Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday lost his way in Parliament House.
After attending a meeting of the PTI parliamentary committee, PM Khan started walking towards his chamber in the Assembly. PM Khan was so busy talking to Interior Minister Ijaz Shah that he suddenly found himself in unknown territory.
He asked his security official where he was. “Where are you taking me?” asked a perplexed prime minister in a corridor. His security officer then told him that this secret passage will also take him to the Assembly Hall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pobhe8BLIw
Meanwhile, Pakistani Twitter did not leave a chance to troll the PM.
PM IK once again lost in parliament. This is so not fair on him. Why must he be expected to know how to enter and exit parliament?
Interestingly, PM Imran wasn’t the only one who lost his way in parliament yesterday. PML-N MNA Maiza Hameed went to the room where PTI parliamentary committee was being held instead of PML-N meeting.
مائزہ حمید غلطی سے تحریک انصاف کی پارلیمانی پارٹی اجلاس میں پہنچ گئیں
Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda had said on Monday that Ahsan Iqbal should be hanged for three days.
In a tweet, Mr. Vawda said: “Ahsan Iqbal alias Aristotle alias hypocrite is a bigger thief than Nawaz Sharif. He should have been arrested first but he was caught so late. I will bring forward the list of his front companies and relatives. Their looting [corruption] has brought our country to the edge of destruction. Such people should be hanged for at least 3 days.”
احسن اقبال عرف ارسطو عرف منافق نواز شریف سے بھی بڑا ڈاکو ہے۔ اس کو سب سے پہلے پکڑنا چاہئے تھا لیکن بہت بعد میں پکڑا گیا۔ اس کی فرنٹ کمپنی اور رشتہ داروں کی فہرست جلد سامنے لاونگا۔ ان کی لوٹ مار نے ملک کو تباہی کے دہانے پر لا کھڑا کیا۔ ایسے لوگوں کو کم از کم 3 دن لٹکانا چاہئے
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal was arrested on Monday by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in relation to the Narowal Sports City Complex case
Ahsan Iqbal is accused of using funds of the federal government and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for a sports city being established in Narowal, which is a multi-billion-rupee project.
Iqbal while speaking to the media before heading to NAB had said that when the PML-N came to power in 2013, he, as planning minister, had taken up several projects that were incomplete and sports city was one of them.
He said that the funds spent on NSC were approved by the cabinet, parliament and the National Economic Council (NEC).
On International Human Rights’ Day, former Malir SSP Rao Anwar was blacklisted by the United States. Rao Anwar was blacklisted on Tuesday for engaging in “serious human rights abuse” by carrying out alleged fake police ‘encounters’ in which scores of individuals including Naqeebullah Mehsud were killed.
Rao Anwar is among 18 individuals from six countries that the Trump administration has imposed economic sanctions on for suspected human rights violations.
“During his tenure as the Senior Superintendent of Police in District Malir, Pakistan, Rao Anwar Khan (Anwar) was reportedly responsible for staging numerous fake police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsood,” the US Treasury said in a statement.
It said Rao Anwar “helped to lead a network of police and criminal thugs that were allegedly responsible for extortion, land grabbing, narcotics, and murder”.
According to the press release, Rao Anwar has been designated “for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.”
The leaders of Britain, Canada, France and the Netherlands have been caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace reception mocking US President Donald Trump’s lengthy media appearances ahead of Wednesday’s Nato summit.
The footage, shot by the British host’s camera pool on Tuesday evening and spotted and subtitled by Canada’s CBC, set the tone for the allies’ summit in Watford, just outside London.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson can be heard asking France’s President Emmanuel Macron: “Is that why you were late?”
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interjects: “He was late because he takes a 40 minute press conference off the top.”
In the video, Macron appears to tell an anecdote about his encounter with Trump, as Britain’s Princess Anne and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte look on, but the French leader’s back is to the camera and he is inaudible amid the hubbub.
“Oh, yeah, yeah, he announced…” an amused Trudeau declares, adding: “You just watched his team’s jaw drop to the floor.”
