ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP):Minister for Defence Engineer Khurram Dastagir Khan on Friday said that any misadventure by India would be given befitting response.
India was establishing cantonments and air-bases along the line of control (LoC), he said while talking to a private news channel.
Pakistan Armed forces were fully capable to defend the mother land, he said India was working on “cold start doctrine”.
He said that India had lost the opportunity of dialogue with Pakistan. In 2017, India had made ceasefire violations along LoC, he added.
Since 2015, Pakistan had intensified activities to wipe out the terrorism from this region. Operation Radul Fasaad was also continuing unabatedly, he added.
To a question he said “we wanted to provide complete peace to the next generation of Pakistan.”
To another question he said we have expressed reservation over increasing strategic partnership of US with India.
The Minister said that Pakistan had taken serious steps to flush out terrorism.
He appreciated China for helping Pakistan in elimination of terrorism, and power loadshedding.
Replying to a question he said that all the institutions should work under their domain.
Khurram Dastagir said that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), would continue work for sanctity of vote in the country.

RAWALPINDI, Feb 16 (APP):Over 500 students and faculty members from leading educational institutes of Multan spent a day with army at Multan Garrison.
The event was aimed at familiarising students about functioning of Pakistan Army and its capabilities, an Inter-Services Public Relations statement issued here on Friday said.
The participants conducted live firing with small arms, witnessed weapons, equipment display. The students thanked Pakistan Army for the awareness.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP):State Minister for Interior talal chaudhry Friday said the federal government was cooperating with Sindh police regarding arrest of Rao Anwar, a senior superintendent police (SSP) of Malir, Karachi.
The ministry of interior had given directives to concerned authorities for providing assistance to the provincial police to apprehend SSP Rao Anwar.
Talking to a private news channel, he said officers of the federal ministry of interior had stopped Rao Anwar for skipping from the air port.
The minister said federal government could help the provinces but it could not interviene in their matters directly.

