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ISPR issues cyber alert over malicious email

RAWALPINDI: Inter Services Public Relations, the media wing of the military, has issued a cyber alert, saying a malicious email is being sent from invite@ispr.press using name of ISPR.According to the alert, it is clarified that this is a phishing email which has no link to ISPR. If received please don’t open it, report it as spam and delete. If opened inadvertently please don’t click on any link asking for information to be entered into a form or to unsubscribe. Clicking any link can compromise security of your PC /cell phone / iPad etc. ISPR Official domain name is ispr.gov.pk. There is no other domain, the press release said.

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Malala calls Sabika Sheikh?s father, extends condolences

LONDON: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday telephoned father of Sabika Sheikh and condoled over the death of his daughter.During her conversation with Aziz Sheikh, Malala said the nation has been deprived of a brilliant girl.She also spoke with Sabika’s sister. Malala said she shared the grief of Sabika’s family.Sabika Sheikh’s father said he wanted that voice should be raised against gun violence.Over this Malala assured Aziz Sheikh she would support him over the matter.Sabika was among the 10 students killed in a mass shooting when a student armed with a shotgun and revolver opened fire at Santa Fe high school in Texas last Friday.Sabika, resident of Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, was part of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) programme for her stay in the US and had to return home in June. She was among 75 Pakistani students who were selected to study abroad under the scholarship programme.AFP Adds:Earlier, following the funeral of Sabika, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai -- who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls´ rights to education -- also weighed in, calling for an end to school violence."I hope leaders in the US, Pakistan and around the world will do justice to the lives of Sabika, her classmates and their teachers by doing more to stop violence in schools," said Yousafzai in a statement.Sheikh had been in the US on a State Department-sponsored exchange programme but was due to return home in mere weeks ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

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Junaid Jamshed Mosque opens its doors to public

KARACHI: The metropolis has opened to public the doors of a mosque built to commemorate the life of the late religious scholar Junaid Jamshed on Wednesday.Situated at Singer Chowrangi in Korangi’s J. Unit Two area, the Junaid Jamshed Masjid stands in memory of the deceased singer-turned- religious intellectual.The news of the mosque’s opening was shared by actor and TV presenter Sanam Baloch on Twitter along with pictures of the place of worship.“The Junaid Jamshed Masjid’ has been inaugurated today at Singer Chowrangi, Korangi at J. Unit 2, Karachi. Such a beautiful mosque. It has been named in loving memory of our beloved and dearest JJ. Please do remember Junaid Bhai in your prayers,” stated the actor’s tweet.Junaid Jamshed, who in his earlier part of life was a lead vocalist of a popular Pakistani boy band Vital Signs, changed his route at the climax of his singing profession, to follow religion actively.The late religious scholar breathed his last on December 7, 2016 following a PIA Flight-661 plane crash en route from Islamabad to Chitral.

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Saudi Ambassador visits AFIRM Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed Al-Malkiy visited Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), Rawalpindi on Wednesday.According to Inter Services Public Relations, the Ambassador met the war wounded soldiers and inquired their well being. He was given detailed briefing on the role and contributions of AFIRM, the premier rehabilitating institute for the war wounded soldiers who have sacrificed their limbs during various military operations. This State of the Art facility also provides services to both military and civilians affected by accidents, calamities, any kind of violence and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The visiting dignitary appreciated the high morale of soldiers and paid tribute for their contributions for peace and stability in the region.

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Fauzia Kasuri quits PTI

ISLAMABAD: Fauzia Kasuri announced that she was leaving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as she was “no longer able to defend her party’s actions.” Kasuri made the announcement on Twitter, where she shared a copy of her resignation addressed to PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday.“I have sent this message of resignation to Imran Khan and other leaders in the party a few minutes ago. A message to my supporters in and outside PTI will follow shortly, May Alllah guide us all,” she tweeted. In her letter, Ms Kasuri wrote that she had become increasingly disenchanted by the direction of the party has taken and no longer see it as representative of the aspirations of the millions of undeserved citizens seeking transformative change in Pakistan. She said that Imran Khan had handed the reigns of the party to electables PTI had fought against since its inception. “Sadly this was the final nail in the coffin. Moreover, since I am no longer able to defend the party’s action, I would like to accept this letter as formal resignation from the party,” she added. She, however, wised Imran Khan the best of luck in the future. “I wish you best of luck and hope If you are granted the opportunity to form a national government, you shall strive to bring about the change you once promised,” she added.

