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PM assured UK dialogue will deepen bilateral engagement

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed confidence the Enhanced Strategic Dialogue (ESD) would assist deepen engagement between Pakistan and the UK in a variety of mutually useful domains.

Talking to UK Minister for Armed Forces James Heappey, the prime minister emphasised Islamabad and London loved a long-standing partnership which was grounded in historic connections and abiding people-to-people linkages.

The prime minister expressed the will to additional improve commerce and funding ties between the 2 international locations.

Noting the 2 international locations can be marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the institution of their diplomatic relations in 2022, Sharif hoped the event can be commemorated in a befitting method and supply new impetus to additional advancing Pakistan-UK cooperation within the years forward.

The prime minister additionally careworn the significance of a peaceable and steady Afghanistan, whereas highlighting the significance and urgency of taking needed steps to avert a humanitarian disaster in that nation.

He underscored that the well-being of 40 million Afghans ought to be a key precedence.

On the problem of the Ukraine disaster, the prime minister spoke of his concern the continued battle had implications for the growing international locations as nicely, whereas reaffirming Pakistan’s principled place on the problem.

He urged the worldwide neighborhood to stay engaged within the seek for a diplomatic answer, in accordance with the related worldwide regulation and the UN constitution.

The prime minister additionally highlighted the intense state of affairs within the occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Underlining Pakistan’s dedication to selling peace within the area, together with with India, he careworn the significance of a peaceable decision of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, in accordance with the UNSC resolutions and the desires of the individuals of Kashmir.

He additionally underscored the significance of sustaining a steady navy steadiness in South Asia.

The visiting minister reciprocated the prime minister’s sentiments to additional increase the historic relationship between the 2 international locations, particularly within the commerce and funding sectors.

He additionally conveyed his authorities’s deep appreciation for Pakistan’s cooperation with the UK, notably with regard to evacuations within the aftermath of developments in Afghanistan post-August 15.

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PML-N backed Gen Bajwa’s extension to ‘do away with fitna’: Sanaullah

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  • Phrases social gathering’s resolution as a tactical manoeuvre ‘save nation’ from Imran’s onslaught

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Rana Sanaullah on Friday stated that his social gathering had supported the extension for former military chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa to deal with the political onslaught by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.

“Some selections are a part of a technique as per the necessities of that point and this [Gen Bajwa’s extension] was one such resolution,” he stated throughout an interview with a non-public TV channel.

He termed the choice to help Gen Bajwa’s extension in 2020 as a tactical manoeuvre by the social gathering to fight what he known as the “fitna” or anarchy being inflicted upon the nation.

This marked Sanaullah’s second consecutive public denunciation of the previous navy management inside simply two days.

A day previous to this assertion, he additionally criticised former generals Bajwa and Faiz Hameed, branding them as “nationwide criminals” and calling for punitive measures towards them.

“The best way the PML-N introduced Gen Musharraf to justice, it should do the identical to [both men],” he had stated on Wednesday.

Earlier, one other social gathering chief Khurram Dastgir Khan had blamed some former judges of the Supreme Courtroom and ex-military generals for the present wave of inflation and inflated electrical energy payments.

“The group of judges who had disqualified Nawaz Sharif in 2017 is liable for the inflation as [the decision] dealt a blow to Pakistan’s financial stability and democracy,” PML-N’s former power minister Khurram Dastgir Khan stated.

“This group was supported by (former military chief) Basic Bajwa and (ex-DG ISI) Basic Faiz who imposed Imran Khan on the individuals of Pakistan after a protracted conspiracy,” Dastgir stated, including the PML-N’s monitor file of taking the nation out of energy-related disaster was “excellent”.

Nawaz Sharif had beforehand accused Bajwa of toppling his authorities, pressuring the judiciary and putting in the federal government of Imran Khan within the 2018 elections however his youthful brother, former PM Shehbaz Sharif has lauded the previous military chief’s companies when he bid farewell to him in November 2022.

 

 

 

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Ousted from CEC: PPP debars Latif Khosa’s celebration membership

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ISLAMABAD: Failure to answer to the show-cause discover issued final week, the Pakistan Folks’s Occasion (PPP) on Friday not solely suspended celebration membership of the ‘disgruntled’ chief Sardar Latif Khosa but additionally ousted him from its central government committee (CEC).

PPP Secretary Basic Nayyar Bukhari confirmed the event to a non-public TV channel, saying the choice was taken after lawyer Khosa didn’t reply to the show-cause discover issued to him by the celebration final week.

On September 14, the PPP had issued a show-cause discover to Sardar Latif for “representing head of one other political celebration with out prior approval of [party] management”.

Though the latter didn’t point out anybody by identify, it was a transparent reference to PTI Chairman Imran Khan who was arrested final month within the Toshakhana case. Khosa has been representing the PTI chief in a number of instances registered towards him.

The ex-premier can also be going through a case underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act which pertains to a diplomatic doc which reportedly went lacking from Imran’s possession. The PTI alleges that it contained a menace from the USA to oust Imran from energy.

The show-cause discover served on Latif Khosa learn: “You being member of central government committee are defending/pleading/representing a head of one other political celebration with out prior approval of management …whereas delivering a speech in legal professionals perform you criticised the state coverage concerning [the] cipher.

“You might be hereby by means of this present trigger discover requested to elucidate why disciplinary motion not be taken towards you for working towards the celebration coverage; the reply ought to attain the undersigned inside seven days, failing disciplinary motion might be taken towards you by withdrawing your membership…”

Beforehand, Khosa had additionally been served a show-cause discover for giving a press release in favour of the PTI chief.

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SC reshuffles administrative officers | Pakistan Right now

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan (SC) on Friday introduced reshuffling in its administrative personnel.

The apex court docket after approval by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa issued notifications concerning transfers.

In accordance with the notification, Amer Saleem Rana, a District & Periods Choose (grade 21) serving as further registrar (grade 21) on deputation, has been repatriated to his mother or father division, the Lahore Excessive Courtroom.

The companies of Munawar Ali, a senior civil decide (grade 19), working as deputy registrar (grade 20) on deputation, have been returned to his mother or father division, the Sindh Excessive Courtroom, Karachi.

In a subsequent notification, Muhammad Akram Soomro, a senior auditor (grade 17) serving as assistant accounts officer (grade 17) on deputation in SC, is slated to return to his mother or father division, the Accountant Normal Pakistan Revenues, Islamabad, on September 22, 2023.

Lastly, Muhammad Owais, a senior civil judge-cum-magistrate (grade 19), who had assumed the position of deputy registrar (grade 20) on deputation, is ready to return to the Lahore Excessive Courtroom, efficient September 22, 2023.

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