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Monday 30 September 2019

Thar residents make scrumptious locust biryani, curry dishes

In Thar’s Chacharo area, restaurants are selling biryani and curry dishes made from locustsTHAR: Making the most of a difficult situation, the residents of Tharparkar invented a delicious way of dealing with locust attacks, by cooking dishes made with them.In Thar’s Chacharo area, restaurants are selling biryani and curry dishes made from locusts.One of the restaurant owners also shared the secret of how to cook these locusts.A locust has to be cleaned first, with its legs and hind portion being detached from the body, he explained.Earlier, it was reported that Sindh’s crops were threatened by locust attacks. Locusts have been long considered a delicacy in the region, with locals calling them a great source of vitamins.

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Blast in Balochistan?s Loralai martyrs one police officer

According to police, the blast took place near police’s Eagle squad. — File photoQUETTA: A blast ripped through Balochistan’s Loralai district on Monday, killing at least one police officer, official said.According to police, the explosion took place near police’s Eagle squad and left the suspected bomber dead as well.The blast took place when the police officers were following suspects on two motorcycles, added police official.According to Commissioner Loralai, in the exchange of fire one miscreant was shot dead, while the other one blew himself up.In the blast, one policeman lost his life while two others were wounded, added the commissioner.

Bilawal Bhutto says any deal is out of question

The PPP chairman was addressing media after meeting former president Zardari at Adiala prison. File photoRAWALPINDI: Pakistan People’s Party leader Bilawal Bhutto said on Monday that he ‘curses’ the idea of any deal, reiterating that any concessional deal is out of question in relation to former president Asif Ali Zardari’s imprisonment at Adiala jail.The PPP chairman was addressing media after meeting former president Zardari, who is facing imprisonment in fake bank accounts case. Bilawal Bhutto reiterated his stance that the PPP knows how to fight back and will continue to do so.On the matter of protest call given by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s central leadership, the PPP chairman said that his party has a different stance related to the protest and they are willing to find middle ground.He further said that if there is any middle ground found in the meeting with the JUI-F, then the PPP will extend support more than mere cooperation.The PPP chairman referred to the ongoing National Accountability Bureau inquiry against Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, saying that if he is arrested without proven allegations, then the party knows how to respond.

Rain likely at country?s various parts on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday forecast rain/wind-thunderstorm in Islamabad and few places of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan during the next 24 hours.The synoptic situation has indicated the prevalence of weak seasonal low over North Balochistan.The westerly wave was present over upper parts of the country.Rain/wind-thunderstorm is likely at scattered places in all districts of Azad Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Lahore, Narowal, Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad and Islamabad while at isolated places in districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Parachinar, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Kech, Gawadar, Panjgur and Gilgit-Baltistan.The rainfall (mm) recorded during the last 24 hours was Kashmir: Muzaffarabad (City 17, Airport 15), Garidupatta 17, Rawalakot 08Punjab: Narowal 20, Murree 09, Sialkot 07, Hafizabad 03, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad) 02, Lahore (City 02, Airport 01), Jauharabad, Okara, Sahiwal 02Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 19, Dir 10, Kalam 05, Malamjabba 01 Balochistan: Lasbella 14, Barkhan 02 and Gilgit Baltistan: Bagrote 02.The highest maximum temperatures recorded during the last 24 hours were Nokkundi 43 C and Dalbandin 42 C.

Sindh bans plastic bags, notification issued

File photo KARACHI: The Sindh government has issued a notification banning single-used plastic bags, announced the Chief Minister's Adviser on Information Senator Murtaza Wahab Monday.In a notification, dated September 27, the government of the province invoked the Sindh Prohibition of Non-degradable Plastic Products and the Sindh Environment Protection Act 2014. The provincial government “is pleased to impose complete ban on the manufacturing, sales, purchase and use of non-degradable plastic bags of all sizes,” read the notification tweeted by the Senator. The ban goes into effect from October 1.The government further directed the use instead of oxo-biodegradable plastic, which is known to degrade in the open environment, and is seen as an environment-friendly replacement of single-use plastic packaging. On August 14, Islamabad became the first city in Pakistan to declare itself free from polythene bags. The advisor to the prime minister on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam, said plastic bags have become a menace for the country. He further added that every individual in Pakistan used nearly 300 plastic bags per year.

