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IslamabadMonday, June 14, 2021 Pakistan’s First AndP Only DiplomaticO Daily STPrice Rs. 20 Europe is fighting UNICEF Pak Novak Djokovic disinformation every supports polio wins French day, says Ursula Leyen eradication Open Final Detailed News On Page-01 Detailed News On Page-08 Detailed News On Page-06 MOFA officers arrested on spying charges Grade 18 officer working at the Chinese Division at MOFA produced before the court; the said officer is accused of sharing secret information with the Russian intelligence operatives; Bulgarian ambassador in Pakistan was sacked in the past for corrupt practices Sources further revealed that a few other officials are CARIO: General Nadeem Raza, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee, accompanied by Special Correspondent also said to be involved in such practices and thus being Ambassador Sajid Bilal called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Cairo. – DNA proceeded against. It may be mentioned here that a few ISLAMABAD: A few senior officers working in the Ministry officers of the protocol division were shown the door for of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan (MOFA), have been arrested their involvement in the corrupt practices. Those offices on the charges of spying for other countries. In addition, were involved in issuing fake note verbal and import of Netanyahu action has also been taken against officers of the protocol liquor through unfair means. out as new PML-N spoiled department involved in illegal practices. According to details, Similarly some diplomats too were pin-pointed by the Pa- Syed Qalbe Abbas, a BS-18 official of the Ministry of Planning kistani Customs authorities who were found involved in Israeli govt and Development, had been working as deputy director of importing liquor beyond the specified quotas and sec- the China Division on deputation at the Ministry of ondly importing the duty free cars for their Paki- approved Foreign Affairs for nearly three years. stani friends. Jadhav case: FM According to an FIR registered against him The former Bulgarian Ambassador Aleksan- A new “government Says PM Imran will never give NRO to with the Counter Terrorism Wing (CTW), dar Borisov Parashkevov’s services were of change” will be he frequently met diplomats and officials terminated and he was called back from plunderers and looters of public money of foreign intelligence agencies “to deliver Pakistan when it was confirmed that he led by right-wing secret information/documents prejudicial misused his authority. nationalist Naftali were different variants of Bureau Report coronavirus in the world to the safety and interests of the state”. The Bulgaria Ministry of Foreign Bennett of the The sources revealed, the suspect had Affairs, upon getting the news thor- and this step would surely MULTAN: Foreign Minister started his career as a research officer in oughly investigated the matter. It also Yamina party help avoid spread of corona- Makhdoom Shah Mahmood now devolved ministry of food, agriculture wrote a letter to the Pakistan Ministry virus across the globe. Hussain Qureshi on Sunday and livestock in early 2000. He later be- of Foreign Affairs asking it for details To a question about Ahsan News Desk said that the process of ac- came section officer and was associated with about the shady deal. The Pakistan Minis - Iqbal criticism regarding countability would remain a section in the Economic Affairs Division that try of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the am - TEL AVIV: Benjamin Net- low budget for Defence, continue and the govern- deals with the United Nations and foreign training. bassador was involved in practices, which were anyahu has lost his 12-year Foreign Minister suggested ment would not give Nation- He became deputy director in the Ministry of Foreign Af- not incommensurate with his status and stature. The hold on power in Israel Ahsan to study budget book al Reconciliation Ordinance fairs in September 2018. Bulgarian Council of Ministers then proposed to the after the country’s parlia- to know about the fact. (NRO) to plunderers. N (PML-N) mishandled The accused was produced before the the Islamabad High President to terminate the diplomatic assignment of ment voted in a new coa- About District Coordina- While commenting on Bil- Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case, Court seeking bail but the Court turned down his post-ar- the Ambassador of the Republic Bulgaria in Pakistan. lition government. A new tion Committee’s working, awal Bhutto’s reaction on adding that the present rest bail petition. Booked under Section 3 and 4 of the Offi- This newspaper had broken this news and a detailed story “government of change” Shah stated that the DCCs arrest of Khursheed Shah’s government was taking cial Secret Act, Abbas is facing charges of leaking sensitive can be accessed by clicking the following link. https://is- will be led by right-wing were established at every son Furrakh Shah, dur- measures on recommen- information. According to an official privy to the develop- lamabadpost.com.pk/bulgarian-ambassadors-services-ter- nationalist Naftali Bennett district following direction ing media-talk after laying dations of International ment, the suspect was part of an organised network work- minated/. Similar cases of misuse of office are under way of the Yamina party. from Prime Minister Im- foundation stone of Albadar Court of Justice (ICJ). ing for Russian intelligence and is being probed to ascertain against few other diplomats as well. In such cases the dip- He will lead an unprece- ran Khan with mandate to Park at Shah Rukn-e-Alam The Opposition should the identity of his accomplices and how he retrieved such lomats imported duty free cars and illegally handed over dented coalition of parties monitor development pro- colony, Qureshi remarked act sensibly and under- information and official documents. to their Pakistani friends of collaborators. which was approved with jects regularly. The DCC a razor-thin majority vote that everybody had right to stand treacherous designs will meet after 15 days to of 60-59.Mr Bennett will fair trial. However, nobody (moves) of India, said FM review development pro- be prime minister until could create obstacle in ac- Qureshi. jects, Qureshi remarked. Pakistan Fawad demands New taxes September 2023 as part countability process. About Hajj, He stated that Earlier, he laid foundation condemns of a power-sharing deal. Qureshi categorically stated Saudi government had stone of Albadar Park and local bodies injustice with He will hand power over that Prime Minister Imran decided to allow limited said that it would be out- killing to Yair Lapid, leader of the Khan would not offer NRO number of local people and standing recreational fa- centrist Yesh Atid, for a to corrupt elements. some other citizens hailing cility for the local people, polls in Sindh masses: Bilawal Responding to a question from countries and already adding that the Parks and Kashmiris further two years. about Kulbhushan Jadhav, present there (Saudi Ara- Horticulture Authority Says 1800 billion Government is “robbing foreign minister said that Khayam Abbasi bia) to perform Hajj. was also directed to plant rupees provided people” in the name of Government Pakistan Muslim League Qureshi said that there trees in the park. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan to the Sindh govt the ‘PTIMF’ budget has strongly condemned committed killing of three more inno- cent Kashmiris by Indian Nazir Siyal Athar Sufi to welfare of occupation forces in Bara- mulla district of IIOJK. In KARACHI: Minister for Information and KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhut- people a statement, Foreign Office Broadcasting Fawad to-Zardari has com- Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry has said mented on the PTI- Ishfaq Mughal Chaudhary said that Indian 1600 to 1800 billion led government’s occupation army has inten- rupees have been recent budget and FAISALABAD: Minister of sified extra-judicial killings provided to Sindh said that the deci- State for Information and of the Kashmirs in so-called government during sion to impose nearly Broadcasting Farrukh Habib “cordon-and-search” op- the last three years Rs375 billion worth has said PTI govt is commit- erations despite ravaging and 27 percent of taxes on the mass- ted to progress and prosperi- Covid 19 pandemic. more budget will be es is an “injustice.” ty in the country and revolu- The spokesperson said India provided in the next fiscal year. Talking Bilawal said that the government did not tionary relief measures have should be well aware that no to media persons in Karachi on Sunday, spare a single item of the common man’s been proposed for deprived amount of Indian brutaliza- he said federal government provided ad - use from taxes. “The government’s deci- segments of society. Speak- tion will be able to subjugate ditional 500 Megawatt electricity to Ka - sion to impose taxes on phone calls and ing at a news conference in the Kashmiris and break rachi which resulted in less load shedding then immediately retracting the decision Faisalabad yesterday, he said their will in their struggle during extreme hot weather. shows that it is confused,” said Bilawal, the govet has presented an ex- for self-determination. Za- The Information Minister said law and or - adding that Imran Khan’s government is cellent budget and huge funds hid Hafeez Chaudhri said der situation in the province is also bleak afraid of the public’s reaction to the storm have been allocated for the Pakistan has consistently and street crimes are on the rise which of heavy taxes imposed on them. The PPP welfare projects. The Minis- emphasized that gross shows pathetic performance of provincial chairman further said that the government ter of State said allocation for and systematic violation of government. He said people belonging to is “robbing people” in the name of the ‘PTI- Ehsaas has been increased human rights being perpe- all walks of life have appreciated the fed - MF’ budget, implying a budget proposed by from 210b to 260b rupees and trated by the Indian occu- eral budget and hopefully next year will be more beneficiaries have been pation forces in IIOJK. growth year economically. Continued on Page 06 registered through survey. Inside... FCCI chief US can count on Turkey after terms budget pro-industry – Page 02 Afghanistan troop pullout: Erdogan Use of blood components essential Turkish officials had informed their American counterparts in saving lives – Page 03 about Ankara’s plans in Afghanistan after the US troop pullout PIA has provided leave Afghanistan soon istan and toppled the Tali- They are “pleased and hap- business opportunities: ews esk Chairman N D and from the moment they ban. Turkey has reportedly py. We will be able to discuss – Page 04 leave, the only reliable coun- said it is prepared to keep the Afghanistan process with ANKARA: President Recep try to maintain the process troops in Afghanistan to them,” he said. Turkey has Politics of Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday over there is obviously Tur- protect Kabul airport, the made clear its intentions to the budget said Turkey would be the key,” Erdogan told reporters main exit route for western stay in the war-torn country, – Page 05 “only reliable” country left at an Istanbul airport on diplomats and humani- but the details remain unclear. United stun to stabilise Afghanistan after Sunday before leaving tarian workers. A Turkish official said Turk- Qalanders with the US pulls out its troops, for Brussels. Erdogan said on Sun- ish troops could remain 28 run victory indicating Washington could The United States is day that Turkish of- “as long as certain condi- – Page 06 rely on its NATO ally. in the final stages of ficials had informed tions including legal and Pakistani nation Erdogan also said he would completing a military their American coun- financial are met.” “If Tur- stands with victims discuss the issue in his first drawdown, along- terparts about An- key is to stay it will do so of London tragedy face-to-face meeting with side NATO kara’s plans in under which frame: under – Page 07 US President Joe Biden on forces, by Afghanistan NATO umbrella or bilater- UNICEF supports the margins of a NATO sum- September after the US al terms? And if it will be polio eradication mit in Brussels on Monday, 11 -- 20 troop pull- under NATO auspices, un- in Pakistan after strained relations be- years after out, with- der which authorisation?” – Page 08 tween their two countries. they invad- out provid- “America is preparing to ed Afghan- ing details. Continued on Page 06 IslamabadPOST 02 NATIONAL Monday, June 14, 2021 IGP directs Briefs completion Coronavirus FCCI chief terms of corona patients vaccination decreasing Staff Report LAHORE: Inspector Gen- in KTH budget pro-industry eral of Police Punjab, Inam Ghani said on Sunday the Staff Report Regarding tax collection, he said that an ambitious target of Rs.5800 billion has been process of corona vaccina- PESHAWAR: The turn out tion should be completed of the coronavirus patients fixed but it is a good gesture that government would generate additional taxes from in all districts of the prov- was decreasing in Khyber new tax payers instead of twisting the arms of existing tax payers ince as soon as possible Teaching Hospital (KTH) so that police force would wherein 106 beds were al- zero rating has been announced benefits to the people and down- cial banks are creating hurdles continue to perform its du- lotted for Covid patients in Ishfaq Mughal for the promotion of this sector stream industry. for the farmers and other small ties while remaining save the hospital. which will also play a major role in He also welcomed the government industrialists. Government should from the pandemic. Giving details of the pa- FAISALABAD: Engineer Hafiz the development of IT sector and decision not to yield the IMF pres- take necessary measures to pass He said that supervisory tients, the Khyber Teach- Ehtisham Javiad President Fais- increase export of its products. sure on enhancing electricity tar- on maximum benefits to the tar- officers should complete ing Hospital official said, alabad Chamber of Commerce & He said that major chunk of our iff and said that government must get groups. President FCCI also vaccination of the subordi- Corona positive patients Industry (FCCI) has termed feder- population consistent of middle ensure continuity of its policies. responded to the questions of the nate force under their per- were admitted to 50 beds al budget 2021-22 as pro-industry class. The government has with- He hoped that current federal journalists’ community and said sonal supervision and re- and the hospital had 25 as the government has withdrawn drawn excise and other duties on budget will be for a period of next that government should introduce ports in this regard should ventilators for Corona regularity and custom duties on small cars up to 850-cc which will financial year and no mini budget a simple registration system for be sent to the Central Po- patients with only eleven 1600 tariff lines of raw materi- encourage mediocre class to have will be announced during this the unorganized SME sector. lice Office regularly. patients were admitted in al with total financial impact of their own vehicles. year. President FCCI said that About technology up-gradation DIG Welfare Agha Muham- intensive care at Khyber Rs.4200 billion. He said that government has an- Pakistan’s biggest economic zone fund, he said that under it Rs.260 mad Yousuf told the IG Teaching Hospital . Giving his immediate reaction nounced multiple concessions in is being developed in Faisalabad billion was released to the textile Punjab that so far 18,870 There were currently 14 pa- after announcement of federal addition to allocating Rs.900 bil- and government has committed to sector out of total allocation of officers and personnel aged tients being treated at HDU, budget in FCCI here today, he said lion for the development budget. give maximum facilities to the new Rs.450 billion. Thus 250 major 50 to 60 years and 22045 he said, adding, twenty-five that this step will ensure sustained Commenting on the environmen- and tangible results. He said that investors. In this connection, the industrialists benefited from this officers and personnel aged patients were being treated and stable economic development tal changes, Engineer Ehtisham minimum salary has been fixed at rate of turnover tax has brought scheme while its major chunk 40 to 50 years had been vac- for low oxygen levels and and its trickledown effects will not Javaid said that government has Rs.20, 000 which will give much down to zero. must be passed on to the SME cinated against corona. He three more corona patients only facilitate the masses but also decided to continue 10 billion tree needed benefit to the low-income About the welfare aspects of the sector. He also repeated his pre- said the process of corona had been admitted. have salutary impact on the all tsunami scheme during this year groups. He said that inflation is federal budget, he said that the vious demand of forensic audit of vaccination of officers and sectors of national economy. which will bring positive impact on one of the most daunting challeng- government will give affordable entire textile chain starting from personnel in the age group He said that most of the propos- the overall environment. Regard- es. It is at 9.1 percent but the gov- houses to the low-income groups. ginning to the fashion garments. of 30 to 40 years was also in Corona als presented by different cham- ing tax collection, he said that an ernment is determined to bring Similarly, interest free loans