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PM chairs meeting of parliamentary leaders on FATA reforms

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday chaired a meeting of parliamentary leaders and representatives of various political parties at PM''s Chamber in the National Assembly.Matters relating to implementation of FATA reforms were discussed during the meeting.The meeting was attended by Chief (JUI-F) Moulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Leader of Opposition, Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PKMAP), Minister of Housing and Works Akram Khan Durrani, Minister of State for SAFRON Ghalib Khan, Sartaj Aziz, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Syed Naveed Qamar, Dr.Farooq Sattar, Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Nasir Khan (MNA), Sahibzada Tariq Ullah (MNA), Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, Lt.Gen. (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, and Alhaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi.

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Imran Khan lacks ability to create new province: Bilawal Bhutto

Layyah: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned that PTI was try to use South Punjab province as an election ploy. “Did Imran Khan keep his previous promises? Did he end terrorism in 90 days? Did he fix the education and health systems in 90 days? Did he eradicate corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 90 days?” Bilawal questioned, while addressing a gathering at Layyah on Friday. “Imran Khan changes his stance according to the place. In Lahore, he talks about the establishment of administrative units and when he meets politicians from South Punjab, he promises to make the new province in 100 days.”Imran Khan lacks the capacity to create a new province, he said. “Where were all these people who have joined PTI? For five years, they enjoyed power and never raise the issue in the assembly,” Bilawal said, referring to 20 PML-N’s MNAs and MPAs from South Punjab who joined PTI. “Do they think people are fools? Do they think that people lack political understanding? They are using this as a ploy to win your votes,” the PPP chief said. Bilawal said that PPP had laid the foundation for South Punjab province six years ago and at that time the very same people had opposed his party.“Only PPP has the courage and ability to address major challenges such as change of name of KP and FATA reforms. And if there is any party which can make South Punjab province, it is going to be the PPP.”

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Pakistan slams double standards in terror fight

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has voiced its dismay at the failure of UN Sanctions Committee to approve Islamabad’s request to place Jamaat-e-ul-Ahrar terrorist Umer Khalid Khurasani on terror list. “We are aware that the UN Al-Qaeda/ISIL Sanctions Committee did not approve Pakistan's proposal to list Umer Khalid Khurasani a.k.a Abdul Wali, the leader of Jamat-ul-Ahrar since it could not reach consensus due to objection by a member,” Foreign Office spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal said on Friday. “As the discussions of the Sanctions Committee are confidential, we are not in a position to comment on these deliberations. The Committee has not yet formally conveyed this development to us,” he said. “However, we are deeply disappointed over the failure of the Sanctions Committee to list Wali who is a known terrorist and has the blood of hundreds of innocent Pakistanis on his hands.”He said that if the organization Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has been listed by the Sanctions Committee, its leader should also have been listed. “This action demonstrates the double standards prevailing in the international fight against terrorism and also show complete disregard of the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in this fight,” he added.Khurasani is accused of orchestrating the December 2014 terrorist attack on Army Public School in Peshawar, which left 150 people mostly children and staff members killed. According to some media reports, US has objected to Khurasani's listing on the basis of his location in Afghanistan.

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Earthquake jolts Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ISLAMABAD: A moderate earthquake shook parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad on Friday. According to reports, the temblor was felt in Islamabad, Malakand, Chitral, Peshawra, Swabi, Malakand Agency, Kohat and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There is not report of any damage to life or property as a result of the quake. According to reports, people rushed out of their homes and shops and other building.

