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IslamabadWednesday, March 31, 2021 Pakistan’s First AndP Only DiplomaticO Daily STPrice Rs. 20 5+1 talks in Geneva Munir Akram Baku urges joint may be a last urges extension efforts against chance: TRNC FM of G20’s DSSI terrorism Detailed News On Page-01 Detailed News On Page-07 Detailed News On Page-07 Briefs No military PM Imran recovers solution of the from corona Staff Report Afghan issue ISLAMABAD: PTI lead- er Senator Faisal Javed FM Qureshi attends Hear of Asia said Tuesday Prime Min- Conference in Dhushanbe; says Pak ready ister Imran Khan has to play its role for peace in the region “completely recovered” and has resumed official duties other nation,” he said. News Desk He recalled the historic partially, 10 days after he RAWALPINDI: Mrs. Androulla Kaminara Ambassador of European Union (EU) tested positive for the in- development of signing of DUSHANBE (TAJIK- called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ. – DNA fection. The development the US-Taliban peace agree- ISTAN): Foreign Minister comes after former finance ment in February 2020 and Shah Mahmood Qureshi minister Dr Abdul Hafeez the positive role played by Abbas on Tuesday said Pakistan Shaikh, President Arif Alvi, Pakistan in this regard. Pakistan values its ties would continue to support a and Defence Minister Per- The progress made so far wishes peaceful and stable Afghan- vez Khattak tested positive has certainly provided a istan through a political in- for the virus. The senator historic opportunity for the Alvi early with EU, others: COAS stead of a military solution said the prime minister Afghan leadership to find to the conflict. has partially resumed offi- a “negotiated, inclusive, recovery The visiting dignitaries also appreciated Pak role in In his address at the 9th cial duties and is following broad-based and comprehen- Heart of Asia-Istanbul Pro- DHUSHANBE: regional stability, especially Afghan Peace Process the doctors’ and interna- sive solution” to the prob- cess (HoA-IP) Ministerial Foreign Minster Shah lem. Qureshi said as part tional guidelines. Mahmood Qureshi Conference in the Tajik of the efforts to engage ex- Special Correspondent capital, the foreign minister speaks at Hear of tensively with Afghan lead- Chinese envoy Hammad called for a united approach Asia Conference ers, Pakistan consistently ISLAMABAD: Mrs. Androulla Kaminara – calls on Gen Bajwa by regional countries to of peace, stability and pros- called for a constructive Ambassador of European Union (EU), Ms Azhar takes help restore prosperity of perity in Afghanistan. dialogue and engagement Wendy Gilmour – Canadian High Commis- Staff Report the Afghan people. For Pakistan, he said, Af- to achieve positive results. sioner & Ms. Lis Rosenholm, Ambassador charge Qureshi termed the Heart of ghanistan was an important “Our message to all is to of Denmark called on General Qamar Javed RAWALPINDI: Nong Rong, Ambassador Asia Process an important neighbour and brotherly carry forward this process Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ,. of China to Pakistan called on General DNA platform to bring together country with strong histor- through good faith, solid and DNA During the meeting, matters of mutual inter- Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff partners and supporting ical ties. “Pakistan desires fruitful dialogue,” he said. est, regional security and enhanced bilateral (COAS) at GHQ, today. During the meet- ISLAMABAD: A notification countries who wanted to peace and development in ISLMABAD: President cooperation with European Union (EU) and ing, matters of mutual interest, progress for the the achieve the common goals Afghanistan more than any Continued on Page 06 Mahmoud Abbas, Presi- Canada came under discussion. COAS said on CPEC and regional security were appointment dent of the State of Pales - that Pakistan values its relations with EU discussed. Visiting dignitary appreciat- of Hammad tine sent his best wishes countries & Canada and we earnestly look for- ed Pakistan's sincere efforts for bring- Azhar as the for a speedy recovery from ward to enhance mutually beneficial multi-do- ing peace and stability in the region, new finance Covid-19 to President of main relations based on common interests. especially the Afghan Peace Process. minister was Pakistan. Our thoughts Continued on Page 06 issued by the Cabinet divi- and prayers are with the Continued on Page 06 sion Tuesday, media report- President and all those ed. Azhar has been given an affected by coronavirus additional portfolio of this around the country. Army Chief ministry. He will still also NCOC has be the federal minister for visits logistic industries and production. OVID-19 completely failed: A day earlier, senior PTI facilities leader Senator Shibli Faraz, claims 100 COAS in a statement, informed Shahid Khaqan about the change and said more lives appreciated that Azhar would carry for- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the capacity ward the vision of the prime Zubair Ahmed minister. Prime Minister that NAB was established enhancement Imran Khan had conveyed ISLAMABAD: The nation- to suppress opposition to former finance minis- ISLAMABAD: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi al tally on Tuesday of total of depot ter Hafeez Sheikh to step in a meeting with Ambassador of Japan Kuninori Matsuda, active COVID-19 cases re- erence hearing, he said down from his role. at the Naval Headquarters. – DNA corded 48,566 with 4,048 nowhere in the NCOC dec- DNA more people tested positive laration was there a men- for the deadly virus out of tion of the coronavirus RAWALPINDI: General Qa- Asad for 46,269 tests conducted dur- vaccine. “Nowhere in the mar Javed Bajwa, Chief of following Japanese envoy welcomes ing last 24 hours. world is the sale of vaccine the Army Staff (COAS) vis- Around 100 corona patients allowed. It is only in Paki- ited a Logistic Installation NCOC plans have died during past 24 stan where profit is being in Rawalpindi, today. COAS countrywide polio drive hours, 92 of whom were earned through its sale,” was briefed regarding var- under treatment in hospital he alleged. The PML-N ious facilities being devel- DNA Japan has been supporting Pakistan in its and eight out of the hospital Staff Report leader further said it was oped, construction of new ISLAMABAD: Minister for effort to eradicate polio from Pakistan with a in their respective quaran- unfortunate that the entire sheds and up gradation of Planning, cumulative amount of $229 million since 1996 tines or homes, according to ISLAMABAD: Former family of a minister was ad- existing infrastructure. Develop- the latest update issued by prime minister and Pa- ministered the coronavirus COAS appreciated the ca- ment and campaign will be imple- kistan with a cumulative the National command and kistan Muslim League- vaccine. He regretted that pacity enhancement of Special Ini- Khayam Abbasi mented successfully and amount of $229 million Operation Centre (NCOC). Nawaz (PML-N) leader it was strange that the Pa- depot, adopting modern tiative Asad it will lead to a polio-free since 1996. Ambassador During the last 24 hours Shahid Khaqan Abbasi kistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) procedures and perfor- Umar asked ISLAMABAD: MATSU- Pakistan in the near future. MATSUDA said, “Japan most of the deaths had oc- on Tuesday said National government had realized mance/commitment of the all the provincial ministers DA Kuninori, Ambassa- He paid tribute to the po - has been cooperating with curred in Punjab followed Command and Operation after two and a half years depot in provision of ra- to employ all administrative dor of Japan to Pakistan, lio workers and hopes that Pakistan in collaboration by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Center (NCOC) had com- that its finance minister was tions and other commodi- ties at Rawalpindi station tools for across the board appreciated the start of the polio workers will be with international organi- Out of the total 100 deaths pletely failed to control the ‘incompetent’. and complete Corps Area implementation of instruc- Nationwide Immunisation safe from COVID-19 amid zations to eradicate polio occurred during last 24 spread of coronavirus. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has of Responsibilities (AOR). tions issued by the NCOC Campaign for a polio-free the growing third wave in from Pakistan as one of the hours, 33 of the deceased Talking to the media out- said that NAB was estab- Earlier on arrival, COAS to contain the spread of Pakistan, which started Pakistan. most important areas of had died on ventilators. The side the Accountability lished to suppress opposi- Court (AC) in Islamabad tion. He said that political was received by Lieutenant COVID-19. In his separate yesterday and will continue Japan has been supporting Japanese cooperation and maximum ventilators were where he had gone in system in the country is General Azhar Saleh Abba- letters to the Chief Minis- until April 2. Ambassador Pakistan in its effort to will continue helping Paki- MATSUDA hopes that the connection with LNG ref- being pressurized. si, Chief of Logistic Staff. ters of Punjab, Sindh, Khy- eradicate polio from Pa- stan in the future.” Continued on Page 06 ber Pakhtunkhwa and Ba- lochistan, Asad Umar who is also Chairman of NCOC said during the ongoing 3rd wave, the enforcement of 5+1 talks in Geneva may be a last chance: TRNC FM SOPs had remained weak. TRNC to get international recognition beyond expectations; EU has last chance to correct its past mistakes; relations with Pakistan are excellent; our Islamabad office gets same treatment we get in Ankara; Inside... TRNC shall be opened for international tourists from mid April; status quo in Verosha area to be eliminated ADB approves $300 Further dilating upon 5+1 meet- and options on the Cyprus issue sin said, they had unique relations mln to boost clean EXCLUSIVE ing the minister said this meeting could come to the table. with Pakistan and people of Paki- energy in Pakistan is not an open-ended negotiation If it is necessary to give more stan. We always keep Pakistan in nsar ahmood hatti – Page 02 A M B process. Ertugruloglu also reject- time for both sides and stake- high esteem. Our office in Islam- Tourist police LEFKOSA: Foreign Minister of ed calls by Greek Cypriot leader holders to help find some com- abad gets the same treatment we for capital on the Turkish Republic of Northern Nicos Anastasiades in January for mon ground, then we can sure- get in Ankara. TRNC though a cards: Sh. Rashid Cyprus (TRNC) Tahsin Ertu- the EU to play a role in the dis- ly give this initiative another small state, yet it fully supports – Page 03 gruloglu has said that there cussions, which in the past have chance but one thing is for sure Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir. New Air Chief makes is no common ground. There also involved Turkey, Greece and that this process should not be “We wish Pakistan all the best and first visit to Naval cannot be a common ground former colonial power Britain. open-ended. There has to be an we will for sure work together Headquarters so long as we’re treated une- We do not accept the European understanding within next few even in the coming days”. – Page 04 qually as we have been all these Union representative presence months. If there is no agreement, When it comes to Muslim coun- years,” he said in an exclusive in the meeting with an observer then TRNC will go for interna- tries in general, there are some Indian PM Modi’s interview to Daily Islamabad status. The Greek side is mem- tional recognition. We are sure Muslim countries who shall not visit to Bangladesh – Page 05 POST, CENTRELINE magazine ber of the EU and they pursue there are many countries in this be allowed by other countries to and DNA News Agency. their own interests in various lated the Copenhagen criteria of reached with these parameters. world who do not accept Greek support us. Being a Muslim coun- FIFA warns Pakistan He further said, after decades of mechanisms within the union, membership. To insist on the available param- side stand point on the issue. try does not mean that they would of suspension negotiations based on the idea of therefore the EU cannot be im- “We will attend the meeting in eters such as federal model will However, I would make it clear support TRNC. As I said, Muslim over PFF issue reunifying the island through the partial. The meeting title is 5+1 good faith and if the other party end on deadlock. Turkish Cypriot here that once these negotia- countries, under pressure from – Page 06 creation of a federal state, the and 1 means the United Nations responds in the same way, there side’s views of a solution model tions fail, then we will sit with other countries, may show reluc- Turkmen leader gets approach should be abandoned so EU has nothing to do with this will be a forward-looking opportu- are based on the cooperation of our motherland Turkey to devise tance to recognize us. But I am seat in new upper house in favor of a two-state solution, a meeting. He said the EU commit- nity”, the minister added. Minis- two sovereign states with equal future course of action. We have sure, once we embark on recogni- in succession hint position in line with the stance of ted a grave mistake by admitting ter Tahsin Ertugruloglu further rights living side by side. After all along been in constant touch tion campaign, we will get recogni- – Page 07 the new president of the TRNC, the Greek side to the European said the UN parameters, which the collapse of talks in Crans with motherland Turkey there- tion from countries beyond expec- Govt forms committee to Ersin Tatar. Tatar was elected Union as member. Now it is time have been on the agenda for Montana due to the Greek Cypri- fore in this scenario ostensibly tations. These countries include review social media rules in October by supporting a two- for the EU to correct its mistake. years on Cyprus have not yielded ot’s willful intransigence, the UN Turkey will be kept in the loop. both Muslim and non-Muslims. – Page 08 state solution, a policy backed by In fact by admitting Greek side as results so far and it has emerged Secretary General Antonio Gu- To a question about Paki- motherland Turkey. a member, the EU blatantly vio- that an agreement cannot be terres also stated that new views stan-TRNC relations Minister Teh- Continued on Back Page IslamabadPOST 02 NATIONAL Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Hashoo Briefs Group to open another Gandapur Hotel One again found violating Zubair Ahmad ISLAMABAD: The new ho- Covid SOPs tel will attract both leisure and business travellers to DNA explore the historical city of Bahawalpur. DI KHAN: Federal Minis- To recreate the charm of ter for Kashmir Affairs and travelling to a contempo- Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin rary city with a royal past, Gandapur, who has devel- the new Hotel One will be oped the habit of breaking opening its doors soon to rules, organised a public travellers in Bahawalpur, gathering at Dera Ismael the City of Nawabs. Khan on Tuesday in a clear- In this connection, a cut violation of the coronavi- ground-breaking ceremony rus-related standard operat- was attended by Mr. Haseeb ing procedures (SOPs). Gardezi, Chief Operating Not only this, but he also Officer - Hashoo Group taught his minor son the Hospitality Division, Mr. skills to drive a car. And Waqar Qureshi, Director when somebody objected to Prime Minister Imran Khan chairs meeting on Gilgit Baltistan Development Package at Islamabad. – DNA Development – Hotel One, it, the minister replied that and Mr. Makhdoom Murtala when it was his area, his car Muhammad, the franchisee and his son, why somebody of Hotel One in Bahawalpur. should object to it. The dis- Hashoo Group is the lead- trict administration, only a ing and largest chain of few days ago, had imposed ADB approves $300 mln to hotels in Pakistan who own section 144 to prevent the and operate the five-star gathering of five or more Pearl-Continental, Marriott people in view of the pan- and the select-service Hotel demic. But Gandapur open- One brands in Pakistan. ly flouted the law, and the boost clean energy in Pakistan Located on Ahmedpur Road, authorities acted as mute ty and sustainability. The a statement. burdened with a stressed cally, and provide livelihood increase the revenue of the this will be the second Hotel spectators. DNA plant, which will incorpo- “In line with Pakistan’s transmission and distribu- skills development for wom- state-owned Pakhtunkh- One in the City of Nawabs This is not the first time rate seismic strengthening climate change adaptation tion network. To balance en. wa Energy Development and will feature 50 elegant that the federal minister ISLAMABAD: Asian Devel- and climate-proofing meas- and mitigation priorities, the energy mix and reduce A community development Organization, which is re- rooms, offer all-day dining has been found breaching opment Bank (ADB) has ures, will be built on the this climate-resilient hy- its dependence on imported program will help to im- sponsible for operating hy- at an in-house restaurant the law. Only a few days ago, approved a $300 million Kunhar river near Balakot dropower plant will boost fuel, the government has prove livelihood opportuni- dropower plants in Khyber and cater to banquet and he was seen in a video with loan to finance the con- City in Khyber Pakhtunkh- the country’s clean energy committed to increase its ties for affected households Pakhtunkhwa. It will help conference facilities at mul- his son sitting