Blast in Balochistan?s Loralai martyrs one police officer

Bilawal Bhutto says any deal is out of question

Rain likely at country?s various parts on Tuesday

Sindh bans plastic bags, notification issued

Kartarpur inauguration: Pakistan to invite ex-India PM Manmohan Singh

Photo: LivemintISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to invite former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh for the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday."We have decided after consultation that we want to invite former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (to the Kartarpur inauguration)," Foreign Minister Qureshi in a video message. Qureshi said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had personal interest in the project. The minister, while justifying the decision, said Sikhism was Singh's religion and that he was a representative of the Sikh community.Qureshi, in the message, said, "As Foreign Minister of Pakistan, I am extending an invitation to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh to attend the inauguration ceremony."He added that Pakistan would send a written invitation as well to the former Indian prime minister.Qureshi also extended an invitation to the Sikh community to attend the inauguration, which will be held during the celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

PM Imran decides to change Punjab Cabinet: sources

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to make changes in the Punjab Cabinet, according to sources. A decision in this regard has been taken to remove and replace some ministers within the cabinet. It has also been reported that a shuffle will take place in the provincial bureaucracy. According to reports, Inspector General Punjab Police will be replaced, along with other high ranking officials.Sources confirm that Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar will meet the premier and make the changes in consultation with him. CM Buzdar has already left for Islamabad to meet the premier. The prime minister has taken strict notice of the ongoing dengue outbreak in the province, and has decided to make changes in the province's health department as well. It is pertinent to mention that changes were made earlier this month within the provincial cabinet. Former adviser to Punjab CM Awn Chaudhry was removed, while Punjab CM's spokesperson Shehbaz Gill resigned from his post.

Kartarpur inauguration: Pakistan to invite ex-India PM Manmohan Singh

PM Imran decides to change Punjab Cabinet: sources

PM Imran meets earthquake victims in Mirpur visit

MIRPUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Mirpur hospital to meet the earthquake victims being treated at the health facility.The prime minister chaired a meeting where he was briefed about the relief activities in the quake-hit region.PM Imran was in the US to attend the 74th UN General Assembly session when the area was hit by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 40 people and injured over 400.The participants of the meeting were informed about the relief measures and the strategy for rehabilitation of the victims.“Prime Minister Khan expresses his grief over loss of lives in AJK due to the earthquake earlier this week,” the premier was quoted as saying by the PTI.“I got to know about the earthquake at UNGA and wanted to visit you immediately but alas my flight from US got a bit delayed.”AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur and the Chairman National Disaster Management Authority attended the meeting.The PM also visited District Hospital Mirpur to inquire about the health of those wounded in the calamity.

Weather Forecast For Pakistan, 30 September 2019

Weak seasonal low lies over North Balochistan. Westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Monday:Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during day time. However, rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad and Islamabad, while at isolated places in districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Parachinar, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Tank and Gilgit Baltistan in afternoon.Weather Forecast for Tuesday:Rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Lahore, Narowal, Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad and Islamabad, while at isolated places in districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Parachinar, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, D.I. Khan, Tank, Kech, Gawadar, Panjgur and Gilgit Baltistan.Past 24 Hours Weather:Rain/wind-thunderstorm occurred at scattered places in districts of Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hazara, Malakand, Makran and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Sargodha, Faisalabad Sahiwal, Okara and Gilgit Baltistan.Rainfall (mm) during Last 24 hrs:Kashmir: Muzffarabad (City 17, Ap 15), Garidupatta 17, Rawalakot 08, Punjab: Narowal 20, Murree 09, Sialkot 07, Hafizabad 03, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad) 02, Lahore (City 02, AP 01), Jauharabad, Okara, Sahiwal 02, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 19, Dir 10, Kalam 05, Malamkabba 01, Balochistan: Lasbella 14, Barkhan 02, Gilgit Baltistan: Bagrote 02.Yesterday's Highest Maximum Temperatures:Nokkundi 43°C, Dalbandin 42°C.

