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PM, PRESIDENT C O N D E M N M A N C H E S T E R EXPLOSION President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have condem ned Manchester explosion resulting in death of 22 persons and injuring many others. In their separate message they said Pakistan stands in solidarity with the government and people of United Kingdom against all forms of terrorism. The Prime Minister said concer ted efforts are needed to eliminate terrorism. MINISTRY OF IT TO ESTABLISH INCUBATION CENTER AT KARACHI SOON: ANUSHA Minister of State for IT Anusha Rehman on Tuesday said that the Ministry of IT is going to establish an incubation center at Karachi soon and contract has been awarded to the successful bidders through ICT Research and Development Fund Company’s Board recently. “Through this initiative, young IT graduates of Rural and urban Sindh will have a golden opportunity to get appropriate training to become successful entrepreneurs,” she said while talking to Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair who called on her in Islamabad today. Many issues of mutual interest pertaining to IT and Telecom development were discussed in the meeting. Anusha Rehman informed the governor Sindh that, “Ministry of information technology is rigorously pursuing the Prime Minister’s Agenda of ‘Digital Pakistan’ in true letter and spirit.” PTI REQUESTS SUPREME COURT TO FOR M COM M ISSION T O P R O B E PA R T Y FUNDS CASE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to form a commission to probe the party’s funding case. During hearing of the case, PTI lawyer Anwar Mansoor arg ued that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is neither tribunal nor a court to determine collection of funds through prohibited means. “We suggest formation of a commission to probe the matter,” he added. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar hinted that, “The case can be referred to ECP but the apex court will have to look into the matter as per law.” “We ca n not ha nd over responsibility to any institution by clipping its powers,” the CJP stated. The PTI lawyer further argued that, “Matter cannot be reopened after approval of party funds by the Election Commission.” ICC TO REVIEW SECURITY ARRANGEM ENTS A FTER TERRO R AT TAC K S I N MANCHESTER ICC has concerns regarding the Champions Trophy security after a blast in Manchester yesterday and work with the relevant authorities to review security measures for the upcoming Champions Trophy and Women’s World Cup.
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Indian claims of destroying Pakistani borders post are false, DG ISPR Pakistan Army on Tuesday denied claims by the Indian Army that the latter had carried out an ‘operation’ on Pakistani posts along the Line of Control (LoC). “Indian claims of destroying Pakistani post along LoC in Naushera Sector and firing by Pakistan Army on civilians across LoC are false,” InterServices Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor mentioned in a tweet.
A complete edited video was also circulated widely in Indian media to validate the drama. However, foreign media is still unable to know about the time and place of Indian drama, as shown in edited video. According to Indian media reports, the Indian Army on Tuesd ay lau nched massive fire assaults and destroyed several Pakistani posts across the LoC, hence Pakistan Army rubbished Indian claims.
AIIB to incorporate new members to deliver more dividends to regional countries: China
BEIJING, 23 MAY (DNA) China on Tuesday announced that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) under an expansion plan would incor porate more countries as its members to deliver more dividends to the regional countries.
“China is initiator of the investment bank and as an initiator it will like to see the bank becoming stronger and playing an important role in promoting infrastructure building connectivity and promoting common development for regional countries”, Spokesperson of
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying said on Tuesday. When her attention was drawn by APP Correspondent to a statement of President, AIIB, Jin Liqun that the bank expected to grow its membership to 85 by the end of this year, she said, “The bank is an open multilateral financial institution and it is according to the agreement, it admits new members.” The spokesperson hoped that expansion of the bank would incorporate more countries and deliver more dividends to the more countries.
Jin said at the Jiangsu Development Summit in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province last week that by the end of this year, a total of 85 countries and regions will become AIIB’s members. China won broad support for the establishment of AIIB, with 57 founding members, Jin said and added the Belt and Road Initiative and the AIIB were both great initiatives. Reflecting on the process of setting up the new bank and securing support from founding members, he said China had shown its willingness to serve the world using the
No restrictions being imposed on Social Media: Interior Minister
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has assured that no restrictions are being imposed on social media. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, he
said there is no check and balance on social media; therefore, the government wants to ensure that the country’s laws should not be flayed by those using social media. Chaudhry Nisar
Ali Khan said the constitution of Pakistan bars assailing and maligning the armed forces and judiciary; therefore, the social media cannot be allowed to violate the constitution.
