Painful decisions ahead, warns Asad on return from Bali.

Painful decisions ahead, warns Asad on return from Bali.

IMF mission due on Nov 7, CPEC not at blame for debt crisis. By khaleeq Kiani

ISLAMABAD: Finance minister Asad Umar on Saturday said the government will have to take difficult decisions that would be painful for people but necessary under international commitments to get out of the current severe economic situation. 

Speaking at a nes conference after his return form Indonesia where he formally applied for the IMF bailout, the minister rebutted the narrative in the Trump administration that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was responsible for Pakistan's debt problems and the need for IMF bailout and said talks with Saudi Arabia for oil supplies on deferred payments were in progress. He said the government would have to make a stop-gap arrangement for external financial resources to support foreign exchange reserves until the IMF programme was finalized. An exercise for short-term borrowing was in the process for the prime minister's approval. 

The minister said the US was a key stakeholder in the IMF with about 16.5 per cent votes but enjoyed no veto power in its decision making that required majority 51pc votes. he said no government in Pakistan irrespective of any political background could compromise on national security and the PTI government, too, would not opt for an IMF programme if conditionals are of that nature.

He was responding to a question related to comments by US State. Continued.

فوج کا مشرف کی سیاست سے کوئی تعلق نہیں۔ فوجی ترجمان

 فوج کا مشرف کی سیاست سے کوئی تعلق نہیں۔ فوجی ترجمان

سات جرنیل بیرونی ملک ہونے کا تاثر غلط ہیں۔ راحیل شریف خکومت کے منظوری سے گئے ہے اور مشرف سیاست کی وجہ سےفوج کا آپنا احتساب کا سسٹم ہے جو پوری ملک میں لوگو کر دیا جائے تو تمام مسائل حل ہو جائنگے۔اتنخابات 2018 شفاف ترین تھے۔ ووٹ کی طاقت سے پہلے ن لیگ نے حکومت کی اور فوج کی مدد کی دفاع  کی ہر ضرورت پوری کی۔ اب پی ٹی آئی کی حکومت ہے مستقبل میں کسی اور کی ہو گی۔ انڈیا نے ایک سرجیکل سٹرایک  کی تو ہم 10 کرینگے۔ پی ٹی اے کے طریقے  کار سے احتلاف ہے۔افغانستان میں آمن ہو گا تو چیک پوسٹیں ختم کر دینگے۔

 میجر جنرل آصف عفور کی لندن میں گفتگو۔ 

ملک میں احتساب کا عمل جو جاری ہے اُس میں پاک فوج کا کو ئی بھی قردار شامل نہیں ہے ۔ فوج کا ایک آپنا احتسابی نظام ہے اگر وہ لاگو کر دیا جائے تو سارے مسائل ختم ہو جائنگے۔ روزنامہ مشرق

FFC TO PARTICIPATE IN UNGC SUMMIT

FFC TO PARTICIPATE IN UNGC SUMMIT

KARACHI: FFC,s head of CSR Brig Arshad Mahmood SI (M) (Retd) met with the UNGC (Pakistan Chapter) Executive Director Mr. Fasihul Karim Siddiqui and discussed mutual collaboration to take the sustainable development agenda 2030 implementation forward in Pakistan. the meeting was also focused on FFC's leadership role towards sustainable business parctices that have been widely recognized both; at national as well as international level. Fuji Fertilizer Company will be participating in UNGC summit to be held in New York on 2nd September 2018. An international summit is convened each year to take the international Development Agenda forward. the Global compact Office is working under the aegis of United Nations General Assembly as an organization that promotes responsible business practices and UN values among the global business community and the UN System Since 1999.

Pakistan upcoming President Imran Khan Accepts Rouhani's Invitation to visit Iran

Pakistan upcoming President Imran Khan Accepts Rouhani's Invitation to visit Iran

Islamabad (NNI) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday telephoned PM elect Imran khan and felicitated him on the PTI victory in July 25 Election. President Rohani Said that Pakistan and Iran are not merely neighboring countries but also bonded by religious and Cultural Values. He also invited Imran Khan for a formal visit to Iran which was gladly accepted. Imran Khan said he would visit Tehran as soon as transfer of government is completed and respective Foreign offices will finalised the dates for the visit. he further said that Pakistan wishes to strengthen trade & diplomatic relations with Iran. 

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Valiant Rights fighter Asma Passes Away

Valiant Rights fighter Asma Passes Away

Prominent lawyer's funeral will be held at Gaddafi Stadium tomorrow as nation mourns the sudden death by Mansoor Malik

Lahore: Asma Jahangir, an iconic lawyer, activist and champion of human rights, passe away here at the age of 66 on Sunday. a constant traveler, she returned to the city she had given so much to and accepted a lot from to bid a final fer well to world she always strives to make a better place for the coming generation. Her departure was marked by a suddenness that had become her characteristic thought her time as a fierce campaigner for people's rights. She collapsed while on a telephone cell, discussing a meeting with a lawyer, was rushed to a private hospital but could not survive. A doctor concerned at Hameed latif hospital told dawn that she died of brain hemorrhage. she has left behind her husband, two daughters and a son. According to family sources, Ms Jahangir's funeral will be held on Feb Tuesday at Gaddafi stadium at 2 pm as her daughter and brother are scheduled to arrive in Pakistan from abroad. As the news of her death spread across the country and beyond, her friends and colleagues among the lawyers community intellectuals politicians civil society members and her wall wishers  rushed to her hall Road, residence in a state of shock and disbelief condolences and tributes poured in thought messages and posts on social networking sites including Twitter. Among others chief Justice of Pakistan main Saqib Nisar as well as other Supreme Court Judges and senior lawyers reached. 

Ms Jahangir's residence and extended their heartfelt condolences and sympathies to her family the mourners were all praise for her being the leading torch bearer of human right who put up huge resistance against intolerance and retrogressive elements of all kinds brave and outspoken she rose to prominence by sheer dint of hard work diligence and commitment to the ideals of rule of law  said her colleagues in the legal fraternity and the area of human rights. Senior lawyer Azam Nazir Taror told media persons that he was on the phone with Ms Jahangir, when she collapsed. after that i screamed and kept repeating her name but the call eventually dropped he said often addressed as the voice of the voiceless, Ms Jahangir had an illustrious decades old career in the pursuit of human rights and stood undaunted in the face of extreme pressure, and even shrugged off life threats with her customary nonchalance. she confounded the Human rights commission of Pakistan in 1987 and before that in the early 1980 the women action forum. She was widely known for playing a prominent role in the lawyers movement also in the same decade she up the famous legal firm AGHS along with lawyers Shehla Zia, Gulrukh and others Continued.............