Chinese delegation visits Pakistan

A delegation of Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) led by its vice president H.E Mr Zhau Li and former vice Minister of IDCPC International department, central committee of the communist party of China visited Pakistan.During a meeting with Mr Bayazeed Kasi, central joint secretary PTI Pakistan coordinator of party to party exchanges between CPC and Pakistan political parties.Mr zhou Li gave a detailed explanation of the CPAPD and its success story from the day it came into being in June 1985.Zhau Li further extended his views on the development of CPEC and how the Peoples Republic of China has always and will always be there when brother nation Pakistan needs support.The CPAPD, being the largest peace association in china under the supervision of the COMMUNIST PARTY, plans to promote the all weather friendship with Pakistan with the help of different forums of politics, business, media, think tank and NGO'S etc.He went on to that in Pakistan, no matter which political party forms the government, China will always respect and work hard hand in hand with them because they are the choice of the people of this country and our friendship and brotherhood ties together none other then the citizens of our two countries. Bayazeed Kasi encouraged the delegation to have more and more visits to Pakistan.The CPAPD, founded in June 1985, is the largest China’s nationwide non-government peace association. The objectives of it are to promote mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between the peoples of China and the rest of the world in joint efforts to maintain peace, oppose arms race and war, achieves arms control and disarmament.

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Heavy traffic cripples Karachi

KARACHI: Massive traffic jam paralyzed Karachi on Monday afternoon, leaving thousands of motorists stuck for hours amid scorching heat. According to a police statement, traffic jam happened due to snap checking by paramilitary Rangers force on Ziauddin Road. Police officers are on the road to regulate the traffic. “All barriers have been removed to clear the traffic.,” the police said. Heavy traffic was seen in I.I Chundrigar Road, Zianuddin Road, MA Jinnah Road and other roads. 

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Ahsan Iqbal discharged from hospital

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been discharged from Lahore’s Services Hospital, days he was shifted to the facility after a failed assassination attempt. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Interior said that “Alhamdulillah, with the mercy of Allah, Hon Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been discharged from hospital.” The interior minister conveyed a special message of thanks to all well-wishers, supporters and the ones who prayed for him during these testing times!“Indeed it’s Allah who writes destinies!,” it said. The interior minister was shot and wounded in a gun attack during a visit to his constituency in Narowal on May 6. He was airlifted to Lahore after being given aid at a local hospital. A 21-year-old man, identified as Abid Hussain, was arrested along with his firearm after the shooting. The suspect told interrogators that he had targeted the interior minister for a withdrawn amendment in an election  declaration. 

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Imran forms committee for creation of South Punjab province

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has constituted a six-member committee to formulate a way forward for creation of South Punjab province.The South Punjab Action Committee include Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (Convener), Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Khan Tareen, Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Khusro Bakhtiar and Tahir Bashir Cheema.The committee will look into all necessary aspects and steps required in creation of a new province and submit an implementation plan to the party within a period of 100 days.The committee may call subject matter experts as per their need to help in formulating their strategy.

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Nawaz Sharif seeks national commission to investigate statement

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif called for the formation of a national commission to investigate his media statement about the Mumbai attacks.“If my statement is being seen as an act of treason, make a national commission to investigate it. Whoever is found guilty, should be hanged publicly,” Sharif told a gathering of supporters in Buner on Monday. The former premier further said that a national commission also be set up to investigate allegations of money laundering. “I will not let anyone violate the sanctity of your vote,” he told the crowd. “We will change the fate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa if our party forms the government.” “We will fix Peshawar, we will fix the entire province.”“Buner shows that 2018 will be the year of PML-N, he said, adding the world has changed but nothing has been done [by the PTI government] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Earlier, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz said that nation's relationship with Nawaz has continues to grow over the past thirty years. “Efforts being made to break the bond between Nawaz Sharif and public will fail,” Maryam.“The fatwas being issued against an elected prime minister are unacceptable,” she said.She said that Nawaz Sharif had carried out nuclear tests following India. "I want to ask you whether a person who had made the country's defence invincible can be labeled a traitor," she questioned.

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Nothing new in Nawaz Sharif?s statement: Sanaullah

LAHORE: Outspoken Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said that there was nothing new in Nawaz Sharif’s recent media statement about the Mumbai attacks. “I stand by Nawaz Sharif. Shehbaz Sharif also stands by Nawaz Sharif,” Sanaullah told media persons in Lahore. “Nawaz Sharif hasn’t said anything new. Former interior minister Rehman Malik had made same remarks in the past.” The law minister said Pakistan’s 22 million people understand that Nawaz Sharif is a patriot. He said that such pressure tactics had been happening for the past 70 years. “We will not tolerate them anymore,” he said. The law minister said that Nawaz Sharif’s popularity cannot be affected by these tactics. “Nawaz Sharif has to tell the nation the truth now,” he added. To a question, he said that NAB’s press release was a ploy to dent Nawaz Sharif’s popularity graph.“An attempt was made to target Nawaz Sharif’s credibility but the entire nation stands by him,” he added .

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Investiture ceremony held at Air Headquarters

ISLAMABAD: An Investiture Ceremony was held at Air Headquarters, Islamabad, in which Operational and Non Operational Military awards were conferred upon Officers and Airmen of Pakistan Air Force for their distinguished services.Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force was the Chief Guest on the occasion. In the ceremony, 42 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), 36 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 09 Tamgha-i-Basalat were conferred upon PAF Officers. Two Martyred Airmen were awarded Tamgha-i-Juraat, while 13 Junior Commissioned Officers were conferred upon Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military) Class-I. These awards are given in recognition of the acts of extreme devotion to duty and contributing towards the overall efficiency of the service. A large number of PAF high ranking officers and personnel attended the ceremony.

