Ex-brigadier rejects Imran Khan?s allegations

LAHORE:  Brigadier (retd) Muzaffar Ranjah has rejected Imran Khan's claim that he played any role to favour the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in the general elections of 2013.Speaking to Geo News on Saturday, he called for formation of a judicial commission to probe the allegations levelled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman.Ranjha  said the commission should come up with a strict punishment after holding an inquiry . He said  Khan and he would submit affidavits in the proposed commission before it reaches a decision.The ex army officer said  the army was fighting a war against terrorism in 2013  and it had no role in the general election He said then army chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani had issued strict orders for army to stay away from meddling in politics.He said the allegations repeated by  head of a political party after judicial commission’s inquiry were baseless.“Khan is an irresponsible person who is accuing army of influcing the election. Army acts as an organization where a brigadier can’t do anything,” Geo News quted him as saying.He said after seeing his performance in an intelligence agency in Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif appointed him DG Anti-Corruption and tasked him with fixing the department. Muzaffar Ranjha said he he has made the Anti-Corruption Department the number one department.Lauding the Punjab Chief Minister, he said Shahbaz Sharif was a champion of national harmony and the day he has any doubt about his intention, he would quit his job. In a TV interview, Imran Khan recently  said Brigadier Ranjha ensured success of  Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz in  general election.

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PML-N to win 2018 polls with a bigger margin: PM

NARH (Kahuta): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday expressed his confidence that with an exceptional performance over the past five years in government, the PML-N would win with a bigger margin in the 2018 general election than that of 2013 polls.“Wherever you go you will find development projects like motorways, roads, highways, power and gas projects, schools, hospitals etc initiated by the PML-N government and have been completed or were near completion,” the prime minister said while speaking at a public gathering here.The prime minister said the development work carried out during the tenure of present government had no precedent in the country’s history, adding that the PML-N had entered the election arena with the same spirit.“It is the people who make a decision [in election] and not anyone else,” he said and added the continuity of democracy was a must for progress of the country and welfare and prosperity of its people.The prime minister said it was only the PML-N and the leadership of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, who served the country and made it sovereign.He was pretty confident that as they had served the country and strengthened its economy, the decision of masses in the July 2018 election would Insha Allah lead to victory of PML-N.“Against whom we are confronted with politically today, they are not doing the politics of decency,” he said and added politics of blame game would not succeed. Only the politics of decency would prevail which he said they were following.The prime minister said the PML-N government had fulfilled all the promises made with the area people and added the journey of progress would continue.Referring to the area of Kahuta, which was his constituency, the prime minister said it was an area of martyrs and Ghazis and the people of that area, particularly the youth were very brave and fearless who never turned their back.The prime minister said he started his political journey from that area and after the passage of 30 years people loved him and the PML-N, and elected him frequently.

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PTI announces Waziristan, Karachi rallies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced that it will hold major rallies in Waziristan and Karachi on May 11 and 12 respectively. “We have already kick-started our national election campaign from Lahore. We are now going to hold another two big rallies. The first will be in Waziristan on May 11 followed by the second in Karachi on May 12. Imran Khan will address them,” PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry told a press conference here on Friday. “Nobody paid any attention to what Waziristan had to go through after the 9/11 attacks. We had been saying from day one that the people of FATA should be given equal rights,” he said. Referring to a briefing of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, Mr Chaudhry said that local government election would take place in FATA this year before holding provincial assembly elections next year. He accused the ruling PML-N of creating hurdles in the mainstreaming of FATA at the behest of Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Mahmood Khan Achakzai. To a question, he said that any delay in the elections would be unacceptable, adding it would be in everyone’s best interest that polls were held as per schedule. “PML-N’s survival as a political party seems impossible as Chaudhry Nisar and Shehbaz Sharif are leading one group while another is being controlled by Nawaz Sharif and Pervaiz Rashid,” he opined. To a question, he said that Nawaz Sharif had lost his councilor seat in 1979 but he managed to hold it with the help of aliens. 

