Soon From LAHORE & KARACHIIslamabadA sister publication of CENTRELINE & DNA News Agency www.islamabadpost.com.pk ISLAMABAD EDITION Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Pakistan’s First AndP Only DiplomaticO Daily STPrice Rs. 20 Uzbekistan-Pakistan: Pakistan wishes 4th session of Strengthening the more linkages Pak-Belarus centuries-old relations with Germany council held Detailed News On Page-05 Detailed News On Page-08 Detailed News On Page-07 Briefs PM advocates IA Rehman passes away vaccine for all DNA and sundry LAHORE: Journalist and human rights advocate Ibn While making an opening statement Abdur Reh- man passed at the special virtual segment of the away on Mon- UN’s ESCFD, he said production of day in Lahore at the age of 90. Abdur Reh- the vaccine must be ramped up man more commonly known as IA Rehman, was born on September 1930 in Haryana, SHUJAAT HAMZA Pakistan to India. He was involved with journalism for more than 65 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran get 15m doses years and used to write col- Khan Monday said the international com- umns for DAWN newspaper. munity must ensure that the coronavirus He used to work with the vaccine was available to everyone, every- NEWS DESK Human Rights Commission where and as soon as possible, stressing that if it was not done, the virus will roam BERLIN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood of Pakistan and became the Qureshi announced on Monday Pakistan chief editor of the Pakistan around and come back. While making an opening statement at the will receive 15 million doses of a Covid-19 Times in 1989, and later vaccine under COVAX. “Following my meet- became the founding chair special virtual segment of the UN’s Economic and Social Council on Financing for Develop- ing with Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas, I of the Pakistan-India Peo- am happy to announce that Pakistan will ples’ Forum for Peace and ment here, the Prime Minister said the delib- erations of the forum this year were critical receive 15 million doses of the #COVID Democracy. Journalists and vaccine under COVAX, with a commitment other public figures took to as the world battled the corona virus and its massive socio-economic fallout. for these to be delivered by May,” FM Twitter to remember the hu- Qureshi, who is in Berlin on a two -day offi- man rights defender. He said Pakistan contained the first two waves of the virus through a policy of cial visit, tweeted. Addressing a joint news “smart lockdowns.” “We implemented an conference with his German counterpart ISLAMABAD: Ambassador MATSUDA Kuninori and Madam MATSUDA visiting centuries-old Tearing up eight billion dollar relief package to sup- Heiko Maas after delegation-level talks, Buddhist caves located at the foothills of the Margalla in Shah Allah Ditta village. – DNA port the poor and vulnerable, and to keep the foreign minister thanked Germany for show-cause our economy afloat at the same time.” pledging 15 million doses of vaccine for Pakistan. He said he had an “excellent” PAKISTAN IS NOW A SAFER PLACE FOR FOREIGN TOURISTS undemocratic Continued on Page 06 meeting with his German counterpart. Japan downgrades security ABID RAZA LAHORE: Pakistan Mus- Uzbek President, PM lim League- level for Pakistan: envoy N a w a z Imran hold online summit (PML-N) Ambassador Matsuda says Pakistan has rich potential in tourism leader Rana The agenda of the event includes topical issues of Sanaullah sector and it can easily become the hub of foreign tourists said that Sen- bilateral practical partnership and regional interaction pressed these views while the ancient heritage, the for foreign tourists and he ate opposition leader was ANSAR M BHATTI talking to media people Ambassador said, “this is in- expects many Japanese elected with the support DNA during his visit to Shah deed a very important place tourists to come to Pakistan of government ally party ISLAMABAD: The Ambas- Allah Ditta caves. Deputy to visit for me and I feel in the near future. “After which created the mistrust TASHKENT: The summit of the President sador of Japan MATSUDA Mayor of MCI Zeshan Naq- delighted having this op- visiting this place, I would and reason behind issuance of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mir- Kuninori has said Japan vi facilitated the visit. portunity to see the ancient introduce and recommend of show-cause notice to ziyoyev and the Prime Minister of the Islam- has downgraded security Ambassador MATSUDA Buddha caves located in the this important Buddhist PPP. He said that tearing ic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan will be level for Pakistan from Lev- Kuninori and Madam MAT- vicinity of Islamabad”. caves site in Shah Allah up the show-cause notice held via videoconference, on Wednesday. el 2 to Level 1, which means SUDA visited centuries-old The Ambassador said that Ditta among the Japanese was an undemocratic action The agenda of the event includes topical is- now more Japanese people Buddhist caves located at Pakistan has rich potential people to visit as this is the of PPP. Addressing a press sues of bilateral practical partnership and and businessmen can come the foothills of the Margalla in tourism sector and it area from where Buddhist conference in Lahore, Rana regional interaction. to Pakistan. The ambassa- in Shah Allah Ditta village can easily become the hub civilization reached Japan Sanaullah said that sharing The main attention will be paid to the joint suming air traffic, developing interregion- dor said the Japanese gov- and felt mesmerized by the of foreign tourists keeping and the foundation of Ja- the speech of Asif Ali Zard- promotion of the project for the construc- al contacts and cultural and humanitarian ernment took this decision beauty and significance of in view its ancient history, pan-Pakistan friendship was ari in the media made the tion of the Trans-Afghan railway, increas- exchanges. The leaders of Uzbekistan in the wake of improved law this ancient historical ar- Gandhara civilization and in fact laid down centuries atmosphere bitter. These ing the volume of mutual trade, expanding and Pakistan will also exchange views on and order and security situ- cheological site. natural landscape. ago”, said the Ambassador. in-camera meetings should cooperation between leading enterprises ation in Pakistan. While expressing his heart- The Ambassador said that not have been reported in and companies of the two countries, re- Continued on Page 06 Ambassador Matsuda ex- felt emotions after seeing Pakistan is now a safer place Continued on Page 06 the media. Our fight is not with the PPP or the ANP but against the selected gov- PDM does ernment, he added. not need to Zia Shahid apologise: passes away Shahid

DNA KHAQAN ABBASI LAHORE: Senior Journalist ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Zia Shahid Democratic Movement's passed away (PDM) secretary-general in Lahore. and former prime minister Zia Shahid Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on was serving Monday said that PPP Chair- as Chief Edi- man Bilawal Bhutto must tor of urdu newspaper Daily adopt a responsible attitude Khabrain. He was regarded when issuing statements. as one of the most credible He was referring to PPP's journalist of print media. announcement earlier today His network of Khabrain to resign from all positions group of newspapers is one ISLAMABAD: Hamad Obaid Alzaabi, the UAE Ambassador to of the PDM in response to of the largest in the coun- a show-cause notice served try. His services for the the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, inaugurates the Khaled Musabah Al Kaabi Mosque in Fatima Jinnah Park,Islamabad, in presence to the party. Speaking with journalism in Pakistan shall a private news channel, be remembered. of Ali Muhammad Khan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, and officials of the Embassy. – DNA Continued on Page 06 Inside... CDA operation against land grabbers underway Terror financing: United – Page 02 1st superfast EV charging station Kingdom’s move not fact based inaugurated – Page 03 21 countries that were part IP REPORT of Schedule 3ZA (High Risk Chief Commissioner, Pakistan condemns Countries) under its Money RTO Rawalpindi ISLAMABAD: Foreign Of- Laundering and Terrorist visit RCCI fice (FO) spokesperson Za- killing of 3 Kashmiris Financing (Amendment) – Page 04 hid Hafeez Chaudhri said (High-Risk Countries) Reg- Uzbekistan-Pakistan: on Monday that the United STAFF REPORT ulations 2021. Strengthening Kingdom’s decision to in- Responding to the move ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemns the extra-judi- centuries-old ties clude Pakistan in the list of on Monday, Chaudhry said cial killing of three Kashmiris including a 14-year old juve- – Page 05 Money Laundering and Ter- in a statement that “Paki- nile and a student of 10th grade by the Indian occupation rorist Financing High-Risk stan has a robust AML [an- Protests after forces in a so-called “cordon-and-search” operation in Shopi- Countries was not based on ti-money laundering]/CFT Minneapolis police an, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). facts. In a statement issued [combatting the financing of shoot Black man The further intensification of “fake encounters” is a matter – Page 06 from Islamabad, Chaudhri terrorism] regime in place.” of grave concern. Extra-judicial killings of young men, in- expressed the hope that The statement added that cluding teenage boys, and refusal to return human remains FPCCI calls for the “UK would review its over the last two years, Paki- removal of tariff of those martyred is completely unlawful and reflects the regulations in light of facts stan has taken “unprecedent- barriers between D-8 moral bankruptcy of the Indian Occupation forces. on ground and avoid polit- ed measures through a series – Page 07 Pakistan has repeatedly called for independent investiga- ically motivated and mis- of legislative, institutional tions, under international scrutiny, into the extra-judicial Pak wishes more placed measures.” and administrative actions killings of all innocent Kashmiris. Pakistan calls upon the economic linkages A day earlier, it had in the domain of anti-money international community to hold India accountable for the with Germany emerged that the UK had laundering and countering – Page 08 gross and systematic human rights violations in IIOJK. added Pakistan to the list of financing of terrorism.” 02 IslamabadPOST NATIONAL Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Bootlegger Briefs held with ‘Peace liquor cannot be established MEHBOOB AHIR SARGODHA: Police on on dead Monday claimed to have bodies’ arrested a bootlegger and recovered liquor from his possession. DNA A team of Sahiwal police MIRPUR [AJK]: Azad Jam- station headed by SHO Sa- mu and Kashmir President hib Khan conducted a raid Sardar Masood Khan on at Rana Town and arrested Monday said that we want notorious bootlegger Bi- peace in the region but lal Maseeh and recovered peace could n’t be estab- 200 liter liquor from him. lished on the dead bodies Police have registered of Kashmiris. a case against the accused “If India desires peace,it and started investigation. will have to resolve the Man kills brother over Kashmir issue in accord- minor dispute ance with the wishes of A man killed his elder Kashmiris and internation- brother over a minor dis- al principles,” Masood em- pute in Laksiyan police phasized. limits on Monday. In an interview with a pri- The police said Amjad vate television network at of Hayyatpur Village had Kashmir House in the fed- ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan chairs the meeting of Council of Common Interest in Islamabad. – DNA quarreled with his elder eral metropolis, President brother Javaid over a do- Sardar Masood Khan said mestic issue. After ex- that bilateral talks with In- dia had taken place many FCCI times in the past but they did not prove productive president because the two countries CDA operation against welcomes new had different goals,AJK President office said on FBR chief Monday. He said,”Pakistan wants BUREAU REPORT a solution to the Kashmir land grabbers underway issue through these talks FAISALABAD: Engineer while India is trying to Hafiz Ihtasham Javed Pres- gain time by sidelining the The administration of CDA is continuously taking actions against encroachments, illegal con- ident Faisalabad Chamber Kashmir issue in the talks of Commerce & Industry and discussing irrelevant structions, and land grabbers. In this regard, a mega operation was conducted in Bari Imam. (FCCI) has welcomed the and trivial issues so that it nomination of Mr. Asim can deceive the world.” The operation was conducted under the supervision of the department of Enforcement Ahmad member Informa- The President said that tion and Technology Fed- the people of Jammu and stall was demolished. 17 rooms, sum Hospital, Allah Wali Mark- thority (CDA) has conducted an eral Board of Revenue as Kashmir were giving blood STAFF REPORT 27 boundary walls, 07 kitchens, tet sector F-8/1, F-9 Park, 10th anti encroachment operation at for Pakistan and the gov- 09 washrooms, 08 gates, 12 un- avenue I-10/4, F-7/4 opposite to Humak and retrieved 200 kanal new chairman of the FBR ernment and state of Pa- ISLAMABAD: Operations of der construction rooms, 3 buffa- Jublee Park, F-6 opposite Shell state land from mafia. after the retirement of Mr. kistan would never leave Capital Development Authority lo centers, 03 building material PetrolPump, Trail 5, F-7/1 Faisal According to details, the ad- Javed Ghani. them alone in their strug- (CDA) against encroachments, centers, 04 shelters, 03 buffalo Market and others. ministration of CDA is conduct- In a statement issued today, gle for the right to self-de- illegal constructions, and land shades, were demolished dur- According to an Environmen- ing indiscriminate operations Engineer Hafiz Ihtasham termination. grabbers are underway. In a ing the said operation. Govern- tal Expert Dr Sohail Yousaf, against the mafia and illegal con- Javed President Faisalabad Commenting on the in- fresh move, CDA retrieved gov- ment’s land was retrieved by plants under the Miyawaki for- structions in the city. In this re- Chamber of Commerce & ternational community’s ernment’s land in Bari Imam. CDA’s operation against illegal ests grew 10 times faster and gard, illegal constructions have Industry (FCCI) hoped support to the right to According to detail, the admin- constructions. 