on the driving struction of a 300-megawatt wa Province and commis- generation while effectively untapped renewable ener- and adjacent communities, reduce average daily load ti-purpose halls. Moreover, seat, while he was sitting hydropower plant that will sioned by 2027. utilizing its vast water re- gy potential in hydro, solar, including women and vul- shedding in the province the upcoming hotel will be next to him and enjoying the increase the share of clean “Pakistan is highly vulner- sources.” and wind. nerable segments of the and serve the national de- located in the business dis- ride. Not only that, he con- energy in Pakistan and im- able to climate change, Pakistan is rich in hydro- Balakot Hydropower Plant population. mand. trict of Bahawalpur. Upon tinued to make the footage prove the country’s energy with water resources and power resources but only will also generate econom- This will help to build The government will invest construction, the hotel will of his son’s driving too. security. energy particularly at risk around 16% of its identified ic activity and improve the economic resilience and $175 million in the project. reflect the historic archi- The plant will add 1,143 gi- from floods, droughts, high hydropower potential has skills of local communities. improve the capacity of af- It has also requested a $280 tectural heritage that the Ruet-e-Hilal gawatt-hours of clean ener- temperatures, and other been harnessed. The coun- During construction, the fected people to cope with million loan in project co- iconic city of Bahawalpur is gy annually to the country’s extreme weather events,” try’s power sector is reli- project will generate more climate change, natural dis- financing from the Asian famous for. Committee energy mix, enhancing the said ADB Principal Energy ant on imported fuel-based than 1,200 jobs, about 40% asters, and other risks. Infrastructure Investment Bahawalpur was once a energy sector’s reliabili- Specialist Adnan Tareen in power generation and is of which will be sourced lo- The plant will substantially Bank. princely state of Pakistan lo- meets on cated in Punjab, famous for April 13 its timeless grandeur and was the city of residence Chairman CDA chairs for the royal families. Ba- Shaheen Hanif CM Buzdar inaugurates hawalpur is now known for ISLAMABAD: A meeting DWP meeting its monuments dating back of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal will be constructed in the from that glorious era. Committee has been con- Staff Report first phase. They would be projects worth billions vened on April 13 for the auctioned by CDA to get sighting of the moon of ISLAMABAD: Chairman the developmental cost. In Chiniot and Faisalabad. dation stone of Govt Boys Nurses Ramazan, 1442 AH. Capital Development Au- the next phase, 400 apart- DNA Meanwhile, addressing local Degree College in Kalowal According to a notification thority (CDA) chaired the ments will be constructed representatives and district Lalian costing Rs 250 mil- protest for issued by the Ministry of meeting of Development which will be allotted to the CHINIOT: Punjab Chief Min- officers here at Rest House, lion, Govt Degree College acceptance of Religious Affairs and Inter- Working Party (DWP) at residents of slums of other ister Sardar Usman Buzdar Chief Minister said that in for Women in Manguana faith Harmony, the moon CDA secretariat in Islam- areas. In the third phase, has on Tuesday inaugurated past, less developed districts costing Rs 250 million, sew- demands sighting committee’s chair- abad on Tuesday. The pro- 2000 apartments will be and laid foundation of pro- of the province were ignored erage scheme costing Rs man Maulana Abdul Kha- ject of Khayaban-e-Iqbal constructed which would be jects worth billions of ru- but the PTI government 230 million in Bhawana and PESHAWAR: Scores of beer Azad will chair the service road and expansion registered with Naya Paki- pees in Chiniot. has decided to provide sep- tehsil headquarter hospital male and female nurses meeting in Peshawar. of roundabout beside F-10 stan Housing Authority to Speaking to media on the arate development package in Bhawana had been laid. from across the province On Monday, Minister for road approved during the give them to low salaried occasion, the chief minister for each district and in this The CM also inaugurated gathered near Provincial As- Religious Affairs Noor-ul- meeting. The project of Rs people. said solving public prob- regard elected public repre- uplift schemes costing Rs sembly and staged a protest Haq Qadri cleared that 205.102 million will resolve The project of expansion lems is the government’s sentatives of every district iot road would soon be con- 411.7 million in the city. for acceptance of their de- mosques across the coun- the traffic issues and con- and upgradation of signal- foremost priority and devel- and tehsil were being taken structed,adding that a Cardi- Usman Buzdar said that mands under the banner of try will remain open in the trol the intensity of road ized intersection connect- opment packages are being on board. ology department would be state land in Chiniot district Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nurs- holy month of Ramazan. He accidents. The development ing Murre road to Serinagar given to all districts. He said that 67-km long Chi- set up in the proposed 250- was being retrieved from es Alliance here on Tuesday. said the government will en- of residential apartments Highway with the cost of Rs Usman Buzdar announced niot-Faisalabad road via Sar- bed DHQ hospital Chiniot. squatters. He said the Punjab The nurses demanded ser- sure the strict enforcement for at the cost of Rs 15184 361.60 million was also ap- to build a 250-bed hospital godha would be constructed CM Buzdar said that dis- government had announced vice structure and stoppage of the standard operating million for the residents proved during the session. in Chiniot along with four under public-private partner- trict police complex, district a package of Rs 7 billion for of deduction from salary in procedures (SOPs) during of slums and people have PC1 of the developmental projects of road construction. ship with an estimated cost complex would soon be es- setting up Ramazan Bazaars case of necessary leaves. Ramazan to prevent the low income in Frash Town work of sector D 12 with the He said the provincial regime of Rs 12.70 billion, while Chi- tablished in the city and for in the province where com- They said nurses should spread of the virus. was also approved during cost of Rs 2628.990 million wants equal progress in the niot district would share Rs this purpose land was being modities would be available be allowed limited private In Ramazan last year, the the meeting. Under this was also approved during entire Punjab and has given 4.5 billion in the project. CM allocated. for people on the rates of medical practice and their government had restrained project, 1560 apartments the meeting. a package of Rs 10 billion to said that Pindi Bhattian-Chin- He highlighted that foun- year 2018. Health Professional Allow- people above the age of 50, ance be fixed in accordance children and those suffering with their pay scale. from flu and cough from of- The nurses were also de- fering prayers at mosques. APNS thanks CM KP, manding an increase in Meanwhile, Pakistan Meteor- internship seats from 100 ological Department (PMD) others officials for to 1000 and a stipend of at has predicted that there is least Rs 50000 for intern- good chance of sighting the ship courses. new moon of Ramdan 1442 accepting demand They also demanded legisla- AH on the evening of April 13 KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) tion in MTI hospitals for the (Tuesday). thanked Mahmood Khan, Chief Minister KP, Kamran nurses. – APP The new moon of Ramdan, Bangash, Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Informa- 1442 AH will born on cross- tion, Arshad Khan, Secretary Information and Imdadullah FBR begins ing conjunction point at 07- Khan, Director General, Information for accepting the 32 PST on 12 April, 2021 demand of APNS for timely payments of provincial gov- probe into (Monday), weather depart- ernment advertisements. ment said in a statement. Sarmad Ali, President and Ms. Naz Afreen Saigol Lakhani, sugar dealers According to astronomical Secretary General, APNS in a joint statement, have stated parameters, there is ‘good that on the consistent efforts of Haroon Shah, Chairman, Abid Raza chance’ of sighting the new APNS KP Committee for the years 2019-2021, the KP moon of Ramdan, 1442 AH government has agreed to evolve a mechanism for timely LAHORE: In the midst of a on the evening of Tuesday and regular payments to media in the first week of every sustained sugar shortage in 13 April i.e. 29th of Shaban, month. Punjab, sugar dealers have 1442 AH, the met office said. come on the radar of the This measure will go a long way in helping the newspaper industry in the KP province as the member publications Federal Board of Revenue Pakistan’s first were facing acute liquidity problems due to delayed pay- (FBR). An investigation has ment by the provincial departments. been launched against the electric bus The APNS is confident that the announcement will be sugar dealers to get to the implemented in letter and spirit and the member publi- bottom of the shortage. hits the road cations will get their due payments by the appointed date. According to details, con- in Karachi The APNS appreciates this gesture of the KP Government sumers in Lahore are finding which was made possible with the consistent efforts of it difficult to procure sugar Haroon Shah and the cooperation extended by DG Infor- and flour. Babar Center re- Nazir Siyal SARGODHA: A worker giving final touches to traditional stove at his cooking workplace. – APP mation, Mr. Imdadullah Khan. – DNA mained closed even on the 9th day and sugar trading KARACHI: Sindh Transport could not start. Minister Syed Owais Shah Following the suspension of launched on Tuesday Paki- sugar supply, it is being sold stan’s first electric bus in in the black market. Follow- Karachi. ing the Federal Investigation Speaking to the media after DC Faisalabad urges to implement corona SOPs Agency (FIA), FBR has also the launching ceremony, he started investigating the tax- said more electric buses The Deputy Commissioner strongly urged to implement the SoPs and said that people es of 37 sugar dealers. will be brought to the city’s should not go out of their houses unnecessarily to ensure their health It has also started scrutiniz- roads in cooperation with ing the bank accounts and the private sector. As many that the district administra- wearing face masks. Muhammad Ali chaired campaign. stations and other impor- assets of registered sugar as 100 electric buses will hit Ishfaq Mughal tion has taken precaution- Polio campaign reviewed a meeting to review the He directed that every tant public places should dealers. According to sourc- the road by the end of this ary measures to protect the Deputy Commissioner progress of ongoing Polio effort should be made to be ensured and children FAISALABAD: Deputy es, FBR has automatically year, he announced. Minis- citizens from Corona virus make the anti-polio cam- should be vaccinated. Commissioner Muhammad registered unregistered sug- ter for Science and Technol- but social co-operation is paign a hundred percent He urged the health de- Ali suddenly went different ar dealers earning billions of ogy Fawad Chaudhry took essential to be safe from success and complete the partment to take imme- busiest chowks and checked rupees. As of March 30, the to Twitter to congratulate the virus.ACs Umar Maq- daily target as per the mi- diate steps and address the implementation on price of sugar in the whole- the Sindh government, spe- bool and Syed Ayub Bukhari croplan so that no child the issues raised by the wearing face mask and pun- sale market has reached Rs cially Chief Minister Murad were also with him. Mean- up to the age of five years World Health Organization ish the people those were 110 per kg. Similarly, a 20 Ali Shah and his ministry, while Deputy Commission- could deprived of vaccine. (WHO). travelling without face mask kg bag of flour is no longer on their “remarkable step to er informed that as many CEO Dr. Bilal Ahmed, rep- The Deputy Commission- and stood them with the available in the market. The add electric bus in Karachi as 736 shopping malls, pla- resentative of the World er clarified that the sud- walls for few minutes. He unavailability of flour and Commuters system”. zas, resturants, marriage Health Organization and den checking of the imple- emphasized on the use of sugar has worried both re- He said his ministry fully halls and private schools officials from other de- mentation of the campaign masks to avoid the dangers tailers and consumers, who supports the Sindh govern- have been sealed for non partments were also pres- would continue and the of corona virus and directed say the situation is grave and ment in this “futuristic ap- compliance corona SoPs/ ent. Reviewing the pro- concerned area in-charge that precautions be taken that both commodities will proach” and expressed the lock down. He directed the gress of implementation would be responsible for seriously. disappear before Ramadan. hope that the Punjab and Assistant Commissioners to on the campaign, the Dep- the shortcomings. The Deputy Commissioner According to sources, the KP governments will also implement the corona SoPs uty Commissioner urged During the meeting, the strongly urged to imple- shortfall of sugar in the city’s take the same route as soon in the markets and bazars the polio teams to fulfill CEO gave a briefing on ment the SoPs and said that market has reached 216,000 as possible. Last year in De- and submitted FIRs for non their responsibilities in the implementation and people should not go out of bags. However, no coherent cember, the federal cabinet wearing face masks. It was a more efficient manner monitoring of the cam- their houses unnecessarily governmental system to re- had approved Pakistan’s first informed that in 2 days 131 and said that the presence paign and said that on first to ensure their health. The store the supply has been Electric Vehicle Policy. FIRs have been registered of polio teams at public day 420220 children vacci- Deputy Commissioner said against violators for not transport stands, railway nated. observed. 03 IslamabadPOST

METROLITEWednesday, March 31, 2021 RDA Briefs seals six SOPs being buildings followed Ibrar Khan RAWALPINDI: Rawalpin- during anti- di Development Authority polio drive (RDA) on Tuesday sealed six under construction apartment buildings at Elite Staff Report Reverie Housing Scheme. RAWALPINDI: The five-day According to a RDA spokes- anti-polio campaign which man, the Land Use and kicked off in the entire dis- Building Control (LU&BC) trict on Monday to cover team on the directives of Di- more than 885,000 children rector General (DG) Rawal- below five years of age was pindi Development Author- in full swing. ity (RDA) Capt. (R) Abdul Chief Executive Officer(- Sattar Isani conducted op- CEO)Health Authority Dr. eration against illegal and Faiza Kanwal informed me- unauthorized buildings and dia that 2964 polio teams, sealed six under construc- 240 health centers,307 tion apartment buildings at fixed centers, allied hospi- pavilions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and tals, and tehsil headquarter 7 at Elite Reverie Housing hospitals were participating Scheme (Eighteen Islama- in the drive. bad project) here. The CEO said that Stand- These buildings were being ard operating procedures constructed in violation of (SOPs) regarding COVID-19 approved layout plan, he were being followed to said adding, the Rawalpin- ensure the safety of polio di Development Authority teams during the drive. She (RDA) authorities took ac- said polio drops were also tion in accordance with the being administered at tran- law and sealed the under sit points to ensure that all ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed inspecting the mega screen of Safe City Islamabad Project construction buildings. children be immunized be- during his visit to the Police Headquarters. – DNA RDA is conducting a grand low five years of age. operation against the rules Kanwal said that staff de- violators, illegal construc- ployed for the campaign tion and land mafia. Build- have been instructed that ing Control Wing has been no negligence in this re- actively conducting opera- gard would be tolerated. Tourist police for capital tions against illegal and un- “The parents should coop- authorized commercial cum erate with special teams so residential construction that the set target could be activities including plazas, achieved,” she added. shops, schools and other on the cards: Sh. Rashid illegal land use encroach- ments, he added. IESCO The minister said around eight drones would be procured for the ICT The spokesman said that the DG had directed the issues power police to ensure better surveillance in the capital city authorities to take strict suspension facilitate the tourists in the Islamabad population had The minister said 25 more abad for curbing the crimes full confidence of Prime action against encroach- Zubair Ahmad federal capital. The minis- grown exponentially and ex- vehicles in the fleet of Res- in effective manner. Minister Imran Khan,” he ments, illegal and unau- schedule ter vowed to transform the isting police stations were cue 1122 Ambulance ser- Sheikh Rashid said politi- said while responding to a thorized constructions and ISLAMABAD: Interior Min- Islamabad Capital Territory