Climate Change minister says provinces warned of heatwave

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah said on Tuesday that loss of precious lives due to heatwave in Karachi was a very tragic and unfortunate incident.In a statement here, he said that Ministry of Climate Change took a proactive approach and sent letter to all provinces and federating units in month of April to prepare themselves for any expected issue of heat waves.He further added that rise in temperature and frequency of heatwaves in the country demanded comprehensive steps at all level to deal with issue.Ministry of Climate Change issued letter on 6th April 2018 to all provinces and federating units to take safety measures in advance to cope with any predicted heat wave issue.A technical report on Karachi heat wave June 2015 was also attached with these letters to provide the strategy and guidelines to all provinces and federating units for safety of citizen against heat wave.This report was prepared under the direction of Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan in 2015 when Karachi faced unpredictable phenomenon of heatwave.This report contains the reasons of heat waves and recommendations to take practical steps against this issue.

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Pakistan needs 1.3 million additional jobs every year: UNDP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to generate 1.3 million additional jobs on average every year as the plethora of people attaining the working age most likely to rise from the current 4 million to around 5 million by 2035. According to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)''s National Human Development Report (NHDR) opined that growth in employment creation is necessary to match the unprecedented number of young people entering the working age.The additional jobs to be created per year were for the next five years, the report added.The report has clearly indicated that current labour force participation and unemployment rates suggest that Pakistan’s working age population includes around 3.5 million unemployed individuals.An additional 1.4 million or more people of working age will join the labour force every year for the next five years.At the current participation and unemployment levels and considering the number of retirees, Pakistan needs to create 4.5 million jobs over the next five years (0.9 million jobs annually).The report suggested that the gradual increase in labour force participation rates means added pressure on the labour market with increased demand for employment opportunities.The survey of the report believed that job creation has been relatively fast in Pakistan.A coherent strategy adopted at the provincial and district level across multiple sectors with clear annual targets can help generate 0.9 million jobs a year.It added that the challenge lay in creating jobs that also ensure better living standards.“Expanding the formal sector, supporting entrepreneurship, building the human capital of youth and active labour market policies are key instruments to ensure that the required growth is inclusive and sustainable”.Interestingly, there is an exchange between creating limited work opportunities that are high in quality and offering a larger number of jobs that do not meet quality conditions.The report recommended that complete concentration on quality and not on creating enough jobs would be equally problematic while failure to produce additional employment opportunities could lead to 43 million people being unemployed by 2050. “The caseload for Pakistan to create additional jobs is unprecedented.According to estimates, the country needs to generate 0.9 million jobs every year for the next 30 years, without interruption, even to maintain unemployment at the current levels.It is also clear that the country’s few urban centres, or any one sector of the economy, cannot create all these jobs.Every sector of the economy and every city, town and village would have to contribute to employment generation to meet the target”.The agricultural sector, constituting Pakistan’s main source of employment (42.3 percent), has immense potential for employment generation at both the farm and non-farm levels.However, suffering from declining shares in the national GDP and low productivity, this sector will require the right set of investments and policy reforms to improve.Apart from reforms in the traditional farming sector, rural enterprise development has significant potential for employment generation.The report also revealed another key sector of Pakistan’s economy, manufacturing, currently absorbs around 15.3 percent of the total employed labour force despite being hindered by energy shortages and the poor law and order situation.The services industry, currently employing 42.4 percent of Pakistan’s total employed labour force, is another important sector with great untapped potential.It’s some sub-sectors function at a far lower rate than their capacity.The hospitality sector, accommodation and food, directly linked to tourism, accounts for only 1.6 percent of the country’s total employment.This sector can contribute significantly to employment generation if supported and promoted with a clear policy direction for employment generation.Sub-sectors of this industry, finance and insurance services, contribute just fewer than two percent to Pakistan’s employment, while information and communication contribute less than half a percent.Increasing economic activities and improving access to finance and technology would encourage significant growth and employment creation in these sectors.Overall, with the rapidly growing services sector becoming a major source of jobs in the country, Pakistan must ensure that this sector provides the young with a chance at long-term career progression.According to estimates by International Labour Organization (ILO), unemployment between the ages of 15 and 24 in Pakistan is 10.8 percent.This is higher than other countries in the region, like India, Bangladesh and Nepal although better than Sri Lanka.The report claimed that developing a clear strategy focused on employment generation and implementation is the first step in the necessary task of creating 0.9 million jobs a year in the country of close to 200 million people.

