6 dead, 1093 injured in Punjab road accidents

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 5:11 PM

LAHORE, Aug 30 (APP):At least six people were killed while 1093 injured in 1081 road accidents in all 37 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours.

Of whom, 526 people with serious injuries were shifted to different hospitals, while 567 people with

minor injuries were treated on the spot by rescue medical teams.

Analysis show that 564 drivers, 39 underage drivers, 139 pedestrians, and 396 passengers were

among the victims of road accidents.

Statistics show that 305 road accidents were reported in Lahore which affected 313 people placing

the provincial capital at top of the list followed by 68 in Multan with 60 victims and at third Gujranwala

with 68 road accidents and 66 victims.

According to the data, 927 motorbikes, 69 auto-rickshaws, 95 motorcars, 24 vans, 06 buses,

21 trucks and 104 other types of auto vehicles and slow-moving carts were involved in the road

accidents.

President Dr. Arif Alvi giving away recognition shields to the high achievers of the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr

Khuram Maryam

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 5:08 PM

APP22-300823 ISLAMABAD: August 30 - President Dr. Arif Alvi giving away recognition shields to the high achievers of the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr. APP/MAF/TZD

President Dr. Arif Alvi addressing the closing ceremony of Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr

Khuram Maryam

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 5:08 PM

President Dr. Arif Alvi addressing the closing ceremony of Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr

Khuram Maryam

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 5:08 PM

ADC checks rates, scales of filling stations in Tank

Raiq Qureshi

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 5:08 PM

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 30 (APP):Additional Assistant Commissioner Tank Jamshed Alam on Wednesday visited several filling stations to ensure the provision of petroleum products to consumers at officially prescribed rates.

The additional assistant commissioner, accompanied by the Assistant Director Industries Department, checked the rates, scale, and quality of various filling stations. The fines were also imposed on the violators.

He also inspected the availability of stock of petroleum products and warned owners of the filling stations that strict action would be taken against them if they were found involved in creating an artificial crisis of petroleum products in the market.

He said that he had undertaken the visit on the directives of the deputy commissioner to facilitate citizens.

APHC-AJK expresses grave concern over enforced disappearances in Kashmir

Raiq Qureshi

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 5:05 PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP):The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, today, held a meeting here at its office.

The speakers at the meeting presided over by APHC-AJK General Secretary Sheikh Abdul Mateen said that when the world community is observing the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, most Kashmiri families are waiting for the return of their loved ones who have gone missing in the custody of Indian troops in last over 33 years in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, said a press release.

They said that the Indian forces’ personnel have been directly involved in the disappearances of Kashmiris for a long time and most of them were last seen in the custody of the occupation troops. Expressing deep concern over the growing cases of enforced disappearances in the occupied territory, the speakers demanded that India should immediately provide information about the missing persons to their families.

They said India cannot suppress the just struggle of Kashmiris by resorting to cruel tactics including extrajudicial killings and molestation of women. The speakers reiterated the determination of Kashmiris to carry the struggle for freedom of their motherland to its logical end. The Hurriyat leaders said that Kashmiris are making sacrifices for a great cause, adding it is because of these unprecedented sacrifices that the Kashmir dispute has become the center of attention at the global level.

The APHC-AJK leaders urged the United Nations and international human rights organizations to take notice of Indian plans of changing IIOJK’s demography as well as the genocide of Kashmir youth and other serious violations of human rights being committed by Indian troops in the occupied territory.

The meeting was attended by Nisar Mirza, Advocate Parvez Ahmed, Imtiaz Wani, Ejaz Rahmani, Raja Khadim Hussain, Zahid Ashraf, Haji Sultan Butt, Syed Mushtaq, Abdul Majeed, Gulshan Ahmed, Adeel Mushtaq Wani, Muhammad Ashraf Dar, Shaukat Ahmed Butt, Manzoor Ahmed Dar and others.

AIOU holds painting, speech competition

Raiq Qureshi

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 4:50 PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP):A national song, painting, and speech competition was organized by the Islamabad regional campus of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) at Zargham Mazhar Shaheed Model College, Islamabad.

Many students from schools and colleges of Rawalpindi/Islamabad participated in this event, said a news release.

Anwaar Haider took the first position in the speech competition, followed by Hamza Aziz in second place and Ahsan Ali in third place.

In the national song competition, Shakeel Ahmed, Muneebullah and Rabeet Hasan secured the first, second, and third positions respectively, while Hasan, Anas Ali, and Ayan took first, second, and third place respectively in the painting competition.

Director General Regional Services, Dr. Tauqir Ahmad Khan presided over the event while Regional Director Islamabad, Ahsan Shakur and Regional Director Rawalpindi, Nasreen Akhtar Mirza were also present on this occasion.

Dr. Tauqeer Ahmad Khan congratulated the students and expressed the interest of Vice Chancellor AIOU, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood in providing opportunities for co-curricular activities.

He congratulated the students who secured positions and participated in the competition on behalf of the Vice Chancellor and guaranteed that the university would continue to offer these opportunities.

Moreover, the Department of Sociology, AIOU organized a seminar on “Climate Change and Impacts of Floods” in connection with World Humanity Day in the main campus of AIOU. Adil Shiraz, Country Head of Care International was the chief guest.

Head, Department of Sociology, Dr Syed Imran Haider, faculty members and students also participated in the seminar.