not enough to fulfill its res- vice would be inducted to cal forces on both sides of query. He said the multipar- commercial activities in residential areas without DNA ister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (ICT) police into an exem- idents’ needs, he said while respond emergency situa- the Line of Control should ty alliance of the opposition, said on Tuesday that efforts plary force by improving its hinting at improving the tions in efficient manner. make efforts to ease ten- Pakistan Democratic Move- any discrimination. ISLAMABAD: Islamabad were afoot to launch a tour- performance. The capital force strength. To a query, he said a list sion between India Paki- ment, had collapsed, adding Electric Supply Compa- ist police to ensure safe and police would serve as a role Sheikh Rashid announced of frontline personnel was stan, adding it would not the Pakistan Tehreek-e-In- FO prays IHC ny (IESCO)’s spokesman, secure environment for the model for other federating that a Safe City Authority being furnished to ensure work until the resolution of saf government would com- System Maintenance is in visitors thronging the feder- units, he added. would be set up in Islama- their anti-COVID-19 vacci- Kashmir dispute. plete its five year tenure. to dismiss process. Therefore power al capital for recreational ac- The minister said around bad. A law would be intro- nation at the earliest. He also termed the Kash- Earlier, the IGP Islamabad supply of below mentioned tivities. Addressing a news eight drones would be pro- duced in the Parliament for He underlined the need for mir a ‘jugular vein’ of Paki- apprised the minister over case of Asad feeders/areas will be tem- conference, he said around cured for the ICT police to issuance of various kinds of increased coordination be- stan. “Usman Buzdar [Chief functioning of safe city cam- porary suspended as per 240 cops would be deployed ensure better surveillance challans through safe city tween the police of twin cit- Minister of Punjab] will not eras installed at various Khattak given schedule: at 24 recreational spots to in the capital city. cameras, he added. ies of Rawalpindi and Islam- go anywhere as he enjoys points in the city. On Dated March 31st From DNA 09:00 AM to 02:00 AM Chara, Club-1, Mahfooz Sha- ISLAMABAD: The Foreign heed, Orchard, Filtration Experts call for Pakistan, Tableeghi Jamaat Office on Tuesday submit- Plant, Scheme II, Pandorian, ted its comments against Model Town, Pepsi, Sarwar the petition of Veena Ma- Shaheed, Sawan Industrial, postpones lik’s ex-husband Asad Khat- RCCI Express, Eid Gah, Raja Uzbekistan academic co-op tak regarding shifting of Sultan and surrounding ar- their children to Pakistan eas Feeders from 08:00 AM Institutions agreed that student exchange programs between Punjab Islamabad ijtema from Dubai and prayed the to 10:00 AM Officer Colony, court to dismiss the case. University and Nukus State Pedagogical Institute Uzbekistan The foreign office adopted HPT, I-16/3, FOECHS, I-16 Mehmood Abdullah Center, I-16/1, PHA Flats, the stance in its reply that I-16/3 Sector, Lakho Road, Khayam Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The Tableeghi Jamaat has agreed to postpone Asad Khattak had hid facts Amir Hamza, I-16/2, I-16/4, their upcoming annual ijtema (congregation) in Rawalpindi, in the case and attached Pind Hoon, I-14/3, I -14/4, ISLAMABAD: An online as cases of the novel coronavirus continue to surge across controversial material with Noon Feeders From 09:30 meeting was held between the country. The Jamaat’s decision to suspend their gath- his petition. It further said AM to 12:30 PM, PWD-1, the Management of Re- ering which was originally scheduled to begin from April 1 that Veena Malik had sub- FECHS, Lohi Bhair Feeders gional Integration Center, and conclude on April 4 — was announced by Minister for mitted copy of National From 10:00 AM to 12:00 University of the Punjab, Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed in a tweet. Identity Card for Overseas Noon, Margalla Feeder From Lahore, Nukus State Ped- “I am very grateful to the Management of “Tableeghi Ja- Pakistanis (NICOP) of her 09:00 AM to 01:00 PM, Ban- agogical Institute named maat” that ON MY REQUEST, they have postponed their children to Pakistan High ni Gala, Khanna East and after Ajiniyaz, Uzbekistan annual ‘IJTEMA’ in Islamabad, scheduled from 1st to 4th Commission in Dubai. She surrounding areas from 10:00 and Center for Global & April. The request was made in view of the increasing cases also provided the copy of AM to 1:00 PM, Kot Sarang, Strategic Studies (CGSS), of COVID-19 in the City. #NCOC #COVID19,” he tweeted. certificate regarding the Dhok Pathan, Tahi, Gangal, Islamabad. Islamabad has seen a rise in coronavirus cases as the third guardianship of children is- Gulshanabad, and surround- During the meeting stu- wave of the virus intensifies across the country. As per lat- sued by Rawalpindi court. ing areas from 09:00 AM to dents of the Nukus State est data from the National Command and Operation Centre, The reply further said 04:00 PM Syed Kasran Feed- Pedagogical Institute were Islamabad has 6,126 active coronavirus cases while the num- that the passports were er From 08:00 AM to 02:00 introduced to the Univer- ber of dead from the infection has risen to 563. issued to the children PM, Capt. Nisar Shaheed, sity of the Punjab, Lahore. under the Pakistani laws, MES-I&II, Binnie, Mangla Dr. Fozia Hadi Ali, Direc- adding that children were Cantt, Gadari Feeders and tor, Regional Integration who wish to secure an ad- regarding their programs the Nukus State Pedagog- PARC to use “Miyawaki issued emergency travel surrounding areas will be re- Center, University of the mission in the University of and areas of interests. ical Institute Named after documents after submis- main without power. IESCO Punjab, Lahore explained the Punjab, Lahore. All institutions agreed that Ajiniyaz, Uzbekistan will sion of passports. management apologizes to the departments, degree The students were enthusi- Student Exchange pro- help in strengthening the Techniques” for forest Chief Justice Athar Minal- programs and the criteria of astic to continue their stud- grams between University academic linkages between lah, hearing the case, di- its esteemed customers for Dr. Azeem Khan Chairman the power outage. admission to the students ies in Pakistan and inquired of the Punjab, Lahore and both countries. rected to share the copy of Staff Report PARC highlighted the im- foreign office’s comments portance of forest cover in to petitioner Asad Khattak RPO pins ISLAMABAD: PARC ex- sustainable climate resilient and adjourned hearing of NCGSA announce 15 m Research ecuted Miyawaki Meth- agriculture. the case till April 20. ranks onto od for the plantation of He added that PARC has It may be mentioned here promoted urban forestry under its started vigorous plantation that Asad Khattak had stat- Fund in Space and Tech domain agro-forestry program to- under Miawaki techniques; ed in his plea that Pakistan day on March 30, 2021 at a pioneering method devel- police officers ries in seven universities of Pakistan. The research domains include Re- High Commission had as- Rangeland Research In- oped by the Japanese plant sisted Veena Malik to shift Raja Pervaiz According to an official source, the mote Sensing and Geographic In- stitute, NARC. Chairman ecologist Akira Miyawaki. RAWALPINDI: Regional Po- research proposals have been invited formation Science; Small Satellite his children to Pakistan de- lice Officer (RPO) Rawalpin- PARC Dr. Azeem Khan To increase the forest cov- spite the Dubai court had ISLAMABAD: NCGSA has invited from faculty members and researchers Technology; Positioning, Navigation inaugurated the Urban er in Pakistan rapidly this di Imran Ahmar on Tuesday proposals from faculty members and of Higher Education Institutions and and Timing; Astronomy, Astrophys- restricted their travel. pinned ranks of senior posi- Forestry Model while DG techniques is introduced. researchers to conduct research with Research and Development organiza- ics and Astrobiology, Space Popu- NARC, Engr. Shamim ul It promises solutions to the tions onto police officers in focus on sustainable socio-econom- tions of Pakistan. The research grant larization and Outreach and Space Operation a simple ceremony organ- Sibtain Shah, Member environment issues, by rap- ic development of Pakistan through will be provided on competitive basis in Applications and Advanced Systems. (NR), Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad, idly and efficiently restoring ized here at the RPO office. Space Science, Technology and its Ap- the different domains resulting in sus- Full time faculty members/research- Director to The ceremony was attended Maqbool Shahbaz, Direc- degraded land, absorbing plications. NCGSA; a project of Higher tainable products/ prototype/ solutions ers of public or private HEIs or Re - tor Rangeland Research carbon dioxide emissions by Deputy Commissioner Education Commission (HEC) led by with potential of commercialization and search and Development organiza- hold online (DC) Rawalpindi Capt. (R) Institute NARC along- and preserving biodiversity Institute of Space Technology is a con- leading to contribution in the socio-eco- tions of Pakistan are eligible to apply with other high officials creating dense native forest Katchary Anwar ul Haq, City Police sortium of seven research laborato- nomic development of Pakistan. for the research project. Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi was also present. in the process. Muhammad Ahsan Younas Shaheen Hanif and other police officers. The RPO pinned the ranks ISLAMABAD: The Oper- of Senior Superintendent ation Director Islamabad Police (SSP) onto recently Quaid portrait installed at Islamabad Expressway Electric Supply Company promoted SSP Operations will hold online Katchary on Rawalpindi Rana Shoaib Me- The new portrait completed at a cost of over Rs 50 million, giving the founding father’s Wednesday to address the hmood and SSP Investiga- message of Unity, Faith and Discipline consumers’ complaints. tion Rawalpindi Muhammad According to IESCO Faisal. Establishment Divi- the portrait the other day. The flocked the Expressway to have Rs 50 million cost for this initia- Work is underway for the better- spokesman, online katchar- sion has issued a notification Shujaat Hamza previously installed portrait was selfies. Talking to APP, Zahid tive is very high.” ment of road infrastructure, con- ies were being conducted regarding promotion of the collapsed last year in August due Khan, a resident of Police Founda- Earlier, Capital Development Au- struction of new roads, avenues, regularly. As per the sched- police officers. ISLAMABAD: The Capital De- to windstorm. tion, who travels at the Islamabad thority (CDA) has directed forma- ways, and bridges. ule, the Operation Direc- The RPO congratulating the velopment Authority (CDA) has According to an official of the Expressway daily, said the portrait tions concerned to expedite the Developmental work is underway tor IESCO would hold on- newly promoted police of- installed a weather resilient and CDA, the new one was designed was quite beautiful and better than pace of ongoing developmental at Islamabad Expressway. Two line Katchary at telephone ficers, told them that their colorful portrait of Quaid-i-Azam by a renowned designer Jamal previous one. work at Islamabad Expressway. more lanes are being added at Ex- No.051-9253105. responsibilities for better Mohammad Ali Jinnah at a mound Shah. It was capable of competing He said such initiatives were im- CDA had written WAPDA and pressway to T Chowk. On the oth- He will attend complaints/ policing had increased. “You along the Islamabad Expressway. with the harsh weather, he add- perative to restore the beauty of SNGPL to shift different pipe er hand, pace of work on PWD un- suggestions of customers have ample experience of The new portrait completed at a ed, while pointing out its 50 feet Federal Capital. It would also have lines of 6 inches somewhere else derpass will be expedited and the from 10:30 am to 12:30 police service; therefore, cost of over Rs 50 million, giving length and 60 feet width. good impact of on the people of for ensuring the timely comple- project will be completed till the pm. IESCO requested you will have to guide your the founding father’s message of Meanwhile, the residents of twin other provinces, coming to Islam- tion of the said project. May, 2021. Similarly, almost 50% valued customers to par- juniors for better policing,” Unity, Faith and Discipline. cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad abad for various purposes, he add- According to detail, CDA is com- work on Korang Bridge has also ticipate in open katchary he said. – APP Minister for Interior Sheikh seemed jubilant over re-erection ed. He, however, took exception to mitted for providing best travel been completed. This project will for immediate solution of Rashid Ahmed has inaugurated of the Quaid’s portrait as many the cost of portrait, saying “Over facilities to the citizens. be completed till October 2021. their complaints. IslamabadPOST 04 TWIN CITIES Wednesday, March 31, 2021 17861 active Briefs Covid cases New Air Chief makes first reported CTO directs wardens to act Khayam Abbasi against wrong visit to Naval Headquarters RAWALPINDI: With an addi- tion of 181 more COVID-19 parking positive cases during the Chief of the Air Staff was received by Naval Chief. A smartly turned out contingent last 24 hours, the number DNA of total cases have reached of Pakistan Navy presented Guard of Honour. The visiting dignitary laid wreath at to 17861 including 16358 RAWALPINDI: Chief Traffic Shuhada Monument and was introduced to Principal Staff Officers at Naval HQ belonged to Rawalpindi and Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi 1503 from other districts. Rai Mazhar Iqbal has direct- According to a daily situa- ed the circle and sector in- tion report issued by the charges and traffic wardens district administration here to take strict action on over- Tuesday, 15134 patients loading and wrong parking. having positive results were According to a City Traffic discharged after recovery Police (CTP) spokesman, while 4487 including 2687 the traffic officers and war- were quarantined at homes dens had been directed to and 1800 in isolation. take action in accordance “Presently 195 confirmed with the law on overloading patients were admitted to and wrong parking which various facilities of the city create traffic problems on including 25 were admitted the city roads. in Holy Family Hospital,33 The transporters had been in Benazir Bhutto Hospi- warned of strict action on tal,113 in Institute of Urol- the violation, he said add- ogy,20 in Fauji Foundation ing, vehicles of the viola- Hospital,3 in Rukhsana Me- tors would be impounded morial Hospital and one in besides imposing heavy Command and met Chief Guard of Honour. meeting, Chief of the Na- to enhance synergy and der the able Command of Zubair Ahmad of the Naval Staff, Admiral The visiting dignitary laid val Staff congratulated seamless integration in all Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Hearts International Hospi- fines. tal “ he added. He said the overloaded Muhammad Amjad Khan wreath at Shuhada Monu- Chief of the Air Staff on important operational and Ahmed Baber Sidhu. ISLAMABAD: The newly It updated that patients heavy vehicles not only Niazi. Upon arrival at Na- ment and was introduced assuming Command of Pa- other inter-services under- Air Chief Marshal also appointed Chief of the Air reported during last 24 put the drivers at risk but val Headquarters, Chief of to Principal Staff Officers kistan Air Force. takings. The Naval Chief assured PAF’s full sup- Staff, Air Chief Marshal hours, 25 belonged to Raw- the passengers and other the Air Staff was received at Naval Headquarters. The Naval Chief said expressed his well wishes port and pledged to work Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sid- al Town,47 Potohar town,46 road users as well. He in- by Naval Chief. A smartly Later, the Air Chief called that Pakistan Navy and that Pakistan Air Force together in making the hu visited Naval Headquar- Rawalpindi cant,29 Gujar formed that the traffic po- turned out contingent of on Chief of the Naval Staff Pakistan Air Force will will further progress and defence of the country im- ters after assumption of Pakistan Navy presented at his office. During the continue the endeavours attain greater heights un- pregnable. khan,9 Taxila,3 Murree,22, lice have been taking action Kahuta,2 Kotli Sattian,4 in accordance with the law Kalar Syedan,11 Islamabad, against the rules violators. 