Turkey building naval warship for Pakistan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the commissioning ceremony of the fourth domestically produced corvette TCG Kınalıada and the steel-cutting ceremony for the first MİLGEM-class ship to be sold to Pakistan, Istanbul. Photo: Daily SabahISTANBUL: Turkey has started construction of a naval warship for Pakistan, state-owned Anadolu Agency report Sunday.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a dual ceremony commissioning a new Turkish naval ship while starting construction of a ship set to be sold to Pakistan Navy.The warship commissioned for the Turkish navy is named TCG Kinaliada while the one being built for Pakistan is named MILGEM, according to the report.Pakistan had signed a contract for the acquisition of four MILGEM-class ships from Turkey in July 2018.Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and President Erdogan cut the first metal plate of the first of the four MILGEM Ada class corvette during the ceremony.Speaking on the occasion, Erdogan said that he hoped that Pakistan would benefit from the naval warship that was being provided to it by Turkey."Our navy, rich with glorious victories, is carrying this legacy into the future by further strengthening it," he was quoted as saying. He added that Turkey was proud of the accomplishments of the defense sector. MILGEM anti-submarine combat frigates, which can be hidden from the radar will further enhance the defense capability of the Pakistan Navy.While two corvettes will be built in Turkey, the next two will be built in Pakistan through technology transfer.

PM Imran meets earthquake victims in Mirpur visit

Weather Forecast For Pakistan, 30 September 2019

Turkey building naval warship for Pakistan

PM Imran says Islamic TV channel will be like BBC

Photo: PM Imran Khan/TwitterISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday shed further light on the TV channel project which Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia will jointly launch to fight Islamophobia.The PM shared a picture of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in which the three leaders decided to set up the TV channel.Taking to Twitter, the prime minister said the English language TV Channel will be like BBC which will also highlight the issues faced by the Muslim world.The decision to launch a TV channel was taken in a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of recent UN General Assembly session in New York. "President Erdogan, Prime Minister Mahathir and myself held a meeting today in which we decided our three countries will jointly start an English language TV channel dedicated to confronting challenges posed by Islamophobia and setting the record straight on our great religion – Islam," PM Imran had announced in a series of tweets last week."Misperceptions which bring people together against Islam would be corrected; issue of blasphemy would be properly contextualized; series and films would be produced on Muslim history to educate/inform our own people & the world; Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence," he went on to say.PM Imran, Presdeint Erdogan and Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad have been very vocal about the issued the Muslims facing amid rising trend of Islamophobia across the world.They also raised this issue in their speeches at the UNGA.Speaking of hatred towards Muslims in his landmark address, PM Imran said Islamophobia had grown apace after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.“There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. It is creating a division,” he said. “Muslim women wearing Hijab has become an issue in some countries. It started after the 9/11 [attacks].”He maintained that terrorism had nothing to do with any religion. He said Muslims were being marginalised in Europe.“We all know marginalization leads to radicalism,” the prime minister said. “We must address this issue. No religion preaches radicalism.”

PM Imran says Islamic TV channel will be like BBC

Sunday 29 September 2019

Two UK climbers rescued, three still trapped on Koyo Zom peak in KP

CHITRAL: Two British mountaineers have been rescued while three others, along with a guide, are trapped and awaiting rescue at the Koyo Zom peak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.As per details, five mountaineers from the United Kingdom (UK), along with a local guide, went missing in a bid to scale the Khoya peak near Brogil in Upper Chitral on Sunday. According to officials two of them have been rescued and shifted to hospital through helicopter, adding that search was on for the missing ones. The rescued climbers were identified as William Taylor Sim and John James Crook. While, Alastair James Swinton, Thomas Michael Livingstone, Uisdean Robertson Hawthorn, and a local tour guide Imran are still missing.Officials said that the British expedition team had reached the Koyo Zom base camp in Upper Chitral earlier this month.Rrough weather and darkness forced the rescue team to halt the search operation, which would resume on Monday to retrieve the remaining mountaineers.

Two UK climbers rescued, three still trapped on Koyo Zom peak in KP

Two Pakistani civilians martyred by India's unprovoked firing at LoC: ISPR

The News/FilesRAWALPINDI: India's unprovoked firing at the Line of Control (LoC) martyred two Pakistani civilians, including a young boy, and injured another three, Pakistan Army's media wing said Sunday in a press release.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in its statement said the Indian Army opened unprovoked fire at the Nakial and Rakh Chakri sectors, targeting civilian areas along the LoC.The two martyred people were identified as an elderly woman, Salamat Bibi, and 13-year-old Zeeshan Ayub, it added, noting that three others, including two women, were wounded as well.The wounded were shifted to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention, the ISPR said. The Pakistan Army responded effectively to India's unprovoked firing, it added.

