Saturday, October 30, 2021
By protesting against inflation in every district today, the Pakistanis have rejected Imran Khan’s policies – Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD / LAHORE / PESHAWAR / QUETTA, October 29: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has commended his party’s office-bearers and Jeyalas (diehard workers) for the gigantic public protests across Pakistan against the paralysing inflation because of the devastatingly failed policies of the PTI-regime in Pakistan.
According to a statement issued by the Media Cell Bilawal House, Chairman PPP, appreciated the provincial and district organisations of the four provinces, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan chapters, as well as all sister-organisations including students, youth, women, labourers and farmers wings for holding historical protests.
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari applauded the provincial and district organisations of Punjab and Islamabad for staging protests against inflation in province and in Islamabad.
He said that the chain of historic protests against inflation has proved that the economic massacre of the masses could no longer continue.
By protesting against inflation in every district today, the Pakistanis have rejected Imran Khan’s policies based on his incompetence, he added.
He further said that PPP has represented the sentiments of all Pakistanis by holding protests against inflation.
Chairman PPP eulogised the provincial and district organizations of his party’s South Punjab chapter for holding mass protests in the Wasaib and said that the people of Wasaib have once again manifested the resistance by protesting against inflation in every city there.
He said that the people of Wasaib, who are cursing the rulers on inflation, knew well that the PTI-led puppet government and Imran Khan are the real culprits, adding that the public protests have exposed the fabricated popularity of the selected Prime Minister.
“Imran Khan will be remembered as one of the worst characters in history who destroyed the country economically”‘ said Chairman PPP.
He praised the provincial and district organisations of Sindh chapter for producing huge protest rallies against inflation in the province.
He said that Sindh’s resistance against dictatorial regimes and the puppets has always been a party’s Hallmark.
He said that from Karachi to Kashmore, the people of Sindh came out against inflation and pronounced their verdict from top of the roof against the PTI regime. He further said that today, the public has also rejected Imran Khan’s attempts to drown the city of lights, Karachi into darkness.
“Today’s protest is a message for Imran Khan that the nation is not ready to bear him as their ruler”, he maintained.
Chairman PPP has praised provincial and district organisations of his PPP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter for staging massive protests against inflation accross the province, and said that the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have rejected the so-called “Tabdeeli Tsunami”, adding that it was a public referendum as people in every district of province took to the streets to protest against inflation.
He further said that Imran Khan was snatching the least morsel from mouth of the people. A nationwide movement against the PTI- led federal government has sprung up.
Chairman PPP also commended provincial and district organidations for protesting against inflation in Balochistan and said that the people of Balochistan taking to the streets against inflation is a charge sheet against the selected government.
He said that the entire country was bearing the inefficiency of Imran Khan’s as his economic policies have utterly failed.
He further said that the protests against Imran Khan in every city today are an expression of public anger. The scale of patience of the people has reached the climax, the PTI- led federal government should take the nails of consciousness.
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari commended the organisation for holding anti-inflation protests all over Azad Jammu and Kashmir like the rest of the country and said that the historic protest against inflation in every district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir was an important milestone.
He said that people from mountains to seas were taking to the streets to express their grief and anger against Imran Khan.
He further said that today it has been proved that the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir do not accept the illegitimate government of PTI. Imran Khan used to say that if a slogan was raised against him, he would resign and today the whole nation is united against the selected Prime Minister. The Chairman PPP also commended the provincial and district organisations for holding anti-inflation protests in Gilgit-Baltistan and said that the voices echoing against the selected government of the PTI in the Himalayan mountains and in the heights of Karakoram are signs of utter hatred. In every district of Gilgit-Baltistan, there is a series of protests against the inflationary government will throw out it.
He said that in the name of new Pakistan, Imran Khan has ruined the country only.
He further said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, disturbed by inflation, would never forgive Imran Khan for his economic crimes.
Pakistan continues to give air access to US, Congress told
US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Colin Kahl shared this information with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday during an open/closed hearing on “Security in Afghanistan and in the regions of South and Central Asia”.
He was replying to a question from the committee’s chairman Senator Jack Reed, who asked him to update the panel on “our arrangement with Pakistan regarding their cooperation with us in counterterrorism”. The senator referred to recent press reports claiming that Pakistan was working with the Taliban to attack the militant Islamic State group.
“Pakistan is a challenging actor, but they don’t want Afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorist attacks, external attacks, not just against Pakistan but against others” as well, Dr Kahl told the open session. “They continue to give us access to Pakistani airspace and we are in conversation about keeping that access open.”
https://www.dawn.com/news/1654655/pakistan-continues-to-give-air-access-to-us-congress-told
Pakistan military court convicts son of a major general for seeking Gen Bajwa’s resignation
Hassan Akari purportedly wrote a letter critical of extension given to Chief of the Army Staff General Bajwa and asked for his resignation.Pakistan military court has convicted the son of a retired major general of the Pakistan Army to five years prison term for asking Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to resign.The convict purportedly wrote a letter critical of extension given to Chief of the Army Staff General Bajwa and asked for his resignation, The News International reported citing BBC Urdu Service. The report stated that Hassan Askari, son of Maj Gen (R) Zafar Mehdi Askari, was convicted under treason charges for criticising the Pak Army chief’s extension in a letter to him. According to The News, Hassan was defended by an officer deputed by the Pakistan military court in a trial conducted in July this year. The father had complained that he was facing difficulties in meeting his son at the high-security prison in Sahiwal. Earlier in January, the case was heard by the Islamabad High Court which directed holding the treason trial in camera. During the trial, the question was put whether a civilian can be tried by the military court. The question was later referred by the court to be adjudicated by the military authorities. Recently, Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership was involved in the spat over the appointment of the Director-General of the country’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-military-court-convicts-son-of-a-major-general-for-seeking-gen-bajwas-resignation/759393/
Pakistan police were shocked after TLP workers fired sub-machine guns during protests, reports say.
Last week, TLP workers had launched a rally from Lahore to Islamabad demanding that the Pakistan government release their leader Saad Rizvi.Security officials in Pakistan are shocked after it emerged that members of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan party reportedly used sub-machine guns (SMGs) against policemen during anti-government protests, prompting the authorities to conclude that the hardline Islamists had been turned into a “militant group”, a media report said on Saturday. A mobile phone footage, which showed members of the party firing 80 rounds of SMGs at policemen in Kamoke, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, on Thursday, was presented during a high-level security meeting, the Dawn newspaper reported.Other incidents of attacks were also recorded, which showed two policemen succumbing to bullet wounds, while 16 others sustaining injuries from the shots fired by TLP members, the report said. “It has shocked police high-ups from where the TLP was getting weapons and training to use them,” the police official was quoted as saying by the newspaper. He added that all participants of the high-level security meeting had reached the conclusion that the TLP had been turned into a ‘militant group’ and the government must review its policy seriously towards this outfit, the report said.On Saturday, thousands of TLP workers were camped in Wazirabad, after talks between the government and the party leadership remained inconclusive, the Express Tribune reported. Meanwhile, Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said on Saturday that a 12-member panel was formed to act as a negotiator between the Pakistan government and TLP, according to a report in Geo News. The minister said religious leaders from across the country met Prime Minister Imran Khan and expressed their resolve to solve the issue peacefully, the report said. Last week, the TLP workers had launched a rally from Lahore to Islamabad demanding that the Pakistan government release their leader Saad Rizvi, who was arrested last year for demonstrations against France after a French magazine published caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, and expel the French ambassador.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/pakistan-police-shocked-after-tlp-workers-fired-from-sub-machine-guns-during-protests-report-332059