2 Chakwal, and one from He said, traffic wardens IIU, KP universities to Sahiwal, Attock and Kahuta and field officers had also EPA fines Rs10,000 to each. been directed to take strict foster academic co-op The report elaborated that action against double and 14 patients were on the wrong parking of vehicles ISLAMABAD: International Islamic University (IIU) and uni- restaurant in Beverly Center vent in critical condition, 97 which create hurdles in versities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will foster academic found carrying plastic bags plication. Simply take a of plastics after getting dis- stable, and 84 in moderate smooth flow of traffic. cooperation to promote quality education at higher educa- condition while 8 died dur- The Wardens directed to Ibrar Khan were also being fined. picture and pin its location solved into it as it causes a tion level. She added that as per the via Google map and enter chemical reaction with the ing the last 24 hours with 6 make all out efforts par- This was agreed by President IIU, Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotai- belonged to Rawalpindi and ticularly in congested areas ISLAMABAD: Director law a common user to be its name and address for food product that gets trans- bi and Governor KP, Shah Farman, during a meeting held at General Pakistan Environ- fined Rs5, 000, retailers prompt action,” the EPA of- ferred into human body, the 2 others. to ensure smooth flow of Governor House on Tuesday. Both the dignitaries discussed traffic. mental Protection Agency Rs10, 000 and manufactur- ficial explained. report said. issues of mutual interest and matters pertaining to educa- (Pak-EPA) Farzana Altaf ers Rs100, 000. The fine She underscored that plas- The plastic waste dumped He urged the motorists not tion such as research and academic excellence and agreed Pollen count to park vehicles in wrong Shah on Tuesday fined a would be doubled in case tic bags were equally detri- into oceans was lying unde- to boost academic cooperation between IIU and KP univer- continental food chain in of repeated violations, she mental for human health, composed for many decades way on the roads which sities. They also discussed importance of distance learning, increases up causes inconvenience for Beverly Center for violating added. ecology and biodiversity. A and would take 500 years to initiatives for promotion of quality education and role of uni- plastic bags ban. The EPA has urged the plastic bag was highly dam- vanish from the environ- other road users. versities in societies building were discussed. to 8,128 in He said, CTP had made The restaurant was serving masses to report plastic aging to the environment ment, it added. IIU President briefed the Governor KP on IIU’s vision, fu- the food items packed in bags ban violations on and the sole reason for ur- A global study on the plas- Capital special arrangements to ture plans and strategy for academic excellence and said that control traffic on the city polythene bags to its cus- Islamabad City App de- ban flooding in mega cities tic pollution also highlight- IIU will be keen to enhance its bilateral ties with the uni- tomers whereas the govern- veloped by the Islamabad of the country, the official ed that by 2050 there will ISLAMABAD: Pakistan roads aimed at avoiding versities of KP. The meeting was also attended by IIU Vice traffic mess. ment has imposed a strict Capital Territory (ICT) ad- added. be more plastic bags than Meteorological Depart- President (AF&P) Professor Dr. N.B. Jumani. ban on using single-use ministration with a special It merits mention here that aquatic life in oceans if the ment (PMD) Spokesman He said, wrong parking Speaking on the occasion, Governor KP appreciated the which was one of main polythene or plastic bags tab of polythene violation, a World Wide Fund for Na- use of plastic bags dumping Dr. Khalid Malik on Tues- role of IIU in society building and services and assured of since March 1 to end plastic she said. The joint team of ture (WWF) Report has re- went unbridled. day said pollen count has cause of traffic mess on the maximum cooperation to promote quality education. He said roads would not be tolerat- pollution. ICT administration, Pak- vealed that every individual The country produced 55 increased up to 8,128 per universities must promote exchange of experiences through An official of EPA told APP EPA and Ministry of Cli- around the globe was con- billion plastic bags annually cubic meter of air and its ed, adding, the vehicles and mutual cooperation. motorcycles found parked that there was no compla- mate Change was strictly suming 25 grams of plastic which had increased enor- concentration reached to Talking on bilateral relations, the Governor said that Paki- cency in enforcing ban on carrying out inspection which is equal to the size of mously since 1992 where high level in federal capital. out of parking area would stan attaches great importance to relations with Saudia as be impounded. plastic bags as this time visits in the Capital to en- a credit card. the ban on polythene bags Talking to APP, he said the both are time tested friends. other than shopkeepers, force the ban. The food item or beverage has become imperative to pollen concentration will He added that brotherly ties between Pakistan and Saudi vendors, retailers, manufac- “It is very easy to use and packed in a plastic bag or purge the nation from its further increase during next Police net Arabia go back decades and those are getting stronger by turers and entrepreneurs, people should report vio- packaging made of poly- menace for plastic free en- few days in Islamabad and every passing day. – DNA users or general public lations on this smart ap- thene material had traces vironment. Rawalpindi. four POs Normally, it touches the extreme limits of around DNA 45,000 per cubic meter of Intra-city PSVs to air at the peak of the blos- RAWALPINDI: Police on 19 students of AIOU win som season, he added. Tuesday claimed to have He said Pakistan Meteoro- arrested four Proclaimed run at 50pc capacity: logical Department (PMD) Offenders (POs) allegedly issued an alert for the al- involved in different cases. Pak-Scottish scholarships lergy patients to remain According to Rawalpindi DC Islamabad extra careful during pollen stan in which a special quo- awardees. He further added, that no ceutical Interventions. police spokesman, special Staff report ta was allotted for female British Council will bear one in the country should season especially in twin raids on the directive of DNA Administrative actions such cities. students of AIOU who were the educational expenses be deprived of education as smart lock-down, imple- City Police Officer (CPO) ISLAMABAD: Nineteen doing their M.Phil. and for 2 years. Prof. Dr. Zia merely because of poverty. The most abundant pollen ISLAMABAD: Deputy Com- mentation of the SOPs, seal- Muhammad Ahsan Younas needy but brilliant female Masters in various academ- Ul-Qayyum, Vice-Chancellor For financial assistance of types in Islamabad are from missioner Islamabad Mu- ing of hot spots and 50 per were conducted by Rawal- students of Allama Iqbal ic disciplines. British Coun- AIOU, while congratulating the needy students, the uni- 08 plant species including hammad Hamza Shafqaat cent attendance at all the of- pindi police to net POs, Open University (AIOU) cil on the recommendations the students said, awarding versity had also allocated a Paper Mulberry, Acacia, has announced that the in- fices were being taken to curb court absconders and oth- have won “Pak-Scottish” of the Open University has scholarships to our students handsome amount from its Eucalyptus, Pines, Grasses, tra-city Public Service Vehi- the coronavirus spread dur- er outlaws. scholarship offered by Brit- provided 19 scholarships to was in fact an expression of own resources, he added. Cannabis, Dandelion and cles (PSVs) would run on the Rawat police managed to ish Council. deserving and bright stu- confidence in the quality Dr. Quyyum thanked the ing its third wave, he added. Alternaria out of all these Federal Capital’s roads and net four POs namely Mu- It is pertinent to mention dents of the university. of education provided by British Council for pro- He said the administration plants Paper Mulberry hammad Asad, Muham- here that British Council These scholarships will AIOU. This scholarship is a moting women’s education avenues with 50 per cent ca- had already sealed multiple shares about 97% of the to- mad Sajjad, Muhammad had offered Pak-Scottish cover tuition fee, hostel blessing for intelligent and in Pakistan and providing pacity only. areas in the federal capital, tal pollen and its concentra- Khalid and Muhammad scholarship to promote accommodation and trans- needy people in the situa- scholarships to the Open Talking to the media, he said whereas more localities for tion, he said. Iqbal alias Kalu who were women’s education in Paki- port fee of the scholarship tion of Covid”. University students. rout permits of the inter-cities smart lock-down were under PMD will continuously pub- wanted in different cases. vans were being reduced to consideration. lish pollen concentration He said, the police crack- 70 from 100 to halt the coro- The DC added that constant data throughout the pollen down against criminals navirus transmission to other monitoring of various areas season on its website and would continue and the cities from the federal capital. including Tarlai, Tramri, Bara print and electronic media outlaws would be sent be- Admitting the anti-COVID-19 Kahu and different sector of on daily basis. –APP hind the bars. standard operating proce- G series were underway. He said, the CPO had di- dures’ (SOPs) violations To a query, he said metro bus Online Bethak rected the police to launch committed by some public capacity would also be re- crackdown against POs transporters in Islamabad, he duced to fifty per cent in the part-2 held and take action in accord- said strict action was being coming days. ance with the law against taken against the violators to Meanwhile, citizens of twin with “Uncle criminals particularly the ensure commuters’ safety. cities of Rawalpindi and Is- most wanted. The DC said the PSVs with lamabad have complained Sargam” more than 20 seats would be about the slackness of local Four arrested mandated to ply on the capital transporters, who were not DNA city’s roads with only 10 pas- ensuring the coronavirus ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Na- with illegal sengers. health guidelines at the pas- tional Council of the Arts He said the Islamabad Cap- senger vans in order to mint (PNCA) organized online weapons ital Territory (ICT) admin- money. Bethak part-2 with legend of istration was taking serious Nasir Khan, a commuter at Puppetry Arts Syed Farooq cognizance of the SOPs’ viola- Faizabad bus station, called Qaiser, popularly known as DNA tions at bus stands, ensuring for stern action against the Uncle Sargam here on Tues- mask-wearing and use of hand local transporters, who were day. RAWALPINDI: Rawalpin- sanitizer at each and every violating anti-coronavirus During the event, Director di Police in crackdown terminal. SOPs at Public Service Ve- General Pakistan National against illegal weapons Hamza said prime focus of hicles (PSVs) with impunity Council of the Arts (PNCA) rounded up four persons ISALAMABAD: Hon’ble Chief Justice Of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed in a group photo with the local administration was and posing serious threat to Dr. Fauzia Saeed acknowl- from different areas and the delegation of High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi in Supreme Court. – DNA on pursuance of Non-Pharma- the lives of commuters. edged the skillful abilities recovered weapons from of Farooq Qaisar which she their possession, the po- opined remarkable in all lice spokesman said on times. Tuesday. Farooq Qaisar shared his life He informed that Race experience and distinctions Course, Sadiqabad, Taxila Covid positivity ratio reaches 12.31% in Capital in the field of puppetry. and Chontra police on the He said puppetry was a directives of Rawalpindi Covid cases are jumping up for the past two weeks and urged the citizens to strictly thousand years old art of City Police Officer (CPO), the region and his shows launched a crackdown follow COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent the disease in the wake of were never censored. and arrested four persons a sudden increase in the number of infections in the country Discussing his personal life namely Haider Ali, Mu- he was of the view that Pa- hammad Asim, Pervaiz 8.98% in AJK and 2.33% in Gilgit He said that keeping in view the and now they can visit for vacci- measures.” kistan is the only country Khan and Asif Shah and Shujaat Hamza Baltistan. disease risk certain restrictions nation from all listed vaccination He asked the citizens to wear a that he loved to work with recovered illegal weapons He said that Covid cases are were imposed focusing on high- centers. mask, maintain social distance, passion and full potential including three 30 bore ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant jumping up for the past two risk sectors with mass gathering, He said that this time is not of wash hands with soap frequently other than any other coun- pistols and one 7mm rifle to Prime Minister on National weeks and urged the citizens to however, he said that an overall any complacency rather strict and avoid crowded places. try. However, he said that from their possession. Health Services, Regulations, strictly follow COVID-19 Standard poor administrative compliance compliance of SOPs. “COVID-19 He urged the healthcare workers he was offered handsome He said, Rawalpindi dis- and Coordination Dr. Faisal Sul- Operating Procedures (SOPs) to of guidelines and actions was is a deadly virus but we can con- and those eligible to get vaccinat- pay from various countries trict police were conduct- tan Tuesday said that the COV- prevent the disease in the wake seen and requested all provincial trol it just as we controlled it by ed to protect themselves as well of the world. ing operations against law ID-19 case positivity ratio has of a sudden increase in the num- administrations to seriously take following the Standard Operat- as their loved ones. DG PNCA asked him about violators without any dis- become doubled in the past few ber of infections in the country. note of this. ing Procedures during the first He said that better services are his fan following. The ver- crimination. days reaching 12.31% in the fed- “We regularly monitor positivity He said that there are certain wave.” being ensured at COVID-19 vac- satile style artist replied The spokesman said the eral capital. ratio at national, provincial and variants of the virus originating Dr. Faisal said that the govern- cination centers to facilitate the that his biggest fan was his police would continue Talking to the media, Dr. Faisal city level and when it increases from African States where travel ment is seeking full cooperation senior citizens. wife as so many times she their operations against said that the overall case positivi- it incurs burden on healthcare restrictions are being imposed to of the citizens in adhering to the He said that keeping in view the saw him out of from the criminals and lawbreakers ty ratio in the country was 8.83% capacity. Pressure is mounting contain disease spread. Standard Operating Procedures. interest of senior citizens for bedroom and writing dra- and they would be sent be- while 10.43% in Punjab, 8.55% in the federal capital, Peshawar, He said that senior citizens walk- “We can save precious lives in- COVID vaccination, the staff and ma scripts during late night hind bars. in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2.98% Karachi and major urban centers in registration was introduced cluding those of our near and number of centers are being in- in Sindh, 2.15% in Balochistan, of Punjab.” for above 70 year age citizens dear ones by taking preventive creased. hours. Wednesday, March 31, 2021 05 IslamabadPOST Pakistan’s First And Only Diplomatic Daily Dangerous Third Wave Editor-in-Chief: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Another Reshuffle HE government has finally decided to ban pub - Deputy Editor: Abid Raza HE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government lic gatherings only after the COVID-19 situation ABC CERTIFIED has made Cabinet reshuffles in the center a near T in the country has gotten out of control. It took T regular occurrence. And sure enough, there are more than 4700 new infection cases and 57 deaths re - Vol: 01 Issue: 314 reports that another one might soon be in the offing. ported in a day to knock some sense in the authorities to Email: [email protected] There are indications that the Prime Minister’s com- tighten restrictions and counter the third wave. Phone: 051-2266165 / 051-2261960 plete recovery from coronavirus and return to work will While it is good that the government is showing some ac - Off: Awan Plaza, Block 18-A, G-8 Markaz Islamabad also bring about this reported change. tion, what is beyond comprehension is that the ban on What is interesting to note is that there are indications wedding ceremonies will commence from April 5. What that more lawmakers from the coalition—particularly is holding the authorities back from not implementing an MQM and BAP—might also be granted portfolios. This is immediate ban on such gatherings? Even by a conserva - necessary for the PTI to keep its allies from considering tive estimate, it is clear that every day wasted means at support for opposition movements. More seats at the ta- least another 3000 positive cases. ble is a good first step in making smaller members of the The delay can cost us dearly. In many cities, all the ven - coalition feel like they are adequately represented. tilators allocated for COVID patients have already been But beyond this, the reshuffle—like others before it—is also occupied. Waiting till April 5 can prove catastrophic for predicated on performance. And yet, it is still unclear how hospitals. The new COVID strain, the leading contributor replacing one portfolio for another in the case of poorly to the pandemic’s third wave, is much more virulent. It performing ministers and advisors is likely to lead to an is pushing more patients into critical care, as the data overall performance boost. The best the ruling party can available with the National Command and Operation Cen - tre (NCOC) suggests. It is far more dangerous