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Nawaz Sharif's statement 'misinterpreted', says PM Khaqan Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi clarified on Monday that statement of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ‘misinterpreted’ in the media.He was speaking to the journalists in a hurriedly called press conference after an important meeting of National Security Committee.The NSC unanimously rejected the allegations and condemned the fallacious assertions, raised by former prime minister regarding the Mumbai attacks.

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PM Abbasi meets Nawaz after NSC meeting

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met with Nawaz Sharif after attending an important meeting of National Security Committee, which deliberated upon the former PM’s statement regarding Mumbai attacks.Quoting sources, Geo News reported that the  two leaders would also discuss the caretaker prime minster candidate.

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We need to invest in peace instead of war: NSA

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Lt-Gen (Retd) Nasser Khan Janjua on Sunday said Pakistan was a great and peace loving country which had always stood along with world to contribute to global stability and prosperity.“We all need to invest in peace instead of war. We want and we are working with the world in a cooperative framework,” Nasser Janjua said this while addressing an International Conference of News Agencies. The two-day conference entitled “Pakistan – Media Opportunities and Challenges” is being organized by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) to provide an opportunity to journalists for a direct and hassle-free linkage to cope with emerging competitive environment for news agencies in the world.He highlighted, in detail, the different intriguing dimensions of Afghan conflict and said that no love stories are born out of use of force."Let’s, collectively invest in peace and bring the closure to this perpetual conflict instead of wining it,” he said.The adviser also sensitized the participants over the regional security environment and stressed that the US and the West should play a positive role in maintaining security of the region which over a period has become quite fragile.Nasser Janjua highlighted character and role of Pakistan in recent history and the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in on-going war against terrorism, saying Pakistan has lost over 60,000 lives and billions of dollars in the war.He gave the delegation a detailed presentation on regional security situation with a particular reference to focusing on how Pakistan, its people armed forces, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and Intelligence Agencies performed brilliantly and resiliently after 1979 and 9/11.“Afghanistan is a story of pains. It is a story of injuries. It is a wound of the world and also of region, which should be healed as quickly as possible,” Janjua told the gathering which included delegates from around 15 countries, Secretary Information and Broadcasting, Shafqat Jalil, Managing Director APP, Masood Malik, senior journalists and staff of APP.“Every investment has been made to win Afghan war, but unfortunately we have not invested in winning peace,” he said.He termed Afghanistan as “wound of the world as well as the region” that needs to be healed, saying innocent people in both Afghanistan and Pakistan were suffering since the Soviet occupation of Kabul in 1979. But now, he said peace was the only way forward.He said “I know how to fight. We are bold, brave, brilliant and beautiful nation, we also know how to fight. But we believe in peace.”Nasser Janjua said post 9/11 Pakistan stood with international community and not with those who inflicted atrocious attack on United States. On prevalent blame-game, he said,”It is a strange moment in our history that the US and all others are blaming us that we are supporting the militants.” He said “the Taliban accuse us of supporting the US and vice versa. So both are blaming us, who’s right?”The National Security Adviser said Pakistan’s location makes it a strategic asset in Central and South Asia, having the ability to connect the markets of Europe, Africa and other parts of Asia.Pakistan and Afghanistan share a lot of opportunities and have common economic future with a potential to connect to the markets of Europe, Africa and rest of Asia, said Nasser Khan Janjua.Janjua said: "Unfortunately, children of Afghanistan have seen nothing but war since 1979, whereas, Pakistan, after Afghanistan, is the most affected country hit by instability and insurgencies,” adding that the people of Pakistan want to see Afghanistan as a peaceful, prosperous and stable country.The adviser said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is only half of the China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) dream, with Afghanistan being the other half as it will connect whole Central Asia and Europe. He said Pakistan is the only country that can multiply the regional economies. He said Pakistan believed that building of economic corridor was conducive to promoting connectivity and shared prosperity of the entire region and added Pakistan believed in cooperative relations with all its neighbours on the basis of mutual respect and peaceful coexistence.“Pakistan, its people, Armed Forces and other LEAs have successfully fought insurgencies and militancy, and good news is that terrorism is decreased while peace is prevailing in the country,” he added.The Adviser also spoke high about holding of Conference, saying “APP has made a good endeavour for holding the event and inviting representatives of foreign news agencies to share different innovative ideas in media related domains and to portray true and positive picture of Pakistan, its people, economic potential and country’s contributions in war against terror.”

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Nawaz Sharif's statement grossly misinterpreted by Indian media: PML-N

ISLAMABAD: Shortly after Pakistan army suggested to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to call a meeting of National Security Committee to discuss ‘misleading” statement of former prime minister about Mumbai attacks, PML-N said that Nawaz Sharif’s statement was grossly misinterpreted by Indian media. “PMLN would like to set the record straight on the interview of PML-N Quaid carried yesterday by DAWN. At the outset, statement of the Quaid has been grossly misinterpreted by the Indian media,” a statement by the ruling party said. “Unfortunately, a section of Pakistani electronic & social media has intentionally or unintentionally not only validated but has lent credence to the malicious propaganda of Indian media without going through the full facts of the statement.” The PML-N as the country’s premier popular national political party and its Quaid need no certificate from anybody on their commitment and capacity to preserve, protect and promote Pakistan’s national security. After all, it was Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who, resisting all pressures, took the most important and most difficult decision on national security in Pakistan’s history by making the country a nuclear power in May 1998. Additionally, comments of PML-N Quaid about Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s role in the Party’s election campaign are also being misinterpreted, it added. “Mian Shahbaz Sharif is the elected President of PML-N, and, in this capacity, he is already in the forefront of the election campaign, taking the PML-N message to every nook and corner of the country. There is, therefore, no ambiguity regarding his role and future responsibilities."

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