will It will help government to identi- full swing and so far 26578 patients in bers including FCCI have been ambitious target of Rs.5800 billion it down to 6.5 percent during the be provided to the farming com- fy the mafia which is plaguing the officers and personnel in accommodated in this budget and has been fixed but it is a good ges- next financial year. munity. In this connection, he economic and industrial sector. the age group of LRH drops hence we could term it as historic ture that government would gen- He also welcomed the govern- said that the threshold of Rs.0.2 Senior Vice President FCCI 30 to 40 years had been budget. Regarding SME sector, erate additional taxes from new ment decision to enhance 10% sal- million is very negligible as a farm- Chaudhary Tallat Mehmood, vaccinated against corona. further to 90 he said that government has an- tax payers instead of twisting the aries and pension of government er cannot purchase a tractor or Chaudhary Muhammad Nawaz, Collectively, 67493 officers nounced a fixed tax scheme for arms of existing tax payers. employees. Giving an overview of other appliances with this amount. Rana Ikram Ullah, Rana Fayyaz, and officials more than 30 DNA this most important sector which He also welcomed the self-as- the budget speech, he said that it The government must enhance it Khurram Shehzad, Mirza Mu- years age had been vacci- is contributing about 66% in na- sessment scheme and third party will accelerate the pace of indus- to a reasonable level with a mini- hammad Aslam, Abdullah Qadri, nated against coronavirus PESHAWAR: The number tional exports. audit for small traders. However, trial growth and if government mum interest rate, he added. Kashif Zia, ZeeshanulHaq an and the remaining force and of Corona patients in Lady He also mentioned IT sector and he said that this proposal must be succeeded to ensure its trickle- He said that despite of facilitation Rashid Muneer were also present staff were being vaccinated Reading Hospital (LRH) said that a special regime with further fine-tuned to give required down effects, it will give maximum by the government, the commer- on the occasion. without any interruption. Peshawar has further re- duced to 90. According to spokesperson Muhammad Russia allows Asim, six patients have been admitted to the ICU in the hospital. He urged import of Pakistani upon the people visiting the hospital to ensure im- rice from June 11 plementation of SOPs. According to the spokes- taff eport person, Corona is not over S R yet, OPDs is providing un- ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister interrupted treatment to on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Corona patients as well be- Razak Dawood on Sunday informed that sides dealing and facilitat- Russia has allowed import of Pakistan’s ing other patients coming rice from June 11. Initially four firms have to hospital. been allowed and more would be granted permission after virtual inspection by Russian authorities who would Murder be coordinated by DPP, the Advisor accused for Commerce tweeted. The Adviser said Pakistani meat exports stood arrested at US $ 280 million from July to April this year, which was SARGODHA: The police nine percent higher than last year as US $ 257 million were have arrested an alleged kill- exported from July to April, 2020. The exports have increased er in Bhalwal police limits. due to the opening of new markets and also by comply with the Police sources said on Int’l standards, he said. He said, “I appreciate the exporter, Sunday that about a week Excellent Corporation Company and China’s UNI Int’l, for back Muhammad Shahbaz making this happen.” “I encourage our fruit exporters to KARACHI: Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting meeting with representatives aggressively market their produce in China and urge the (23) was murdered during of Pakistan Film Producer Association PFPA at Governor's House. – APP a firing incident in Chak Ministry of CTIC in China to provide maximum facilitation”. No 6-SB. During investigation, it was 223 fresh revealed that one Muham- Ehsaas initiative to help CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY mad Saddique had mur- corona cases (Directorate of Environment Regional) dered Shahbaz over a mon- etary issue. ensure sustainable growth reported Police arrested the ac- TENDER NOTICE cused Saddique and during strata, and providing vari- However, the Pakistan gov- in Punjab DNA ous relief packages through ernment initiatives, especial- investigation he confessed LAHORE: Coronavirus Sealed tenders are invited on single stage sealed envelope on percentage basis to supply the to his crime. Police regis- coordinated efforts, amid ly for the low-income strata brand new Excavator from the Manufacturer / Authorized Distributors / Dealers for the project Model LAHORE: Under the mod- claimed another 22 lives tered a case against the the coronavirus pandemic. including the labour class, ern welfare state concept, a while 223 new cases were Forestry Park Mulpur (Phase-I), Directorate of Environment Regional, CDA: accused. – APP The low-income strata of the women and youth, have won state is like a mother for its country had been waiting for praise across the world since reported in Punjab during citizens, which takes care such relief-incentives for the the outbreak of the pandem- the last 24 hours. According to the data Earnest Date & Time 11 more of all their needs. And any last 74 years, as they had al- ic. Coming up to the expec- NIT Cost Date & time of government that reflects ways been deprived of basic tations of such segments of shared by the spokes- S# Name of Work Money of receiving person of Punjab Pri- (In Rs.) tender opening police officials on the concept of a welfare needs of life: food, shelter, society once again, the fed- (In Rs.) tender state can be true represent- health and works facilities. eral government not only mary and Secondary suspended ative of the public. Pakistan The International Labour continued these initiatives Healthcare Department 1 Supply of Excavator 163hp / 3,11,61,096/- 934,833/- 28-06-2021 28-06-2021 (P&SHD), the total num- PESHAWAR:11 more police Tehreek-e-Insaf government but also increased budget- 120Kw with a standard 11:00am 11:30am is the first government in ary allocations for the Eh- ber of coronavirus cases officials were suspended for reached 343,926 while specification with origin of refusing coronavirus vac- the history of the coun- saas programme. Europe, Korea, japan etc try that has taken The federal budget death toll 10,501 and re- cination in Bannu district, coveries 321,879. except for Italy, & china. such measures 2021-22 was un- said a notification issued The P&SHD confirmed here on Sunday. which are reflective veiled on June 11. of a mother’s love and A cursory look on it that 75 new cases of TERMS & CONDITIONS: The constables who re- COVID-19 were reported fused to be vaccinated care for its children, and showed that the govern- Ehsaas initiative stands atop ment focus was, once again, in Lahore, 2 in Nankana 1. Tender document can be obtained from the office of Deputy Director (Forest) CDA, F-9, Park Islamabad on against coronavirus were Sahib, 21 in Rawalpindi, included HC Abdur Rashid the long list. Organisation (ILO), in its on provision of jobs to the any working day before the date of opening of tender on cash payment / payable of Rs.2000/- (nonrefundable). No In the fiscal year 2021-22, recent report, compiled employed people, uplift of 1 in Jhelum, 2 in Chakw- Khan, HC Driver Aman Ul- al, 5 in Gujranwala, 1 in tender will be issued / sold on the date of opening. Detailed specification special terms & conditions are available in lah, LHC Jahan Zeb, LHC the PTI federal government by the UN Labour Affairs the marginalized segments bidding document. has increased allocations experts, revealed that the of the country and ensuring Sialkot, 1 in Gujrat, 22 in Tariq Aman, LHC Shakeel Faisalabad, 7 in Jhang, 8 Khan, FC Amjed Rahim, for the Ehsaas programme global economic crisis, sustainable economic growth 2. Tender will be received and opened in the office of Director Environment Regional, CDA in F-9 Park, from Rs210 billion to Rs260 caused by the COVID-19 through provision of incen- in Sargodha, 10 in Mian- FC Barkat Ullah, FC Amir wali, 17 in Khushab, 4 in Islamabad in presence of quotee representatives at the fixed date and time given above. Nawaz, FC Shahid Khan, billion, which is 24 per cent pandemic, is likely to con- tives to various sectors includ- higher than the previous tribute to global unemploy- ing industry, agriculture and Bhakkar, 15 in Multan, 7 Operator Nasir Iqbal and in Vehari,1 in Khanewal, 3. Earnest money in the shape of deposit at call in favor of Drawing & Disbursing officer Dte of Environment Operator Rahman Ullah. year. There is no denying ment of more than 200 housing. Through the Ehsaas the fact that the initiative is million people by 2022. The survey, around four million 1 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 8 Regional, CDA must be accompanied with the tender at the time of submission. No tenders will be issued without It is worth mentioning here in Rahimyar Khan and 15 valid Authorized Distributor / Dealership certificate and call deposit. The competent authority reserves the right to that six ladies constables had helping a great deal in end- report revealed that woman poor households would be ing poverty in the country and youth laborers were the provided interest-free busi- in Bahawalpur during the reject any or all tenders. The competent authority shall upon request communicate to any contractor who also refused to get corona last 24 hours. – DNA vaccines. DPO Bannu had is- by supporting the destitute worst affected of the crisis. ness and farming loans. participated in tendering, the grounds for its rejection, but is not required to justified those grounds. sued their suspension order yesterday. All departments 4. The validity of offer shall be applicable for 150 days. have issued final warnings to employees as per govern- 5. Authorized Distributor / Dealers shall provide a valid authorization certificate as well as (3S) dealership from ment orders regarding coro- the manufacturer at the time of purchasing of tender. na vaccine. – APP Forests Deptt planting 6. Authorized Distributor / Dealers shall provide the proof of relevant working with the same brand from the KP cabinet last 10 years and having ISO certifications. saplings on barren lands 7. Manufacturer shall provide proof of manufacturing license and relevant ISO certifications. meeting He urged the farmers and “Along with these practical tion was a reflection of the APP cultivators to resettle their and solid steps, we are also thinking of a genuine lead- 8. In case of the total bid amount is less than 10% below the NIT amount, the bidder shall submit an additional rescheduled barren lands through af- raising public awareness to er. “We will make all out call deposit as performance security equal to the difference between NIT amount and the total quoted amount less for Tuesday RAWALPINDI: Punjab For- forestation and announced highlight the need and im- efforts to make the PM’s est Department, Rawalpindi that the forest department portance of trees for which 10 billion tree tsunami cam- than 10% of NIT amount. That is the required performance security=NIT amount – total bid amount – 10% of NIT Division has started grow- would provide them sap- a massive publicity cam- paign a success which is the amount. This call deposit shall be in addition to the earnest money for the work and shall be deposited at the time DNA ing forests by planting sap- lings at the rate of Rs 2 per paign has been launched,” ever biggest practical effort of submission of bids. The bid not carrying this performance security shall be rejected. The performance security of PESHAWAR: The meeting lings on thousands of acres seedling. he said. in the world to this direc- the successful bidder shall be released after the completion of the project. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of barren and uncultivated “They would plant these Meanwhile, Conservator tion”, he added. cabinet was scheduled for privately owned lands un- saplings in their barren Forests North, Rawalpin- He said, the hectic efforts 9. The bidders are required to provide the following additional documents while submitting the tender; Monday has changed and der Prime Minister Imran lands and forest department di Saqib Mehmood while were being made by the de- otherwise, it will be liable for rejection. (Power of attorney, Partnership deed, Programme of work nonjudicial stamp rescheduled for Tuesday Khan’s Ten Billion Tree would help them grow these talking to APP informed partments concerned as per paper worth 10/- Professional Tax Certificate, NTN, STRN. June 15. Tsunami Project (TBTTP). saplings in a proper way”, that the Rawalpindi Forest the vision of Prime Minister A Spokesperson of Chief “Only in Chakwal District of he said adding, millions of Department had planted Imran Khan to make all 10. Tender rates shall be written in the figure, without any cutting / overwriting and the same shall also be Minster on Sunday said, Rawalpindi Division, some these plants would be given nearly five million saplings available areas green. shown in words without cutting/overwriting. Chief Minister Khyber 5000 kanals of such land to farmers in all districts in civil division areas during He informed that ‘Plant Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood has so far been turned into and tehsils of the division. 2020-21 financial year. for Pakistan’ campaign had 11. The Authority may reject all the bids at any time before the acceptance of tender as per PPRA rules. dense forests”, said District Khan would chair the cab- He further said that prac- He said, the department been inaugurated in the re- However, the authority shall upon request communicate to any contractor who submitted a bid, on the ground of its Range Forest officer of tical measures have also was making all-out efforts gion and the forest depart- inet meeting. rejection of all bids, but not bound to justify those grounds. A 40 point agenda would Punjab Forest Department been taken to expand the to make the plantation cam- ment had planted over 3.6 be discussed in the meet - Rawalpindi (Extention) forests on the lands owned paigns a success as per vi- million saplings in Rawal- ing including health, local Sher Afzal Raja. by the department and to sion of the Prime Minister pindi civil division in four government, education, He informed that district of- protect the existing forests, Imran Khan. districts of the division (Dr. MUHAMMAD BILAL KHILJI) corona, civil servant laws fice of range forest Chakwal which has led to a massive He said prime minister’s and over 1.3 million on pri- DEPUTY DIRECTOR (FOREST) and others. would distribute 400,000 increase in the forest area full focus on global warming vate lands during 2020-21 saplings among the farmers. for the first time. and environmental pollu- financial year. PID (I) No.6881/20 03 IslamabadPOST

METROLITEMonday, June 14, 2021 World Blood Briefs Donor Day to Lok Virsa be marked normalize today museums’ Staff Report ISLAMABAD: World Blood Donor Day will be marked timing on June 14 (Monday) across the globe including Pakistan Staff Report to raise awareness of the ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa, problem and thank donors National Institute of Folk worldwide. Safe blood sup - and Traditional Heritage plies are a scarce commodi - (NIFTH) decided to nor- ty – especially in developing malize the timings of both countries. Giving blood is its museums namely Herit- easy and saves lives. age Museum and Pakistan Many events would be ar - Monument Museum. ranged around the world In an announcement is- on June 14 to mark World sued here, Lok Virsa said Blood Donor Day. These that the decision has been include football matches, taken in view of reduction concerts and mobile blood in Covid-19 cases in Islam- donation clinics. abad. New timings are 10: In 2011, the World Health 00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Organization (WHO) called However, both museums upon communities world- will observe Saturday and wide to symbolically “paint Sunday as holidays till fur- the world red” by coloring, ther improvement in the covering or lighting monu - reduction of Covid-19 cases ments and landmarks. De - in accordance with the di- spite about 92 million yearly rections of NCOC. blood donations worldwide, safe blood is constantly on high demand, especially in June 15 developing countries. deadline for PNCA’s TVET ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan along with Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada courses begin program witnessing historical pictures during his visit to Azerbaijan embassy. – DNA ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Na- at Lok Virsa tional Council of the Arts ISLAMABAD: The National (PNCA) has announced June Institute of Folk and Tradi - 15, the last date for registra- tional Heritage (Lok Virsa) tion in its one year online here on Monday started film production session. Use of blood components classes of Technical and Talking to APP, Director Vocational Education and General (DG) PNCA Fouzia Training (TVET) courses. Saeed said the programme Official of Lok Virsa Muham- aims to showcase talent of mad Ali told that the Insti - young generation through essential in saving lives tute was providing classes providing them such a plat- of Documentary and Film form where they could show Quran says, “He who saves the life of one man saves the whole of humanity Making and Miniature Paint- their potential by learning ing. The project was started various activities in this emphasizing the importance