Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill smoothly sails through NA

Thu, 12 May 2016, 11:19 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2015 aimed at brining the local governments elections within the purview of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab moved the Bill to further amend the Electoral Rolls Act, 1974 [The Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2015] in the House.

The Bill has already been passed by the Senate with amendments.
The statement of objects and reasons of the bill says, under Article 140A of the Constitution the power to hold election of the local government stand vested in the Election Commission of Pakistan.

SC seeks report on relief package for farmers

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 11:19 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Federation to submit report over prime ministet’s farmers relief package and authority to announce subsidy.

The Bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Qazi Faez Isa heard the case regarding farmer relief package filed by a phosphate company.

The company filed petition in the Supreme Court for not receiving subsidy.

Mohammad Akram proposes elevated role for head coach

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 11:09 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): Believing that the head coach must lead the overall coaching strategy and function, former fast bowler and current director of cricket for Pakistan Super League (PSL) side Peshawar,

Mohammad Akram, has said that the role of Pakistan team’s head coach must be elevated.

“He (coach) must lead the team’s planning, preparation and coaching staff, and take joint responsibility with the captain for the day to day performance of the team. With the captain, he is also responsible for developing the team vision and strategy and must create a high performance culture,” he wrote in his column for a prominent sports website sport360.com.

Pak receives US $ 14,157.65 million foreign exchange during this fiscal year so far

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 9:37 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): Pakistan has received valuable
foreign exchange of US $ 14,157.65 million from Overseas Pakistanis during the current fiscal year (till March) so far.

According to the data received to the Ministry of Overseas
Pakistanis and Human Resource Development from State Bank of
Pakistan, an amount of US $ 1,884.27 million was sent by the human resource in United States from July 2015 till March 2016.

An amount of US $ 1,758.55 million was sent by the overseas
workers in United Kingdom while US $ 4,337.11 million was sent by the workers in Saudi Arabia.

Quadri nation CASA 1000 project launched with vision of enhanced S.Asia, Central Asia integration

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 9:36 AM

By Shumaila Andleeb

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, May 12 (APP): The leaders of Pakistan,
Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan Thursday jointly launched
the Central Asia South Asia (CASA 1000) electricity project, terming it “win win and mutually rewarding” for all stakeholder states and beneficial for the prosperity of their peoples.

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Tajikistan’s President
Emomali Rahmon, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and
Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Jeenbekov Sooranbai performed the formal launch by tightening bolts of the grand power transmission tower, installed at the Tursunzade city, some 47 kilometres from capital Dushanbe.

Under CASA 1000, Pakistan will be able to obtain 1,000 MW of
electricity, generated by Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan via Afghanistan, which will also get 300 MW of the total 1,300 MW.

President directs best medical care for solar kids

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 9:35 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday
directed for extending best medical care to the two solar kids and emphasised thorough research to further probe the disease and suggest its treatment.

The President made the directives while meeting the neuro development disorder affected Balochi children (“Solar Kids”) Shoaib Ahmed and Abdul Rasheed along with their father at the Aiwan e Sadr.

State Minister for CADD Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Secretary CADD Hassan Iqbal and Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Prof. Javed Akram were also present.

Yemen’s food situation on verge of ‘humanitarian disaster’: UN

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 9:35 AM

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (APP): The food security and nutrition situation in Yemen will turn into a humanitarian disaster unless urgent funding is accessible for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to deliver timely aid in the April/May cereal and vegetable planting season and the summer fishing season, and vaccinate livestock before
winter, the United Nations agency has warned.

Around 14.4 million people, over half of Yemen’s population urgently need food security and livelihood assistance, FAO reported Wednesday.

The volume of food required in Yemen is far greater than humanitarian actors can provide. Agriculture must be an integral part of the humanitarian response to prevent Yemen’s dire food security situation from worsening.

Pak-IMF 11th EFF review completes successfully: Dar

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 9:35 AM

DUBAI, May 12 (APP): Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday successfully completed the 11th review of Extended Fund Facility for release of $500 million to Pakistan by the fund board.

Dar flanked by Harald Finger, IMF Mission Chief on successful
completion of Eleventh Review under IMF Extended Fund Facility Programme stated this while addressing a Joint Press Conference here.

Finance Minister speaking on the occasion said that Pakistan and the
IMF had successfully completed negotiations on the Eleventh Review under the 3-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme for an amount of $6.4 billion.

Muslim ban “just a suggestion”: Trump

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 9:32 AM

NEW YORK, May 12 (APP): Donald Trump, the Republican presidential
hopeful, Wednesday appeared to have softened his stand on barring Muslims from travelling to the US, saying the proposed ban was “just a suggestion”’Responding to criticism from the newly elected Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Trump said the planned ban was only “temporary”.

“It hasn’t been called for yet. Nobody’s done it,” the
billionaire businessman said in an interview with Fox News radio. “This is just a suggestion until we find out what’s going on,” he added.

Trump stood by his proposal, which has been criticized as potentially
unconstitutional, as he has repeatedly since emerging as the presumptive Republican nominee last week.

Govt focussing on economy, public welfare projects: President

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Thu, 12 May 2016, 6:39 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain has stated that the government besides striving for the economic revival was also focussing on public welfare projects such as mass transit system and improvement in health and education sectors.

He said after the completion of Metro Bus service in Lahore and Islamabad, the work was also underway for the new mass transit projects in Multan and Karachi.

The President expressed these views while addressing the Lahore
Chamber Achievement Award distribution ceremony held here at the Aiwan e Sadr on Wednesday night.

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Associated Press Of Pakistan

Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill smoothly sails through NA

SC seeks report on relief package for farmers

Mohammad Akram proposes elevated role for head coach

Pak receives US $ 14,157.65 million foreign exchange during this fiscal year so far

Quadri nation CASA 1000 project launched with vision of enhanced S.Asia, Central Asia integration

President directs best medical care for solar kids

Yemen’s food situation on verge of ‘humanitarian disaster’: UN

Pak-IMF 11th EFF review completes successfully: Dar

Muslim ban “just a suggestion”: Trump

Govt focussing on economy, public welfare projects: President

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