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  • Maryam Nawaz wants more women in police department

    Maryam Nawaz wants more women in police department

    Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab Maryam Nawaz addressed the passing-out parade ceremony at Chuhng Police Training College, giving in a speech in which she said that the government wants more women in the police department.

    “I salute you all. I am happy the first sword of honour has been awarded to a woman police officer. I am proud of you. I was waiting for this event since taking the oath as chief minister,” she remarked.

    She stated that she is happy to see 530 women passing out, adding that “When I wore the police uniform for the first time, I realised it is a big responsibility.”

    The newly elected chief minister also said that right now, 7,000 women police officials are performing their duties in Punjab.

    “I want to increase women’s participation in Punjab police. Lady cops are superhuman. Women are softhearted, so they forgive,” she added.

  • Sher Afzal Marwat refused to remarry because it is a “big injustice” to women

    Sher Afzal Marwat refused to remarry because it is a “big injustice” to women

    In our patriarchal culture, societal norms often facilitate men who remarry if there are no children – or a male child – from the first marriage.

    But Sher Afzal Marwat, a senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member, has different views as he related a personal event from his life in a podcast with Nadir Ali.

    “In 2007, my wife asked me to remarry because it had been six years and we didn’t have a son yet,” Marwat said.

    Marwat related that his father was alive at the time and in Pathan culture there is a lot of societal pressure to marry again for children.

    His wife permitted him to remarry in a serious conversation.

    Marwat recounted, “I took some time to think and told her that I cannot do this injustice to you just because I want children.”

    Marwat emphasized, “It would be a big injustice to any woman, let alone your wife if you bring a second wife just for your happiness.”

    “A woman has a life too, she leaves everything behind for a man when she gets married,” said Sher Afzal Marwat.

  • Fawad Chaudhry to be investigated in relation to May 9 cases

    Fawad Chaudhry to be investigated in relation to May 9 cases

    Lahore police decided to involve former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry in an ongoing investigation linked to vandalism that occurred on May 9 last year. The Express TRIBUNE reported on Wednesday. 

    The police said in their statement that they will investigate the former federal minister as the detained people in the May 9 cases gave statements against him. The investigation will be based on evidence provided by detained individuals.

    Police officials also stated that although Fawad Chaudhry has interim bail in all cases but they can include the former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader in probe for May 9 vandalism case.

    Fawad’s involvement will be examined in Case No. 97/23, filed at the Sarwar Road police station, as well as in Case No. 366/23 registered in Model Town. Besides, he will be incorporated into the investigation of Case No. 103/23, lodged at the Sarwar Road police station.

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sent a notice to the interior secretary and other officials for not providing correct information regarding cases filed against Fawad Chaudhry.

  • Millions of wheat farmers in South Punjab caught in difficult situations

    Millions of wheat farmers in South Punjab caught in difficult situations

    Millions of farmers in South Punjab face difficulties as the government, although it set the price of wheat at Rs 3,900 per maund, hasn’t started buying it yet. On the other hand, the price of wheat in the local market is also very low, even though the harvesting season is ending in the South Punjab region.

    Farmers feel trapped with tough choices on both sides in this situation.

  • Maryam Nawaz adopts simple lifestyle after becoming CM, says Azma Bukhari

    Maryam Nawaz adopts simple lifestyle after becoming CM, says Azma Bukhari

    Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari said on Wednesday that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has made significant changes in her lifestyle since becoming provincial chief executive. She now wears “normal clothes” and lives a simpler life, Azma added.

    “Maryam [Nawaz] wears normal clothes [whereas] her other clothes are old and date before the [February 8] general elections,” the provincial government spokesperson said while speaking on Geo News’ programme “Geo Pakistan”.

    The minister’s remarks came as it is a first time in the history that a female is a chief minister of Punjab. This also put Maryam Nawaz in the spotlight even more than her role as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president.

    However, social media users accused Maryam Nawaz multiple times of wearing expensive clothes and shoes. 

    Responding to the allegations, Bukhari said that CM Punjab likes and mostly wears simple clothes.

    “I didn’t say she doesn’t wear branded clothes, she prefers simple clothes now,” the minister noted.

  • Finance Minister positive about Pak economy

    Finance Minister positive about Pak economy

    Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has stated that Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves will increase to $10 billion in two months, as Pakistan is set to receive the $1.1 billion final loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

    The minister said that Pakistan would not need to go to IMF in the future but only after obtaining a “large and longer” 24th programme.