30 times denser as compared been demolished by the enforce- that Mr. Asim Ahmad self-determination of the istration of CDA is continuously Miyawaki afforestation’s to the conventional plantation’s ment teams of the CDA. member Information and Kashmir people, he said taking actions against encroach- first phase in final stages techniques. Under the supervision of en- Technology Federal Board that voices in support of ments, illegal constructions, and The first phase of Miyawaki af- by the civic agency on its twitter Husail Jamil, a resident of the forcement department, heavy of Revenue will fully ex- Kashmiris were echoing in land grabbers. In this regard, a forestation is in final stages with account. capital city, said in the vid- missionary of MPO department ploit his Information and the UK, Europe, ASEAN mega operation was conducted 17 such forests have been estab- The DG environment said the eo that he was delighted that is used for the operation. Dur- Technology skills to further countries, Gulf States and in Bari Imam. The operation lished at different populated lo- CDA was in process of growing the civic agency was ensuring ing the operation, the revenue enhance the tax net and col- even in the US Congress. was conducted under the su- cations of the federal capital in 23 Miyawaki forests at various forestation through such unique department has identified the lect maximum revenue for pervision of the department of line with ‘Clean Green Pakistan’ populated places of the capital techniques. said government lands. Includ- the country. Enforcement. During the opera- initiative of Prime Minister Im- city under the first phase. It may be mentioned here that ing the side office, two rooms, Mr. Asim Ahmad said that CM’s advisor tion illegal construction was de- ran Khan. The two minutes long video Prime Minister Imran Khan in- six rooms under construction, expansion in the tax net molished near Bari Imam Shams The Capital Development Au- also mentioned as many as 17 augurated the first Miyawaki a gate, a barrier, two security will not only lessen burden inaugurates Gate. Later on, operations were thority (CDA) Director Gener- locations, where the Miyawaki forest in February. picks and 2,000 concrete blocks on the existing tax payers also conducted at Muslim Colo- al (DG) Environment Naveed forests had been established, in- CDA retrieves have been demolished and gov- but also ensure maximum Kallar Kahar ny, and Diplomatic Enclave near Tareen confirmed the develop- cluding Lotus Park, F-7 Markaz, 200 kanal land ernment lands has been handed recoveries from the unex- museum gate No. 05.Building material ment in a video message posted Shakar Pariyan, Opposite to Kul- The Capital Development Au- over. ploited sectors. LAHORE: Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister on Tourism Asif Mehmood said on Mon- Ehsas Koi Bhoka Na Soye day that tourism in Kallar Kahar could be promoted to a great extent while the mu- launched in Faisalabad seum in the area would help sioner Sadar Umar Maq- FCCI announces in increasing the influx of ISHFAQ MUGHAL bool and other officers, work hour tourists. industrialists were also The Faisalabad Chamber He stated this while inaugu- FAISALABAD: Under the present. Addressing the of Commerce & Industry rating Kallar Kahar muse- vision of the Prime Min- inaugural function, the (FCCI) has announced um, says a press release. ister of Pakistan, “Ehsas provincial ministers said working hours for the He said the Punjab govern- Koi Bhoka Na Soye” a mo- that feeding to the others Holy month of Ramzan. ment wanted to set up mu- bile langar program has is a sunnah of Prophet Mu- Engineer Hafiz Ihtasham seums at all popular and been launched in Faisal- hammad PBUH and also a Javed President FCCI told historic tourism places of abad.The two food trucks tradition in Punjab. that in line with the direc- the province. Archaeology distributed food packets He said that two food tive of the government Director General Ilyas Gill among the people present trucks in Faisalabad would of Pakistan and FPCCI, said the construction work on the spot while the truck serve food packets to the the offices of the FCCI of Kallar Kahar museum left for different routes to people especially the lab- will open from Monday was started in 2008-09 but distributes food packets. orers, passengers and to Thursday and Saturday the project faced delay due In Faisalabad, two trucks hardworking brothers with from 9.00 AM to 2.00 PM. to non recruitment of staff. will distribute 10,000 respect. The provincial However the public deal- All necessary staff had been lunch boxes daily in prom- ministers congratulated ing will be made only from recruited and now the mu- inent areas of the city. the Silani Welfare Trust 9.00 AM to 1:30 PM. seum was open for public, Punjab Ministers for Pros- and other concerned wel- The working hour will be he added. ecution and Culture Ch. fare trusts besides de- from 9.00 AM to 1.00 PM The DG said that tourists Zaheer ud Din and Mian partments on the launch on Friday. The public deal- visiting the museum would Khayal Ahmad Kastro of “Ehsas Koi Bhoka Na ing on this day will be from be informed about the his- inagurared the project. Soye”. Participants of 9.00 AM to 12:30 PM. toric importance of Kallar Deputy Commissioner the event watched the These working hours will Kahar. Mohammad Ali, SSP Oper- inaugural ceremony of come into force immedi- Tourism Secretary Ehsan ations Mohammad Afzal, the in Khyber Pakhtunkh- ately with the sighting of Bhutta said that centuries Members of Assembly wa and Lahore and also Moon. However these tim- old antiques had been dis- Chaudhry Latif Nazar, heard Prime Minister Im- ing would revert back to played in three galleries. Shakeel Shahid, Firdous ran Khan address via big pre Ramzan timing after Rai, Assistant Commis- screen. Eid-ul-Fiter. Government has constitutional right to complete term responded, adding that the government ABID RAZA will continue to take practical steps for continuation of democracy, end of cor- LAHORE: Governor Punjab Chaudhry ruption and supremacy of law and order Mohammad Sarwar has said that the Pa- in the country. kistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government To a query, the Punjab governor, who is has the constitutional right to complete the patron of the Punjab Aab-e-Pak Au- its five-year tenure like the PPP and the thority, said the Authority would install PML-N. filtration plants in all parts of the prov- Speaking at the foundation laying cer- ince without discrimination or political emony of clean water schemes under bias, adding that clean drinking water Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority at the Gover- plants would be installed in constituen- nor’s House here on Monday, he said Pa- cies of the opposition MPAs and MNAs kistan People’s Party and Pakistan Mus- as well. lim League-N ruled the country for five He said some non-profit organisations years from 2008-2013 and 2013-2018, were also cooperating with the Aab-e-Pak respectively, adding that the Pakistan About Jahangir Tareen, Ch Sarwar said Authority for installation of water filtra- Tehreek-e-Insaf emerged successful in no federal or provincial institution would tion plants. the general election 2018 through public meddle in cases being investigated The governor, while responding to a support. against the PTI leader Jahangir Khan Ta- question, said Provincial Finance Com- To a question, the governor said that reen, adding that it was premature to say mission should be formed so that de- the PTI won the 2018 general elections anything in the matters under investiga- velopment funds could be distributed through unity, adding that the party tion but justice will be served. among all districts according to their members should forge unity by overcom- On the PDM long-march, the governor population. ing petty differences. said the PPP and the ANP had parted Speaking to the media, SACM Dr Fird- Special Assistant to Chief Minister Dr ways with the PDM, adding that there ous Ashiq Awan said clean drinking wa- Firdous Ashiq Awan, PTI Senator Ijaz was no threat to the Pakistan Tehreek- ter is the most important need and after Ahmad Chaudhry and members of e-Insaf government in the center or the the establishment of the Punjab Aab-e- Tehreek-e-Insaf Lahore Assembly and province from the distraught and divided Pak Authority under the leadership of Chairman Punjab Aab-e- Pak Authority opposition parties. Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, Dr Shakeel Ahmad, Chief Executive Pun- “The left-over PDM parties will march the people of Punjab will get clean drink- jab Aab-e-Pak Authority Syed Zahid Aziz against one another and not against the ing water and it will help in prevention of were also present. government, if they decide to do so,” he various diseases. 03 IslamabadPOST ETROLITE M Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Ulema Briefs assure SOPs Bio-agent compliance control cards in Ramzan provided IBRAR KHAN ISLAMABAD: Ulema from to growers different schools of thought on Monday assured the STAFF REPORT district administration for ISLAMABAD: The govern- observance of anti-coro- ment had produced over navirus standard operat- 76,600 bio-agent cards to ing procedures (SOPs) at reduce use of chemical mosques to contain spread spray and pesticides on dif- of third wave of the pan- ferent crops for promoting demic during the month of echo-friendly agriculture in Ramazan. the country. The bio-agents They gave assurance in a cards were also distributed meeting, held here with among the sugarcane farm- additional deputy commis- er for biological control of sioner (ADC) Babar Sahab insects for producing chem- Din in the chair. The ADC ical free agriculture produc- urged the Ulema and prayer es by reducing the reliance leaders to teach people on the use of chemicals, about intensity of the situa- said an official in the Minis- tion through their daily ser- try of National Food Securi- mons and preaching. ty and Research. He asked them to ensure Talking to media here on wearing face masks and Monday, he said that the as- social distancing inside the sistance was provided under mosques, besides imple- productivity enhancement ISLAMABAD: Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, ICCI inaugurating an electric vehicle superfast (EVS) charging station assembled by Tesla Industries mentation on other COV- project of major crop, which Islamabad, Abdul Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Amir Hussain, CEO, Waleed Bin Aamir, Director, Tesla Industries and others are also in picture. – DNA ID-19 protocols in light with initiated under Prime Min- the directions of health min- ister National Agriculture istry and NCOC. He noted Emergency Program. that mosques administra- He further informed that tion should form a commit- bio-control agent was one 1st superfast EV charging tee to maintain liaison with of the safest ways to man- the administration, so the age the insect pests, which virus transmission might be consists of conservation, controlled. augmentation and importa- tion of biological based tech- station inaugurated Twitter asked nologies, adding that last two steps require rearing of President ICCI lauded the initiative of the govt for approving Pakistan’s first to block anti- bio-control agents. judiciary Under the program, 04 Electric Vehicle Policy and emphasized that the government should trainings on insect-pests and content diseases of sugarcane were take strong measures for its implementation also organized , which was attended by the field exten- This was said by Sardar Yasir Il- tation so that the investors could of transport in the region. manufacturer which were installed SHAHEEN HANIF sion workers, he said adding STAFF REPORT yas Khan, President, Islamabad capitalize on its incentives to man- Aamir Hussain, Chief Executive almost all over Pakistan and this su- that 22 surveys regarding Chamber of Commerce & Indus- ufacture electric vehicles in the Officer, Tesla Industries Islamabad perfast EV chargers will be rolled ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan insect-pests, diseases and ISLAMABAD: The electric vehi- try while inaugurating Pakistan’s country. He said that EV chargers shared the details of EV charg- out with similar concept. Telecom Authority (PTA) nutrients management or- cles have great future in Pakistan high end electric vehicle superfast would help in reducing Pakistan’s ers’ infrastructure development Waleed Bin Aamir, Director, Te- has approached the top ganized in order to enhance as they would bring multiple ben- (EVS) charging station assembled capacity payments to the IPPs plan. He said that Tesla would sla Industries elaborated the EV management of Twitter, a output of sugarcane. efits to the economy that included by Tesla Industries Islamabad. leading to reduction in circular assemble EV chargers of various chargers’ technology. He said micro blogging platform, to Meanwhile, he said that reducing environment pollution, Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan said that debt as well. He appreciated the voltages ranging from 30, 60, 120 that the EV chargers of Tesla immediately block and re- about 282 numbers of field promoting healthy climate, mak- many countries around the world initiative of Tesla Industries for and 250KW to meet the needs of would be integrated with mobile move malicious trends and equipment and machin- ing significant cut in oil import were taking initiatives to reduce launching a “Made in Pakistan” customers. He said that 120KW EV APP for advance booking of charg- tweets vilifying the coun- ery booked by the farmers bill, saving precious forex reserves the CO2 emissions by introducing product and starting the assembly Charger would take 25-30 minutes ing time slots at any station that try’s superior judiciary. from Agriculture Extension and providing cost effective trans- electric vehicles. He lauded the of a complete range of EV charg- in charging a vehicle. He said that would be a great facilitation for “Twitter has particularly Department Punjab and 72 portation to people, therefore, initiative of the government for ers in Islamabad. He termed it a Tesla has always been the pioneer the customers in planning their been informed that pres- were distributed to farmers, the government should announce approving Pakistan’s first Electric major breakthrough in the infra- in introducing state of the art and trips and routes. He said that Te- ence of such content and adding that 725 demon- more incentives for electric cars Vehicle Policy and emphasized structure development of electric innovative products in the energy sla has planned to install the new trends do not come under stration trials conducted, to attract maximum investment in that the government should take vehicles and hoped that it would sector since 1991. He said that Tes- EV chargers at workplaces and the definition of freedom however data records were this sector in the country. strong measures for its implemen- facilitate the growth of this mode la was the largest CNG dispensers’ shopping malls in near future. of expression and hence under process. must be taken down in- stantly as “contempt of court” [which] is one of AIOU 25 ‘Mobile Sastaa the categories that holds high priority for the Au- announces Bazaars’ to provide thority,” the PTA said in a news release on Tuesday. exams for The telecom authority said postponed edibles at door step the platform had also been plan to provide relief to the directed to effectively and papers DNA citizens during the month of expeditiously respond to Ramazan, he said. the PTA’s requests for re- DNA ISLAMABAD: As many as Sharing the plan, he said moval of illegal and harm- 25 'Mobile Sastaa Bazaars' around 10 Ramazan 'Sas- ful online content to avoid ISLAMABAD: Examina- would operate in Islamabad taa Bazaars' were set up any legal action. tions of some of the courses during the month of Ramazan at various locations in the of matriculation and inter- to provide quality edibles city to control profiteering IWMB’s mediate of Allama Iqbal to the buyers on subsidized and hoarding of essential Open University which rates at their door step. commodities. fire fighting