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Eight vessels carrying 400,000 MT wheat arrive at Gwadar port till-date: Planning Ministry

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP): Around eight vessels carrying 400,000 Metric Ton (MT) of wheat from different countries have so far anchored at the Gwadar seaport in line with the special directives of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif to operationalize the newly-built facility, starting from March 3, 2023.

Under this initiative, the government would import overall 450,000 MT of wheat which is scheduled to complete on April 26 with the arrival of the last shipment of 50,000 MT of wheat, the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives said in a news release here on Tuesday.

“The last consecutive vessel MV Advance will call at Gwadar port on 26th April 2023,” it said, adding “Import of wheat through Gwadar has marked the beginning of a new era of business, trade and commercial activities at Gwadar Port.”

People of Balochistan especially Gwadar and Makran would be among the main beneficiaries of the increased business activities at the Gwadar port.

“All the contractors, workforce, customs clearing agents, shipping agents, labour contractors, food suppliers etc. engaged in the operation of Gwadar port relating to imports by TCP (Trading Corporation of Pakistan) are 100% from local population . . . and it will definitely help uplift living standards of the people of Balochistan.”

President Alvi condoles with families of martyred troops

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP):President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday expressed condolence with the families of the Pakistan Army personal who were martyred in South Waziristan on April 15.

The president had a telephonic conversation with brothers of Lance Naek Shoaib Ali and Sepoy Rafi Ullah, and paid tributes to the martyrs for their sacrifices and services to the country.

He said the whole nation saluted the services of the martyrs. The president also saluted the martyrs for their duty and bravery.

He also thanked the families of the martyrs on behalf of the whole nation.

President Alvi offered sympathies with the families of the martyrs and prayed to Allah Almighty for courage to bear this irreparable loss. He also prayed for elevation of ranks of the martyrs in paradise.

PM stresses ‘no politics’ on health, education projects

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RAWALPINDI, Apr 18 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed that the development projects, particularly those relating to health and education, must not be politicized and be implemented in the best interest of the general public.

During his visit to the Rawalpindi Institute of Urology and Transplantation (RIUT), he said no one should be allowed to politicize the projects of any government.

Shehbaz Sharif said it was time to get united for the proper implementation of the Constitution of the country.

He expressed satisfaction with the successful completion of the first phase of the hospital where patients were being provided best medical treatment in areas of dialysis, kidney ailments, and surgeries.

He lauded the Punjab administration of health for effectively carrying out the operationalization of the hospital and appreciated doctors and nurses for their dedication.

He mentioned that Rs 5 billion were spent on RIUT so far and recalled that he laid the foundation stone of the hospital in 2012. He regretted that the previous government delayed the project, which otherwise could have been made operational much earlier.

PM stresses 'no politics' on health, education projects

PM Sharif said earlier, an allegation put against him by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court halted the work on a kidney and liver transplant hospital in Lahore.

He said such discouragement of development and social work badly impacted the provision of civic facilities for the general public.

He said serving the masses was a noble cause that needed a synchronized effort by all stakeholders.

The prime minister took a round of various sections of the RIUT and inquired about the health of patients. He also instructed the administration to leave no stone unturned in providing best medical facilities to the patients.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leaders Hanif Abbasi, Tahira Aurangzeb, and others were present.

Rehmani condemns killing of lawmaker, brother in UP, India

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP): Jammu and Kashmir People’s Freedom League Chairman Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has condemned the live TV murder of four-time lawmaker Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad in Uttar Pradesh, India, where police failed to protect them amidst reports of anti-Muslim violence.

The attacker allegedly shouted anti-Muslim slogans while the brothers were handcuffed and the police failed to protect them during a medical check-up in broad daylight.

Rehmani expressed deep concern over the increasing incidents of anti-Muslim violence in India and warned of a humanitarian crisis if the world fails to act. He urged immediate intervention to stop the slaughter of Indian Muslims.
He stated that Indian Muslims were being slaughtered like animals in their own homeland by the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) gangs without any intervention from the international community. Rehmani added that the only fault of Indian Muslims was their belief in Islam, and “this was being used to justify their persecution”.

Moreover, he highlighted that while in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Kashmiris were being targeted for demanding the right of self-determination, the demographic changes were being made to alter the Muslim majority character of the state. Rehmani warned that such atrocities could lead to a severe humanitarian crisis and urged the world community to take immediate action to stop the ongoing violence against Indian Muslims.

Commenting on the 2019 Pulwama attack, he stated that the revelations made by Satya Pal Malik, former governor of IIOJK, had vindicated Pakistan’s stance and confirmed that the attack was a part of the terrorism bogey used to enact fake encounters against the youth of Kashmir.

Rehmani accused India of violating promises made with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and international humanitarian law, as well as failing to protect the rights of Indian Muslims according to the Nehru-Liaqat Pact.

Rehmani demanded that members and sympathizers of the RSS should not be permitted to enter Kashmir under any circumstances, given the alarming state of affairs in India. He expressed concern that the RSS gangs, with the support of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, could carry out large-scale killing sprees in the region.

Climate change impacts turn food self-sufficient Pakistan into deficient nation: Munir Akram

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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (APP):Climate change is adversely affecting Pakistan’s agricultural production, making the food self-sufficient country into a deficient one, Ambassador Munir Akram told a UN event on Monday

“This is obviously one of the critical impacts of the poly-crises we have been facing during the past three years,” the Pakistani envoy said during a discussion organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on ways to bring the role of finance for development to mitigating and preventing food crises and promoting food systems transformation.

