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IslamabadSaturday, August 29, 2020 ’s First AndP Only DiplomaticO Daily STPrice Rs. 20 Shinzo Abe: Japan’s PML-N has lost PM to resign for trust of people: thanks Japan health reasons Shahbaz Gill for its support Briefs COAS Govt fully pledges Rs 50 mln cognizant of for PHF DNA Sindh issues RAWALPINDI: Brigadier Khalid Sajjad Khokhar( The Prime Minister assured every possible Retired) , President Paki- stan Hockey Federation assistance to Sindh Chief Minister from (PHF) called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen- the federal govt and its institutions eral Qamar Javed Bajwa. Secretary PHF briefed Shaheen Hanif COAS on steps being tak- PM on reopening en to regain the standard ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of schools of Hockey across the coun- says he is fully cognizant of the issues and try. COAS said Army has development needs of the people of Sindh, always supported sports especially the residents of Karachi, and the Staff Report federal government will play its due role in and especially hockey. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran LAHORE: A gypsy family stands outside their slum inundated by heavy rains. – Shahbaz Sindhu He said that Govern- this regard. He was chairing a meeting in Is- Khan Friday directed finalization of rec- ment is keen to revive lamabad [Friday] to review various develop- ommendations in consultation with pro- hockey and this oppor- ment projects being completed in Karachi vincial governments and administrations Armed tunity should be used to by the Federal Government. of educational institutions, ahead of a Sept PIA, NHA sign projects maximum. COAS pledged A detailed review of federal government’s 7 meeting that would take decisions about Rupees 50 Million out projects in Sindh and Karachi was present- reopening of schools from Sept 15. The Forces of Army’s Welfare Fund ed before the meeting. Governor Sindh Im- prime minister was chairing a meeting of with Chinese enterprises for PHF. Secretary PHF ran Ismail briefed the Prime Minister about the National Coordination Committee on active thanked COAS for contin- the latest situation in Karachi in wake of re- COVID-19 that discussed the roadmap on The main works of this project include ued support to hockey and cent rains. The Prime Minister said a com- resumption of academic activities in view in flood pledged enhanced efforts prehensive plan is being devised for provi- of the improving situation in the wake of refurbishing the runway and upgrading towards improvement of sion of clean drinking water and to address the coronavirus pandemic, and the pre- rescue the drainage ditch and avionics system standards. issues of sewerage and drainage in Karachi. cautionary measures needed to be taken led by China Civil Engineer- project will further expand Pakistan Army has already He said directions have been issued to all at the educational institutions. DNA made two Astroturf Stadi- federal government departments to provide DNA ing Construction Corpora- external connectivity win- ums available to PHF in relief to the people of Karachi. Imran Khan emphasized that Karachi is the ISLAMABAD: Pakistan tion (CCECC). dow of nation. Meanwhile, Rawalpindi and Okara. The Prime Minister assured every possible most important city of Pakistan and all re- Army, Navy, Sindh Rangers ISLAMABAD: Pakistan In- The main works of this pro- it is expected to promote assistance to Sindh Chief Minister from the sources will be utilized to address the cur- and other civic agencies are ternational Airlines (PIA) ject include refurbishing the local employment and eco- federal government and its institutions. rent emergency situation. busy in draining the water and National Highways Au- runway and upgrading the nomic development as well. Trade deficit and helping people affected thority (NHA) respectively drainage ditch and avionics Also this week, Shaanxi during the rain-hit areas in signed two traffic projects system. According to a man- Huashan Construction Group with Italy Karachi. with Chinese enterprises. ager of CCECC, advance Co., one of the top 250 global turns into Rain continues its Pak Army has established a According to Gwadar Pro techniques and proffesional contractors of ENR, won the Flood Emergency Control on Friday, PIA this week experts will be deployed bid by NHA for the addition surplus Centre to deal with flood signed the construction into the upgrading so that of two lanes to N-55 National relating emergencies while contract of the main runway the situations of Alama-Iqbal Road (Ratodero- Shikarpur). wrath upon Karachi medical camps have also upgrading project of Lahore International Airport will be The 43.4 km project is the DNA been established in the ar- Alama-Iqbal International promoted significantly. first winning project issued ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s At least 23 people were also killed in the metropolis eas of Gulberg, Liaquatabad Airport with a joint venture The implementation of the by NHA in 2020. trade deficit of US$ 164 and New Karachi. million with Italy has in various rain-related incidents, according to It may be pointed out that turned into a trade sur- Karachi’s police chief, Ghulam Nabi Memon the current spell of rain in Younus Dagha plus of US$ 210 million Nabi Memon. monsoonal system in Sindh the metropolis broke the PML-N has lost in the Fiscal Year (FY) Athar Sufi Two people were killed in and a westerly wave from record of maximum rain re- may be new 2019-20, according to roof collapse incidents, Balochistan. Chief Mete- corded in one day with 223 the Prime Minister’s Ad- KARACHI: The city of lights four people drowned, one orological Officer (CMO) millimeter rain recorded in trust of people: administrator viser on Commerce and was in a shambles after re- person died due to electro- of Pakistan Meteorological just 12 hours. The previous Investment Abdul Razak ceiving unprecedented cution, while another died Department Sardar Sarfraz recorded was 211 mm in 24 of Karachi Dawood. rains on Thursday as many in a motorcycle incident, meanwhile predicted more hours in July 1967. Shahbaz Gill In a Twitter statement on areas remained flooded said the additional inspec- showers today, saying mod- Furthermore, the govern- DNA Friday, the adviser said with rainwater. tor general. Most of the re- erate spells of rain were ment has asked the people The card has been distributed that it occurred despite to stay put and follow the KARACHI: Former Finance Almost all the major roads maining deaths were caused possible in the city by the among 4.9 million families Secretary Younus Dagha is the emergence of the of the city, including II by collapsing walls. afternoon.The PMD offi- safety measures and precau- COVID-19 pandemic and tions to stay safe in these likely to be appointed the Chungrigarh Road, Univer- Chief Meteorological Of- cial said that Karachi had in all 36 districts of Punjab new administrator of Ka- supply chain disruptions. sity Road, Shahrae Faisal ficer (CMO) of Pakistan received unprecedented troubling times. bent government’s welfare rachi after Mayor Waseem said were inundated in some Meteorological Department heavy rain due to the inter- DNA approach. Distribution of the Akhtar’s tenure ends on Fri- that our exporters, the areas early in the morning, Sardar Sarfraz meanwhile action of a monsoonal sys- Virgin Sehat Insaf Card is also an day, August 28. Sources said Ministry of Commerce posing a grim challenge to predicted more showers, tem in Sindh and a westerly ISLAMABAD: Special Assis- indication regarding the gov- that the federal government and its Officials at Paki- those who had ventured out saying moderate spells of wave from Balochistan on Atlantic tant to the Prime Minister ernment’s priority towards has suggested the name of stan Embassy in Rome of their homes. rain were possible in the Thursday.