Watch video:
Following the video, Trump responded by reviving his feud with Trudeau, labelling him “two-faced” over his leading role in the exchange.
The prickly president’s honour was apparently satisfied by this, as he was later overheard on a second hot mic boasting: “That was funny when I said that guy was two-faced.”
And in a final irony, Trump cancelled his scheduled press conference at the end of the summit, concluding not unreasonably that he had already said all he had to say during his ad hoc Q&As.
….When today’s meetings are over, I will be heading back to Washington. We won’t be doing a press conference at the close of NATO because we did so many over the past two days. Safe travels to all!
It could have gone very differently, and Nato diplomats admitted that they feared the worst on Wednesday morning when video footage emerged of the leaders laughing about Trump at a Buckingham Palace reception.
Meanwhile, in another press appearance, Trump told reporters, “He’s two-faced.”
“With Trudeau, he’s a nice guy. I find him to be a nice guy, but the truth is, I called him out on the fact that he’s not paying two percent and I guess he’s not very happy about it,” he said.
It is a known fact that Trump loves to dominate an international summit with impromptu, rambling press briefings that leave his fellow world leaders struggling to stick to their agenda.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Azadi March’ which took place from October 31 to November 13 cost the government over Rs240 million, Rs248 million to be exact.
According to a report in Dawn, this amount is payable to contractors/vendors whose services were hired for security and other arrangements which included lodging, meal and transportation of police called from other districts.
As many as 5,000 from the capital police along with 3,000 Frontier Constabulary, 1,500 Punjab Constabulary, 2,000 from KP police and 500 from Kashmir and railway police were deployed in Islamabad during the sit-in. 550 containers were also arranged to block roads as a part of security measures and 105 vehicles, including 88 buses, were used to transport the security personnel.
The rent of a 40-foot container was Rs20,000 a day and Rs14,000 for a 20-foot container. On the other hand, the rent of a bus was Rs25,000 per day and Rs15,000 of a wagon/truck. The fuel for these vehicles cost the police Rs 20 million.
The capital police also purchased anti-riot gears to deal with confrontations, though none took place in the 13-day sit-in.
Other expenses included the rent of nine buildings hired for the force requisitioned from other provinces.
Meanwhile, Rs695.6 million were spent during PTI and PAT’s dharna in 2014.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday had a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump.
According to PTI’s official Twitter account, PM Khan had a telephone conversation with President Trump, during which bilateral and regional issues were discussed.
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Telephone Conversation with President Donald Trump
PM Imran conveyed that the release of Western hostages in Afghanistan was a positive development and Pakistan was happy that they were safe and free. President Trump thanked the PM for Pakistan’s efforts in facilitating this positive outcome.
The Prime Minister re-affirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the advancement of Afghan peace and reconciliation process for a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. Both leaders agreed to continue to work together for the promotion of this shared objective.
The Prime Minister apprised President Trump of the current situation in IOJ&K, underscoring that over 8 million people remained under siege for over 100 days now.
Appreciating President Trump’s continued engagement as well as mediation offer, PM Imran stressed that the President must continue his efforts for facilitation of a peaceful solution of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.
Recalling their conversations in Washington and New York, the two leaders agreed to deepen bilateral collaboration, including in relevant multilateral fora.
The two leaders further agreed to remain in close contact.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif met with doctors after he arrived in London via an air ambulance for medical treatment late on Tuesday.
Shehbaz Sharif took Nawaz Sharif to Guy’s hospital today for check-up, along with Hasan and Hussain Nawaz.
Nawaz will be treated at Hasan Nawaz’s flat and a room has been reserved for him, equipped with the necessary equipment as advised by doctors.
PM tells govt spokespersons not to react to CJP’s remarks: report
In a meeting with government spokespersons, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, “The government decided to send Nawaz Sharif abroad on humanitarian grounds and after consulting doctors’ reports” and directed them not to react or respond to CJP remarks.
Imran Khan also reportedly said that people were watching Nawaz’s activities in London. He said that the PTI would not play politics over Nawaz’s health.
