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Khadija Siddiqi stabbing convict acquitted

ISLAMABAD: Lahore High Court on Monday acquitted a man accused of stabbing his female classmate 24 times. The convict Shah Hussain had been sentenced to five years in jail by a trial court on charges of stabbing Khadija Siddiqui.The Lahore High Court heard his appeal against the conviction on May 25 and reserved the verdict. According to Khadija Siddiqi, the court announced the verdict today and acquitted Shah Hussain. “Inna lilahi wa ina ilahi rajioon! Justice butchered. Shah hussain acquitted!,” Ms Siddiqi tweeted. Khadija had received the multiple stabbings in 2016 after she went to pick her sister up from school. The assailant had left her in a pool of blood in the middle of the road before fleeing.

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Imran lacks qualification to stand in elections: Reham

LONDON: PTI chairman Imran Khan doesn’t meet the legal requirements to stand in elections under Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution as he had hidden his marriage for two months, Reham Khan alleged.Reham, ex-spot of Khan, is making headlines again after the manuscript of her book was leaked online, angering PTI.PTI spokesperson and celebrities supporting Khan’s party took to Twitter to accuse Reham Khan of being part of a PML-N's agenda ahead of the elections. Reham also took a jibe at Imran Khan over controversy surrounding the nominations of caretaker chief minister for Punjab. “How can a person run a country if he cannot give a name for the caretaker chief minister,” she remarked. The former BBC weather presenter denied PTI’s allegations that she had met Maryam Nawaz."The accusation of receiving money from Shehbaz is incorrect, I never met him or Maryam," she said, threatening to take the accusers to court.The former TV host appealed to Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar to take notice of the issue.

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Incumbency can be plus or minus for PML-N: ex-PM Shaukat Aziz

LONDON: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shaukat Aziz said that PML-N has a big foot print, but only time will tell whether incumbency can be a plus or a minus for the outgoing ruling party in the next general elections. “To me the right person would be whoever wins the vote at the ballot box. If you believe in democracy and if you believe in the responsibility and the ability of the people to express their view,” he told Sophie Shevardnadze of Russian TV.“Public is more politically conscious today than previously, as consequence to media penetration that has vastly elevated over the time. And I am confident that the electoral process will be quite transparent.”Upon being asked if the financer would want to indulge in politics again, Aziz claimed that he is a technocrat and not a politician. Touching upon the subject of the media’s significance in spreading political awareness he stated: “The press is totally free they go to all segments of society to get views and those views, the next morning are in front of you.”Elaborating further on the press’ role in shaping the federal structure, Aziz added: “It’s not a closed shop. When I was in the government I used to get through the press very open criticism, and critiques and suggestions.” Moving on to Pakistan’s vacillating relations with the United States with the withdrawal of US aid and sanctions being placed on the region, Aziz termed the relations between the two nations as “contradictory.”“Pakistan will do what is in its national interest and if it means disagreeing with a friend and some other stakeholders, if that is what national interest desires that’ll be done,” he stated.Adding further on Pakistan maintaining the alliance Aziz mentioned how the country has made several sacrifices for US in the Afghan crisis which has had a direct effect on Pakistan. “Pakistan sacrificed a lot. The reminiscence of that whole action is on Pakistan alone.”The dialogue proceeded to Pakistan’s budding alliance with China and the probable strings attached to the heavy investments being made by the Chinese government to which he stated: “As a professional coming from the financial sector I found them very professional, very understanding to our situation. So in my experience and I’m, still active, I can look you in the eye and say there is no sinister or hidden agenda either side.”

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Pakistan to retaliate if India targets civilian population: DG ISPR

RAWALPINDI: DG ISPR Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said that Pakistan army would be compelled to retaliate if India targeted civilian population. “DG MO has given an undertaking to his Indian counterpart about respecting the 2003 ceasefire agreement and Pakistan army is committed to uphold it. But we will give a befitting response if Indian army hits our civilian population,” Asif Ghafoor briefed media at GHQ. “India should decide how it wants to proceed. We are two nuclear powers and there is no space for war,” he said. “Our job is to respect the ceasefire agreement, we will not respond to the first bullet fired by Indian at us. But if civilians are the target, we will be forced to retaliate,” he said.“We request the Indian army and media to defuse tense situation,” he said. “Recently I had interaction with SAARC journalists including Indians. We took them to North Waziristan.”“They asked a question that a high-profile incident happens in India whenever ties are improved between Pakistan and India. I told them you have witnessed only two incidents such as Mumbai attacks while Pakistan has faced thousands of such incidents,” he said,” adding Kulbhushan Jadhav is one such example of Indian involvement in fomenting violence.India, he said, carried out more than 15, 00 ceasefire violations in 2018 alone.The DG ISPR said that there were 71 incidents of cross-border terrorism ever since Pakistan started fencing its border with Afghanistan. “There is no organized militant network, including Haqqanis, in Pakistan. We now want respectful repatriation of Afghan refugees from our country,” he added.He said that even Americans realize that there was significant after military operations in Waziristan. The DG ISPR said that Hazara community expressed its joy when LeJ commander Salman Badeni was killed in Balochistan. He said that terror incidents dropped after the killing of Salman Badeni. FATA, he said, was now a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and everybody should work to build it.PTM talksMaj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said that he had personally met PTM members including Mohsin Dawar and Manzoor Ahmed. "I held a separate meeting with Mohsin Dawar and Manzoor Pashteen and then arranged their meeting with military officers to resolve their issues," he said."Dawar sent me a text and thanked me for addressing his issues. But all of a sudden, hundreds of social media accounts were created to launch anti-Pakistan propaganda," he said. "How could so many caps were made? How could foreign media start telecasting their protests live? Thankfully, local media ignored their propaganda," he said. Ghafoor said that Chief of the Army Staff had strictly advised the forces to avoid use of force against PTM's members. "We now have strong evidence to prove that PTM is being exploited by foreign elements," he said. In Wana, PTM people started anti-army slogans, he said, adding that people from peace committee asked them to stop chanting before a clash broke out between them. "Army helicopters were used to transport the injured people to hospitals. But unfortunately, they started sharing a fake photograph of some girl being shot. There was no such casualty in Wana.""It doesn't affect us if you make false claims on social media. The people of Pakistan greatly respect armed forces because of the sacrifices they have given in the war against terrorism."He said that "our focus is on the job and we should not deviate from it."Pakistan army is the only force which has won the war against terrorism, he said. "Whoever wears uniform be it police, army, FC, Rangers is part of us. They all are in the line of fire and they are doing it for the country."The army chief spokesman has urged critics not to undermine the country's sacrifices to build their own career.In Karachi, he said that people must reject a politico-criminal nexus . Social media launches propagandaAsif Ghafoor said that thousands of fake accounts were set up on social media to launch a propaganda. "We need to check what to tweet and what no to. Social media is a lethal threat to young generation than the grown-ups," he said. He said that some accounts being run in the name of army or defence institutions were reported to FIA for action. "Pakistan army is a national force and we cannot afford a discord or division in the country," he added.