were postponed earlier in "The citizens might pur- The Bazaars were estab- Islamabad region and some chase vegetables, fruits and lished in collaboration capacity areas of Rawalpindi on 25th other essential food items at with Capital Development scales up March have been resched- government notified rates Authority (CDA) at sec- uled today (13th April). from these vehicles, mov- tors, G-7, G-10, H-9, I-9, ISLAMABAD: The Islama- According to Examinations CAMEA launches book on Covid impact ing in sectors as well as in E-11, Pakistan town, Lohi bad Wildlife Management Department of the univer- was Mr. Shafqat Mahmood, Through fifteen descriptive last year Pakistan exponen- sub-urban areas of the fed- bher, Aabpara, Bara Kahu Board (IWMB)’s project sity, final papers of course KHAYAM ABBASI Federal Minister for Edu- chapters, ‘The Covid Chal- tially used its health care’s eral capital,” Deputy Com- and Tarnol. aimed to scale up its capac- code 211 of matriculation cation. Other distinguished lenge: Impact on the Middle capacities and through effi- missioner Islamabad Hamza To ensure prompt resolu- ity of fire fighting and equip program and course code ISLAMABAD: The Centre discussants included: Dr. East & Africa’ seeks to cover cient coordination delivered Shafqaat said on Monday. tion of public complaints, he its staff with latest gadgets 312 of intermediate pro- for Afghanistan, Middle East Khalid Hussain Memon, the complex interplay of geo- an economic response and Talking to media, he said said two magistrates were to contain fires in the Mar- gram were postponed in Is- & Africa (CAMEA) at the Special Secretary Middle politics, healthcare, regional health response which is district administration was deputed in the city each for galla Hills National Park was lamabad and some parts of Institute of Strategic Studies East, Ministry of Foreign Af- power dynamics, economy very well delivered and note- making all out efforts to rural and sectoral area. in the limbo amid no devel- Rawalpindi region due to Pa- (ISSI) had the official launch fairs Pakistan; Mr. Ali Javed, and conflicts under the worthy. She highlighted that provide maximum relief to The magistrates would opment. The Federal Om- kistan Day parade on March of its first edited book ti- Additional Secretary Africa, broader theme of Covid-19. the digital intervention sys- the low income group, un- take actions on citizens’ budsman Secretariat or Wa- 25 have been rescheduled tled, ‘The Covid Challenge: Ministry of Foreign Affairs During her remarks, Dr. tem as well as biometric pay- der the directives of Prime complaints, received faqi Mohtasib Secretariat today. The examination Impact on Middle East & Pakistan and Ambassador Sania Nishtar congratulat- ments are examples of this Minister Imran Khan. through social media plat- had made recommendations Department has further Africa’ today. The Keynote Rizwan- ul-Haq Mahmood, ed ISSI and CAMEA for a response. She stated that He said some 100 utili- forms and other channels which were endorsed by the informed that final exam- address was delivered by Dr. Former Pakistani Diplomat job well done. She outlined the pandemic has helped ty stores were also made like WhatsApp, official Supreme Court of Pakistan inations of BA (Associate Sania Nishtar, Special As- to Muscat, Abu Dhabi & Jed- the importance of pursuing cement the bond between functional across the city helpline and 'City Islama- to prevent fire incidents in Degree) program offered sistant of Pakistan's Prime dah. The launch was attend- intellectual pursuits. She ordinary citizens. Dr. Nish- to ensure the availability bad' mobile Application. the Margalla Hills whereas in Fall 2020 semester will Minister and Federal Minis- ed by former ambassadors, talked about Pakistan’s re- tar said that she was proud of basic kitchen items at The citizens might lodge it all remained on the cards commence from 19th April ter, Poverty Alleviation and members of the diplomatic sponse to Covid which she to be a part of a government affordable rates. Islamabad their complaints while us- and no practical step was 2021, whereas results of the Social Safety Ministry. The corps, academics, students said was noteworthy. She which has helped provide re- Capital Territory (ICT) Ad- ing following numbers 051- taken so far, an IWMB offi- two-year Associate Degree Chief Guest on the occasion and media personnel. highlighted how over the lief to the masses. ministration had finalized a 9108194 and 0341-5554440. cial told APP on Monday. in Education (ADE) pro- gram of Spring 2020 semes- ter have been announced. Book DG PNCA condoles demise launching ceremony held of Ibn Abdur Rehman at PUCAR Rehman was a distinguished journalist and was involved RAWALPINDI: Punjab Arts with journalism for more than 65 years. He was close friend Council in collaboration with Pothohari Adab Sangat of Faiz Ahmed Faiz and written a lot on films in his early year hosted a book lunching cer- emony of renowned poetess Pakistan crisis, he was RAJA PERVAIZ Shamsa Noreen. The cere- working as the managing mony was presided over by editor of Urdu daily Azad. ISLAMABAD: Director Dr. Munawar Hashmi while He spent the Ziaul Haq General PNCA Dr, Fouzia Dr. Nisar Turabi and Wafa period (1978–88) as the Saeed expressed deepest Chishti graced the occasion executive editor of weekly condolence on sad demise as special guests. Mr. Syed Viewpoint. of Ibn Abdur Rehman. Hu- Saqib Imam Rizvi, Dr. Far- Apart from publishing man rights activist and jour- hat Abbas and Farhad Arif hundreds of articles and nalist Ibn Abdur Rehman, graced the occasion as the papers, he had authored or commonly known as IA guests of honor. Abdul Rauf three books: Jinnah as a Rehman, has passed away Kayani hosted the event. Parliamentarian (co-edi- at the age of 90 at his home Shamsa Noreen also recited tor), Arts and Crafts of Pa- in Lahore, his family con- some ghazals from the new kistan, and Pakistan under firmed Monday. poetry collection. Siege, a collection of his Rehman was a columnist Addressing the gathering, own columns. for the daily Dawn and was Dr. Munawar Hashmi said Rehman worked as director actively involved with the that poetry is the name of of HRCP for two decades Human Rights Commission than 65 years.He was close motion of Arts & Culture. sensitive emotions. Sham- and was also the group’s of Pakistan (HRCP). friend of Faiz Ahmed Faiz During his career, he had sa Noorin has beautifully secretary general till 31 Rehman was a distinguished and written a lot on films in served as the editor-in-chief conveyed her thoughts to December, 2016.His excep- journalist and was involved his early year. of the Pakistan Times from the audience. – APP tion services will be remem- with journalism for more He contributed a lot in pro- 1988-1990. During the East bered forever. 04 IslamabadPOST TWIN CITIES Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Shamsa’s Briefs Chief Commissioner, RTO poetry SC dismisses collection WAPDA unveiled employees’ Rawalpindi visit RCCI DNA plea RAWALPINDI: The Punjab President Mr. Mohammad Nasir Mirza welcomed the delegation and had a detailed Arts Council in collabora- tion with Pothohari Adab RAJA PERVAIZ meeting on the tax subject. Integration of POS for Tier 1 retailers was one of the main Sangat organized a lunch- ISLAMABAD: The Su- points discussed besides many other points relating to routine tax issues ing ceremony of renowned preme Court on Monday poetess Shamsa Noreen’s dismissed the appeals of poetry collection “Puhl the employees of Water and STAFF REPORT Chuli Nain” at Rawalpindi Power Department Author- Arts Council here on Mon- ity (WAPDA) seeking grant RAWALPINDI: Chief Com- day. of special allowance. missioner RTO Rawalpindi The ceremony was presid- A two-member SC bench Dr. Khalid Mahmood Lodhi ed over by Dr. Munawar comprising Chief Justice along with his team visit- Hashmi while Dr. Nisar Gulzar Ahmed and Justice ed Rawalpindi Chamber of Turabi and Wafa Chishti Ijaz Ul Ahsan heard the case Commerce and Industry. graced the occasion as spe- filed by WAPDA employees. President Mr. Mohammad cial guests. During the course of pro- Nasir Mirza welcomed the Syed Saqib Imam Rizvi, Dr. ceedings, the counsel for delegation and had a de- Farhat Abbas and Farhad the employees said that the tailed meeting on the tax Arif graced the occasion as tribunal ordered to grant al- subject. the guests of honor where- lowances to the categories Integration of POS for Tier as Abdul Rauf Kayani host- of Scientific, Admin and IT. 1 retailers was one of the ed the event. WAPDA granted allowance main points discussed be- On this occasion, author to only one category while sides many other points of her book renowned po- rest were ignored, he added. relating to routine tax is- etess Shamsa Noreen also He said that WAPDA gave sues including harassment, recited some ghazals from allowance to one employee issuance of undue notices, her new poetry collection. sitting in the same room but Jewellery industry etc. CC Addressing the gathering, not to another. RTO assured his office Dr. Munawar Hashmi said Justice Ijaz asked if there utmost cooperation with that poetry was the name was a doctor in the same RCCI for the facilitation of of sensitive emotions room with the engineer, he business community and and Shamsa Noorin has should also get the allow- its members. beautifully conveyed her ance? thoughts to the audience. He asked what would re- The poetry collection is searchers and agriculture Miyawaki afforestation’s a gift for those who be- officers had to do with en- IGP directs police to serve long to the literary circle, gineers. first phase in final stages he added. Naeem Akram He said that researchers Qureshi, Wasim Jibran, and agriculture officers masses with honesty, dedication Khalid Majeed, Sharif were getting salaries ac- MEHMOOD ABDULLAH Shad, Asim Rana, Rifat An- cording to their jobs. ISLAMABAD: The first phase of Miyawaki afforestation is al cop represents the collec- derstand the principles for in the city and e-challan jum and other poets also The counsel said that apart in final stages with 17 such forests have been established KHAYAM ABBASI tive attitude of the force. So, effective policing. system has been introduced addressed the ceremony. from graduate engineers, at different populated locations of the federal capital in it is up to you to earn good He said participants were besides setting up investiga- Later, Director Arts Coun- some researchers were also line with ‘Clean Green Pakistan’ initiative of Prime Min- ISLAMABAD: Inspector name for police department imparted best training in tion wing, appointment of cil Waqar Ahmed congrat- being given allowances. ister Imran Khan. General of Police (IGP) Is- through your devotion and the limited resources and police guides and introduc- ulated Shamsa Noreen on The court after hearing ar- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Director Gen- lamabad Qazi Jamil ur Reh- honesty,” he said. they should use their capa- tion of bicycle patrol unit. the new poetry collection. guments dismissed the ap- eral (DG) Environment Naveed Tareen confirmed the de- man on Monday The IGP, observing the bilities to serve the people Earlier, SSP (Headquar- A large number of people peals of the employees. velopment in a video message posted by the civic agency IGP urged the police offi- parade, said that this force and ensure protection to ters) welcomed the IGP belonging to the literary on its twitter account. The DG environment said the CDA cials to serve the masses had always hectic schedule the lives and property of the and told that recruits have circle participated in the Gang busted, was in process of growing 23 Miyawaki forests at various with honesty and dedication of duties which included citizens. been trained on the modern event. populated places of the capital city under the first phase. so as to earn a good name security, traffic control, pa- Islamabad police have lines. He said that two ASIs foreign The two minutes long video also mentioned as many as for police department. trolling and several other performed very well in en- probation courses, nine in- Cleanliness 17 locations, where the Miyawaki forests had been estab- He said this while address- duties. The IGP congratu- suring implementation on termediate course, 33 basic currency lished, including Lotus Park, F-7 Markaz, Shakar Pariyan, ing the passing out parade lated the passing out police- SOPs and gave awareness recruit courses, four lady plan devised Opposite to Kulsum Hospital, Allah Wali Market sector of 34th Recruits Course men, SSP (Headquarters), to people about preventing recruit courses, 18 lower recovered F-8/1, F-9 Park, 10th avenue I-10/4, F-7/4 opposite to here at Police Line Head- Principal Police Training measures, he added. school courses, two drill in- by RWMC, Jublee Park, F-6 opposite Shell Petrol Pump, Trail 5, F-7/1 quarters in which 134 po- School over the successful He also appreciated the structor courses have been Albayrak IBRAR KHAN Faisal Market and others. licemen passed out. completion of the course. Islamabad police force for recently completed. According to an Environmental Expert Dr. Sohail Yousaf, All the DIGs, SSPs, AIGs He said that participants maintaining law and order Later, the IGP distributed ISLAMABAD: Islamabad RAWALPINDI: The Rawal- plants under the Miyawaki forests grew 10 times faster and other senior police of- have demonstrated their situation. prizes among those cops police have busted a gang pindi Waste Management and 30 times denser as compared to the conventional plan- ficials have attended the skills in the course while He said that Islamabad po- who got distinctions in their of thieves and recovered for- Company (RWMC) and tation’s techniques. event. the dedication of their lice is using the latest tech- various programme of the eign currency, wrist watch- “The attitude of an individu- trainers helped them to un- nology to improve policing course. Albayrak have devised a es, files of plots and other special cleanliness plan valuables from them, a po- in the city to provide best lice spokesman said. March recorded most waste management servic- He said that an overseas Authorities to ensure SOPs at es in the Ramazan Bazars Pakistani Fida Muhammad healthy month amid lowest of Rawalpindi and Murree lodged report at Noon po- city. lice station that he has been Ramazan sasta bazaars pollutant ratios: EPA Spokesman of Albayrak residing in a foreign country told here Monday that along with family and re- An effective mechanism has been devised to monitor the prices (SO2) that are generated these services would be cently came to Pakistan. DNA in response to burning of provided in 9 Ramzan ba- On February 2, 2021, he of essential commodities to provide relief to the consumers combustible material from zars lying under Albayrak was invited by his friend at ISLAMABAD: The Paki- garbage, leaves to petro- and RWMC jurisdiction. providing relief to the citizens that no compromise would be He also stressed to ensure stan Environmental Protec- leum products used in au- Kallar Kahar and did not SHUJAAT HAMZA through Sasta Bazaars made made on the quality of sub- the availability of sugar at all Sanitary workers would be find his car at home on re- tion Agency (Pak-EPA) has tomobiles and industries, deployed in these Ramazan by the government would