of ulation donates blood which is not should be made a part of the cur- with the collaboration of Na - online course including cin- Saifullah healthy blood and blood supply enough, if the proportion of blood riculum and blood donors should tional Vocational and Tech - ematography, sound produc- to save the lives of other human donation in Pakistan reaches 04- be welcomed at the federal and nical Training Commission tion, film production, script ISLAMABAD: President Islama- beings. Thanking blood donors 05% then the lamps of precious provincial levels and they should (NAVTTC) and Lok Virsa. writing and film history. bad D-Watson Lions Club Ahsan and raising awareness for blood human lives can be kept lit which be awarded certificates of appre- He said students from differ- She further informed that Zafar Bakhtawari has said that donation. Blood can be donated are extinguished due to non-avail- ciation. Regular blood donors ent walks of life can take the the international and nation- the use of blood and blood com- months later, according to scientif- ability of blood donation. should be given special relief in admission to get the advan - al faculty had been arranged ponents is of fundamental impor- ic research it is a natural process On the occasion of this day, aware- college and university fees. At tage with qualified faculty. to deliver the session. tance in saving human lives. that red blood cells are eliminated ness campaign on print, electron- the federal and provincial levels, Talking to APP, an artist This will provide a produc- Donating blood saves the lives or lost within 90 to 120 days, so ic and social media should be such ceremonies should be held Raza Mehmood said such tive opportunity for the pro- of people in need, he said in his why not donate it so that it can be launched and seminars should be officially in the Governor’s Hous- kind of activities provide a motion of new talent and will message on the occasion of World used as a valuable human. organized to increase the number es, Chief Minister’s Houses, the platform for the students to also ensure the provision of Blood Donor Day, adding that the To save lives ... There is a Qur’anic of blood donors at the national and Prime Minister’s House and the refine their skills in a bet - possibilities for skillful art- purpose of celebrating this day verse that says, “He who saves the provincial level to increase the President’s House. Will help to ter way with learning from ists, she added. – APP is to encourage blood donors to life of one man saves the whole of bottles of blood daily while only trend of blood donation. encourage blood donors and help qualified teachers from re - It saves people’s lives as well as one percent (01%) of the total pop- IRSA releases humanity.” Pakistan needs 8000 In my opinion, blood donation the community to save lives. nowned universities. – APP 297,300 Uplift of CDA chairman, PCRWR cusecs water Health budget Agri sector chief discuss water issues DNA Govt’s top ISLAMABAD: A meeting was held between chairman CDA Amer Ali Ahmed and PCRWR ISLAMABAD: Indus River allocation insufficient priority chairman Ch. Ashraf at CDA head office to discuss various solutions to resolve water re- System Authority (IRSA) which requires a holistic native medicines which are lated issues of the capital. In the meeting long term and short term solutions came under on Sunday released 297,300 Zubair Ahmad approach for improving the cheaper and without side-ef- discussion. It was decided to construct 100 underground water wells and 20 observatory cusecs water from various system and promotion of fects but this sector is yet to Staff Report wells at various locations in the city to harvest the rain water. To maintain green belts of rim stations with inflow of ISLAMABAD: Pakistan alternative medicine includ- attract the attention of poli- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Srinagar highway and Islamabad highway sprinkling irrigation system will be installed to 456,500 cusecs. Economy Watch (PEW) ing the Unani and Homeo- cymakers in Pakistan. Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sen- conserve water. In this regard PC 1 of 57 million will be presented by the third week of According to the data re- on Sunday said the fed- pathic system of medicine, He said that Pakistan ur- ior leader Humayun Akhtar June. A liaison committee consisting of Deputy DG water Management Sardar Zamir and leased by IRSA, water level eral government has ear- said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, gently need a Homeopath- Khan Sunday said govern- Dr. Naveed has been formed to expedite the implementation of the meeting. – DNA in the Indus River at Tarbe- marked Rs21.72 billion for President PEW. He said this ic medical college in every ment places high priority to la Dam was 1454.52 feet, the health sector in budget while talking to Dr. Asad province, a state-of-the-art the development of agricul- which was 70.52 feet high- 2021-22 which should be Pervaiz Qureshi, Chief Ex- research center and we ture sector as it was neglect- er than its dead level 1386 increased to improve the ecutive Officer Kamal Labo- can establish Homeopathic ed during previous tenures. feet. Water inflow and out- country’s healthcare system ratories, Dr. Imtiaz Gondal, hospitals and dispensaries Talking to a private news flow in the dam was record- and make it more robust. Dr. Azam and others. across Pakistan if this sec- channel, he said incumbent ed as 225,000 and 130,000 Pakistan needs a monumen- Dr. Mughal said that a tor is patronized, he said. government paying spe- cusecs respectively. tal increase in allocation of neighboring country has According to the WHO, Ho- cial attention to uplift ag- The water level in the funds for the ailing health dozens of Homeopathic meopathy is the second-larg- riculture sector due to its Jhelum River at Mangla sector in the wake of in- universities and 225 Ho- est medicine system in the strong linkages with other Dam was 1136.40 feet, creasing challenges, it said. meopathic colleges and it world benefitting billions of sectors of economy. which was 98.40 feet higher The healthcare sector has is spending hundreds of people as it is free of com- He said prudent policies than its dead level of 1040 been a key driver of growth billions of rupees on alter- plications, he informed. of the present government feet whereas the inflow and would bring huge inflow of outflow of water was record- investment and create mas- ed as 78,700 and 15,000 sive economic, employment cusecs respectively. Budget pleases everyone opportunities in the coun- The release of water at Kal- try. He said provision of nec- abagh, Taunsa and Sukkur essary facilities to farmers was recorded as 160,600, except the IMF was essential for promoting 141,200 and 79,000 cusecs agri sector and added that ing and financial services, the minimum respectively. Similarly, from all-out resources were being hayam bbasi wage has been increased by 20 percent the Kabul River a total of K A utilised for the prosperity of while government servants will see a rise 78,500 cusecs of water was the farmers. The PTI lead- ISLAMABAD: Former President of Islam- in salary by ten percent, he added. Shahid released at Nowshera and er said government had an- abad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Rasheed Butt said that the wage and sala- 45,100 cusecs released from nounced relief package for (ICCI) Dr. Shahid Rasheed Butt on Satur- ry raise will force the private sector to in- the Chenab River at Marala. the farmers in the budget. day said the budget is encouraging for the crease salaries which is a good omen. Humayun said the economy masses and the business community but The industrial sector will grow due to of the country was signifi- ICT discouraging for the IMF. Developmental tax and Customs duty relaxation which cantly improving and reve- spending has been increased by 40 percent will benefit sectors like textile, paper nue target would be achieved establishes 25 which will trigger growth and create em- and board, pharmaceutical, steel, paints, in next fiscal year. There ployment opportunities, he said. chemical, leather, electronics, cable, fib- were no unrealistic targets mobile shops Taxes have been reduced on manufactur- er, optics, and automobile sector. in the budget, he added. DNA ISLAMABAD: A total of 25 mobile shops have been set up in various areas of the ICT to provide essential items to Motorists advised to follow the people at cheaper rates, an official of the ICT admin- istration told APP. In a brief traffic rules in Murree chat, he said the ICT adminis- tration has deputed some 14 main roads including Kash- he said adding that traffic the hill station to ensure hujaat amza assistant commissioners and S H mir Point, Mall Road, Gulda- moves even slower due to smooth and safe traffic flow. magistrates in various locali- na Road and other roads had heavy traffic load. A dedicated, emergency RAWALPINDI: The City ties to check prices of various been closed for two-way traf- The CTP on the directives helpline 051-9269200, had Traffic Police (CTP) has commodities. He said the lo- fic to ease traffic flow. of the CTO Rawalpindi had also been introduced to fa- urged the motorists to strict- cal administration was close- He urged the tourists to made special traffic arrange- cilitate the tourists which ly follow traffic rules on the ly monitoring the hoarding of cooperate with traffic po- ments and devised a compre- can be used round the clock. roads of Murree to avoid essential food items. lice so that the traffic mess hensive plan to facilitate the The CTO advised the tour- traffic congestion and road He said the shopkeepers could be avoided. The mo- tourists during the summer ists to avoid wrong parking, mishaps. Talking to APP, a were strictly directed to dis- torists should avoid wrong season. The CTP officers double lines, speeding and CTP spokesman said that the play the price list at prom- parking on roads which also visited Murree and di- taking selfies in the mid- tourists travelling to Murree inent place of their shops. would help ensure the rected the Traffic Wardens dle of the roads. He said and other hill stations were The prices and hoarding smooth flow of traffic. to make all out efforts to fa- that an enhanced number advised to obey traffic rules were being regularly checked “The beautiful climate of cilitate the tourists. of traffic wardens under to avoid road accidents. He under the Price Control and Murree during summer In this regard, he said they the supervision of senior informed that the CTP had Prevention of Profiteering attracts a large number of had deployed senior traffic traffic officers had been designated several points and Hoarding Act, 1977. tourists so motorists face officers of the CTP to mon- deployed to monitor traffic for car parking. A number of severe traffic congestion,” itor traffic arrangements in and guide the tourists. IslamabadPOST 04 TWIN CITIES Monday, June 14, 2021 Briefs APO asks for innovation, Ongoing PIA has provided business inclusiveness pre-monsoon to continue opportunities: Chairman Shaheen Hanif ISLAMABAD: The Asian till today Productivity Organization The role of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is of paramount (APO) on Sunday asked for Staff Report a paradigm shift to adopt in- importance, he said during a visit to the UK-Pakistan delegation in, Islamabad novations and inclusiveness ISLAMABAD: The on- in business enterprises as going pre-monsoon rain DNA well as Small and Medium spell would continue till Enterprises (SMEs) ena- Monday in few parts of ISLAMABAD: Chairman bling workforce the country including twin PIA Arshad Malik has said more flexible to new work cities of Islamabad and that the generous policies of styles in Post COVID 19 sce- Rawalpindi. the Government of Pakistan narios. Spokesman Pakistan Mete- along with infrastructure The A PO also stressed for orological Department Dr. development have provided promoting innovation, up Zaheer Babar on Sunday business opportunities to gradation techniques and said the current rain spell industrialists and traders, manpower skills, Inclusive- would cover the regions in- especially export opportu- ness and strengthening the cluding Lahore, Sargodha, nities and especially the de- National Productivity Insin- Mianwali, Gilgit-Baltistan, velopment of industry and uations for enhancing the Kashmir. trade in Pakistan which has productivity in country’s He said moist currents strengthened the national economies for upcoming sit- from Arabian Sea and Bay economy. uation, said a statement is- of Bengal were penetrat- The role of the Prime Minis- sued by National Productivi- ing towards upper and cen- ter of Pakistan Imran Khan ty Organization (Ministry of tral parts of the country. is of paramount importance, Industries and Production) Hailstorm occurred at few he said during a visit to the here. Drawing upon its 60 areas dropped the mercu- UK-Pakistan delegation in years of engagement in Asia ry significantly, he told Islamabad. and the Pacific, the Asian APP adding, it reduced The role of UK Pakistan Productivity Organization temperature more than Business Council is com- crystallizes the key lessons five degree Celsius which mendable - On this occa- of its six decades of journey provided a sigh of relief to sion Khursheed Barlas, in a joint statement, “The people. President of UK Pakistan Tokyo Statement on the Business Council Pakistan Centrality of Productivity” Chapter thanked PIA and issued at the conclusion of 0.4 mln said that PIA is an im- its 63rd Governing Body portant asset of Pakistan Meeting held. saplings to be which needs further devel- The statement sketches the opment. The UK Pakistan key priority targets of the distributed ISLAMABAD: UK-Pakistan Business Council Delegation led by Mr. Khurshid Barlas President (Pakistan Chapter) Asian Productivity Organi- Business Council is always had a meeting with Mr. Arshad Malik, CEP Pakistan International Airline and Presented an award, Secretary General present for. zation for 2021–2025. Mr. Ata ul Haq and Mrs. Ata ul Haq also seen in the picture. – DNA Those targets support DNA the Asian Productivity Organization Vision 2025 RAWALPINDI: District in striving for “inclusive, Range Forest officer of Date extended Budget to support low and innovation-led productivi- Punjab Forest Department ty growth in Asia and the Rawalpindi (Extension) for submitting Pacific.” Productivity is the Sher Afzal Raja Sunday said middle-income groups foundation of this survival, the district office of range not only for becoming more forest Chakwal will distrib- vehicle tokens on manufacturing and grow due to tax and Cus- sidies up to Rs530 billion competitive but also in ute 0.4 million saplings to RAWALPINDI: The Excise and Taxation (E&T) department Rawal- DNA financial services, the toms duty and it will trig- but Rs682 billion have the broader, philosophical the farming community. minimum wage has been ger local manufacturing been allocate for subsi- sense of “making tomorrow He appealed to the farm- pindi has extended the deadline for submitting the vehicle token tax without penalty for the defaulters till June 30, the department ISLAMABAD: Former increased by 20 percent of automobile and mobile dies in which the power better than today.” ers to resettle their barren President of Islamabad while government servants phones and increase in- sector will eat up Rs 596 lands through afforestation said on Sunday. An E&T spokesman said the last date for payment of token tax without penalty has been extended to facilitate the ve- Chamber of Commerce will see a rise in salary by vestment in the stock mar- billion. and announced that the and Industry (ICCI) Dr. Agreement with the IMF Facilities forest department would hicle owners. Five percent special concession would be given to the vehicle owners, who would pay the token tax through e-Pay, he said. Shahid Rasheed Butt on has not been considered provide them saplings at the Sunday said budget is bal- regarding industrial sup- for special cheapest rate of Rs 2 per He warned that strict action in accordance with the law would be taken against token tax defaulters after June 30. He said in order to anced and it will support port package and zero-rat- seedling. women ensure transparency during the transfer of ownership, the Excise low and middle- income ed industrial rebate which “They would plant these and Taxation Department, Punjab will make the process of biom- groups reducing their will also support industrial saplings in their barren demanded etric verification mandatory for the transfer of vehicles from July problems. expansion. lands and forest department 1. He also advised the vehicle owners to avail the opportunity and Budget is encouraging for Last year, K-Electric was ISLAMABAD: Special work- shall help them grow these get the vehicles transferred to the buyer’s name without biometric masses and the business given a subsidy of Rs16 ing women are facing prob- saplings in a proper way,” verification before the deadline. About the biometric verification community but discourag- billion but it will get Rs78 lems due to the absence he said and added that mil- system he said it would help eliminate the tout mafia involved in ing for the IMF as develop- ten percent, he added. ket due to tax breaks, he billion as per the budget of differently-abled friendly lions of these plants would preparing fake registration documents as the buyer and sellers mental spending has been Shahid Rasheed Butt said observed. document. buildings and facilities in the be given to farmers in all would have to appear physically at the excise office to get their vehi- increased by 40 percent that the wage and salary Despite agreement with However, he said that the twin cities