Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and other dignitaries at the inaugural ceremony of Green Pakistan Initiative
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif inaugurates Green Pakistan Initiative, COAS General Syed Asim Munir hands over the inaugural scroll to the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif along with COAS General Syed Asim Munir, Federal Minister for Information and broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb and Advisor to PM Ahad Khan Cheema receiving a briefing during their visit of exhibition at Green Pakistan Initiative inaugural ceremony
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif along with Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah and caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Syed Mohsin Naqvi examine a tractor during their visit of stalls in Green Pakistan Initiative inaugural ceremony
Chinese Muslims start return journey after Hajj 2023
BEIJING, July 10 (APP): A chartered aeroplane carrying the first batch of Chinese pilgrims has returned from Saudi Arabia to China, as Chinese pilgrims return after this year’s pilgrimage season, China Islamic Association announced.
The first batch of pilgrims are from the cities of Yinchuan and Shizuishan in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, according to the association.
Yang Faming, president of the China Islamic Association, and Ma Zhongping, vice president of the association, were at the airport to see off the pilgrims, Global Times reported.
Yang congratulated everyone on successfully completing this year’s pilgrimage and wished them a safe return to China and reunion with their families.
He called on Chinese Muslims to further improve moral cultivation, standardize behaviour and conduct, achieve unity of knowledge and action, continue to improve the Hajj with good social morality, family virtues and personal morality, and protect the reputation of the Hajj.
It is important to adapt Islam to local conditions, adhere to the fine traditions of Islam in China, and strive to be a model of loving both the country and the religion, Yang noted.
Another two chartered flights also departed on the same day, with one of them heading to Yinchuan, and the other to Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, according to the association.
This year’s Hajj started on June 26 and ended on July 1.
Farmers busy in collecting wheat for thrashing and making bundles
A vendor is busy displaying and arranging falsa for customers at his road side setup
Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab addressing the inauguration ceremony of renovation of Shahrah-e-Faisal at Karsaz Martyrs Memorial hall
Sindh Minister for Local Government (LG) Syed Nasir Hussain Shah addressing the inauguration ceremony of renovation of Sharah-e-Faisal at Karsaz Martyrs Memorial
Sherry Rehman condemns PTI chief’s self-serving campaign as ‘a bonfire of vanities’
ISLAMABAD, Jul 10 (APP): Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday condemned the PTI chief’s self-serving campaign as “a bonfire of his vanities”.
“You have become a parody of yourself, as the events of May 9 turned into a bonfire of your vanities. The entire nation witnessed it, and there is ample evidence to demonstrate how you incited, masterminded, and provoked mob violence. It is utterly absurd to believe that deploying armed rioters against state installations, Edhi ambulances, radio stations, and monuments honoring our war heroes as part of your self-serving ‘save-Imran’ campaign would result in any political gains for yourself,” tweeted Senator Sherry Rehman, Federal Minister for Climate Change & Environmental Coordination in response to Chairman PTI Imran Khan’s allegations on Twitter.
Senator Rehman stated that the Pakistan Peoples Party had been a target of numerous politically charged persecutions over its history, but it has never resorted to attacking the country’s institutions like Khan did.
“Despite enduring relentless targeting from both Imran Khan and the establishment, political parties maintained their dignity while facing endless political victimization. However, Khan’s recent claim that women have never been incarcerated in Pakistan before now reflects a lack of historical awareness. Meanwhile, figures like Faryal Talpur and Maryam Nawaz were imprisoned by him as if they were terrorists. Rather than working towards democratic recovery in the face of his own failures, Khan criticizes those who refuse to treat him in the same manner he has treated them.”
The minister emphasized that while nobody should be subjected to humiliation, nobody should be exempted from the law either. “Imran Khan still doesn’t seek the rule of law to apply to everyone uniformly. His monumental narcissism which stands exposed as a principal trigger for his action, makes him repeat egregious blunders like bad-mouthing political opponents, making it clear that he learns nothing from his mistakes. Pakistan is not his cricket ground, nor is politics or governance a T20 game.”
She expressed that what the people of Pakistan currently required was unity and political guidance to alleviate the economic hardships they were enduring, not personalized grandstanding.
“It should be noted that Khan’s focus does not lie on flood rebuilding or economic reforms, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which he distanced himself from for partisan PTI gains, was actually reintroduced by this Unity government, not by him.
“Khan’s track record includes prematurely canceling international programs, borrowing twice as much in the last 70 years as all previous governments combined, and actively obstructing the renewal of the IMF programme to hinder political rivals.
“His recent behaviour unfortunately shows no end to the political divisiveness he has been sowing. It is time that he smells the coffee and builds some humility, he is not above Pakistan. He wants to use people as shock troops and human shields for his partisan objectives. It’s time to stop misguiding the people and adding to the misery he has already caused. The country matters more than him,” said the minister.