sidized items. In addition to retailer shops on govt. noti- calculated the air quality turn parked at the porch. said a Pak-EPA official in bazars who would work in RAWALPINDI: Commission- be fulfilled and every effort the quantity and quality of the fied rates at Rs. 85/kg. throughout the month of Moreover, foreign currency an exclusive talk with APP. two shifts. Mechanical er Rawalpindi Gulzar Hussain would be made to provide items, cleanliness, functional The Commissioner said that March as healthy on aver- and other valuables were She said the average ratio of sweeping and mechanical Shah has directed the au- maximum relief to citizens. CCTV cameras and display- an effective mechanism has age amid reduced air pollut- PM 2.5 was recorded 21.68 also found missing from the washing of suburb areas thorities to ensure standard He along with Deputy ing of fixed price list at the been devised to monitor ant ratios. micrograms per cubic me- home. would be specially done operating procedures (SOPs) Commissioner Rawalpindi prominent place were also prices of essential commod- The key parameters ter (mg/m3 or measuring Following this complaint, regarding anti-COVID-19 at Anwar-ul-Haq, and Addition- inspected. Gulzar expressed ities to provide relief to the gauged to check the air along with waste collec- a team of Industrial area concentration unit) which all Ramazan Sasta bazaars ac- al Deputy Commissioner satisfaction over bazaars ar- consumers during the holy quality of the federal cap- was below the National En- tion activities. A sched- police station investigat- cording to guidelines issued (Headquarters) Abdullah rangements, including the month of Ramazan. Stern ac- ital noted 24-hour average vironmental Quality Stand- ule of waste lifting using ed into case and succeed- by the Punjab government. Mehmood checked the pric- seating facilities, help desks, tion would be taken against concentration of particu- ards (NEQS) of 35 mg/m3 mini-dumpers, containers ed to arrest three thieves During a visit to Ramazan es of commodities of daily complaint register, medical those shopkeepers found in- late matter of 2.5 microns and World Health Organiza- and compactors has been identified as Mali k Sohail Bazaar set up at the double use items including quality, camp, attendance register, volved in hoarding, profiteer- (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide tion (WHO) standards of 20 prepared for prompt waste Zaman, Hasnain Khursh- road, he said the promise of weight and stock and warned and visitor register. ing and adulteration. (NO2) and sulphur dioxide mg/m3. collection. Moreover, eed and Khawaja Ameen. special cleaning of major Police recovered the stolen markets, graveyards and items from them and they Winners mosques would be done confessed during the initial of ‘AIC’ during the Holy Month of investigation to develop Ramzan. friendship with overseas announced Social mobilizing teams Pakistanis and later ransack would also be deployed their houses along with ac- ISLAMABAD: The Ministry to brief and aware shop- complices. of Information Technology & keepers and buyers about Further investigation is un- Telecom (MoITT) and FAO proper disposal of waste derway from them. on Monday held a joint event with an aim to facilitate to announce the winners of smooth implementation of PNCA to an ‘Agrisurge Innovation Chal- the plan. Banners will be lenge’ (AIC) that was aimed at hanged and awareness lit- organize accelerating development of erature would be distribut- Pakistan’s agriculture sector ed in all Ramadan Bazaars ceremony using advanced technologies. for said purpose. for FPP Under the contest, the organ- Imams of Masajids would izers had sought innovative be requested to promote solutions that could boost Paki- message of cleanliness stan’s agriculture, increase the STAFF REPORT and its importance via resilience of food systems and Juma sermons and regular help transform small farmers preaching. – APP ISLAMABAD: Director Gen- through 4th Industrial Wave eral Pakistan National Council (4IW) technologies. of the Arts (PNCA) Dr. Fouz- Around 738 participants had Irum Batool’s ia Saeed has said that PNCA applied for the challenge, portraits film section was planning a organized by Ignite Nation- grand graduation ceremony al Technology Fund of the exhibition for the graduates of ‘online MoITT in collaboration with one-year film production pro- ISLAMABAD: British pakistani politician lord (R) Nazir Ahmed is receiving the book “Jahan Dost” from Zafar FAO of the United Nations, a at RAC gram’ (FPP) in June this year. Bakhtawari at Islamabad. Iqbal Choudhry, Zahid Iqbal Chowdhry, BabarChoudhry, Mian Mazhar Akhtar, Mian Tahir Rafiq, news release said. – APP Talking to media on Mon- Shahzeb Choudhry and Mian Mujaddad Ahsan are also present. – DNA RAWALPINDI: The Punjab day, she said that PNCA Council of the Arts, Rawal- Film section had started an pindi will organize an on- “online one-year film pro- line portraits exhibition ti- duction program” in the pre- tled “contextual Narrative vious quarter. NAHE awards research grants to 300 IPFP fellows of Different Personalities” “National and international by Irum Batool Gillani at faculty was a part of this pro- SRGP is designed to assist the fresh PhD holders who are IPFP Fellows, to establish Rawalpindi Arts Council gram with students from all here Tuesday. over the country,” she said. research facilities upon joining higher education institutions as faculty members The exhibition aims to Dr. Fouzia said that the tion institutions as faculty mem- whom will be leading a project for consultancy firm with an interna- that was completed by 257 partic- project and highlight var- course was perceived as an ZUBAIR AHMAD bers. The programme enables the the very first time. tional reach. ipants. 90% of the participants ious personalities of na- online venture therefore, it newly appointed PhD faculty to The course introduced the con- All instructors hold the MSc Ma- ranked the delivery of instructors tional and international remained undisturbed and ISLAMABAD: The National Acad- plan the setup of basic research cept and six core elements of jor Programme Management from at 80% and above. Evaluations repute with diversified went on. She added that the emy of Higher Education (NAHE) infrastructure to start research project management, challenges Sad Business School, University also measured the effectiveness professional backgrounds first semester was successful- has awarded 300 eligible Fellows activities without delay. The pro- encountered in undertaking pro- of Oxford, UK. of course content on delivering and fields of activities. ly completed in January 2021. of HEC’s Interim Placement of gramme helps to engage both the ject management, concept of the The team has a combined expe- all 5 learning outcomes (LO), and These personalities in- “The second semester of Fresh PhDs (IPFP) programme, faculty and students in research Work Breakdown Structure, and rience of over 90 projects which results showed that at least 75% of clude those who have the film production program who applied for Start-Up Research through provision of financial as- the application of project manage- they delivered internationally at the participants ranked the con- earned both good and had started on February 15, Grant Programme (SRGP) from sistance and basic lab/experimen- ment and the Work Breakdown various client sites. Oxon Global tent of each LO at 80% and above. bad reputations in their 2021,” she added. She in- different academic backgrounds tal facilities. Structure techniques to academic (OxG) partners joined from dif- The course was completed by 262 respective field of arts, lit- formed that new faculty was ranging from Social Sciences to Given the academic and region- research (and other) projects. ferent time zones and multiple lo- participants on April 3, 2021 who eratures and music during introduced for the second se- Life Sciences across all provinces al diversity of successful SRGP This 15-hour course was deliv- cations including London, Hawaii were required to develop a project their lives. mester. in Pakistan, a grant of up to PKR applicants, NAHE designed and ered as a goodwill gesture by an and Seattle offices to deliver the plan and work breakdown struc- Due to prevailing Covid DG PNCA said the new facul- 1,000,000 each. delivered a two-week online ca- internationally recognized team course. ture for their own research pro- situation, the Council is ty includes Lisa Lucas from SRGP is designed to assist the pability building programme (15 of instructors from Oxon Global To improve and sustain the quality jects and successfully complete conducting all its activities USA, Sarmad Khoosat, Bilal fresh PhD holders who are IPFP hours) that served as refresher (OxG) who are industry experts in control in this course, NAHE con- an assessment test to qualify for through online and the Brohi, Imran Babur and Hina Fellows, to establish research fa- exhibition will open at Faroqi. in fundamentals of project man- Portfolio, Programme and Project ducted an objective and independ- micro-credential certification by cilities upon joining higher educa- agement for IPFP fellows, most of Management, OxG is a USA based ent online evaluation of the course NAHE. 3pm. – APP 05 IslamabadPOST Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Pakistan’s First And Only Diplomatic Daily Adoption lawsEditor-in-Chief: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Ramzan package Deputy Editor: Abid Raza P’s provincial government supported a resolu- RDINARY people might feel slightly relieved after tion proposed by opposition member Nighat ABC CERTIFIED hearing of the government’s Ramzan relief package worth 7 billion rupees. According to the news re- K Yasmin Orakzai according to which a legal frame- Vol: 01 Issue: 325 O work will be instituted for the process of adopting a ports, the government will facilitate people at all Utility Email: [email protected] Stores Corporation (USC) outlets across the country. child. The current process is one that works on verbal Phone: 051-2266165 / 051-2261960 agreements, underhanded deals and is entirely unoffi- Given the ever-rising inflation, this was sorely needed. cial. Under such circumstances, as important as it is, Off: Awan Plaza, Block 18-A, G-8 Markaz Islamabad The public constantly faces the dilemma of having to choose between what to buy and what to forego. But nev- the protection of children becomes nearly impossible. ertheless, the government must not think that the pack- The process of adoption in Pakistan is supported by lit- age has exonerated it from its responsibilities. tle to no data. This entails that there are no records of Undoubtedly, ordinary folks will prefer to go to USC outlets either families that are looking to adopt, have adopted whenever they can. However, at times they may go to market or the children that are up for adoption. Subsequently, in case some of the 19 essential items are not available in the no background checks are carried out before a child is subsidised shops. Exposure to the market will make them exchanged from one house to the other. The assurance vulnerable. It is given that with the onset of the holy month that is needed about upbringing, affordability and the of Ramzan, expenses rise exorbitantly. The single most sig- provision of a safe household for a child is never ob- nificant factor that accounts for the rise is the traders’ belief tained, making the entire system faulty to the core. about the government machinery’s inability to control the We cannot ignore the fact that the quality of life of each market. Such a mindset of the traders makes it challenging child up for adoption is put at immense risk because of for the authorities to ensure compliance with the official an absent legal framework. It is never okay to gamble rates. Therefore, the provincial governments need to acti- with the future of a life like this and thus, the eagerness vate the district machinery to keep the essential items’ pric- with which all parties have welcomed this reform to in- es in check. Hopefully, Ramzan will prove to be cheaper this troduce new laws regarding adoption is refreshing. time compared to past occasions. Going forward, official bodies tasked with the responsi- The government needs to extend its support to the pub- bility of carrying out background checks, collecting data, lic throughout the year. This is not to suggest that the analysing information and preventing future disputes can government must offer such subsidies every month, as be created. Furthermore, increased state control over the international lenders will also not allow this. But the government can keep the market in check. the process would entail the use of extensive paperwork Prevalent mismanagement and poor governance make it eas- that documents the exchange and later, is stored for legal ier for retailers to rob citizens. Nevertheless, one month of purposes—a practice followed globally. The hope is that cheap commodities will have a minimum effect on lessening the province can help usher in the same kind of develop- the burdens of ordinary people. To enable people to buy es- ment on a national scale to ensure that adoption is safe sential commodities without shrinking pockets, the govern- for both the children and the respective families. ment has to find a permanent solution. Uzbekistan-Pakistan: Strengthening centuries-old ties and mutually beneficial cooperation AKISTAN is a developing agro-industrial Furkat Sidikov country, the 24thlargest economy in the P world in terms of GDP in PPP (2019). To- day it is among the eleven states with the greatest potential to become one of the largest economies in the world in the21st century. This is a country that, due to its enormous political, economic, military-technical and human potential, fa- vorable geopolitical location, balanced foreign policy, is currently playing one of the leading roles in region- al politics and solving major international issues. Certainly, the comprehensive expansion of multifac- eted mutually beneficial cooperation with Pakistan meets the interests of Uzbekistan, which today is at a new historical stage in its development. This was es- pecially emphasized by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his Address to the OliyMajlis (Parliament). History itself has created the preconditions for the Today, the Embassies of establishment and strengthening of a fruitful dialogue between the two states at the present stage. The the two states operate mutual acceptance of cultures and spirituality was in capitals of Uzbekistan facilitated by the emergence in the 16thcentury of a powerful empire on the territory of modern Pakistan, and Pakistan, which India, Bangladesh and southeastern Afghanistan, the founder of which was Zakhiriddin Muhammad Babur, are establishedin May a descendant of the great ancestor of the Uzbek peo- ple - Amir Temur. The richest cultural, historical and 1992to contribute to the scientific heritage of that era will forever remain as tional forum “Belt and Road Initiative” and in June of Punjab, Muhammad Sarwar Chaudhary. dynamic development the asset of present and future generations. the same year in Bishkek at the summit of the SCO Honorable guests visited Namangan province, where Today, the Embassies of the two states operate in heads of state, the