    Interestingly, Aurangzeb made a witty comment about former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, “no one can imagine a plan B with only 15 days of reserves,” – a veiled reference to Dar’s mention of his Plan B in 2023.

    Aurangzeb spoke at the inaugural session of the 7th Edition of the “Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit” (LIIBS).

    The minister also stated that the last loan tranche is expected to be disbursed next week and the country would get more inflows in June. Which would help the foreign exchange reserves balloon to the $10 billion mark, according to Aurangzeb.

  • Two TTP terrorists killed in Punjab while crossing over from KP

    Two TTP terrorists killed in Punjab while crossing over from KP

    The Khorasan Diary has reported that two terrorists were killed in Bhakkar, Punjab while entering the province from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

    Their post read, “Two militants have been killed in Bhakkar, Punjab in an exchange of firing with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab, according to officials the militants were trying to cross over from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: CTD Punjab.”

    Recently, the Chief Minister of KP Ali Amin Gandapur said in a conference about the increasing cases of terrorism that “terrorists can access Punjab too but it is due to the sacrifices of KP police that this is not happening.”

    The Khorasan Diary also reported, “The militants have been identified as the affiliates of Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan. They were entering Punjab for an attack. A grand search and sweep operation had been launched to arrest the other militants: CTD Punjab”

  • ‘I cannot sleep’; Hafeezullah Niazi tearfully appeals to court for recovery of son Hassan

    ‘I cannot sleep’; Hafeezullah Niazi tearfully appeals to court for recovery of son Hassan

    Journalist Asad Toor wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday that political analyst Hafeezullah Niazi appealed before the Supreme Court’s (SC) six-member bench for the safe recovery of his son, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist Hassaan Niazi.

    Hafeezullah Niazi told the apex court, “My son Hassaan Niazi has been missing from military custody since seven to eight days. I’m not even allowed to see him. I don’t know where my son is. Will I be able to sleep at night?”

    Tearfully, he told the court, “You (judges) cannot feel what I feel, I cannot sleep all night.”
    The SC directed Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan to meet Niazi and tackle the matter of the PTI activist.

    Hassaan Niazi is also the nephew of former prime minister and founder of the PTI, Imran Khan. He has been in military custody in link with the May 9 violence in which he was filmed with the Corps Commander Lahore’s uniform, taken from Jinnah House during riots.

  • Reporter Umar Cheema says parties were not dictated to vote against Imran Khan

    Reporter Umar Cheema says parties were not dictated to vote against Imran Khan

    Umar Cheema, a senior investigative reporter for The News, recently stated on Geo News, “We are not ready to believe that a person [General Bajwa] is speaking the truth under oath, but are still discussing the words of a person [Imran Khan] who has a track record of lying and running away.”

    Cheema was talking about a recent report that former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Bajwa took an oath on the Holy Quran that he did not conspire against Imran Khan.

    “All those parties which are considered very close to the establishment did not get any clear dictation whether they should vote for or against then Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 2022 Vote of No Confidence (VoNC) against him,” Cheema pointed out.

    According to the reporter, the [establishment] way of pressurising and harassing is well known which was absent during the VoNC.

    Moreover, he commented that Bilawal Bhutto asserted, “General Bajwa informed me that Imran Khan is prepared to dissolve the assembly if the Vote of No Confidence is withdrawn.”

    Umar Cheema said that if he [Gen Bajwa] did conspire against Imran Khan then he would have no need to tell this to Bhutto.

  • India has right to Ravi water, says federal law minister

    India has right to Ravi water, says federal law minister

    Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Azam Nazeer Tarar, said on Tuesday that neighbouring India has the right to the waters of the River Ravi according to the Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan can’t take the matter of India’s “water aggression” to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

    “There is a water treaty between Pakistan and India, and it is an international obligation. The right to water on the River Ravi belongs to India, and we cannot interfere with it. Pakistan has right on the water of the rivers Chanab, Jhelum, and Indus,” the law minister said while addressing in National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday, adding that the Indians have the right to the waters of Ravi, Satluj, and Beas.

    He also stressed that legal issues shouldn’t be politicised.

    He told NA that India wants to exit the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty but is unable to do so due to Pakistan’s disagreements.