“In 15 hours from on Political Affairs Shahbaz the health sector. “The card Dagha, who will act freely must be appreciated for At least 23 people were also city by the afternoon. Thursday morning till night, to start Gill has on Friday said that has been distributed among and independently as the their efforts. killed in the metropolis in The PMD official said that over 230 mm of rain was re- Pakistan Muslim League- 4.9 million families in all 36 administrator of Karachi. various rain-related inci- Karachi had received un- corded which was never ob- Pakistan Nawaz (PML-N) has lost the districts of Punjab. It is the The Sindh government has dents, according to Kara- precedented heavy rain served ever before in such a Opposition trust of people. first project in Pakistan’s his- no objection to his appoint- chi’s police chief, Ghulam due to the interaction of a short spell of time,” he said. flights Reacting to PML-N spokes- tory which will provide free ment in place of current Ka- urged to ISLAMABAD: Virgin Atlantic rachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar will in December start servic- person Marriyum Aurang- health facilities to the entire support zeb’s statement, Shahbaz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. whose term ends on Friday. es between Britain and Paki- The Federal and Sindh stan, where local airlines face Gill said that it ridiculous Meanwhile, Prime Minister FATF bill that the party which para- Imran Khan on Thursday ad- governments had jointly a ban on flying to most Eu- decided to solve the prob- ropean destinations due to a lyzed the health system is mitted that letting former PM now commenting on the is- Nawaz Sharif leave the coun- lems of Karachi, forming a Fiaz Ch scandal over unqualified pilots. committee in this regard. It Virgin, 51% owned by Richard sue. PML-N should at least try was a “mistake” by his ISLAMABAD: Federal Min- includes representatives of Branson’s Virgin Group and stop giving lecture on the government. Citing Khan’s ister for Law and Justice, MQM, PTI, PPP as well as 49% by US airline Delta, said health subject, he said. interview on Thursday, me- Barrister state institutions. its flights will go on sale next “Those who governed for dia reported that the Prime has appealed opposition month, becoming the second decades could not even Minister hinted that the gov- parties to support Present western carrier after British make a single hospital at ernment was pressurised into Pak offers government for approval of Airways to serve destinations which they could get med- sending Nawaz Sharif abroad, a Bill of Financial Action in the country. ical treatment themselves. saying that the reports pre- sympathy to Task Force (FATF), being “We’re thrilled to announce Funds for the health sector sented to the government presented in the next ses- that from December, we’ll be were used in the Orange suggested that the PML-N Afghanistan sion of Parliament. flying direct to Pakistan,” said Line project. “PML-N Pres- supremo was severely ill. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on In an interview with a pri- a tweet from Virgin, whose ident committed embezzle- Sharif, who has been con- Friday offered its sympa- vate channel, he said giv- trade creditors on Tuesday ments in welfare projects. victed for corruption, had thy and condolences to the ing vote in favour of FATF voted in favour of a 1.2 billion Those who misused the aid left for the UK in November government and people of by Opposition parties, was pound ($1.6 billion) rescue collected for earthquake vic- last year for medical treat- Afghanistan at the loss of imperative to protect Pa- plan. “We’ll have flights from tims became a cause of em- ment. Khan further said precious lives and material kistan from plunging into Heathrow to both Lahore and barrassment for Pakistan at the federal cabinet had held damage due to heavy rains in black list that could create Islamabad, plus direct service international level. hours of debate over wheth- Parwan province. “We stand financial and business trou- ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister For Narcotics Control, from Manchester to Islama- “Fixing Rs 208 billion for er the government should in solidarity with Afghani- ble for this country. Muhammad visits Model Addicts Treatment bad,” the tweet said. – DNA the Ehsaas Programme is a let Sharif leave on humani- stan in this hour of grief and To a question regarding And Rehabilitation Centre (MATRC) of ANF. – APP representation of the incum- tarian grounds. pray for recovery of missing fake medical reports of people,” the Foreign Office Ex-Prime Minister, he said said in a statement. – APP the court had granted bail to ailing Nawaz Sharif, on Customs medical grounds. Japanese grant for waste management The federal minister thanked and appreciated the government of Japan and the people of Japan urged to curb Inside... for their support with assurance of extending facilitation for more meaningful cooperation smuggling 415 people tested Bakhtiar in his Office at the in multiple fields including could enhance economic co- DNA positive in past 24 Shujaat Hamza Ministry of Economic Af- energy, trade, industries, operation in human develop- hours, 9 die: NCOC fairs in Islamabad on Friday, irrigation, water & sanita- ment and provision of basic ISLAMABAD: The FBR has – Page 02 ISLAMABAD: Japan has the Japanese ambassador ex- tion, security, and social necessities such as health, ed- directed customs authorities to extended grant assistance Need for bold pressed the hope that bilat- sector of Pakistan. ucation, clean drinking water step up their efforts to check initiative for resolving of worth US$ 4.7m for the eral economic ties between The minister voiced hope and housing sector as these smuggling of essential com- Kashmir conflict provision of machinery and Pakistan and Japan would be that Japanese companies areas are the central themes modities in line with the direc- – Page 03 equipment for waste man- enhanced especially in the could take advantage of the of our development policy. tives of Prime Minister Imran agement of the Metropoli- field of export and import huge domestic market as well The federal minister for eco- Khan. The DG of Customs New geologic system tan Cooperation Islamabad substitute industries and as export potential consider- nomic affairs and the Japa- Intelligence, Chief Collectors of under creation in (MCI), the Japanese Ambas- Uzbekistan natural calamities risk man- ing Pakistan having Free nese ambassador expressed Customs North and Balochistan sador to Pakistan MATSU- agement in the future. for their support with as- ID-19 pandemic. Trade Agreements (FTAs) their strong commitment to have been instructed to utilize Govt establishing DA Kuinori told. The federal minister surance of extending fa- Khusro Bakhtiar said that and GSP Plus Status with Eu- further enhance the bilater- all resources at their disposal Economic Zones in GB, In a meeting with the Fed- thanked and appreciated cilitation for more mean- Pakistan valued close and ropean Union Countries. al economic cooperation in to curb smuggling of food items says Gandapur eral Minister for Economic the government of Japan Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar the post-corona time to ben- out of the country in coordina- – Page 04 ingful cooperation in the friendly relations with Japan Affairs Makhdoom Khusro and the people of Japan testing time of the COV- that would be strengthened said that Japan and Pakistan efit both Countries. tion with other institutions. IslamabadPOST 02 ETROLITE M Saturday, August 29, 2020 FBR assures Briefs to clear all pending CTP to refunds deploy 506 ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will clear all pending refunds of busi- Wardens ness community with back- log, besides it is working to on Ashura evolve a mechanism to pro- RAWALPINDI: In order mote ease of doing business to provide foolproof secu- and transparency. This was rity to the mourning pro- stated by Dr. Muhammad cessions of Ashura, City Ashfaq Ahmed, Member (In- Traffic Police (CTP) have land Revenue -Operations), finalized all the arrange- FBR while, addressing the ments for 9th and 10th business community at Is- Muharram. lamabad Chamber of Com- According to Duty Officer merce & Industry. CTP Headquarter Muham- He visited ICCI along with mad Waseem, the traffic Zubair Khan Secretary would be diverted on 48 Sales Tax, Nasir Janjua different routes of the Chief IR Analysis FBR and city on Ashura. 