Pakistan’s Sania Nishtar eliminated in vote for top WHO post
WHO was electing its new leader Tuesday, with the race narrowed to two finalists who have vowed to shake up the fiercely criticised agency. After one round of voting WHO member states eliminated former Pakistani health minister, Sania Nishtar, several
diplomats with direct knowledge of the closed-door result told AFP. That left former Ethiopian h e a lt h m i n i s t e r Te d r o s Adhanom and British doctor and UN veteran David Nabarro as the remaining candidates to succeed Hong Kong-born
Margaret Chan as the UN’s global health boss. A second round of voting was set to begin shortly. Chan’s decade-long tenure which ends on June 30 was notably marred by condemnation of the agency’s response to the Ebola epidemic in WI.
More than 30 members of Pakistan gar ments were i nvited by the leadi ng Chinese textile machinery manufacturer “Jack Sewing Machine Co. Ltd. on an 8-daytrip to China. During the trip, the delegation visited 7 big Chinese garments in Jiangsu, An’hui, Zhejiang province. The key elements that Pakistani delegation learned were the advanced automatic equipment and high-efficiency management ways. Then
they visited the Jack lockstitch, overlock, special machine and automatic cutter production line. They learned more about Jack sewing machine and culture. They gave the thumb to Jack clean assembly workshop and busy production line, told Javed Iqbal, Faisalabad based industrialist. At last, they had a meeting in Jack. Mr. Shi - the vice-present of Jack and Director of International Market Center gave a speech to welcome
them and introduced the Jack Company from each aspect. On the meeting, those friends thought highly of Jack strength and advanced development idea and gave gifts to each other. We believe by this visit to China, these Pakistan friends gained a lot. And this can make the friendship between Jack and Pakistan garment friends more stable. (Written & Translated by Tony, source: http://en.chinajack.com/)
Pakistani industrialists’ successful visit of “Jack” – leading Chinese textile machinery manufacturer
experience of reform and opening up. “Though the Belt and Road Initiative doesn’t cover all AIIB members, we will put more efforts in the future and believe more and more countries will join the AIIB,” Jin added. With 57 signatories at its launch in January 2016 and the approval of 13 prospective members in March 2017, AIIB aims to provide financing to address the daunting infrastructure needs across Asia.
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Pakistan wants to take its relations with Saudi Arabia to new heights: PM Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left for home after a threeday visit to Saudi Arabia. He was seen off by Governor Madina Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz at Prince Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz International Airport Madina. In his interaction with the governor, Nawaz Sharif said relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are time tested and they have grown with passage of time. He said we highly value our relations with the Kingdom. He said Pakistan wants to take its relations with Saudi Arabia to new heights. The Governor said, his country highly regards the friendship with Pakistan. It is a brotherly country with religious background.
The governor also appreciated Pakistan’s role in fight against terrorism. During his stay in Medina, the Prime Minister also paid respect at Masjid-eNabvi. He offered Nawafil at Riaz ul Jannah and prayed for the progress and prosperity of
Pakistan and the entire Muslim Ummah. Earlier in Riyadh, the Prime Minister on the special invitation of Saudi King also attended US-Arab-Islamic Summit.
No hidden agreements in CPEC: Ahsan LA HOR E - Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said that there are no hidden agreements in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Talking to a private TV channel, he insisted that, “Everything was kept transparent in agreement with the neighbouring state.” The minister claimed that, “Credible business-related institutions worldwide have expressed conf idence in Pakistan’s steady economic growth. Nothing has been kept
secret in CPEC.” He called CPEC ‘a supernatural gift’ for Pakistan while saying that, “Pakistan’s economic growth was on the decline when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had come into power.” He claimed, “Duration of power outages has lessened in Nawaz government which used to be 18 to 20 hours every day earlier.” He said, “10, 000 megawatt power projects have been launched under CPEC to end load shedding which would
bring economic revolution in the country.” He said, “Due to concrete measures of the gover nment, the national economy is improving and strengthening day by day. We’re trying to control the electricity crisis as energy-related projects are under-construction.” Ahsan Iqbal went on to discuss the situation of budget 2017-18. He told, “PML-N government will not increase debts and leave burden of deficit in election year budget as done by previous regimes.”