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- PM terms Federal Budget as progressive, congratulates Dar
- PM remembers Muhammad Ali's visit to Pakistan
- Workers being pressurised to change loyalties: MQM
- Barack Obama pays tribute to Muhammad Ali
- 'Naya Pakistan' visible through Panama Leaks: Imran Khan
- Karachi: Murderer of Abdullah's mother still not found
- Protests in various cities against Federal Budget 2016-17
- Pakistan decides not to give India consular access to Yadav
- Khan wants to take over Islamabad through force: Pervaiz Rashid
- Deadlock persists in parliamentary committee's meeting over TORs
- PM shifted to room from ICU: Maryam Nawaz
- Many injured because of windstorms in various cities of KP
- Bilawal 'ignorant' of politics: Nisar
- Dig for victory Hungarian grave diggers compete to be the best
- Mystery Indian cult 'had its own government, army': police
PM terms Federal Budget as progressive, congratulates Dar Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has termed the Federal Budget 2016-17 as progressive, further stating that the government has reduced the economic deficiency to half whereas the growth rate has been pushed up to 4.7%, reported Dunya News on Saturday.According to a statement issued from the PM House, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif congratulated Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. He said that the government has made efforts to improve the condition of the average citizen of the country. He further stated that the government received economic maladministration in inheritance, adding that the government brought the country’s inflation rate at its lowest as compared to that during the past decade.PM Nawaz stated that the current government was able to collect maximum taxes in the country’s history whereas announcement regarding relief for the millions of individuals belonging to the agricultural sector were made in the budget.Furthermore, the PM mentioned that the government decided to do investment in the Gwadar port project considering its importance as the economic corridor is providing international recognition to Gwadar. |
PM remembers Muhammad Ali's visit to Pakistan Posted: LAHORE: (Web Desk) -Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Facebook page paid a tribute to 3-time former boxing world champion and greatest ever sportsman Muhammad Ali, by sharing his photo with Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif.Ali passed away earlier today (Saturday) and PML-N page wrote that PM had expressed his deep sorrow and condolences on the loss of great asset to humanity.Nawaz Sharif, then the chief minister of Punjab, had met Muhammad Ali when he came to Pakistan in 1988. Ali had also paid a visit to Data Darbar.US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were also among those who paid tribute to Muhammad Ali. Nawaz Sharif himself is recovering after having an open heart surgery and is in London nowadays.Also read:Barack Obama pays rich tribute to Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali was regarded as the greatest not only for his performances in the boxing ring but also in life, as he fought for the black community and went to jail for his beliefs and services he provided. Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif also paid tribute to the legendary boxer. Not only the boxing world but all those struggling against injustice will miss u.. U won ur fights & our hearts. RIP https://t.co/hfy3I1ynDn— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) June 4, 2016 |
Workers being pressurised to change loyalties: MQM Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Rabita Committee member Kamal Malik has staetd that the party’s workers are being pressurised to change their loyalties, adding that nothing is being done in order to curtail the criminals thriving in the Lines Area, reported Dunya News on Saturday.While addressing a press conference in MQM’s office located in the Lines Area, Malik said that the party’s workers have been tortured a great deal in the Lines area during the past two months but the law enforcement agencies have done nothing in this regards.MQM leader Ali Raza Abidi said that Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP ) AD Khawaja should appoint an honest Station Head Officer (SHO) in the Lines Area, adding that action needs to be taken against the criminals in thriving in the locality.MQM leaders stated that the elements who back the criminals involved in carrying out torture against the party’s workers are the ones who are backed by the forces who intend to push MQM to the wall. |