605 Traf- others. He said that ICCI fic Wardens, 133 Traffic should share the list of Assistants under the su- pending refunds and exemp- pervision of 41 Inspectors tion cases to address them. and nine DSPs would be Dr Ashfaq Ahmed said that deployed on city roads. the current fragmented tax As part of the security system was not helpful for measures, entry of vehicu- sustainable growth of econo- lar traffic from Committee my and FBR was working to Chowk to Iqbal Road would carve out a new tax system to strictly be banned on Ashu- ISLAMABAD: Secretary BOI, Ms. Fareena Mazhar acknowledged the efforts of all stakeholders and stated that Pakistan has consistently reduce direct interaction, pro- ra. No vehicle would be al- made efforts to improve the business environment in the country in collaboration with World Bank. – DNA mote ease of doing business lowed on DAV college road and transparency that would and Iqbal road. The public facilitate the taxpayers. This transport for City Saddar process would take 2-3 years Road would be diverted and the business community to Mohanpura road while would appreciate it. traffic from Novelty cine- 415 people tested positive in He said that promotion of ma would reach Pirwadhai industry, trade and exports through Kashmiri bazaar. was the first priority of FBR Traffic coming from Gunj- with revenue generation as mandi would be diverted to second priority as promo- TB hospital, Pirwadhai and past 24 hours, 9 die: NCOC tion of businesses would Dhoke Dalal. – APP translate into more tax rev- Since the pandemic broke out a total of 295,053 cases detected enue for the country. Flood The new tax system would so far including 2277 in AJK, 12742 in Balochistan, 2816 in GB, end harassment from tax- relief camp 15578 in ICT, 35923 in KP, 96636 in Punjab and 129081 in Sindh payers as direct interac- set up in tions would be replaced COVID-19 deaths, positive cases COVID-19 cases in Pakistan were the affected patients. 27, in KP 1250 were died while with video link meetings for hearings. brar han and recovered patients across 8,833 on August 27. However, Since the pandemic broke out one died in hospital on August Rawalpindi DNA / I K He said that FBR would adopt RAWALPINDI: Rescue- the country. 23,483 tests were conducted on a total of 295,053 cases detect- 27. However, in ICT 175 deaths ISLAMABAD: As many as 445 As many as nine people have lost August 27 across the country, ed so far including 2277 in AJK, were recorded, in Balochistan e-audit policy to select mini- 1122 has set up a flood mal cases for audit through relief camp here to cope people tested COVID-19 positive their lives due to COVID-19 dur- including 6,337 in Sindh, 9,939 12742 in Balochistan, 2816 in GB, 141, in GB 67 individuals had and nine people have died due to ing last 24 hours. Out of the total in Punjab, 2,929 in Khyber Pakh- 15578 in ICT, 35923 in KP, 96636 died whereas the lowest deaths the system and promote with any emergency situa- transparency. He said that all tion during flash flooding coronavirus in the past 24 hours deceased 8 died in hospitals and tunkhwa (KP), 3626 in Islamabad in Punjab and 129081 in Sindh. occurred in AJK which were 61. across the country. one died out of the hospital on Capital Territory (ICT), 167 in Since the contagion clutched After tireless strides since the big cases have been shifted to particularly in low-lying Large Taxpayer Units and Re- areas near Nullah Lai. No COVID-19 affected patient August 27. Almost 110 ventilators Balochistan, 295 in Gilgit Balti- masses across the country around first coronavirus case report- was on ventilators in Azad Jammu were occupied across Pakistan stan (GB) and 190 in Azad Jammu 6283 deaths were recorded. In ed in the country a total of gional Tax Offices would now Commissioner Rawalpindi, deal with small traders/busi- Capt. (Retd) Muhammad and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Balti- out of 1920 ventilators allocated and Kashmir (AJK). Sindh 2394 have died where 5 lost 2,559,261 tests were conducted stan (GB) and Balochistan. for COVID-19 patients. Around 279,937 people had re- their lives in hospital and one out so far. Around 735 hospitals were nesses with focus on news Mehmood on Friday visited taxpayers. – APP Christian Colony near Soan National Command and Oper- During the last 24 hours, 415 covered so far across the country of hospital on August 27. equipped with COVID-19 facili- and inspected the area, hit ation Centre (NCOC) Friday people were tested COVID-19 making it a significant count with In Punjab 2195 had died where ties with 1,083 patients admitted by flash flooding on Thurs- issued the latest statistics of positive where the total active over 90 percent recovery ratio of two died in hospital on August across the country. Security day. He directed Manag- arrangements ing Director (MD) Water and Sanitation Authority FBR appoints Sohail Altaf VC TDAP assures to finalized for (WASA) Rawalpindi to uti- lize all available resources facilitate handcrafts Ashura to drain out stagnant water. Regional Integrity Committee RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi He informed that Res- District Police, on the direc- cue-1122 had set up flood In a statement, Rawalpindi Chamber manufacturers tives of City Police Officer relief camp where officers Abid Raza President Saboor Malik welcomed the (CPO) Rawalpindi, Deputy concerned of WASA and formation of the committee and said Inspector General, Muham- other staff along with RAWALPINDI: The Federal Board of that the move would help in respecting mad Ahsan Younis have machinery would remain Revenue has constituted Regional In- taxpayers and end check harassment finalized security arrange- present. The Commission- tegrity Committees to address griev- by the FBR under the guise of tax col- ments for 9th and 10th of er said all the officers con- ances of the business community. lection. He said that the appointment Muharram with deputation cerned had been directed The major purpose of the committee of Sohail Altaf as Vice Chairman was of 6987 security personnel to remain present in the was to identify causes of integrity re- a matter of honor for the Rawalpindi and 800 volunteers. field and regularly monitor lated issues/complaints against FBR Chamber. According to a police spokes- water level in Nullah Leh officers/officials and furnish reports/ Vice Chairman Committee Sohail Al- man, all available resources and flood situation if any. recommendations to the chief commis- taf has asked the chamber members to would be utilized to ensure He said, Nullah Leh and its sioner Inland Revenue, Rawalpindi. inform the Rawalpindi Chamber about strict security on Ashura. 11 tributaries were cleared Ms. Farhat Qayyum, Commissioner any grievances related to FBR so that He informed that total 79 before start of rains. – APP Inland Revenue, has been appointed it can be redressed. The members processions including six of as the chairperson of the committee of the committee include Additional category A, 18 of B category NLCC surveys while Sohail Altaf, former president Commissioner Inland Ehsanullah, Ad- and 55 of C category would and group leader Rawalpindi Chamber ditional Commissioner IR Headquar- be taken out on 9th Muhar- 218,827 of Commerce has been appointed as ters Amir Rehman and SO Legal RTO ram while 65 processions the vice chairman of the committee. Rawalpindi Yousuf Khan. the objectives to highlight the including 16 of A category, hectares DNA significant importance and eight of B category and 41 of ISLAMABAD: The Nation- trade value of handicrafts. C category would be organ- al Locust Control Center Shifa Hospital performs region’s ISLAMABAD: Handicrafts Mr. Shahzad pointed out that ized on Ashura. (NLCC) had conducted Association of Pakistan or- People Republic of China has Law and order would be an anti-pest survey over ganized 1st Virtual Handicraft great potential of Pakistani maintained at all cost and a 218,827 hectares land dur- Forum moderated by Chair- handicrafts and TDAP would peaceful atmosphere would ing last 24 hours as it had first TAVR procedure man HAP Mr. Fahad Barlas. help for trading of Pakistani be provided to the public, restricted the swarms out- experience of performing 500 TAVI performed first-ever TAVI (Tran- Mr. Shahzad Ahmed Khan handicrafts besides providing he added. spread from 61 districts to DNA procedures in the United States scatheter Aortic Valve Implanta- Director Trade Development platform and all required facil- Under the security plan, only two districts in the (US). Earlier, the same team also tion) procedure in the region in Authority of Pakistan was the ities for the purpose. security personnel of Spe- country. The joint teams ISLAMABAD: The cardiology team January 2020 on a patient suffering chief guest. Addressing on the Addressing on the occasion cial Branch Police, Elite of the Ministry of National at Shifa International Hospital has from a critical heart condition. occasion, he said TDAP would Mr. Fahad Barlas said that cul- Force, Frontier Constabu- Food Security, provincial performed first-ever TAVR (Tran- TAVI/TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic extend all possible assistance tural heritage of Pakistan