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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema says the government has allocated funds of 33 billion rupees for the uplift of agriculture sector.
Talking to newsmen in Lahore in today (Sunday), he said that new dams are being constructed and the canal system is being upgraded to bring more area under cultivation.
He said so far 4.1 million olive trees have been planted in the country.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Fawad Chaudary has said PTI wants to strengthen the Parliament.
Addressing the media at Karachi Press Club today (Sunday), he said the Opposition parties have no agenda and they are weakening the parliament and the democracy.
The Minister said PTI-led federal government has transferred 1800 billion rupees to the Sindh government during the past two years and asked as to where the money was utilized and why it is not being spent on Karachi’s uplift.
Responding to question he said the stance of Prime Minister Imran Khan is clear that the use of bases or the territory of Pakistan will not be allowed for action in Afghanistan.
The office bearers of the Karachi press club also called on Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry.
Talking on the occasion, the Minister said a three-month training course related to digital media including short videos production has been designed for media persons.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Two terrorists have been killed in an intelligence based operation by security forces in Spinwam area of North Waziristan district.
According to ISPR, Naik Nazakat Khan, resident of Attock, also embraced martyrdom during the operation.
The killed terrorists were active members of TTP in the area and involved in terrorist activities against security forces.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has termed the call of Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif for holding All Parties Conference on electoral reforms as absolutely ridiculous.
In a press statement, the minister said Shahbaz Sharif has bypassed the parliament over the issue of electoral reforms and due legislation.
He questioned that how can the people who are in the habit of election rigging can give suggestions over holding of fair and transparent elections.
Chaudhry Fawad said Shahbaz Sharif has coined a new story after the failure of Pakistan Democratic Movement.
Source: Radio Pakistan
President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan has said that India wanted bilateral talks with Pakistan to cover its illegal acts in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
In a special article written for a national English language magazine, he termed the restoration of the 2003 ceasefire arrangement between India and Pakistan along the LoC as a step in the right direction as it has saved lives and reduced tension.
However, he said, we should move with extreme caution when it comes to further steps and emphasized that India must reinstate Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s disputed status in accordance with the UN resolutions and restore Kashmiris’ inherent rights recognized in Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution.
Masood Khan envisaged that Kashmiris must be part of any diplomatic discourse or process not only because they are the central party to the dispute but because no formula crafted without their consent is likely to succeed or assure an end to the turbulence in the region.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that more than fifteen hundred clean drinking water filtration plants will be installed in the province.
Addressing a reception to provincial ministers and members Punjab Assembly at the Governor’s House in lahore on Sunday, he said in the first phase 5.5 billion rupees will be spent on this project.
Source: Radio Pakistan