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Day: August 13, 2022

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Punjab cops raid homes of Rana, Ata

Lahore
LAHORE: Punjab police on Saturday raided the homes of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Mashhood and party leader and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Atta Tarar. The raids were conducted over investigation being conducted into the violence unleashed by the federal government on May 25 during PTI’s long march. The police conducted raid at the house of PML-N leader Atta Tarar in G3 area of Johor Town but no arrest could be made. According to the police, Atta Tarar was sent a notice to appear before investigation team but he did not appear. Following the raid, Tarar in his tweet called out Punjab s Minister for Home and Prisons Hashim Dogar and asked what was there to prove by having the police raid his residence and harass people. “Don’t go so far in defending th...
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PMA concerned over 17 children’s death due to gastro

Karachi
KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) said on Saturday that it was deeply grieved over the deaths of 17 children in Dadu due to gastroenteritis. These ill-fated children were from rain-hit areas of Kachho and Manchhar Lake where gastroenteritis breakout. It is very distressing that these innocent children died of a preventable and treatable infection just because of our weak health delivery system, said Dr SM Qaisar Sajjad, Honorary Secretary General, PMA. He said that they had been raising their voice for the improvement of health delivery system and stressing more on preventive side rather than curative side. We have been demanding the provision of clean water to all citizens to eliminate water-borne diseases like typhoid, gastroenteritis, Hepatitis A, E and Cholera, Dr Qaise...
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Durrani urges unity to achieve national goals

Karachi
KARACHI: Acting Governor Sindh, Agha Siraj Khan Durrani, while congratulating the entire nation on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Independence, said Saturday that our elders have made countless sacrifices for the sake of the dear motherland. In his message, he said: "Freedom is a blessing and we should thank Allah Almighty for giving us an independent state, wherein followers of all religions have full freedom to perform their religious rituals and citizens of all races and colors have equal rights." The acting governor said that we have to work together for the development of the country in the light of the experiences of the last 75 years and now it is our responsibility to give our country a prominent place on the horizon of the world. He said that we have to ...
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Balochistan CM himself monitoring rescue operation: PDMA

Quetta
QUETTA: Naseer Nasar, Director General, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), has said that Chief Minister Balochistan, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo was himself monitoring the ongoing rescue and relief operations being conducted in district Killa Abdullah area of the Balochistan province. In a statement issued here on Saturday, he said that operation to rescue people stranded in flood water was in progress, adding that relief gears, ration, heavy machinery and rescuers were present in the flood affected areas. Nasar said that relief operations in the flood affected areas of district Killa Abdullah had been expedited in compliance with the directives of Chief Minister Balochistan, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Advisor to Chief Minister for Home, Tribal Affairs and PDMA, Mir Ziaulla...
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Imran instigating people against US: Sharjeel

Karachi
KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Information Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Saturday that Imran Khan had buried his narrative of foreign conspiracy by signing a contract with an American lobbying firm. In a statement, the minister added that on one hand, Imran Khan was instigating the people of Pakistan against the US, while on the other hand, funds of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was being spent for hiring lobbying firm to persuade the US authorities for seeking favour for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He alleged that Imran Khan had won the global Oscar award for his hypocritic instincts. He was of view that Imran Khan had turned his political party into a mafia. The minister said that President Arif Alvi's own son was also involved in social media campaigns against institutions. The minis...
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Minister says Imran no more ‘truthful and honest’

Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum and PML-N leader Musadik Malik said on Saturday that former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan did not want to be asked about the foreign funding of his party. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he claimed that Imran is no more ‘truthful and honest’. He even claimed that he (Imran) had never shared the letter with anybody, which he had waved before the crowd at the PTI’s rally in Islamabad, saying it had been received from the USA and had warned of serious consequences in case no-trust motion against him was not passed in the National Assembly (NA). “All institutions, especially the ISPR, had categorically denied there was a conspiracy behind the ouster of the PTI government,” he recalled. Musadik was of the view that Imran ...
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