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Green Line train collides with freight cars at Lahore railway station

LAHORE: A passenger train traveling from Karachi to Islamabad collided with a freight carriage in Lahore on Tuesday, Geo reported. The Green Line Train was on its way to Islamabad before it hit the freight cars at Lahore Railway Station, causing damage to some bogies. DS Railway Sufyan Dogar said all passengers are safe. “The Green Line train was speeding which caused the crash,” he said. According to railway officials, train service has been suspended to allow the repair work which got underway immediately after the accident. Federal Railway Minister  Khawaja Saad Rafique took notice of the crash ans asked for a report. 

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Ahsan Iqbal calls Imran Khan a ?No Action Talk Only? commander, flays PTI?s 100-day plan

ISLAMABAD: Calling Imran Khan a "NATO" (no action talk only) commander, Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal described PTI’s 100-day plan as an incomplete, incoherent, unrealistic and imaginative document.““In our politics, there is no dearth of political gimmicks. One such leader who is known for his gimmicks has unveiled a 100-day plan. When we read the document, we realized that it was a poor attempt to make a copy of our 2025 vision,” Ahsan Iqbal told a press conference. “Imran Khan should first produce the scorecard of his 1800 performance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before presenting the 100-day plan,” he said. “You had presented a manifesto in 2013. The nation wants to know how much you were able to implement it in Khyber Pakhtunkhwan, where your party was in power.” “Pakistan can be won with performance, not presentations,” he said, adding that Imran Khan was a NATO (no action talk only) commander,” he said. The minister said that the PML-N government had already addressed the problems of energy and extremism as per its 2013 election manifesto. “After five years, by the Grace of God, PML-N has proved that it has the ability to deliver. We have added 10, 000 MW of electricity to the national grid. The country has witnessed a record growth rate of 6 percent and all global credible financial institutions have admitted this.”“There has been an economic turn-around during our government. Peace has returned to Pakistan’s financial capital. Peace has been restored in Balochistan,” he said, adding that Pakistan was more safe than that of 2013.Speaking on this occasion, Miftah Ismail said that PTI's plan was costly and that it would only cause more inflation  in the country. 

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PML-N, PPP, PTI apply for election symbol

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received 50 applications from various political parties for allotment of symbol for the next general elections. According to ECP, all political parties which have representation in the parliament, have already applied for election symbol. “We have received applications from PTI, PPP, PML-N, ANP, JI, JUI-F and other parties,” an official told Geo TV. The last day for submission of application in this regard has been fixed at May 25.

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Imran to implement 100-day plan with 100 turncoats: PPP

ISLAMABAD: PPP leaders on Tuesday took a jibe at PTI, saying Imran Khan’s party wanted to implement the so-called 100-day plan with 100 turncoats. “PTI cannot enforce its 100-day plan even in 420 days. Yes, Imran Khan has gathered 100 turncoats in 50 days,” PPP MNA Nafeesa Shah told a press conference at Islamabad press club. "The PTI, has had every size and color of lota (turncoat). They will implement the 100-day plan with 100 lotas,” she said. Speaking on the occasion, Senator Maula Bux Chandio said that PTI would start implementing its promises after 100 days. “They will all disappear when Asif Ali Zardari unveils his program,” he said.“This plan is a wishful thinking to become the prime minister. But truth is Imran Khan’s conduct and behavior is unbecoming of Prime Minister,” she said. “Not only PTI has collected lotays (turncoats), it also has the drum,” Chandio said. He said that PPP was the only federal party in the country. “Yes we made some mistakes, but we are not finished,” he said, adding that Imran Khan resorts to abuse when he thinks he cannot become the prime minister. The PPP senator also criticized the ruling PML-N. “Mian sahib wants to become Sheikh Mujeeb ur Rehman. The statement given by Nawaz Sharif won’t serve the country well,” he added.