has lary, Lady Police would be agriculture departments scatheter Aortic Valve Replace- Valve Replacement) has emerged to provide opportunities of been depicted through hand- deployed to ensure securi- and Pakistan Army were ment) procedure in the region as a breakthrough in the field of in - trade to handicraft manufac- icrafts and our artisans and ty, he added. Leaves of all conducting a comprehen- to replace degenerated surgical terventional cardiology and is now turers of Pakistan. He ap- craftsmen are highly skilled police personnel had been sive survey and control op- aortic valve of an elderly patient. recognized as an alternative for se - preciated the efforts of HAP and their contributions should cancelled while a special eration against locusts in The procedure was performed by lected high-risk patients for a valve Chairman Mr. Fahad Barlas be acknowledged. He also 24/7 control room had also different districts. – APP Dr. Asaad A. Khan (Consultant In - replacement without open-heart and Office bearers for organ- briefed about the HAP activi- been set up in his office, terventional Cardiologist) who has surgery. izing different events with ties and future plans. the spokesman said. – APP Chinese Cultural Counselor meets with PAL chairman good relations with the PAL contacts of writers on an es, and Urdu translations of DNA to maximize exchanges and intellectual level through fiction, poetry and Confucian cooperation between the translations and other liter- thoughts. PAL has also pub- ISLAMABAD: A long-term two brotherly countries in ary events. lished Urdu poetry by Chi- and fruitful relationship the field of Literature. The Academy will further nese Urdu poet Intikhab Alam will be established with the Zhang Heqing appreciated promote literary cooper- and Urdu poetry by Yuan Xei Pakistan Academy of Let- the role of the PAL in en- ation with the brotherly Shui and other books. ters to strengthen cultural hancing cultural and liter- country of China and expe- The meeting was success- exchanges and cooperation ary ties and assured that dite the implementation of ful and it was agreed that a between Pakistan and China the cooperation agreement the MoU. All of these ef- MoU would be signed soon and rapid progress will be through the MoU would forts come out with better to strengthen these literary executed on the translation bring the literary circles results in the future and ties between the two coun- of China-Pakistan mutual lit- of the two countries closer agreement is set to provide tries. It was also agreed that erary creations. through future literary ex- a broader platform for inter- through the extensive trans- These views were ex- changes. A new era of cultur- national exchange. Chair- lation work, the classical pressed by the Chinese Cul- al and literary exchange will man, PAL said that the PAL and valuable literary treas- tural Counselor and Direc- begin. Dr Yousuf Khushk has translated the literature ures of the two countries tor of China Culture Center said that both countries have of Pakistani languages and would be exchanged and Zhang Heqing in a meeting a rich cultural heritage and the works of Sufi poets into translated so that people on with Dr Yousuf Khoshk, rich literary traditions. Chinese. both sides could enjoy the Chairman, PAL in his office. The PAL aims to further The PAL has also done a lot true colors of life. He said that the Culture strengthen the cultural of work of translations from On this occasion exchange, Office of the Chinese Em- and literary ties between Chinese literature, including the books from both were bassy in Pakistan would the two countries through translations of Chinese folk made as a token of love and establish long and stable writers and to advance the tales into Pakistani languag- appreciation. Saturday, August 29, 2020 03 IslamabadPOST Pakistan’s First And Only Diplomatic Daily Editor-in-Chief: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Reopening tourism Deputy Editor: Abid Raza The peace process RIME MINISTER Imran Khan’s interest in promoting tour- LMOST as important as it is for Afghanistan, the peace ism in the country has culminated in the formation of the Vol: 01 Issue: 134 process in that country is crucial to Pakistan, its stability P National Coordination Committee for Tourism, which is go- Email: [email protected] A and its future. Pakistan has played an active role in facil- ing to be run by Special Assistant Zulfikar Bukhari as its convener. itating the peace process by acting as mediators between the Mr Bukhari will be briefing Mr Khan every fortnight, which shows Website: www.islamabadpost.com.pk Taliban and the US. Islamabad now faces the equally difficult the high priority the prime minister attaches to this sector. The Phone: 051-2266165 / 051-2261960 task of bringing together an Afghan government the legitimacy committee will implement a national tourism strategy. The ulti- Off: Awan Plaza, Block 18-A, G-8 Markaz Islamabad of which the Taliban have refused to accept. mate long-term economic benefit of setting up a robust tourism Foreign Minister as a part of this process industry is to generate revenue and jobs — an objective that has met a visiting delegation of the Taliban in Islamabad on Wednes- been greeted with some scepticism as resources are hard to come day. The effort to negotiate a settlement between the Taliban and by and so far little has been done to tap the industry’s potential. But there is no shortage of enthusiasm either. Experts have con - the Afghan government of President Ashraf Ghani has run into curred with official projections regarding the country’s treasures some problems essentially over the release of prisoners the Tal- by coming up with their own positive assessments. There is a cer - iban want out of jail. The US meanwhile is eager to pull out as tain vibrancy to Pakistanis’ urge to travel within the country. The many troops as possible from Afghanistan by November this year, increasing number of domestic tourists who set out on pleasure possibly leaving only a few thousand in place. For Afghanistan, trips to famous holiday destinations, especially in the north and however, the question is whether the weak security forces man- northwest of the country during summer, testifies to this. In fact, aged by the Afghan government can control the Taliban, various some spots are chock-a-block with people during summer, leading warlords struggling for power and outside elements such as the IS to calls for greater regulation and the promotion of less-crowded and Al-Qaeda to whom the Taliban have promised to give no space. resorts. More systematic, reassuring handling of operations would Whether this promise is kept is uncertain. boost tourist confidence and lift the industry as a whole. Once the The delegation representing the Afghan government is also like- infrastructure is created, some bold decision-making would be re- ly to visit Pakistan over the coming weeks, possibly in about a quired to woo the average foreign tourist to Pakistan. month. Pakistan has the difficult task of finding a way to broker a Having said that, there are some issues that need urgent atten - settlement between these two forces. Washington already appears tion. In the recent past, the government came under attack for to have lost interest in the country after reducing it to its present doing away with the staff and structure of the Pakistan Tourism plight and is interested mainly in making an exit. It is far from Development Corporation. The need to create an alternative is certain what shape Afghanistan will take in the coming months. an immense challenge. Then there are health issues. Pakistan is But what unfolds in that country will be critical to the region. Shah certainly fortunate in having been less affected by the coronavirus Mahmood has said he recognizes that Afghanistan must solve its as compared to other countries. But the health emergency is cer - own problems. Pakistan however is willing to offer as much help tainly not over. For instance, the Mansehra district administration as is possible. This will of course benefit Pakistan as much as Af- recently sealed hotels after several staff members tested positive for the virus. They were reopened later after the premises was ghanistan. It is also vital that Islamabad and Kabul create a strong disinfected, but overall, popular vacation spots have seen a rise working relationship given that the issues they face are very sim- in Covid-19 cases, with tourists being blamed for not observing ilar and are interlinked in many different