A vendor busy in frying traditional food item (samosa) for customers during rain at his shop in the Federal Capital
An attractive view of seasonal flowers flourishing and blooming after rain at roadside in the Federal Capital
A vendor arranging and selling fresh dates on his bicycle to attract customers at roadside in the Federal Capital
The painter paints the metal railings of the pedestrian bridge with white paint at Islamabad Expressway
Chartered Accountants playing vital role in country’s economy: Kamran Tessori
KARACHI, Jul 22 (APP): Sindh Governor Mohammed Kamran Khan Tessori said that the Chartered Accountants were playing an important role in the economy of the country.
While addressing the Silvery Jubilee Ceremony of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan here Saturday , he said that the institute played a significant role in the development of the country’s economy.
The Governor said that the guidance of the institute for the future generation could be of much importance.
Governor Sindh visits city areas, reviews arrangements for Moharram-ul-Haram
KARACHI, Jul 22 (APP): Sindh Governor Mohammed Kamran Khan Tessori here on Saturday visited different areas of the metropolis and reviewed the arrangements for the month of Moharram-ul-Haram.
He visited Ancholi area of the city and met with Alama Aqeel Al-Gharavi.
The Governor said that everyone had to fulfill his responsibility to ensure law and order situation during the month of Muharram-ul-Haram.
He said that cooperation with the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) was vital to maintain law and order.
He urged the Ulema to preach the teachings of Islam and said that he believed in serving the people.
Governor Sindh visits PACC
KARACHI, Jul 22 (APP): Sindh Governor Mohammed Kamran Khan Tessori here on Saturday visited different sections of the Pakistan American Cultural Centre (PACC) and plant a sapling as part of the tree plantation drive.
On this occasion, he said that English learning was the need of the hour as one could perform their work by learning any language in a better way.
He lauded the PACC to be part of the plantation campaign. The Governor said that everyone was worried of global warming whereas the present government was prioritizing the plantation campaign.
He called upon the people to take part in the plantation drive, which was the need of the hour.
The Yellow River Tourism Overseas Promotion Season 2023 starts in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP): The China Cultural Center in Pakistan has officially launched the 2023 Yellow River Tourism Overseas Promotion Season on various social media platforms, including their Facebook Official Page, WeChat Channels, and Twitter account of Cultural Counsellor and Director Zhang Heqing.
This exciting event is scheduled to run from July through September 2023. The event aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of the Yellow River, its cultural significance, and the revival of its heritage. It also seeks to foster cultural exchanges and effectively communicate the river’s history to the Pakistani audience, said a press release issued here on Saturday.
Department of Industrial Development, Department of Resource Development of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Department of International Cooperation of the State Administration of Radio and Television, the Center for Chinese and Foreign Cultural Exchanges (CCCE), in cooperation with nine provincial and regional departments of Culture and Tourism of Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia.
The Yellow River Tourism Overseas Promotion Season 2023 comprises of number of different exhibitions and documentaries such as documentary series “The Great Yellow River Delta”, “Sing along the Yellow River”,
Photography Exhibition “Explore the Yellow River, Discover Beautiful China”, tourism and cultural resources of Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia, and much more.
In addition, nine selected routes highlighting the various attractions worth seeing in each region will be launched during the Yellow River Tourism Season, covering the nine provinces through which the river flows. Five selected rural tourist routes that take visitors deep into the villages along the Yellow River have also been introduced.
The regions along the Yellow River, the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, have made significant progress in recent years in terms of coordinated industrial development, ecological protection, and promotion of Yellow River culture.
PM wants people to espy performance of PML-N, PTI govts before taking decision in upcoming elections
SHARQPUR, July 22 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday urged the people to consider the facts involving pathetic and poor performance of corruption tainted government of Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf with that of Pakistan Muslim League-N which had always been the pioneer of mega development projects.
He said they would accept public mandate in the upcoming general elections and if the PML-N under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif got another opportunity to serve the country, they would restore the real image of Pakistan.
The prime minister was addressing a ceremony after stone laying of different significant development projects which included 19Kms long Lahore bypass linking Kala Shah Kaku with Lahore-Karachi Motorway at a cost of Rs35 billion. The project will create about 27,000 jobs opportunities.
The prime minister also broke ground for expansion of Lahore-Karachi Motorway Saggian road and main Ravi bridge which would ease vehicular traffic, help save fuel and create jobs opportunities. Later, he also laid foundation stones of Esaan (Sharqpur) interchange at Abdul Hakeem Motorway and the establishment of Quaid Azam University campus and soft launch of construction of a scout college.
Declaring former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif as ‘a builder of Pakistan, man behind ending loadshedding, launching of multi dollars China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and a builder of a vast network of roads and putting the country on path of rapid progress, he said Nawaz Sharif aspired to transform the country into ‘an Asian tiger’.
Unfortunately, his rule was ended in 2018 through a huge conspiracy hatched against Pakistan, the prime minister regretted.
If the PML-N was in the government during the four years of PTI’s rule, the country would have a different destiny, he added.
During the years 2013 to 2018, under Nawaz Sharif’s rule the country was making progress by leaps and bounds, but afterwards in the PTI’s government, the country was pushed into chaos.
The prime minister said with a change in the regime, all the opposition leadership was sent to jails on basis of fake cases, false allegations of thefts and corruption were levelled, even sisters and daughters were sent behind bars during the PTI’s rule.
“The development pace spurred by PML-N government was halted,” he regretted.