head of Uzbekistan met with the matters of establishing interregional cooperation of bilateral relations. capitals of Uzbekistan and Pakistan, which are estab- Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan between Punjab and the Namangan region were dis- lishedin May 1992to contribute to the dynamic devel- are the testimony of above mentioned. cussed. During this visit,parties have signed an agree- Friendship groups operate opment of bilateral relations. Friendship groups oper- Both countries mutually support each other in the ment on the establishment twin ship between the in parliaments of the two international arena, actively interacting within the Namangan region and the Punjab province, the first framework of such international organizations as the interregional business forum “Namangan-Punjab”, as countries, and political UN, SCO and the Islamic Cooperation Organization. The consistent development of Uzbek-Pakistani dialogue at various levels relations meets the long-term interests of not only our two countries, but also has a positive im- is of a regular nature, pact on strengthening security, developing trade, which has recently become economic, communication and humanitarian ties in the region as a whole. more and more dynamic. Thus, being immediate neighbors of Afghanistan and being equally interested in establishing peace and The meetings of the stability in this country, Uzbekistan and Pakistan are President of Uzbekistan unanimous that the Afghan problem can be solved unambiguously exclusively through peaceful political Shavkat Mirziyoyev, held negotiations under the auspices of the UN and an armistice of the opposing sides. Today Tashkent and within the framework of Islamabad are actively cooperating with Kabul in the international events (the implementation of joint economic and infrastructure projects that meet the interests of all three states. SCO and Organization One of these is the project for the construction of the Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar trans-Afghan railway, well as”B2G” and “B2B” talkswere conducted. of Islamic Cooperation ate in parliaments of the two countries, and political the prospects for which to become part of the New Relations in the cultural and humanitarian spheres summits) in 2017-2018 dialogue at various levels is of a regular nature, which Silk Road have already taken shape. between our countries are also consistently develop- has recently become more and more dynamic. There was a high-level meeting in early Februaryin ing. Historical ties and common spiritual values of the with the President of The meetings of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Tashkent with the participation of delegations from Uzbek and Pakistani nations serve as a solid basis for Mirziyoyev, held within the framework of internation- Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as rep- this. Since the first days of independence, the Uzbek- Pakistan Mamnun Hussain al events (the SCO and Organization of Islamic Co- resentatives of international financial institutions to istan-Pakistan Friendship Society operating in Uzbek- operation summits) in 2017-2018 with the President discuss this project, following which a joint Action istan, contributing to the development of cultural and and PM Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Mamnun Hussain and Prime Minister Plan in this direction was adopted. educational ties between the two nations, developing Nawaz Sharif. On April 2019 in Beijing at the interna- Undoubtedly, the construction of direct transport people to people contacts. corridors between our countries will contribute to Along with this, representatives of the two countries the expansion of mutual trade and economic ties and actively participate in concerts, festivals, exhibitions investment cooperation. They are developing quite and sports competitions held in Uzbekistan and Pa- intensively even today. Thus, at the end of 2020, Pa- kistan. In particular, Pakistani artists regularly par- kistan ranked 13thamong trading partners in terms ticipate in the Sharq Taronalari international music of exports of products and services from Uzbekistan. festival in Samarkand. In turn, Pakistan hosts scientif- This indicator in the specified period amounted to ic and practical conferences dedicated to the life and $98.5 million with a total volume of trade turnover work of the great scientists and thinkers Abu Ali ibn of $123.3 million. The Uzbek-Pakistani intergovern- Sino, Alisher Navoi and Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur. mental commission on trade, economic, scientific and In recent years, taking into account the potential of technical cooperation, as well as the joint Business the countries in the field of pilgrimage, tourism, in- Council serve as effective platforms for resolving is- cluding pilgrimage tourism, has become an increas- sues of bilateral cooperation in these areas. ingly promising area of bilateral cooperation, which is It should also be noted that the number of joint and of high mutual interest. foreign enterprises with Pakistani capital in Uzbeki- In 2020, the leader of Naqshbandiya H.E.Hasib stan has almost doubled over the past five years. To- ur-Rahman was appointed as the Ambassador of Zi- day it is more than 140 enterprises, including 4 with yarat Tourism of Uzbekistan to Pakistan, and in 2019 100% foreign capital, which successfully operate in the Information Tourism Center of our country was Uzbekistan in such areas as trade, light industry, pa- established. Before the pandemic, more than five per production, leather goods and food products. In thousand tourists and pilgrims have been visiting Uz- general, the total volume of Pakistani investments in bekistan every year. In 2020, despite the pandemic, the economy of Uzbekistan is currently $11 million. almost a thousand travelers from Pakistan visited During the visit of the delegation headed by the H.E. our country. Thus, the current state and results of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and bilateral cooperation over the past almost 30 years Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Mr.Sardor Umurzakov will undoubtedly become a solid basis for building in September 2020 to Pakistan, matters of expanding up cooperation in trade, economic, investment and cooperation in this area, as well as important issues transport and logistics spheres. Using the existing po- of enhancing transport and logistics interaction were tential, Uzbekistan and Pakistan will not only be able discussed. In Islamabadbilateral meetings were held to successfully overcome the economic consequences with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, in of the global crisis associated with the pandemic, but the ministries and departments of Pakistan. also make a worthy contribution to the economic de- Another important event in the development of bi- velopment of Central and South Asia. lateral economic cooperation was the recent visit to – The writer is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Uzbekistan of a delegation led by H.E.Governorof Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan 06 IslamabadPOST WORLD / SPORTS Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Inam Butt Briefs withdraws Two PCB from AWC employees DNA LAHORE: Pakistan’s Inam pass away Butt will not participate in the Asian Wrestling Cham- pionship in Almaty, Kazakh- SPORTS DESK stan, media reported. LAHORE: Two employees of The 32-year-old Inam with- the Pakistan Cricket Board drawn himself from the (PCB) have passed away championship due to fitness after contracting the novel issues. Inam Butt failed in coronavirus (COVID-19). the Asian Qualifiers of the According to details, Hafiz Olympics, however, he won Mohammad Bilal was as- a bronze medal. Meanwhile, sociated with the PCB do- Mohammad Bilal (57 KG) mestic cricket department. and Haroon Abid (97 KG) Falak Sher belonged to the will take part in the competi- PCB Security Department. tion. The national wrestlers Both employees were work- will compete on April 17. ing from home under the board policy. Under the PCB policy, 30% of the staff PM is working in the office. advocates Ukraine FM vaccine... to visit NATO From Page 01 The Prime Minister re- as Russia marked, “Now, unfortunate- BERLIN: Foreign minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Quraishi in a group photo with Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Bundestag ly we are facing the third tensions spike (German federal parliament) to discuss greater parliamentary interaction between Pakistan and Germany. – DNA wave of the virus. Insha’Al- lah, we hope to defeat this DNA wave as well. We need a lot of luck, as everyone does.” BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s for- Production of the vaccine eign minister will visit NATO must be ramped up. Patent headquarters for talks on Protests after Minneapolis and technology-transfer re- Tuesday as tensions rise strictions should be waived over intensified clashes with to enable this, he said adding, Moscow-backed separatists “Vaccine nationalism and and signs of a Russian troop export restrictions are de- build-up, the alliance said. police shoot Black man plorable; as is the use of the Concern is growing that the vaccine to advance national long-simmmering conflict in The unarmed Black man’s death sparked months of protests in the US against foreign policy objectives.” eastern Ukraine could erupt He emphasized that the into widespread fighting fol- racism and police brutality and attracted international outrage forum was an important lowing a sharp increase in opportunity to adopt deci- violence along the front line. deployed just before midnight, the “He got out of the car and his girl- The driver died at the scene, the flags, jumped atop police cars, FOREIGN DESK Star Tribune newspaper reported. friend said they shot him,” she statement said. A female passenger confronted officers, and walked sions on ways to mobilize Kiev’s top diplomat Dmytro the money needed by devel- Kuleba will meet NATO The latest shooting happened in a said. “He got back in the car and in the car suffered “non-life threat- peacefully in columns with their MINNEAPOLIS: Protests have oping countries to recover chief Jens Stoltenberg as city already on edge and midway he drove away and crashed and ening injuries” from the crash and hands held up. On one street, “Jus- broken out in the US city of Min- from the COVID-induced US Secretary of State An- through the trial of the first of four now he’s dead on the ground… No- was transported to a local hospital. tice for Daunte Wright” was writ- neapolis after police shot a young recession and restore them tony Blinken also heads to police officers in Floyd’s death. body will tell us anything. Nobody A woman who lives near the crash ten in multi-coloured chalk. Mike Black man, who died shortly after, on the path to achieving the Brussels for talks. The unarmed Black man’s death will talk to us… I said please take scene, Carolyn Hanson, said she saw Elliott, the mayor of Brooklyn near where George Floyd was Sustainable Development Ukraine has accused its giant sparked months of protests in the my son off the ground.” law enforcement officers pull a man Center, called the shooting “trag- killed last year. Goals by 2030. neighbour Russia of amass- US against racism and police bru- The Brooklyn Center police, in out of a vehicle and perform CPR. A ic”. “We are asking the protesters Hundreds of people, some visi- ing thousands of military tality and attracted international a statement, said officers pulled passenger who got out of the car was to continue to be peaceful and that bly upset and one carrying a sign personnel on its eastern bor- outrage. Duante’s mother, Katie over a driver for a traffic violation also covered in blood, Hanson said. peaceful protesters are not dealt Japan demanding “Justice for George der as well as on the annexed Wright, told a crowd earlier in the on Sunday afternoon. When they Brooklyn Center is a city with a with force,” he said on Twitter. Floyd”, confronted police in riot Crimean peninsula. Reports day that Wright called her to say he discovered he had an outstanding population of about 30,000 people Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said downgrades gear on Sunday night, hours after of the build-up have swirled had been pulled over by police. She warrant, they tried to take him located on the northwest border of he was monitoring the situation the officer shot 20-year-old Daunte as deadly clashes flared with said she heard officers tell her son into custody. He got back into his Minneapolis. By Sunday evening closely. “Gwen and I are praying security... Wright in his car in the Minneapo- Russia-backed separatists in to put his phone down, and then car and one of the officers fired about 100 people had gathered for Daunte Wright’s family as our lis suburb of Brooklyn Center. From Page 01 the east of the country. one of the officers ended the call. their weapon, striking the driver. near the scene, according to the state mourns another life of a Black Brooklyn Center police set off Moving up the mountain The White House said last Soon after, her son’s girlfriend The vehicle travelled several Star Tribune. Public mourners in- man taken by law enforcement,” flash bangs and fired tear gas into from the caves, the Ambas- week the number of Russian told her he had been shot. blocks before striking another cluded Wright’s family and friends he said on Twitter. The American the crowd of protesters who had sador also visited the his- troops at the border with “All he did was have air fresheners vehicle, police said, adding both who gathered, wept and consoled Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota gathered outside the police sta- toric “Alexander’s Well” and Ukraine was now greater in the car and they told him to get officers’ body cameras were acti- each other alongside protesters described the initial details of the tion. National Guard troops were out of the car,” Wright said. vated during the incident. who carried “Black Lives Matter” shooting as “troubling”. was amazed by seeing this than at any time since 2014, drinking water facility at the when the conflict erupt- top of the Margalla hills es- ed after Moscow seized tablished in ancient times as Crimea from Kiev. Blinken SA beat Pakistan this place is believed to be warned in an interview on used as a route from Kabul Sunday of “consequences” by six wickets to the Gandhara city of Tax- if Russia acts “aggressive- ila by Alexander the Great. JOHANNESBURG: South Africa beat Pakistan after hitting ly” towards Ukraine. The While replying to a ques- the 140-run target in the second T20I at the Wanderers Kremlin, which has not de- tion the ambassador said Stadium in Johannesburg. South Africa’s Aiden Markram nied the troop movements, the road that leads of these hit 54 runs in 30 balls, skipper Heinrich Klaasen scored said it was not moving to- caves needs some attention 36, and George Linde hit 20 runs, helping the Proteas level wards war with Ukraine -- adding he will see how Ja- the series 1-1. Pakistan reached a measly 140 for 9, cour- but also stressed it “will not pan can help improve road tesy Babar Azam’s 50 off 50 balls and Mohammad Hafeez’s remain indifferent” to the infrastructure in this area 32 