than the hope to achieve with this strategy is allow for lawmakers earlier strains as it also affects children. doing well to take over ministries that the Prime Minister Also, the gravity of the pandemic’s intensification can be wants to focus on. This only helps specific portfolios while gauged from the government’s deliberations over restrict- deliberately neglecting others. ing intercity travel, which has already started to implement This way, ministers that have made it to Cabinet are all but in the capital. The daily reporting of more than 4000 cases guaranteed a portfolio, no matter how poorly they are do- means that we have to take precautions with utmost seri- ing, taking away any incentive for improvement. A better ousness. Similarly, given the prevalent situation, the govern- tactic would be to instead completely remove ministers ment has no option but to take the strongest action now. PM Khan is not happy with. Other competent members Admittedly, the country cannot afford a complete lock- from within the ruling party can take their place. down. However, the authorities can ensure restriction of The government needs to manage its time and resourc - movement and impose a blanket ban on all kinds of con - es better in this regard. The fundamental thought be - gregations till we flatten the curve. We have succeeded hind the ruling party’s action is understandable, but the in levelling it before; we can do it now provided the gov - execution itself leaves a lot to be desired. New faces in ernment does not kneel before those who see even smart the Cabinet can take away performance lags. A reshuf - lockdowns as harmful for their businesses. fle only readjusts them. Indian PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh NDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited land Bangladesh. There was a dispute regarding the core of the talks between Bangladeshi and In- Zamir Awan Bangladesh on 26-27 March 2021. The Visit the eternal nature of the lease. dian officials visiting each other. Indian officials I was conducted under high security. Bangla- Terrorist activities carried out by outfits based in visiting Bangladesh, including the Indian foreign desh Government deployed huge force to protect both countries, like BangaSena and Harkat-ul-Ji- ministers and BSF chiefs, numerously vowed to Bangladesh is a Muslim PM Modi. And the government took extra meas- had-al-Islami Bangladesh has consistently de- stop BSF shootings. Still, Bangladeshi nationals, ures, including suspension of Mobile Phone ser- nied India a free-of-cost transit facility to India’s comprising mostly illicit border crossers, have con- country and an active vice, Internet Service, Social Media suspension landlocked North Eastern Regions. Although In- tinued to be shot dead by the Indian troops. (Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, to keep dia has a narrow land link to this Northeastern Border disputes and demarcation of the exact bor- member of OIC, whereas the law and order situation under control. region, which is famously known as the Siliguri der are yet pending. Historically, Bangladesh has the Modi-led Govt in India The visit was canceled last year due to the reason Corridor or “India’s Chicken Neck,” less than 27 not accepted the partition of Bangal into east and that opposition parties threatened the government kilometers (17 mi) wide, it remained as the only west Bangal, whereas Indian occupation of part of is totally anti-Minorities, with severe protests and blockage of the Airport. bridge between the northeastern part of India Bangal is not accepted and still keeps ill-feelings. especially Muslims. The Ultimately, the previous year PM Modi, under the and the rest of the country. Bangladesh is friendly with China and beneficiary excuse of Coronavirus, canceled his planned Visit, Illegal Bangladeshi immigration into India. The of Chinese mega Initiatives BRI, whereas India op- trade imbalance is also but this year, even the pandemic is more serious, border is porous, and migrants are able to cross ille- poses BRI and confronts China, and exerts pres- yet visited Bangladesh. gally, though sometimes only in return for financial sure on Bangladesh to be anti-China. a point of disagreement India was under immense pressure from Pres- or other incentives to border security personnel. Bangladesh is a Muslim country and an active between the two nations. ident Joe Biden Administration for its poor re - In 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Citizen- member of OIC, whereas the Modi-led Govern- cord of Human Rights Violations, discriminato- ship Amendment Act (CAA), [35] following which ment in India is totally anti-Minorities, especial- The Government of Shaikh ry Amended Citizenship Act, Treatment of its Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen ly Muslims. The trade imbalance is also a point of minorities, and poor religious freedom status. and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan cancelled disagreement between the two nations. Hasina Wajid is pro-India, The US has been asking India to improve its re - their trips to India. Later, ministerShahriarAlam The Government of Shaikh Hasina Wajid is pro-In- especially PM Modi was lations with its neighbors, too. In fact, India has also canceled his Visit to India. Bangladeshi Prime dia, especially PM Modi was having close links with hostile relations and disputes with all its neigh - Minister Sheikh Hasina was critical of the CAA, de- her father’s insurgency in the 1970s. PM Modi having close links with bors, including Bangladesh, China, Nepal, My- scribing it as “not necessary.”The discriminatory also confessed his alleged involvement in acts of anmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives etc. Pres- Amended Citizenship act, which cancels the Indian subversion, up-risings, and terrorism, against the her father’s insurgency ident Trump favored PM Modi and over-looked Nationality of millions of Bangladeshi who migrat- government of that time, at his young age of 20-22. in the 1970s. PM Modi many serious concerns based on his personal ed to India in the 1970s. India wanted to deport all Masses are anti-India, especially anti-Modi, due to friendship with him. Still, President Joe Biden of them back to Bangladesh by force. his extremist and discriminatory policies toward also confessed his alleged feels embarrassed to openly support India with Continuous border killing of Bangladeshi people minorities, especially against Muslims. Public pro- such ailing democracy and a poor record of hu - by Indian border guards, aiding illegal immigrants, tests were witnessed all over the country, especial- involvement in acts of man rights and hostilities with all neighbors. PM helping in armed dacoity, fake money transfer, and ly the cities where PM Modi has visited; the agita- subversion, up-risings, Modi’s Visit was a first step toward improving illicit drug trades by both Indian and Bangladeshi tions were more intense and severe. In the clashes its relations with neighbors, which also turned people are the major problems between Bangla- between the law enforcement agencies and mass- and terrorism, against to be counterproductive. desh and India. Both Bangladesh and India made es, reports of killings, injuries, and fire incidents A significant contention area has been the con- claims over the same seawater at the Bay of Ben- were reported. Initially, on the first day of his Visit, the government of that struction and operation of the Farakka Barrage gal before settlement of the issue. four deaths were reported, but the number of casu- time, at his young age of by India to increase the water amount in the Riv- There was a minor glitch in their relationship when alties kept on growing; unofficial figures are up to er Hooghly. Bangladesh insists that it does not re- former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Sin- 89 deaths and outnumbered injuries, with several 20-22. Masses are anti- ceive a fair share of the Ganges waters during the gh accidentally mentioned that Bangladeshis are severe and may be fatal. PM Modi’s Visit to Bang- drier seasons and gets flooded during the mon- anti-Indian, during an informal press meet. ladesh may also be a high price for Shaikh Hasina India, especially anti-Modi, soons when India releases excess waters. See Deaths of Bangladeshi citizens on the Indo-Bang- Wajid’s government as the public anti-Modi sen- due to his extremist and also Sharing of Ganges Waters. There have also ladesh border became one of the embarrassments timents are growing exponentially and blaming been disputes regarding the transfer of the Teen between the two nation’s bilateral relations in re- the government for hosting him. The widespread discriminatory policies Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh. The Indian state cent years. The so-called ‘shoot-to-kill policy by In- anti-Government protests are on-going, even that toward minorities, of West Bengal surrounds part of Bangladesh. dia’s Border Security Forces (BSF) that, according PM Modi has returned back to India already. On 26 June 1992, India leased three bigha land to Human Rights Watch, killed nearly 1,000 Bang- – The views expressed in the especially against Muslims to Bangladesh to connect this enclave with main- ladeshis between 2001 and 2011 has remained at article are writer’s own. Iran-China accord ushers in major geopolitical shift HE 25-year comprehensive strate- Moscow in 2001 that has since been extended the two nations. Biden appears to be following Osama Al-Sharif gic cooperation agreement between by five years twice. Two years ago, Iran joined in Trump’s footsteps by taking a hard stand T China and Iran, which was signed in naval exercises with Russia and China. against Beijing. Tehran on Saturday, is a major breakthrough The latest accord will allow China to have a The Iran-China deal has been attacked by the for the two countries and will have long-term presence in the Gulf region, as well as Central Iranian opposition for violating the country’s effects on the geopolitical balance of the Asia. In return, Iran will have access to Chinese sovereignty. It is not clear whether Iran will Gulf and the region as a whole. After five technology and investments in its poor infra- allow China to have a permanent military base years of negotiations, the inking of the deal, structure. The two parties will invest in a free on its territory. Beijing has shown an interest which covers various economic, political and industrial zone close to the Strait of Hormuz. in getting involved in regional issues, such as security issues, comes at a time when rela - The Chinese have been strengthening their by offering to host preliminary talks between tions between Beijing and Washington are at economic ties with other Gulf countries for Israel and the Palestinians. their worst. It also puts Tehran in a strong years. Beijing has signed cooperation agree- The recent accord will be seen as another at- bargaining position in relation to the shaky ments with the UAE and Kuwait and has good tempt by a foreign nation to fill the vacuum nuclear deal and the West’s attempt to rene - working relations with Saudi Arabia. left by the US in the region. Already, Russia gotiate and expand it. The latest accord will raise red flags in Arab has established a number of military and naval The agreement, parts of which remain undis- Gulf capitals. Iran continues to be a major bases in Syria and is active in Libya. Turkey, closed, will release $400 billion of Chinese in- source of instability in the region and its al- which has a military base in Qatar, is also not The impact of the deal vestments over 25 years in return for a regular liance with Beijing will only embolden the shy about its territorial ambitions in northern on the struggling Iranian supply of low-cost Iranian oil. hard-liners in Tehran and Qom. Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan. The impact of the deal on the struggling Irani- Israel too will be feeling uneasy about the Unlike the US, China continues to be depend- economy will be enormous an economy will be enormous and will lessen Chinese move. Both Russia and China, co-sig- ent on Gulf oil. It is certain we will see increas- and will lessen the effects the effects of US-imposed economic sanctions. natories to the nuclear deal, have supported ing Chinese activity in the region as America The proposal for a strategic alliance between Tehran’s position and openly violated US sanc- reduces its presence. Beijing has made it clear of US-imposed economic China and Iran was made by Chinese leader Xi tions. The deal is a major step in China’s am- that its alliance with Iran will not affect its ties sanctions. The proposal Jinping in 2016, but Iranian leaders hesitated bitious multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initi- with the Gulf countries. to embrace it for fear that it would affect the ative, which is expected to allow it to become Countries in the region will be under pres - for a strategic alliance newly signed nuclear deal. But this week’s sign- the largest global economy in a few years. sure, primarily from the US, not to get clos - between China and Iran ing of what amounts to a treaty testifies to the So far there has been no reaction from Wash- er to China. The region, like in the 1950s, failure of the Trump administration’s policy of ington. The signing of the accord will put the will be caught in a new cold war between was made by Chinese “maximum pressure” on Iran. It leaves Donald Americans and Europeans in a difficult posi- China and Russia on the one hand and the leader Xi Jinping in Trump’s successor, Joe Biden, in a difficult po- tion diplomatically. The Iranians are likely to US and its European allies on the other. sition vis-a-vis rejoining the nuclear agreement stay firm in their rejection of any proposal to This requires a careful diplomatic balancing 2016, but Iranian leaders unconditionally, as Tehran demands. renegotiate the nuclear deal or expand it to act by countries in the region as we witness hesitated to embrace it for The pact, which will allow China to put 5,000 cover Tehran’s long-range missile program and major geopolitical aftershocks. security and military personnel on Iranian its regional behavior. – Views expressed by writers fear that it would affect the soil, is a regional game changer. Before Chi- The signing of the deal came just days after in this section are their own newly signed nuclear deal na, Tehran had signed a 10-year cooperation a failed US-China meeting in Alaska, which and do not necessarily agreement, especially in the nuclear field, with saw a bitter war of words break out between reflect point-of-view IslamabadPOST 06 WORLD / SPORTS Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Global Briefs leaders Myanmar push for rebels pandemic threaten to treaty ‘fight back’ DNA GENEVA: World leaders Foreign Desk pushed Tuesday for a new international treaty to pre- YANGON: Three armed re- pare for the next global bel groups in Myanmar are pandemic -- and avoid the threatening to “fight back” unseemly scramble for vac- if the military does not stop cines hampering the Cov- killing anti-coup protesters, id-19 response. as neighbouring Thailand Leaders from 25 countries, allowed more than a dozen the European Union and the Myanmar people fleeing World Health Organization violence to cross into a bor- (WHO) sought to get the der village for medical care. ground rules down in writ- In a joint statement on Tues- ing to streamline and speed day, the Ta’ang National Lib- up the reaction to future eration Army, the Myanmar global outbreaks. The treaty Nationalities Democratic Al- would aim to ensure that in- liance Army and the Arakan formation, virus pathogens, Army (AA) said if the military technology to tackle the pan- continued to “kill the people, demic and products such as we will cooperate with the vaccines are shared swiftly protesters and fight back”. and equitably among nations. The warning came as the “The time to act is now. The Assistance Association for world cannot afford to wait Political Prisoners (AAPP), DUSHANBE: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi called on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines until the pandemic is over to a monitoring group, said of the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process. – DNA start planning for the next security forces have killed one,” WHO chief Tedros at least 510 people since Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the February 1 power grab. a virtual press conference. The total killed on Saturday, Without an international- the bloodiest day of the pro- ly-coordinated pandemic tests, had risen to 141, its FIFA warns Pakistan of response plan, “we remain figures showed. vulnerable”, he warned. Amid the rising death toll, The call came in a joint arti- one of the main groups be- cle published in internation- hind the protests, the Gen- al newspapers on Tuesday, eral Strike Committee of penned by leaders from five Nationalities, called for the suspension over PFF issue continents. The signatories country’s myriad ethnic mi- included Germany’s Ange- nority forces to help those Separately, a PFF spokesperson told media that both the FIFA and the AFC strongly la Merkel, Britain’s Boris standing up to the “unfair condemned Saturday’s incident, which they said “regretfully caused severe disruption Johnson, France’s Emma- oppression” of the military nuel Macron, South Korea’s in an open letter on Monday. in the ability of the normalisation committee to deliver their mandate” Moon Jae-in, South Africa’s Tuesday’s statement from Cyril