12 August 2017

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PM for timely completion
of development projects
ISLAMABAD: Prime
Minister Shahid Khaqan
Abbasi has directed the
Ministry of Water
Resources to focus on all
the ongoing development
projects and ensure their
timely completion.
Presiding over a meeting
to discuss the affairs of
WAPDA here Friday, he
said the new Ministry of
Water resources had been
constituted for better resolution
of the issues. He said the
present government initiated
several mega water projects.
The Prime Minister said we
must make Ministry of
Water Resources productive
and renew our efforts in this
regard.
I S L A M A B A D :
Maulana Fazal-ur-
Rehman, Chief of Jamiat
Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), an
important ally of Pakistan
Muslim League (PML-N)
has opposed the decision of
abolishing Article 62 and
63 from the constitution.
Talking to media persons
here Friday outside
the Parliament House, he
made it clear that govern-
ISLAMABAD: PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chairs Meeting on WAPDA Affairs at PM Office.
Chairman WAPDA, Lt
Gen Muzammil Hussain
(Retd) briefed the meeting
about the ongoing and future
water and power projects.
The meeting was
informed that among the
ment will has to face
strong resistance if it will
make any move to abolish
Article 62 and 63. He said
the move to repeal the said
article would be considered
as an effort to push
the country towards secularism.
Maulana Fazal further
stressed the need to
explain definition of
Saadiq and Amin in the
ongoing projects, work on
Kachhi Canal having capacity
of irrigating 72,000 acres
of land in Dera Bugti has
been completed and it would
be inaugurated very soon.
The Prime Minister
constitution. He said it was
not correct to abolish the
law for its misuse. He said
under the prevailing circumstances
there is need to
explain Saadiq and Amin
in length. He said JUI-F
would cooperate if legislation
was enacted to explain
article 62 and 63 in length.
It is worth to mention
that legal experts had
advised that Nawaz Sharif
expressed satisfaction over
the project and said the
entire demography of Dera
Bugti and other areas of
Balochistan would benefit
from this canal.
It was further informed
JUI-F opposes repealing of article 62, 63
ECP asks NADRA to provide data to enable
bio-metric machines in by-elections of NA-120
I S L A M A B A D :
Election Commission of
Pakistan (ECP) has asked
NADRA, under Article-
220 of the Constitution,
to provide relevant data
to enable experimental
use of bio-metric
machines in by-elections
of NA-120 and PP-4.
The Commission has
urged NADRA to provide
the required data
before 17th of this
month.
RAWALPINDI: Ambassador of Rwanda, Lt. Gen. Charles R. Kayonga Charles called on
Additional Secretary Defence, Maj. General Muhammad Abid Nazir at Ministry of
Defence in Rawalpindi.
Nawaz Sharif sahib, accept the reality, you have
become disqualified: Shah Mehmood Qureshi
I S L A M A B A D :
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf
Vice Chairman Shah
Mehmood Qureshi said
that Nawaz should understand
one thing that he
could not be restored
again through political
rallies and public meetings.
“Nawaz Sharif you
have become disqualified,
Therefore you should
admit this reality and
refrain from practicing
stubbornness , he said this
while talking to a private
TV channel here Friday.
Five honorable judges
of Supreme Court unanimously
declared him disqualified
in panama case
and inspite of this he is
considering himself as
innocent, Qureshi added.
Shah went on to say
that Sharif through rallies
lambasting state institutions
and is befooling
people to prove his innocence
which is nothing
but extreme of his stubbornness
and obstinate.
Nawaz cannot change
the judgment of SC by
bringing thousands of
people on roads.
Shah said that Nawaz
should accept the verdict
of SC while keeping in
view the gravity of the
situation adding former
interior minister is also
looking forward to steer a
middle course.
Rain expected in different parts of country
ISLAMABAD: Rain
with thunderstorm is
expected at scattered places
of Islamabad, Upper
Punjab, Upper Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, FATA,
Kashmir and Gilgit-
Baltistan during the next
twelve hours.
Temperature of some
major cities recorded on
Friday morning: Islamabad
and Quetta twenty three,
Lahore thirty two, Karachi
twenty eight, Peshawar
twenty nine, Gilgit twenty
two, Murree seventeen and
Muzaffarabad twenty four
degree centigrade.