Among other speakers were FAO’s Chief Economist Maximo Torero, who joined the event virtually from Rome, and its co-organizers — El Salvador’s Ambassador Egriselda Aracely Gonzalez-Lopez and Ethiopian Ambassador Tesfaye Yila Sabo.

Outlining Pakistan’s case, Ambassador Akram said the country was almost food sufficient, with agriculture accounting for 38 percent of the labour force, contributing 22.7 percent to GDP in 2021–22.

“Yet, because of climate change, there has been a steady deterioration in our ability to produce,” the Pakistani envoy said, pointing out that his country suffered one of the worst climate crises last year — a spring heatwave shriveled harvests, followed by unprecedented summer floods drowning them.

“The floods inundated 4.4 million acres of standing crops,” he said, adding, “From food self-sufficient we became deficient without the ability to plant for the next season due to the standing water.”

Having suffered such massive impacts, the Pakistani envoy said Pakistan could not qualify for any of the international criteria for support.

“We found to our shock, we are not eligible for the food shock window nor for the PRGT (Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust)”, he said. “Our negotiations with the IMF have dragged on for months and months for reasons…”

In this regard, Ambassador Akram agreed with UN Secretary-General’s conclusion that the financial system was “morally bankrupt”.

“People are suffering from exogenous shocks, yet they are not being able to gain access to support,” he said, highlighting the fact that there is something wrong with the system that we must seek to correct.”

Dialogue only way in Parliamentary democracy to deal any crisis: Sanaullah

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP): Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Monday endorsed the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) vision saying that dialogue was the only way in Parliamentary democracy to deal with any kind of crisis.

Speaking along side PPP leaders Yusuf Raza Gillani, Minister for Commerce Naveed Qamar, Adviser to PM on Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira and PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq here, he said the politics of ego has brought this country into crisis.

Rana Sanaullah said the crisis have so aggravated that the two supreme institutions of the country have come to face off each other which was not good as it would drag the country into further crisis.

“Therefore it is the responsibility and demand of patriotism of all political parties to take the country out of crisis through dialogues,” he said.

The minister lauded PPP on their efforts to sort out matters through dialogue saying “our party has always taught us to respect the difference of opinion but different circumstances were created in the country after 2014 which led to bitterness in behaviours.”

Referring to PTI’s resistance to talks with the coalition parties, he said our party also avoided going into dialogue after that as we had to hear abusive language in return from the other side.

So under these circumstances PPP has taken a superb step and this was the only way to take the country out of crisis by sitting together and having a dialogue.

Marriyum shares glimpse of Imran Khan’s ‘dark rule’ on twitter

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday shared a few pictures on her twitter which illustrated the brutalities unleashed by Imran Khan on media persons during his four-year (mis) rule.

The minister said these were few glimpse of the “dark era of Imrani Nazism” which were preserved in history.

Reacting to Imran Khan’s tweet about democracy, she said the PTI chief was declared “predator for media” by the international organizations.

“Imrani Tolla” had the plan to rule the country for ten years, she said, adding nobody was spared during the tenure of the PTI not even the innocent Tayyba Gul who was held hostage in the Prime Minister’s House to blackmail the then NAB chief for pursuing false cases against the then opposition leaders.

She said the people from Hazara and Sahiwal did not get justice during the rule of Imran Khan who did not bother to console those who lost their loved ones in two different tragedies.

Everybody had fallen prey to his violence whether these were teachers, media or government teachers, she added.

Marriyum said the wrong policies of Imran Khan had destroyed the economy, increased inflation to an extreme level and pushed 20 million people below the poverty line.

Imran Khan had not only brought the country to the brink of default by violating the conditions agreed by his government with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but also severely harmed the foreign policy, the minister added.

Khawaja Asif demands probe into $3 bln plunder by IK regime

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 17 (APP): Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday urged the National Assembly speaker to order an inquiry into the plunder of 3 billion dollars by the previous regime of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led by Imran Khan.

Speaking in the National Assembly, he said the PTI-led government had received a soft loan of 3 billion dollars during the pandemic and that amount was disbursed among the cronies.

He stressed that the Speaker should issue directives to the standing committee concerned to probe the matter and present its report in the House.

The chair referred the matter to the Finance Committee with the direction to lay its report before the House.

The Annual Report of the State Bank on the State of Pakistan’s Economy for the year, 2021-22, the Mid-year Budget Review Report for the year, 2022-23 and the annual report of the National Accountability Bureau for the year, 2022 were laid before the House.

PPP wants to save country from constitutional crisis: Naveed Qamar

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ISLAMABAD, Apr 17 (APP):Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar Monday said Pakistan Peoples Party wanted to save the country from constitutional crisis.

He said this in a press conference at the residence of Awami National Party leader Main Iftikhar Ahmed.

The supplementary grant was not rejected by the cabinet but rather by the parliament, these things are leading to constitutional conflict, he added.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing the Iftar Dinner he hosted in the honor of Islamabad-based Ambassadors of brotherly Islamic Countries

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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing the Iftar Dinner he hosted in the honor of Islamabad-based Ambassadors of brotherly Islamic Countries
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