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. 

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.............

Erdogan meets pops as Rome bans protests

Erdogan meets pops as Rome bans protests  

VATICAN CITY: Turkish President recap Tayyip Erdogan explains to Pop Francis the layout of Istanbul with the help of a map he gave as a gift to the pontiff during their meeting on Monday. On he pope's left is Emine, the President's wife. Mr Erdogan also presented to the pope a book on Jalaluddin Rumi's poetry. Pope Francis original St Peter's Basilica, which had two bell towers. Mr Erdogan is the first Turkish president to visit the Vatican in six decades- Vatican City: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Pope Francis on Monday while police enforced a protest ban in cetral Rome as feelings run high over Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria for the first such visit by a Turkish leader for 59 years, the Italian authorities have imposed a 24-hour ban on demonstrations which covers Erdogan's arrival late Sunday to his departure on Monday evening. A total of 3500 police have been deployed for the visit. Nevertheless a sit-in protest by 200 people, organised by a Kurdish association in Italy,  was scheduled to take place on Monday not far from the Vatican. Turkey on January 20 launched its olive Branch operation against Syrian Kurdish people's Protection Units (YPG) Militia which Ankara sees as a terror group and a threat to Turkish territory. The Turkish army and allied Ankara Backed Syrian rebel forces are seeking to oust the YPG from its western border stronghold of Afrin but the operation has faced fierce resistance. In Afrin, a new crime against humanity is under way the Kurdish association said. The pop, who has railed against the horrors of war and weapons of mass destruction, was likely to raise the Afrin issue during his meeting with Erdogan. Ahead of the meeting with Erdogan. Ahead of the meeting, Erdongan's convoy arrived at a deserted Saint Peter's Square, which was under heavy police protection. The YPG, while considered a terrorist group by Ankara, is allied to the United States in its battle against the militant Islamic State group.

Police begin probe into rape charges by our Staff correspondent

Police begin probe into rape charges

by our Staff correspondent 

Multan: Police on Wednesday started investigation into the allegations of a student of Bahauddin Zakariya University. The girl alleged that she was raped by one of her class fellows. She alleged that she was harassed and threatened by four friends of suspect and one of her teachers. The girl appeared before SSP (OPeration) Saifullah Khattak along with her father and informed him about the incident. The SSP directed Gulgashat SP Jaleel Imran to look into the matter who later sent her to center for violence against women. Talking to the media, the girl accused her class fellow of rape. She said one of the faculty members invited her to his house to have a meeting with his family. When i went there, the teacher, who was alone at the house. allegedly misbehaved with me. She said she had submitted a written application against six suspects. including the teacher, to the VC about the incident but no action was taken. However the BZU administration in a handout said no application was revived to the VC by the complainant. It said th girl even did not complain to the department chairman during the last on year. The matter will be inquired at university level. As per the available information no university teacher is involved in the matter as it is a private act outside the university. it stated. The handout said the university administration was unaware about the incident but now the administrations cooperating with the police in connection with the investigation. SP Imran said the girl told the police that she did not submit any application to the VC. The girl is yet to be medically examined he said.