Barack Obama pays tribute to Muhammad Ali Posted: LAHORE: (Web Desk) -US President Barack Obama wrote a long post for Muhammad Ali on White Houses Facebook page calling him the greatest as he paid a tribute to legendary boxer, who died earlier today.Obama posted a photo of him sitting in front of Ali’s photo and wrote that if anyone asked him, he’d tell them that he was the double greatest; that he’d handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.Obama mourned over his death but he was also grateful to God that he was fortunate enough to know him. Obama wrote that he was fortunate that the greatest chose to grace his time.President also revealed that in his private study, he kept gloves of Ali and a photo of him roaring after beating Sonny Liston. He added that Ali had chosen to go out of America on his peak and came back with a new name.Obama lauded Ali for fighting for Black community and never giving up even though he had to face consequences. He never bowed down and continued his struggle as he stood behind Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela.The first black US President wrote that Ali’s fight for black community earned him many enemies but he continued and made America what it is today. Obama also remembered Ali for fighting against deadly Parkinson disease, which failed to take away the spark from his eyes.Obama sent condolences to Ali’s family and prayed that the greatest rested in peace. |
'Naya Pakistan' visible through Panama Leaks: Imran Khan Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has stated that God has given an opportunity to curtail the corrupt ones through the Panama Leaks, adding that he can see ‘Naya Pakistan’ through the issue, reported Dunya News.Khan also labeled the Federal Budget 2016-17 as an indirect gush of taxes. He also stated that the Orange Line project, worth Rs 200 billion, was set in order to receive big sums of commissions. Khan said that development is restricted to advertisements only.PTI chairman rejected the Federal Budget 2016-17 and stated that the Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar did not make any mention of bringing back the Rs 200 billion that were taken out of the country.He further added that up to 85% indirect taxes have been imposed through the budget, adding that it shall only affect the poor ones. |
Karachi: Murderer of Abdullah's mother still not found Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation South Adeel Chandio told that Rizwan, suspected murderer of Abdullah’s mother, was not found and his criminal record did not exist, Dunya News reported on Saturday.According to SSP Chandio, Rizwan’s wife Sonia was interrogated and her statement was recorded. She told that Rizwan talked to many girls and details were being gathered in this regards.Investigation officer told that according to reports, Rizwan had fled to other province and it appeared that he killed Haleema over some dispute. Things would be clear when he gets arrested, he said. |
Protests in various cities against Federal Budget 2016-17 Posted: MULTAN/FAISALABAD/SUKKUR (Dunya News) – Protests erupted in various cities against the Federal Budget 2016-17 as certain sectors of the public believe that the government has not been able to provide relief to a greater degree to the people, reported Dunya News on Saturday.Women in Multan’s Dera Ada area protested over the increase in the prices of cosmetics and also termed the budget as ‘anti-public’.Labourers in Faisalabad also recorded their protest against the budget by arranging a procession outside the Labour office. They raised slogans and demanded that the minimum increase in the wages should have been 50%.Citizens of Sukkur also rejected the budget, as they were of the view that more burden has been placed upon the people instead of any relief being provided through the budget. |
Pakistan decides not to give India consular access to Yadav Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistani authorities have decided not to grant India consular level access to detained Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agency’s agent Kulbhusahan Yadav, reported Dunya News on Saturday.Sources indicate that the decision has been taken while keeping in consideration Yadav’s involvement in acts of terrorism. Furthermore, Pakistan is also compiling documented evidence against Yadav.Pakistani authorities have decided to expose India’s intervention in the country before the entire world. These evidences being documented shall be presented before the United Nations Organisation (UNO) along with other important countries whereas ambassadors of different countries shall also be briefed in this regards. |
Khan wants to take over Islamabad through force: Pervaiz Rashid Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – Federal Minister of Information Pervaiz Rashid lambasted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan by stating that instead of waiting for the next elections, Khan intends to take over Islamabad through force, reported Dunya News on Saturday.While addressing a conference based on journalism that took place in the Lahore Press Club, Pervaiz Rashid said that the investment opportunities would be badly influenced if turmoil is spread in the country.Rashid said that 2018 is the year in which general elections will be held in the country and that campaigning in this regards shall be initiated from next year. He added that Imran Khan wants to take over the government by force as he is aware that he will have to face defeat in the elections.Pervaiz Rashid said that the opinion of the parliamentary committee formed to formulate the Terms of References (TORs) dealing with the Panama Leaks issue should be awaited otherwise there the very purpose of forming the committee will fail.He said that India giving a clean chit to Pakistan over the Pathankot incident is an outcome of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s strategy based on extraordinary discernment.Information Minister emphasised that the media should play a role towards promoting love and humanity. |