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Deadlock on carekater prime minister

ISLAMABAD:   Deadlock persisted as the meeting between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi  and Leader of the Opposition ended without a decision on the caretaker prime minister here on Tuesday.Informed sources said that Prime Minister Abbasi said “No” to the PPP’s panel, which included the names of Jalil Abbas Jillani, Salim Abbas Jillani and Zaka Ashraf. These sources said that Abbasi, while conveying his “No” to Khursheed Shah on Monday, asked the leader of the opposition either to come up with some new names or accept one of the three names recommended by him (prime minister).The prime minister’s panel includes the names of Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk, Justice (retd) Tassaduq Jillani and Ms Shamshad Akhtar. Khursheed Shah is expected to discuss the government’s names with the PPP’s top leadership.Sources, however, fear that it is highly unlikely that Asif Ali Zardari would agree to any of the government’s name. In such a scenario, the matter is likely to be referred to the parliamentary committee for a decision on the matter.If the parliamentary committee also fails to take the decision, then the matter will go the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which will finally choose one of the names as caretaker prime minister.Under Article 224 of the Constitution on dissolution of the National Assembly or on completion of its term, or in case it is dissolved under Article 58 or Article 112, the president shall appoint a caretaker cabinet: Provided that the caretaker prime minister shall be appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition in the outgoing National Assembly.If the prime minister and the leader of the opposition do not agree on any person to be appointed as caretaker prime minister, the provisions of Article 224A shall be followed. The Article 224A says: “In case the prime minister and the leader of the opposition in the outgoing National Assembly do not agree on any person to be appointed as the caretaker prime minister, within three days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, they shall forward two nominees each to a Committee to be immediately constituted by the Speaker of the National Assembly, comprising eight members of the outgoing National Assembly, or the Senate, or both, having equal representation from the Treasury and the Opposition, to be nominated by the prime minister and the leader of the opposition respectively."The committee constituted, according to the Constitution, shall finalise the name of the caretaker prime minister within three days of the referral of the matter to it. But in case of inability of the committee to decide the matter in the aforesaid period, the names of the nominees shall be referred to the ECP for final decision within two days."

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ECP proposes July 25-27 dates for general elections 2018

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has proposed three dates to President of Pakistan for holding general elections 2018.In this regard, a summery has been sent to President Mamnoon Hussain to seek his permission for fixing the dates for holding the ensuing next general elections on specific date from July 25 to 27.The summery proposes that the election date should be fixed as per clause 57 (1) of the Election Act 2017. The 5-year term of the incumbent government will end of May 31 and after that caretaker government will take the responsibilities till new setup.New names have surfaced for the caretaker Prime Minister a day before the government and opposition are expected to announce their pick for the top slot.Geo TV quoted sources saying that five names are currently under consideration between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah . The names being discussed are: former Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Hussain Haroon, former State Bank governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi, former chief justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and former State Bank governor Dr Ishrat Hussain.“Among the contenders, Dr Maleeha Lodhi and Dr Shamshad Akhtar are favourites for the job,” the channel reported.

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Indian troops target civilian population along Working Boundary

RAWALPINDI: Indian troops initiated unprovoked cease fire violation along Working Boundary targeting civil population with mortars and heavy weapons in Harpal and Charwah Sector on Monday.According to Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan Rangers Punjab effectively responded and targeted those Indian posts which initiated fire. On Friday at least four people including three children and a women were martyred and 10 others injured when Indian forces resorted to unprovoked shelling from across the working boundary in Charwah Sector in Sialkot.The ISPR said Indian posts caught fire after being targeted by the Pakistani paramilitary troops.

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