off 23. However, the rest of the batting lineup failed to fate of Russian speakers in with the collaboration of the produce many runs. George Linde did the big damage in the conflict-torn region. local community. Ukraine has urged NATO the Powerplay before Lizaad Williams, Sisanda Magala, and to step up Kiev’s push for Tabraiz Shamsi joined in later on. membership as it seeks In the last game, Pakistan beat South Africa by four wickets Uzbek to deter any aggression by in an exciting first match of the four-match series at Johan- Russia -- but the alliance nesburg in the penultimate over of the game. They reached President, remains wary about speed- a target of 189 with just one ball to spare. It was also Paki- ing up plans to allow in the stan’s 100th win in the shortest format of the game. Man-of- PM... ex-Soviet nation. the-match Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan to victory with his unbeaten 74, comprising two sixes and nine fours. Paki- From Page 01 stan will be hoping that their middle-order gets firing in this cooperation within the UK launches game and sees Mohammad Hafeez among the runs. framework of internation- inquiry into The Pakistani bowling attack will be seeking to hit the right al organizations, and con- lengths after they failed to impress in the first game. South sider the schedule of up- lobbying Africa are missing several of their regular players and, in coming events. Following JOHANNESBURG: Pakistani players celebrating after taking wickets agains SAin 2nd T20I. – DNA the last game, handed a debut to three players — Wihan Lub- the summit, it is planned scandal be, Sisanda Magala, and Lizaad Williams. Five key players to sign a number of joint from the Proteas squad — Quinton de Kock, David Miller, documents in the political, LONDON: Pressure mount- Yemen rebels trade and economic, trans- ed on Britain’s former pre- England takes major step Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, and Lungi Ngidi — departed for the Indian Premier League. Apart from their departure, port, communication and mier David Cameron on claim aerial educational spheres. Monday as the government the Proteas have also lost their regular limited-overs cap- announced an inquiry into attack on KSA tain Temba Bavuma and their highest run-scorer of the ODI out of COVID lockdown series Rassie van der Dussen. – DNA lobbying of ministers prior to SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi re- PDM does the collapse of finance firm The lockdown was enforced economic recovery; official bels on Monday claimed to Greensill. A day after Camer- not need to FOREIGN DESK in England on January 6 in data showed that 2020 was have carried out a massive Book “Garlands on finally broke his silence on response to rising infection its worst fiscal year in more aerial attack involving 15 apologise... the scandal, Downing Street LONDON: Shops, gyms, hair- rates due to the spread of a than three centuries, with a drones and 2 ballistic mis- said the inquiry would be led dressers and pub gardens more transmissible variant of 9.8-percent decline in gross siles on Saudi Arabia. of Love” launched by senior lawyer Nigel Board- From Page 01 reopened in England after coronavirus first identified in domestic product. In a statement, rebel BEIJING: "Garlands of Love" Pak-China friendship, but Abbasi said no one is going man and report back soon. being shuttered for months the southeastern county of “I’m sure it will be a huge re- spokesman Yahya Sarei said authored by Ambassador Lu also his strong emotions and “We recognise the public to issue an apology to the as part of a nationwide lock- Kent late last year. lief for those business own- the attacks targeted oil re- Shulin, one of China's dis- the love and faith that under- PPP, adding the party has interest here and that’s why down to suppress a surge in Johnson’s Conservative ers who have been closed fineries of Saudi oil giant Ar- tinguished diplomats and line friendship between the the prime minister has com- tried to damage the nar- coronavirus infections. Party government’s plan to for so long, and for everyone amco with 10 explosive-lad- Pakistan's staunchest friend two countries. rative of the PDM, so it missioned this independent Prime Minister Boris John- ease out of the lockdown is else, it’s a chance to get back en Samad-3 drones. and poet of Urdu language, He said, this year, both review,” Prime Minister should clarify its position. son said the latest relaxa- underpinned by a vaccine to doing some of the things Sarei said the rebel group was launched in a ceremony Pakistan and China are cel- Once the PPP clarifies its Boris Johnson’s spokesman tion on Monday of the most rollout that has seen more we love and have missed,” also attacked Saudi military held on Monday at Pakistan ebrating the 70th anniver- told reporters. The inquiry actions, the PDM would onerous restrictions in the than 32 million people – Johnson said in a statement positions in Khamis Mus- Embassy Beijing. Pakistan sary of the establishment decide whether to continue “will look at how contracts United Kingdom’s peacetime more than 60 percent of all on Sunday. “I urge every- hait and Jazan areas, south- Ambassador to China, Moin of diplomatic ties, adding, were secured and how busi- its alliance with the party history was a “major step” to- adults – receive a first dose one to continue to behave west the kingdom, with 5 ul Haque expressed his grat- "There is a need to remem- or not, Abbasi said. ness representatives en- wards freedom, as he urged in the UK. Nearly 7.5 mil- responsibly and remember Qasef-2K drones and 2 Badr- itude to Ambassador Lu Shu- ber those architects and gaged with government”, he people to behave respon- lion people have been fully ‘hands, face, space and fresh 1 missiles. There has been lin and said, the title chosen heroes of our two countries National said, confirming it would ex- sibly with COVID-19 still a inoculated with two doses. air’ to suppress COVID as no comment from Riyadh by him for his book not only who played a leading role in amine Greensill’s role in the threat despite a rapid mass Getting people spending we push on with our vaccina- or the Saudi-led coalition on describes his own personal the progressive evolution Netball C’ship use of supply chain finance vaccination programme. again is crucial for the UK’s tion programme.” the Houthi claim. – APP attachment to Pakistan and of our friendship. – DNA by the government. in June “You can expect a prompt return on this.” The collapse ISLAMABAD: The Nation- last month of British com- al Netball Championship pany Greensill threatened under the auspices of Pa- 50,000 jobs, in particular at ‘Assad regime used chemical weapons in Saraqib’ kistan Netball Federation the sprawling steel empire A crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators by al-Assad in 2011 mushroomed into civil war, would be held in the third of Indian-British billionaire week of June in Swat. Sanjeev Gupta. Greensill with Russia and Iran supporting his government and the United States, Turkey, and some According to Mudassar specialised in short-term Arab adversaries of Damascus backing some of the many rebel groups Arain, President PNF, Wap- corporate loans via a com- da would defend the title in plex and opaque business However, a dozen ing and wheezing, the report said. “The Bashar al-Assad’s decade-old conflict with both men’s and women’s model. Cameron became a FOREIGN DESK people were cylinder ruptured and released chlorine rebel forces, saying any such attacks were events of the champion- paid advisor to Greensill after treated for over a large area, affecting 12 named indi- staged by opponents to make Damascus ship. He said a total of 16 leaving government in 2016, HAGUE: The global chemical weapons symptoms viduals,” the watchdog said in a statement. look like the culprit. Chlorine is not an inter- men’s and as many wom- and held share options poten- watchdog has “reasonable grounds consistent Those affected all survived, it added. There nationally banned toxin, but the use of any en’s teams from across the tially worth millions that are to believe” that Syria’s air force with chem- chemical substance in armed conflict country would feature in now worthless. He personal- dropped a chlorine bomb on a res- ical poi- is banned under the 1997 Chemi- the championship. ly lobbied finance minister idential neighbourhood in the re- son- cal Weapons Convention, the imple- “The teams include Paki- Rishi Sunak and others in a bel-controlled Idlib region. ing, mentation of which is overseen by the stan Army, Wapda, Police, vain effort to persuade the The new report by the Organisation in- OPCW watchdog based in The Hague. A Pakistan Air Force, Paki- government to let Greensill for the Prohibition of Chemical Weap- clud- crackdown on pro-democracy demonstra- stan Navy, Railways, Pak gain access to an emergen- ons (OPCW) investigative arm said on ing tors by al-Assad in 2011 mushroomed into Boards, Higher Education cy financing facility set up to Monday no one was killed when the nausea, was no immediate comment from the Syrian civil war, with Russia and Iran supporting his Commission, Punjab, Ba- help businesses weather the cylinder of chlorine gas, delivered in a eye irrita- government on Monday. Syria and its mil- government and the United States, Turkey, lochistan, Sindh, KPK, GB, Covid pandemic. – APP barrel bomb, hit the al-Talil neighbourhood tion, shortness itary ally Russia have consistently denied and some Arab adversaries of Damascus Fata, AJK and Islamabad,” in the city of Saraqeb in February 2018. of breath, cough- using chemical weapons during President backing some of the many rebel groups. he said. – APP 07 IslamabadPOST BUSINESS / WORLD Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Danish plan Briefs to repatriate Syrians sparks 34 migrants controversy dead after boat FOREIGN DESK capsizes: IOM COPENHAGEN: Denmark is facing growing criticism for a decision last year to FOREIGN DESK revoke residence permits DJIBOUTI: Thirty-four mi- for Syrian refugees, citing a grants drowned on Monday “safe” situation around Da- after their boat capsized off mascus, but the country is the coast of Djibouti, the In- sticking to its position. ternational Organization for The tough Danish stance is Migration (IOM) said, the a new sign of the country second such accident in just now having one of Europe’s over a month. most restrictive migration Survivors reported that the policies. boat capsized in rough seas “No other country in Eu- at around 4:00 am (0100 rope has adopted such a ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue, Industries and Production, Muhammad Hammad Azhar chairing the meeting of the policy,” Niels-Erik Hansen, GMT) after leaving Yemen National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) to review the price trend of essential commodities. – DNA with around 60 passengers a lawyer specialising in mi- on board, an IOM official gration issues, told AFP. in Djibouti told AFP, asking In the last election in 2019, not to be named. the Social Democrats, head- “The migrants were be- ed by Mette Frederiksen, ing transported by people adopted a restrictive line smugglers,” Mohammed FPCCI calls for removal of on immigration and man- Abdiker, the IOM’s regional aged to take power from the director for East Africa and conservative government the Horn of Africa, added on propped up by the far-right Twitter. Danish People’s Party. “Apprehending and pros- tariff barriers between D-8 Widespread indifference ecuting people traffickers toward the policy change and smugglers who exploit The D-8 CCI Business Forum was attended by more than 200 businessmen in the Scandinavian coun- the vulnerabilities of mi- try was upended in early grants must become a prior- including Presidents/Chairmen of Members Chambers of Commerce and Industry April, after one of Hansen’s ity. Too many lives needless- clients, a teenager about to ly lost.” desh and Ms Jerry Sambua- and Egypt exports depend potentials are available for In order to diversify and Member States should lever- graduate secondary school, There were “many children” ATHAR SUFI ga Vice Minister of Trade of on natural gas, coal and D-8 countries. He also un- create new opportunities age the commonalities and pleaded for her case on Dan- among the bodies found, the Indonesia. The D-8 CCI Busi- mineral fuel, Pakistan’s and derlined the need of joint in trade relations, the D-8 aim to promote intra-trade, ish television. first official said, adding that KARACHI: The Federation ness Forum was attended by Bangladesh’s exports com- collaboration for halal tour- Secretariat want to improve investment in innovation, survivors were receiving of Bangladesh Chambers more than 200 businessmen prises textile etc. He also ism wherein Malaysia and developing countries’ posi- minimize tariff and non-tariff treatment from the IOM of Commerce and Indus- including Presidents/Chair- highlighted the potential ar- Turkey have expertise. The tion in the world economy,” barriers, better connectivi- India’s Covid and local authorities. try (FBCCI) in collabora- men of Members Chambers eas of investment along the President FPCCI also high- he added. ty and collaboration among The boat capsized in seas tion with D-8 Chamber of of Commerce and Industry CPEC and Indonesia China lighted the visa issues, trade There were 3 breakout ses- member states to ensure deaths north of the Djibouti port Commerce and Industry i.e. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Corridor and highlighted facilitation, harmonization of sions where distinguished the target of US$500 billion surpass town of Obock, a major tran- (D-8 CCI) and The Union Malaysia, Egypt, Nigeria, opportunities available in standards and custom relat- Speakers stressed on in- trade in the region. sit point for thousands of Af- of Chambers and Commod- Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. energy, mining, infrastruc- ed issues. volvement of technologies to They also underscored the 170,000 mark rican migrants in the region ity Exchanges of Turkey During the plenary session, ture, automobiles, telecom- During the D-8 Forum, facilitate trade, investment, need of common investment trying to reach the Gulf. (TOBB) organized D-8 Busi- the Presidency of D-8 CCI munications; value added Ambassador Dato Ku Jaa- production and supply. Pres- policies, guidelines, and DNA It follows a similar accident ness Forum on the sideline was handed over to FBCCI textiles and leather, banking far Ku Shaari, Secretary ent technology trends are strategies including Dias- on March 4 when 20 people of 10th D-8 Summit Dhaka. from TOBB. and finance and engineering General of the D-8, urged dominated by areas such poras investment opportu- NEW DELHI: With 904 drowned after smugglers The D-8 CCI Business Fo- While addressing the of Pakistan. member states to continue as Fin-tech, Ed-tech, Clean- nities and minimizing tariff deaths in the past 24 hours, threw dozens of migrants rum was graced by Dr. A. K. D-8 CCI Business forum, The President FPCCI em- to enhance cooperation in tech, Health-tech, Agri-tech, and non-tariff barriers. India’s total death toll due overboard during a journey Abdul Momen, MP Hon’ble Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo phasized the removal of tar- the upcoming period. He e-commerce, etc. amongst The participants also dis- to the COVID-19 pandemic between Djibouti and Yem- Foreign Minister of Bang- President FPCCI He also iff and non tariff barriers and showed his concern over the others. Capacity building cussed the challenges surpassed the 170,000 mark en across the Gulf of Aden. ladesh, Mr. Ruhsar Pekcan highlighted the diverse re- implementation of Preferen- low volume of intra regional and Skills development faced by member coun- to reach 170,179, according Minister of Trade of Turkey, sources and exports basket tial Trade Agreement signed trade i.e. 4.5 percent of total through collaboration among tries due to COVID-19 and to the latest data released New Zealand Mr. Tipu Munshi MP Com- of Member countries like between D-8 countries. trade of D-8 bloc despite the training institutes among hoped that with effective by the federal government merce Minister of the Bang- Malaysia’s export consist He also discussed the halal fact that D-8 bloc is based D-8 Member States will have strategy and joint collabo- Monday. reports ladesh, Md. Shahriar Alam, of high technology goods, industry wherein the glob- on global arrangements cov- a significant impact on in- rations the member states Besides, 168,912 new cas- MP State Minister, Ministry Turkey exports automobile al market has increased to ering countries from South dustries in the region. They of D8 will be able to mini- es took the total tally to seven cases of Foreign Affairs of Bangla- and machinery, Iran, Nigeria US$ 3.5 billion and huge East Asia to Africa. also emphasized that D-8 mize the losses. 