of Islamabad and districts and tehsils of the cle registered or transferred. The fingerprints of the owners of the which will trigger growth raise will force the private the IMF, the tax target government should take Rawalpindi. division. vehicles shall be verified in real time from the online database of and create employment op- sector to increase salaries has been reduced by steps to arrest the circular Haseena Khan, an advocate He further said that prac- NADRA. – Staff Report portunities, he said. which is a good omen. Rs134 billion while IMF debt which may increase and social activist said that tical measures have also Taxes have been reduced The industrial sector will was assured to keep sub- due to relaxations. the concerned authorities been taken to expand the should ensure different- forests on the lands owned ly-abled friendly buildings and by the department and to offices. She said that some of- protect the existing forests, Green Bonds testament to Over 170,000 fices have already established which has led to a massive all the facilities but still there increase in the forest area youth completes are many other officers and for the first time. “Only in Pakistan’s economic stability buildings not accessible for Chakwal District of Rawal- special working women. pindi Division, 5000 kanal Says reason behind issuing green bonds was that the country skill courses: Dar Another social activist Aswad land has so far been turned Khan while talking to APP into the dense forest,” he required funding for building dams which the multilateral banks said many residential places added. “Along with these denied due to Indian’ propaganda against Pakistan Khayam Abbasi are missing ramps and special practical and immediate stairs for easy access of disa- steps, we are also raising ISLAMABAD: Special As- ble persons. public awareness to high- Development Authority (WAPDA) there frastructure development and waste to sistant to the Prime Min- Zubair Ahmad was a six times bigger response of US$6 energy initiatives. She said the concerned de- light the need and impor- ister on Youth Affairs said partment should survey var- tance of trees for which a billion dollars funding extended by the “All these projects can come under these on Sunday that massive ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the market, he added. green financing. The most interesting ious offices and residential massive publicity campaign investment in skill devel- apartments to check the fa- has been launched,” he said. Prime Minister on Climate Change Ma- Amin said, “This shows that there is part of the Green Bonds is that there is opment of the youth had lik Amin Aslam said successful launch of positive appetite in the market based on no sovereign guarantee involved in the cilities. Saima Ahad, a special started paying dividends working woman said most first-ever Green Bonds was testament to Pakistan’s economic stability and green issuance of these Green Bonds,” Amin as more than 170,000 Pakistan’s economic stability and green credibility which will provide us the first told. He went on to mention that it was offices are missing ramps for AIOU starts completed their courses in easy access. credibility at the global level. window to enter in the green market.” win-win situation for Pakistan and a clear high-tech trades from pub- admissions The Prime Minister’s aide in his exclu- signal that Pakistan’s credibility was very She said that all required fa- lic and private universities cilities should be added to the sive interaction told APP that the Green high in international Green Bond mar- under the ‘Skill Scholar- for autumn Bonds was unique financing instrument ket. The SAPM remarked that Pakistan buildings to make them differ- ship’ programme. ently-abled friendly. to achieve global funding for environmen- had come at a very right time to give a He urged young people 2021 He said the government She said disabled workers are tal conservation projects and the first of strong message on green financing to the had disbursed an amount to reap benefits of ‘Skill keen to work but they should its kind being issued by the country. world on this on World Environment Day. of Rs 10 billion among Scholarship’ programme, Amin said the reason behind issuing be facilitated. – APP Staff Report The SAPM remarked that Pakistan had the youth under the ‘Skill aimed at creating job op- green bonds was that the country re- come at a very right time to give a strong Scholarship’ programme. portunities for the youth quired funding for building dams which ISLAMABAD: Allama message on green financing to the world Young people were getting in the local and interna- 6 held for Iqbal Open University the multilateral banks denied due to Indi- on this on World Environment Day. trainings in the high-tech tional market. (AIOU) will commence an officials’ propaganda against Pakistani To a query, he responded that the Min- courses of their choice un- Meanwhile, he shared suc- possessing admissions for the first hydropower projects. istry of Climate Change would serve as der the technical and voca- cess story of Nadia Hassan phase of autumn 2021 se- “Pakistan, therefore approached the a conduit to other ministries for issu- tional institutes, he added. who got an online job after illegal mester from July 15. commercial market of one trillion dollars ing Green Bonds for eco-friendly and Usman Dar said billions completing the course in According to details, the that has plethora of opportunities to bag sustainable projects. of rupees had been allo- coding and device man- weapons matriculation/FA and Mer- green financing for environment friendly This, he said was also WAPDA’s efforts Replying another query, he said there cated for the youth as the agement from National it Based (BS/MA/MSc) and sustainable projects,” he said. acknowledgment for this issuance of the were two parameters for issuing financ- government was striving University of Technology, (Fee to Fee) and (M.Phil/ The Special Assistant to the Prime Min- bonds which would be opening venues ing to a green bond based on a coun- to extend all-possible tech- Islamabad. DNA PhD) programmes will be ister (SAPM) told that the issuance of for Pakistan to the global market. try’s economic status and environmen- nical and financial assis- The SAPM posted her offered during this phase Green bonds was Pakistan’s first entry He underscored that the financing tal feature of the project where ours tance to them in line with documentary on his twit- RAWALPINDI: Police have while admissions for the into a one trillion dollars market. How- would be used in renewable energy situation has been very promising and the instructions of Prime ter account and said Nadia arrested six outlaws and second phase will start ever, in response to our US$500 million projects, green transport particularly credible which was a proud moment Minister Imran Khan, said had set an example for recovered illegal weapons, from September 1. Green Bonds issued by Water and Power electric vehicles, green buildings or in- for the nation. a statement issued here. other young people. arms, ammunition from The second phase will in- their possession, informed clude BA/BS (ODL) and police spokesman. B.Ed programmes. Stu- Westridge police arrested dents are informed that three accused Hamza Iqbal, the university has recently Yaseen Aslam and Hassan How to improve school education in Pakistan Iqbal and recovered 03 pis- shifted all its academic, fi- nancial and administrative The lack of proper standard in Pakistani government schools lead to the establishment tols 30 bore with ammuni- operations to the online tion from their possession. system. Therefore, admis- of private schools; some elite and most of them small ones. Then there was a prudent matter Similarly, Naseerabad po- sions to all academic pro- lice held Saddam Hussain grammes including Matric on the medium of instruction in the schools particularly and recovered 01 pistol 09 and FA programmes, will mm with ammunition from ucation. Teachers in government in- increasing fee vouchers which kept ploiting the vulnerable children and children of Madrassahs to find em- his possession. be online. Yaser Ilyas stitutions have been known to cash increasing on a yearly basis. their families for their own agendas. ployment opportunities. The students will required Civil Line police arrested in their paychecks but rarely appear The mushroom schools in Pakistan Some even misuse their positions Prime Minister Imran Khan has or- the accused Abdullah and to deposit admission fee AKISTAN has been a coun- on their job. are situated in the streets and small and use children to gain funds and dered his ministers to ensure that online, through Jazz Cash, recovered 01 Kalashnikov try governed by either the The lack of proper standard in Pa- neighborhoods which also promise crowds. The present PTI govern- all the public ceremonies, interna- with ammunition from his EasyPay and UPay’s mo- military or the corrupt pol- kistani government schools lead quality education but do little else ment wishes to modify the status tional or otherwise be conducted in bile app * 786 # USSD P custody. iticians. These transfers of power to the establishment of private for the physical development of the quo by implementing the same syl- Urdu. This is to highlight the impor- String/Retailer Agent/ Taxila police nabbed Hu- have left Pakistan in a pile of debt. schools; some elite and most of children studying in it. Their fee labus for all strata of society. This tance of Urdu in a country where zaifa and recovered 01 pis- Franchisor and Mobilink, Chaos has ensued in all the depart- them small ones. Then there was though normal rarely hired qualified daunting task was put on hold by the the language barrier between Eng- Telenor, UBank branches. tol 30 bore with from his ments and institutions of the coun- a prudent matter on the medium of teachers so the void between the pandemic where the only debates lish and Urdu medium has resulted possession. Separate cases Admission forms and try. Education suffered the most instruction in the schools particu- schools keeps on increasing. revolving around the educational in a society with both superiority prospectuses for all pro- were registered against all unfortunately. larly. The entire country had been The Madrassahs are the other edu- system were online classes or can- and inferiority complexes. grammes will also be avail- the accused. It is a known fact that if you want segregated based on the languages. cational institution that has further celation of exams. Though books What the government is aiming to able online. Students with- City Police Officer CPO Mu- a country and its people to fail, en- The elite schools spread their polarized the system of education. are being published with the hopes do is no ordinary feat. If implement- out internet access will be hammad Ahsan Younas ap- sures that their education system branches all across Pakistan and The children in Madrassahs are of bridging the gap between the rich ed these extraordinary changes will preciated the police teams able to use the ‘computer fails. We in Pakistan became a vic- laboratories’ set up at the aimed to capture the elite as well sent by poor parents in hopes of a and the poor, it’s a divide that would alter the lives of many individuals for arresting the illegal arms tim of three tier education system. as the educated Middle class fami- better roof. Unfortunately children take years to overcome. as well as the families. However holders adding that arms university’s regional offic- Like all public sectors, the system es free of cost to submit lies. The aim was to provide quality especially boys in Pakistan have The government also proposes reg- the government should also focus race would not be tolerated started deteriorating once the their admission applica- education by establishing state of been a target of physical and sex- ulating the Madrassahs and equip- on the betterment of its existing and strict action should be standard of government institutions tion forms. the art buildings. The major prob- ual abuse. Many religious political ping them with technical and skills schools otherwise there can be no taken against such anti-so- became losing their standards of ed- lem the parents felt was the ever parties also have had a history of ex- education so that its easier for the significant impact on education. cial elements. Monday, June 14, 2021 05 IslamabadPOST Pakistan’s First And Only Diplomatic Daily Editor-in-Chief: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Israel’s Admissions Deputy Editor: Abid Raza Women in Balochistan N a brazenly revealing interview, the outgoing chief of Is- HE Balochistan government seems to be taking steps to im- rael’s Mossad intelligence service came the closest that ABC CERTIFIED prove women’s integration into society and the workforce in any Israeli authority has come to admitting Israel’s in- the province. In October 2020, the provincial cabinet approved I Vol: 02 Issue: 36 T volvement behind the recent attacks targeting Iran’s nuclear the Balochistan Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Policy, programme and a military scientist. Email: [email protected] 2020-2024. To implement this policy, the government has launched the The details in the interview basically confirmed what was al- Phone: 051-2266165 / 051-2261960 Governance and Policy Project Balochistan that aims to improve gen- ready widely speculated—that Israel had time and time again Off: Awan Plaza, Block 18-A, G-8 Markaz Islamabad der integration into the public sector. The project has been launched and is still attempting to sabotage Iran and its nuclear ar- with help from foreign donors to ensure the comprehensive application chive. For this mission, Israel has sent out Mossad agents on of the gender empowerment policy which would help pave the way for achieving SDG 5 that relates to gender equality. Women across the the ground, broken into warehouses, sparked fire at uranium country are disenfranchised to a large degree because of patriarchal enrichment sites, planned blasts at centrifuge assemblies and values that are ingrained in every sector and class. In the case of Ba- strongly hinted at the assassination of Iranian scientists. lochistan, the tribal culture reinforces the barriers that already exist. The biggest takeaway from the interview is that two of the The overall literacy rate for women in Pakistan is around 52pc while most damaging attacks on Iran, two explosions over the last only 33.5pc of women in Balochistan are literate. Similarly, the number year at its Natanz nuclear facility, had Israeli involvement. of women dying in childbirth is far higher in the province; 758 women Last year in July, an explosion tore apart Natanz’s advanced out of 100,000 die during childbirth in Balochistan against a national av- centrifuge assembly, which Iran later blamed on Israel. In erage of 272. This gloomy picture is also a result of the overall underde- April 2021, another blast tore apart one of its underground velopment in Balochistan that is far worse than in the other provinces. enrichment halls. The last explosion, detonating at the low - Against this backdrop, the provincial government has done well to in- est point of the underground halls, has eliminated Natanz volve international rights organisations for improving gender integra- as the sole site for Iran’s national uranium enrichment; a tion. The GPP project is expected to directly benefit the provincial massive blow. Women Development Department and the ombudsperson on work- These attacks are illegal under international law—had Iran place harassment appointed under the Balochistan Protection Against done the same, the US and Israel would have labelled it Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2016, and would equip these “terrorism.” The revelations in the interview will likely be departments to carry out the desired changes and build their capaci- brushed off by the international community which is a shame. ty for actively working towards the protection of and mainstreaming It is important to ask why Mossad’s outgoing chief is stirring women in the public sphere and the provincial workforce. A key aspect trouble right when the Iran deal is back in talks and negotia- of the project involves carrying out a gender-based analysis of govern- ment departments and a baseline women empowerment survey. This tions are on the table. These revelations should be added to will help fill in the gaps in efforts required for uplifting women as wom- strengthen the case against Israel’s war crimes. There also en’s rights groups working in Balochistan often complain about the needs to be more discussion in the UN on the dangers of es- lack of official data. However, all said and done, foreign support will pionage and the lack of a clear international legal verdict on only set the framework for gender integration. It is the provincial gov- espionage in times of peace. Pakistan too has borne the brunt ernment which will have to follow through with its plans. One hopes of terrorism incited by espionage from nearby countries—the that this impetus to integrate disenfranchised women of the province legal silence towards it is making the region unsafe. does not dry up when there’s no more funding. Politics of the budget HE PTI wants to buy its way out of trouble. of the harsh realities of macroeconomics — the op- have essentially stayed on the original PTI mes - Fahd Husain Who will pay the price? position will have an uphill task tearing into the gov- sage and plan and this 2021-22 budget is a con - T The federal budget 2021-22 presented by Fi- ernment’s economic performance from the political tinuation of this grand plan. ‘See we told you we nance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday is the doc- angle. Specialists within the opposition ranks will no were on the right track’, they are now saying with umented evidence of this political strategy. He has doubt slice and dice the budget and its fanciful pro- a triumphant smile. rung the bell, and the floor is open for business. jections through smart financial logic weaved around Except, this is not entirely correct. It is this business that the PTI wants to stimulate technicalities, but if there is a visible easing of the The fact is that the PTI’s handling of the economy by aiming for growth touching five per cent next burden on the citizens, the government will be in a has lurched from one experiment to another, from year and crossing this threshold on the eve of elec- comfortable position to fend off the opposition at- one approach to another, and from one minister sent tions. The progression in the government’s political tack. packing to another. narrative is already visible. This narrative is telling The PTI government is essentially following the The government has blundered on projects and fum- the voter — yes, the same voter ravaged by inflation same trajectory: spend, spend, spend and worry bled on reforms. For three years, it kept burdening and unemployment — that difficult times are almost about how to pay for it later. citizens with pain without any major corresponding over and good times, as promised by Prime Minister This may even entail the government walking out macro benefits to the economy. The FBR was not Imran Khan, are around the corner. This budget is of the IMF programme. No new taxes and no hike reformed, the power structure was not restructured Exhibit A for the new narrative. Government spokes- in utility rates etc. essentially show that the govern- and the state-owned enterprises were not priva- persons will turbo-charge the narrative in the com- ment has calculated it can manage without the IMF tised. Finally after three years, politics caught up ing days and weeks, and fuel it with data that has till the elections. The massive increase in remittanc- with the PTI’s economy. The government realised — Specialists within the nourished the budget document unveiled in parlia- es has stabilised the government’s finances and it or perhaps was made to realise — that if its econom - ment on Friday. believes it will not slide back into the red if the IMF ics continued down this path, the voters would take opposition ranks will no The budget tells a story steeped in ambition. The tranches dry up. Perhaps it may not need to walk the government to the cleaners in the next elec- story says the government will now loosen its belt, out of the programme officially. Instead, it could just tions. Just as they had in the recent by-elections. So doubt slice and dice the spend its money, freeze hikes in utility charges, save drag the negotiations for as long as needed and use a decision was made: enough of economics, let’s do citizens from further taxation and inject booster this time to throw money at the electorate. Just like some politics. budget and its fanciful shots into programmes like Ehsaas and Naya Paki- the PML-N did in its last years. Nothing does politics better than growth. It doesn’t projections through smart stan Housing. The growth underway is expected to Yes, you heard that right. The PTI government is matter how that growth is coming, and where it is finance this ambition. Large-scale manufacturing is essentially following the same trajectory: spend, coming from, and who will ultimately pay the bills financial logic weaved clocking impressive numbers, agriculture is giving spend, spend and worry about how to pay for it later. for the growth — none of this matters as long as it is bumper yields, remittances are raining down like Politics invariably overtakes economics. The cost is coming fast and strong and flowing thick and lustily around technicalities, but never before, tax collection is showing encouraging always a steep one. like the gravy train it is. It is a familiar path that if there is a visible easing trends and the twin deficits have been tamed. Well, But this is a delayed cost, whereas politics re - requires little innovation. The only problem is that at least these are the fancy talking points that gov- quires instant gratification. The government wants elections are still two more budgets away — unless of the burden on the ernment spokespersons are carrying in their pock- to provide its disillusioned, disappointed and de - the prime minister pulls a fast one on the opposition ets as they troop out to wage data wars in the cushy jected voters the gratification they have been de - — and maintaining this spending spree in the hope citizens, the government confines of TV studios. nied since the PTI came to power. Fair enough. Is that revenue will flow in without further taxation Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly there a financial basis for this though? The theory could be a stretch. Economics requires pain, and will be in a comfortable Shehbaz Sharif and PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zara- that the government peddled in the early days — politics requires a feel-good factor. Feel-good factors position to fend off the dari spoke to journalists after the finance minister’s and pretends to believe in it till today — is that a win elections. The strategy seems obvious. speech and trashed the budget and its lofty ambi- certain linear logic has flowed through its econom - Shaukat Tarin may need to thank Ishaq Dar for show- opposition attack tion. However, once the budget sweeteners start to ic policy via Asad Umar, Hafeez Sheikh, Hammad ing him the way. trickle down into the lives of citizens — regardless Azhar and Shaukat Tarin; that all these gentlemen –Courtesy DAWN Middle East: Please heed the signs Before the COVID-19 pandemic most Arab countries maneuver by making critical investments in resil- less precipitation, more intense tropical cyclones and Hafed Al-Ghwell were already experiencing crisis levels of food insecu- ience-building infrastructure or even tackling the flooded coastal areas. rity and undernourishment, worsening the plight of political land mine that is comprehensive public Meanwhile, freshwater sources are also depleting those in the conflict zones of Syria, Libya and Yemen, sector reform. rapidly, even with alternative sources such as desalin- and in areas plagued by instability, such as Lebanon, Meanwhile, increased borrowing to deal with pan- ization, which will likely never reach sufficient scale, Palestine, and Iraq. It does not stop there. demic-related challenges will likely result in even because of their enormous electricity consumption. The cumulative and worsening effects of climate more of already limited public revenues going to - This adds more pressure on national energy grids al- change have also sent temperatures soaring in the ward servicing debt, stifling opportunities for the ready operating at or above their advised capacity to region, with five countries joining the “50-degree Cel- Arab world to seize on the moment and build the electrify industries, businesses and households. sius” club this year alone, a month before hitting their economies of the future, as a sustainable way to Without serious mitigation efforts locally, regionally expected annual average peak. emerge from the pandemic crisis. and across the globe, MENA is quickly reaching a tip- Excessive heat can be deadly, with casualty statistics Yet still, the public’s needs keep growing as social safe- ping point — further accelerated by a rise in global that can easily dwarf those of wildfires and floods. ty nets must remain intact even as tax revenues are food prices as indicated by the Food and Agriculture The combination of high temperatures and humidity at record lows due to falling incomes and double-digit Organization’s monthly food price index (FPI). In the in MENA coastal areas, compared with the more arid unemployment rates in economies yet to fully recov- past six years, food insecurity has worsened and now inland regions, can combine to produce choking heat er. In addition, at the rate at which the MENA popula- affects nearly 10 percent of the world’s population. indexes of 60 C and above. Above-ground weather tion is growing, so, too, will the public’s demands for The global pandemic worsened these statistics, phenomena certainly explain prolonged reductions accessibility and affordability of basic services. making an additional 80-130 million people food Above-ground weather in precipitation and the region’s worsening droughts, However, most states appear unprepared for this poor across the planet, with the urban poor feeling but lockdown restrictions, pandemic-induced slow- population bump, severely lacking in the capacity to the most impact. phenomena certainly downs and shocks to global supply chains compound invest and capitalize on a growing population to en- For MENA, the largest food-importing region in the well-documented challenges eroding MENA food hance domestic consumption, improve regional com- world, this sharp increase in the FPI — the 12th explain prolonged security. As always, the bulk of this suffering falls petitiveness and ultimately build more robust econo- consecutive monthly rise in a decade — should be squarely on the shoulders of the Arab world’s impov- mies resistant to external shocks. the ultimate warning that urgent action is needed reductions in precipitation erished, vulnerable communities such as refugees Currently, food security in the Middle East and North now more than ever. and the region’s worsening and, more recently, the swelling rank of low-skilled Africa is threatened by conflict, instability, economic Regardless of its contributing factors, growing hun- migrant workers unable to find new employment or turmoil, rising poverty, dwindling arable lands due to ger makes for a desperate populace, which will make droughts, but lockdown return to their home countries. desertification, and rapid urbanization. states prone to collapse as people take matters into Currently, food security in the Middle East and North In some particularly vulnerable countries, this can be their own hands and try to secure their lives and live- restrictions, pandemic- Africa is threatened by conflict, instability, economic already felt, for instance, in Lebanon, where food in- lihoods by any means necessary. Granted, in areas induced slowdowns and turmoil, rising poverty, dwindling arable lands due to flation soared to over 400 percent last year, worsened where man-made conflict is wreaking havoc on com- desertification, and rapid urbanization. by a multitude of crises, including COVID-19 and the munities, infrastructure and domestic food produc- shocks to global supply Since 2019, Arab governments have done their part Beirut port explosion. tion capacities, the only solution remains painstaking, to ensure a clash of crises, conflicts and instability In Iraq, a combination of factors has resulted in near- often time-consuming conflict resolution processes. chains compound well- will not sink economies or drown societies in civil dis- ly 10 percent of the population becoming food poor, However, where there is relative stability and suffi- cord during a raging pandemic. resorting to negative coping strategies such as lim- cient food production capacity despite prevailing documented challenges Critics will decry some of their efforts or dismiss iting food intake, relying on cheaper, less nutritious socioeconomic challenges or even political gridlock, eroding MENA food them as simply doing the bare minimum, and in Leba- sources, borrowing, and relying on debt. Food secu- national priorities should center on long-term food non’s case, not doing anything at all. However, it is im- rity in Syria has more or less deteriorated, which is security, ensuring adequate preparation not only for security portant to avoid trivializing the enormity of existing having a spillover effect in Lebanon — from the vulner- post-pandemic global food inflation but also other fu- challenges and the rocky road that lies ahead. Paus- able refugee populations to the diversions of heavily ture shocks, both external and domestic. LOBAL food prices have soared by the larg- ing efforts to improve food/water security, build resil- subsidized foodstuffs to war-torn Syria. If the region is firmly set on transforming out of its est margin since 2011, leading to fears that ience into domestic capacities, and the Arab world’s Even in relatively stable states, the situation is in no many dependencies, from hydrocarbons to foodstuffs, G the surge in costs for agricultural commod- ability to absorb external shocks is inadvisable, sim- way better, except in a few Gulf states where food governments must act with the utmost urgency to ities, many of which are staples in Middle Eastern ply because current priorities are fixated on getting security has become a national priority. After all, do- not only shore up domestic capacities but also frame and North African diets, could spark inflation at a populations vaccinated. mestic food production is still vulnerable and will be food, nutrition, and water crises as the existential time when most states are still struggling to get vac- Granted, national finances are severely constrained the first casualty of the increasingly visible signs of threats they are before it is too late. cination campaigns off the ground. and unable to find the fiscal or monetary room to climate change, such as record-breaking heatwaves, –Courtesy Arab News IslamabadPOST 06 WORLD / SPORTS Monday, June 14, 2021 Briefs Biden Islamabad United stun Lahore reaffirms China names support for 14-man Qalanders with 28 run victory Olympics squad for Sports Desk TOKYO: US President Joe FIBA Asia Cup Chasing a tricky target of 153 runs, Lahore Qalandars’ opener Fakhar Zaman Biden has reaffirmed his BEIJING: China’s nation- support for the Tokyo Olym- al men’s basketball team and Sohail Akhtar got their side off to a steady start pics at a meeting with Japa- announced a 14-player list had scored just four runs of seven balls. nese Prime Minister Yoshi- before departing for the Phil- Sports Desk Lahore Qalandars misery continued as hideSuga, highlighting the ippines on Sunday for the tailender Shaheen Shah was run-out for a necessity of imposing public upcoming 2021 FIBA Asia ABU DHABI: Islamabad United stunned La- duck. Leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed then broke health measures ensuring Cup qualifiers and Olympic hore Qalandars with an improbable 28-run through the defenses of all-rounder James the safety of those involved. qualifying tournaments. The victory in their Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Faulkner after he had scored just one run. At a meeting with Suga on 14 players are Zhou Peng, Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six en- Bowler Ali Khan then picked up the last wick- Saturday on the sidelines Zhou Qi, Liu Chuanxing, counter in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. et of tailender Haris Rauf (17 off 11), caught of the Group of Seven sum- ShenZijie, RenJunfei, Zhang Chasing a tricky target of 153 runs, Lahore by fielder Iftikhar Ahmed, as Islamabad Unit- mit in the British seaside Zhenlin, Zhu Mingzhen, Qalandars’ opener Fakhar Zaman and Sohail ed wrapped up Lahore Qalandars batting for resort of Carbis Bay, Biden Zeng Fanbo, Zhao Jiwei, Hu Akhtar got their side off to a steady start. 124 runs in 18.2 overs to complete a surpris- also raised a range of other Mingxuan, Lu Wenbo, Zhao The two batsmen combined for a solid 55- ing 28 run victory. Musa Khan was the stand- issues including COVID-19, Yanhao, Wu Qian and XuJie. run stand off 36 balls which laid a solid plat- out bowler for his side, picking up three wick- North Korea, China and After eight players have been form for their side to chase down the target. ets in his allotted overs. After winning the climate change, the White taken out from the initial Leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed finally got the bet- toss and opting to bat first, Islamabad United House said in a statement. 