HYDERABAD, Feb 16 (APP):Eminent physician & cardiologist of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Dr. Nadeem Anwar Khan said it was expected that three million patients in Pakistan were suffering from severe progressive hepatitis-C, which leads to liver failure.
He said that there was also an alarmingly high incidence of liver cancer in Pakistan and it was expected to be the most common cancer in the country.
Talking to APP here on Friday, he said that awareness to masses about precautionary measures against disease could reduce the numbers of hepatitis patients in the country in general and in Sindh particularly where the disease is spreading with rapid pace mainly in rural parts.
He said controlling of diseases is essential therefore maximum awareness should be created among the people against these diseases. He urged the people to follow principle of “prevention is better than cure” for protecting themselves from diseases.
He said that government is spending billions of rupees on the treatment of hepatitis patients despite its limited resources. However, creating awareness among the masses can help eradicate the increasing number of patients for which media particularly electronic media can play an important role in this regard,
added.
Dr. Nadeem Anwar Khan expressed grave concern over quack doctors, who he said that involved in causing Hepatitis with
wrong diagnosis and prescription and termed it punishable offence on charge of playing with the live of the people.
He said that it because of wrong treatment that number of the cases of Hepatitis-D has been increased in the province. During the survey, the number of maximum cases of Hepatitis-B has been found in upper Sindh while the rate of Hepatitis-C is high in lower Sindh, he disclosed that there are five main types of viral hepatitis
A, B, C, D and E. Symptoms of the liver problem can include jaundice, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever, he said.
Hepatitis E is common in Pakistan, China and other parts of the world.
Dr.Nadeem Anwar Khan said that hepatitis B and C are life-threatening but curable the citizens are required to be informed about the diseases in the country.
He added that hepatitis largely remains unknown as a health threat in much of the world. It is more prevalent particularly in the third world including Pakistan that makes it more alarming. A stringent method should be adopted to address the ‘silent killer’ of viral hepatitis, he said.
Viral hepatitis is also the leading cause of liver cancer. Liver cancer is the second biggest cancer killer and symptoms of viral hepatitis often go unnoticed. Therefore anyone who might think they may have been exposed should get tested, Dr. Nadeem Anwar Khan said.
Dr.Nadeem said that in the past, medical science was aware about only two types of this ailment, Hepatitis A and B. Now more
dangerous types of this disease D, E and G have been recovered. Hepatitis B, C and D are more dangerous but they cannot harm without their combination with Hepatitis B.
He said that there was a need to educate media men, religious scholars, elected representatives and health workers about these problems.
Dr. Nadeem Anwar Khan underlined the need of launching mass awareness campaign at large scale so that the people could be aware of reason, which causing different kinds of hepatitis disease.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP):Three-day Pak-UAE property show and international symposium would be held here from April 26-28 at Pak-China Friendship Center in order to promote investment opportunities in real estate and construction industry of the country.
The event, which aiming at to bring together developers, real estate brokers, private investors and institutional is likely to be attend by the exhibitors and investors from different countries.
The event would be organized by the Subhanis Group, structured to provide first hand information to identify investment opportunities regarding the prices and latest developments in the real estate and property industry of Pakistani and international market.
In a statement issued here Friday ,Chairman of the group informed that Pak- UAE Property show is an annual event held in Islamabad for the real estate, property industry and is accredited and approved to sell projects, properties to visitors and investors.
He said that more than 80 exhibitors are participating in this mega event eyeing 8,000 trade visitors including high government officials, foreign dignitaries and diplomats, investors, buyers, decision makers, and other stakeholders.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP):President Azad Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan has strongly condemned the deliberate targeting of a school van carrying children in Battal Sector by the Indian forces. Indian fire on the school van led to the martyrdom of the driver.
The President paid tribute to the martyred driver and the brave citizens living along the Line of Control (LOC).
He said that such cowardly violations of the ceasefire agreement have exposed the real face of India who targets our children, elderly and womenfolk. “We will not be intimidated by these shameless and horrendous acts of terror. India must be ready for the consequences.”
The President said that such acts of killing unarmed bank people is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention and the deafening silence of the International community is deplorable.
He added that the people living along the LOC are our bravest citizens who face constant shelling and fire from Indian posts thickly spread across the bordering areas.
Furthermore, President AJK praised the commitment of Pakistan’s Armed Forces and said that the whole nation stands behind its soldiers. He said Pakistan Army has never resorted to first fire and never targets civilians living on the other side of the LOC. “Civilians in IOK are our citizens and we will never target them in retaliation to Indian fire across the LOC.”
President tweeted in response to attack in Battal;
“Once again India martyrs a school van driver. Horrendous & unforgivable. A cowardly act of terror; shamelessly violating the ceasefire agreement & terrorizing civilians in AJK. Salute to the fallen hero; condolence to the family. India must be ready for a fitting retaliation,” said a press release.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP):Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Friday directed all television channels to ensure compliance of Supreme Court orders with regard to timely payment of salaries to their workers and outstanding amounts, if any.
“All Satellite TV channel Licensees are directed to ensure strict compliance to the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in letter and spirit,” the authority said in a letter written to all Satellite TV channel licensees.
The PEMRA sent the letter to all concerned along with a certified copy of the SC orders passed on February 16, 2018, reproducing its an operative Para, which is as under:
9“… At this juncture, Mr Tayyab Baloch, President, Press Association of Supreme Court, has put in appearance. He has complained that the Reporters/Workers of print and electronic media are not being paid their salaries in time. Large amounts of salaries are outstanding and they are constantly being deprived of fruits of their labour without lawful cause. He submits that right to life is a fundamental right which needs to be implemented by this court. In order to examine this issue let notices be issued to all Media Companies/outlets (Print and Electronic) to furnish details to this court showing number of Reporters/Workers hired by them, amount of outstanding dues/salaries payable to the workers/Reporters till date and in case salaries have not been paid the reason for non-payment. It is, however, clarified that if outstanding dues are paid/cleared within the period of ten days from today, such act shall be appreciated by this court and appropriate orders in this regard will be passed.”

LAHORE, Feb 16 (APP):Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Leghari and Sardar Jamal Leghari called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, here Friday.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister said, the PML-N government removed the darkness of load shedding from the country by completing energy projects in a record period of time and added that process of industrial development would be accelerated and job opportunities would be enhanced due to overcoming of energy crisis. He lamented that those who told lies day and night enhanced problems of the masses by creating hurdles in energy projects.
The Chief Minister said, development and prosperity of the people of southern Punjab was very dear to him. He pointed out that development projects had been completed in southern Punjab with billions of rupees and the responsibility of development of the region would always be fulfilled. “The credit goes to the PML-N government that it has allocated more budget for southern Punjab as compared to its population ratio. Similarly, metro and speedo buses are providing quality travel facilities to hundreds and thousands of passengers every day in Multan. People have been provided honorable travelling facility through speedo buses in Lodhran and Bahawalpur, as well,” he added.
On the other side, he said, the village lifestyle had been transformed due to construction of thousands of kilometers long rural roads and due to Rs. 100 billion Kissan Package, farmers had been prospered and agricultural productivity had also been enhanced. Those who talked about backwardness of southern Punjab, had never given any attention to the solution of public problems in their tenure.
Federal Minister Sardar Awais Leghari, on the occasion, said, the PML-N government had won the hearts of the people by giving resources worth billions of rupees for the development and prosperity of southern Punjab.