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Domki pays tribute to security forces for conducting peaceful election

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QUETTA, Feb 11 (APP):Balochistan Caretaker Chief Minister Mir Ali Mardan Khan Domki paid tribute to all the provincial, divisional and district administrative officers, including the Pakistan Army and FC for diligently performing their election duties and conducting peaceful elections.
In a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat here on Sunday, he also congratulated Corps Commander 12 Corps Balochistan Lt. Gen. Rahat Naseem Ahmad Khan, IGFC North and South Balochistan, Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary Home, IG Police, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, DIGs, SSPs for the efficient execution of all the stages of the general elections throughout Balochistan and the provision of effective support in services for the restoration of peace in the challenging situation of law and order in Balochistan.
He expressed his satisfaction with better security arrangements for ensuring the safety of people’s lives and finances.
The CM said that in every corner of Balochistan, the people came out of their homes to vote and exercised their right to vote, due to which the overall turnout was satisfactory.
In accordance with the democratic requirements, the people exercised their right to vote in a peaceful environment with their firm consciousness and choice and elected their parliamentary representatives, he said.
He said that the Caretaker Government of Balochistan was successful in conducting peaceful and transparent elections saying that in some constituencies, there were sad incidents before the elections in which precious human lives were lost, for which we deeply regretted.
The chief minister said that despite all the security challenges, the election process took place on the scheduled date and all the election stages were completed successfully in the entire province.
He also congratulated all the candidates who were successful in the elections while hoping for patience from those candidates who lost in the election and expecting them to continue their mission of public service in the political process.
The CM said that the full participation of the people in the election process in all areas of Balochistan was a manifestation of the conscious awareness of the people

ICT Admin seeks applications from childless couples for adoption of children

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP): The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration has sought applications from childless couples eager to welcome a new member into their family through adoption.
“The interested couples can obtain and submit application forms from the General Branch of the the Deputy Commissioner’s Office until 5 p.m. on February 13,” a news release said on Sunday.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Irfan Nawaz Memon has formed a committee, which will interview the parents will adopt orphan children on February 14.
Keeping in view the children’s welfare and make the process transparent, neither the gender of children would not be disclosed, not their photographs would be provided to the aspirant adoptive parents, the news release said
“Certain individuals, such as single parents or widows, are ineligible to adopt a child. Only childless couples, specifically those facing infertility due to medical reasons, are eligible to participate. These couples must provide a medical certificate confirming their condition and showing a reasonable duration of marriage.”
The DC Office would continue ensure regular monitoring of their health, well-being, and psychological development of the children after their adoption by qualified experts.

ECP restrains ROs from issuing final notifications of NA-15, NA-47, NA-48

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP):The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday restrained Returning Officers (ROs) from issuing final notifications of successful candidates for NA-15, NA-47, and NA-48.
A four-member bench, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, heard the cases.
Petitioners Muhammad Nawaz Sharif from NA-15 Mansehra, Shoib Shaheen from NA-47, and Syed Ali Bokhari from NA-48 Islamabad have requested the ECP to direct concerned ROs not to issue the consolidated results of these constituencies until the outcome of the case.
Earlier unofficial results announced by the ECP showed that in NA-15, PML-N supremo Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was defeated by an independent candidate Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khan.
In NA-47 of the federal capital, PML-N’s Tariq Fazal Chaudhry was declared successful, while the PTI-supported Shoaib Shaheen was the runner-up in the constituency.
In NA-48, an independent candidate Raja Khurram Shehzad was declared successful, while the PTI-supported Syed Muhammad Ali Bukhari was the second.

Attique felicitates nation, institutions for conducting peaceful general election

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP): President Muslim Conference, Ex-Premier Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has congratulated the whole nation, all institutions for conducting the general election 2024 in a fair, free and peaceful manner.
Talking to overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris on arrival at Dubai airport on a week-long visit to UAE, he said the future of Pakistan’s democracy is brighter keeping in view the high enthusiasm of the people demonstrated in the Feb 8, general election, said a news release issued here.
He said every healthy and positive act on the national level powerfully reflects on Kashmir’s plight. He termed, “Kashmir is an integral part of the Pakistan.”
Commenting on Kashmir’s deplorable situation, Sardar Attique made it clear that whatever anti-Kashmir measures perpetrated by India in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are all in flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions.
He further said that India must reverse all anti-Kashmir demographic and geographic moves that have been taken since August 5, 2019.  “Kashmiris are struggling for the right to self-determination and India cannot suppress its movement through military might,” he added.
To a query, he lauded the role of Pakistani and Kashmiri overseas workers in the economic development of UAE.

Kashmiri pays tribute to Maqbool Bhatt Shaheed

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP):Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Uzair Ahmed Ghazali has said that Maqbool Bhatt was a revolutionary leader who has sacrificed his life for Kashmir’s independence.
In a statement issued here Sunday on the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhatt, he said that Maqbool Bhatt’s eternal struggle for the freedom was exemplary.
He said that Bhatt was one of the first leaders of freedom under Indian imperialism, who showed the people the way of freedom and struggle from India.
Ghazali said that the Kashmiri people will continue their struggle to get freedom from the illegal occupation of India.
“India could not weaken Kashmir’s freedom struggle with executions, fake military encounters, arrests, worst use of laws, and coercive leadership” he reiterated.
“The bigoted and tyrannical Indian judiciary openly expressed its hatred and enmity towards the Kashmiri people and hanged Mohammad Maqbool Butt and Afzal Guru despite insufficient evidence”, he added.
He further said that Indian rulers of Kashmir can’t be successful by coercion and cannot suppress the voice of Kashmiri people.
“Even After the execution of the two Kashmiri leaders, Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru, their dead bodies were not handed over to their heirs, which is the worst violation of human rights”, adding that International human rights organizations should play their role for innocent Kashmiri people.
He said that the great martyrs of Kashmir independence movement including Muhammad Maqbool Bhatt, Muhammad Afzal Guru, Syed Ali Shah Gillani, Muhammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai, Muhammad Maqbool Alai, Ghulam Rasool Dar, Abdul Majeed Dar, Khalid Sani, Mirwaiz Maulvi Muhammad Farooq, Abdul Ghani Lone, Ahmed Hassan, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, Zia Mustafa, Sajjad Afghani and others have sacrificed their lives for this noble cause.