Month: July 2022

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail says the summary to reduce petroleum prices will be sent to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for necessary action on Wednesday.

Talking to a private television channel, he said the prices of petroleum will be reduced on the directives of the Prime Minister, to provide relief to the people.

Miftah Ismail said the Prime Minister sincerely wants to give the benefits of low petroleum prices in international market to the people without any delay.

Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed to pass on the full benefits of the fall in oil prices in global market to the people with full transparency.

Chairing a meeting on fuel prices, he said the people spent a difficult time, and now they have the right to get full relief.

The Prime Minister said the government will take every step for provision of relief to the masses who suffered heavily because of inflation caused by the previous government.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Security forces killed six terrorists in an Intelligence Based Operation in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan district on Wednesday.

Weapons and ammunition was also recovered from the killed terrorists.

The terrorists remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces.

However, during intense ex-change of fire, Lance Naik Islam ud Din, having fought gallantly, embraced shahadat.

Sanitization of the area is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has expressed grief over the sad demise of veteran actor Tanvir Jamal.

In a tweet, she said Tanvir Jamal had been a leading personality of Pakistan Television and remained attached with PTV for 35 years.

She said the veteran actor proved his mettle in various PTV dramas and his services for the drama industry will always be remembered.

The Minister prayed the Allah Almighty to grant the departed soul higher ranks in heaven.

Marriyum Aurangzeb, in another tweet, also expressed grief over the death of veteran singer Rubina Qureshi, who is also a wife of leading actor Mustafa Qureshi.

The Minister said services of the veteran singer in the field of music will be remembered for long. She prayed the Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in peace and grant courage to the bereaved family.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said PTI leadership’s allegations of rigging are in fact a confession of Imran Khan’s defeat in upcoming bye elections.

In a statement, she said as a prime minister, Imran Khan continued to disobey the laws, orders and rules of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

She said that Imran Khan and his ministers not only openly violated ECP rules while in power, but also threatened it.

She said, on the one hand, PML-N always obeyed the law and election rules, even its ministers resigned to abide by the ECP rules, while on the other, PTI threatens ECP.

The Minister said that Imran Khan is not ready to bow before the law and rules as he is not a law-abiding person, who is abusing and threatening the Election Commission daily.

She said that ECP is actually the target of Imran Khan because of the foreign funding case and Imran and his ministers continued to campaign in the bye-elections during their tenure in power.

She said that on the contrary, upon the directives of the ECP, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif canceled his visit.

Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Imran Khan had campaigned in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir elections in violation of clear orders of the ECP.

Source: Radio Pakistan