Deadlock persists in parliamentary committee's meeting over TORs Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Deadlock over the Terms of References (TORs) that cater the investigation of the Panama Leaks issue persists between the government and the Opposition as no important breakthrough could be achieved in yet another meeting of the parliamentary committee, reported Dunya News on Saturday.The government members presented four more clauses catering the issue but the Opposition members state that the deadlock still persists.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated that the government does not want the Sharif family to be held accountable, adding that situation within the parliamentary committee has not been changed. He also said that only reaching agreement over the TORs would be insignificant as legislation needs to be done to deal with the issue.Opposition leaders stated that further dialogue with the government side shall be carried out on Tuesday after consultation regarding the issue is done with other parties belonging to the Opposition on Monday.Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique while conversing with the media stated that the Supreme Court had reservations over certain points in the TORs presented by the government. He stated that three documents have been presented to the Opposition members till now, further stating that the government is all set to do legislation on the issue but other matters also need to be considered while making a law that addresses the issue.Saad Rafique further stated that there never was any deadlock before nor there is any as of now, “doing such discussion is unnecessary”, he said. The federal minister said that there was some hussle in the previous meetings of the parliamentary committee owing to the health condition of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif.Railways Minister added that all members of the TORs committee are moving forward with utmost responsibility, further stating that if the Opposition has asked for more time then it would be out of good faith. He stated that the issue shall be resolved instead of adopting a stubborn attitude over it.Saad Rafique said that such a law needs to be introduced that curbs all such individuals involved in converting black money into white. |
PM shifted to room from ICU: Maryam Nawaz Posted: LONDON (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has been shifted to his private room in the Harley Street Clinic in London from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after he underwent a successful open-heart surgery on May 31, reported Dunya News on Saturday.Maryam Nawaz, daughter of the Prime Minister, tweeted about the happening whilst thanking God Almighty over the quick recovery of the PM. She stated that the doctors have shifted PM Nawaz from the ICU to his room.By the Grace Of The Almighty, the Prime Minister has been shifted to his room today. He is MashaAllah recovering speedily.— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 4, 2016 PM Nawaz had a four-hour long open-heart surgery at the very same hospital on Tuesday and was kept in the ICU upon the advice of the doctors. The PM had four bypass operations. |
Many injured because of windstorms in various cities of KP Posted: PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Eight people have been injured in various incidents reported in different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as a result of strong windstorms having wind speeds around 110 kilometres per hour, reported Dunya News on Saturday.The cities struck with the vicious windstorms include Peshawar, Mardan and the adjoining areas. The injuries occurred as a result of walls of different structures falling on people. The injured ones were transferred to nearby hospitals.The storms damaged a number of rickshaws and cars as well whereas the electricity supply in certain areas was badly affected.Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesperson stated that the wind speeds during the storm were recorded to be around 110 km/h.Windstorms in Islamabad and Rawalpindi in last few days caused havoc as 13 people lost their lives and many others got injured. |
Bilawal 'ignorant' of politics: Nisar Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Saturday has declared Pakistan People’s Party’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ‘ignorant’ of politics.The federal minister held a press conference in the capital.His statement has come in response to Bilawal’s accusation that he wishes to replace Nawaz Sharif as the premier of the country.Ch. Nisars campaign 2 become PM isnt going as well as planned &hes getting frustrated. Poor form taking advantage of PMs illness like this— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) June 1, 2016 He cleared his stance on few reports that surfaced earlier alleging him of trying to grab premiership from Nawaz Sharif’s hands. No one could take Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s place in a parliamentary setup.Talking about security situation in the country, Nisar expressed contentment and said that frequency with which terror attacks used to surface across the country has dropped. Earlier a blast was reported every single day but now months go by and people remain safe.The Interior Minister termed Prime Minister’s absence in the country an unnecessarily talked about matter. He said that different premiers stay abroad for more number of weeks than Nawaz Sharif.He further said that National Counter Terrorism Authority is productively functional however, department’s operations are needed to be stretched. |