13,527,717. While the figure of new dai- of Covid ly COVID-19 cases is high- Iran blames Israel for est ever in the country so DNA 4th Session of Pakistan-Belarus far, the deaths reported on attack on nuclear site Monday is the highest in a WELLINGTON: New Zea- single day this year. land reported seven cases Joint Business Council held TEHRAN: Iran charged on Monday that its arch-enemy Is- This is the seventh time with- of COVID-19 in managed rael was “of course” behind an attack on its main nuclear in this month and the sixth isolation and no new cases Nasir Hamid and Honorary site, the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, and vowed “re- consecutive day when more ZUBAIR AHMAD in the community on Mon- Consul of Belarus to Punjab venge... in due time”. than 100,000 new COVID-19 day. Mr. Walid Mushtaq also ad- The Natanz site near Tehran was hit by a power outage on cases were reported in In- ISLAMABAD: On 12 April, Six of the seven newly im- dressed the event. Sunday that Iran labelled “terrorism”. No one was injured dia. There are still 1,201,009 Federation of Pakistan ported cases came from In the second segment, sev- and there was no radiation release, Iran said. The latest of active cases in the country, Chambers of Commerce India, and one came from eral other speakers from a string of incidents hitting Iran’s nuclear programme came while 12,156,529 people have and Industry (FPCCI) in col- the United States. The Pakistan including Director days after talks resumed in Vienna to salvage the battered been discharged so far from laboration with the Belaru- all remained in managed General (TDAP), Director 2015 Iranian nuclear deal that former US president Donald hospitals after medical treat- sian Chamber of Commerce isolation and quarantine General (BOI), Chairman Trump abandoned. His successor Joe Biden wants to revive ment. There was an increase and Industry (BelCCI) facilities in Auckland, ac- Pakistan Association of Au- the agreement between Iran and a group of world powers, of 92,922 active cases during organized the 4th Session cording to the Ministry of tomobile parts manufactur- which places limits on the Islamic republic’s nuclear pro- the previous 24 hours, the of Pakistan-Belarus Joint Health. er while from Belarusian gramme in return for relief from biting economic sanctions. highest this year so far. Business Council on Zoom. The seven-day rolling aver- side representatives from Israel strongly opposes the deal and has vowed to disrupt The number of daily active Around 90 businesspersons age of new cases detected participants to benefit from Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan Great Stone Industrial Park, any efforts by the Islamic republic to build an atomic bomb cases has been on the rise and enterprises from both at the border is nine, said the interactive session. and Ambassador of Belarus OJSC “Belkommunmash” -- a goal Tehran has always strongly denied pursuing. over the past few days, as the countries participated a ministry statement. The Honourable Minister of to Pakistan Andrei Metelit- and BelCCI also made pres- Tehran has blamed Israel’s Mossad spy service for previous another wave of COVID-19 in the event. number of previously re- Energy of the Republic of sa briefed the participants entations on respective attacks on its nuclear facilities and experts -- including the looms large in India. President FPCCI Mian Nas- ported cases that have now Belarus H.E. Mr. Viktor on the existing level of bilat- areas identifying potential killing last November of its top nuclear scientist, Mohsen In January the number of ser Hyatt Magoo, Chairman recovered is 17. The total Karankevich participated eral relations, highlighting areas for cooperation. Fakhrizadeh. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed daily cases in the coun- BelCCI Mr. Vladimir Ulak- number of active cases in in the event through a vid- potential for cooperation. The meeting ended after Khatibzadeh said Monday it was clear the latest incident try had come down to be- hovich gave the welcome re- New Zealand is 100, and the eo message. Subsequently, Trade Minister, Embassy the question and answer too was an Israeli act of sabotage. – APP low-10,000. As many as marks and encouraged the total number of confirmed Ambassador of Pakistan to of Pakistan, Moscow Mr. session. 9,102 new cases were re- cases is 2,227, it said. ported on Jan. 25-26, which was the lowest in the previ- CDU chief Covid, cocaine take ous 237 days. confident Europe to ‘breaking SAARC as contest point’: Europol Chamber heats up THE HAGUE: The corona- efforts to recover from the welcomes BERLIN: The head of Ger- virus pandemic could fuel virus, the Hague-based agen- Pak’s talks man Chancellor Angela organised crime for years to cy said. Merkel’s CDU voiced confi- come in Europe, a continent “We are at the breaking offer to India dence ahead of a key meet- already at “breaking point” point,” Europol’s director from an unprecedented flood Catherine De Bolle told AFP ing Monday that the party’s DNA top brass will back him as of cocaine, the EU’s policing in an interview. their chancellor candidate agency warned Monday. “The impact on the lives of ISLAMABAD: SAARC despite a challenge from his In its flagship four-yearly re- citizens, on the economy Chamber of Commerce and Bavarian counterpart. port, Europol said increasing- on the rule of law is too big. Industry Monday welcom- CDU chief Armin Laschet ly violent criminal gangs are That’s what we see from ing Pakistan’s talks offer to and Markus Soeder, the likely to muscle in on legiti- this... report.” India said it would promise head of the smaller Bavar- mate businesses left vulnera- The “Serious and Organised stability in the region. ian sister CSU party, both ble by the economic damage Crime Threat Assessment” is In a press statement SAARC said Sunday they were open caused by Covid-19. an 87-page report issued ever Chamber President Iftikhar to leading the centre-right Criminals are also offering four years which will be used Ali Malik said that Pakistan alliance into elections in fake coronavirus vaccines by EU member states to set again within a short span of September. The CDU’s sen- and home-testing kits as they crime-fighting priorities until VIENNA: Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control, Akbar Durrani presenting souvenir time responded positively ior leadership is meeting in seek to capitalise on global 2025. – APP to ambassador of Pakistan in Vienna, Austria, Aftab Khokhar. – DNA to India for result oriented Berlin on Monday to discuss talks which he added was a the next steps as they look good omen for the people of to chart a path towards a the region. post-Merkel era against the Industry, institution co-op important for workforce He said that Prime Minister backdrop of plummeting Imran Khan in his recent public support. letter addressed to Indian While the top brass is not The low level of skilled people in the country is limiting the capacity of the local counterpart Narendra Modi expected to deliver a final industry to innovate and produce good quality products essentially required to remain reiterated that Pakistan decision on the chancel- also desired peaceful and lor candidate immediately, competitive in the global market besides, opportunities of export and investment co-operative relations with which way it leans would be pointed out that the skill level of skills as it is in the interest of indus- focus is made on processing and Support Programme and support- all neighbours including a key sign of who the alli- NAZIR SIYAL Pakistani workforce is low as com- try. The Government departments value addition of minerals available ing Reform Process aimed at im- India and that an enabling ance would end up picking. pared to the other countries of the dealing with TVET should create in Pakistan. proving the quality and relevance environment is imperative Asked in a TV interview with KARACHI: “Industry - Institutions region. supportive environment and insti- Hanif Lakhany, Vice President, of training programs. for a constructive and result the Bild daily on Sunday linkages and effective engagement The ongoing Technical Vocational tutional framework for industry Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Zaki Ahmed Khan, Vice President, oriented dialogue. evening if he had the support of employers in the design and Training programs are not aligned to contribute in the development Commerce & Industry said stable Employers’ Federation of Paki- He said it’s good initiatives of the party heavyweights, delivery of TVET is important for with the labour market and trainees of TVET system geared to cater and market based Technical Voca- stan said the Technical Vocational from both sides which will Laschet replied: “I assume developing a workforce with right graduating from the institutions do the current and foreseeable future tional Education and Training is Training is a shared responsibility further lead to better im- so.” “I know the views of skills”. This is said by Ismail Sut- not possess the skills needed to the skilled need of industry for making crucial for sustainable economic and the employers as a key stake- provements in the days to many regional leaders, some tar, President, EFP while address- local industry which is mainly due Pakistan industrialized and pros- development and employment gen- holder and beneficiary of skilled come. of whom have already spoken ing a Stakeholders’ Consultation to lack of linkages with industry. perous country. eration. He added that the availa- workforce have an important role Iftikhar Ali Malik further publicly,” he said. “But we on Industry – Institution Linkag- The low level of skilled people in He stressed upon the need to bility of skilled workforce lead to in shaping TVET as per needs of said Pakistan believed in re- will see tomorrow. es - Challenge and Opportunities the country is limiting the capaci- explore new sector and said the national self-reliance and enhances labour market. The Employers’ gional development through I don’t want to jump to con- organized by Skill Development ty of the local industry to innovate Mineral Sector in Pakistan has the industrialization process be- Federation of Pakistan fully rec- the platform of SAARC as clusions.” Long-time Merkel Council Karachi jointly with Em- and produce good quality products a huge potential of employment sides brining innovation and pro- ognized the importance of skills it was the way forward for ally Laschet, 60, took over ployers’ Federation of Pakistan essentially required to remain com- and growth. The sector with little ductivity enhancement. development programs and already peace. He said the states as CDU leader in January, (EFP) and Federation of Pakistan petitive in the global market be- attention and focus on processing He further said that FPCCI is fully engaged in the policy making and have their ways and means and would normally be first Chamber of Commerce & Industry sides, opportunities of export and and value addition of minerals can committed to play its role in im- promoting skills development pro- to communicate which re- choice to lead the parties into (FPCCI) supported by GIZ-TVET investment. immensely contribute in creating proving the quality of skills devel- grams at the enterprise level. main available even during the elections on September Sector Support Programme on 7th Mr. Suttar said, the industry needs employment and fetching millions opment programs by promoting He pointed out that the TVET in- war.Both India and Pakistan 26, when Merkel will retire April, 2021 at Federation House. to be more actively engaged with of dollars to export. He particularly Industry – Institution Linkages stitutions in the past has made a must consider SAARC as an from politics after 16 years as Emphasizing the importance of the institutions and support skills mentioned that the Mines & Min- and establishing sustainable train- significant contribution in produc- important organisation for chancellor. – APP skilled people for industrial de- development programs in order to erals sector can immensely help ing partnerships. The Federation ing skilled people to meet the skills enhancing regional co-oper- velopment and growth Mr. Suttar produce workforce with requisite in increasing the export provided is also working with TVET Sector need of growing industrial sector. ation he concluded. Islamabad O TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 | WWW.ISLAMABADPOST.COM.PKP ST Briefs Protests Pak wishes more economic erupt after NAB TLP chief allowed to detained investigate linkages with Germany DNA Shehbaz in Qureshi made these comments while addressing a joint news conference with his LAHORE: Tehreek-i-Lab- fresh case baik Pakistan (TLP) chief German counterpart Heiko Maas after delegation-level talks in Berlin Saad Hussain Rizvi has been detained by security DNA forces in Lahore on Mon- DNA day, the party leadership LAHORE: An accountability confirmed. court permitted on Monday BERLIN: Pakistan wants A senior police official the National Accountability to have more economic also confirmed that Rizvi Bureau (NAB) to investigate linkages with Germany for had been taken into custo- PML-N President Shehbaz enhancement of bilateral dy as a “pre-emptive meas- Sharif in a fresh case. trade and investment, said ure” ahead of its April 20 The corruption watchdog Foreign Minister Shah deadline. No first informa- has launched an inquiry into Mahmood Qureshi on tion report (FIR) against alleged illegal appointment of Monday. the TLP central emir has Syed Talat Mehmood as the Qureshi made these com- been registered so far. chief executive officer (CEO) ments while addressing Protests broke out at nu- of the Punjab Provincial Co- a joint