The prime minister also questioned Imran Niazi’s claims of returning back 300 billion dollars stashed outside Pakistan within ninety days and said the PTI’s government did not get any single penny during the four years of its rule.
Referring to Rs50 billion amount recovery scandal, he said, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) had investigated the issue and after out of court settlement with the other party, decided to return the amount to the government exchequer but it did not go to State Bank of Pakistan rather went to the Supreme Court where Niazi’s government became a party.
A closed envelop was presented before the cabinet in this regard without showing or discussing it with the members and approval was accorded, he added.
“It was a huge crime as to how the national exchequer was plundered,” he said, adding the BRT Peshawar, Toshakhana, Malam Jabba, sugar scams etc were the other major corruption cases of PTI.
The prime minister said the UK crime agency had also carried out investigation against him for two years over false allegations and at the request of PTI’s government but later, gave him clean chit.
Citing difficulties regarding the IMF’s agreement, the prime minister said China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stood with Pakistan like rocks.
He said that he could not sleep due to fears of Pakistan being at the verge of default, but with the grace of Allah Almighty, Pakistan was now, on its right direction.
The ceremony was attended by ministers, parliamentarians, relevant authorities and a large number of people.
The prime minister said that under his Youth’s programmes about Rs80 billion were set aside and exclaimed that if the government had more resources, he would not hesitate to allocate them for the country’s youth.
He said under the laptops scheme, the students were given the gadgets due to their hard work. Due due to this facility, a huge number of youth had been earning livelihood and getting education while sitting at homes, he added.
The prime minister declared that if the PML-N got another opportunity to serve the country, they would spread a network of laptops.
He further said that price hike had burdened the poor people, but these difficulties could be overcome with collective hard work, dedication and sincerity.
The prime minister also underlined the priorities of his government including agriculture development, information technology, exploration of minerals etc to achieve progress.
He reiterated that life could no longer be led on foreign loans and stressed that the country people have to decide whether to live with respect or on begging.
Referring to the soft launch of uplift projects in the area, he expressed the confidence that it would uplift facade of the area and ease traffic vehicular traffic, besides boosting trade activities.
Minister for Communications Maulana Asad Mahmood, in his remarks, said that the coalition government was continuously working for the uplift of the country.
They had formed government through a constitutional struggle and strove to save it from default, restored development projects and completed them within 14 months of its rule, adding they also took Pakistan out of FATF’s grey list.
The minister said the motorway network launched by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would soon turn Pakistan into hub of regional and global economic and trade activities.
The coalition government had restored confidence of the foreign investors under the dynamic leadership of the prime minister, he added.
He regretted that trust of the friendly nations was damaged during the previous government’s rule.
Maulana Asad said that they assured the nation to put an end to the ‘engineered governments and elections’ forever.
Minister for Federal Education and Training Rana Tanveer Hussain, on the occasion, said that 90 percent public projects were completed by the PML-N governments.
The just inaugurated projects were dreams of the area which had now turned into reality and would change fate of the people, he added.
He observed that it was due to the leadership of the prime minister that steered Pakistan out of the difficulties and put it on the path of progress and prosperity which was carved out by the previous PML-N governments.
Faisal Kundi terms in-time elections as only way to ensure political stability
ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Faisal Karim Kundi Saturday termed in-time elections as the only way to ensure political stability in the country.
Addressing a news conference here, Faisal Kundi said that Pakistan People’s Party had a very clear stance that assemblies should complete their tenure and the caretaker government and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should conduct elections within 60 days.
The SAPM said, “60 days are enough for an election campaign, however, if coalition political parties want 90 days for the campaign, PPP is ready for that.”
Commenting on the reservations of political parties including PPP over conducting elections on the basis of the new census, he said, “It is better to conduct elections on the previous census.”
About the Sindh government’s rehabilitation efforts for the flood-affected people in the province, Faisal Kundi said that the Sindh government had fulfilled its promise of providing houses to those families affected due to floods.
“The Sindh government has provided land rights to 5,000 flood-affected families in the province. The funds for the construction of 50,000 houses have been released so far.”
The SAPM said, “The provincial government will provide a total of 2,00,000 to the women head of family.”
He said although the flood had affected many parts of the country, the way the Sindh government had responded to this calamity in terms of providing relief to those affected was exemplary.
“The PPP government will replicate the same model of providing houses to its people in the other provinces too in the future”, he said.
About the cipher issue, Faisal Kundi said that the former Principal Secretary of the former Prime Minister, Azam Khan had exposed all the false claims related to the cipher.
“The whole country was handed over to a person who could not retain a piece of paper (cipher)”, he said.
Faisal Kundi said, “PPP is not against any political party but those involved in the May 09 violence should be taken to task.”
He said that the incident of May 09 would not happen if those involved in the attack on PTV in the past were punished.
Faisal Kundi said, “Foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto has pursued effective diplomatic policies which helped revive and strengthen relations between Pakistan and other countries.”
He said that the coalition government had faced enormous economic challenges but succeeded in steering the country out of the crisis due to its prudent policies.
About the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), the federal minister highlighted that the first-ever dynamic National Socio-Economic Survey was being carried out successfully across the country.
“Under the Benazir Kafaalat program, around Rs 72 billion have been disbursed among eight million families,” he informed.
Responding to a question, Faisal Kundi said, “PPP has always emphasized on ensuring the rule of law and conveyed to all the political parties that elections should be conducted within 60 days.”
To another question, he said, “No patriotic citizen can justify what happened on May 09 and those involved in it should be dealt with strictly.”