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Elahi sees govt’s negotiations with IMF of ‘no importance’
LAHORE Staff RepoRt
Former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez
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Elahi said on Wednesday that the government’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were of no importance.
Mr Elahi was expressing his views during his meetup with PTI stalwarts including Raja Basharat and Mehmoodur Rasheed. He said, “The journey of progress, which was started during the tenure of former prime minister Imran Khan, has now been stopped by the incumbent government.”
“The country was facing consequences at the global level due to the wrong policies of its inept rulers. Nothing has been done by the rulers, who made claims about taking the country out of economic woes”, he added.
Speaking about the “growing popularity” of Mr Khan, Mr Elahi said, “Despite all the restrictions imposed on Imran Khan, his popularity graph is way above average. Imran continues to captivate the attention of the international media.”
This is for the first time in the country’s history that people are quite concerned about managing to observe fasts, he lamented.
Bashing the political opponents, Mr Elahi said, “Despite the masses’ longing for free flour, the rulers are keeping themselves busy with the distribution of laptops.” He claimed the PTI leaders and workers had been arrested to stop the party from staging its electoral campaign. “The masses will not let the incompetent rulers to escape elections, no matter what tactics they are resorted to,” Mr Elahi said.
Stressing the need for pouring onto streets against the “corrupt mafia”, Mr Elahi claimed Interior Minister Rana Sanullah and PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz were running the campaign against the judiciary. He vowed to not let anybody to violate the constitutional and political rights.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) Wednesday rejected the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to retain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), ordering the ECP to redecide after a review within 10 days.
LHC judge Justice Asim Hafeez heard the petition of Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain.
“The destruction of Pakistan is due to the biased election commission. The job of the election commission is to make recommendations on the petition according to the law. Why does the election commission look biased?”
Justice Asim Hafeez said.
“You are a lawyer for the election commission. Do not give the impression that you are a lawyer for any political party,” the judge asked the ECP’s lawyer. Aamir Saeed Raan, the lawyer for Chaudhary Wajahat, appeared in the court
“The general council has the authority to amend the constitution of the PML-Q. The party’s general council amended the constitution,” he argued before the court.
ACE summons PTI ex-MPAs, minister for corruption probe
LAHORE Staff RepoRt
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has summoned a former provincial minister and two former MPAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on March 24 in corruption probe. According to ACE officials that Former provincial minister Chaudhry Zahiruddin, former MPAs Ali Afzal Sahi and Ali Akhtar of PTI and eX-MPA Mohammad Azam Chela of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) have been directed to appear before the ACE Lahore on March 24.
The ACE official said “Chaudhry Zahiruddin and his brother Ali Akhtar are running an illegal bus stand in the name of Taimur Traveller in the city area of Jaranwala.
The map of Taimur Traveler Bus Stand was forged and added to the record by Ali Akhtar as Tehsil Nazim,” It said Zaheeruddin and Akhtar Ali did not get the map of Taimur Traveler approved by the competent authority. The original file of Taimur Traveler Bus Stand is missing from the record. They did not even deposit the commercialization fee of the bus stand with the government treasury. The official said that Afzal Sahi gave contracts for all the development projects of his constituency to his front men. Ex-MPA Ali Afzal Sahi received bribe from Sahyanwala, Kharanwala and Canal Expressway in Chak No. 163 projects, it said and added Sahi also accepted bribe in the construction of Adda Bridge, Talakay to Chak No. 16 road.
“Sahi awarded the contract of all the development projects to his two front men, Malik Shamsher Construction Company and Farooq Chatta Construction Company. He gave all the contracts with the connivance of highway department officials,” the ACE said.
Govt to ensures nonstop power supply in Ramazan
ISLAMABAD
Staff RepoRt
The Ministry of Energy on Wednesday announced to provide uninterrupted power supply during the hours of sehri, iftar and tarawih during the month of Ramadan. According to media reports, the Federal Ministry of Energy said that it will ensure continuous provision of electricity during Ramadan’s holy hours throughout the month. The spokesperson of ministry said “the concerned authorities have completed all operational arrangements and finalized a comprehensive strategy”. He said that there will be no electricity outage during two hours of Sehri, one hour during Iftar and two hours during Tarawih. He added, in case of transformer failure, additional transformers will be made available, and special teams will be formed for ‘redressing of grievances’ at subdivision level. The power division, in this regard, has sought details of supply and demand from all the power distribution companies. The ministry has also instructed all electricity supplying companies to comply with the order. Moreover, control rooms will be established at the operational circle level to ensure uninterrupted power supply.
PTI secures permission for Lahore rally on Saturday
LAHORE
Staff RepoRt
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been granted permission by the deputy commissioner of Lahore to hold a rally at Minar-i-Pakistan on Saturday, on the condition that the organisers will be responsible for the security of women and the stage, and will provide electricity to all parts of the gathering.
Additionally, no party members or leaders will be allowed to make anti-judiciary and anti-institution remarks, and the party will be held responsible for any harm caused to public property. The notification also said that the PTI volunteers will cooperate with the district administration and that no one will be allowed to carry a stick or any other material similar to this.
