PESHAWAR, Apr 11 (APP):President PML-N and Chief Minister Punjab, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here Wednesday said Pakistan Tahrik e Insaf will face people wrath in 2018 general election for not honouring promises made by Imran Khan during the last general elections.
He said people of KP are looking towards PML-N for solution of their problems and will give overwhelming mandate to the party in upcoming general election.
Addressing a PML-N KP Workers Convention during his maiden visit after becoming PML-N President, Shehbaz Sharif said PTI Chief Imran Khan had made various promises with people of KP
during last general elections’ campaign but fulfilled non, creating huge disappointment and frustration among them.
He said Imran Khan had promised to provide inexpensive electricity to people with promise to construct 356 mini power stations but has failed to complete these schemes in the province.
He said KP has vast potential for hydel generation, which remained unexplored during last five years, adding PML-N after coming into power in KP would utilize this potential by generating
thousands of megawatt electricity for people, agriculture and industrial development.
While terming PTI Government’s Billions Trees Project (BTAP) as fraud, he said NAB has taken serious notice of corruption in Billions Trees Project and Imran Khan’s slogans of planting of one billion trees in the province has been exposed.
He said PTI Government had made its own created Ehtesab Commission toothless by making several unnecessary amendments in it, forcing Gen Retd Hamid Khan to resign as its first Director General and hence Imran Khan’s another claims of across the board accountability was exposed before masses.
The PML-N President said PTI leadership was calling Metro bus projects in Punjab as
Jungla bus and was now constructing the same in Peshawar at time when KP Government has almost completed its five years tenure.
He said BRT project has made life of Peshawarties miserable as it has affected people belonging to every walk of life especially business and transport sectors in Peshawar due to start of work in haste.
“I could not see so called change viz a viz metro bus in Peshawar rather found hundreds of ditches, dump of waste and pollution,” he said.
Shehbaz Sharif said Imran Khan had left people of Peshawar in every difficult situation, recalling that when dengue virus attacked the citizens in Peshawar last summer and PTI Chief was enjoying hiking in Nathia Gali.
“As humanitarian gesture, I immediately deployed teams of specialists’ doctors and paramedics
that conducted free dengue tests of residents of the city besides provided extensive treatment to them that helped control dengue virus,” he said.
The PML-N leader said PTI failed to provide relief to patients as not a single hospital was constructed in KP during last five years.
Whereas, he said state of the art Liver and Kidney transplant hospital in Lahore being constructed that would provide better services to patients of KP also. All major public sector hospital in Punjab were being equipped with latest machinery such as CT Scan, MRI and mobile hospitals to provide quick medical services to patients.
He said revolution has been brought in education sector in Punjab and special endowment fund was setup to help deserving students besides distributions of thousands of laptop computers among
students to help them in studies and research works.
Shehbaz Sharif said Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital was constructed in Swat with latest facilities
besides long awaited Lowari Tunnel Project in Chitral, reflecting PML-N affection for people of KP.
Former Prime Minister and PML-N Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will always remain his leader and his services for the country were praised worthy.
He said Pakistan would be made a strong, developed and prosperous country under leadership of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif.
Nawaz Sharif while rejecting world pressure had made the country defense impregnable in 1998 by making seventh Atomic Power of the World and first country of Muslim Ummah.
Shehbaz Sharif said long queues of traffic would be seen on GT Road had motorways not constructed in the country.
He said peace in the country was established due to PMLN Government’s successful policies and sacrifices of security forces and now people can easily go to Fata, KP and Karachi that were earlier
considered very dangerous for travelling before 2013.
He said Peshawar is his first home and whenever he came here was much impressed by hospitality of its people.
The PML-N President said that after winning next general election, Peshawar’s development
would be brought at par of Lahore and sense of deprivation of its people would be addressed.
KP PML-N President Engr Amir Muqam and Deputy Speaker National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi also addressed on the occasion.
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Youaf, Punjab Minister for Religious Affairs and Aukaf Zaeem Qadri, PM Advisor on Civil Aviation, Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan and PML-N KP
and Fata leadership were present. The workers raised full throated slogans of PML-N and Shehbaz Sharif ZIndabad.
