Stable market to leave positive impact on cotton supply chain

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Sat, 2 Sep 2023, 8:36 PM

LAHORE, Sep 02 (APP):Punjab Agriculture Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahoo has said that the current year is “the year of revival of cotton”.

He said this while presiding over the meeting held in Multan and Bahawalpur to monitor the current situation of cotton and floods in South Punjab, according to a press release issued here on Saturday.

It is encouraging that the cotton market remains stable this year as it would have a positive impact on the cotton supply chain, he added. He further said that there was a need to pay special attention to nutritional management in order to get full production of the cotton crop during this month.

Iftikhar Ali Sahoo said that measures should continue on a priority basis for cotton surveillance, monitoring and prevention of harmful insects. The secretary was told that the overall condition of cotton was satisfactory in the province and priority measures were being taken for better care of the crop.

However, in some areas the attack of whitefly, millybug and pink bollworm has been observed. On receiving the report, agricultural extension and pest warning teams are spraying agricultural poison with advanced chemistry.

The secretary gave instructions that a technical session of agricultural experts should be held to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the prevention of harmful insects and worms.

During the briefing, it was further informed that harvesting of early sown cotton crop was in progress and overall crop was good so far.

AJK President says Jammu and Kashmir’s partition unacceptable to Kashmiris

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Sat, 2 Sep 2023, 8:04 PM

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 (APP): The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, while stressing the need for settling the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions, has said the fragmentation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was not acceptable to the Kashmiri people.

Addressing at a ceremony organized in the memory of towering Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani here Saturday, the AJK President said, “Let it be clear that Kashmiris will not allow the partition of Kashmir under any circumstances.” He said all that Kashmiris want is implementation of the UN resolutions that guaranteed the right to self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

He reaffirmed full support to the ongoing freedom struggle in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and said that the government and people on this side of the Line of Control (LoC) stand in support and solidarity with their Kashmiri brethren in their struggle against the Indian illegal occupation. He said that all political parties were on the same page on the issue of Kashmir.

Barrister Chaudhry said that the BJP-led Indian government was hell bent on changing the demography of IIOJK by settling Hindus in the territory. He said, by altering the region’s demography, the Modi government wants to install a Hindu chief minister in the region in order to lend legitimacy to the actions it took on and after August 5, 2019.

The AJK President deplored that India’s 900,000 forces’ personnel deployed in length and breadth of occupied Kashmir were involved in gross human rights violations in the region. He lauded the sacrifices rendered by the Kashmiri people and maintained that the day is not far when the people of IIOJK would achieve their cherished goal of liberation of Kashmir from the Indian illegal occupation. He said the Kashmiris living abroad should also play their role in highlighting the freedom movement.

Paying rich tributes to Syed Ali Gilani, he said the veteran leader was fearless advocate of Kashmiris’ right to self-determination who devoted his entire life to the freedom movement of Kashmir.

NA Speaker inaugurates provision of transportation facilities to women college

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Sat, 2 Sep 2023, 7:55 PM

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (APP): Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday said that education was an essential factor for women empowerment and providing basic facilities to women would enhance their literacy rate across the country. He added that the provision of transportation facilities to girls students in Gujar Kahn who travel 40 km to reach the college would encourage them to complete their education.

He expressed these views while addressing a public gathering in connection with the provision of transport services to Government Associate College for Girls.

It is pertinent to mention here that Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf visited Government Associate College for Girls Manghot on 30th May 2023. During the visit, the students and faculty members raised the issue of transport problems to girls students.

The Speaker, on the occasion, assured them provision of transport facilities.

The provision of these buses will resolve the traveling difficulties faced by the students coming from far-flanged areas. Now, they will be able to participate in their educational activities more enthusiastically. This facility would also encourage girls students to continue and complete their education.

The people of the area, the students and their parents have expressed their gratitude to Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf for the promotion of girls’ education in Gujjar Khan and its adjacent areas for the development of the area.

Ringleader of dacoit gang killed in encounter

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Sat, 2 Sep 2023, 7:46 PM

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sep 02 (APP):The ring leader of notorious inter-provincial dacoit gang was killed in an encounter here in the limits of Paharpur Police station on Saturday.

According to police spokesman, the police received secret information about the presence of notorious inter-provincial dacoit gang in Tehsil Paharpur.

Following the instructions of District Police Officer (DPO) Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisrani, a team of Paharpur police led by SHO raided the site to arrest the said dacoit. The dacoit gang opened fire at police mobile when it reached at Khaki near Link road, Hafizabad.

The police forcefully retaliated the firing. As a result, a dacoit was killed who was identified as Fateh Ullah alias Fatehi son of Shaista Khan, a resident of Laar. The dacoit was wanted to Dera Ismail Khan and Punjab Police in several cases of robbery, dacoity, bike and mobile snatching.

Meanwhile, the other accomplice of the dacoit managed to escape by taking advantage of the forest.

The police started search operation in the area to arrest the second accomplice.