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In the first six months of its ouster from power, PTI’s one-point agenda was early general elections at all costs. These pages had noticed a shift in “PTI returns to economy” on November 25, 2002. This is why PTI’s white paper on economy challenges, in terms of numbers, each and every official claim to improvement. Number by number, he declared the PTI’s white paper as a pack of white lies. He had passed on a high-growth, low inflation economy to the PTI.

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Screengrab from alleged CCTV clip doing the rounds on social media. A purported CCTV footage surfaced on Thursday allegedly showing police officers recording a video confession of the alleged gunman who shot at PTI chairman Imran Khan during a protest rally last year. He had claimed in his confessional video statement that he shot the PTI chief as he was "misleading" the nation, which he could not tolerate. The alleged CCTV footage shows the date November 3, 2022 and timestamp of 5:28 PM. "After failure of the first plan, plan B was made under which Salman Taseer type murder plot was hatched so that they could put a blame of my murder on religious fanatics," he said.

Share:FAISALBAD - The district administration has increased the number of Sasta Atta sales points to 74 to supply cheap wheat flour to the consumers. As many as 63,948 wheat flour bags of 10 kg, at the rate of Rs 648 per bag, were being supplied at the sales points on a daily basis, said a spokesperson for the district administration here on Thursday. He said that the objective of increasing the number of sales points was to provide cheap flour to maximum people. The PFA teams got cases registered against 94 food outlets on serious nature violations and closed down production of 258 units till improvement. 43,000 kg Murabajat; 800 kg sweets, 50,000 sachets of Gutka besides 6,000 broken eggs were also disposed of during the period.

A strong earthquake jolted parts of northern Pakistan on Thursday evening, with tremors felt in various cities including Peshawar, Charsadda, and the mountainous Swat valley of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. According to the United States geological Survey (USGS), the magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 5.9, with the epicentre of the earthquake recorded 43 kilometres southwest of Jurm in neighbouring Afghanistan at a depth of 193.8 kilometres. In Pakistan, the earthquake tremors were reported from Peshawar, Takht Bai, Dir Bala, Landi Kotal, Swat, Swabi, Hangu, Charsadda, and surrounding areas. Also read: Earthquake jolts various cities of Punjab including LahoreNo casualties or loss of life was reported so far. Severe earthquake tremors were also felt on Wednesday in various cities of Punjab including Lahore.

ISLAMABAD; The killing of two senior officers of the Counter-Terrorism Wing on Tuesday shocked the nation, leaving family members and colleagues in mourning. Both the officers were part of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and had served their country with grit, bravery and dexterity. Officers like Inspector Nasir Abbas operate behind the scenes and their invaluable services to their country are often hidden from the public. Like Director Sadiq, Inspector Abbas took these threats in stride and remained unshakeable in his resolve. Both the officers will be deeply missed by the families and their colleagues and the nation will remain indebted to their tremendous services.

Share:US State Department spokesperson Ned Price, while briefing the newsmen in Washington on Wednesday, said that Pakistan and United States do indeed have a shared interest in ensuring that the Taliban live up to the commitments and that terrorist groups like ISIS-K, like the TTP, like al-Qaida are no longer able to threaten regional security. Ned Price said that in the U.S.-Taliban agreement, the Taliban made a commitment to see to it that international terrorists would not operate freely within Afghanistan. Taliban are unwilling to fulfill the commitments they had made, he said. He said Pakistan, of course, has suffered tremendous violence owing to the threats that have in many cases emanated from Afghanistan. The threats that emerge in Afghanistan present a threat to the United States and our allies, he said.

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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday categorically rejected reports claiming that Pakistan had carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan, terming them to be “utterly baseless and malicious”. The statement came hours after reports surfaced claiming Pakistan had carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The development comes amid an uptick in terrorist attacks across the country, believed to have been planned and directed by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leaders based in Afghanistan. The most important of all these actions was to send an unequivocal message to neighbouring Afghanistan to end all its support to TTP. “No country will be allowed to provide sanctuaries and facilitation to terrorists and Pakistan reserves all rights in that respect to safeguard her people,” the NSC statement said.

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Earlier last month, the Lahore High Court (LHC) sought the details of gifts taken from the Toshakhana since 1947. Justice Asim Hafeez sought details of the Toshakhana gifts on citizen Munir Ahmed's plea. During the hearing, the federal government's lawyer had apprised the court that the details could not be provided. However, the court had directed the authorities concerned to submit the details of gifts taken from Toshakhana since 1947, by January 16. PTI chief Imran Khan was facing a scandal regarding the Toshakhana gifts for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices, which the former premier denies.

The United States supported on Tuesday Pakistan’s right to defend itself from terrorism, saying that the Pakistani people had “suffered tremendously” from such attacks as Washington repeated it call on the Afghan Taliban not to allow terrorist groups to use their soil to launch attacks abroad. The spokesperson was asked if Pakistan’s National Security Committee’s (NSC) statement this week indicated that Islamabad might resort to targeting terrorist safe havens across the border in Afghanistan if Kabul did not take the appropriate action. “We’re aware of the recent statement…,” Price replied. The forum sent an unequivocal message to the Afghan Taliban regime that Pakistan would not allow its neighbour to provide sanctuaries and facilitate terrorists. Pakistan’s security is uncompromisable and the full writ of the state will be maintained on every inch of the country.”Taliban ban on womenPrice said that the US had seen “repeated offenses” on the part of the Afghan Taliban, targeting women repeatedly.

Share:Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir is on an official visit to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) from January 4-10, announced the military’s media wing on Thursday. At the outset of the meeting, the Saudi minister congratulated Gen Asim Munir on his appointment as the new army chief. Gen Munir has commanded the 23rd Frontier Force Regiment, infantry brigade, remained as a force commander in Northern Areas, Gilgit. Gen Munir is the first army chief who has headed both — MI and ISI. Gen Munir is a keen sportsman, avid reader, traveller and also a Hafiz e Quran.

This is with reference to the report “Plan to regularise ‘heated tobacco products’ under fire” (Dec 4). As a chest physician, I strongly oppose the proposal to approve this new tobacco product in the country. Heated tobacco products (HTPs) consist of a small tobacco stick that is heated electronically rather than burned. Apart from heated tobacco, the industry has also introduced electronic cigarettes as well as smokeless tobacco products in the form of nicotine pouches. A high percentage of Pakistani youth has started using newer tobacco products without realising their associated long-term health risks.