PTI to face people wrath in 2018 election for not honouring promises: Shehbaz Sharif
PNS Alamgir hold reception
ISLAMABAD, Apr 11 (APP):Commanding Officer of Pakistan Naval Ship Tasawar Iqbal, PNS Alamgir held a reception in honour of the Saudi naval officers, consul generals, diplomats and Pakistani community representatives.
Consul General of Pakistan Shahryar Akbar Khan and officers of consulate were also present on the occasion, a press release received here from Jeddah on Wednesday said.
Commodore Muhammad Saeed represented the Saudi Royal Forces. The dinner was held on the deck of the ship at Jeddah Islamic Port. The reception started with national anthems of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
The Commanding Officer welcomed the guests on board. In his welcome address he thanked the Saudi government for extending excellent hospitality to the officers and officials.
He said that every Pakistani had a special place in his heart for kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He also thanked the Saudi Government for extending them services to offer Umrah.
Captain Tasawar said the uniqueness of the Royal Navy and Pakistan Navy is that most of the Senior Royal Saudi Naval Force officers are graduates of Pakistan Naval Academy.
In the same manner Saudi Royal Forces had extended On Job training facilities to Pakistan Navy Officers on board their ships on regular basis. This base provides strength to our bilateral relations, he added.
Captain Tasawar said that Pakistan believes in promoting peace and security in the region. It has remained committed to international resolve to maintain stability and to curb terrorism in all its forms.
Pakistan Navy in cooperation with international and regional navies is participating in multi-national operations known as Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan and Counter Piracy deployments.
Present deployment of PNS Alamgir is reassertion of Pakistan that the maritime environment is not used for unlawful purpose.
Later the Saudi and Pakistani Naval officers commemorated the day and the Pak- Saudi Naval ties by cutting a cake, together and Commodore Saeed presented a shield to the Commanding officer of Pakistan Navy.
PNS Alamgir is on a 4-day visit to Jeddah Port after long and tiring 50 days operational duty at sea.
PAC summon secretary housing
ISLAMABAD, Apr 11 (APP):The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday summoned the secretary housing and chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) in next meeting to get vacated government land from land grabbers and directed Inspector General Police for strict action against such elements.
The committee met here under the Chairmanship of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah at Parliament House.
Discussing the audit objections of Karachi Port Trust, the committee member Arif Alvi said on the direction of Chairman PAC a visit was conducted to the Federal Government Officers Housing Society but no cooperation was extended from the ministry of housing.
According to information, he said initial map was passed on May 2012 but now they were changing the map to create more plots on the land of graveyard which was against the law.
Arif Alavi said further creation of plots indicated corruption and it was the time to stop such an action before a corruption scandal comes before the nation.
Additional Managing Director Housing Foundation said the project was started in 2012 and assured the committee that project would be completed till December 2018.
Famous Punjabi movies lyricist Waris Ludhianvi remembered on birth anniversary
ISLAMABAD, Apr 11 (APP):April 11 is 90th birth anniversary of famous Punjabi movies lyricist Waris Ludhianvi. He was born on this day in 1928 and died September 5, 1992 in Lahore.
Waris Ludhyanvi’s real name was Chaudhary Mohammad Ismael. He belonged to a Gujjar family from Ludhiana.
Ludhyanvi wrote his first song for film Shehri Babu (1953), which was a super hit song. “Gallan Sun Kay Mahi Day Naal Merian” was a naughty song and also the first ever super hit song sung by Zubaida Khanum.
He got more fame from another all time super hit Punjabi song ” Dilla Thehar Ja, Yaar Da Nazara Lain Day”, which he wrote for the film Mukhra (1958). It was the most super hit song ever sung by Munir Hussain and also composed by Rasheed Attray.
Waris Ludhyanvi wrote many super hit songs but a wedding song from film Kartar Singh (1959) became folk song with its immense popularity. It was “Desan Da Raja, Meray Babul Da Pyara”.
