Azm News
News Monitoring
January 4, 2019.
1: The Prime Minister Imran Khan said so while addressing Turkish industrialists and traders at a ceremony in Ankara. He stressed the need for promoting bilateral trade between Pakistan and Turkey. "We will provide all facilities to foreign investors in Pakistan, we are making business easy for them," Khan said. He said Pakistan was establishing industrial zones with the help of China, adding that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would boost trade activities in Pakistan. The prime minister pointed to investment opportunities in oil, gas and mineral explorationin Pakistan. "There have been immense opportunities in Pakistan with regard to tourism," he said, noting that half of the world's highest peaks are in Pakistan. Khan further said his government was fully focused on improving governance in the country.
2: “President Alvi said; “The purpose of the 18th amendment was to give autonomy to the provinces so they can perform better and increase their capacities, and if there is something missing, it can be improvised. He said the federation has a role to play and it should have an upper hand in certain areas. “There are agreements with other countries on which the federation is the signatory. The federation should guide on those subjects,” he added.
The president said for the first time in the history of the country, all the three institutions – the civil leadership, the judiciary and the military – are on the same page. The government, judiciary, and the army are working in full harmony, he added.
3: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar said on Thursday that the federal government has not been restrained from building hospitals in the provinces adding that the “parliament did not debate on the 18th Amendment before passing it.”In a hearing conducted at the Supreme Court regarding the transfer of trust hospitals after the 18th Amendment, the CJP stated that if a building is located in a province, it doesn’t mean that it has been transferred to that province. “All over the world amendments are debated upon before being passed as laws,” he remarked adding that no debate took place on the 18th Amendment.
4: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday visited the head office of Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL).The COAS was briefed on the company’s management and performance in related fields, said an Inter-Services Relations (ISPR) press release issued here. Mari Petroleum is the 2nd largest gasproducer in the country with cumulative daily production of 100,000 barrels of oil. The COAS appreciated the contributions of MPCL towards national economy, especially their plans for diversifying the business and for contributing back to the society in education and sports.
5: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) today, Friday, has summoned Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and former Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah in Malir River land case, on January 4.According to details, NAB has extended the investigation of the case in which CM Murad Ali Shah has already appeared before the court. The government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is already demanding the resignation of Sindh Chief Minister Sayed Murad Ali Shah. On the other hand, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested former deputy commissioner of Malir, Kazi Jan Muhammad, for his alleged role in the illegal disposal of 27 plots that belonged to the government, a press statement by the anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday.
6: Pakistan Current weather forecast including temperature:
13°C
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7: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday has seized properties of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) worth Rs3.5 billion in an ongoing money laundering case. According to FIA, at least 29 properties of KKF located in different areas of Karachi have been seized for transactions with fake names. FIA maintains that these properties of Khidmat-e-Khalaq foundation were purchased using extortion money. The federal institution informed that the money gained from these properties was either transferred to London banks through facilitators or was given to the families of deceased and imprisoned workers of the party.Sohail Mansoor, Babar Ghauri and Ahmad Ali are among the facilitators who transferred the money to London. MQM-Bahadurabad while expressing serious concern has summoned a consultative meeting over FIA’s action.
7: Bahira Town counsel Aitzaz Ahsan, who had filed the miscellaneous petition on Thursday, told a three-member SC bench today that private banks all over the country have sealed his client's accounts on the orders of the State Bank of Pakistan.
"Due to accounts being sealed, the release of Bahria Town employees' salaries and other development work has ceased," the counsel said. "Malir Development Authority's accounts have also been frozen."
Amna Mehmood https://youtu.be/A9W8NOtNp6Q
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