27-player roster, Sun Ming- ter of Sohail Akhtar with a successful LBW were off to a horror start as the relentless The Tokyo 2020 Olympic hui, Yu Dehao, GaoShiyan after he had scored 34 runs off 19 balls. Lahore Qalandars attack blew over half of the Games, which were post- and Wang Quanze became Batsman Zeeshan Ashraf soon followed, get- opposition batsmen in quick fashion. poned last year due to the the latest batch of absentees ting run-out after scoring just one run. Opener Usman Khawaja was the first wicket to global spread of the corona- from the two qualifiers, with As Lahore Qalandars seemed to be cruising fall after being caught behind by wicketkeeper virus, are scheduled to start Liaoning Flying Leopards’ along towards the target, pacer Musa Khan Ben Dunk off the bowling of pacer Shaheen on July 23, in the face of center Han Dejun having not produced an inspired over halfway through over as Islamabad United got an important runs off 37 balls. With the settled batsman Shah for a duck. Wicketkeeper-batsman Ro- opposition from most of the registered since the team the innings that led to a dramatic collapse. opening back into the match. Fakhar Zam- back in the hut, Islamabad United bowlers hail Nazir (one off three) was next as he was public, many Japanese com- called him up. The Chinese Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez fell an, who had been solid in the middle, stood went for the jugular and wickets started fall- adjudged LBW off the bowling of all-rounder panies and medical staff. team has trained together for first, caught by fielder Hussain Talat off the between Islamabad United and their charge ing in heaps. Skipper Shadab Khan removed James Faulkner. Faulkner then removed bats- around 20 days since players bowling of Musa Khan, after scoring just towards victory. Musa Khan was the man explosive batsman Tim David, caught by man Colin Munro (four off 11), adjudged LBW, gathered on May 23. As 12 eight runs off eight balls. to step up once more for his side, remov- fielder Iftikhar Ahmed after scoring three and all-rounder Hussain Talat (eight off 13), US can players are allowed to partic- Batsman Ben Dunk was then caught behind ing Fakhar Zaman, caught by fielder Iftikhar runs off eight balls. The leg-spinner then caught by fielder Tim David, as Islamabad Unit- ipate in each tournament, the by wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir in the same Ahmed after the batsman had scored 44 bowled all-rounder Rashid Khan after he ed found themselves in a lot of trouble early. count on team will confirm its final ros- ter based on real scenarios Turkey... prior to the tournaments. The team also revealed that Uzbekistan From Page 01 center Zhou Qi felt uncom- Azerbaijan returns 15 asked the official, who fortable in his eye while wished to remain anony- doing shooting drills during donates 1,000 mous. The official also con- Saturday’s final training ses- firmed that Western powers sion before departing. It was were willing to let Turkey later diagnosed as a left eye Oxygen Balloons Armenian detainees stay and protect the Kabul retinal break that impacts occupied 20 percent of airport. But, the official add- his eyesight. As advised by DNA President of European Azerbaijan, including the ed, “why should Turkey try doctors, Zhou will undergo to Afghanistan Nagorno-Karabakh region hard if nobody is going to treatment before joining the BAKU: Azerbaijan re- Council praises Azerbaijan and seven surrounding give support? These issues team in the Philippines. Mirwais Alizai said that Tehran turned 15 detained Arme- districts. need to be clarified.” would also provide 4,500 balloons nians to back Armenia with The 1994 ceasefire agree- On Saturday the Taliban Finland shocks the participation of Geor- DNA ment was followed by peace said that foreign forces of oxygen to Afghanistan gian representatives on BRUSSELS: President of the European Council Charles negotiations. should hold “no hope” of Denmark in the Azerbaijani-Georgian Michel praised the Azerbaijan’s return of 15 Armenian Following over a month of keeping a military presence Foreign Desk border, in exchange for detainees in exchange of mine maps of liberated Agh- military action to liberate in Afghanistan after the US Euro 2020 providing the Azerbaijani damdisctrict by Armenia, Trend reports citing Michael’s its territories from Arme- and NATO withdraw troops, KABUL: Tashkent donated 1,000 oxygen balloons to Kabul side with maps of 97,000 Twitter. “I applaud Azerbaijan’s and Armenia’s parallel nian occupation from late warning the security of em- match as the numbers of infections are in a rapid rise with hos- anti-tank and anti-person- humanitarian gestures - releases of detainees and maps Sept. to early Nov. 2020, bassies and airports would pitals running out of medical equipments. The ventilators nel mines in Azerbaijan’s of mined areas,” he wrote. Azerbaijan has pushed Ar- be the responsibility of Web Desk were handed over to the Afghan health officials in Hairatan Aghdam district, the Azer- Michel noted that is is a first step towards renewing menia to sign the surren- Afghans. - ‘Without ifs and port located in the northern province of Balkh. The minis- baijani Foreign Ministry confidence. “The EU has supported this process and der document. buts’- Relations between the TASHKENT: Finland sensa- try of foreign affairs welcomed the donations of oxygen bal- has told Trend. A joint statement on the US and Turkey have been tionally defeated Denmark will continue to offer assistance to enhance progress,” loons and the neighboring country's commitment to assist "We appreciate the sup- Michel added. On June 12, Azerbaijan returned 15 matter was made by the tense in recent years, and in their Euro 2020 Group B Afghanistan in countering the pandemic virus. port of the Georgian gov- Azerbaijani president, Ar- Erdogan said he wanted to opener with the score 1-0. detained Armenians back to Armenia with the partic - This comes as the foreign ministry called on its political ernment, led by the Prime ipation of Georgian representatives on the Azerbaija- menia's PM, and the presi- turn a new page with the It should be noted that the agencies in the region to attract assistance in the fight Minister IrakliGaribash- dent of Russia. Biden administration. match was overshadowed ni-Georgian border on June 12, 2021, in exchange for against the ongoing COVID-19 and the provision of oxygen. vili, in conducting this providing the Azerbaijani side with maps of 97,000 A complete ceasefire and “There were rumours here by the awful incident with The foreign ministry said in a statement that it has acceler- humanitarian action,” the a cessation of all hostili- and there. We need to leave Christian Eriksen, who col- anti-tank and anti-personnel mines in Azerbaijan’s Agh- ated efforts to recruit medical supplement from the region- ministry said. dam district, liberated from Armenian occupation. ties in the zone of the Na- them behind and discuss lapsed and hospitalized. al and world countries. Earlier, the minster of Public Health “At the same time, we gorno-Karabakh conflict what we can do,” he said. Christian Eriksen col- said that government hospitals are running out of oxygen emphasize the role of the the OSCE.” and return of the IDPs," were introduced on Nov. “We expect to see an ap- lapsed collapse just be- balloons and called on private health sectors to cooperate head of the US Secretary “Receiving the minefield added the ministry. 10, 2020. proach from the US without fore half-time with no one with the government health centers in regards. of State Antony Blinken, maps will save the lives and The conflict between Following the liberation of ifs and buts.” Relations have around him. The doctors A spokesman for the health ministry, Mirwais Alizai said US Acting Assistant Sec- health of tens of thousands the two South Caucasus its lands, Azerbaijan from sharply deteriorated since provided medical aid to the that Tehran would also provide 4,500 balloons of oxygen to retary of State for Euro - of our citizens, including countries began in 1988 Nov. 2020 started carrying Biden replaced Erdogan’s ally player. The Danish players Afghanistan. According to him, the donation of ventilators pean and Eurasian Affairs demining specialists, and when Armenia made ter- out operations on clear- Donald Trump in January. Bid- formed a wall around Erik- would solve the main challenges of Oxygen balloons in the Philip Reeker, President will accelerate the recon- ritorial claims against ing its lands from mines, en most notably recognised sen as the medical profes- country. Earlier, the Amnesty International called on the of the European Council struction projects initiated Azerbaijan. As a result booby traps, and various the Armenian genocide by the sionals worked to resus- Afghan government to pay immediate and serious attention Charles Michel and the by Azerbaijani President of the ensuing war, Ar- weapons left behind by the Ottoman empire during World citate him. Later he was to the shortage of oxygen in hospital. Swedish chairmanship of IlhamAliyev in Aghdam menian armed forces Armenian troops. War I, a move that outraged taken to the hospital. Turkey which rejects that After the restart, Denmark term. “This has seriously sad- dominated the match. But dened us... Turkey is not an it was Finland, who opened Djokovic wins 19th ordinary country. It’s an ally of the score. On 60 min- America,” Erdogan said. utes, Pohjanpalo pounced scored the only goal of Grand Slam title the match. Denmark could The 34-year-old Djokovic New taxes equalized on 74 minutes, Sports Desk eliminated 13-time French but Pierre-Emile Hojb- Open champion Nadal in injustice... jerg’s penalty was saved by PARIS: Novak Djokovic a semi-final that lasted Lukas Hradecky. claimed a 19th Grand Slam more than four hours Fri- From Page 01 title and became the first day night. That might be the International Monetary Shakib man in 52 years to win all why the 22-year-old Tsit- Fund (IMF). “I reject the gov- four majors twice when he sipas had the upper hand ernment’s PTIMF budget,” suspended came from two sets down to early, and Djokovic looked he said. Two days ago, Bilawal beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in drained for two sets. had condemned the budget after umpire the French Open final. Eventually, though, he proposed by the federal gov- The world number one tri- started making fewer mis- ernment, calling it an “eco- outburst umphed 6-7 (6/8), 2-6, 6-3, takes, got his best-in-the- nomic attack on Pakistanis”. 6-2, 6-4 over the Greek game returning on track, The PPP chairman, in a state- Sports Desk 22-year-old who was playing served almost flawlessly ment issued from Media Cell DHAKA: Bangladesh in his first Slam final. down the stretch and was Bilawal House, had said PTI all-rounder Shakib al-Hasan Djokovic’s second trophy able to complete his sixth would not be permitted to has been suspended for at Roland Garros moves career comeback from two “play with the nation’s future”, three matches and fined for him one major champi- sets down – and second of vowing his party would not “showing aggressive behav- onship away from tying the past week. allow Prime Minister Imran iour towards the umpire” the men’s record of 20 Indeed, the Internation- Khan “to conduct an econom- during a domestic match. shared by Rafael Nadal al Tennis Federation said ic massacre of the people.” Shakib, the world’s top- and Roger Federer. Djokovic — who trailed Reiterating PM Imran Khan ranked all-rounder in One- It also puts reigning Aus - 19-year-old Lorenzo Muset- was “deaf, dumb, and blind” Day Internationals, kicked tralian Open champion ti two sets to none in the to the plight of the average the stumps after an appeal Djokovic halfway to a cal - fourth round — is the first citizen, he said: “The year was turned down by the um- endar-year Grand Slam, man in the professional era might have changed, but pire during a match between something no man has to win a Grand Slam tourna- the conditions of the people Abahani Limited and Mo- LONDON: Kalvin Phillips of England competes during a Group D match between accomplished since Rod ment after twice facing a 2-0 remain the same. A poor hammedan Sporting Club England and Croatia at UEFA EURO 2020in Wembley Stadium, Landon. – DNA Laver in 1969. deficit in sets. man’s house is still being in Dhaka on Friday. He later deprived of necessities.” pulled out all three stumps and flung them aside after G7 leaders the umpire halted the game because of rain. agree on The Bangladesh Cricket India: Fire rips through Rohingya camp Board (BCB) found Shakib, global tax who captains Mohammed- “When we saw the fire, I held my mother’s hand and lifted my child in my arms and ran away to an, guilty of two counts of safety outside the camp,” Khatoon said. “We lost everything. The fire destroyed even the little Agencies misconduct and suspended him for three upcoming cash that we had kept for our daily needs. We don’t have a single [Indian] rupee to buy water” CARBIS BAY: The G7 on matches in the Bangaband- Sunday advanced a plan to started dousing the flames,” help with food and shelter. Tayyab Begum, 45. Asian countries, including India hu Dhaka Premier Division impose a global minimum Foreign Desk Sandeep, an operator at the Del- Asif Mujtaba, a Delhi-based activ- An estimated 40,000 Rohingya and Malaysia. The fire comes T20 Cricket League. He corporation tax and a collec- hi Fire Service, told Al Jazeera ist, told Al Jazeera that his group refugees, many believed to be un- amid an Indian government crack- was also fined 500,000 taka tive crackdown on avoidance, NEW DELHI: A massive fire by telephone on Sunday. was one of the first to provide documented, live in camps across down on Rohingya refugees living (US$5,900). “Shakib was arguing it would help tack- has destroyed a Rohingya refu- The fire tore through the camp, relief as soon as the flames were Indian cities, including Jammu, in the country. In March, police in found guilty of conduct that le inequality. At a summit gee camp in the Indian capital, home to 55 families – filling the doused. “We shifted those who Hyderabad and Nuh. The United Jammu city and New Delhi jailed is contrary to the spirit of in southwest England, G7 New Delhi, leaving hundreds sky with plumes of smoke and needed medical attention to near- Nations refugee agency has pro- more than 200 refugees, saying the game after showing ag- leaders endorsed an agree- of people homeless. The blaze flames as refugees scrambled to by hospitals, and arranged water vided some of them with refugee they were living in the country “il- gressive behaviour towards ment struck by their finance broke out at about 11:30pm on safety, crying for help. SufiaKha- and food for the refugees,” Mujta- cards, which helps them to ac- legally”. India’s Hindu nationalist the umpire,” the BCB said ministers last week to adopt Saturday and quickly spread toon, 32, was asleep inside her ba said, adding that he was reach- cess some basic services and is government has said it will deport in a statement on Saturday. a minimum floor for corpora- through the camp, reducing 55 hut along with her physically chal- ing out to officials to help set up supposed to protect them from the Rohingya refugees to Myan- The 34-year-old also brought tion tax of 15 percent. ramshackle shelters to ashes in lenged mother and her child when an interim relief camp for them, in police action. More than 750,000 mar in contravention of the prin- the game into disrepute “With this, we have taken the MadanpurKhadar area in the the fire broke out. It started in an the scorching summer heat. “We Rohingya took shelter in Bangla- ciple of non-refoulement, which through the use of offensive a significant step towards capital city’s south. No deaths abandoned hut, she said. are also mapping out details of the desh in 2017 after the Myanmar forbids a country from returning language and reckless con- creating a fairer tax system or serious injuries have been re- “When we saw the fire, I held my families who suffered losses in the army launched a brutal crackdown refugees to a country where they duct with the umpires, the fit for the 21st century, and ported in the fire – the second mother’s hand and lifted my child fire,” he said. on the Muslim minority, who have would face torture. BCB added. Shakib wrote on reversing a 40-year race to time the camp has been reduced in my arms and ran away to safety Another volunteer, Ahmad Kamal, been persecuted by Myanmar au- Rights groups have warned Facebook that he was “ex- the bottom,” the G7 said in to ashes since 2018. outside the camp,” Khatoon said. opened the doors of his nearby thorities for decades. Bangladesh against deporting the Rohingya to tremely sorry for losing my their concluding statement. The fire service department of “We lost everything. The fire de- hostel and sheltered some Ro- currently holds more than one Myanmar, which also experienced temper”. “An experienced “Our collaboration will cre- the national capital said that it stroyed even the little cash that we hingya for the night, providing million Rohingya in cramped and a military coup in February. player like me should not ate a stronger level playing put 15 fire tenders into service had kept for our daily needs. We them with food and water. “We squalid camps along its border For now, their deportation has have reacted that way but field, and it will help raise and brought the blaze under don’t have a single [Indian] rupee were hungry. Some people came with Myanmar. been blocked by the Indian Su- sometimes against all odds it more tax revenue to support control in about six hours. “We to buy water.” She appealed to the here in the morning and gave us Large numbers of Rohingya have preme Court. But 300 refugees happens, unfortunately.” investment and it will crack rushed to the spot quickly and government and relief groups for bananas and milk,” said refugee also taken refuge in neighbouring are still imprisoned. down on tax avoidance.” IslamabadPOST 07 BUSINESS / WORLD Monday, June 14, 2021 Switzerland Briefs votes on Pakistani nation stands with pesticides Tunisians ban rally against GENEVA: Switzerland votes police victims of London tragedy Sunday on proposals to ban synthetic pesticides follow- brutality High Commissioner Raza Bashir also used the occasion to thank the Canadian ing a campaign that has shattered the idyllic image of peaceful Swiss Alpine oreign esk leadership and the people for standing with the family of the victims in these difficult F D pastures by sharply dividing opinion. TUNIS: Clashes have erupt- times, and also standing up to Islamophobia by condemning all forms and expressions The Swiss are also voting ed in the Tunisian capital as on a series of hot topics, hundreds of young people of Muslim-hate in Canada and elsewhere in the world including anti-terror meas- came out to protest against ures and Covid-19 laws. police brutality in work- DNA Polling stations close at ing-class neighbourhoods 1000 GMT, with most peo- following the latest death of LONDON: Pakistan High ple having voted by post. Re- a man in police custody. Commissioner to Canada sults will be known before Protesters were seen throw- Raza Bashir Tarar attended the end of the day. ing sticks, chairs and water the funeral prayers for four Voters must decide whether bottles at security forces members of the London they approve a Covid-19 law who were firing