Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Haroon wants to make nation proud by winning more laurels
ISLAMABAD, Aug 08 (APP): Young talented table tennis player Haroon Ijaz wanted to make the nation proud by winning laurels for the country at national and international levels.
Haroon, who won a gold medal in table tennis at National Special Olympics Games last year, said he would make the nation proud if he gets a chance to represent the country in the future.
“I excelled in the table tennis competition of the National Sports Olympics Games and bagged a gold medal. The Games were played in Rawalpindi from September 18 to 20 last year. Around 50 special children from schools across the country participated in the event,” he said.
“Three other school-level competitions were also organized in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Karachi during the past four to six months in which, I also performed brilliantly and won gold medals in all three events”.
“I’m grateful to the government for giving opportunities to special children to participate in the games. I will soon participate in the table tennis event in Karachi,” he said in an interview with APP.
Haroon, who was a resident of District Bagh, Azad Kashmir is currently studying here at the National Training Center for Special Persons School.
“I am a student of class 8 and along with studies, I also participate in sports competitions, and at the moment I am also learning music in school,” he said.
He said his father was retired from Punjab Bank, and they were two brothers. My elder brother has done matriculation while I am still studying in 8th standard, he said.
Haroon said he had a stutter in his tongue, due to which he faced difficulty while speaking. “I will soon participate in the table tennis event to be held in Karachi, for which I’m preparing”. The National Training Center for Special Persons is fully supporting me in school-level competitions. If I got a chance I would make my country proud.
He said he also wanted to participate in national-level table tennis competitions but encouragement was needed by the government and federation.
It is pertinent to mention, Haroon performed brilliantly in the National Special Olympics Games last year, which was an example for other special children. If special children were given opportunities in games, they could play their part in making the nation proud.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing a ceremony to launch the website and app “Pakistan Code”
PSX loses 956.42 points
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (APP): The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 956.42 points, a negative change of 1.98 per cent, closing at 47,429.83 points against 48,386.25 points the previous trading day.
A total of 336,078,121 shares were traded during the day as compared to 381,855,144 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs12.547 billion against Rs 14.528 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 338 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 47 of them recorded gains and 275 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 16 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Cnergyico Pk with 28,316,392 shares at Rs 3.47 per share; Oil and Gas Dev with 27,785,286 shares at Rs.97.85 per share and K-Electric Ltd with 24,628,760 shares at Rs.2.10 per share.
Khyber Textile witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 55.00 per share price, closing at Rs 949.00, whereas the runner-up was Gatron Ind. with an Rs 8.81 rise in its per share price to Rs 228.99.
Sapphire Tex. witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 87.31 per share closing at Rs 1077.56; followed by Nestle Pakistan XD with Rs 70.01 decline to close at Rs 6999.99.
President directs to restore property to a woman awaiting possession for 20 years
ISLAMABAD Aug 08 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi has directed the restoration of property to a female citizen who was being deprived of the ownership of her two plots for the last 20 years by a housing society despite the fact that she had registered sale deeds and had paid all the development charges.
The president gave these directions while rejecting a representation filed by M/s University Town (Pvt) Ltd against the orders of the Federal Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace (FOSPAH) under the Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act, 2020, President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release on Tuesday.
Asma Kokab (the complainant) had filed a complaint before FOSPAH alleging that the society sold her two plots measuring 10 and 5 marlas through registered sale deeds in 1997, but despite the payment of all dues, including the cost of land and development charges, she had not been given possession of the plots.
FOSPAH passed the orders in her favour directing the concerned revenue officer to restore possession of her property and if needed, seek assistance from the concerned police officer for the purpose of implementing the orders. University Town, then, filed a representation before the president against the orders of FOSPAH.
The president held a personal hearing of the case at Aiwan-e-Sadr in which the son of the complainant and CEO of University Town, Abdul Aziz, along with his counsel appeared.
The counsel of the town contended that the complainant had not paid development charges despite repeated notices, after which the cancellation of the allotment letter was issued.
He said that she was asked to surrender the registered sale deeds for the restoration of her plots but she failed to do so and had also not paid the electricity and water supply charges. The counsel further argued that FOSPAH’s orders were not based on law and facts, and should be set aside.
When the complainant’s son presented payment receipts of development charges of the plots as evidence, the counsel denied the receipt of charges. The president berated University Town for failing to keep a record of the payments made by the complainant and noted that the complainant had produced payment receipts of development charges of the plots which had been exhibited in evidence.
He also expressed displeasure that the matter had been allowed to linger for almost 20 years, and an overseas Pakistani was made to run from pillar to post to get possession of her mother’s plots.
The president observed that the appraisal of evidence available on record established that the complainant was the owner of the two plots and the registered sale deeds had been executed in her favour by Abdul Aziz Khan, CEO of University Town, adding that CEO had not denied this fact.
He said that the stance of Abdul Aziz Khan that the complainant had not deposited the outstanding dues of the plots stood rebutted through the receipts of payments produced by the complainant.
“The society is persistently asking the complainant to surrender the registered sale deeds for processing her case for possession of plots. This has no logic as the apprehension of the complainant regarding the surrender of registered sale deeds to the society is genuine because without giving possession, the society is unjustified to demand its surrender”, he said.
During the course of the hearing, the CEO also admitted the unjustified denial of possession of plots to the complainant and promised/agreed to give possession of the plots to the complainant.
The president remarked that it was highly deplorable that the overseas Pakistanis, who were an asset to the country, were deprived of their fundamental right of protection of property as Article 24 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 envisaged that no person shall be deprived of his property save in accordance with the law. “The concrete steps are required to be taken to address the grievances of the overseas Pakistanis, especially women, as to enjoy the protection of the law is the inalienable right of every citizen, including overseas Pakistani, and no action detrimental to the property of any overseas Pakistani is allowed to be taken arbitrarily”, he concluded.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing a ceremony to launch the website and app “Pakistan Code”
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif launching the website and app “Pakistan Code”
