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Sukkur traders announces shutter down strike

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SUKKUR, Aug 30 (APP):The business community of Sukkur on Wednesday announced to observe a shutter-down strike on (September 2) against the inflated electricity bills and rising inflation.
According to a release issued here, President Sukkur Small Traders, Haji Javed Memon said that markets across Sukkur would remain closed on Saturday in protest against inflated electricity bills and rising inflation.
Other trade unions also backed the decision, saying that all markets of Karachi would observe a shutter down strike on September 2.
Moreover, protest demonstrations were held in Sukkur, Khairpur, Shikarpur and Ghotki districts. Masses carrying banners and placards along with their women were criticized for making their lives miserable. The enraged people also set their electricity bills on fire.

Mehbooba says arguments by India’s SG in SC vindicate IIOJK situation far from normal

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP):Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has said that the arguments by India’s Solicitor General in the Indian Supreme Court during the hearings on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 vindicated her party’s stand that the situation in the territory was far from normal.
According to Kashmir media service, the Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, on Tuesday informed a five-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, that the Union Territory status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir is not a “permanent thing”.
He further submitted before the bench that Jammu and Kashmir would again be made a state when things resume to normalcy.
The bench was hearing Mehta’s submissions defending the Narendra Modi-led government’s decision to revoke the special status of IIOJK.
Mehbooba Mufti in a post on X, formerly Twitter, wrote that despite the Indian government’s tall claims, the Solicitor General’s statement before the apex court vindicates our stand that the situation is far from normal in Jammu and Kashmir.
She added that even to achieve this abnormal normalcy, the occupied territory has been turned into an open-air prison.
National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah, called Mehta’s argument a “diversion”. He said that the Solicitor General is trying to divert the focus of the arguments to the Indian government’s view of ‘normalcy’.
He pointed out that the apex court has not been petitioned to rule on the security situation or normalcy in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said the simple question for the bench is to decide whether the changes forced on IIOJK in 2019 were legal and constitutional or not. “Everything else is a diversion,” he added.

Tourists advised to avoid traveling Babusar Road after 6pm

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP):The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) on Wednesday advised tourists venturing into Northern Areas to avoid traveling and commuting after evening hours to refrain from any inconvenience and untoward situation.
According to an advisory of PTDC, Babusar Gilgit-Baltistan Road was closed for all kinds of traffic after 6 p.m. in the evening due to recent floods that submerged a major portion of the thoroughfare leading to the scenic tourism magnet.
Tourists and commuters were requested to complete their journey before 6 p.m. to avoid inconvenience.
Tourists and travelers have also been advised to contact the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Kite Project Helpline (1422) to get fresh updates on weather, roads, and flood situation.

12 more dengue cases reports in Rawalpindi

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RAWALPINDI, Aug 30 (APP): As many as 12 more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 188 in the district.

District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, Wednesday said that, among the new cases, six cases had arrived from Potohar town urban, five from Chaklala Cantonment and one from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi area.

He said 54 patients were admitted to Rawalpindi public hospitals, out of which 42 were confirmed cases while 132 were discharged after treatment.

Giving details of the punitive actions during the last 24 hours, Dr Sajjad informed that the district administration had registered 57 FIRs, issued tickets to 15, sealed three premises, and a fine of Rs 50,000 was imposed against the violations of dengue SOPs.

During indoor surveillance, from January 1 to date, the teams checked 4,523,648 houses in Rawalpindi district and larvae were found in 27,164 homes.

Similarly, he added that while checking 1,767,035 places, the teams found larvae at 5,041 sites during outdoor surveillance.

The health officer warned that September was crucial for dengue mosquito breeding as the temperature was decreasing with each passing day due to weather change and urged the residents to adopt precautionary measures to avoid parasite bites.

Social,religious organizations meeting held

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NAROWAL, Aug 30 (APP):A meeting with the representatives of social and religious organizations including Anjuman-e-Tajiran under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Narowal Muhammad Ashraf was held in DC Office.
The meeting was attended by Allama Pir Qazi Muhammad Yaqoob Rizvi, Nadeem Butt, Muzamil Hafeez, Dr. Tariq Opal, Ilyas Buttand others.
The increase in petrol prices and inflation were discussed in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting participants, Deputy Commissioner Narowal Muhammad Ashraf said that the government was well aware of the current situation and was striving hard to provide relief to the masses.
In the meeting, the social representatives assured the Deputy Commissioner that the social, religious and civil society representatives were fully with the government.
They said that any kind of strike,procession would not be in the interest of the country.

Kerb currency market

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KARACHI, Aug 30 (APP): Following were the Opening Rates of foreign currencies in kerb market issued by the Forex Association
of Pakistan (FAP), here on Wednesday.

F.C. LOW RATE HIGH RATE
U.S $ (Inter Bank) 303.75 304.30
U.S $ (Cash Free Market) 316.00 319.00
SAUDIA RIYAL 84.40 85.30
UAE DIRHAM 87.60 88.50
EURO 344.00 347.40
UK POUND 401.00 405.40
AUD $ 205.00 208.00
CAD $ 233.00 237.00
CHINESE YUAN 44.00 46.00

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Combating environmental degradation by attracting youth towards green infrastructure management