tear gas and Ontario-based Afzaal family that extends government roughly detained several killed last Sunday, saying all powers to fight the pandem- people in the Sidi Hassine of Pakistan stood with the ic and mitigate its conse- area on the outskirts of family “shoulder to shoul- quences on society and the Tunis. Saturday’s violence der” in its grief and suffer- economy. But the two an- followed three consecutive ing over the tragedy. ti-pesticide proposals have nights of protests after a “Our hearts are bleeding triggered the most noise, young man was killed “in because of the atrocity that in an electoral campaign suspicious circumstanc- has befallen this wonderful, marked by fiery debates be- es” in the neighbourhood, marvellous family,” he said tween farmers. according to the Tunisian as he conveyed to the family The campaign boiled over League of Human Rights the “deepest condolences in the western Vaud region (LTDH). and prayers” from Prime when arsonists torched a The man died on Tuesday Minister Imran Khan, trailer in a field displaying after being arrested by po- Foreign Minister Shah banners calling for a “No” lice on suspicion of dealing Mahmood Qureshi and the vote, infuriating farmers. drugs, according to local entire Pakistani nation. Meanwhile farmers in the media. The High Commissioner “Yes” campaign say they Earlier on Saturday, several also used the occasion to have been the victims of dozen left-wing activists and thank the Canadian lead- insults, threats and intim- residents of working-class ership and the people for idation. The first popular districts demonstrated in standing with the family of initiative, entitled “For a front of the interior ministry the victims in these diffi- Switzerland free from syn- in protest against the death cult times, and also stand- thetic pesticides”, calls for for which the family blamed ing up to Islamophobia by a domestic ban within 10 the police. condemning all forms and expressions of Muslim-hate ed by hundreds of people associations and groups to The discussion was also Speaking at the occasion, dency of Islamophobia all years, while imported food- in Canada and elsewhere in observing Corona related express solidarity for the vic- attended and addressed by Ishtiak Ahmed Akil, Acting over the world. stuffs produced using such Employment the world. SOPs. “And the very fact tims of the Sunday killings. Consul General of Pakistan Consul General of Pakistan A prayers meeting was ar- pesticides would also be Earlier, dead bodies of Sal- their coffins are draped in Pakistan Canada Associa- Vancouver Janbaz Khan. Montreal, highlighted the ranged in a local mosque in outlawed. Under the sec- in Azerbaijan man Afzaal 46, wife Madiha the beautiful Canadian flag is tion of Edmonton arranged A number of federal and pro- statements and speeches of Toronto and attended by Con- ond, “For clean drinking Salman, their 15-year-old an apt testimony of the fact a talk on the cause of hate vincial parliament’s mem- Prime Minister Imran Khan sul General of Pakistan To- water and healthy food”, up in Jan-Apr daughter Yumna Afzaal and that the entire Canadian na- and racist incidents happen- bers, government function- made at various interna- ronto Abdul Hameed among only farms that do not use Salman’s 74-year-old mother tion stands with them,” Raza ing in Alberta, challenge of aries, and political parties’ tional forums including the others. A similar prayer ses- pesticides and use antibiot- Talat Afzaal were brought to Bashir Tarar said. Mean- Islamophobia and how com- representatives attended UN General Assembly and sion and vigil was also held in ics only to treat sick animals DNA the Islamic Centre prayer while, a series of prayer ses- munity leaders from diverse a gathering in Montreal to called for the internation- Ottawa and represented from would be eligible for govern- ground, draped in the Ca- sions and vigils were held in backgrounds could come express solidarity with the al community’s attention The Pakistan High Commis- ment subsidies. BAKU: The number of peo- nadian flags, for the funeral different cities of Canada by together for an open con- brutally murdered Muslim towards taking concrete sion by Counsellor Press Ha- The amount of liquid ma- ple employed in Azerbai- prayers which were attend- various Canadian Pakistani versation on these subjects. family in London-Ontario. actions against a rising ten- mid Raza Khan. nure being used on fields, jan’s economy increased by and thereby potentially en- 0.1 percent or 2,300 people, tering the water system, amounting to over 1.6 mil- Shelling kills would also be limited. lion people, as of May 1, the Environmentalists and the State Statistics Committee 18 in Syria’s Some facts about Pakistan’s political left back both initi- has reported. atives. Of the total number of em- Afrin ployed, 913,600 citizens BEIRUT: Shelling of the defence budget 2021-22 work in the public sector rebel-held city of Afrin in our defence budget has been rising 10.5 percent, Saudi Arabia 8 per- fence spending, the US constitutes Argentina’s and 764,800 in the private northern Syria killed at DNA at an accelerated pace. *Not true*. cent, Kuwait 7.1 percent, Algeria 39 percent, China 13 percent, India COVID-19 sector. least 18 people on Satur- Here’s the fact: in the 1970s the 6.7 percent, Iraq 5.8 percent, UAE 3.7 percent, Russia 3 percent and Pa- Some 19.7 percent are em- day, many of them when *Myth number 1*: Pakistan’s de- allocation for defence amounted to 5.6 percent, Azerbaijan 4 percent, kistan 0.44 percent (along with oth- cases top ployed in education, 18.5 a hospital was hit, a war fence budget takes away a major 6.50 percent of our GDP. In 2001- Morocco 5.3 percent, Israel 5.2 per- ers). Yes, India at $73 billion is now percent in trade and repair monitor said. The Syrian chunk of the total budgetary re- 02, the allocation for defence stood cent, Jordan 4.9 percent, Armenia ahead of Russia. Pakistan spends 4.11 million of transport means, 12.8 per- Observatory for Human sources. *Not true*. In Budget at 4.6 percent of GDP. In Budget 4.8 percent, Mali 4.5 percent, Qatar around $8.7 billion. cent in industry, 8.3 percent Rights said a doctor, three 2021-22, ‘Defence Services’ has 2021-22, an allocation of Rs1,370 for 4.4 percent, Russia 3.9 percent, US Fact: *Pakistan’s defence budget on BUENOS AIRES: Argen- in health care and social ser- hospital staff, two women been allocated Rs1,370 billion out defence is 2.8 percent of GDP. Last 3.4 percent and South Sudan 3.4 a per capita basis is one of the lowest tina reported 18,057 new vices for the population, 7.2 and two children died at of total budgetary resources of year, we spent 2.86 percent of GDP percent (source: SIPRI Military Ex- in the world*. Pakistan spends $40 COVID-19 infections and percent in construction, 6.7 Al-Shifaa hospital in the Rs8,487 billion – and that is a mere on defence. In effect, over the past penditure Database and ‘The Mili- on a per capita basis while Israel 447 more deaths in the percent in public administra- city which is held by the *16 percent of the total budgetary fifty years, the defence budget as a tary Balance’ from the International spends $2,200 on a per capita basis. past 24 hours, bringing the tion and defence, social secu- rebels. resources*. In effect, *16 percent percentage of GDP has gone down Institute for Strategic Studies). According to Global Firepower, Paki- accumulated total caseload rity, 4.5 percent in transport A rebel commander also for defence and 84 percent for – rather drastically – from 6.50 per- *Myth number 3*: Pakistan Army stan’s armed forces are “ranked as and deaths to 4,111,147 and and warehousing, 3.4 percent died at the hospital, the non-defence related expenses*. For cent of GDP in the 1970s to 2.8 per- takes away a major chunk of the en- the 10th most powerful military in 85,075, respectively, on Sat- in agriculture, forestry and Observatory said, adding the record, in Budget 2020-21, de- cent this year. The US, for instance, tire defence budget. *Not true*. Of the world.” urday. fishing, 3.4 percent in pro- that 23 people were in- fence-related expenses comprised spends 3.4 percent of GDP on de- the Rs1,370 allocation for defence, Fact: *On the basis of ‘expenses per Meanwhile, 16.23 million fessional, scientific and tech- jured. 17.67 percent of the total expenses. fence while India is at 2.4 percent. Pakistan Army gets Rs594 billion or soldier’, Pakistan’s armed forces vaccine doses against COV- nical activities, 1.7 percent in An AFP correspondent In effect, the defence budget as a Here are some of the countries that 44 percent. In effect, *Pakistan Army come out as the most efficient on the ID-19 have been adminis- financial and insurance activi- shot footage of white-hel- percentage of the total outlay has spend more of their GDP on defence gets a paltry 7 percent of the total face of the planet*. The US spends tered in the South American ties and 13.8 percent in other meted aid workers in the gone down from 17.67 percent last than does Pakistan: Oman spends budgetary resources*. $392,000 on a per soldier basis, Sau- country to date. economic sectors. hospital courtyard strewn year to 16 percent. 12 percent of its GDP on defence, Fact: The world spends $1.98 trillion di Arabia $371,000, India $42,000, Health Minister Carla Viz- It should be noted that the with bodies. – APP *Myth number* 2: Over the years, Afghanistan 10.6 percent, Lebanon on defence. Of the total global de- Iran $23,000 . zotti visited the province average monthly salary of of Santiago del Estero on hired workers decreased by Saturday and highlighted 1.9 percent in January- April the progress of the nation- this year, bringing the figure Rug, harassment al immunization campaign to AZN 722.3 ($424.8). “not only in people over During the reported period, 60 years old and people at the average monthly nom- allegations plunge risk, but also reaching 70 inal salary was higher in percent in those over 50 the mining industry, finan- Bejart into turmoil years old.” – APP cial and insurance activity, professional, scientific and GENEVA: Switzerland’s institutions, anonymous testi- technical activity, informa- prestigious Bejart Ballet monies gathered by trade un- Greece: tion and communication, Lausanne company faces a ion representatives and the and in transport and storage probe as allegations of drug media paint a bleak picture. Four Afghan facilities. use, harassment and abuse of Swiss public broadcaster power raise the question why RTS reported that a number migrants nothing apparently changed of unidentified former mem- Kazakhstan after an earlier investigation bers of the Bejart Ballet Lau- jailed raised similar issues. The sanne (BBL) company had confirms company, founded by the late written to the foundation, de- legendary French choreog- scribing the “omnipresence Web Desk 1,058 new rapher Maurice Bejart, was of drugs, nepotism, as well placed under audit on June 4 as psychological and sexual ATHENS: Four Afghan asy- cases over allegations touching on harassment”. lum-seekers have been sen- its “working environment and Many of the accusations al- tenced to 10 years in prison DNA inappropriate behaviour”. legedly focus on Gil Roman, for their part in a fire that The Maurice Bejart Foun- who took the helm of BBL destroyed the Moria migrant NURSULTAN: Kazakhstan dation announced the audit when its founder died in camp in Greece last year. registered 1,058 new coro- just a week after revealing 2007. did not respond to AFP The court in Chios found navirus cases for the past that the affiliated Rudra Be- requests to the foundation or the defendants guilty of ar- day. These new cases in- jart ballet school had fired its BBL seeking comment. The son on Saturday while their clude 257 in Nur-Sultan, 177 director and stage manager French choreographer faced lawyers denounced a “lack in Karaganda region, 111 and suspended all classes for similar allegations during a of sense of fairness”, telling in Almaty, 87 in East Ka- a year due to “serious short- secret audit a year later, but AFP news agency they had zakhstan region, 82 in West comings” in management. was permitted to stay on and immediately filed for an ap- Kazakhstan region, 48 in BAKU: Pakistan Ambassador to Azerbaijan visiting Aghdam with diplomatic corps. He felt safer While the foundation has continue as before, according peal after the sentence was Atyrau region, 46 in Almaty after Azerbaijan’s diplomatic victory to secure maps of mines in Aghdam. Hope Armenia will revealed few details of the to RTS and the union repre- handed down. region, 45 in Akmola re- handover remaining mine maps of Azerbaijani territories. – DNA allegations facing the two senting the dancers. – APP The young Afghans were tak- gion, 44 in Pavlodar region, en to the court handcuffed 34 in Kostanai region, 30 in and were expected to return Shymkent, 25 in Mangistau to the Avlona jail outside Ath- region, 20 in Jambyl regul, ens, where they were held 17 in Aktobe region, 16 in before the trial. APBF worried as FDI keeps declining In March, two other Afghan North Kazakhstan region, 14 in Turkestan reigon, 11 and political will can speed up the gaining growth momentum, which the wheel of economy. APBF Pres- ing countries. The country-wise youths were sentenced to five in Kyzylorda region. Abid Raza economic growth, which should be should encourage foreign inves- ident added there was a need to details showed that net inflow of years in prison in connection The total number of con- grown significantly and constantly tors to invest in new projects, he freeze the prices of all inputs for FDI from China was $708 million with the case. firmed coronavirus cases LAHORE: The All Pakistan Busi- for visible impact. added. at least two years so that the econ- during the first ten months of this The Moria camp – on the reached 401,272. ness Forum has raised its serious APBF Chairman Ibrahim Qureshi Syed Maaz Mahmood observed omy could get required start. He fiscal year as against $865 million Aegean island of Lesbos – 70 coronavirus pneumo- concern over the falling trend of expressed the hope that FDI that it is good that the government also suggested that the sales tax in the same period of last fiscal housed more than 10,000 nia cases were registered foreign direct investment into the would grow over the next one year is anticipating the GDP growth of slab should be curtailed in order year. He advocated the need for people before it was de- for the past day. 4 patients country, which has plunged by in the wake of stability in the ru- 4% for the current fiscal year com- to cut cost of production. raising the country’s tax base so stroyed by two fires in Sep- died from pneumonia. The over 33 percent during the first 10 pee-dollar parity and improvement pared to projection of 3%, which is Quoting the latest data released that tax-to-GDP ratio improves tember 2020. No one died in total number of coronavirus months of the current fiscal year in balance of payments position in also possible, considering the low by the State Bank, he said that from current poor level. He urged the fires. pneumonia cases since Au- despite some positive develop- this fiscal year, as Special Eco- base effect of last year, achieve- FDI has declined by $748 million the trade officers to explore op- Greek authorities believe the gust 1 reached 56,202. The ments on the economic front, plac- nomic Zones, which were under ment of comparatively higher to stand at $1.55 billion during Ju- portunities to diversify exports fires were deliberately lit by death toll made 3,407. ing a big question mark over the the development phase, would growth in manufacturing and ex- ly-April FY21 compared to the cor- of goods and services in their camp occupants after quaran- Ten died from coronavirus investment climate in the country. also attract investment among ex- port sectors, bumper wheat crop responding period of the last fiscal respective areas, asking them to tine measures were imposed infection for a day. The APBF President Syed Maaz port sectors in the country. in agriculture sector and current year. During the period under re- meet the challenges faced by Paki- following the discovery of death toll reached 4,160. Mahmood, in a statement issued During 2014-2018, foreign inves- account balance in surplus, he said. view, FDI inflows were amounted stan in European markets. He also COVID-19 cases among peo- 6,964 remain in hospitals, here on Sunday, said that despite tors mostly poured money into the He urged the government to to $2.505 billion as against $952 suggested the ministry to devise ple living on the site. 14,449 are treated at home. significant improvements in the sectors which did not pose a risk take practical and concrete steps million outflow. strategies for promotion of Paki- Approximately 20 people, 528 patients are in serious energy infrastructure and securi- to their profit margins due to ru- for the implementation of busi- Although, net Chinese’ foreign stani products, calling upon trade mainly members of foreign condition. 