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Pakistan Navy is continuing relief operations in Gwadar city and other Coastal Areas affected by rains and floods.
According to the details, ration, medicines and warm clothes are being distributed among the flood victims. During the relief operation, relief supplies were delivered to Jiwani, Pishukan and Kapar areas of Gwadar district.
Source: Radio Pakistan
The Supreme Court has declared that requirements for a fair trial and due process were not met in the murder trial of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
A nine-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Issa said this in its opinion regarding the Presidential reference about the matter.
The bench said proceedings of the trial by the Lahore High Court and of the appeal by the Supreme Court of Pakistan do not meet the requirements of the Fundamental Right to a fair trial and due process enshrined in Articles 4 and 9 of the Constitution and later guaranteed as a separate and independent Fundamental Right under Article 10A of the Constitution.
The court, however, said the Constitution and the law do not provide a mechanism to set aside the judgment whereby Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was convicted and sentenced.
In its opinion regarding a question asked in the reference, the court said it cannot reappraise the evidence and undo the decision of the case. However, the court, in its detaile
d reasons, shall identify the major constitutional and legal lapses that had occurred with respect to fair trial and due process.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former President Asif Ali Zardari, PPP leadership and workers on the Supreme Court’s opinion that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was denied fair trial.
In a message, he said though reversal of a mistake committed in the past is not possible but its confession has set a new tradition and history.
The Prime Minister said it is a positive development in the right direction. He said the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court in the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference will help understand history in a true context at the national level.
He said national unity and the process of development can be expedited by correcting mistakes of the past and ending bitterness.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Pakistan Coast Guards are working with other concerned authorities to get rid of the menace of smuggling from the country.
During the last few days, Pakistan Coast Guards recovered drugs, oil, daily use items worth billions of rupees during various operations in Jiwani and Hub areas of Balochistan.
The seized items include 49 bags of dairy products, 159 cartons and 87 bags of daily use items, 131 bags of Iranian plastic, 2160 liters of cooking oil and hundreds of tons of other items.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Fifteen ministers of provincial cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were sworn in at Governor House in Peshawar today.
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ghulam Ali administered oath to them.
The cabinet Ministers include, Arshad Ayub Khan, Shakeel Ahmad, Fazal Hakim, Muhammad Adnan Qadri, Aqib Ullah, Muhammad Sajjad, Meena Khan, Fazal Shukoor, Nazir Ahmad Abbasi, Pukhtoon Yar, Aftab Alam, Khaleeq Ur Rehman, Qasim Ali Shah, Faisal Tarakai and Muhammad Zahir Shah.
The Advisors to Chief Minister include, Barrister Saif, Syed Fakhar Jehan, Muzammil Aslam, Mashal Azam and Zahid Chanzeb.
Source: Radio Pakistan
British Council of Pakistan in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission has launched Pakistan Youth Leadership Initiative and Digital Learning Portal to support the Green Youth Movement project.
The project aims to empower young women and men across Pakistan with the necessary skills and knowledge to combat climate action.
Under the initiative, a cohort of 290,000 youth from universities and communities will be trained for the Climate Action curriculum.
Among them, 60,000 young individuals will undergo specialized training under the Prime Minister’s Green Youth Movement.
These trained youth will then take their knowledge and skills back to their communities, spearheading Youth Led Climate Actions engaging in policy dialogue and advocacy, participating in national and international climate events, and showcasing their successful projects.
Source: Radio Pakistan