Ramaphosa, Indo- Shah — who won the PFF elec- ter the offices had been invaded by 2021 at 20:00 (Lahore time), urday’s incident, which they said the three armed groups in- nesia’s Joko Widodo and DNA tions held on the orders of the a group of protestors, who support at the latest, in order for them “regretfully caused severe disrup- dicates that the call may be Chile’s Sebastian Pinera. gaining more traction. Supreme Court of Pakistan in Mr Syed Ashfaq Hussain”, she not- to carry out their mandate as tion in the ability of the normali- KARACHI: The international foot- 2018 — on Saturday stormed the ed. The FIFA “strongly condemns” instructed by FIFA, the matter sation committee to deliver their ball governing body has warned PFF’s headquarters in Lahore in the incidents and “considers such shall be immediately submitted mandate”. No military Chinese Pakistan of possible suspension a hostile takeover, forcing Malik, actions to be totally unacceptable”, to the Bureau of the Council for “As per the decision of the Bureau if the “illegitimate occupation’ of the NC’s chairperson, to leave she added. decision, which might include of the FIFA Council, the normal- solution of envoy the headquarters of its counter- and taking over the control of It also demanded that the NC’s the suspension of PFF,” the FI- isation committee is the sole en- part in the country did not end all matters. The FIFA, as well as officials be handed over control of FA’s secretary-general wrote. tity recognised by FIFA, and has the Afghan.. and its control not given back to the Asian Football Confederation the headquarters by Wednesday Samoura reminded that Paki- been appointed to manage the calls on From Page 01 the Normalisation Committee (AFC), have never recognised evening or the body would take stan’s suspension would mean activities of the PFF until 30 June The foreign minister said (NC) by Wednesday evening. Shah as the PFF’s elected presi- action against the PFF, which in- that the PFF would immediately 2021 as per its current mandate,” Gen Bajwa besides the historic oppor- Fatma Samoura, the secre- dent or representative. cluded a possible suspension. The lose all of its membership rights, they added. The spokesperson tunity, several challenges for From Page 01 tary-general of the Fédération In her letter, Samoura said the hostile takeover “constitutes an which include the right of nation- reiterated Samoura’s demands the Afghan nation lied ahead COAS thanked the dignitary Internationale de Football As- international body “would like to undue interference in the affairs of al teams and clubs of the FIFA’s “that the parties that have occu- and warned of the “spoilers for China’s contribution sociation (FIFA), has penned remind all relevant parties, in par- the Federation, therefore violating counterpart in the country to pied the PFF headquarters imme- inside and outside Afghan- towards fight against COV- a strongly-worded letter to the ticular the individuals who invaded the obligations imposed on PFF”. participate in any international diately hand back the premises to istan”. He expressed deep ID-19 in Pakistan and said chairperson of the Pakistan the PFF premises, that the normal- “Should the illegitimate occu- competitions, as well as benefits the normalisation committee or concern over the growing that Pakistan Army greatly Football Federation’s (PFF) NC, isation committee of PFF is the pation of the PFF headquar- from its financial and develop- the matter will be referred to the incidents of violence across values its friendly relations Haroon Malik, expressing “great sole executive body of PFF recog- ters not be lifted and the office ment programmes. Bureau of the FIFA Council”. The Afghanistan, fearing that with the China. Lieutenant concern” over “the unfortunate nised by FIFA”. During the hostile bearers recognised by FIFA not Separately, a PFF spokesperson consequences “may include sus- ISIS or al-Qaeda could gain a General Faiz Hamid, Direc- incidents” last week by Syed Ash- takeover, the “PFF officials and be permitted free access to the told media that both the FIFA and pension of the PFF as per FIFA foothold in the country. tor General Inter Services faq Hussain Shah’s group. employees had to be evacuated af- building by Wednesday 31 March the AFC strongly condemned Sat- statutes,” they stressed. Intelligence was also pres- He said destruction of in- ent during the meeting. frastructure and the lack Emirates of economic opportunities Oman hopes Yemen could jeopardize the ben- OVID-19 marking UAE efits of the Afghan peace process. Qureshi empha- claims 100 vaccination ceasefire will be sized on taking forward and strengthening the Doha more lives milestone agreed very soon peace process and called From Page 01 upon the international com- occupied in four major ar- DNA munity to secure investment eas including Multan 67 Foreign Desk in Afghanistan to achieve DUBAI: Emirates is show- percent, Islamabad Capital MUSCAT: Oman, a mediator in ceasefire talks between the goals of prosperity. The Territory (ICT) 67 percent, casing the UAE’s remarkable minister proposed a num- progress in its vaccination pro- Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi group, says it hopes an Gujranwala 60 percent and agreement between the warring parties would be reached ber of steps towards Afghan Lahore 63 percent. gramme with a special flight peace including an immedi- that will carry only fully vac- “very soon”. Muscat has been working closely with Saudi The maximum Oxygen beds Arabia, the US and the United Nations to reach a compre- ate ceasefire to reduce vio- (alternate oxygen providing cinated crew and passengers lence, financial assistance onboard. On 10 April 2021, hensive political solution to the crisis that has raged for six facility other than ventilator years now. “The sultanate hopes that these contacts will by international community administered as per medi- special flight EK2021 will for post-conflict develop- depart Dubai International achieve the desired result very soon, in order to restore cal requirement of COVID security and stability to brotherly Yemen and preserve the ment, long-term planning patient) were also occupied Airport at 12:00hrs local time, for Afghanistan’s economic to cruise over various areas security and interests of the countries in the region,” a in four major areas of Gujrat statement carried by the Omani state news agency ONA development and creating a 74 percent, Gujranwala 85 across the UAE. The flight will conducive environment for return to Dubai at 14:30hrs said on Tuesday. Since a Saudi-led military coalition in- percent, Peshawar 81 per- tervened in Yemen on March 26, 2015, tens of thousands Afghan refugees to return cent and Swat 84 percent. local time. The one-off flight home with dignity. EK2021 is a unique event that of people have been killed, mostly civilians, and millions Around 413 ventilators were pushed towards starvation. Some Houthi officials, includ- The foreign minister men- occupied elsewhere in the not only celebrates the suc- tioned that besides facili- cess of the UAE’s vaccination ing the group’s chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam, country while no COVID have lived in Muscat since the coalition launched air raids tating the peace process, affected person was on ven- programme to date, but also Pakistan was providing all highlights Emirates’ progress in support of the internationally recognised government tilator in Azad Jammu and that was toppled by the Yemeni rebel group. possible assistance to Af- Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Balti- in vaccinating its staff and in ghanistan and had already particular its pilots and cabin Saudi Arabia offered a ceasefire proposal last week but stan (GB) and Balochistan. the Iran-aligned Houthi group said it would only agree to pledged one billion dollars Some 46, 269 tests were crew. Aviation has been and for its development and re- continues to be an irreplacea- it if an air and sea blockade were lifted as well. Despite conducted across the coun- the offer, the Houthis have continued their drone and mis- construction. He said Paki- try on Monday, including ble force for good, connecting stan had spent about US500 people and cities, facilitating sile attacks against Saudi Arabia as well as a ground offen- 9,030 in Sindh, 23,664 in sive on the gas-producing Yemeni region of Marib, which million on infrastructure Punjab, 6,002 in Khyber important trade flows and and capacity building pro- passenger journeys that bring is still under the control of the internationally recognised Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 6,126 in government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The jects in Afghanistan and also Islamabad Capital Territory economic prosperity and joy introduced a new visa re- to millions of people. Passen- coalition said on Tuesday it had destroyed two drones (ICT), 466 in Balochistan, launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, Saudi gime to facilitate travelers. 257 in GB, and 724 in AJK. gers will have the opportunity Despite the pandemic, he to experience Emirates’ new- state TV reported. On Friday, Houthi military spokesman Around 600,278 people Yahya Sarea said the group had attacked facilities of state said, Pakistan opened five have recovered from the est A380 aircraft which fea- border crossings to facil- ANKARA: In recognition of his services for promotion of Pakistan-Turkey tures the airline’s brand-new oil giant Saudi Aramco in Ras al-Tanura, Rabigh, Yanbu disease so far across the and Jazan. The attacks took place during the latest visit itate travelers and trade country making it a signif- ties, Chief of Turkish General Staff, General Yaşar Güler, presented Turkey's Premium Economy seats, from Afghanistan. Pakistan highest military award "Legion of Merit" to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and refreshed cabin interiors of US Special Envoy Tim Lenderking and UN mediator icant count with over 90 Martin Griffiths to Oman and Saudi Arabia. – DNA has also activated the Gwa- percent recovery ratio of Committee, Gen. Nadeem Raza at an impress ceremony in Ankara. – DNA across all cabin classes. dar port for Afghan transit the affected patients. Since trade, he added. the pandemic spread, a to- Qureshi said Pakistan was tal of 663,200 cases were keen to move forward detected including the on regional connectivity perished, recovered and Azerbaijan, Pakistan mull co-op between Air Forces and energy projects such under treatment COVID-19 Aliyev noted that the people of Azerbaijan greatly value Pakistan’s resolute and unequivocal position on the as CASA-1000 and TAPI patients so far. and mentioned that the About 14,356 deaths were restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and its unfaltering support and solidarity for its just cause Trans-Afghan railway pro- recorded in country since ject connecting Uzbeki- the eruption of the conta- the development of Azerbaijani-Pa- stan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gion. Around 4,495 have DNA kistani relations and the level of was being pursued to pro- died in Sindh, out of which strategic partnership. It should be mote trade, tourism and four were died in hospital BAKU: Azerbaijani Deputy Defence noted that in his recent message to people-to-people exchanges. on Monday. 6,319 died in Minister, Air Force Commander his Pakistani counterpart Arif Alvi He said China Pakistan Eco- Punjab with 66 deaths oc- Ramiz Tahirov and Pakistani Depu- on Pakistan Day, Azerbaijani Presi- nomic Corridor (CPEC) as curred in the hospital and ty Air Force Commander, Air Mar- dent Ilham Aliyev hailed as high the the flagship project of Belt and seven out of hospital shal Aamir Masood have discussed present level of bilateral strategic and Road Initiative (BRI) in last 24 hours. prospects of cooperation between partnership relations. Aliyev noted was open with beneficial 2,319 died in KP with 17 the two countries’ Air Forces, the that the people of Azerbaijan great- prospects for Afghanistan. died in hospital on Mon- Defence Ministry has reported on ly value Pakistan’s resolute and une- day, 563 died in ICT with its website. At a meeting that was quivocal position on the restoration two died in hospital during held in Bako on March 29, the vis- of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity Pakistan past 24 hours, 207 died iting Pakistani delegation led by and its unfaltering support and sol- values in Balochistan with one Aamir Masood congratulated Azer- idarity for its just cause. in the hospital, 103 in GB baijan on the victory in the 44-day “I attach particular significance to its ties... and 350 in AJK with two in war with Armenia in 2020. the development of friendly and co- hospital on Monday. The sides also discussed the pros- operative relations between Azer- From Page 01 A total of 10,153,364 corona pects for the development of co- baijan and Pakistan. I am confident The visiting dignitaries tests have been conducted operation between the Azerbaijani that through our joint efforts, our also appreciated Pakistan’s so far, while 631 hospitals and Pakistani Air Forces in the inter-state relationship, based on role in regional stability, are equipped with COVID fa- military, military-educational and mutual trust, support and solidari- especially the Afghan Peace cilities. Some 3,749 corona military-technical spheres, as well ty, and our productive cooperation Process. All sides pledged patients are admitted in hos- as other issues of mutual interest, in bilateral and multilateral format to play their role for further pitals across the country. the ministry said. Moreover, the will continue to progress and ex- improvement in diplomatic sides expressed satisfaction with pand successfully,” he added. cooperation at all levels. IslamabadPOST 07 BUSINESS / WORLD Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Briefs Turkmen leader gets seat in new FTO assures to solve tax issues upper house in succession hint

Nazir Siyal Turkmenistan on Sunday held its first elections to a newly created senate but there were no KARACHI: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has as- opposition candidates. The president was elected to a seat along with 47 other candidates sured to the industrialists elected by local councils ers an economic storm re- a lawmaker. ple’s Council will perform of Karachi for resolving DNA and the newspaper did sulting from the long-term If he were to be elevated presidential duties. the taxes related issues on not say which council had downturn in prices for its as leader in the near fu- President Berdimuhame- priority basis, has said that ASHGABAT: Turkmeni- elected 63-year-old Berdy- natural gas exports and ture, it would herald a first dov was not mentioned in the industrialists should not stan’s autocratic presi- mukhamedov. An official the effects of the corona- hereditary succession in the initial list of 111 can- be bothered by the show dent Gurbanguly Berdy- cited in a separate publica- virus pandemic. Central Asia, a former So- didates declared on March cause notices issued by the mukhamedov received tion said the head of state Turkmenistan is one of viet region where politics 1. But when tabulating the Federal Board of Revenue. a seat in the secretive had received 100 percent the few countries not to are often dominated by results, the Central Elec- Instead of harassment, the country’s new upper of the vote. record a single case of the powerful families. tion Commission said 112 FTO should be informed house, state media report- Full control of the sen- coronavirus infection, al- Berdymukhamedov senior candidates for the Peo- about unnecessary notices ed Tuesday, in the latest ate is important to the though foreign media have served as a personal den- ple’s Council were regis- so that complaints can be move hinting at a succes- Berdymukhamedov fam- reported deaths from the tist and then health minis- tered. resolved in a timely manner. sion strategy. ily because the head of disease. ter to Turkmenistan’s first The amendments to the This assurance was given Turkmenistan on Sunday the upper house will be Serdar Berdymukhamedov post-independence ruler, Constitution passed in by Shahid Ahmed, Advisor held its first elections to second-in-line to the pres- in February gained three Saparmurat Niyazov, be- September 2020 were to the Federal Tax Ombuds- a newly created senate but idency following constitu- new positions, becoming fore taking on the top job seen by experts as a way man for Sales Tax, Mansoor there were no opposition cy for the upper house pick a further eight mem- tional changes passed last had not been previously bers for the upper house a deputy premier, a mem- after Niyazov died. to pass power to his son Hussain Memon, Income candidates. year. ber of the powerful securi- In accordance with the Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Tax Adviser, Badruddin The president was elect- announced, but the num- and select a member to Berdymukhamedov’s ber of candidates cited as chair the house in order ty council and the auditor amendments to the Con- who was recently appoint- Ahmed Qureshi, Customs ed to a seat along with 39-year-old son Serdar has general. stitution adopted in Sep- ed as Deputy Prime Minis- Adviser, Abid Mahmood, 47 other candidates, said running by state media to complete its formation. received a series of pro- changed from 111 to 112 Speculation over an early The younger Berdy- tember 2020, in case the ter and Chairman of Audit Director FTO and Man- the Neutral Turkmenistan motions viewed as groom- mukhamedov has in the President of Turkmen- Chamber, became