sunday, 27 november, 2022 i 2 Jamadi sani, 1444 i rs 15.00 | vol Xiii no 148 i 12 Pages i islamabad edition
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ormer prime minister and Pakistan tehreek-e-insaf (Pti) Chairman imran khan saturday said that his party would not remain part of the existing assemblies and its lawmakers would resign from all the assemblies. “i would announce the date for resignations after consulting chief ministers and the parliamentary party leaders. we will not remain part of this corrupt political system. i have spoken to my party chief ministers and soon we will announce a [formal] decision in this regard,” former premier said while addressing a mammoth gathering of party workers and supporters here at rawalpindi jalsa on saturday. it was first public appearance of khan who had been injured in a failed assassination bid on his life during the long march a few weeks back in wazirabad, district gujranwala. khan, who flew into rawalpindi from his lahore resi-
dence, used a walker due to injured leg. imran khan said that he had an option to march on islamabad to press the federal government to get his demands met but chose not to create chaos and anarchy in the country which is already suffering due to economic downturn. PML-Q reassures Khan for suPPorting decision: Pml-Q leader and elder son of Punjab Chief minister Ch moonis elahi was quick to lend support to imran khan’s decision by posting a tweet on social media blogging site, twitter. “Allah Almighty had honoured us on july 27 and Ch Parvez elahi was made chief minister. since then we are running government on bonus. we stand by our promise. the moment imran khan would order, Punjab Assembly would be dissolved forthwith in shaa Allah,” tweeted moonis. At the outset of his address, the former prime minister urged the party workers and supporters to free themselves from the fear of death if they wanted to live freely.
referring to the incident of imam hussain’s (A.s) martyrdom, imran khan said that the people of kufa did not come to his help due to fear of reprisal from the authorities. “fear makes an entire nation into slaves”. the former prime minister said everyone had advised him when he was leaving for rawalpindi not to do so due to his injured leg as well as severe life threats. he claimed that “three criminals” – whom he accuses of being behind the wazirabad attack – were waiting for another assassination attempt. he said he had a close encounter with death, calling on the gathered crowd to make their faith stronger. while praising the nation, imran khan said: “many prime ministers come and go but public never came out in such large number like they gathered here for me”. “there would be no difference between animals and humans if people of the country accepted the rulers who came to power through ‘nro’,” he added. he reiterated that overseas Pakistanis were standing with him because they are aware of the importance of the rule of law. “Pakistan is in a difficult situation today due to the absence of rule of law” he added. Criticising the sharifs and Zardaris, he said these two families were responsible for weakening Pakistan’s institutions in a bid to protect their “looted wealth”. he further said that prosperous societies had a rule of law while developing countries were afflicted by no regard for the law which explained their problems. ‘Pti governMent’s PerforMance’: the former premier noted that his government had successfully revived the country’s ailing economy despite all challenges including Covid-19. he recalled his government’s economic performance and initiatives such as the health card.
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PM shehbaz seeks to quintuple trade with turkiye in 3 years ISLAMABAD/ANKARA staff report
Prime minister shehbaz sharif on saturday exhorted turkiye business community to do everything it can to enhance the meager trade of $1 billion to $5 billion in three years as per an agreement signed with the turkiye government. Addressing a meeting of the Pakistan-turkiye business Council in istanbul on saturday, Pm shehbaz said that Pakistan currently has a meagre trade volume of $1 billion. he added that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance this trade volume to $5 billion in the next three years. “it is not a big task at all,” he said, adding, “let us resolve that we will do everything to achieve this target in three years, rather double it.” he added that beautiful summaries and feasibilities made all would be of no consequence at all unless it is converted into action through hard work and untiring efforts. earlier, he said that terrorists have no religion and belong to no one country as he condoled with turkish people over the recent terror attacks. “turkiye has been the victim of terrorist attacks like Pakistan,”
he said, adding that Pakistan shares turkyie’s pain. shehbaz said that he was very happy to note that the turkiye authorities were able to catch the terrorists within no time which sends a very strong message to all and sundry that turkish strength to fight this menace cannot be taken lightly. “we share your grief and share your pain as Pakistan suffered for long years at the hands of these terrorists,” he said. “As we all know and agree that terrorists have no religion, they are not human beings and they belong to no one’s land,” he said, adding, “they are terrorists, they are cruel and they are barbaric.” he urged the entire peaceloving community to act together against terrorists with great strength and effort. “Pakistan paid huge sacrifices to fight this menace and to a very large extent they have been defeated,” he said, adding that for this hard fought peace, they paid huge cost in the form of sacrifices from the armed forces including officers, sepoys, law enforcers, common man, doctors, mothers, children, paid huge sacrifices to defeat them.
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