He also wrote songs in many other super hit movies like Mitti Dian Murtaan (1960), Thah (1972),Naukar Vohti da (1974),Sher
Khan (1981) and Qaidi (1986).
Prosperity of Southern Punjab is my mission, says Shehbaz Sharif
LAHORE, Apr 11 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said Southern Punjab was very close to his heart and prosperity of its people was his mission.
He said he took this as a mission during the worst flood of 2010. He said there was no example in the 70 years history of Pakistan of the work being done by PML-N government for the development of Southern Punjab.
This was stated by him while talking to assembly members belonging to Southern Punjab who met him here, and expressed their complete confidence over his leadership.
The Punjab chief minister said those who were point-scoring on the issue of Southern Punjab had badly neglected that area in their tenure.
Record development programs had been completed in southern Punjab during PML-N tenure, he said and added that the PML-N government had taken practical measures for the development and prosperity of Southern Punjab.
He said the people of Southern Punjab would reject those who showed political jugglery in next general elections.
The assembly members said the chief minister had left no stone unturned for giving rights to the people of Southern Punjab.
They said the PML-N would win with thumping majority from Southern Punjab in the leadership of chief minister Punjab.
Those who called on him included Member National Assembly Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari, Member Provincial Assembly Muhammad Mumtaz Ahmed Qaiserani and Mir Badshah Qaiserani.
Pak-Qatar family takaful, DIB achieve Rs 3 billion mark in BT business
KARACHI, Apr 11 (APP):Pak-Qatar Family Takaful has achieved yet another milestone by generating over Rs 3 billion Banca Takaful business with its first partner Dubai Islamic Bank.
The 9-year old business portfolio, commencing in October 2009, has crossed Rs 3.05 billion with 9,000 customers across the country availing various Banca Takaful products via Dubai Islamic Bank, said press release on Wednesday.
Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan and FWU AG Pakistan recently celebrated over Rs 3 billion milestone Banca Takaful relationship as business partners offering Takaful products nationwide.
A special ceremony was held by Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan and FWU AG Pakistan to mark this milestone at DIB’s Banca Takaful Family Gala-2018.
Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan, Junaid Ahmed, CEO of Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, Nasir Ali Syed and Country Head FWU AG Pakistan Branch, M. Azam Khan were present on the occasion along with senior management teams of respective organizations.
Pak-Qatar Family Takaful offers a wide range of sharia compliant
protection and saving products to its clients. Pak-Qatar Takaful Group (PQTG) – the first and largest dedicated Takaful enterprise in Pakistan’s Islamic Finance industry, comprises of Shari’ah-Compliant ventures like Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Limited, Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited and Pak-Qatar Investments Limited. These ventures are driven by modern technology and a service-culture to achieve the fastest growth and high-credibility, by providing innovative Takaful solutions since 2007.
Pak-Qatar Takaful Group’s shareholders include some of the strongest financial institutions in the state of Qatar including Qatar Islamic Insurance Company (QIIC), Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB), Masraf Al Ryan with a combined asset base of more than $ 37 billion and equity over $ 5 billion.
Shehbaz always comes for help of KP people in every difficult situation: Muqam
PESHAWAR, Apr 11 (APP):Prime Minister Advisor and KP PML-N President, Engir Amir Muqam said here Wednesday that Chief Minister Punjab and PML-N President, Shehbaz Sharif has always come for the help and assistance of people of KP in every difficult situation, reflecting his love and affection
for people of the province.
Addressing PML-N workers convention here Wednesday, Amir Muqam
said whether it was 2010 devastated floods, earthquake, TDPs crisis or dangerous
dengue virus attack in Peshawar, Chief Minister Punjab has sent specialist
teams of doctors, paramedics besides relief goods to help needy brothers and
sisters of KP.
He said Punjab government had deployed specialist doctors
and paramedics when dengue virus started attacks on residents of Peshawar last
summer while PTI Chief Imran Khan was enjoying hiking in Nathia Gali.
He said Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif dispatched scores of relief goods consignments
of trucks for assistance and help of TDPs of North Waziristan.
Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital in Mingora was constructed with
assistance of Punjab Government where people of KP are getting latest
treatment.