Dig for victory Hungarian grave diggers compete to be the best Posted: (Reuters) -In a graveyard in Hungary, solemn contemplation gave way to frantic sportsmanship on Friday as dozens of grave diggers battled to prove they were the fastest and best in the business.Taking their places at plots selected by pulling names out of a hard hat, 18 two-man teams waited for an official to shout Start before shoveling at the ground to dig a precise, regulation-size grave as quickly as possible.I don’t think this is morbid, the Hungarian Undertakers’ Association’s deputy chairman, Zoltan Juracsik, told Reuters at the national grave-digging contest at the wooded cemetery in Debrecen, Hungary’s biggest city after Budapest.This is a profession, and the colleagues who toil in competition today are proud and deserve our respect.In less than half an hour, the local team, perhaps enjoying the home advantage, finished their grave first. The stragglers took almost one hour.The graves were then judged on neatness and whether they complied with the regulation size: 200 cm long, 80 cm wide and 160 cm deep (7 feet by 2 feet 7 inches by 5 feet). The winning team wins a place in an international tournament against Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.The contest is meant to improve the prestige of grave digging and attract young men to a job that must still be done by hand in crowded graveyards where mechanical diggers cannot fit.One of the competitors, Csaba Halasz, 21, began by taking summer job after high school. Although he graduated with a degree in physical education, he stayed in the business.This job chose me, he said. It’s hard but it’s worth it. Relatives come and thank me every time. The profession just lured me in. |
Mystery Indian cult 'had its own government, army': police Posted: NEW DELHI (AFP) - A mysterious cult at the centre of deadly clashes in India was running its own pseudo-government, army, court and a prison where torture was the norm, a senior police officer told AFP Saturday.Some 3,000 followers of the sect clashed with police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh during an eviction operation, leaving 24 people dead, including two senior officers.The secretive sect had occupied a 270-acre (109-hectare) stretch of parkland since late 2014, with the site almost entirely closed off to the outside world, the top police inspector general of the region said.They set up a township of sorts with all kinds of people. Gradually, they started running a self-government, D.C. Mishra said, after officers seized documents and other evidence from the camp.They set up a court which pronounced punishments and jail barracks where inmates were tortured.Children as young as eight years old were being given training in arms.Police in the city of Mathura came under fire overnight Thursday from members of the sect, who were armed with automatic weapons and hurled crude explosive devices during the violence.Mishra said the cult was being run by self-styled Hindu godmen whose aim was to drive followers towards a kind of religious terrorism.They were also planning to come out with their own currency soon and they did not believe in the Indian constitution, he said.The Swadhin Bharat Vidhik Satyagrah sect is led by a man called Ram Vraksha Yadav, whom police say was at the park when the violence broke out but has so far eluded arrest.In postings on social media, the sect’s followers describe themselves as political and social revolutionaries. Their demands include the abolition of elections and cheaper fuel for everyone.In several videos posted on YouTube, Yadav can be seen pledging allegiance to Indian independence hero Subhash Chandra Bose and the Azad Hind Fouj (Indian National Army), a rebel movement founded by Bose to combat British colonial rule.The leaders duped their followers into believing that they will attain nirvana and get to meet an incarnation of Bose, Mishra said.Bose disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 1945.Police have arrested more than 300 people following the bloody raid, although the sect’s four main leaders are still believed to be on the run.The state’s Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced compensation of two million rupees ($30,000) each for the families of the slain policemen.The government will ensure speedy prosecution of all those accused in the violence, his office posted on Twitter.India is home to hundreds of semi-religious sects which are often led by charismatic self-styled godmen.In 2014, hundreds of armed supporters from another sect clashed with police in the northern state of Haryana during a raid to arrest their leader who faced murder allegations. At least six people died in the violence. |
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