According to synoptic situation,
moist currents are penetrating
upper parts of the
country and likely to continue
during next few days.
US-led airstrike kills 16 civilians
in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL: An air raid
conducted by foreign
forces in Afghanistan has
claimed the lives of at least
16 civilians in the eastern
province of Nangarhar,
which borders Pakistan.
According to TOLO
News, the air raid hit a
civilian vehicle in Haska
Mina district late on
Thursday. Women and
children were among the
victims.
Nangarhar governor’s
spokesman Attaullah
Khogyani also confirmed
the casualties.
It was not immediately
clear the aircraft that carried
out the strike belonged
to which country.
The United States currently
has about 8,400 soldiers
in Afghanistan with
another 5,000 troops from
NATO allies.
could be restored if article
62 and 62 was abolished
from the constitution.
Prime Minister, Shahid
Khaqan has directed to
startcoordination with different
political parties to
remove article 62 and 63
from the constitution but
recent statement of important
ally of ruling party has
bumped to efforts of the
government.
Hajj scam
surfaces in
Lakki Marwat
ISLAMABAD: Private
hajj tour operator has
doggedly grabbed millions
of rupees from hundreds of
people in Lakki Marwat
area of Khyber
Pakhtunkhaw province.
According to Online,
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Masors Al
Naseema company, Aawal
Mir has collected 50 million
(41, 0000 rupees per head)
from hundreds of residents
of Lakki Marwat, Tank,
Bannu and other areas.
Affectees have submitted
application before Secretary
of Religious Affairs seeking
operation against the said
company.
Ghulam Qadir, Haji
Shahnawaz and five others
from Lakki Marwat told
Online that CEO of Masors
Al Naseema Aawal Mir
received 2040000 rupees
from them stating that their
flight will take off from
Islamabad airport on August
08. They added, “we were
told to reach hotel located in
Faizabad area of Rawalpindi
on August 07, on arrival, we
found 128 men and women
were there already which
were brought by the same
agent dogging them to send
on pilgrimage”.
ISLAMABAD: State minister
for information Marriyum
Aurangzeb has said that 18 prime
ministers have come in country’s 70
years history but non among them
that first unit of 969 MW
Neelum Jhelum
Hydropower Project would
be commissioned in
February next year.
Regarding 1,410 MW
Tarbela IV Extension, the
chairman informed that its
first unit would be ready for
power generation by
February 2018, second by
April, 2018 and the third by
May, 2018.
The meeting was also
briefed about work on Dasu
Hydropower Project and
Diamer Bhasha Dam
Project. Prime Minister
directed to control the cost
escalation in these projects
without compromising quality
of work.
At least 36 killed
in China bus
crash: state media
BEIJING: At least 36
people were killed and 13
injured when a packed bus
slammed into a tunnel wall
on an expressway in northern
China, state media said
Friday.
The coach crashed in
Qinling tunnel in Shaanxi
province on Thursday
night, according to Xinhua
news agency, which cited
local authorities. The bus
had departed from Chengdu
in southwest Sichuan
province en route to the
central city of Luoyang.
The injured have been
rushed to hospital, Xinhua
said. According to Sina
news website, the bus had a
51-passenger capacity and
was carrying 49 people,
including two children.
Sichuan province is
already reeling from another
tragedy as 20 people
were killed and hundreds
more injured in an earthquake
that struck the region
on Tuesday night.
ISLAMABAD: Radio
Pakistan will broadcast live
the change of guard’s ceremonies
in its National Hookup
programme "Subh-e-
Pakistan” from Mazar-e-
Quaid Karachi and Mazar-e-
Iqbal Lahore.
The programmes will
start at 7:10 a.m. The state
broadcaster will also put on
air the proceedings of
national flag hoisting ceremony
live from Parliament
House Islamabad at 8:55
a.m. The ceremonies will be
broadcast on medium wave,
all FM networks and News
& Current Affairs Channel
of Radio Pakistan.
Imran postpones Mardan public meeting
I S L A M A B A D :
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf
(PTI) Chairman Imran
Khan has postponed the
August 23 public meeting
at Mardan due to ongoing
by-election campaign in
NA-120 and PML-N GT
road rally.
