in human history, we never witnessed the kind of exposure to things that children have nowadays,” he said. He noted that to curb such incidents, “there is only one way”. “children must be taught about the life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him),” he said, adding that he was the “greatest human being, the likes of which will never again be seen”. the prime minister said people read about successful people to learn of the secrets of their success — and no one in history is as successful as Prophet Muhammad (PbUH). “Which is why we have been told in the Holy Quran to learn from his life.” “[the children must be taught] how he brought about a historic revolution. What his qualities were. How he was honest and trust-

CoronavIrus In

pakIstan

CONFIRMED CASES:

1,135,858

LAST UPDATED AT 6:43 AM ON AUGUST 25, 2021

DAY'S DEATH TOLL:

NEW CASES:

141

4,199

RECOVERED:

DEATHS:

1,019,434 25,220 SINDH:

PUNJAB:

424,139

383,742

KPK:

BALOCHISTAN:

158,243 AJK/GB: 31,087/9,739

31,928 ISLAMABAD:

96,980

worthy — and how no person has become a great leader without these qualities,” the prime minister said. the premier said Quaid-e-azam Muhammad ali jinnah and former president of the south african republic nelson Mandela were regarded as honest and trustworthy even by their rivals. “so these qualities, which made him so great, should be taught to our children in schools. “and so alongside being taught about the latest technology — what we have envisioned for grades 8, 9 and 10 — this also has to be enforced. both these things have to be enforced in the school curriculum,” the prime minister said. the prime minister lauded Punjab Minister for education Murad ras for his “passion” for the field of education and for starting the implementation of the single national curriculum in the province. He said passion is something that trumps talent in many areas. “and when we see passion in a chief minister or [other minister], we back the ministry. because we can see the person is working wholeheartedly.” He hoped that in the next two years, ras will be able to fully implement the new curriculum and “lift the standards of government schools”. PM imran Khan noted that private schools “were doing an excellent job”, but a family only sends their children there if they have money. “in Pakistan, our real talent is mostly found in government schools,” he added. referring to the english medium education system as the remnants of british classism, he recalled that when he graduated from aitchison college and went to england for further studies, he felt like “i was made an english public-school boy, not a Pakistani. i was distanced from my culture and my religion through that educational system.”

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Isa questions wisdom of larger bench formation in journalists’ harassment case ISLAMABAD staff report

days after the supreme court temporarily restrained implementation on a decision of a bench in a case pertaining to the purported harassment of journalists, justice Qazi faez isa questioned the wisdom behind the decision, terming it a transgression of the constitution. last friday, a two-judge bench — consisting of justice isa and justice jamal Khan Mandokhel — took notice of an application moved by the Press association of the supreme court, highlighting the purported incidents of harassment of journalists. in an order issued the same day, the judges said since the application had raised matters of public importance with reference to the enforcement of fundamental rights, it met the criteria for invoking the suo motu jurisdiction under article 184(3) of the constitution. However, the following the court of justice Umar ata ban-

Pakistan sees highest single-day Covid deaths in over 100 days the country reported 141 more deaths from covid-19, the highest number of fatalities recorded in one day since 161 deaths were recorded on May 4, according to the data released by the national command and operations centre (ncoc) on Wednesday. With these 141 fatalities, the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country now stands at 25,220. another 4,199 people tested positive for covid-19 after 61,410 tests were taken, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,135,858. the positivity rate now stands at 6.83 percent. in the last 24 hours, 3,915 patients have recovered from covid-19 across the country, after which the total number of those who have recovered has reached 1,019,434 while the number of active cases is 91,204. sindh reported at least 1,404 new covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 425,476. according to chief Minister syed Murad ali shah, 29 more people fell prey to the deadly disease as the death toll surged to 6,742. He further said that 915 more patients recovered

dial, who is acting as chief justice since justice gulzar ahmed is on leave, proceeded to constitute a five-judge larger bench in a bid to provide clarity on the issue of invoking the jurisdiction of suo motu notice by a bench. the new bench on Monday put the friday order in abeyance, observing that its implementation may obscure and unsettle the practice of invoking suo motu jurisdiction. in his letter addressed to justice bandial on august 24, justice isa responded to the development by saying the constitution detailed the different jurisdictions of the top court and they could also be conferred by law. “no jurisdiction is conferred which permits one bench to monitor the working of another bench, let alone to hold its orders in abeyance,” he said. the judge added the constitution did not permit “monitoring jurisdiction” and, therefore, the new bench did not have the jurisdiction to hear the case.

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overnight, lifting the total to 369,639. at least 721 new coronavirus cases emerged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the past 24 hours, lifting the tally to 158,964. the health officials said that 20 more people died from the deadly virus in the province as the death toll jumped to 4,859. they further said that 825 more patients recovered overnight, taking the total to 146,629. at least 80 more people contracted coronavirus in balochistan during the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 31,070. according to health officials, no deaths were reported in the province. so far 338 patients have succumbed to the

deadly virus. as many as 30,245 patients have recovered from the disease in the province so far. despite the daily increase in cases, a reuters report indicates that covid-19 infections are decreasing in Pakistan, with 3,765 new infections reported on average each day. that is 64% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on june 17. Pakistan has administered at least 47,802,106 doses of covid vaccines so far. assuming every person needs two doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 10.7% of the country’s population. News Desk

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fM pushes diplomatic overture to develop joint regional strategy for afghan peace STORY ON PAGE 03

Western nations race to complete Afghan evacuation as deadline looms STORY ON BACK PAGE

HrW claim of proposed regulator aimed at curbing press freedom rejected STORY ON BACK PAGE


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