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PESHAWAR, Aug 30 (APP):Green Urban Development (GUD), an inspiring initiative with a focus on a life cycle approach to sustainable urban development, is striving to enhance capacity among multi-stakeholders especially the burgeoning population of the country’s youth towards green infrastructure management.
Actors from various segments of lives life including government institutions, policymakers, students, media, private sector and civil society working on urban environmental and climate-related issues are brought together under the platform of GUD in a co-creation space to discuss and work together on issues pertaining to urban development with a focus on water, waste and green entrepreneurship.
“Launched with collaboration between Institute of Urbanization (IoU), School of Leadership Foundation and US Embassy, the programme is working to enhance knowledge of young people through action research and incubation of green ideas to business cases, leading to green entrepreneurship,” apprised  Ayesha Majid, Program Coordinator IoU.
Talking to APP, Ayesha said while realizing alarming levels of environmental degradation according to a report published by the International Trade Administration, Pakistan’s waste crisis looms large, with approximately 48.5 million tons of solid waste generated annually, its time to take action by people from all walks of life.
In this regard, initiatives with a focus on empowering youth with knowledge and skills of green infrastructure management will help a lot in containing issues causing environmental degradation, she added.
She informed that Green Urban Development has been established in public sector varsities under the government-led Green Youth Movement Clubs to train university students on green skills in two years and produce action research with technical and financial support to startups on ecological innovation in areas of water, waste and green infrastructure.
The project will consist of three phases with a duration of three months with the first one as a study phase including classroom-style capacity building sessions, exposure visits to institutions and sites which display practical and innovative green projects on water conservation, waste management and green infrastructure.
In the second phase, a call will be announced for GUDS participants to submit proposals for piloting action research within a chosen community. Based on the set evaluation criteria, the selection panel will shortlist proposals for the Action Research Phase.
In the third phase, the most practical and effective project from the Action Research Phase will be given a grant to further work on the research and convert the idea into business and also establish market linkages.
Apart from youngsters, actors from various government institutions, policymakers, media, private sector and civil society working on urban environmental and climate-related issues will also be brought together in a co-creation space to discuss and work together on issues pertaining to urban development with a focus on water, waste and green infrastructure management, she continued.
The initiative of GUD is a stepping stone towards a brighter future, providing young people with the tools and impetus to spearhead tangible changes that enhance the environment’s cleanliness and waste management, she remarked.

Hot and humid weather expected in most KP

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PESHAWAR, Aug 30 (APP):The Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar on Wednesday predicted mainly hot and humid weather most districts of the province.
It said that during the last 24 hours hot and humid weather prevailed in most districts of the province. However, an isolated rain-thunderstorm occurred in Bajaur district.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in centigrade at different stations of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were Peshawar City 37/25, Chitral 34/14, Timergara 34/23, Dir 31/15, Mirkhani 35/17, Kalam 26/07, Drosh 34/18, Saidu Sharif 32/20, Pattan 36/21, Malam Jabba 23/12, Takht Bhai 36/23, Kakul 30/18, Balakot 34/19, Parachinar 30/15, Bannu 34/19, Cherat 30/18, D.I. Khan 37/21.
The highest temperature recorded in the province was 37°c in Dera Ismail Khan.

Police striving to control dumper accidents:DPO

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SARGODHA, Aug 30 (APP):District Police Officer Muhammad Faisal Kamran said on Wednesday that various measures had been taken to decrease the number of dumper-related accidents in Sargodha region.
Talking to APP here, he said dumpers had been causing serious losses of human lives and properties for long time.He said that he had paid special attention to the issue after taking over charge as the DPO and ordered stern action against the laws violators.
Faisal Kamran said that 13 people so far were hit to death by dumpers during the ongoing year 2023.The number of deaths was reduced due to solid and practical steps, taken by the administration.
Traffic education Incharge, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood told APP that a survey revealed that dumper-trucks were being altered, modified without adopting prescribed procedures and proper machinery.
Police said a large number of trucks were plying the roads without fitness certificates.
The truck owners receive certificates by presenting simple truck for inspection and later on modifications were carried out on them.
A traffic police official said vehicles’ inspection was necessary and strict compliance in load management was being ensured.
He said that vehicle inspection department was also making efforts to handle the situation effectively, adding that entry of heavy traffic was restricted in densely populated areas of the city.

First Lady hails positive role of media in promoting awareness for ‘Breast cancer’

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP): First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Samina Arif Alvi Wednesday hailed the supporting role played by the media in promoting awareness drives to educate and motivate women in remote areas for self-examination voluntarily seek early diagnosis of breast cancer.

In an exclusive interview with PTV news channel, she underlined the need for continuous mass awareness campaigns through print, electronic and social media, especially for sensitization of women and girls in far-flung areas of the country about its symptoms, self-examination, diagnosis and treatment options.

“If women are being diagnosed with breast cancer, they do not even share the news with their family members”, she added.

Women in Pakistan lacked appropriate awareness about diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer due to a range of multifaceted barriers, however now women are much more confident and approach doctors in the early stages, she mentioned.

She stressed that the healthcare system should also pay more attention to socio-psychological and cultural factors impeding women’s access to available health facilities in rural areas.

Replying to a question, she regretted that women are still neglecting society’s priorities, adding, that unaware women in remote areas of Pakistan are the main target group in awareness drives as they are the ones who are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer because they neglect the symptoms due to lack of awareness which leads to progression of the disease and may prove lethal.

To another question about mental health, she stressed the need for raising awareness about mental health and the need to increase the number of mental health professionals, besides strengthening the capacity of general health professionals by training them to address the challenge of rising mental health disorders.

The total number of psychiatrists available in Pakistan ranges between 500 and 600 which is not satisfactory, she added.

“The government started an initiative to provide consultative services of relevant practitioners and groups for cure purposes to citizens having psychological issues such as self-harming thoughts and depression”, she added.

She also stressed adopting the joint family system to address mental health issues.

To another question, she warned that accessive use of social media platforms is a main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation’s young population.

Talking about special persons awareness drives she said the government’s vision is focused on improving the conditions of weaker people in society or those unfortunate who have been suffering from various issues, adding that, the welfare of special persons is a big challenge and all segments of the society need to work for it collectively.

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