A view of final Polo match between FG Polo and Master Paints during Century 99 Punjab cup at Polo club
Federal Minister for P&SI Ahsan Iqbal chairing the special NEOC Session via video link held on Relief Assistance to Quake-hit Turkiye and Syria
Chairman NDMA Lt General Inam Haider Malik along with Turkish Ambassador H.E Mehmet Pacaci attended special NEOC Session at NDMA
Zardari pays tribute to women who worked for democracy
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (APP): President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Asif Ali Zardari Sunday paid tribute to the women who raised their voices for the Constitution and democracy during the Zia dictatorship on National Women’s Day.
“Mother of democracy, Begum Nusrat Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto were the torchbearers of the struggle for freedom and democracy among the womenfolk of the country,” he added.
He said Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto defeated the powerful dictators through democratic struggle.
Asif Zardari said the women leaders and workers of the PPP endured imprisonment in the Shahi Fort in the struggle for the restoration of democracy.
“PPP ensured the participation of women in all sectors,” he said, adding that it is important for a dignified and civilized society that women should have equal rights.
He said the mindset that considers women as inferior and weak has to be defeated. The PPP would continue the struggle to give women the dignified position they deserve.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting to review Pakistan’s contribution in rescue and relief activities in the post-earthquake situation in Turkiye and Syria
PM directs speedy completion of wind, solar energy projects
LAHORE, Feb 12 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday directed the speedy completion of solar and wind energy projects.
While chairing a meeting on renewable energy here, he said it was a priority of the government to encourage the production of electricity through solar and wind energy sources.
The renewable sources would produce low-cost and environment-friendly electricity, he added.
The prime minister pointed out that the last government did not complete the solar and wind energy projects started by the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz).
The 220 million people of Pakistan suffered due to the criminal negligence and incompetency of the last government, he added.
The PM said work on the solar power projects of 10,000 megawatts was continuing at a fast pace.
The solar power projects would help in saving precious foreign exchange being spent on the import of expensive fuel, he remarked.
He said the relevant institutions should immediately present a strategy for fully benefitting from the available solar and wind resources in the country.
He assured that all obstacles in the way of renewable energy projects would be removed.
The participants of the meeting were informed in detail about the present wind and solar energy resources in the country, the pace of work on the ongoing projects, and the delayed projects.
Besides the current 10,000 megawatts renewal energy projects, it was told that solar and wind power projects of 6000 megawatts were also considered to produce environment-friendly and low-cost energy.
The federal ministers Ishaq Dar, Khurram Dastgir, Ahsan Iqbal, Special Assistant to PM Jehanzeb Khan, Adviser Ahad Cheema and officials concerned attended the meeting.
Earthquake: PIA’s another flight reaches Türkiye with 5-ton relief assistance
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (APP): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Sunday transported another consignment of five tons of relief assistance to Türkiye in line with Pakistan’s sincere efforts to help the people and government of brotherly country facing widespread destruction caused by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
“The national flag carrier has so far transported around 72 tons of relief assistance besides airlifting a 51-member rescue team,” PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press statement here.
Elaborating, he said, the PIA collectively operated six scheduled and two special chartered flights to Adana and Istanbul cities of Türkiye and Damascus, the capital city of Syria.
“The relief flights are being operated by Boeing-777 aircraft from Lahore and Islamabad,” he said, adding the PIA was actively participating in the relief activities on behalf of the government of Pakistan.
The spokesman said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had delivered a large number of tents and blankets to the earthquake-affected areas of Türkiye and Syria.
He said the PIA management has assured to provide all possible help and operational assistance to Turkish Airlines and the authorities concerned during the testing times.
He said the national flag carrier was also extending complete assistance to Pakistan’s embassy in Türkiye, including bringing its nationals back to the homeland from the quake-affected areas.
Imran destroyed country’s peace, economy: Muqam
SWAT, Feb 12 (APP): Adviser to the Prime Minister Engr Amir Muqam here on Sunday said that Imran Imran Niazi has destroyed peace and economy of the country through his flawed policies and rampage of corruption during his four years rule in centre and 10 years in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz believed in practical work and would reestablish peace in the country including KP and would take Pakistan out of the difficult economic situation.
Addressing a big Party workers convention, Amir Muqam said that Nawaz Sharif government had eliminated terrorism and established peace in the country including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa besides resettling millions of IDPs of Malakand division including Swat in their native areas with dignity.
Amir Muqam who is the President of PML-N KP, said that Imran Khan was failed to provide 10 million jobs and 5 million houses to people despite his tall pledges and the people of KP would make him accountable for his lies-based politics.
He said all the mega development projects including electricity, gas and roads infrastructure launched by the Nawaz Sharif government for the people of Swat were closed by the former PTI government to deprive people from development and said that Imran Khan and PTI’s former lawmakers including former CM Mahmood Khan would face people wrath in the election.
Amir Muqam said these pending projects would be completed by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz government for the benefits of the people of Swat.
He said that the people of Swat knew that Kalam-Bahrain road, Swat Expressway and other mega projects for Swat were approved during the government of Nawaz Sharif and PTI can’t deceive the masses by merely fixing its sign boards.
He said the former PTI government has failed to start any mega development project in KP in the last five years and deplored for changing the name of Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital in Swat.
Muqam said that the hospital would be renamed as Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital Swat. “Nawaz Sharif lived in the people’s hearts and through such negative tactics, PTI could not remove his name from the hearts and minds of the masses”, he added.
He said that Imran Khan would be held accountable for his corrupt practices referring to Tosha Khana and PTI foreign funding cases. The PM aide claimed that Imran Khan had tarnished the country’s image after stealing a watch from Tosha Khana. Amir Muqam said majority of PTI former lawmakers, advisers and ministers have accumulated billions of rupees beyond known sources of income while billion trees project was taken over by the NAB that exposed Imran Khan’s anti-corruption slogans.
On the other hand, he said the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has visited all flood hit areas of Pakistan including Swat where he personally reviewed rescue and relief operations while Imran Khan concentrated on agitation politics and left millions of floods victims under an open sky in harsh weather despite PTI government in Punjab and KP during that time.
He said that the government was left with no option but to renegotiate the suspended IMF agreement signed by the Imran govt.
He said that all actors that ousted Nawaz Sharif and brought Imran into power were exposed before the masses. Even, our political opponents have admitted that great injustice was made with Nawaz Sharif and his ouster had pushed the country’s back for many years, he expressed.
The Advisor said that after the elevation of Chief Organizer and PML-N Vice President, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a new spirit in the Party workers was infused and PMLN would achieve overwhelming success in the election.
He said that decisions would be taken in line with the law and the Constitution and not on the wishes of Imran Khan.
Muqam said that most of PTI leaders and workers were not happy over the decision of Imran Khan after the dissolution of KP and Punjab assemblies, adding that hue and cry of the former lawmakers of PTI were now unjustified.
Engr Amir Muqam said that he worked very hard to achieve the present status at PML-N and would continue to work with more dedication and commitment to make his party more stronger in the province.
On this occasion, people raised slogans in favor of PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Amir Muqam.
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