ways. These issues can SOPS. This is a point of concern as holiday destinations are vul - be unraveled only if both nations work together and try and evolve nerable to the virus. What is positive is the fact that thousands are a relationship that will serve them well over the coming years so waiting to get away from their dreary daily drill. After the pandem - that the current tensions can be wiped out and the people of Af- ic, they should be facilitated in every way possible. ghanistan can gain a respite from unending conflict. Need for bold initiative for resolving Kashmir conflict NDIA’S contentions about Jammu and Kashmir had been chosen by the Kashmiris. engagement of political and diplomatic channels” is Iqbal Khan being the so-called “integral and inalienable While meeting with the United Nations General As- significant to resolve the issue in accordance with the I part” of India and an “internal affair” do not go sembly President-elect Volkan Bozkir on August 10, resolutions of UN Security Council, he added.Bozkir beyond side-splitting fiction,which stands contrary Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the United Nations said Turkey’s position on Jammu and Kashmir is well- to historical and legal facts and in violation of the rel- to play its role in addressing the “grave” situation in known and its foreign ministry had issued a strong Pakistan has apprised evant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Res- Indian occupied Kashmir and to ensure that the peo- statement over India’s action of August 5, 2019. all international forums olutions. India must, at the earliest, vacate its illegal ple of the valley exercise their right to self-determi- The international community must play its role in and forcible occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied nation as promised under the UN Security Council bringing an end to the brutality in Indian Occupied about atrocities by Indian Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and let the Kashmiris (UNSC) resolutions. Kashmir.Human rights organizations need to raise exercise their inalienable right to self-determination Kashmir is an issue that has been on the UNSC agen- their voices, more forcefully, against India’s bar- security forces, including through a free and impartial plebiscite under the da for over seven decades.”The prime minister high- baric actsparticularly against women and children, but not limited to:extra- auspices of the United Nations as enshrined in the lighted the dire rights and humanitarian situation in who continue to face the wrath of Indian atrocities relevant UNSC Resolutions. occupied Kashmir since August 5, 2019, as well as since the last seventy years. judicial killings, use of With each passing day more and more voices are be- the ongoing gross and systematic violations of human Pakistan will continue to lend moral, political ing added to the necessity of resolution of Kashmir rights and attempts to change the demographic struc- and diplomatic support to Kashmir at all inter - rape as weapon to supress dispute at the earliest.Yet, these are well short of the ture of the occupied territory.”PM Imran expressed national fora. There are numerous UN Security critical mass to impact Indian attitude and behaviour. the hope that the 75th Session of the UNGA would Council resolutions under which the people of the peaceful struggle by India had scrapped the special status of IIOJ&Kunder accord priority to this issue. Kashmir have been promised the right to self-de - Kashmiris for their right Articles 370 and 35A of its constitution on August 5 The UNGA president-elect also met with Foreign termination through a UN-mandated plebiscite. last year in violation of UN Security Council resolu- Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Foreign India and Pakistan need to resume dialogue to of self-determination, tions and international law. Office where the latter sought “effective role of the arrive at a political solution to the satisfaction to US presidential hopeful Joe Biden has once again UNGA to end human rights violations in occupied the Kashmiri people. firing at innocent civilians, expressed concern over the deteriorating situa- Kashmir.”FM briefed him about the evolving situ- According to Claude, “Bearing in mind the long protracted detentions tion inJammu and Kashmir, saying restrictions on ation of IIOJK facing military siege for the last one history of political tension in Jammu and Kashmir, dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests or year, human rights violations, and illegal search and compounded by recent developments, it’s obvious without trial, and violence shutting down the internet, weakens democracy. cordon operations. the present situation in Kashmir cannotcontinue Biden called on the Indian government to “take all Pakistan has apprised all international forums about and will quite possibly get worse”. “India has al - against non-combatants necessary steps to restore rights for all the people atrocities by Indian security forces, including but not ways argued that Kashmir is a domestic issue and of Kashmir”. Though statements by the US pres - limited to:extra-judicial killings, use of rape as weap- external interference willnot be accepted. But how - including women and idential hopefuls cannot be taken on face value, on to supress the peaceful struggle by Kashmiris for ever much the Indian government would like it to children. This environment Biden, having done two Vice Presidential tenures, their right of self-determination, firing at innocent be the case,Kashmir is today very much in the in - is expected to make measured statements on Kash - civilians, protracted detentions without trial, and vi- ternational public domain”. has indeed evolved into a mir—beyond wooing Muslim voters. olence against non-combatants including women and Over the last one year, there have been numerous Through his recently published paper, “Diplomacy children. This environment has indeed evolved into a short lived bursts of support from various quarters new normal in occupied in South Asia:a four step grand plan for Kashmir” Dr new normal in occupied Jammu &Kashmir. of international community, but things have not Jammu & Kashmir. Claude Rakisits, has proposed a bold, four-step plan Responding to a question from a reporter, Bozkir moved beyond lip service. Even at official level, the which would address the question of self-determina- said,“Position of the UN on this region is governed foreign office went into a sort of hibernation after Responding to a question tion for Kashmiris. Two important elements of this by its charter and applicable Security Council reso- Prime Minster Imran Khan’s speech to the UNGA, plan are:, the involvement of the Commonwealth Emi- lutions as was previously expressed by the UN secre- as if speech itself was the end objective. Also, from a reporter, Bozkir nent Persons Group to assist Kashmiris, Pakistan and tary General on different occasions.”He stated that some of the allies—so called brotherly countries of India in the mediation of the plan; and, the holding solving the Kashmir issue was key to sustainable the Middle East have been pressuring Pakistan to said,“Position of the UN of four UN-supervised referenda which would be held peace in South Asia. “Regional security should be abandon the Kashmir cause. The Organisation of on this region is governed simultaneously but counted separately for Gilgit-Bal- maintained through political and diplomatic solutions. Islamic Cooperation (OIC), did make some noises, tistan and Azad Kashmir; Kashmir valley; Jammu; and Difficult challenges can be resolved through meaning- but nothing beyond that. by its charter and applicable Ladakh. All Kashmiris would have three options: Join ful, mutual engagement.””So if my assistance as the The regurgitation of false claims by India can nei - Pakistan, Join India or independence. president of the General Assembly is requested by ther change facts nor divert attention from India’s Security Council resolutions As an incentive to India and Pakistan, the internation- the parties, I will be ready to provide contributions state-terrorism in the IIOJK, and its egregious vi - al community would deliver substantial economic as- within my mandate.” olations of human rights of the Kashmiri people. as was previously expressed sistance for the development of all parts of Kashmir. Expressing his strong support for the longstanding Rather than resorting to false and misleading as - by the UN Security Council But as a quid pro quo for the economic aid package, dispute of Jammu and Kashmir, Bozkir linked it with sertions, India should faithfully implement its in- there would have to be guaranteed free movement of peace and stability of the South Asian region.