72 patients were ty condition, the government has pee depreciation such as the pow- ness-friendly policies, saying the direct investment in Pakistan is officers to take advantage of op- solidarity groups, gathered put up on ventilators. failed to attract investment in the er sector. It is appreciable that Pa- rising prices of electricity, gas and on decline, however, still China portunities offered by China-Paki- outside the court to call for country. He said the drastic steps kistan’s economy is now gradually petroleum products were halting ranked one in the list of invest- stan Economic Corridor (CPEC). the defendants to be freed. IslamabadMONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 | WWW.ISLAMABADPOST.COM.PKPOST 10 killed Briefs due to UNICEF supports polio heavy rains Govt in Pakistan fudging numbers: eradication in Pakistan News Desk ISLAMABAD: Ten people Abbasi It is inspiring to see the commitment of frontline workers and have lost their lives in dif- ferent accidents owing to heavy rains and winds in dif- Athar Suri communities towards our joint vision of a polio-free Pakistan: Laryea-Adjei ferent parts of the country. According to Khyber Pakh- KARACHI: Former prime The UNICEF Regional Director drops but also immunized against risk of more deadly or contagious tunkhwa’s Provincial Disas- minister and Staff Report began his visit by meeting Prime other diseases and provided with variants emerging. World leaders ter Management Authority PML-N stal- Minister Imran Khan with mem- a package which includes screen- must step up to share excess dos- (PDMA), five people were wart Shahid ISLAMABAD, George Laryea-Ad- bers of the Global Polio Eradica- ing and treatment for malnutri- es and ensure health systems in killed and six others were Khaqan Abba- jei on Sunday concluded his first tion Initiative Board in Islamabad. tion; birth registration; access to South Asia are prepared for future left injured due to torrential si on Sunday official visit to Pakistan as UNICEF Together with Dr Ahmed Al-Man- safe drinking water and sanitation waves of COVID-19.” rains in the upper areas of said that the Regional Director for South Asia by dhari, WHO Regional Director services; advice on hygiene, child Laryea-Adjei also visited the the provinces. Among those government stressing the importance of ensur- for the Eastern Mediterranean, health care and early childhood Pakistan Institute of Medical killed, four hailed from is fudging numbers and “be- ing continuity of essential services and representatives of the Bill & development.The Regional Direc- Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad. Mansehra while one be- fooling the people”, warned for women and children. Melinda Gates Foundation, Lar- tor also stressed the need to over- A center of excellence, PIMS longed to Torghar District. that the budget for 2021-22 “We know that COVID-19-related yea-Adjei attended the launch of come the devastating impact of implements low cost, high im- Due to river erosion, Gilgit has new taxes worth Rs343 disruptions have had a devastat- the June polio campaign. the new surge of COVID-19. pact interventions supported by Road leading to Chitral and billion. Addressing a media ing impact on the most vulnerable “It is inspiring to see the com- “We may be exhausted, but the UNICEF to save newborn lives. Upper Chitral has been briefing in Karachi, Abbasi children and families over the past mitment of frontline workers and virus is not. As I speak, the vi- During his visit, the Regional Di- closed for traffic to avoid any said that when Imran Khan’s year,” George Laryea-Adjei said, communities towards our joint rus continues to spread in South rector met with mothers who are untoward incidents, while government came, new taxes according to UNICEF. vision of a polio-free Pakistan. Asia, health workers are putting taught how to use ‘skin-to-skin’ authorities say that steps are worth Rs1,200 billion were “It is critical to ensure that lifesav- I applaud the efforts to deepen ber Paktunkhwa province and in themselves at risk, and health contact to help care for their pre- being taken to create an al- imposed in the country but ing, essential services for children the link between the polio erad- the south-eastern Sindh province systems are struggling,” Lar- mature newborns in the Kanga- ternative route after the clo- despite that, only an addition- and mothers, including routine im- ication programme and routine where polio is endemic. yea-Adjei said. “Over one billion roo-Mother Care unit. sure of the road connecting al Rs800bn could be raised. munization, keep running even as immunization, which is a signifi- UNICEF works with provincial au- people are still waiting for their He discussed with front-line work- Chitral and Buni. “The budget is based on lies. the pandemic continues. UNICEF cant step in the right direction,” thorities to run Integrated Servic- vaccine in the region. ers who work in the 24-hour im- Chief Minister Khyber Pa- It is a fake budget and the gov- will continue to support the Gov- Laryea-Adjei said. es Delivery programmes that seek This includes over seven million munization service room to make khtunkhwa Mahmood Khan ernment will gut the people ernment to respond to the pan- Laryea-Adjei visited Peshawar’s to provide a package of essential frontline health workers who sure that no baby is discharged has expressed regret over to complete its targets,” he demic and to build more resilient Shaheen Muslim Town and Kara- services in high-risk communities. still are not fully vaccinated. The without receiving their first immu- the loss of life due to rains. said. “This is the country’s health and education systems that chi’s Gujro, two super high-risk Through the integrated approach, longer this virus continues to nization dose of polio, tuberculo- Speaking to journalists in first government which is can reach every child.” districts in the north-western Khy- children are not only given polio spread unchecked, the higher the sis, and hepatitis B vaccines. Peshawar, he prayed for the lying so brazenly and has no forgiveness of the deceased shame in doing so,” he added. as well as the speedy recov- The PML-N leader said that ery of the wounded. the government claims rev- Democracies “Rescue and concerned dis- enues of Rs1,150bn, but has trict administration should not specified the source of ensure timely relief to the this income. in a race with victims,” the CM directed. Abbasi, providing his own Meanwhile, three people, figures, claimed that the gov- including a woman, were ernment which was touting a autocracies killed due to electrocution 24% increase in income, could as lightning strike differ- not increase income by 20% Foreign Desk ent parts of Balochistan’s even in the last three years. Kohlu district. Speaking of LNG plants, he CARBIS BAY: Western de- said that the government mocracies are in a race to claims they have contributed compete with autocratic gov- Jordan mily to losses but the State Bank ernments, U.S. President Joe report states that they were Biden said on Sunday. court tries fruitful. “And now they have “We’re in a contest, not with taxed LNG as well.” China per se, ... with auto- ent with international norms, fmr Royal crats, autocratic governments which in many cases he has Gas blast in around the world, as to wheth- not,” Biden told reporters court chief er or not democracies can at the conclusion of a Group China kills compete with them in a rap- of Seven leaders’ summit in idly changing 21st century,” Britain. Biden said he had DNA 12: officials Biden told a news conference told Putin before being elect- AMMAN: Jordan’s military at the conclusion of a Group ed he would look at whether court will start the trial next BEIJING: At least 12 people of Seven leaders’ summit in the Russian leader had been week of a former royal court were killed and more than Britain. On China specifical- involved in trying to interfere chief and a minor royal on 100 others injured when a ly, Biden said: “I think you’re with the U.S. election. charges of agitating to dest- gas line explosion ripped gonna see just straightfor- “I checked it out, so I had ac- abilise the monarchy, state through a residential com- ward dealing with China. cess to all the intelligence, he media said on Sunday. pound in central China’s KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Mr. Asad Umar visiting development “As I’ve told Xi Jinping myself, was engaged in those activi- Prosecutors last week re- Hubei province on Sunday, projects of Federal Government in Gulshan e Iqbal. I’m not looking for conflict. ties, I did respond and made it ferred to court the case of local officials said. Where we cooperate, we’ll clear that I’d respond again.” Bassem Awadallah, an ex-roy- Rescue efforts were contin- cooperate; where we disagree The U.S. president, who will al court chief and finance uing, according to a state- Pakistan I’m going to state this frankly, meet Putin in Geneva this minister who played a big ment from the disaster man- to continue EU and UK’s ‘sausage and we are going to respond week, said they were not look- role in the drive to liberalise agement bureau in the city to actions that are inconsist- ing for conflict but to resolve Jordan’s economy, and Sherif of Shiyan. efforts ent.” U.S. President Joe Bid- “actions which we think are Hassan Zaid, a distant rela- Videos shot by witnesses war’ sizzles at G7 en on Sunday also said that inconsistent with internation- tive of King Abdullah. and verified by Beijing News against HIV Russian President Vladimir al norms.” They were arrested in early show several buildings re- trade war, Prime Minister part of the United Kingdom. Putin was correct to say that “The bottom line is that I News Desk Boris Johnson has threat- “Various EU figures here in April when former heir to duced to rubble and rescue ISLAMABAD: Special As- relations between their two think the best way to deal the throne Prince Hamza workers carrying shocked sistant to the Prime Min- ened to unilaterally suspend Carbis Bay, but frankly for nations were at their lowest with this is for he and I to LONDON: Tensions between was placed under house survivors on stretchers. ister on National Health parts of the Northern Ire- months now and years, have point in years. meet, for he and I to have our Britain and the European arrest over allegations that The explosion took place Services, Regulation, and land protocol of the Brexit characterised Northern Ire- “Let me make it clear I think discussion - I know you don’t Union over their Brexit trade he had liaised with foreign at about 6:30 am local time Coordination, Dr. Faisal divorce deal. That protocol land as somehow a separate he’s right it’s a low point, doubt that I’ll be very straight- deal exploded into an open parties over a plot to desta- (22:30 GMT) and an inves- Sultan on Sunday said that essentially kept the province country and that is wrong,” and it depends on how he forward with him about our war of words on Sunday, with in the EU’s customs union British foreign minister Dom- bilise Jordan, a close US ally tigation was under way to Pakistan would continue to responds to acting consist- concerns,” Biden said. in the Middle East. determine the cause of the make vigorous efforts to both sides accusing the other and adhering to many of the inic Raab fumed. read more blast, the statement said. combat HIV/AIDS and has of sowing disharmony at the single market rules, creating “It is a failure to understand The blast comes a day after already made significant Group of Seven summit. Ever a regulatory border in the the facts. We wouldn’t talk eight people were killed and progress in this regard. since the United Kingdom Irish Sea between the Brit- about Catalonia and Barce- three others injured when In a video statement dur- voted to leave the European ish province and the rest of lona, or Corsica in France toxic methyl formate leaked ing the 2021 High-Level Union in 2016, the two sides the United Kingdom. in those ways,” he told the from a chemical handling Meeting on HIV/AIDS at have been trying to solve the But Johnson has unilaterally BBC’s Andrew Marr pro- facility in the southwestern New York, Dr. Faisal said riddle of what to do about the delayed the implementation gramme. A French diplomatic city of Guiyang. – APP that the COVID-19 pan- British province of Northern of some provisions of the source said Macron had been demic posed a significant Ireland which has a land bor- protocol, including checks taken aback by Johnson bring- challenge to these efforts der with EU member Ireland. on chilled meats such as sau- ing up sausages - which the India reports and the government was Over years of discussions, sages moving from the main- British leader had said was a cognizant of the fact that they have made little head- land to Northern Ireland, crucial issue but the French 80,834 new any delay in the provision way, agreeing multiple texts saying it was causing disrup- regarded as a distraction from of testing and treatment and deals only to find that tion to some supplies to the the main G7 business. Covid cases their solutions fall well short services would leave many province. During talks with The French president had of expectations, and then vulnerable populations at a Emmanuel Macron at the merely been pointing out NEW DELHI: India’s bickering over what to do. greater risk. He said that G7 summit in southwestern the sausage comparison was COVID-19 tally rose to Ultimately, the talks keeps the Government of Paki- England, Johnson had que- invalid due to the geographic 29,439,989 on Sunday, with coming back to the delicate stan undertook rapid steps ried how the French Presi- differences, the source said. as many as 80,834 new cas- patchwork of history, nation- dent would react if Toulouse “It took four years to negoti- es recorded in the past 24 to modify our strategy, in- alism, religion and geography cluding staffing and smart sausages could not be sold in ate this deal,” the source said. hours, said the health min- that intertwine in Northern Paris markets. “It cannot be said the United outreach, provision of istry. Besides, 3,303 COV- Ireland, but the latest spat is Britain’s Telegraph newspa- Kingdom didn’t know what it PPE for all field staff, and ID-19 patients died since centred on sausages. per reported that Macron re- was signing for. It’s either not multi-month dispensing of Saturday morning taking In a move that some worry sponded by inaccurately say- very professional or a distrac- ARV treatments. – DNA the death toll to 370,384. could provoke a full scale ing Northern Ireland was not tion from the real issues.” This was the sixth consec- utive day when less than 100,000 cases were regis- tered across the country, af- ter peaking to over 400,000 for several days in April-May COVID-19 claims 56 lives, which was dubbed as the pandemic’s second wave. Still there are 1,026,159 ac- infects 1,239 more people tive cases, after a decrease The National Covid positivity ratio dur- 12,376 in Sindh, 9,246 in Punjab, 9,678 of 54,531 active cases dur- Zubair Ahmed ing past 24 hours was recorded 3.4 per- in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 3,226 in ing the past 24 hours. cent. It may be mentioned here that the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 1,030 A total of 28,043,446 people ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Sun- Covid positivity ratio was the percent- in Balochistan, 382 in GB, and 430 in have been successfully cured day of total active COVID-19 cases was age of actual positive cases appearing AJK. Around 877,191 people have re- and discharged from hospi- recorded 42,290 with 1,239 more peo- in every 100 tests performed to identify covered from the disease so far across tals across the country, with ple tested positive for the deadly virus infected individuals. Pakistan making it a significant count 132,062 of them discharged and 1,610 people recovered from the The maximum ventilators were occu- with over 90 percent recovery ratio of since Saturday morning. disease during the last 24 hours. pied in four major areas including Pe- the affected patients. India’s test positivity rate Fifty-six corona patients have died dur- shawar 20 percent, Lahore 24 percent, Since the pandemic outbreak, a total of (positive cases identified for ing past 24 hours, 52 of whom were Bahawalpur 24 percent and Multan 45 941,170 cases were detected that also every 100 tests) continues to under treatment in the hospitals and percent. The maximum Oxygen beds included the perished, recovered and decline. For the fifth straight four out of the hospitals had perished in (alternate oxygen providing facility under treatment COVID-19 patients so day it is below the 5 per cent- their respective quarantines or homes, other than ventilator administered as far, including AJK 19,756, Balochistan mark at 4.25 per cent. Ac- according to the latest update issued by per medical requirement of COVID pa- 26,201, GB 5,707, ICT 82,099, KP tive cases have decreased by the National command and Operation tient) was also occupied in four major 135,877, Punjab 343,926 and Sindh 54,531 in the last 24 hours to Centre (NCOC). During the past 24 areas of Gilgit 30 percent, Abbottabad 327,604. About 21,689 deaths were take the tally to 10,26,159. hours, most of the deaths have occurred 30 percent, Karachi 26 percent and recorded in country since the eruption Recoveries have been out- in the Punjab followed by Sindh. Multan 26 percent. of the contagion. Around 5,236 have numbering the daily new Out of the total 56 deaths occurred in Around 329 ventilators were occupied perished in Sindh among 15 of them cases for the 31st consec- the last 24 hours 22 of them had died elsewhere in the country while no COV- died in hospitals and one out of the utive day now.The country who were under treatment on ventila- ID affected person was on ventilator in hospitals on Saturday. witnessed 3,303 virus-related tors. There were 2,661 Covid infected Balochistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 10,501 in Punjab had died with 22 deaths during the period, tak- patients under treatment in critical care (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB). deaths occurred in past 24 hours. 19 ing the total number of fatali- in various Covid dedicated healthcare fa- Some 36,368 tests were conducted of them died in the hospitals and three ties to 3.70 lakh. – APP cilities in past 24 hours. across the country on Friday, including out of the hospitals. 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