mem- soor Ahmed, President, newspaper. on the eve of the vote. succession in the isolated ing him for the top job. The president must now country comes as it weath- past filled a senior diplo- istan can’t perform his ber of the State Security Sindh Region to Syed Tariq The candidates were The president’s candida- matic post and worked as duties, speaker of the Peo- Council. Rasheed, Chairman, Tax Sub-Committee, North Ka- rachi Association of Trade & Industry(NKATI) in a Azerbaijan, Kremlin blame UN seeks meeting, was convened with HK: China limits Belarus eye $10bn for a delegation included SVP Kiev for worsening NKATI Shabir Ismail, mem- bilateral ties Syria bers Shaukat Ismail, Sheikh parliament to patriots Imtiaz, Inamul Haq and Ab- BAKU: Azerbaijan and Be- Ukraine conflict eb esk dul Karim. W D Under the changes, district councillors will larus have discussed their paper Argumenty i Fakty Federal Tax Ombudsman’s potential in trade, econom- NEW YORK: The United Na- advisors highlighted the DNA published on Tuesday. tions is seeking $10bn in aid no longer be part of that committee ic and political coopera- “It can be said that un- purpose of the meeting for tion, including the human- to help Syria, saying civil- raising the awareness about MOSCOW: The Kremlin on der President Zelensky, ians there continue to face Hong Kong’s chief executive representatives, media said. itarian sphere. Tuesday blamed Kiev for it hasn’t been possible to the facilities provided by Foreign Desk Carrie Lam said the overhaul Under the changes, district The discussion took place attacks as well as increased the FTO to the industrial failing to implement peace make any progress in the hunger and poverty, as the would help heal divisions in councillors will no longer be at a meeting between Be- agreements in eastern implementation of both the community. They said that BEIJING: China has ap- COVID-19 pandemic com- the territory. part of that committee. larus National Assembly Ukraine and said progress Minsk package of measures Industrialists should not proved a sweeping and con- pounds the “despair and “I firmly believe that by im- Previously, half the mem- Council Chairwoman Na- to resolve the conflict with and the subsequent agree- feel any hesitation or fear troversial overhaul to Hong disaster” of 10 years of civil proving the electoral system bers in the 70-seat LegCo talya Kochanova and Azer- separatists was backtrack- ments that were reached in in sending their complaints, Kong’s political system that war. and implementing “patriots were directly elected by the baijani ambassador to Bela- ing as fighting intensifies. Paris.” so that the FTO can play an will cut the number of direct- The appeal came ahead of administering Hong Kong”, public. rus Latif Gandilov. Kiev’s army has been at Zelensky was elected in effective role in resolving ly elected seats in the terri- Tuesday’s Brussels Confer- the excessive politicisation A new committee will also Kochanova spoke about war with Russian-backed 2019 on promises to end their grievances on a prior- tory’s mini-parliament and ence on Syria, an annual in society and the internal be established to vet all can- the level of political dia- separatists in the east of the conflict, but critics say ity basis. create a vetting committee event co-hosted by the UN rift that has torn Hong Kong didates for the elections. It logue and the dynamics in the country since 2014 that the shaky ceasefire is to approve candidates for and the European Union. apart can be effectively mit- will have fewer than 10 mem- cooperation between the when Moscow annexed the his only tangible achieve- office. The Standing Com- It includes $4.2bn for the Sisi for not to igated, thereby enhancing bers, and be chosen by two two countries. Crimean peninsula follow- ment and talks with Rus- mittee of the National Peo- humanitarian response in- the governance capability groups overseeing national It was noted at the meeting ing a bloody uprising that sian President Vladimir ple’s Congress (NPC), the side Syria and $5.8bn for repeat Suez of the HKSAR,” Lam said security – the Committee that trade between Belarus ousted Ukraine’s Krem- Putin in Paris in December, top decision-making body of refugees and their hosts in in a statement, referring to for Safeguarding National and Azerbaijan increased lin-friendly president Vik- 2019 brought the sides no the mainland’s rubber-stamp the Middle East. closure the territory by its official Security under Hong Kong’s by 1.5 times in 2020, reach- tor Yanukovych. closer to a lasting settle- parliament, approved the The UN said at least 24 mil- name.” chief executive and Beijing’s ing almost $450 million. France, Germany, Ukraine ment. At least 16 Ukraini- changes 167 – 0, Hong Kong lion Syrians need aid today Foreign Desk “The HKSAR will then be national security office in “It was important that we and Russia together com- an servicemen have been media reported on Tuesday, – a rise of four million over able to leverage our unique Hong Kong, the South China clearly secured the Azer- prise the Normandy format killed since fighting esca- ISMAILIA: Egyptian Pres- citing comments from Tam the past year and the high- advantages and the staunch Morning Post added. baijani oil supplies to our of countries which have lated in mid-February and ident Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Yiu-chung, the committee’s est number yet since 2011, support of the Central Au- Elections to the territory’s refineries. The level of sought to resolve the con- Kiev has accused Moscow promised Tuesday that his only representative from when President Bashar thorities to develop the Legislative Council were due cooperation between our flict and in 2015 agreed the and separatists of using country would buy equip- the territory. The 167 mem- al-Assad’s crackdown on economy and improve the to take place last September mechanical engineering Minsk accords to de-esca- banned military hardware. ment to avoid any repetition bers of the committee gave pro-democracy protesters livelihood of our citizens.” but the government delayed enterprises is also com- late the fighting. “Now we’re seeing an esca- of the past week’s closure of themselves a “huge round resulted in a brutal civil war. Under the plan the Legisla- the poll because of the coro- mendable. I think there are Ukrainian President Volo- lation in tensions along the the Suez Canal as he visited of applause” after their vote, “It has been 10 years of tive Council (LegCo) will be navirus pandemic. still many prospects for our dymyr Zelensky last July frontline,” Peskov said. Ismailia, en route to the vi- broadcaster RTHK reported despair and disaster for expanded to 90 members, When China took back con- cooperation,” Kochano- oversaw the beginning of a “Modest achievements that tal trade artery. Tam as saying. Syrians,” said UN aid chief but the number of seats that trol of Hong Kong from the va added. Moreover, she ceasefire with the separa- were made earlier are be- The promise came a day China announced the pro- Mark Lowcock. are directly elected will drop United Kingdom in 1997, it noted the dynamic level tists that had brought rela- ing negated.” after the refloating of the posals at the NPC meeting “Now plummeting living to 20. Some 30 seats will promised to maintain the of visits between the two tive calm until an uptick in The fighting has claimed giant container vessel MV in March, arguing that the conditions, economic de- be reserved for “functional territory’s way of life and countries at various levels. fighting earlier this year. more than 13,000 lives Ever Given, which hit the changes were necessary “im- cline and COVID-19 result constituencies” represent- its civic freedoms – unheard “Unfortunately, in 2020, “With the Normandy for- since 2014, according to eastern bank of the narrow prove” the electoral system in more hunger, malnutri- ing various industries, with of on the mainland – for at due to the pandemic, all mat, things are bad,” Krem- the United Nations. shipping lane last Tuesday and ensure only “patriots” tion and disease. There is the Election Committee least 50 years under the visits and meetings were lin spokesman Dmitry Russia denies sending and became wedged diag- were able to govern Hong less fighting, but no peace that currently chooses Hong “one country, two systems” held mostly online. – DNA Peskov said in an interview troops and arms to support onally across its span for Kong. Kong’s leader appointing 40 framework. dividend,” he said in a state- nearly a week. with Russian weekly news- the separatists. ment. “We will acquire all the nec- essary equipment for the Thai billionaire canal,” to avoid similar inci- Munir Akram urges dents, Sisi declared during charged with his visit to Ismailia, home to the Suez Canal Authority extension beyond royal insult (SCA). Egyptian authorities have presented the freeing June of G20’s DSSI Foreign Desk of the mega-ship on Mon- day as a vindication of the Minister Andrew Holness, BANGKOK: A billionaire country’s engineering and DNA and Canadian Prime Minis- Thai opposition figure was salvage capabilities. ter Justin Trudeau. charged Tuesday with de- NEW YORK: The President Sisi claimed “success” in The virtual meeting fol- faming the monarchy after of UN Economic and Social the operation after the lowed-up on a series of he questioned the govern- Council (ECOSOC), Paki- stern was freed, several meetings since last year to ment’s alleged over-reliance stan’s Ambassador Munir hours before the bow of the mobilize action to assist the on coronavirus vaccines Akram, has called for the ship was finally dislodged. economic recovery from the from a company linked to extension of Group of 20’s pandemic. the royal family. (industrialized countries) In April 2020, Pakistan Thanathorn Juangroon- Nepal closes Debt Suspension Initiative Prime Minister Imran Khan gruangkit, founder of the schools due to ( DSSI) beyond June to ena- was the first leader to call now-dissolved Future For- ble developing countries re- for urgent debt relief, and ward Party, posted a video air pollution cover from the devastation the suspension of debt by on Facebook in January in left behind by the deadly G20 brought some “breath- which he queried whether coronavirus pandemic. ing space” to the developing Thailand was leaning too Foreign Desk Speaking at a virtual countries. heavily on Siam Bioscience High-Level Meeting on In- In his remarks Ambassador for its vaccination campaign. KATMANDU: Nepal has ternational Debt Architec- Akram emphasized that sev- The company is owned by ordered schools to close for ture and Liquidity, he also eral possible mechanisms the Crown Property Bureau, four days after air pollution recommended expansion of for debt relief and restruc- which manages the royal climbed to hazardous levels, the G20’s move to cover the turing including debt defer- family’s multi-billion-dollar forcing millions of students most vulnerable countries, ral, debt buyout, and debt fortune. to stay home across the including some of the small swaps -- which have been Police on Tuesday charged country. island developing countries. identified -- should be im- Thanathorn with lese ma- The country of 30 million The meeting has been plemented, with the partic- jeste and a computer crime people lies in the Himalayas convened jointly by UN ipation of private creditors, DUSHANBE: Foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Quraishi in a meeting with over the video, but he was between China and India, Secretary-General Antonio who hold the vast majority Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov on the sidelines of The Heart of Asia – Istanbul defiant. two of the world’s biggest Guterres, Jamaican Prime of developing country. Process conference. – DNA “It has had a positive result polluters. -- encouraging the govern- Air pollution is a chron- ment to reassess the vac- ic problem in the rapidly cine policy to manage the growing capital city of Kath- Covid-19 situation. There is mandu and an additional nothing to worry about,” he headache for the govern- Azerbaijan urges joint fight against terrorism said after being charged. ment, which is struggling to achieve the common goal of have been actively participating tively new achievement. He said is satisfied with its contribution “(The police) did not bring to contain the coronavirus DNA ensuring Afghanistan’s security in this multi-stakeholder plat- that regional projects initiated as a party to the agreement in up any quotes or anything pandemic. and prosperity. form. Azerbaijan is committed to by Azerbaijan, including the Ba- providing Afghanistan with a that was said specifically. It Over the weekend, pollution DUSHANBE: Azerbaijani For- Bayramov added that Azerbai- advancing the Istanbul Process, ku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, multilateral choice in transit and was generally a charge for levels hit their highest in eign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov jan is committed to supporting acting as one of the leading par- the new Baku International Sea transport,” Bayramov added. speaking via Facebook.” the capital since the gov- has described as extremely im- stability and development in ticipating countries,” Bayramov Trade Port, a logistics centre on The minister noted that these Those convicted under ernment began keeping re- portant the continuation of joint Afghanistan through bilateral said. the Caspian coast connecting projects will facilitate Afghani- Thailand’s strict royal defa- cords in 2016, government efforts to fight terrorism and efforts and active participation The minister went on to say that the railway networks of Azerbai- stan’s entry into global markets mation laws can face up to official Shankar Paudel told separatism, Trend has reported. in multilateral platforms.“Azer- Azerbaijan still believes that the jan and Iran, represent a quali- and ensure the coordination 15 years in jail per charge. Reuters news agency. He made the remarks at the 9th baijan is closely monitoring the progress and prosperity, eco- tatively new achievement in the of faster and more efficient Thailand has ordered 61 mil- Education ministry spokes- “Heart of Asia - Istanbul Pro- internal peace processes in Af- nomic development and regional development of multi-modular management of cargo and con- lion doses of the AstraZene- man Deepak Sharma said cess” ministerial conference in ghanistan and hopes that sus- cooperation of Afghanistan are opportunities for trans-regional tainer transport in the region. ca vaccine. Siam Bioscience about eight million students Tajikistan, Dushanbe. The min- tainable peace and security will linked to each other and depend infrastructure along the East- The “Heart of Asia - Istanbul plans to manufacture 200 have been affected by the ister said that the conference million doses of that vaccine closures. be restored in the country based on the general regional security. West and the North-South corri- Process” is a regional initia- provided a good opportunity for for the kingdom and wider The 24-hour average level on respect for its sovereignty, “To maintain the made progress, dors. tive of Afghanistan and Turkey, assessing the important work region each year. of PM2.5, fine particulate independence, and territorial it is essential to continue to ad- “The Lapis-Lazuli route agree- launched in 2011. This format carried out within the frame- Thanathorn’s will have to matter that can reach deep integrity,” he said. The minister dress the security challenges ment between Afghanistan, is a platform for political dia- work of the Istanbul Process and report to police again on into the lungs, was 214 stressed that Azerbaijan regards facing Afghanistan. Expanding Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and logue and regional cooperation identifying further directions for the Istanbul Process as a valu- its practical contribution to ed- Turkmenistan is an agreement to promote stability, peace and May 7. micrograms per cubic me- Before it was disbanded, tre in the upscale area of common efforts to address seri- able mechanism for achieving ucation, infrastructure develop- on a major international trade prosperity in Afghanistan and ous problems that Afghanistan peace, security, and economic ment, investment and financial and transport corridor that di- the region as a whole. The par- his Future Forward Party Bhaisepati in Kathmandu was Thailand’s third-largest, on Sunday, Department of and the entire region faces. He development in Afghanistan. assistance, Azerbaijan remains rectly connects Afghanistan with ticipants in the Istanbul Process stressed the importance of the “Azerbaijan is one of the first committed to supporting Afghan- Europe. This is an important are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Chi- drawing millions of sup- Environment data showed. porters who were attracted The government’s standard event in terms of the commit- and most active supporters of Af- istan,” the minister said. milestone in efforts to coordi- na, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyr- ments of all participating coun- ghanistan in efforts to cope with Bayramov said that the ongoing nate by building and improving gyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi to his anti-establishment level is 40 micrograms per platform during the 2019 cubic metre. tries, as well as supporter states the existing problems. Since regional projects initiated by infrastructure to expand Afghan Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turk- and international organizations, joining this process in 2012, we Azerbaijan represent a qualita- trade