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Nawaz urges Imran to come clean on ?big wicket? source

ISLAMABAD: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has urged PTI chairman Imran Khan to reveal the source of his information about the fall of a big wicket.“Imran Khan should tell us who told him about the fall of a big wicket? Who told him about the election’s postponement? Who told him these things? He will have to come clean on these questions,” Sharif told his supporters in Lahore on Friday. He was referring to Imran Khan’s announcement in Lahore that a big PML-N’s wicket was going to fall in Islamabad. Days later, Khawaja Asif was disqualified by the Islamabad High Court for failing to declare his iqama (work permit) in the nomination papers. The PML-N chief prayed that his party would win the next general elections. “I want to tell both Imran Khan and Zardari sahib that we are not in contest with you. We are at war with someone else. And Allah Almighty will grant us victory in our fight against them,” he said. The former premier said that Imran Khan was supposed to go to city areas of Lahore but he had to postpone his visit over no-show from workers. “Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of almost everything. But no notice was taken over suspected horse-trading in the recent Senate’s elections,” he added. 

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CJP says provision of justice basic responsibility of judiciary

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Saqib Nisar has said that provision of justice is the basic responsibility of judiciary.Addressing the eighth judicial conference here Friday, the Chief Justice said, “Provision of indiscriminate justice is ensured in article 37 of the Constitution.”“Justice plays pivotal role in the prosperity of the nation,” the Chief Justice said and added that it also helps to gain benefits of economic prosperity. Judiciary played important role in steering the country out of challenges.Provision of timely justice to common man is the need of the hour, he said and added that there is need to bring reforms in the judicial system.An advance judicial system is inevitable to dispose of money-laundering and cyber crime cases, the Chief Justice asserted.Justice Saqib said China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a project of socio-economic development between Pakistan and China, therefore, to get benefit of it all the aspects should be kept in consideration.CPEC would enhance foreign investment in the country, he said and added that Constitutional matters regarding it should be kept in mind.

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Naval Chief visits Command and Staff College Quetta

Rawalpindi: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visited Command and Staff College Quetta, where he addressed the course participants and faculty members.The Naval Chief dilated upon the maritime security dynamics; challenges and opportunities.Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi said that it is imperative to jump-start the maritime sector which has immense potential for national development. The Naval Chief told the participants to remain abreast with latest regional and international situation and focus on their professional development.

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Prolonged power outages persist in Karachi

KARACHI: K-Electric has announced load management for next three to four days more after unexpected fault at Bin Qasim Power Station could not be fixed even after more than 24 hours.In a statement on twitter, the power facility announced, “Due to an unexpected fault at Bin Qasim Power Station, we are forced to do load management for the next 3 to 4 days.”With the rise of temperature, Karachiities are facing prolonged load shedding. K-Electric has termed fault at Bin Qasim Power Station the cause of power outages.According to spokesperson for K-Electric, the city is facing a shortfall of 200 MW owing to fault at Bin Qasim Power Station. The fault would be fixed within a day, the spokesman announced.Shah Faisal Town, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Malir, Liaquatabad, Mehmoodabad, Muzaffar Colony, Punjab Chorangi, Clifton, Shah Latif Town are the most affected areas.The areas which are exempted from load shedding are also facing power outages for 4 to 5 hours at present.“The temperature in the city is expected to be between 41 and 43°C on Thursday, while on Friday the maximum temperature will be between 40 and 42°C, but we’re not calling it a heatwave,” Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General Dr Ghulam Rasul told The News on Thursday.

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It will be unfortunate for country if Imran becomes PM: Maulana Fazl

MULTAN: MMA chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman says that his party will have to recognize Israel as a state before entering into an alliance with Imran Khan. “If Imran Khan is elected as Prime Minister, it will be unfortunate for the country,” Rehman said while addressing a press conference in Multan on Friday. He said that MMA’s upcoming rally which is scheduled to take place at Minar-e-Pakistan on May 13 would alter the country’s political history. “This is not the first time MMA has formed an electoral alliance, we had tasted success in the past from the same platform,” he said. To a question, Mr Rehman said that his party had been supporting the creation of Saraiki and Bahawalpur provinces from day one. “And those who were making the demand now where were they five years back?” he questioned.The MMA chairperson lamented some elements in media highlight only negative points of rules and hide their good deed. 