Two Pakistani civilians martyred by India's unprovoked firing at LoC: ISPR

Lahore to first time host World Fashion Convention

LAHORE: Pakistan Readymade Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) in collaboration with International Apparel Federation (IAF) will host 35th World Fashion Convention for the first time in Lahore in November 2019. Talking to the media here Sunday, the IAF Regional President and PRGMEA Chief Coordinator Ijaz Khokhar said that mega fashion show expected to attract delegates from over 45 countries, as the PRGMEA was extending invitation to embassies of the leading countries.He added, Pakistan's textile value-chain associations had also been taken onboard to avail maximum opportunity of this mega global summit.The textile associations including All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA), Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA), Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMEA), All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA), Pakistan Bedwear Exporters Association, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) and Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (TMA) would participate in the event.The world renowned speakers, well-known fashion designers, buyers, brands and fashion houses would also attend the fashion show featuring panel discussions, lectures and workshops about the textile and garment industry, he mentioned.Ijaz Khokhar said that the main focus was to highlight real and soft image of Pakistan, besides updating the participants about what Pakistan produced, and ensure interaction among Pakistani exporters and international textile chains.The foreign delegates would also visit Pakistani garment and textile factories, and representatives of international designers and companies would also speak at the sessions of the convention.He mentioned that delegates, many of whom would be visiting Pakistan for the first time, would review Pakistani products, and standard of our textile and garment companies.He hoped the event would establish friendship and connections, exchanging of business cards and ideas, making individual relationships grow stronger with rest of the world and its people.Among this year's attendees will be Li & Fung Limited, the Hong Kong-based supply chain giant primarily for US and EU brands, departmental stores and hypermarkets.He said that Li and Fung''s chief operating officer would also be one of the speakers at the event along with several Chinese companies from Hong Kong joining the session.He termed the event as a large scale social networking opportunity for both foreigners and locals.IAF Regional President also announced to hold Global Fashion Awards (GFA) 2019 during 35th World Fashion Convention, claiming that it would be the IAF-PRGMEA's largest sustainable fashion competition in Pakistan, aimed at educating young fashion designers about sustainable design techniques and theories, besides providing a platform in the spotlight for the aspiring designers.The competition, he asserted, would challenge young designers to put their creative powers to the test by proving their ability to transform textile waste into wearable, appealing and commercially viable products.The top ten finalists would be presenting their creations at Gala Dinner of the 35th World Fashion Convention on November 12, 2019

Lahore to first time host World Fashion Convention

Ramiz Raja?s passionate appeal to keep oceans clean

KARACHI: Ramiz Raja has urged the Karachiites to not throw garbage in the sea as it is damaging for the environment.The former cricketer turned commentator uploaded a video on his social media account that showed people at a Do Darya restaurant throwing food in the sea for fishes.Ramiz Raja asked people to not throw garbage in the sea which is polluting the ocean.“People need to tell their kids about the environment and only then we can expect better from them,” he said.Earlier this month, Shaniera Akram shared pictures and videos of hazardous medical waste on the beach asking authiroties to declare emergency till it is cleaned.However, the Sindh government sprang into action launching cleanliness drive and assigning a senior official to probe into the matter.Karachi’s garbage has become a major political issue with all the major political parties having stake in the city blaming each other for the mess.Recently, the Sindh government announced to clean the city with a massive cleanliness drive in the provincial capital.

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Digital Youth Summit '19: Educating young minds on tech-based entrepreneurship in Pakistan

