Pakistan Press International
ISLAMABAD:World No-Tobacco Day is being observed today (Tuesday) to create awareness among the masses about hazardous effects of tobacco on health and the environment.
Theme of the day is “Tobacco’s threat to our environment”. The governmental, non-governmental and community-based organizations have arranged meetings, seminars, webinars, rallies and display posters and banners as part of their awareness campaign in different cities and towns of the country.
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has dispatched second humanitarian assistance consignment to Ukraine at the request of the war-torn country.
A special C-130 on Tuesday flown to deliver more than 7.5 tons of humanitarian assistance items for the Ukrainian people. The 2nd batch of consignment will be dispatched on Friday carrying 7.5 tons of assistance. These humanitarian assistance package include emergency medicines, electro-medical equipment, winter bedding and food items.
Pakistan has always acted promptly alongside international community for responding to international calls for assistance during conflicts and calamities as a responsible and peace loving nation. It’s pertinent to mention that first consignment of more than 15 ton was sent through two special C-130 from Noor Khan Base in March this year.
KARACHI:The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Chief Secretary Sindh and others over tree cutting by authorities to clear the route of Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
A single bench of the high court comprised of Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi issued notices to the chief secretary, Sindh Environmental Protection Agency, Director Forest, Wildlife Department, D.C. Malir and Korangi, Administrator Karachi, Advocate General Sindh, CEO Malir Cantonment Board and the CEO Korangi Cantonment Board.
A petition was filed by advocates Shahnawaz and Mohsin Abbasi in the Sindh High Court against cutting of hundreds of fully grown trees in Karachi by authorities to clear way for the Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. The court denied a restraining order owing to the public interest nature of the project.
The petition stated that hundreds of old trees were cut down in the limits of Cantonment Board Malir (CBM) to make way for the Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project adding that overall 30,000 trees would be uprooted on the route of the project.
“The Sindh government has recently started construction work on Karachi’s Red Line BRT project and in the first phase, the route from Tank Chowk near Malir Halt to Safoora Chowrangi will be completed. The transport authorities have recently cut down trees in the CBM limits for the project and have plans to cut around 50,000 trees for the 26-km project ending at Numaish Chowrangi,” according to the petition.
The petitioners sought the high court’s intervention to restrain the provincial government from cutting more trees as the step will further aggravate the climate problems for the city including soaring temperatures in the city.
Recently, TransKarachi, a Public Sector Company established and owned by the Government of Sindh to carry out the project implementation of the Karachi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Red Line, has also initiated a tree plantation drive across Karachi.
ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the time has come for Pakistan and Turkey to leverage their excellent bonds to upgrade bilateral ties.
In a tweet on Tuesday, he said era of regional connectivity, shared development and common destiny calls for a fresh approach. He said he looks forward to discussing this with the Turkish President.
ISLAMABAD:The first Hajj flight will depart from Islamabad on Sunday night.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs, more than 80 percent pilgrims under government Hajj scheme have completed their training through Hajj camps.
Hajj pilgrims will be informed about the flights through the website and mobile message. Hajj pilgrims under government scheme will arrive in Saudi Arabia via PIA, Air Blue, Serene Air and Saudi Air. This year, Religious Affairs completed a six-month Hajj operation in a short span of one month.
KARACHI:Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Atta Marri, Tuesday extended her felicitation to the newly elected office bearers of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Dastoor.
In her facilitation message to the newly elected president of PFUJ (Dastoor), Haji Mohammad Nawaz Raza, Secretary General AH Khanzada, Finance Secretary Hamid Raza, senior vice president Malik Shakeelur Rehman and Vice presidents Afsar Imran, Mehtab Ashraf Khan and Mian Muhammad Saleem Shahid and other office bearers extended her facilitation on their success.
She hoped that newly elected representatives of the PFUJ (Dastoor) will put all their endeavors for the betterment of the journalists’ community and freedom of press. She said that the election was an evidence of trust and confidence of journalist fraternity reposed on newly elected body of PFUJ Dastoor.
Ms Marri said that the Pakistan Peoples Party believed in freedom of press in the country and journalists’ community had been playing vital role in strengthening democracy and democratic institutions in the country.
LAHORE:A court in Lahore on Tuesday granted interim bails to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders until June 11 in the case of vandalizing public property and attacking police personnel during the party’s long march on Islamabad on May 25th this year.
Additional Sessions Judge Saima Qureshi accepted the bail pleas of Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed, Murad Raas, Andleeb Abbas and Mian Aslam Iqbal ordered the investigation officer in the case to submit his report on the next date of the hearing (June 11, 2022).
Later talking to the media, the PTI leaders said that they were law-abiding citizens, and no matter what the government did to them, they would not back down. Dr. Yasmin regretted that the police personnel let loose by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah misbehaved with her. “They even did not care that I am in my 70s,” she said, adding, “But we believe in politics based on principles.”
Mian Aslam Iqbal said that he and other PTI leaders were not afraid of arrests, and they would again come out of their homes on the call of party Chairman Imran Khan.