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Air chief meets caretaker PM

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, NI (M) called on Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk at his office on Monday.The air chief felicitated Nasir ul Mulk on assuming office of the Prime Minister. Professional matters pertaining to Pakistan Air Force came under discussion

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Houston mayor hosts annual Iftar dinner for Muslims

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has called for making fool-proof security arrangements to protect students and schools from gun violence."As we care about protecting travelers and visitors to federal, state and locally owned buildings, we must also show the same sense of urgency, concern, and compassion toward children and adults in schools," he said, in his keynote address. The mayor said that Houston was a big diverse family and the Muslim community was an important part of that diversity. Mayor Turner said that it takes a will to build relationship and unite the city regardless of religion, language or Politics. “Thanks to the hard work of his Office of Trade and International Affairs team and the organizers for an evening of compassion, friendship and inclusion at the Annual Ramadan Dinner,” he said.Abu Dhabi, Baku, Basrah, Istanbul & Karachi Sister City Associations along with The Islamic Society of Greater Houston & over 50 Collaborating Organizations organized traditional “Houston Iftar” Annual Ramadan Dinner with Mayor of Houston on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Bayou City Event Center. This grand event was also address by Guest of Honor S. Javaid Anwar, Congressman Al Green, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson, HononaryChair Javaid Siddiqui, President ISGH M.J.Khan, Coordinator Saeed Sheikh, Imam Khalis Rashaad, Afzal Janjua & others .The event was attended by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Consul Generals of several Countries, City officials and over 1700 Community members & Media. Texas Governor, Greg Abbott also sent video Greetings on the occasions.

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Portraits of Benazir, Bilawal, Zardari removed from Sindh CM House

File photoKARACHI: Portraits of PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto have been removed from Chief Minister House in Karachi, Geo reported. The channel quoted a sources saying that the portraits have been taken down from the lounge, hall and other places in the Chief Minister House. In addition, portraits of incumbent PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Asif Ali Zardari have also been removed. The reasons for the removal of portraits are not clear.Sources add that PPP’s flag has also been taken down from the Wazir-e-Ala House. Meanwhile, caretaker Chief Minister Fazlur Rehman joined the office today and spent a busy day at work.

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Reham-Haqqani picture telling real story: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Central Information Secretary, Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that the picture of Reham Khan and Husain Haqqani telling the real story behind her upcoming book.Since the manuscript of Reham Khan's autobiography was leaked online, the PTI is in a panic mode and has accused her of peddling PML-N's agenda of maligning rivals.Reham posted a picture of her meeting with former Pak envoy to US in London last week, which triggered all the controversy. PTI spox Fawad Ch said that we know on whose agenda Imran's ex-wife was working and the party welcomes her announcement of approaching court.This is not the first time that PML-N has used women for achieving political gains, he said and adding that 'book from divorced wife will defame Imran and that will upset the party.A PTI source told this newspaper that Imran and a few other party leaders came across the script of Reham’s book after it was leaked online. "A meeting was held during which the party decided to counter the contents of the book and PTI social media accounts subsequently sent out tweets in condemnation of Reham," the source said."Reham and PTI leaders are engaged in confidential email exchanges seeking assurances and issuing threats to each other at the same time," the source added. A source close to Reham said the manuscript of her book was "leaked or hacked" and hence made its way to Pakistan.Reham Khan also alleged in a series of tweets that actor-anchor and PTI supporter Hamza Ali Abbasi has been threatening her since August 2017. Abbasi on Friday tweeted that he had the “very unfortunate experience of reading a manuscript of Reham Khan’s book”. Here is the summary: IK is the most evil man to walk the face of this planet. Reham is the most pious righteous (Tahajjud guzaar) woman ever and Shahbaz Sharif is an amazing guy!” he wrote.In response, Reham wondered how it was possible for Abbasi to read the manuscript since the book was not released yet. “Only possible through fraud or theft,” she added.The former BBC weather presenter then alleged that Abbasi has been threatening her since August 2017. She followed the allegations with a screenshot of an email conversation between her and the actor.

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