across Eurasia. Azerbaijan menistan and the UAE. election. IslamabadWEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 | P WWW.ISLAMABADPOST.COM.PKOST FBR continues Briefs action against non-duty paid PM approves Cigarettes ISLAMABAD: Inland GB Integrated Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN), FBR Development has intensified country- Plan wide operations against smuggled and Non-Duty paid cigarettes. IREN DNA Rawalpindi Team has ISLAMABAD: Prime Min- confiscated 1,800,000 ister Imran Khan Tuesday cigarettes contained in approved the historic Gilgit 180 cartons worth Rs. Baltistan (GB) Integrated 5,670,000 involving duty Development Plan. and tax evasion of Rs. The prime minister ap- 3,793,800. proved the Gilgit Baltistan In pursuit of Prime Min- Integrated Development ister’s vision and special Plan while chairing a meet- instructions of Chairman ing here. FBR, crackdown against counterfeit, smuggled and non-duty paid cig- PTI opposes arettes is in full swing. handover of Inland Revenue Enforce- ment Network is active in accounts re- all parts of the country to restrict the trade of ille- cord to Babar gal cigarettes. The teams ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Italy Andreas Ferrarese met with the Chairman Senate and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest. – DNA of IREN are working un- der Regional Coordina- Zubair Ahmed tors in all major cities of the country and Central ISLAMABAD: The ruling Coordinator, Intelligence Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Investigation, Islama- (PTI) has once again op- bad. – DNA posed Akbar S Babar’s, the Govt forms committee to petitioner, request for the handover of its accounts re- Pakistanis to cord to him. A three-member bench of get training the ECP, headed by Election review social media rules Commission Member Pun- that Article 19 and 19-A of the agency or intelligence agency, or 24 hours to abide by the authori- Pakistan or public order or causes from China jab Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi, Staff Report Constitution are related to funda- a company owned by the govern- ty’s bidding. incitement to any offence under was hearing PTI’s foreign mental rights and that “it seems ment. Section 8 gives PTA the power to PECA.” IP Report funding case. ISLAMABAD: The government that the stakeholders were not Under Clause 5, the block “entire online systems Clause 3 asks them to deploy ap- In its reply submitted to on Tuesday formed a committee ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Min- consulted in formulating social identity of the or any services provided propriate mechanisms to identify ister for Science and Tech- the Election Commission of to review social media regulations media rules”. complainant by such service provid- online content that needs to be Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday, introduced last year, the office of nology Fawad Chaudhry What are the rules? ers”. blocked/ removed under the rules. has said that Pakistan is counsel for the PTI Shah the Attorney-General for Pakistan Defining a social media compa- Under Section 9 (1) the so- Under clause 4, the social media Khawar said that the ECP said in a statement. working with Iron Brother ny as “any person that owns cial media companies and companies “shall not knowing- China to train the people in had previously too rejected The development comes after the or manages online systems for ISPs have been directed ly host, display, upload, publish, the petitioner’s request for federal government in January in- semi-conductor technology, the provision of social media”, to issue community transmit, update or share any according to Gwadar Pro. the provision of the record formed the Islamabad High Court the rules create legal liability guidelines. Adding on online content barred under the to him. that it would review the regula- Speaking to journalists, the on individuals associated with to it, clause 2 states rules”. Minister said the country’s Khawar argued that it was tions in an ongoing case challeng- the tech company rather than that these guidelines Under clause 5(a), social media Babar’s responsibility to ing their formation. future is linked with tech- holding the company responsible. “shall inform the user companies with over 500,000 us- nology. prove the authenticity of The AGP’s office said Feder- They also place internet service of the online sys- ers have to register with the Paki- the documents he had sub- al Minister for Human Rights “The merger of technology providers (ISP) on a par with tech tem not to host, stan Telecommunication Authori- and biotechnology is of ut- mitted to the election com- Shireen Mazari would be the com- companies in terms of liability. display, upload, ty within nine months while (b) mission. He further said mittee’s chairperson, with MNA most importance. We will Section 4 states that any content modify, publish, and (c) directs them to establish work together with China that the documents already Barrister Maleeka Bokhari, Sena- against (i) the glory of Islam, (ii) transmit update a registered office and appoint a submitted could not be tor Barrister Ali Zafar, secretary for the training of people in integrity, security, and defence or share any on- focal person based in Pakistan. semi-conductor technology. made public. IT, and chairman of Pakistan Tel- of Pakistan, (iii) public order, and line content that The rules also ask social media Member Punjab Altaf Ibra- ecommunication Authority as its China is already cooperat- (iv) decency and morality can be belongs to another companies and ISPs to establish ing,” he remarked. him Qureshi said that if members. removed/ blocked. Clause 2 says person and to which the user does one or more database servers Akbar S. Babar continued The statement further said the Chaudhry maintained that the rules will prevail and take not have any right.” in the country under clause 5(d) the incumbent government to submit applications, the committee would furnish its rec- precedence over “any contrary and the re- “This is [content that is] blasphe- while clause 7 requires them to scrutiny would drag on. “If ommendations to Prime Minister is making all-out efforts Community Guidelines” issued by ported content mous, defamatory, obscene, por- provide “decrypted readable and for the development of the the petitioner has objec- Imran Khan within a month’s time a service provider. shall remain “confidential”. nographic, paedophilic, invasive comprehensible information” to tions to any transaction, he — after consultations with the peti- technology sector. Section 5 states that a complaint Section 6 clause 6 makes it man- of another’s privacy, violates or the Federal Investigation Agency. He said the country can de- could challenge it,” Qureshi tioner, Usama Khawar — who filed can be filed by any person/ their datory for social media companies affects religious, cultural, ethnical Under Section 9 clause 10, the remarked. He further said the case in the IHC — and relevant velop at a fast speed with the guardian, ministry, division, at- and ISPs to retain information line sensitive of Pakistani or harms PTA is empowered to impose a development of science and it was not necessary that stakeholders. tached department, subordinate traffic data linked to the blocked minor in any way, impersonates penalty of up to Rs500 million on Babar checked the trans- During the January IHC hearing, technology. The minister office, provincial or local depart- content if asked by the PTA. Sec- another person or threatens the service providers and social media emphasised the need for a actions of each and every Justice Athar Minallah observed ment or office, law enforcement tion 7 gives them between six to integrity, security, or defence of companies. individual. national environment where Later, talking to the media, policies encourage techno- Akbar S. Babar, the petition- logical innovations and the er, said despite the fact that China’s agenda for exploration of new ideas. he had provided to the ECP Land core issue in He highlighted the recent details of three persons initiatives, including a new who collected funds for the the world based on national drone policy and PTI, not a single person’s Palestinian struggle: PNC the establishment of a na- account was checked. He peace and security tional board for the regula- urged the election commis- tion of technologies. The discussion was attend- DNA Chaudhry said that the un- sion to give a verdict in the DNA ed by the members of the case as soon as possible. precedented transforma- Institute of Community with RAMALLA: Palestine Nation- tions in speed, accuracy and ISLAMABAD: “At present, Shared Future, Communi- al Council (PNC) has said range of emerging technol- Sindh govt the agenda provided by Chi- cation University of China, that the celebration of The ogies in the contemporary na for the world is based on Beijing. The session was Land Day every year is an era necessitate their effec- to purchase Peace, Cooperation, and Se- commenced with the opening affirmation that the land is tive and robust utilisation curity” said Prof. Dr. Iram remarks by Prof. Li Huailiang, the core issue in our strug- for sustainable development 5 mln doses Khalid, Chairperson, Depart- Dean, Institute of Community gle against the Israeli occu- more than ever. He said ment of Political Science, Uni- with Shared Future, Commu- pation, and an expression of that for the first time in the of vaccine versity of Punjab, Lahore. nication University of China, the Palestinian people’s ad- country’s history, the civil She said the steering of Beijing. He stated that the herence to the land of their and military interface has DNA the changing world is in concept of “Clash of Civiliza- forefathers and grandparents been created and now both the hands of China. Irum tions” has led to numerous and their rejection of the are sharing their research KARACHI: Sindh Health was speaking at the Focus wars and killings of thousands settler colonial policies and with each other. Minister Dr Azra Pechuho Group Discussion on “Dia- of innocent lives. procedures that target their The minister said Pakistan announced on Tuesday that logue of Civilizations” held He stressed the importance national and historical pres- imported medical equip- the provincial government on March 29th. of international communica- ence on their land. ment when the first wave will directly purchase sin- The discussion was jointly tion and international cultural In a statement PNC issued of Covid-19 hit the country, gle-dose CanSino COVID-19 organized by Communi- exchange. He also mentioned for the 45th anniversary but now it is among those vaccines from China after cation university of China that to achieve sustainable of this national day, which 18 countries which are man- the federal government and Pakistan Research Cen- prosperity and security, a will fall tomorrow, Tuesday, on the 30th of March 1976 in the Palestinian national tive of the Zionist move- ufacturing ventilators. greenlighted provinces to tre for a community with peaceful inter-civilization March 30th, PNC called on response to the policy of seiz- awareness of the masses of ment, PNC added and called procure the vaccines. shared future. co-existence is required. the Palestinian people in all ing the land and the attempt our people in the Galilee, on our people in the 1948 Dr Azra Pechuho, while The Group Discussion was Prof. Zhang Yanqiu, Vice places of their presence to to Judaize the Palestinian the Triangle and the Negev, territories to adhere to unity Pakistan, addressing a press con- moderated by Khalid Taimur Dean, Institute of Community defend their land, strength- Galilee, embodied the high- strengthened the bonds of and to miss the opportunity ference today, made the Akram, Executive Director with Shared Future, Commu- en their national unity, and est meanings of sacrifice and unity between our people in for the Israeli occupation Azerbaijan to announcement for pro- Center for Global & Strategic nication University of China, their resistance to occupa- redemption for our people the homeland and the dias- that tried and is still trying curement of COVID-19 vac- Studies (CGSS) and Director Beijing highlighted the need tion, settlement and Judaiza- who have the inherent right pora, and contributed to the hard to penetrate the nation- promote ties cines after permission was Pakistan Research Center for for Cultural Inclusiveness tion in all forms. to it in the face of Zionist co- formulation of the national al position and divert atten- granted to the provinces a Community with Shared Fu- through the promotion of The Land Day, which came lonialism, PNC said. narrative in the face of the tion from the issue and the by the Centre. ture, Islamabad. global communications. after the gift of the masses The Land Day strengthened false and fabricated narra- national goals. DNA “Sindh will get 20,000 more DUSHANBE: Pakistan and doses of COVID-19 vaccines Azerbaijan have agreed to on March 31 (tomorrow), continue the process of whereas, the federal govern- mutual consultations to pro- ment will get 1 million vials mote bilateral cooperation. within two to three days. 5+1 talks in Geneva may be a last chance... The understanding came at The share of Sindh province From Page 01 da, instigated by the Greek Cypriot lead- Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the fenced erally licensed international oil companies a meeting between Foreign will be 200,000 doses. When asked how optimists he was about ership, to the detriment of the said area area of Maras and they have publicly stated to conduct hydrocarbon activities and they Minister Shah Mahmood Those administered two the outcome and positive approach from and more importantly at the expense of its that this decision will provide for them to have passed a legislative bill to establish Qureshi and Azeri Foreign doses of vaccines will be is- the Greek side, the Foreign Minister cat- former inhabitants. It should be noted that go back to their properties. a so-called national investment fund to Minister Jeyhun Bayramov sued certificate.” egorically stated why they should come up the TRNC govt decision of asking the ini- To yet another question about exploration manage unilaterally the future capital in- in Dushanbe on Tuesday. “I appeal the citizen to fol- with an open mind and positive approach. tiative of progressive opening of Maras in of resources in the area, the Foreign Min- come from hydrocarbon reserves. Moreo- Shah Mahmood Qureshi low the [standard operating The world is spoiling them and treating October 2020 was welcomed by the former ister said, the Greek Cypriots have unilat- ver they have signed bilateral agreements emphasized the need for procedures] SOPs as the them as if they were the Republic of Cy- with many countries regarding the delimi- undertaking joint efforts to third tide of the virus will prus, while this is not the case. Since, the tation of its unilaterally declared so called achieve the targets set for create a dangerous situa- world is supporting them therefore why exclusive economic zone. As a result of promotion of trade and eco- tion here in Sindh. People they should feel it necessary to attend Greek Cypriot side’s increasing unilateral nomic relations between the should avoid organising these talks with a positive mind. Having actions, the Turkish Cypriot side has been two countries. private gatherings inside said this, we know very well where do we obliged to take steps to protect its own The foreign minister noted homes too.” stand and where the Greek side stands. rights and interests regarding the hydro- that the beginning of direct The health minister said To a question the minister told, the gov- carbon resources around the island. flights between the two that the vaccination drive ernment of TRNC has taken a decision To a question about COVID situation in countries will supplement could not be declared suc- to undertake steps on the fenced area of TRNC, the Foreign Minister said everyone efforts to promote coopera- cessful until 80 per cent Maras starting with a scientific inventory is suffering and so is the TRNC. tion in diverse fields includ- population is immunised. survey. Steps taken are in line with the in- But daily cases in our country are less and ing tourism. “We have started adminis- ternational law, first and foremost protect- number of deaths is very low, but then you The two foreign ministers tering vaccines to people ing and respecting the rights of possession know we are a small country. Our govern- also held detailed discus- aged above 55 and others of former inhabitants of this town as also ment is conscious about spread of virus sion on the Afghan peace included in the age range of called for the relevant United National and we are thankful to motherland Turkey process, situation in Indian 50 years will be getting vac- Security Council resolutions. The unac- for providing us the vaccines. illegally occupied Jammu cinated in a few days. ceptable status quo on the island, which As regards tourist activities we plan to and Kashmir and the region- Everyone should go for be- is also valid for the fenced area of Maras, open up country for international visitors al situation in the wake of ing vaccinated as this vac- have continued for all these decades due and tourists in the mid of April 2021 but border areas recovered by cine is not for elites only.” to political considerations and propagan- with double vaccination. Azerbaijan. Published by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti, Printed at Rohani Art Press, Islamabad: Ph: 051-2266165, Email: [email protected]