Day: September 29, 2021

Islamabad, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Imran Khan has declared to hold investigation into the corruption carried out in road infrastructure projects in the past. Performing the ground breaking of Jhal Jaho Bela road, in Islamabad today (Wednesday), he said the FIA has been mandated to expose the handful of elements that minted money through road projects.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the road projects being executed by the present government are less in rates when compared with those completed in previous regimes. He said we are spending two hundred million rupees less on a four-lane road than the ones executed back in 2013. He said this demonstrates how much tax payers’ money was plundered in the past. He assured to make the findings of the investigation public.

Imran Khan reaffirmed the determination to ensure equitable development in order to make Pakistan strong. He said we are focussing on the development of backward areas to bring them at par with the developed ones. The Prime Minister especially stressed for improving connectivity in Balochistan saying this is vital for the development of the province as well as Pakistan.

In his remarks, Minister for Communications Murad Saeed said the construction of Jhal Jaho Bela road is part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision to uplift the backward areas. He said the road infrastructure projects in Balochistan are being completed on fast track basis. Chief Minister Jam Kamal said both federal and provincial government are working together for the development of Balochistan. He said we are ensuring timely completion of road infrastructure projects in the province so that the people can really benefit from them.

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Srinagar, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Amit Kumar, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on deputation for five years. An order issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs said that competent authority approved the appointment of Amit Kumar to the post of DIG, NIA, on deputation basis for an initial period of five years from date of joining the post or until further orders, whichever takes place earlier. The concerned authorities have been asked to relieve Amit Kumar immediately to enable him to take up new assignment in New Delhi.

Amit Kumar was presently posted as DIG central Kashmir range. He has earlier served SSP Pulwama, SSP Srinagar, DIG southern Kashmir and DIG Armed Police. India is using NIA to harass the Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders, activists and youth to suppress the ongoing Kashmir freedom movement. The notorious probe agency has implicated many Kashmiris in false cases.

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Srinagar, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):Exemplifying the brotherhood and communal harmony which Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is known for, people in Ompura area of Badgam district, performed the last rites of an 85-year-old Kashmiri Pandit neighbour, Jagan Nath Kaul.

As soon as the news regarding Kaul’s demise on Monday evening spread, people visited his house to extend condolences to the bereaved family. Kaul, known as a humble person, kept on living in the Kashmir Valley even after the mass exodus of Pandits from the region in 1989 following the conspiracy hatched by the then Governor of IIOJK, Jagmohan Malhotra, to suppress the Kashmiris’ freedom struggle.

“Kaul sahab’s family is among two Kashmiri Pandit families which did not migrate and continued to live with us. Irrespective of people’s faith, everyone in the area addressed Kaul sahab as Jag toath (Jag dear),” said Kaul’s neighbour Aijaz Ahmad Khan.

He said the entire area was in grief and the locals extended complete support in performing the last rites of late Kaul. “It is mostly Muslim population that helped in the last rites. That is because there are only two Pandit families living in this neighbourhood” he said.

Another local resident, Muhammad Yousuf said, “Late Kaul was quite social and would visit local Muslim residents. He would be equally a part of everyone’s grief and joy. His death is a big loss for all of us.”

It may be mentioned that Kaul, a resident of Ompura, was a popular figure in the area. He spent a lot of time in the company of his Muslim friends. As only a few of his family members were around, Kaul’s local friends and neighbours from the Muslim community took it upon themselves to help perform his last rites.

The local Muslims organised and performed his last rites and mourned his death as one of their own. They shouldered his coffin and arranged wood for the cremation in the area. Koul left behind his wife and two sons. His family thanked the locals for showing so much love and care to their family.

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Jammu, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat is arriving on a four-day visit to Jammu region of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow (Thursday). A statement of RSS issued in Jammu said that during his four-day stay at Jammu from September 30 to October 03, Bhagwat would participate in many programmes.

As per the tradition of the RSS, every year the Sarsanghchalak (head) and Sarkaryavah (second in command) travel to different parts of India in connection with the organisational work and to interact with prominent persons. This year’s Sarsanghchalak’s visit has been fixed in IIOJK.

For the first time since Covid-19 epidemic, Sarsanghchalak Bhagwat is coming to Jammu. Last time, he visited Jammu in 2016. During his four-day stay at Jammu, Bhagwat would participate in various programmes. Mostly, these programmes area aimed at furthering the Hindutva ideology of RSS in the occupied territory.

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New Delhi, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):Navjot Singh Sidhu has resigned as Punjab Congress chief, delivering a big shock to the Gandhis, who may have hoped that changing Chief Ministers would help end the turmoil in the state before elections early next year.

The cricketer-turned-politician tweeted a resignation letter that hinted at his unhappiness at the ongoing changes to the Punjab cabinet. “The collapse of a man’s character stems from the compromise corner.

I can never compromise on Punjab’s future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab. Therefore, I hereby resign as the President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. I will continue to serve the Congress,” Navjot Sidhu, 57, wrote in his letter to Sonia Gandhi, which he posted on social media. He had taken charge of the party in Punjab in July, this year.

Navjot Sidhu, say sources, was also unhappy about his rival SS Randhawa being assigned a key ministry. The double use of the word “compromise” in Mr Sidhu’s resignation letter was read as a clue that he was asked to accept some unpleasant choices in the cabinet shuffle.

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Srinagar, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the President of Peoples Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, has said that Indian Army ransacked houses and thrashed members of a family in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

A family in Seer Jageer area of Tral in the district said that they were assaulted by the Indian Army on Monday evening. Mehbooba Mufti in a tweet said that during the thrashing, a woman received head injuries and was admitted to a hospital.

“Army from Yagwani camp in Tral ransacked homes and ruthlessly thrashed a family last night. The daughter owing to her serious injuries was admitted to hospital. Not the first time that civilians from this village have been beaten up by the army in this area,” Mehbooba Mufti tweeted.

The family said that their daughter Ishrat Jan was dragged while her clothes were torn before she fell unconscious and was later taken to hospital. While talking with the media, Ishrat said that the army personnel dragged her out of the house and tried to take her away in their vehicle.

Ishrat said that she raised a hue and cry after which villagers came out and saved her. She said Indian Army has been raiding their house frequently due to which they are feeling disturbed and insecure. Ishrat’s mother said that her one son was already languishing in jail for the last three months, while two others are being assaulted by the Indian forces again and again. The family demanded an end to such atrocities so that such an incident should not happen again.

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Srinagar, September 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, former Indian minister and senior Congress leader, Prof Saifuddin Soz, has said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have resorted to spreading falsehood on Kashmir, especially on the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to the territory.

Prof Soz in a statement issued in Srinagar said the people of the territory, especially the Kashmir Valley, have taken notice of the fact that the BJP leaders in India have taken recourse to spreading untruth on the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India. He said these leaders, including Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur and Jitendra Singh, perhaps feel that repeatedly speaking untruth could catch minds of Kashmiris and others.

The Congress leader said the fact is that the general run of Kashmiris denounces the statements of the BJP’s top brass that things had improved in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. These are white lies spoken by the BJP leaders, he said. The fact is that there is widespread anger in IIOJK on the abrogation of this Article, he added.

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