The DYS, featured eminent start-up owners, influencers and speakers from all around the world.PESHAWAR: Digital Youth Summit '19 (DYS), Pakistan’s premier tech conference aimed at strengthening, enhancing and propelling the technology-based entrepreneurship culture in the country, kick-started in Peshawar on Saturday.The two-day distinct conference, featuring eminent start-up owners, influencers and speakers from all around the world, is centred around the vision of imparting knowledge and creating awareness regarding the prospects of the ever-growing entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country, with an objective to influence young minds looking to take the plunge in the business sector.Day one of the conference opened with the keynote address of the country’s renowned technologist and academician Dr Umar Saif, who has worked as the distinguished chairman of the Punjab IT board and under whose guidance the IT sector in the province flourished by leaps and bounds.Dr Saif’s address revolved around his thoughts on how the technological realm has phenomenal scope to be used for creating revolutionising changes and reforms in the country. Renowned technologist and academician Dr Umar Saif at Digital Youth Summit’19.“Pakistan is the eighth largest mobile consuming country, with almost 40 million internet and social media users. The fact that there is an incredible amount of potential in the tech industry, is irrefutable. I believe that the country is standing at a real point of change as far as growth in the digital market is concerned. During my time at the Punjab IT board, we at tech incubator ‘Plan9’ incubated almost 160 start-ups, including the one that is now popularly known across the country as ‘Pataari’,” Dr. Saif said.Talking about implementing information technology in the health sector, the Chief Digital Officer of the Jang/Geo media group went on to speak on how - through a ground-breaking digitalised method - he was able to build the world’s first dengue epidemic warning system. Renowned technologist and academician Dr Umar Saif at Digital Youth Summit’19.“We developed an app to locate and report dengue outbreaks in different regions across Punjab, capable of predicting the next dengue outbreak. In 2011, 352 people died of dengue fever in Punjab. The following year, no one died, and deaths have been minimal since then due to the simple use of this innovative app,” he explained.The revolution that Dr Saif has brought through his commendable excellence in the tech industry is what he expects to see amongst young individuals and the upcoming generation, for which he believes conferences like the Digital Youth Summit are highly essential.An initiative by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT board, DYS provides a distinct opportunity for budding start-up owners to present their unique ideas to investors and influencers and seek guidance from reputed IT specialists, technologists from global companies like Facebook and Google who are participating at the summit to empower and educate young minds.

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?PM Imran spoke with heart at UNGA?

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s UNGA speech has ‘resonated with masses because he spoke with heart’, said a senior Pakistani journalist based in the US.Masood Haider, who has covered many Pakistani leaders at the UN, shared his observation with the German broadcaster DW about the PM’s speech at the global forum.“His words resonated with the people of Pakistan because he spoke with heart and intense emotion. There was nothing artificial in it and this is what the people wanted,” said Haider.“Whomever I met here and talked to is pleased with PM Imran,” he added.In his over 45-minute maiden speech, Imran tore Indian Prime Minister Narendra to shreds for annexing the Indian Occupied Kashmir and imposing a repressive lockdown, with phone and internet services cutoff, thousands arrested, medical supplies running short and schools closed.Speaking in detail about the worst situation in the IoK, Imran said Pakistan would fight till the end if India imposed a war in case of any Pulwama-like situation in the IOK.He said there will be bloodbath once curfew is lifted in the IOK. “There are 900,000 troops there, they haven’t come to, as Narendra Modi says — for the prosperity of Kashmir… These 900,000 troops, what are they going to do? When they come out? There will be a bloodbath,” he said.The PM was lauded for taking a bold stance on issues hurting the Muslim world. The social media was flooded with praise for him as he completed his speech on Friday.

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Ramiz Raja?s passionate appeal to keep oceans clean

Digital Youth Summit '19: Educating young minds on tech-based entrepreneurship in Pakistan

?PM Imran spoke with heart at UNGA?

Karachi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting daughter-in-law

KARACHI: Police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting his daughter-in-law in Surjani Twon area of the city, Geo News reported on Sunday.The TV channel said the police have registered an FIR against the man identified as Safdar after his daughter-in-law approached the police station with her complaint.The woman said she lives with her three children in Surjani Town while her husband works in Islamabad. She accused Safdar of subjecting her to torture and sexual assault in the absence of her husband.The woman said she made a video of her father-in-law after her relatives and husband demanded proofs to corroborate her claims. The police said the suspect has been arrested and investigation was underway.

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Karachi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting daughter-in-law

Why #IndiaHijackedTwitter was trending on Twitter?

Twitter is accused of suppressing voices against Indian atrocities: File photoTwitter is said to have suspended hundreds of Pakistani Twitter accounts after they were found expressing solidarity with people of Occupied Kashmir over the atrocities being meted out to them by Indian forces.The platform was used by thousands of Pakistani and Kashmiri users to heap praise on Prime Minister Imran Khan for raising the Kashmir issue and exposing the Indian government’s policy of ethnic cleansing during his impressive speech at the United Nations General Assembly session on Friday.Following the speech, the users had posted thousands of tweets to eulogize their leader by using hashtag "Voice of Kashmir”, which became a global trending topic.It was that trend which Pakistani users think Indian lobby within Twitter didn't like and started suspending accounts seen using the hashtag.To record their protest, thousands of Pakistani users on Saturday posted Tweets under the hashtag #IndiaHijackedTwitter.A large number of people also tagged Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey in their message, accusing the micro-blogging site of attempting to suppress their voice against Indian atrocities.They demanded Twitter immediately activate the suspended accounts.