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Junior leaders have critical role to play in modern warfare: COAS Gen. Bajwa

SHINKIARI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday visited Junior Leaders Academy (JLA), Shinkiari and got detailed briefing on the army’s premium training institution.The JLA is a premium army institution which imparts training on basic professional skills and leadership traits to Junior Commissioned officers and Non Commissioned Officers of Pakistan Armed forces as well as from number of friendly foreign countries, an ISPR press release said.On directions of the COAS, the academy is being upgraded as “Centre of Excellence for the Junior Military Leadership” with enhanced capacity and facilities.The COAS said training of junior leaders was extremely important as in modern warfare they had a critical role to play.He also interacted with the faculty and was pleased to see young officers from Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Malakand as instructors.Inspector General, Training, and Evaluation (IGT&E) Lieutenant General Hidayat Ur Rehman and Commander Rawalpindi Corps Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza were also present during the visit.

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Nobody can sell narrative of hatred, division in Sindh, says Murad

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he has always promoted politics of brotherhood, fraternity, equality and humanity but some people are trying to earn political sympathies by advancing the arguments of hatred and division but this has now no space in this megalopolis city of Karachi. This he said while talking to media during his visit to the heat stroke centers set up by district administration along the road sides all over the city.He was accompanied by provincial ministers, Syed Nasir Shah, Saeed Ghani, Principal Secretary to CM Somali Rajput and Commissioner Karachi. He said that some people are again trying to ignite the fire of hatred and divide in Karachi but “this is now history”.“You destructed this city and we have reconstructed it again, you divided the people on linguistic and sectarian grounds and we inculcated the spirit of fraternity among them, you destroyed the institutions and we are rebuilding them – that was your time and this is our time and our time is of prosperity and unity because we have restored peace in this city,” he said.“Our time would last long because we serve the people irrespective of any discrimination and top of it people of this city believe in us, therefore they are with us,” Shah said.The people of Karachi were well educated and they know who has caused them pain and who would lead them to the development and prosperity.“I am sorry, my words have been taken wrongly but I am clear that who were trying to divide Sindh now stand divided themselves- Sindh is our mother land and nobody whether he is Sindhi speaking Sindhi or Urdu speaking Sindhi would never allow division of his mother land,” Murad Ali Shah said. He added that now nobody can sell narrative of divide and hatred in Sindh.

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PTI accuses Nawaz Sharif of impeding democratic process

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has failed a single proper answer to 128 asked to him in Avenfield property reference, said PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday. “The court asked one thing while Nawaz Sharif replied something else and kept on telling outdated stories,” Chaudhry told a press conference, shortly after the deposed prime minister said that PTI’s sit-in was planted to oust him from power over his decision to try former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for high treason. "Why did Nawaz not utter a single word against Zia? Why did he let Pervez Musharraf go abroad?" he questioned. “Had Nawaz not done his 'job submissively' why were Mushahidullah Khan and Pervaiz Rasheed removed from their positions, he said.He said that Nawaz Sharif was made Punjab Chief Minister while he could not contest on councilor’s seat. He said that Nawaz Sharif had no regrets over his own actions over these years. “Nawaz Sharif’s government was dismissed for corruption. Shehbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif pressurized judges in the past and did they apologize for it,” he said. The PTI leader said that the only reservation Nawaz had was the probe against him. "He just wanted to portray himself as innocent to save his property." Nawaz spoke about everything except for the money trail of his Avenfield properties. "The day you will respond to how you were able to purchase the Avenfield properties, you will not have to dig out controversies," Chaudhry said.He accused Nawaz of attempting to destroy the political climate of the country. "You are trying to disturb the political climate because, for you, the state holds no value," he said. "You only value yourself, nothing else." Pakistan is transitioning into a stable democracy and Nawaz will not be able to impede this process, Chaudhry further said. To a question, he said that Imran Khan would become Pakistan’s next prime minister after the general elections. He said that Panama was an international scandal and that ISI or judiciary had nothing to do with it.

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