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PIA asks customers to report 5 hrs prior to departure at new Islamabad Int?l Airport

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has asked its customers to report at least five hours prior to departure time for their international flights at new Islamabad International Airport.In a statement shared on its twitter handle on Thursday, PIA said in light of the traffic congestion due to strict security checks at entry points of the new Islamabad Airport, the valued PIA customers are requested to report at least 5 hours prior to departure time for their international flights.On May 01, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated new Islamabad International Airport.The airport is slated to be one of Asia's major aviation hubs and destinations. Islamabad International Airport is designed by French company Aéroports de Paris Ingenierie and CPG Corporation of Singapore. It is built on 4,238 acres of land and consists of 4-level passenger terminal building, 2 runways, taxiways, apron, parking bays for wide-body aircraft.The airport is connected to Islamabad and Rawalpindi via the Kashmir Highway and Motorway via Thallian interchange with the link to the proposed ring road. A four-lane highway has also been constructed by NHA to cater cargo traffic. The Islamabad Metro bus project is also being expanded to connect the airport but the work is still underway on the project.It took almost 11 years to build the new Islamabad International Airport after the ground breaking in April 2007. The 4-level passenger terminal building is 190,370 square metres specifically designed to facilitate passengers and stakeholders and is completely high-tech and fully computerised with integrated systems of international standards.

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Punjab announces early summer vacations for schools

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced summer vacations for schools. “Private and public schools will close for summer vacations from May 17,” Education Minister Rana Mashhood announced on Thursday.The schools will reopen on August 10, he said.The schedule of vacations has been changed due to the fasting month of Ramazan which is likely to begin on May 17.Sindh has already announced that summer vacations will be observed from May 14 to July 17.

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Defence Minister says India fanning terrorism in Pakistan through Afghan soil

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said India is fanning terrorism in Pakistan through the Afghan soil.The minister was speaking to media here Thursday.Dastgir said spreading fake news through media is also one of the strategies of India against Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported.The Defence Minister went on to say New Delhi is committing ceasefire violations and targeting the innocent civilians at the Line of Control due to its vested interests. He said Pakistan Army is befittingly responding to the Indian unprovoked firing at LoC.The Defence Minister said that defence cooperation between Pakistan and China is rapidly increasing.He said said our civilians and armed forces have rendered unrivalled sacrifices in war on terror.Now we have to reaffirm our commitment that no one will be allowed to reverse the gains in countering the terrorism, he asserted.Also, Participating in the debate on the budgetary proposals for the next fiscal year in the National Assembly, Dastagir criticized NAB for launching the money laundering probe against Nawaz Sharif.He questioned NAB’s actions and said that it’s clear they were targeting Nawaz.Dastgir demanded a probe against NAB’s internal workings and processes of determining investigations such as this one.

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PTI cancels Waziristan jalsa due to ?some highly important reasons?

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced the cancellation of its Waziristan’s jalsa due to “some very highly important reasons.” The opposition party was scheduled to hold a public meeting at Mir Ali Ground in South Waziristan on May 11. In a press statement issued by the Central Media Secretariat, PTI said that Mir Ali jalsa has been cancelled due to some highly important reasons. No further details were given.Imran Khan was to address the jalsa in Waziristan before traveling to Karachi on May 12.

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Bilawal Bhutto visits Ahsan Iqbal, seeks probe into assassination bid

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called on the government to launch a probe into an assassination attempt on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.The interior minister was shot and injured in a gun attack during a visit to his constituency in his native Narowal last Sunday. A 21-year-old man, who identified himself as Abid Hussian, was arrested along with the firearm. The suspect, a member of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, confessed to involvement in the shooting in his police statement. Bilawal visited the interior minister at Lahore's Services Hospital earlier today, where Ahsan Iqbal is recovering from his gunshot wounds. Speaking to the media outside the hospital, Bilawal condemned the attack and called for a detailed probe into the assassination bid. "Incidents such as [the attack on Ahsan Iqbal] should not happen. Be it government or opposition, we all need to unite against politics of hate so that we can fight extremism," said Bilawal. He also condemned the release of "terrorists" arrested over their involvement in assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto."We submitted a request when the five terrorists were acquitted," Bilawal said. "Even DNA tests carried out at a laboratory abroad proved their involvement in the assassination, despite that bail was granted."The PPP leader said such a move did not send a positive message across.

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