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Pakistan weather forecast: Sunday 29-09-2019

Rain is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, districts of punjab (Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur), According to Met Office on Sunday.It said showers are also expected at isolated places in districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal and Islamabad, districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, D.I.Khan) and in districts of Kalat including Khuzdar. Hot and dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country.

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Pakistan hits back at India?s response to PM Imran?s UNGA speech

NEW YORK: Pakistan hit back strongly in response to Indian reply to Prime Minister Imran Khan's historic speech at the global forum.Pakistan submitted a rejoinder to the United Nations General Assembly Saturday exposing the ugly face of Narendra Modi government.First Secretary of the Indian External Affairs Ministry Vidisha Maitra while excersing her right to reply had said, "Rarely has the General Assembly witnessed such misuse, rather abuse, of an opportunity to reflect. Words matter in diplomacy. Invocation of phrases such as 'pogrom', 'bloodbath', 'racial superiority', 'pick up the gun' and 'fight to the end' reflect a medieval mindset and not a 21st-century vision." In response, Zulqarnain Chheena, a diplomat of the Pakistani mission, while exercising his right to reply said PM Imran had exposed the real cruel face of Indian state terrorism before the world community.Chheena said India is committing state terrorism in occupied Jammu and Kashmir for the last thirty years.He added the Indian government was carrying forward the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) agenda. “The killers of Mahatma Gandhi are now ruining the secular face of India in occupied Kashmir,” he asserted.Chheena further said Pakistan arrested Indian spy Kulbushan Yadev who admitted involvement in various incidents of terrorism inside Pakistan.He added, PM Imran in his speech to the UNGA, highlighted Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir and on minorities inside India.PM Imran in his address to UNGA on Friday, heavily criticised Indian PM Narendra Modi and his party’s ultra-nationalist hardline style of governance.The prime minister said that India ended the special status of occupied Kashmir, flouting 11 resolutions of the UN Security Council.“It is the responsibility of the UN to ensure that Kashmiris get their right to self-determination,” PM Imran said.“India must lift this inhuman curfew,” PM Imran said, adding, that 'picked-up persons' from the valley should be released by India.Due to these issues, eight million people under lockdown in the valley are likely to get radicalised, he said.

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Annual investiture ceremony held at Pakistan Embassy College, Beijing

BEIJING: An impressive investiture ceremony of newly elected Students’ Council of Pakistan Embassy College Beijing (PECB) was held here in the College Gymnasium.Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi graced the occasion as a chief guest.Principal, Shazia Amjad, staff and the students welcomed the guests. The ceremony started with recitation from the Holy Quran.While addressing the audience, the chief guest appreciated the role of the college for imparting quality education to the children of the embassy staff as well as the students from other countries.She remarked that practice of holding elections and establishing students’ council in the college will inculcate the qualities of leadership among the students.Ambassador Hashmi advised the students to take responsibility and work hard on their talents and potentials in a bid to prepare them to contribute to the development of the country.She also acknowledged the hard work and efforts of the faculty members for making excellent arrangements for the event.The members of Students’ Council are elected through voting annually. Muhammad Taha, a student of A-Level was elected as the Head Boy while Eiman Noor Asif also a student of A-Level was elected as the Head Girl. Vice Principal Maqsood administered the oath to the newly elected council.At the end, the Ambassador presented a Pakistan-made football to the captain of school’s Football Club.Senior officials, parents, teachers, and students of the college attended the auspicious event.

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Why #IndiaHijackedTwitter was trending on Twitter?