“The ternational obligations. on different occasions” people, capital and goods between all parts of Kash- Jammu and Kashmir dispute needs to be settled – Writer is a freelance contributor, mir after the referenda, regardless as to which option through peaceful means,” he said.The “meaningful email: [email protected] Governments must wake up to the global warming threat AST month Greenpeace International said store it. Approximately 2.6 billion tons of carbon ment and ecological balance. Ranvir S. Nayar that since the start of this year, fires in Si- dioxide, which is one-third of the annual amount Despite the alarm bells that are ringing all around L beria have destroyed nearly 21 million hec- released by burning fossil fuels, is absorbed by the world, governments and businesses seem to be tares of virgin forest. But it is not only Siberia that forests every year. The world’s forests currently continuing on the path to destruction with blink- is going up in flames. store 300 billion tons of carbon, which is 30 times ers on. Industrial logging is thriving and has now With other major fires reported in Greenland, Alas- the global annual emissions from fossil fuels. Sci- reached areas that were once no-go areas, includ- ka and northern Canada, the entire Arctic region entists say that if 2 billion hectares of degraded ing areas deep in Africa, the Arctic Circle, the Him- has been burning at record levels, exacerbating the land around the world was restored and diverse alayas and parts of central India that are home to problems caused by global warming and climate forests replanted, they could fully neutralize glob- forests that are millions of years old. change. Extensive fires have also been reported in al carbon emissions from fossil fuels. Both governments and businesses try to hide the Amazon basin, Europe and Asia. As well as delaying or even preventing global behind schemes such as compensatory affores- The full scale of the damage caused by forest fires warming, forests also promote ecology in an- tation, which is the process of introducing trees this year obviously will not be known for anoth- other significant way. Most of the world’s oldest to areas not previously forested, plantations or er five months but we do know that in 2019 the forests are among the richest repositories of more recent fads such as urban forests, as if they amount of global virgin forest lost was about 2.8 biodiversity, both flora and fauna. They provide are adequate solutions to the global problem of percent higher than the previous year, and the an- canopies that benefit birds, cavities that provide increasingly few trees. nual loss rate has remained high for the past two nesting places for animals, and dead trees that While these measures might help to restore some decades, despite efforts to curb deforestation. become homes for insects, reptiles and amphibi- degraded lands or replace a few trees, they are in Both governments The Earth is already paying a heavy price for the ans, while the moisture they create feeds lichen no way effective replacements for virgin forests. It loss of forests, especially primary forests, which and mosses that also are habitats for insects. is time that leaders around the world understood and businesses try to are many thousands of years old. Each of these living creatures plays a crucial role and recognized that the first and most significant For one thing, burning trees release a lot of car- in maintaining the ecological balance. measure that must be taken to prevent a global en- hide behind schemes bon into air and these emissions have been rising When millions of square kilometers of ancient for- vironmental catastrophe is to protect the biodiver- such as compensatory sharply for several years. In 2019, 7.8 billion tons ests go up in flames each year, it causes irreplace- sity hot spots provided by older forests. of carbon was emitted. This was 26 percent more able damage to global biodiversity that is already Last year, the UN warned that more than a million afforestation, which is the than in 2018 and represented about 21 percent of under severe pressure. plant and animal species are threatened with ex- process of introducing the year’s total carbon emissions. Forests are not only home to animals, insects and tinction, 75 percent of agricultural genetic biodi- In addition to releasing significant amounts of plants, they are also the habitat for hundreds of mil- versity has been lost, as has 70 percent of fishery trees to areas not carbon while actively burning, forest fires have a lions of human beings, the vast majority of whom diversity, and that the unprecedented forest fires longer-term negative effect. The soot from burn- are extremely poor and live on the edge of soci- that have only been getting worse over the past two previously forested, ing wood that ends up in the air absorbs sunlight eties. The livelihoods of about 1.6 billion people, decades threaten to push many of these threatened plantations or more and warms the globe more. And when the soot 23 percent of the world’s population, depend on species to the very edge of extinction. settles on ice or snow, or falls on it in raindrops, it forests, mainly old forests, as these people are for- The only possible way to prevent, or at least de - recent fads such as urban becomes trapped, reducing the reflectivity of the agers who gather fruits and other forest produce. lay, this catastrophe is for governments to take ice and snow. As a result, more heat is trapped More than 80 percent of virgin forests in the world a more serious and urgent view of the situation, forests, as if they are and the ice melts faster. have already been lost to industrial logging, and and for businesses to consider the potential long- adequate solutions to Not only do burning forests create a lot of carbon the remaining 20 percent is under unprecedented term profits that would come from preventing and lead to increased melting of ice, they also af- pressure as a result of global warming, fires and ev- the meltdown of planet Earth. So far, the signs the global problem of fect global carbon emissions in another, very sig- er-increasing logging activity that seems to contin- of either of these things happening have been increasingly few trees nificant way. Forests are immense carbon sinks ue with little oversight, even in this age of greater anything but hopeful. that capture the element from the atmosphere and awareness about the need to preserve the environ- – Courtesy: Arab News IslamabadSATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2020 | P WWW.ISLAMABADPOST.COM.PKOST PMDC Briefs donates Rs 5 mln for “SBP takes corona fund ISLAMABAD: Pakistan bold step Mineral Development Cor- poration (PMDC) Manag- to facilitate ing Director Farhan Shafi Friday called on Minister SME sector” for Energy Omar Ayub FAISALABAD: The State Khan and handed over Rs Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has 5 million cheque for the taken bold, innovative and Prime Minister’s Corona revolutionary measures to Relief Fund. facilitate the Small & Medi- “The contribution includes um Enterprises (SMEs) sec- two days salaries of all tor and in this connection PMDC employees,” a Petro- “Online Complaint Portal” leum Division news release of SBP on SMEs will help said. Expressing gratifica- this important segment to tion over the PMDC dona- play its role in improving tion, the minister said that the national economy. Petroleum Division and its Addressing a Zoom confer- attached organisations had ence, organized by the State made the significant contri- Bank of Pakistan to give an butions in the coronavirus introduction of the online (COVID-19) relief activities complaint portal, Faisalabad with a national spirit. Chamber of Commerce & Earlier, Sui Northern Gas Industry (FCCI) President Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) Rana Muhammad Sikandar had allocated Rs 38 million Azam Khan said that it is yet and Sui Southern Gas Com- another landmark achieve- pany (SSGC) contributed Rs ment of the SBP under the ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Pakistan, Ahmed Jawad Rubai, in a meeting 30 million for relief activi- dynamic leadership of its with Chairman of the Council of Muslim Scholars, Tahir Ashrafi. – DNA ties across the country. governor Dr Reza