PSX loses 525 points

NNPS Desk

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 4:49 PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP): The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Wednesday and shed 525.86 points, showing negative change of 1.12 percent, closing at 46,244.56 points against 46,770.42 points the previous trading day.

A total of 200,288,813 shares were traded during the day as compared to 217,852,268 shares, whereas the trading value of shares was recorded at Rs 8.987 billion against Rs 8.280 billion on the last trading day.

As many as 327 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 70 of them recorded gains and 240 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 17 companies remained unchanged.

The three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 16,322,731 shares at Rs 1.18 per share; K-Electric Ltd with 12,424,393 shares at Rs 1.89 per share and Dewan Motors with 12,107,424 shares at Rs 16.60 per share.

Sapphire Fiber witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 78.00 per share price, closing at Rs 1,148.00, whereas the runner-up was Sapphire Textile with Rs 77.89 rise in its per share price to Rs 1,128.00.

Mehmood Textile witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 54.50 per share closing at Rs 685.00; followed by Mari Petroleum with Rs 20.92 decline to close at Rs 1,619.53.

Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh to begin from Sept 5

Raiq Qureshi

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 4:48 PM

LAHORE, Aug 30 (APP):Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs, Housing, Zakat and Ushar Barrister

Syed Azfar Ali Nasir has said that the 980th Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh will be held

from September 5 to 7.

On the special instructions of the chief minister Punjab, foolproof security arrangements had

been made regarding Urs, he added.

These views were expressed by the minister with Secretary Auqaf Dr Syed Tahir Raza Bukhari

and Director General of Religious Affairs Asif Ali Farrukh in a joint press conference

at Committee room here on Wednesday.

On this occasion, the minister said that the Urs celebrations would start on September 5 at 11am

with the ceremony of Chadar Poshi on the grave of the great saint of the Sub-continent after which

the traditional milk Sabil will be inaugurated.

Barrister Azfar Ali Nasir said that special publication of two books, “Ma’arif Syed Hajvair” and “Tasheel Kashf Al-Mahjub” had also been arranged as the Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi will launch these two books.

On the occasion, more than 500 religious and spiritual gatherings and academic sessions have been

arranged.

Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman will inaugurate the international conference on August 31

at 2 pm.

He said that the Auqaf Department had allocated Rs 12.5 million for Langar and other ceremonies besides arrangements of Urs for pilgrims.

Talking about security arrangements, he said that 155 CCTV cameras, more than 3000 security personnel

would be deployed. Lady constables will be engaged in women area.

Medical camps had also been set up near Data Darbar for the convenience of pilgrims, Barrister

Azfar Ali Nasir said and added that the parking lot had been opened.

Shabbir Shah urges people to pay tributes to Syed Ali Gilani at Hyderpora graveyard

Raiq Qureshi

Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 4:45 PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP):Incarcerated senior vice chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, has urged the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to pay tributes to the iconic resistance leader, Syed Ali Gilani on his 2nd martyrdom anniversary on Friday, (September, 1) at his grave in Hyderpora area of Srinagar.

Shabbir Ahmed Shah, who also heads the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, in a message from Tihar jail, highlighting the martyred leader’s peerless contribution and his indomitable role in the Kashmiris’ ongoing struggle for right to self-determination, said that Syed Ali Gilani was an epitome of honesty and integrity who devoted his entire life for the Kashmir cause, Kashmir Media Service reported.

Recalling his years long association with Gilani, he said, “I have had an honour and privilege to work with Gilani Sahib, we endured imprisonments together, he was truly an iron man of Kashmir who never compromised on his principled stance on Kashmir dispute despite going through trials and tribulations at the hands of the Indian authorities.”

He said that Syed Ali Gilani would be remembered forever in the history of Kashmir as a hero who championed the Kashmiris’ legitimate cause with utmost courage and fearlessness. “During his life-long struggle Gilani Sahib along with his family has suffered immense hardships”, Shabbir Shah said, adding that Gilani was imprisoned, tortured and vilified and subjected to house detention for over a decade but he stood firm as a rock in the face of immense adversity.

“Gilani Sahib is no longer with us but the legacy he had left behind will continue to guide and inspire Kashmir’s present and incoming generations”, the DFP leader said and added that it was unfortunate that the Indian occupation authorities refused to give him a public funeral. “Shameless snatching of Geelani Sahib’s body followed by secret burial was a reckless display of fascism that has virtually taken over India today”, he said.

He appealed to the people of Kashmir to assemble at Hyderpora graveyard to pay homage to the great leader who stood for the right to self-determination and political future of Kashmiris. He also urged the imams and ulema to pay tribute and offer special prayers in mosques for the martyred leader.

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6 dead, 1093 injured in Punjab road accidents

President Dr. Arif Alvi giving away recognition shields to the high achievers of the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr

President Dr. Arif Alvi addressing the closing ceremony of Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr

President Dr. Arif Alvi addressing the closing ceremony of Huawei ICT Competition 2022-23 at Aiwan-e-Sadr

ADC checks rates, scales of filling stations in Tank

APHC-AJK expresses grave concern over enforced disappearances in Kashmir

AIOU holds painting, speech competition

PSX loses 525 points

Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh to begin from Sept 5

Shabbir Shah urges people to pay tributes to Syed Ali Gilani at Hyderpora graveyard

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