Talking about the foriegn funding case the premier reportedly told participants of the meeting,”No need to worry about the foreign funding case. PTI’s audit reports are there for all to see”.
PM reportedly said that opposition parties were using the case to keep their politics alive and build a narrative against the PTI.
NA approves Shehbaz Sharif’s resignation as PAC chairperson
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif had earlier stepped down reportedly owing to his personal engagements and now PML-N’s Rana Tanveer is likely to be nominated as the PAC chairperson in place of Shehbaz.
The PAC primarily oversees the public expenditure and, in case of a suspicion of malpractice or corruption, the committee has the authority to investigate the matter and refer the issue to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Shehbaz’s nomination was unanimously supported after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came into power.
Pakistan beat India to qualify for ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup final
Pakistan on Wednesday qualified for the final of ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 after beating India by three runs in the first semi final in Dhaka.
Pakistan — who were defending a total of 267 — restricted India to 264 for eight in 50 overs, as Pakistani bowlers displayed great control on nerves and outstanding death-overs skills.
Pakistan’s opponent in the Saturday’s final of ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup will be decided after the second semi final between Afghanistan and Bangladesh on Thursday.
Vijay Jolly, an Indian politician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was escorted out by the security at the Asia Pacific Summit 2019 after he tried to disrupt the speech by Pakistan’s National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri.
Deputy Speaker Suri was speaking about Kashmiris’ right to self-determination and Indian atrocities in Indian-held Kashmir at the summit in Cambodia when Jolly angrily got up from his seat and walked in front of the hall saying, “I want to protest.”
Security officials quickly swung into action and grabbed Jolly. They then escorted him out of the summit as Suri continued with his speech.
Suri highlighted the atrocities by India in Occupied Kashmir.
جب بھارتی پارلیمنٹیرین وجے جولی کو سیکورٹی اسٹاف نے پیس پیلس فونم پن کمبوڈیا کانفرنس ھال سے دھکے دے کر باہر نکال دیا۔ ایشیاء پیسیفک سمٹ 2019 میں کشمیریوں پر ظلم کی داستان دنیا کو بتانے سے روکنے کی کوشش پر بھارتیوں کو ایک اور ذلت کا سامنا۔
Indian officials have raided the offices of renowned human
rights group Amnesty International (AI) on trumped up charges of foreign
funding from the United Kingdom that violate local law, Geo News reported.
According to the details, it is widely believed that the
investigation into the funding sources of the respected human rights group is a
pressure tactic being employed by the government of Indian Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi to stop the group from highlighting grave human rights violations
in Indian held Kashmir (IoK).
Reports revals that officials from the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) raided the offices of AI India in Bengaluru and New Delhi
after direct complaints from the home affairs ministry. Amnesty was accused of
the same offence last year.
The Amnesty group in a statement said, “Over the past
year, a pattern of harassment has emerged every time Amnesty International
India stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India”, referring
to their campaigns for IoK.
Back in September, Amnesty International had launched the “LetKashmirSpeak”
campaign and called on Indian PM Modi to lift the inhumane military curfew in held
Kashmir that has crippled the lives of millions of Muslims since August.
New Delhi had earlier revoked the constitutional autonomy of
IoK on August 5 this year and imposed a military curfew in the area,
imprisoning millions of people. Thousands of ordinary citizens were detained
after the move.
The detained included former chief ministers and the mayor
of Srinagar. Widespread allegations of torture and abuse of these detainees by
the Indian security forces were published by the international media in the
following weeks, as India showed no signs of easing restrictions.
Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) took to social media to thank Shahid Khan Afridi aka lala for praising his efforts for Pakistan.
In a recent interview with The Current, the interviewer asked Shahid Afridi ‘one word for DG ISPR’, to which lala replied “My relation with Asif Ghafoor is quite old and Asif bhai is doing a great job MashaAllah. He is a patriotic man. There should be people like him. And i think it is a good thing how he interacts with the public. I think it is a good thing”