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Necessity is the mother of invention, says Zardari on PTI-PPP alliance

LAHORE: Former President Asif Ali Zardari said Friday that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif had weakened democracy by behaving like Prince Salim. “Nawaz Sharif has harmed democracy. We served jail terms. Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had embraced martyrdom for the cause of democracy. But Nawaz Sharif destroyed our struggle and sacrifices by acting like Prince Salim,” Zardari told media persons in Lahore. He warned that democracy was very fragile and anything could happen anytime. To a question about the electoral alliance with Imran Khan during the Senate’s elections, the PPP president said that necessity was the mother of invention. “We made an adjustment when it was needed. And if any such need arises again, we may form an alliance,” he maintained. “We are ready to sit on opposition benches or join the government. We had formed governments and know how to handle them. We are not fond of visiting the Prime Minister or President Houses. Those who haven’t been there appear to be in hurry.” Responding to another question, Zardari said that Nawaz Sharif should be asked about aliens as he was the one who had been using them. “Nawaz Sharif was with Hamid Gul during ‘changa manga’ episode He was also one of the central characters of Asghar Khan case. All the alien species had been supportive of him.”The former president said that elections would be held as per schedule. 

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Bilawal meets Hazara representatives, reassures PPP support

QUETTA: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met the bereaved families of martyrs from the Hazara community, victims of an unending target-killings by terrorists in Quetta.According to a statement issued by the PPP, Bilawal Zardari offered fateha, sympathised with the families of victims and assured them support and solidarity from his party.At least eight Hazara people have been killed in a fresh spate of violence in Quetta in recent weeks. The killings prompted the community to go on hunger strike outside Quetta press club and Balochistan Assembly. The four-day sit-in was called off on Tuesday after Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa flew to Balochistan’s capital and met with the sit-in leaders. General Bajwa said that army was concerned with every Hazara life lost in terrorist attacks.Chief of Army Staff said that while nothing can compensate the loss of dear ones, he assured Hazara community brethren that those who have targeted them shall suffer twice as much.“State is responsible for security of its citizens and all state institutions are concerned for this. Each and every casualty including from Hazara community is of concern to us and our brave security forces are performing their best and willingly offering monumental sacrifices to bring lasting peace to the country,” he said. “During 2018 alone, so far 37 Security Forces personnel have laid their lives in Quetta. Through a unified national effort, we have turned the tide of terrorism, however a lot is still being done against inimical designs to reverse the gains by exploiting various fault lines.”

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SC forms special bench to hear Khawaja Asif?s appeal

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has constituted a three-member special bench to hear an appeal of former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif against his disqualification by the Islamabad High Court. The bench comprises of Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah. The apex court will conduct the first hearing on May 7. Last week, an IHC three-member bench headed by Justice Athar Minallah, disqualified Khawaja Asif under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution for failing to disclose his employment in a UAE company and the monthly salary he was drawing.The court had disqualified Khawaja Asif on the petition, filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar, alleging that the former foreign minister had not disclosed in his nomination papers for 2013 general elections, his employment in a UAE company and monthly salary.On Wednesday, Khwaja Asif filed a petition for leave to appeal under Article 185(3) of the Constitution against the IHC judgment.He prayed to the apex court to set aside the IHC judgment as well as the notification of Election Commission of Pakistan, de-notifying him as member of the National Assembly from NA-110 Silakot.In his petition, Khwaja Asif contended that the IHC erred in holding, “It is obvious form the facts and circumstances in the instant case that the respondent (Asif) had deliberately and willfully not disclosed his status as an employee of the company, nor receiving the salary pursuant thereto, however, Khawaja Asif claimed that he had made full disclosure in his nomination form as required under Representation of People’s Act (ROPA).“The obligation under the nomination form under S 12 of ROPA was to provide the statement of assets and liabilities as they stood on June 30, 2012 and which the present petitioner did so honestly”, Khawaja Asif submitted.The former foreign minister further contended when the requirement in law was to disclose assets and liabilities, which he did so honestly and even the salary of AED9000 was plainly recorded in the tax returns filed with the nomination papers and even the Iqama clearly recorded the name of the employer.“In the face of such disclosures, there was no basis for the IHC to conclude that he did not fulfill the conditions of Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution read with section 99(1)(f) of ROPA”, Khawaja Asif claimed.He further contended that in the facts and circumstances of the case, the use of the term ‘business’ while answering ‘occupation’ did not necessarily imply suppression or concealment of employment.The former foreign minister submitted that IHC was not justified in concluding “lack of honesty” in relation to the non-disclosure of the dormant bank account, adding that in relation to the non-disclosure of the dormant bank account, the IHC bench had gone beyond the pleadings of the petitioner.

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