FAISALABAD, Mar 4 (APP)::A rousing welcome will be accorded
to Maryam Nawaz on her arrival here on March 8 to address Pakistan
Muslim League-N social media convention.
Talking to APP, Mian Irfan Manan vice chairman Wasa and district coordinator social media convention said the convention would be
held in the historic ground of Iqbal Park (Dhobi Ghaat).
He said that 8 committees had been constituted to make
the arrangements for the convention.

ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (APP):The country’s womenfolk is more vulnerable to specific diseases as compared to men due to
social, cultural and economic factors , a health expert warned on Sunday.
In an exclusive interview with APP Head of Department of gynecology at Pakistan Institution of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Syeda Batool Mazher said due to poverty, illiteracy and gender inequality women were more prone to comorbidities.The major factors she said are cultural taboos which do not allow them to talk freely about some particular health issues relating to family planning and reproductive system. “Women are even reluctant to share them with their real kin-ships and family physicians,” she added.
She said no doubt things were changing but at a snail’s pace as now women-specific health issues were taken up as a debate by the policy makers and legislators. She however stressed for action on war footing to give nation healthy future generations.
She urged women to adopt healthy dietary habits and daily exercise which at least does not demand much economic resources.She forcefully stressed to avoid heavyweight that may deteriorate the Poly-cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and could lead to Diabetes Mellitus and heart diseases in women.

While explaining the PCOS she said that the disease was a hormonal disorder that indicates the irregular periods, excess of male hormone (androgen) and enlarged poly-cystic ovaries among women of reproductive age.

When symptoms like facial hair, irregular menstrual cycles and development of numerous small collection of fluids (follicles) appeared ,women were advised to consult a doctor for quick remedy, she said.

She also urged the ladies to only consult registered physicians and never visit quacks to avoid further complexities.

RAWALPINDI, Mar 04 (APP):Frontier Corps (FC)Balochistan on Sunday conducted intelligence based operations (IBOs) in Dera
Bugti, Balochistan on terrorists’ suspected hideouts.
Cache of arms and ammunition,including RPG rockets, mines, explosive, detonators and ammunition were recovered,said a statement issued here.
The IBOs were carried out as part of the ongoing operation Radd ul
Fasaad.

MULTAN, Mar 4 (APP)::Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafique
Rajwana said that quality education was need of hour and
it could help making productive and useful citizens.
Addressing a ceremony at a local school on Saturday
late night, he said that government was making all out
efforts for the provision of top quality education in the
country.
He said that educated youth was assets of the country
and they should play their important role for development
of the country. The education was the only way for
overcomming poverty ignorance, unemployment and extremism,
he said.
“A nation cannot be financially strong without education
as it plays key role in making a country successful”, governor
said.
He said the government was taking revolutionary steps
for the promotion of education including provision of
laptops to hardworking students, provision of fee, and
scholarship. The Punjab governor also hailed role of
private institutions in promoting education.
On the occasion, educationists Shehzad Khan, Iram
Yousuf, Sara Bilal and others were also present.

MIRPUR (AJK),March 4 (APP)::Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Raja Mohammad Farooq Haider Khan has categorically declared that AJK Legislative Assembly is the only house of the AJK, parliament for legislation, Kashmir Council is the executive body whose chairman is Prime Minister Pakistan.
Talking to media men here late Saturday, AJK Prime Minister expressed these views. Later, Prime Minister visited the Kashmir Press Club and extended his heartfelt felicitation to the newly elected officer bearers.
Speaking briefly on the occasion he said, “Incumbent Government is engaged for the amendments in the AJK interim constitution Act 1974 so that Legislative Assembly comprising the elected representatives could become more powerful to serve the population of the state”.
Commenting on the Azad Jammu Kashmir Council, “Prime Minister said that some people do not understand or they are unaware of the Council’s authority”.

LAHORE, Mar 04 (APP):Pakistan Muslim League-N’s victory in Senate elections has once again proved that Nawaz Sharif
“sub pe Bhari” (heavy against all).
PML-N leader and Member National Assembly Waheed Aalam Khan
said this while speaking at APP News television’s programme
`Dialogue’ here on Sunday.
He said that there were tall claims of victory by the opposition
before Senate elections, but all of their claims could not prove
true and the PML-N emerged victorious.
He said that this was year of elections, adding that those
who were still doing politics of unrest had no scope in the
country.
He said that Imran Khan being head of a political party must
start constructive politics and should not play in the hands of
those people who had no future in the national politics.
He further said that some of the parties in the opposition
want to derail democracy as they had no interest in strengthening democratic system in the country.
Waheed Aalm said that time had come for every political party
to do politics of elections. There is just few months in the general elections and everyone need to do politics for elections for winning maximum number of seats in the assemblies, he added.
He also advised the political parties to promote democratic
culture, adopt good behavior and use decent language during their
speeches and other activities. Your attitude will have far-reaching
impact on winning of elections, he said.
“I am afraid that those politicians who are not preparing for
general elections will be protesting after the 2018 elections, in
the same way, they did after elections of 2013”, he added.

ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (APP):The capital police is confident to reduce crimes in the city after inclusion of special people in community policing through a recently constituted committee during inauguration of Model Police Station here.

The new initiative named Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) committee is aim to strengthen this segment’s liaison with police to minimie their vulnerability of falling in to the hands of criminals besides their social well-being.

Talking to APP , Fazal Khaliq the Human Rights and Community Policing Officer said that Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police introduced this committee for giving more attention to the special people and ensure their direct integration with police and to establish trust.
“The initiative would be extended to other model police stations in near future” he added.
Usman Saeed a coordinator of Special People’s Committee called it a great opportunity for the special people to approach police in a friendly environment to have assistance in complicated legal procedures.

Such persons could easily be exploited by criminals due to less job opportunities who could use them for anti-social activities, he said. “Forced begging is one of the top examples for which this innocent segment is being used,” he added.

He also suggested with a demand to introduce panic button in PWDs’ homes for alerting police in case of any emergency situation.

The coordinator said the Inspector General Police Islamabad Sultan Azam Temuri has endorsed their proposal for creating more public awareness to play their role for making special people effective and productive members of the society.

This is pertinent to mention here that PWDs committee was an addition to four already existing Neighborhood Watch Committees launched in early 2018 as an effective tool aimed at bringing people closer to the police and to win the public support.

ISLAMABAD, Mar 3 (APP):The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has officially announced the senate election 2018 results of all 52 seats
of general, technocrat, non-Muslim and women reserved from federal capital, Federally Administered Tribal areas (FATA) and four provinces.
According to ECP, on one general seat from the federal capital, Muhammad Asad Ali Khan Junejo won the senate
election by grabbing 214 votes while two other candidates Raja Imran Ashraf and Kanwal Shauzab received 45 and 32 votes respectively.
On technocrat seat from federal capital, Mushahid Hussain Syed remained successful by receiving 223 votes against Raja Muhammad Shakil Abbasi who got 64 votes.
On general seat the number of valid votes were 291 while on technocrat seat the number of valid votes were
287.
On four senate seats from FATA, the winning candidates were Shamim Afridi, Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Hidayat Ullah
and Hillal Ur Rehman.
It said that the seven winning candidates on general seats from Punjab included Ch. Mohammad Sarwar, Dr Asif
Kirmani, Rana Mehmood ul Hassan, Shaheen Khalid Butt, Musadik Masood Malik, Rana Maqbool Ahmad and Haroon Khan.
On two reserved seats for technocrat/Ulema, the winning candidates were Hafiz Abdul Karim and Mohammad Ishaq Dar. On two
reserved seats for women Saadia Abbasi and Nuzhat Sadiq got success while Kamran Michael was elected on one non-Muslim seat from Punjab.
On general seats total number of votes were 365, on technocrat seats number of valid votes were 362 and on women
reserved seats number of valid votes were 358 while on non-Muslim seat the number of valid votes were 357.
The seven winning candidates on general seats from Sindh were Mian Raza Rabbani, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Jamot,
Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, Muhammad Farogh Naseem, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Moula Bux Chandio and Imamuddin Shouqeen.
On two reserved seats for technocrat/Ulema, the winning candidates were Dr Sikandar Mandhro and Rukhsana Zuberi. On two reserved seats for women Quratulain Marri and Keshoo Bai got success while Anwar Lal Dean was elected on one non-Muslim seat from Sindh.
On general seats number of valid votes were 147, on technocrat seats number of valid votes were 154 and on women
reserved seats number of valid votes were 155 while on non-Muslim seat the number of valid votes were 148.
According to commission, the seven winning candidates on general seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa included Muhammad Talha Mehmood (JUI-F), Faisal Javed ((PTI), Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah (Independent), Muhammad Ayub (PTI), Behramand (PPPP), Fida Muhammad (PTI) and Mushtaq Ahmed (Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan).
On two reserved seats for technocrat/Ulema, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati (PTI) and Dilawar Khan (Independent) won the election while on two seats reserved for women Mehar Taj Roghani (PTI) and Robina Khalid (PPPP) got success.
On general seats total number of voters were 122, polled votes were 122 and the number of valid votes were 118 while invalid votes were four. On technocrat seats, total number of voters were 122, polled votes were 122, and valid votes were 120 while the invalid votes were two.
Similarly, on seats reserved for women, total number of voters were 122, polled votes were 122, and valid votes were 120 while invalid votes were two.
It said that the seven winning candidates on general seats from Balochistan were Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, Ahmed Khan, Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, Kohda Babar, Molvi Faiz Muhammad and Sardar Muhammad Shafiq Tareen.
On two reserved seats for women, Abida Muhammad Azeem and Sana Jamali got success while on two reserved seats
for technocrat/Ulema, the winning candidates were Muhammad Tahir Bizinjo and Naseebullah Bazai.
On general seats the number of valid votes were 63, on technocrat seats the number of valid votes were 64 while on women reserved seats the number of valid votes were 64.

