Tag: Pakistan Tehreek e insaf

  • Govt cancels all exams until June 15

    In lieu of rising cases of COVID-19 Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday announced that no examinations will take place in the country until June 15.

    “O’ and A’ Level exams have been cancelled and will now take place in the October-November cycle,” said the minister in an announcement.

    “Exams of Classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 which were supposed to begin from the end of May have been delayed further,” added the minister. “No board exams will be held till mid-June (June 15).”

    He also added that another meeting of the NCOC will decide in the third week of May to decide whether these exams will be postponed further or not.

    The minister also took time to answer the questions of students :

    #ImranKhanCancelExams and #ImranKhanJawabDou were among the top trends on Twitter from the past few days as National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and the Government of Pakistan refused to cancel this year’s O’ and A’ Level exams and went on to take the exams as scheduled.

    Pakistan is currently experiencing a deadly third wave of COVID-19 with fears of an India-like situation and students argued that the exams not only pose a risk to their health but they have also been unable to prepare for them because of school closures. The high courts in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi also dismissed students petitions.

  • Twitter blunder: PTI dates Lahore Resolution (1940) as a 1947 event in Pakistan Day post

    Twitter blunder: PTI dates Lahore Resolution (1940) as a 1947 event in Pakistan Day post

    In yet another Twitter blunder from political quarters, the official Twitter handle of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday-Tuesday midnight mistakenly dated the Lahore Resolution of 1940 as a 1947 event, which was passed seven years before actual independence.

    “23rd March: Pakistan Resolution Day Back in 1947, our ancestors resolved on this day to lay the foundation of Pakistan. On this day, once again we resolve to save our homeland from corruption and rebuild Pakistan!” read a tweet that was deleted after netizens pointed out the blunder.

    Here’s the new tweet:

    LAHORE RESOLUTION:

    The Lahore Resolution was a formal political statement of declaration of independence of Pakistan adopted by the All-India Muslim League on the occasion of its three-day general session in Lahore from March 22–24, 1940.

    The resolution called for independent states as seen by this statement:

    That geographically contiguous units are demarcated regions which should be constituted, with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary that the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the North Western and Eastern Zones of (British) India should be grouped to constitute ‘independent states’ in which the constituent units should be autonomous and sovereign.

    Today marks 81 years since its adoption that was followed by creation of Pakistan seven years later in 1947.

  • Sadiq Sanjrani defeats PDM’s Yousaf Raza Gilani, re-elected as Senate Chairman

    The ruling party’s candidate, Sadiq Sanjrani, was on Friday elected as the Senate chairman, defeating joint opposition’s candidate Yousaf Raza Gilani by reportedly three votes.

    According to reports, Sanjrani received 48 votes against Gilani’s 42 whereas seven of the latter’s votes were rejected during count.

    Earlier, polling for the Senate chairman’s post started at 3 pm, presided over by officials from the Senate Secretariat.

    The process of voting completed at 4:40 pm, but counting started after the official time, i.e. 5 pm.

    Earlier in the day, the newly-elected members of the upper house had taken their oath of office shortly after the session began at 10 am.

  • Trans model Rimal Ali joins PTI

    Trans model Rimal Ali joins PTI

    Transgender model Rimal Ali has joined the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to contribute to the welfare sector. 

    The model was allegedly kidnapped and tortured just a couple of days ago and the incident has motivated her to make a difference in society by joining politics.

    Ali has also been appointed as coordinator for gender discrimination of the Insaf Welfare Wing.

    The celebrity rose to international fame as Pakistan’s first transgendered model. After the horrific incident she had gone through, she hopes to strengthen her community by joining politics. 

    Visuals of the torture incident have been doing the rounds on the internet and netizens have supported Ali while raising their voices for the transgender community.

    Photo Credit: The Express Tribune

    Ali will continue to work in the showbiz industry along with politics.

    “I will continue my showbiz career and nowadays I am engaged in various projects. In the coming days, my fans will see me in the drama industry and more films,” Ali told The Express Tribune. 

    “I was appreciated by the public when I started my career and luckily have gotten opportunities to work with legendary actors like Mahira Khan. Showbiz is my passion and I will not leave it. In these uncertain days, the situation in the industry is a bit disturbed due to COVID-19. But like many others, I am also struggling through this difficult time.”

    Earlier, Ali made her film debut in Saat Din Mohabbat In and Rahbra. Soon after, many from the community started their film careers.

  • Govt of Pakistan’s official Instagram following one ‘мαиσ вєℓι ??’ besides president, PM, ministers

    Govt of Pakistan’s official Instagram following one ‘мαиσ вєℓι ??’ besides president, PM, ministers

    In what appears to be a rather confusing episode, it has emerged that the official Instagram account of the Pakistani government is following an account titled ‘мαиσ вєℓι ??’, purportedly run by one Maham, among the total 14 accounts it follows, including President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and his teammates.

    While it is not yet confirm who the handler of the account is or why it is followed by the government of Pakistan, netizens seem to be having a field day coming up with theories as to why does the official government handle follows it.

    Among other users followed by the official account are:

    President Arif Alvi

    PM Imran Khan

    Information Minister Shibli Faraz

    Radio Pakistan

    PM’s ex-information aide Asim Saleem Bajwa

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad

    Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

    Foreign Office of Pakistan

    PM’s aide in capacity of Minister of State Zulfi Bukhari

    Ministry of Overseas and Human Resource Development

    Kashmir Committee Chairperson Shehryar Afridi

    PM’s aide on Youth Affairs Usman Dar

    The complete list can be viewed here.

    UPDATE: Later in the day, The Current was informed by sources that someone from the government’s social media team had accidentally followed the account.

    They further said that the Instagram account had now been unfollowed.