In a statement issued
on Friday, Khan while
LONDON: The Amir
Khan-Faryal Makhdoom
saga shows no signs of
slowing down anytime
soon.
After an ugly Twitter
spat leading to a split
between the two, Faryal
finally broke her silence on
Friday over her estranged
husband’s accusations that
she cheated on him with
fellow boxer Anthony
Joshua.
"The screenshots sent to
Amir were 'fake' and Amir
thought Joshua and I were
speaking... when we have
never even met," she wrote.
"Anger took the better
of him and he tweeted
away without thinking
there was absolutely NO
truth to it.
"It's all cleared up with
both teams now and again,
there was NOTHING like
that going on. Apologies
for all this nonsense. Let's
get on with life now..."
Amir appeared to have
accepted her apology, as he
tweeted Joshua her note
directing party workers to
change the date Mardan
public meeting on August
23rd said it is not an appropriate
time to hold rally in
Mardan as I am busy in
national campaign”.
New date for Mardan
public meeting will be
announced after August,
he added.
acknowledging that there
was no "truth to it" and
wished him "all the best".
Moments later, he also
admitted that the only reason
he let himself loose in
Talking about PML-N
rally Khan said Nawaz is
running a campaign for
attacking SC to save
himself from corruption
cases but we are fully
focusing on these matters.
PTI will face Nawaz
campaign of attacking
institutions with full
force, he remarked.
Have Amir Khan and Faryal
Makhdoom patched up?
FAISALABAD: At least
nine patients lost their lives
while they were denied
treatment by protesting
doctors in Faisalabad’s
Allied Hospital.
According to media
reports, nine patients have
died over past 12 hours in
the government-run Allied
hospital where protesting
doctors associated with
Young Doctors Association
(YDA) continued boycott
of duties for the second
week.
The death occurred
when doctors barred the
entry of patients in emergency
ward.
Dubai was to make Faryal
jealous. "I partied in Dubai
with friends to get my wife
angry," he tweeted.
"Shouldn't have. That's not
like me and I'll prove that."
YDA protest leaves nine emergency
patients dead in Faisalabad
Reports said the junior
doctors have also obstructed
senior doctors from performing
duties. The medics
have been protesting for
their demands since last
month. Taking action
against them, the Punjab
Health Ministry has sacked
nearly 50 doctors.
Radio Pakistan to broadcast live change of guards
and flag hoisting ceremonies on August 14
has completed his term .
“As many as 18 ministers have
come in Pakistan in its 70 years history
but no one among them could
complete his mandated tenure. All
ISLAMABAD: Vendor displaying national flags to attract the customers at roadside
ahead of 70th Independence Day celebrations.
All the institutions will have to respect
parliament: Marriyum Aurangzeb
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information Ma ryam Aurangzeb talking
to media at the inaugural ceremony of Pakistan Movement's photographs
exhibition in connection with 70th Independence Day celebrations,
at Lok Virsa Museum.
the institutions will have to adhere
to law and constitution. Why it is so
in the history of Pakistan.
Assemblies are dissolved from time
to time. During dictatorial regime
newspapers were published containing
only blank paper” she said
this while inaugurating painting
exhibition in Lok Virsa Museum
here Friday.
She went on to say Parliament is
the most independent institution of
the country. Therefore, all the institutions
will have to respect parliament
because if parliament is independent
and there will be people in
the parliament then there can be
any talk about the rights of people
of Pakistan therein, she added.
She remarked dictatorial rule
remained in place for 9 years after
1999. What development was
achieved during these 9 years.
When we make comparison
between dictatorship and democracy
then its reply will come out automatically,
she added.
She observed that in 2013 the
country had plunged into darkness
as 18 hours long load shedding was
being observed. Nawaz Sharif had
pledged that there would be zero
loadshedding in Pakistan in 2018.
Nawaz Sharif did practical work for
ending loadshedding.
There can be no awareness about
rights and duties without reading
constitution , she said adding
Pakistan can not make progress
without continuity of democracy.
There is need to protect the will of
people of Pakistan, she remarked.
First time in Pakistan education
reforms were introduced. Every
child is attaining education free of
cost, she held.
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