He said Imran Khan has criticized metro projects in Punjab
and was now considering the same in Peshawar on huge foreign loans and put
Peshawar in ditches, environmental chaos and traffic mess that had made lives
of people miserable. He said people of KP were buried under huge foreign loans
obtained for metro bus in Peshawar.
He regretted that PTI has started metro project in a time
when its government has already completed it tenure.
The people of KP are fed with hallow slogans and agitation
politics of PTI and were now looking towards PML-N for solution of their
problems.
He said PML-N would form next government in KP and would
address all problems of people.
He said PML-N was the only political party with strong roots
in masses and will win elections on basis of record development works.
Earlier, he welcomed PML-N President and CM Punjab upon
arrival at Peshawar.
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Queensland (Australia), Apr 11 (APP):Pakistan just needed a win to book a 5th place but all such expectations and hopes went otherwise when the green-shirt played another draw against Malaysia in the XXI Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games pool match played here at Hockey Club ground on Wednesday.
Things were really proved to be otherwise in their last pool game against Malaysia, putting them both Pakistan and Malaysia away from the semi-finals. A win at least will give 13th ranked Pakistan 5th place, much better from that was 7th or 8th.
With this draw Pakistan and Malaysia were out of semi-final contention at the hockey event at Gold Coast, Australia. But there was something at stake when they came across in their last pool game.
The two sides ended equal on points. As per the Games rules, the side with more wins finished ahead. Pakistan drew all the four matches against Wales, India, England and now Malaysia while Malaysia had one win.
Malaysia called the early shots. A steal in Pakistan half left goal keeper Imran Butt with no option but to rush out of the 23 meter to thwart the danger. It cost him yellow card. Replacement Mazhar Abbas was called to make two outstanding saves in his five minute appearance on the pitch.
Pakistan managed to settle down and looked certainly the better side during the rest of the first-half.
In the ninth minute, after some delightful shot passes, a high ball reached Shafqat Rasool standing unmarked near the right post. The veteran first timed it into the cage.
In the second quarter, both the two sides got a couple of back to back penalty corners but to no avail.
Dilber had the best open play opportunity. He had goal at his mercy but the try was poor. At the half-time Pakistan led the way with a 1-0.
Pakistan rushed out of the blocks after the change of the sides and had a penalty corner in the first minute but the variation did not click. After some back and forth play, Malaysia tested Imran Butt, who was well positioned to stop.
In the 39th minute, Fitri Sari, after a magnificent dribbling run, sent a parallel reverse ball in the path of Ramadan Rosli from deep inside circle’s left. The latter dived to complete a memorable goal. First minute of the fourth quarter saw Pakistan waste another penalty corner. Then Malaysia could not make out of two back to back penalty corners.
With less than three minute left, Pakistani head coach Oeltmans replaced the goal-keeper with an out- field player. There was some high drama as Pakistan obtained two back to back penalty corners in the penultimate minute but the Malaysian net minder Hairi Abdul Rahman anticipated well each time and it ended 1-1. The move of head coach Oeltmans, at this occasion, was beyond understanding.
For Pakistan Shafqat Rasool in the 9th minute gave team a vital lead and for Malaysia Ramadan Rosli in the 39th minute tied the tally. Pakistan will now play for the 7th and 8th position on Friday.
In the boxing event Pakistan’s hope shattered down when Syed Muhammad Asif lost in the quarter-final against Reecxe Mcfadden on points 5-0. There was a slid difference as Reecze Mcfadden of Scotland won all three rounds with 10-9, 10-9 and 10-9 points, finishing the overall points tally with 29-27.
In the Men’s 52kg weight category Awais Ali Khan of Pakistan will face Ato Plodzicki Faoagali of Samoa in the quarter-finals. So far Australia with 52 gold medal, 39 silver and 42 bronze with a total of 133 medals leading the medal table, followed by England at second with 24 gold medal, 30 silver and 21 bronze medal, recorded a total tally of medals at 75, India is at no 3 position with 12 gold medal, 4 silver medal and 8 bronze medal, New Zealand with 9 gold medal, 10 silver medals and 8 bronze, South Afridi with 9 gold medal, 6 silver medals and as many bronze medals, Canada with 8 gold medal, 21 silver medal and 15 bronze medals., Pakistan is slipped to 29 position from 27 so far with two bronze medals.