Pakistan weather forecast: Sunday 29-09-2019

Pakistan hits back at India?s response to PM Imran?s UNGA speech

Annual investiture ceremony held at Pakistan Embassy College, Beijing

Saturday 28 September 2019

Grand reception planned for PM Imran at Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: The leaders and the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf are set to give Prime Minister Imran Khan an unprecedented welcome as he is scheduled to arrive back home Sunday evening following his historic address to the United Nations General Assembly.PTI’s Chief Organizer Saifullah Khan Niazi asked the party workers to reach the New Islamabad International Airport Sunday afternoon as the party would accord PM Imran with an unprecedented welcome, he said in a tweet.Senior PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tareen also took to Twitter to urge the party workers to attend the reception for the prime minister who he said had “fought Kashmir cause like a true hero”.“Let’s celebrate this win by giving him a hero’s welcome tomorrow 5pm at the New Islamabad Airport. Don’t forget to be there,” he tweeted with a hashtag #WelcomeHomePMIK which trended on Twitter.Talking to media prior to his departure for airport in New York, the prime minister when asked for message to the people waiting to welcome him at the airport, he said it was Allah Who bestowed upon respect.Earlier, the prime minister left New York on board a commercial flight after his plane developed a technical fault on Friday night. Technicians tried but could not fix the problem in the special plane, which was placed at his disposal by the Saudi government, after it landed back in New York.Officials said it was then decided to return to Roosevelt Hotel where the prime minister had been staying during his seven-day visit to New York, and to take a regular Saudi Airlines flight Saturday morning for his return journey, as he was anxious to visit the earthquake-hit areas and families of the victims.

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Grand reception planned for PM Imran at Islamabad airport

PM Imran leaves for Pakistan by commercial flight after historic UNGA address

UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Imran Khan departed for Riyadh by a commercial flight on his way back to Pakistan on Saturday afternoon after his special plane had to turn back to New York with a technical fault last evening.The prime minister, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, was seen off at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi.On Friday evening, technicians tried but could not fix the problem in the special plane, which was placed at his disposal by the Saudi government, after it landed back in New York.Officials said it was then decided to return to Roosevelt Hotel where the prime minister had been staying during his seven-day visit to New York, and to take a regular Saudi Airlines flight Saturday morning for his return journey, as he was anxious to visit the earthquake-hit areas and families of the victims.During his ‘Mission Kashmir’ visit to New York as the head of Pakistan’s delegation to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the prime minister addressed the 193-member assembly, and attended special UN summit meetings. He also met a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the session, including US President Donald Trump, addressed think-tanks, and interacted with international media during his visit.

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PM Imran leaves for Pakistan by commercial flight after historic UNGA address

Murad Ali Shah says party, assembly empower CM to continue whether in jail or not

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday that the party nominates a candidate for chief minister and the provincial assembly elects him, adding that later it becomes the prerogative of the party and assembly to continue with the CM even if he is in a jail or anywhere else.CM Sindh said this while addressing a press conference at CM House in which Dr Bande Ali Leghari, a leading personality from Dadu announced to quit the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and joined Pakistan Peoples Party.To a question, the chief minister said that the party and the provincial assembly were empowered to continue their chief minister or get his resignation, in case he is arrested.“I am surprised to see that some of media friends always talk about my [CM] arrest,” he said and asked why he would be arrested when he was cooperating with the National Accountability Bureau in its inquiry.The chief minister said that the PPP had a strength of 98 MPAs in the provincial assembly and after bye-election on two seats, Larkana and Johi, the party’s strength would reach 100.Murad Ali Shah said that the NAB’s question was about the authority of giving tariff. “It is my subject and I can write a thesis on it,” he said and added that he had talked about the tariff in last four Council of Common Interest meetings.To a question about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in the United Nations General Assembly, Shah said that the speeches of Zulfiqar A Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto in General Assembly were a part of history and speak louder about their great statesmanship.

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Murad Ali Shah says party, assembly empower CM to continue whether in jail or not

JUI-F leader Maulana Hanif, two others killed in Chaman blast

Screenshot of the footage from blast siteCHAMAN: At least three people, including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif, were killed in an explosion in Chaman on Saturday, officials said.At least eight other people were injured when the bomb, planted in a motorcycle, went off on the busy Taj Road area where business centres, offices of media outlets, and political parties are located. JUI-F leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif.—File photo The blast occurred when JUI-F leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif was passing through the area.The explosion was so loud that it shattered the windowpanes of nearby buildings and was heard in far off areas.The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals. Hanif was also shifted to the hospital and was said to be in critical condition before he succumbed to his wounds.Police cordoned off the area where investigators were collecting evidence.

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