PM greets world on onset of Rabiul Awwal
ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday greeted the whole world including the Muslim Ummah on the onset of the holy month of Rabiul Awwal marking the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him).
The prime minister, in a tweet, said that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was a source of success for the whole humanity both in the life as well as the life hereafter.
He urged the nation to make a pledge to study the Seeratun Nabi (PBUH) during the month and practice it to qualify them for the recommendation (Shafa’at) of the Holy Prophet on the Day of of Judgment.
Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), known as Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH), on 12th of Rabiul Awwal — the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
IHC expresses annoyance over filing plea of political nature
ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday expressed annoyance over Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed for filing a petition of political nature.
Chief Justice IHC Athar Minallah heard the case filed by former interior minister Sheikh Rashid against the appointment of a 72-member cabinet by the federal government.
During the course of proceedings, Justice Minallah censured the petitioner that if such a petition was filed again, the court would impose an exemplary fine over him.
He said that the court had always respected the parliament and did not unnecessarily interfere in the authority of the executive. The chief justice asked the petitioner If any of his individual, fundamental rights were affected, then certainly approach the court but not in this manner.
He termed the petition baseless and said that the court could impose a fine on such petition but it was showing restraint.
He asked the AML chief to take his political fights to the parliament as there was no forum bigger than parliament, he added.
He advised Sheikh Rashid to keep courts away from these political matters.
The counsel for Sheikh Rashid said that there was no other forum to approach other than the court on the matter raised in the plea.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that such petitions should not be filed in court.
He said that there were elected representatives in parliament and it was the right forum.
The court would not interfere in the matter, he added.
Upon this, the petitioner said he was willing to withdraw his plea.
On which the Chief Justice said that he would pass an appropriate order in this regard.
Ambassadors-designate call on Naveed Qamar
ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP): Air Marshal (retd) Shahid Akhtar, Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Syria and Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, Head of Mission-designate to Kabul, called on Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar here on Tuesday.
During meetings, the minister expressed good wishes for the two envoys, and hoped that with their wide experience in the foreign service they would serve Pakistan better in their host countries.
Naveed Qamar said both Syria and Afghanistan had a lot of trade potential, which needed to be explored to the advantage of Pakistan.
Imran doesn’t need to cry over leaked audio of Maryam Nawaz: Info Minister
ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan did not need to cry over the leaked audio of Maryam Nawaz, which did not have any mention of Farah Gogi and the economic corridor.
The minister, in a tweet, said nothing illegal was found in the leaked audios. Neither any change in the government policy nor trading of diamonds was pointed out in them.
عمران صاحب مریم نواز کی آڈیو لیکس پر شور نہ مچائیں، اس میں بشریٰ بی بی فرح گوگی اکنامک کاریڈور کا کہیں کوئی ذکر نہیں۔افسوس آڈیو میں سے ہیروں کی سودا بازی برآمد ہوسکی، نہ کوئی غیرقانونی کام۔نہ کوئی پالیسی بدلی فارن ایجنٹ کی سیاست مریم نواز کے نام کی محرون منت ہو کر رہ گئی ہے۔
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) September 27, 2022
Calling Imran Khan a “foreign agent”, she said his politics did not complete without naming Maryam Nawaz in his speeches.
Summit in Norway highlights development in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem
ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP): The Embassy of Pakistan in Norway, in collaboration with private sector, held a ‘Pakistan Norway Future Summit 2022’ in Oslo as an effort to build bridges between emerging startups, IT, software and technology companies from both the countries.
The event was organized by Ejad Labs on the sidelines of Oslo Innovation Week, said a press release received here Tuesday.
Speaking at the event, Ambassador Babar Amin appreciated the efforts of Ejad Labs and its CEO Arzish Azam for creating a very useful networking opportunity for Pakistani and Norwegian counterpart companies.
He highlighted the significant development in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem as well as opportunities and tax incentives offered to information technology and information technology enabled services (ITeS) in Pakistan.
The keynote speakers included CEO Ejad Labs Arzish Azam, BDM Oslo Business Region Kristin Anderssen, Global Chapter Success Lead, Pakistani Women in Computing (PWiC) Mahum Khan, Founder Fori Dr. Musstanser Tinauli, CEO Maidaan Raja Mehtab, Director Penumbra Habibullah Khan, UE Business Lead MENAP Epic Games Muhammad Fasieh Mehta, CEO Thehash.io Mudaser Iqbal.
CEO Ejad Lab invited the Norwegian companies to participate in the “Future Fest 2023” – the next big tech conference that would take place at Expo Centre Lahore, on January 6-8, 2023.
The event provided a valuable opportunity to the delegates from both the countries to introduce their businesses and explore mutual synergies.
The event saw participation of above 30 delegates coming from Pakistan as well as a similar number of Norwegian companies.
The representatives of Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abelia (Association of Norwegian technology and knowledge-based companies) and Oslo Chamber also participated in the meeting.