Nigeria’s golden sweep of the Para Powerlifting surprised many. It was a big win for Nigeria at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on Day-6, dominating the Para Powerlifting competition, sweeping all four gold medals on offer.
The first session of the day saw a Paralympic and world champion showdown in the men’s lightweight final with countrymen Paul Kehinde and Roland Ezuruike battling against each other for first place.
It ended up being a surprise win by Ezuruike who upgraded his Glasgow 2014 silver to gold, lifting 194kg to give him 224.3 points. Kehinde finished on 219.9 having lifted 211kg, with England’s Ali Jawad finishing third with a best lift of 161kg to give him 182.7 points.
The female lightweight competitors took to the bench next for their final with another clash of two Nigerian’s, this time two world-record holders. Esther Oyema held the world record for women’s Para Powerlifting in the 50kg class and Lucy Ejike held the world record in the women’s 61kg class.
Oyema ended up breaking her own world record with a solid third lift of 131kg, giving the 35-year-old her third consecutive gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a total of 141.6 points.
Teammate Ejike claimed another silver medal for Nigeria with only one successful attempt, finishing with 134.1 points and Olympian Zoe Newson, of England, rounded out the podium with a best lift of 91kg at a bodyweight of just 41kg.
Shaukat Aziz re-elected board member of Boao Forum for Asia
BEIJING, Apr 11 (APP):Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister of Pakistan, was elected member of Board of Directors of the Boao Forum for Asia.
The General Meeting of Members of the Boao Forum for Asia, held during the annual meeting, elected the new board of directors.
Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations, replaced Yasuo Fukuda, former Japanese prime minister, to become the new chairman of the 19-member Board of Directors.
According to a resolution of the new board, Fukuda, along with other 10 outgoing members of the previous board, are invited to the Council of Advisers.
Zhou Xiaochuan, former vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body and former governor of the People’s Bank of China, replaced Zeng Peiyan as the chief representative of China to the BFA.
According to the BFA Charter, the chief representative of China is the ex-officio member and the vice-chairman of the Board.
Li Baodong, vice-minister of foreign affairs, was appointed secretary-general of the board.
Among the 19 members of the board, 12 are newly elected, including Ban, Zhou and Li, and seven are from the previous board, including Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister of Pakistan.
The 12 newly elected members are political and business leaders from Asia and the world, including Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former president of the Philippines and Carlos Gutierrez, former secretary of commerce of the United States.
Eight outgoing members of the previous Council of Advisors, including Fidel Ramos, former President of the Philippines, and Bob Hawke, former prime minister of Australia, were honored with the title of BFA Honorary Member in recognition of their outstanding and substantive contributions to the forum.
Harris concludes cross-examination of Wajid Zia
ISLAMABAD, Apr 11 (APP):Khawaja Harris, counsel for former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Wednesday concluded cross-examination of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head Wajid Zia in the Avenfield property reference.
Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir resumed hearing of the reference filed by the National Accountability Court (NAB).
On tenth day of cross-examination, Khawaja Harris questioned Wajid Zia about other members of JIT and raised various objections.
The prosecution witness, Wajid Zia, replied that no objection was raised against any JIT member during the proceedings in the Supreme Court.
NAB prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi objected that Harris was asking irrelevant questions.
Later after a short break, Amjad Pervez, counsel for Maryam Nawaz, began cross-examination of Wajid Zia.
To a query, Zia stated that the JIT was supported by around 40 experts during Panama Papers investigation, whose role was not specified in the reports. The apex court was requested not to mention the names of supporting staff, he added.
To another query, the JIT head said the report was prepared with the consensus of all team members.
The court adjourned hearing of the case till April 12, wherein Amjad Perviaz would continue cross examining Wajid Zia.
Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar attended the court proceedings.