Baqir. The SNGPL Board had di- Appreciating the new and rected the company to de- proficient tool to resolve posit Rs19 million in Prime complaints regarding the Minister’s Relief Fund and SMEs, he said that a help committed Rs 19 million to desk of the SBP was already National Disaster Manage- Shinzo Abe: Japan’s PM to ment Authority for procure- working in the FCCI while similar arrangements would ment of medical supplies. also be made in other lead- Oil and Gas Development ing chambers and trade as- Company Limited (OGD- sociations. He said that SBP CL) deposited an amount of resign for health reasons Rs 53 million in the Fund, Faisalabad chief manager would visit the FCCI dur- while its hostel at I-9 sec- ing the next month to give In 2007 he resigned abruptly from an earlier term as prime minister because tor was being utilised as an a practical demo of the on- isolation/ quarantine facility line complaint portal which of his struggles with ulcerative colitis, a chronic condition affecting the for COVID-19 patients in the will definitely facilitate and federal capital. At the facili- guide startups and SMEs large intestine, that he has lived with since he was a teenager ty, the company also provid- related persons. – APP since he was a teenager. watch, has come to naught, be a snap election for the ed medicines, Personal Pro- DNA Mr Abe has a reputation as at least for now. time being,” he said.Still, ru- tection Equipment (PPE) PM offers a staunch conservative and Two hospital visits in one mours have persisted about kits for medical staff, food TOKOYA: Japanese PM nationalist, and for stimulat- week sparked questions Mr Abe’s growing fatigue as items and a fully-equipped full support Shinzo Abe has resigned for ing growth with his aggres- about whether Mr Abe’s he fields growing scrutiny for ambulance. – APP health reasons. He has suf- sive economic policy known health was deteriorating. his handling of the coronavi- to CM Sindh: fered for many years from as “Abenomics”. He had been due to serve rus pandemic, at a time when Emirates ulcerative colitis, an inflam- He has strengthened Ja- until September 2021.He approval ratings for his cabi- matory bowel disease, but pan’s defences and boosted has not revealed what the net have dropped. celebrate ISLAMABAD: Minister for his condition is thought to military spending, but has visits were for but one is re- Under Japanese law, an act- Planning and Development, have worsened recently. been unable to revise the ported to have lasted nearly ing prime minister would one-off A380 Asad Umar has said that Public broadcaster NHK constitution’s pacifist Arti- eight hours.LDP officials step in temporarily if Mr service the federal government said the 65-year-old wanted cle 9, which bans a stand- have previously dismissed Abe were unable to perform would provide every possi- to avoid causing problems ing army for anything other he is resigning yet again due Yet his government was also speculation that he would his role, with no limits on ble support to Sindh Gov- for his government. Last than self-defence. to the same illness. mired in scandal, including step down, saying the prime how long they can stay in DNA year, he became Japan’s As the longest-serving Jap- talk of favouritism and wilful ernment in relief activities Prime Minister Abe has minister’s health was fine. post.Deputy Prime Minister KARACHIL The iconic longest serving prime min- anese prime minister, he destruction of public records. in the rain hit areas. long suffered from chronic At the Rio de Janeiro Olym- Taro Aso, who is also finance Emirates A380 made a one- ister. His current period leaves behind a legacy of When the pandemic struck, “Prime Minister Imran ulcerative colitis. The dis- pics in 2016 Mr Abe ap- minister, is first in line, fol- off service to Clark Inter- in office began in 2012. In stability and a strong cen- his responses were often crit- Khan has talked to Chief ease forced him to resign peared as video game charac- lowed by Chief Cabinet Sec- national Airport today, be- 2007 he resigned abrupt- tralised power base that al- icised as being slow, ineffec- Minister Sindh assuring in 2007 - the first time he ter Mario Akira Amari, head retary Yoshihide Suga. coming the first commercial ly from an earlier term as lowed forceful stimulus pol- tive, and out of touch. him of the Center and its headed the government. of the LDP’s tax panel, dis- An acting prime minister can- flight, utilizing the iconic prime minister because of icies to revive the economy. And perhaps importantly institutions’ all out help to Now, after weeks of specula- missed the suggestion that not call a snap election but aircraft, to operate to the his struggles with ulcerative He also improved relations for Mr Abe, his cherished provide relief activities to tion about him being absent the prime minister would they lead on other matters Luzon-based airport. colitis, a chronic condition with the US by courting - and highly controversial - the people affected by the from the public eye despite dissolve parliament’s lower such as treaties and budgets The special A380 service affecting the large intes- President Donald Trump, wish to revise Japan’s paci- torrential rains in the prov- a worrying uptick in Japan’s house for a snap general until a new party leader and from Dubai to Clark and tine, that he has lived with often on the golf course. fist constitution under his ince” he said in a tweet. coronavirus cases, it seems election soon.”There won’t premier is chosen. operating as EK2520, took The minister said whatever off from Dubai International support the Sindh Govern- Qatar donates Airport at 02:40 and landed ment would demand, the Trump warns Biden will in Clark at 15:23 local time, Center would provide on Uzbek President medical and was greeted by a tradi- emergency basis. – APP tional water cannon salute pardons 113 citizens equipment ‘demolish’ American dream upon arrival at the airport. Rescue chists" upon US cities. ist agenda to demolish our More than 400 passengers, The decree pardoned 113 citizens, ISLAMABAD: Ambassador DNA On Thursday night, the cherished destiny." who were delighted to have operation who are serving sentences for of State of Qatar Sheikh president asked voters for He added: "Your vote will experienced Emirates’ Saud bin Abdulrahman Al WASHINGTON: US Pres- another four years in office, decide whether we protect flagship aircraft on a route continues committing a crime, who sincerely Thani on Friday handed repented of their deeds and firmly ident Donald Trump has vowing to dispel the coro- law-abiding Americans, or not regularly served by the in Karachi: over a shipment of N-95 warned his Democratic navirus pandemic that has whether we give free rein to aircraft, in addition to Emir- embarked on the path of correction masks, medicines, Pulse challenger Joe Biden will ravaged the US economy violent anarchists, agitators ates executives, were wel- Oximeters and other med- TASHKENT: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev "demolish" the American and quell civil strife ignited and criminals who threaten comed by the airport’s ex- NDMA ical equipment to Minister signed a decree “On pardoning a group of persons serving dream if he wins the White by police killings of African our citizens." ecutive management team. ISLAMABAD: National of State for States and a sentence of imprisonment, who sincerely repented of House in November. Speak- Americans. Mr Trump ac- While Mr Trump portrayed VIPs, including Secretary of Disaster Management Au- Frontier Regions (SA- their deeds and firmly embarked on the path of correc- ing on the final night of the cepted his party's renomi- his challenger as "a Trojan Department of Transporta- thority (NDMA) with the FRON) Shehryar Khan tion”. The document was signed on the eve of the cele- Republican convention, the nation from the South Lawn horse for socialism", Mr tion, Mr. Arthur Tugade, as coordinated efforts of oth- Afridi to facilitate Afghan bration of the most expensive national holiday - the 29th president depicted his op- of the White House. Biden's lengthy record as well as media were given a er concerned functionaries refugees to fight Covid-19 anniversary of the proclamation of our Motherland’s inde- ponent as "the destroyer of "This election will decide a political moderate was guided tour of the A380 by were fully active and con- pandemic. pendence. The decree, in accordance with paragraph 23 American greatness". whether we save the Amer- a hindrance for him as he Emirates cabin crew. tinuing