news conference merous places in Karachi operative Bank. Shehbaz is with his German counter- and other major cities fol- accused of illegally approving part Heiko Maas after del- lowing the development. the appointment. egation-level talks in Ber- In a video message, The bureau moved a plea be- lin. He left for Berlin on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Paki- fore duty judge Sheikh Sajjad Sunday on a two-day visit stan naib emir Syed Za- Ahmed seeking permission to to Germany. heerul Hassan Shah said investigate the Leader of the During the address, the government had “com- Opposition in the National Qureshi spoke regarding pletely deviated from” the Assembly inside Kot Lakhpat opportunities for Germa- agreement it had reached Jail, which the court accepted. ny to invest in Pakistan in with the TLP regarding Shehbaz Sharif faces a num- various areas, including Namoos-i-Risalat. ber of corruption cases, in- renewable energy, electric cluding assets beyond means vehicles, information tech- and money laundering. He nology and tourism. BERLIN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass SC hears was arrested for a second He further apprised the addressing a press conference. – DNA time by the NAB after the German diplomat about following the revocation wanting peace, stability status. He also thanked and at the multilateral fora. the German foreign minis- petition Lahore High Court cancelled the shift in Pakistan’s pol- of the special status of oc- and progress in the war- Germany for providing Germany is the largest ter said the two sides held his bail in a money laundering icy from geo-politics to cupied Kashmir on August torn country. fifteen million anti-Cov- trading partner of Pakistan a constructive discussion challenging case last year in September. geo-economics, the govern- 5, 2019. He added that the Europe- id-19 doses to Pakistan. in the EU and is also home on enhancing bilateral ment’s focus on economic He said Pakistan wants an nation had an important FM Qureshi said his visit to over 100,000 Pakistani trade and investment. He 25th Amend. Around diplomacy and the new to have peaceful relations role to play in stabilising comes when Pakistan and diasporas. said Pakistan is of great incentives being offered to with all the countries, in- the situation in the region Germany are celebrating The visit is expected to importance for Germany. 1000 Indian investors. cluding India, adding that and hoped to maintain com- the 70th anniversary of the help enhance collabora- The German diplomat also IBRAR KHAN Referring to the regional all issues can be resolved munications on the Afghan establishment of diplomatic tion in various sectors and said Pakistan has played Sikh pilgrims security situation, Shah through dialogue. issue. The foreign minister relations. Both countries the scope of relations be- great efforts for a peaceful ISLAMABAD: The Federa- arrive Mahmood said India will In addition, the top dip- also thanked Germany, for are planning to undertake a tween the two countries. solution to the conflict in tion and the Khyber Pakh- have to take the first step lomat stated that the ob- supporting Pakistan at the number of activities in this It is the first visit by any Afghanistan. He said any tunkhwa government sub- to create an enabling and jectives of both Pakistan Financial Action Task Force context. The two countries Pakistani foreign minister situation in Afghanistan mitted their reservations DNA conducive environment and Germany regarding (FATF) and, for its help in have been collaborating to the country since 2012. intensively influences Pa- over the maintainability of a for talks with Pakistan Afghanistan are identical, achieving ‘EU GSP Plus’ closely on regional matters Speaking on the occasion, kistan. petition challenging the 25th LAHORE: Around 1000 Amendment to the Constitu- Indian Sikh pilgrims have tion in Supreme Court. arrived in Lahore via Wagah A three-member bench of border on Monday to attend UAE envoy opens new the apex court, headed by the festival of Baisakhi Mela NCOC decides to monitor Justice Umar Ata Bandial at Hassan Abdal. mosque at F-9 Park hearing the petition. Su- Pakistan Evacuee Trust preme Court had admitted Property Board (ETPB) already issued orders hammad Khan thanked UAE DNA government for gifting such a a constitutional petition for officials welcomed the pil- regular hearing challenging grims. Indian pilgrims had beautiful masjid, saying that The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 15,501. ISLAMABAD: UAE (United Minister for Religious Affairs the 25th Amendment to the already undergone a coro- Constitution under which navirus test prior to their Arab Emirates) ambassador and Interfaith Harmony Sa- According to the latest figures by the NCOC, 4,584 to Pakistan Hamad Obaid hibzada Noor-ul Haq Qadri Federally Administered departure from India. Tribal Areas (Fata) were Sikh pilgrims across the persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours Ibrahim Alzaabi on Monday was also scheduled to attend opened a fully air conditioned the inauguration ceremony merged in the Khyber Pakh- globe are participating in tunkhwa province. Baisakhi Mela, which is a followed by Sindh and Khy- new Khalid Al Kaabi Masjid but he had to leave for Lahore SHUJAAT HAMZA ber Pakhtunkhwa. Till now at Fatima Jinnah Park, Islam- in connection with an urgent “The federal government religious and cultural festi- Dr. Faisal urges has raised objections over val in Sikhism, celebrated 6,988 individuals have lost abad as mark of brotherly piece of work. ISLAMABAD: National their lives to the epidemic in relations between the two UAE ambassador in Pakistan the maintainability of the pe- on April 14 of every year. It masses to follow SOPs tition,” the court observed marks the beginning of the Command and Operation Punjab 4,530 in Sindh, 2,651 countries. Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Alzaabi ISLAMABAD: Special As- Azad Kashmir. in hearing of the case. The solar year. Sikh farmers cel- Center (NCOC) has met in KP, 611 in Islamabad, 403 Minister of State for Parlia- said the masjid was a gift to sistant to Prime Minister on The Special Assistant ex- counsel of the petitioner ebrate Beshaki at the start Monday to discuss intensi- in Azad Kashmir, 215 in Ba- mentary Affairs Ali Muham- people of Pakistan from the National Health Services Dr. pressed the confidence sought time from the court of the harvesting season. fying coronavirus situation lochistan, and 103 in GB. mad Khan attended the inau- people of UAE. across the country. Faisal Sultan has appealed that religious scholars will Furthermore, 269,126 guration ceremony. This mosque was a reflection to submit rejoinder to the The participants have decid- the people to fully comply ensure compliance to the coronavirus cases have UAE diplomatic mission has of over 50 years long strong government’s objections. ECP serves ed to monitor the already is- with the Standard Operating SOPs in the mosques during been confirmed in Sindh, constructed a total of two relations between the people “The SC intends to hear sued orders for two to three Procedures (SOPs) to avert the holy month of Ramadan 250,459 in Punjab, 99,595 mosques in the federal cap- of the two countries. this interesting case, which warning to days more after which, fur- the spread of COVID-19. as was seen in the previous in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ital. The other mosque has “We were happy that a large requires consideration,” the Miftah Ismail ther decision will be taken in Briefing media persons in Is- Ramadan. 66,380 in Islamabad, 20,321 already been inaugurated at number of Pakistani citizens bench observed and grant- the light of the results. lamabad on Monday, he said He said the process of vac- in Balochistan, 14,594 in Quaid-e-Azam university by contributing in the progress ed time to the petitioner’s On the other hand, Pakistan burden on health care sys- cination is underway and Azad Kashmir and 5,127 in UAE ambassador and Minis- and prosperity of the UAE,” lawyer to submit the reply. DNA has reported 58 deaths in tem has increased following asked the people aged above Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan has ter for Religious Affairs and he said. The bench adjourned fur- Interfaith Harmony Sahib- He vowed to continue contrib- ther hearing of the case KARACHI: The Election the last 24 hours by novel surge in positivity ratio espe- sixty five to get themselves so far conducted 10,779,474 zada Noor-ul-Haq Qadri last uting in development of Paki- after Eid-ul-Fitr. The 25th Commission of Pakistan has coronavirus as the number cially in big cities of Punjab, vaccinated without any ap- coronavirus tests and 44,514 of positive cases has surged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and pointment. – DNA in the last 24 hours. 634,835 week. stan and helping the brotherly Amendment was passed by issued an advance warning Talking to media, Ali Mu- nation in every difficulty. the parliament in May 2018. to Miftah Ismail, the PML-N to 725,602. The nationwide coronavirus patients have re- candidate in NA-249, about tally of fatalities has jumped al Command and Operation ID-19 in the past 24 hours. covered in country whereas Maryam Nawaz’s visit of the to 15,501. According to the Center (NCOC), 4,584 per- Punjab remains the worst-hit 4,201 patients are in critical constituency. latest figures by the Nation- sons tested positive for COV- province in terms of deaths condition. “According to our information Maryam Nawaz will likely to CCI okays visit the constituency. The Pak records remittances over members of the national and notifying 2017 provincial assemblies should not accompany with her dur- $2b for 10th consecutive month census results ing the visit of the constituen- same period last year,” Pakistanis for their sup- cy,” the ECP said in its prior STAFF REPORT the central bank said on port and commitment to ISLAMABAD: The meet- warning to the PML-N candi- Twitter. the development of the ing of Council of Common date. “According to the elec- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Expressing immense country. Interest (CCI) chaired by tion rules, no member of the saw an increase of 26% in happiness over the devel- Pakistan had reported a the Prime Minister Imran national or provincial legisla- remittances, with a record opment, Prime Minister 24.2 per cent jump in Feb- Khan concluded that ap- ture could participate in the run of above $2 billion in Imran Khan lauded the ruary in remittances. proved the release of the election campaign,” accord- remittances for the 10th overseas Pakistanis for According to the central 2017 census results amid ing to the election commis- consecutive month in their “unparalleled love bank, the development the dissenting note of the sion notice. “You are warned March, the State Bank of and commitment for the came on the heels of gov- Sindh Chief Minister Mu- that the election commission Pakistan said Monday. country”. ernment incentives that rad Ali Shah. will act sternly over the viola- “At $2.7 billion, the re- “You sent over $2 billion attracted people abroad The Sindh CM expressed tion of the code,” district mon- mittances were up 20 per- for 10 straight mths de- to send more money home reservations over the re- itoring officer Abdul Rehman centcompared to February spite Covid, breaking all through formal channels. sults of the 2017 census Arain said in the warning. and 43 per cent compared records. Your remittanc- As a positive sign, the and wrote a dissenting note to March 20. es rose to $2.7 billion in remittances continued on it. A meeting of the CCI Cumulatively, the re- March, 43% higher than exceptional performance chaired by PM Imran has FIA summons mittances have risen to last year,” the premier and remained above $2 bil- decided to conduct a fresh Jahangir, $21.5bn during July-March wrote on Twitter. lion for the tenth consecu- population census across Ali Tareen FY21, up 26% over the He thanked the overseas tive month in March. the country. – APP

ABID RAZA LAHORE: The Federal In- PPP demands apology from PDM vestigation Agency (FIA) the Senate,” he said, adding has asked estranged PTI DNA that the government lost on leader Jahangir Tareen and Fazl to make its “own pitch” when the his son Ali Tareen to ap- KARACHI: PPP chairperson PDM candidate won from the pear before it and respond Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on decision: Maryam Nowshera by-election. to eight questions, with the Monday announced that the “We will not undermine relevant documents. party’s Central Executive LAHORE: PML-N’s vice-president Maryam Nawaz said these gains that the PPP has A press statement issued Committee (CEC) has called Monday it is up to Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of achieved after giving many by the FIA said that it was upon its members to resign the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), to make a de- sacrifices,” he said. “When investigating the PTI leader from all positions of the Paki- cision using his wisdom over the PPP’s reaction to a show- on allegations of “criminal the PML-N was in power, stan Democratic Movement cause notice issued by the Opposition’s anti-government we protected the Parliament breach of trust, financial (PDM). coalition. Speaking to the media here in Lahore, Maryam fraud and money launder- then and we will protect the Flanked by party leaders, Bi- Nawaz clarified that the decision to issue a show-cause no- ing by JDW and its related Parliament today.” lawal held a news conference tice to the PPP was taken unanimously by the PDM and companies JKFSL & FPML, He said those who wanted to to speak about the matters not by any single party. since August 8 2020”. resign from the Parliament, that came under discussion Maryam Nawaz said the parties in the PDM were united should do so. “But, no one The FIA said that it wants and committed to their cause. The struggle of the Opposi- to see the “complete inven- during the recently-held Cen- should try to impose their tral Executive Committee tion’s anti-government coalition was to correct the direc- will or their dictation on any tory, with commercial in- tion Pakistan was moving in, she added. – DNA voices wherever applicable” meeting of the party. other political party,” he said. He said the CEC had come “And the Pakistan Peoples of the plant, machinery and not “abandon the Parliament boycotted the Senate elec- equipment, any fixed assets, to the conclusion that resig- Party will continue in its firm, nations from the national and and the Senate battleground” tions and by-elections, then it consistent Opposition to the stores, spares and loose had been vindicated. would have harmed democra- tools and intangible assets provincial assemblies should selected govt that has been be “like an atom bomb”. He said if the PPP had lis- cy. “We did not give the PTI ongoing since day one and owned by JKFSL as of No- tened to other political par- government an open field to vember 20, 2013. Bilawal said the PPP’s stance has not broken for a single that the Opposition should ties in the Opposition and form a two-thirds majority in day,” stressed Bilawal. Published by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti, Printed at Rohani Art Press, Islamabad: Ph: 051-2266165, Email: [email protected]