ISLAMABAD, March 03 (APP):Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb talking to the media outside the parliament house here Saturday said that an attempt was made to oust the name of PML (N) from the elections but the Nawaz Sharif led party which enjoyed support of the people and blessings of Allah would invariably emerge triumphant in every election. She said that Nawaz Sharif would even win senate elections today.
The minister in a statement lambasted Imran Khan for not casting his vote in the senate elections saying that he was fond of giving examples about democracy in other countries, but did not turn up in the parliament to cast his vote in deference to democracy in his own country, which had exposed his double standards and political hypocrisy. She said that a person who did not have any respect for the sanctity of vote and parliament wanted to become prime minister through the same vote and legislature.
Marriyum said that on the one hand Imran hurled insults at the parliament and on the other hand was contesting elections to become part of the same august house. She asked as to how he was making his party members to contest elections when by not voting he had degraded the sanctity of his own vote? The Minister asked as to what message he was trying to convey to the people and voters through his hypocritical stance?
She said that Imran cursed the parliament but was striving to have his party men elected to it. However he considered it an insult to vote for his own party men which was very shameful, she added. The minister said that Imran’s staying away from voting was a link in the same chain of conspiracy when in 2014 an attempt was made to orchestrate the fall of the parliament through sit-in. The minister said that Imran should now wait for the decision of the people through their thumb impressions instead of finger of the umpire.
While talking to media outside the Parliament, the minister said that wherever Nawaz Sharif went people in their thousands followed him because they knew that he had served the masses. The minister said that two years had passed but they could not ferret out any corruption against Nawaz Sharif.
The minister said that Imran Khan, who had to explain his position regarding submission of fake NOC, was terming his own assembly members as saleable commodities yesterday. She said that he was hurling allegations against his own party men adding that a person who sent curses on the parliament would have no consideration for the parliamentarians. Marriyum said that in the ensuing elections the decisions would be made by the thumbs of the people and not the finger of the umpire. The minister said that the PTI members would have to answer the allegations of their leader. She said that Imran Khan convened a meeting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yesterday and it would have to be found how many members attended it?
The minister said that never in the history of any country an elected Prime Minister had been ousted on the basis of ‘Iqama.’ She said that nothing incriminating had emerged from the evidence that was stacked in the JIT boxes and all the verdicts were based on the proposition as to why Nawaz Sharif did not draw salary from the company owned by his son. Marriyum said that in spite of the fact that he was disqualified as Prime Minister, declared ineligible to be the president of the party, he emerged victorious day before yesterday, would win today and in the 2016 general election.
The minister said that those who deserted him at this juncture would end their political careers as they would find no place anywhere. She said that history was witness to the fact that those who left him in times of adversity became political non-entities. She said that those who stood with him made their mark. The minister said that timely holding of senate elections was a glad tiding and all the rumours and misgivings in that regard had died down. The minister said that Nawaz Sharif’s narrative ‘why I was ousted’ had led to exponential increase in his popularity contrary to the otherwise impression. She said there was only one answer to the narrative ‘see the impact of ousting me.’
Later talking to PTV Marriyum Aurangzeb said that questions must be asked from those who were enemies of democracy and the country and gave date after date saying that the senate elections would be postponed. She said that the holding of the senate elections was really embarrassing for them.
She said that it was a historic day for the people of Pakistan that the senate elections were happening on time and God willing general election 2018 would also be held as per schedule. Marriyum said that it would mark the completion a decade of uninterrupted democracy in the country.
She said that it would help people in understanding the difference between democratic and dictatorial regime in regards to services rendered to them. She said that the dictators not only decimated the constitution but also failed to serve the people, which was their right. The minister said that a verdict which deprived the biggest political party of its name and from participating in the election process, reflected a sense of fear. She said that the things which by the grace of Allah had been eliminated from the electoral process of the country had been revived but the Parliamentarians have become mature now .

ISLAMABAD, Mar 03 (APP):Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has officially
announced the results of senate election 2018 on seats of general, technocrat, non-Muslim and
and women reserved from Punjab
According to ECP, the seven winning candidates on general
seats from Punjab included Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, Dr Asif Kirmani, Rana Mehmood
ul Hassan, Shaheen Khalid Butt, Musadik Masood Malik, Rana Maqbool Ahmad and
Haroon Khan.
On two reserved seats for technocrat/Ulema, the winning
candidates were Hafiz Abdul Karim and Mohammad Ishaq Dar. On two reserved seats
for women Saadia Abbasi and Nuzhat Sadiq got success while
Kamran Michael was elected on one non-Muslim seat from Punjab.
On general seats total number of votes were 365, on technocrat
seats number of valid votes were 362 and on women reserved seats number of
valid votes were 358, while on non-Muslim seat the number of valid votes were
357.