its rescue and relief According to the Press of Article 93 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbek- He said the Democrats ican dream," he said, "or competed to capture his The popular Emirates A380 operations in rain affected Release, Shehryar Khan istan, pardoned 113 citizens, who are serving sentences would unleash "violent anar- whether we allow a social- party's nomination. aircraft has resumed oper- areas of Karachi. Afridi expressing grati- for committing a crime, who sincerely repented of their ations to five destinations Spokesperson of NDMA tude to Qatar Ambassador deeds and firmly embarked on the path of correction. so far, including London Shazia Haris in her exclu- said the donations would Of the pardoned 5 persons were completely released Heathrow, Paris, Cairo, sive talk with Radio Pakistan greatly help Afghan refu- from serving the main sentence, 53 persons were re- Govt establishing Economic Guangzhou and Toronto. said that these operations gees in fight against the leased from serving the sentence on parole, the punish- Emirates has been serving and drainage activities were pandemic. ment imposed on 15 persons was replaced by a softer the Philippines since 1990 being carried out by the Pak He said that the Ambassa- Zones in GB, says Gandapur one. In addition, the terms of imprisonment imposed and inaugurated its first Army in collaboration with dor’s passionate approach ISLAMABAD: Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur has said on 40 persons were reduced. service to Clark in 2016. In local civil administration. would largely help in fur- that there is a huge opportunity for foreign investment in tourism sector in Gilgit Baltistan. Among those pardoned - 1 man over 60 years old, 2 citi- 2014, the Emirates A380 “We will not let the affect- ther cementing Pakistan, Talking to Country Head of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency Gökhan Umut in zens of foreign states, 105 persons who participated in the made a one-off trip to Ma- ed people be alone in their Qatar friendly relationship. Islamabad on Friday, he asked theTurkish investors to invest in tourism sector. activities of banned organizations. As part of the imple- nila, marking its first arrival hard time”, she assured. Afghanistan is a conflict He said about 2 million tourist visit the picturesque area of Gilgit Baltistan every year. mentation of the decree, the responsible ministries and in the Philippines. She said food, drinking zone where humanity suf- The Minister said that the government is establishing Economic Zones in Gilgit Baltistan departments were instructed to return pardoned persons water and other essential fered enormously. Qatar which will open new avenues of industrial development. to their families and loved ones, assist them in social ad- Landmine items are being provided to and Turkey greatly support- Ali Amin Gandapur said that the Turkish President has always adopted a clear stance on the aptation, attract them to useful work, choose a healthy rain affected people while ed and facilitated the Syri- Kashmir issue and the government and the people of Pakistan thank Turkey for its contin- lifestyle and take a worthy place in society. – DNA blasts kill 13 56 relief camps have also an refugees too. – APP ued support in this regard. – DNA been established. in Kandahar She said the NDMA also provided 3000 tents to Sindh government for rain- DNA hit people. – APP KABUL: At least 13 peo- New geologic system under creation in Uzbekistan ple killed and three more Four resolutions have been signed by the President on these issues. Toward their execution, the industry wounded in two separate PTA asks land mine blasts in south- YouTube to is undergoing modernization and digitalization, prospecting works are growing in scale and efficiency ern Kandahar province on created in Uzbekistan. The pur- registered. The resources and Chairman of the State Commit- laboratory equipment. Friday. A spokesperson for block indecent DNA pose sought is to cash in the nat- reserves of gold, silver, urani- tee on Geology and Mineral The State Committee on Ge- the provincial governor Ba- ural resources for the good of the um and copper are enhancing. 3 Resources presented report to ology and Mineral Resources hir Ahmad Ahmadi said that content TASHKENT: On August 27, Presi- nation, create jobs and improve new gold deposits are discovered the President. The attraction has been tasked with the estab- the first blast occurred at ISLAMABAD: Pakistan dent of the Republic of Uzbekistan the wellbeing of people”, Shavkat in Kuljuktau and Auminzatau of foreign investments towards lishment of new prospecting on around 9 a.m in Patan Khel Telecom Authority (PTA) Shavkat Mirziyoyev was presented Mirziyoyev said. mountains in Bukhara and Navoi the development of 20 new de- new fields based on cooperation, area in Spin Boldak district has asked video-sharing report on the effectiveness of Foundation has been institut- regions, along with 2 uranium posits was discussed during further expand the practice of of Kandahar. He added that platform YouTube to im- works in the geology sector. ed for the revival of geology as ones in Kattakurgan district of the presentation, through open transferring works on develop- 12 civilians were killed as mediately block vulgar, in- In his Address to the Oliy Majlis science and training modern Samarkand region and Arnasay and transparent procedures, by ment of discovered deposits to their vehicle hit a roadside decent, immoral, nude and in January this year, the Head of specialists. In particular, the district of Jizzakh region. holding online bids. Instructions the private sector. mine in the area. Mean- hate speech content for the state noted that certain fields University of Geological Science Moreover, mining and geological were given on public-private The need was noted for estab- while, a provincial council viewing in Pakistan. of science would be attached pri- has been established to unite data on 32 types of reserves have partnership in this sphere. Next lishing, on the Namangan ex- member said that nine of PTA has done so keeping in ority significance every year to se- four research institutions. been transferred to JORC interna- measures directed at uplifting perience, constant geological the victims were members view the extremely negative cure their advanced development. Cutting-edge drilling and labora- tional standards. the effectiveness of works in the expeditions, especially of hydro- of a family. The official add- effects of indecent/immor- This year, geology was identified tory equipment was procured. Within the framework of efforts sector, strengthening its norma- geologival designation, in every ed that another roadside al/nude content available as one of such. Four resolutions As a result, the drilling works’ designed to develop the agricul- tive base and boosting the invest- region. Tasks were defined to bomb hit a Mazda at around on YouTube and to prevent have been signed by the President productivity have increased by tural sector, geological research ment potential were discussed. elevate the effectiveness in the noon in the same district. repugnant discord due to on these issues. Toward their exe- quarter compared to the same based on express methods has The Head of the state gave con - exploitation of underground soils Ahmadi further said that a the presence of hate speech cution, the industry is undergoing period last year. In addition, the been conducted on 155 thousand crete instructions to double the granted for use and promote re- person was killed and three and sectarian material, said modernization and digitalization, number of elements discovered hectares of lands. Water reserves scale of geological prospecting search works. Officials in charge more were wounded in the a news release issued here prospecting works are growing in in ore has grown from 40 to 63. with 90 thousand cubic meters next year, discover new pro- of the sphere were tasked to de- incident. Immediately no on Friday. – APP scale and efficiency. From the beginning of this year, extraction a day have been con- spective fields, accelerate the vise a roadmap for the implemen- group yet take responsibili- “New geologic system is being 150 new deposits have been firmed in water-scarcity districts. introduction of state-of-the-art tation of the measures identified. ty for the attacks. Published by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti, Printed at Rohani Art Press, Islamabad: Ph: 051-2266165, Email: [email protected]