Will provide proof of allegations if summoned by court, parliament: Ayesha Gulalai

Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ayesha Gulalai said on Thursday she will provide proof of her allegations if summoned by a court of law or a parliamentary committee. 

Gulalai was speaking on Geo News Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Ke Sath. 

"I am not here speaking without evidence. I will not pursue it personally, however, if they go to some forum, I will cooperate," clarified Gulalai.

Gulalai showed the alleged messages briefly to senior journalist Hamid Mir.

"The messages showed to me add weightage to Ayesha Gulalai's claims, but they should be investigated," said Mir. 

She lamented that the PTI had targetted her sister and added that her sister is non-political and should not have been dragged into the issue. 

"Imran tried to portray himself as innocent during his interview today," said Gulalai. 

Gulalai, in a new revelation, also said PTI spokesperson Naeem-ul-Haque had also sent her a text message.

"Naeem-ul-Haque also sent a text after sometime stating, 'I am alone and want to marry'," claimed Gulalai. 

She further said the purpose of her press conference was to caution women and to quit the party.

Referring to the legal notice sent to her by PTI, she said that PTI initially tried to make a deal with her.

"They have sent me a Rs30 million legal notice, I don't even have Rs300,000 in my account. They tried to make a deal."

She also claimed that she was called and asked by PTI's Awn Chaudry to not address the press conference and a delegation would have visited her to discuss the matter. 

The former PTI leader further said that her grievances were not only personal, but they were also related to public issues and corruption in the province.

"Whatever I said was meant for the betterment of the women."

Earlier, the PTI served a legal notice to Gulalai demanding that she reply to the letter within 10 days or pay compensation to the tune of Rs 30 million.

Gulalai has alleged that Imran Khan sent her inappropriate text messages, but has not revealed any other details to support her allegations.

#PTI - Ms Mazari, do you remember what you said?

By Ovais Jafar

From the moment the allegations came out, everything escalated really fast. First it was ignorance about Gulalai's issues, then flanked by PTI's women leaders, Shireen Mazari defended Imran Khan and labelled her former party-colleague and legislator Ayesha Gulalai an opportunist for levelling allegations of corruption and sexism in the party.

Using her tribal background against her, PTI has now warned Gulalai that a tribal jirga will be used against her if she fails to retract her allegations.

Addressing the media on Tuesday, Mazari said Gulalai wanted a party ticket for NA-1, even though the decision regarding tickets had not been finalised. "Imran gave respect to us... Gulalai doesn't realise how much respect she was given," she said.

It was most interesting to see Mazari, vehemently deny claims of any mistreatment of female workers in PTI; in stark contrast to her own words from 2012.

On September 26, 2012, Mazari's daughter Iman Mazari uploaded her mother's resignation letter to her blog. The 1400-word resignation letter from 2012 points out the reasons her own daughter left PTI, she wrote: "filthy abuses against my daughter which compelled her to leave the party," and added that she refrained from reducing herself to personal attacks but made it clear that she hoped "abuse and name calling" would not happen again because, "there are limits to everyone's patience."

Mazari, in her letter to Imran Khan also identified many issues that Gulalai echoed in her 'allegations' against PTI.

Mazari wrote, "PTI has been effectively taken over by traditional politicians reflecting big money and/or feudal sardars".

Gulalai said pretty much the same thing. Mazari said the competent workers in PTI are being ignored, Gulalai said the same thing.

To avoid sounding like a broken record, I will stop with the list here; readers may click the link above to read Mazari's own words and find similarities themselves. Mazari may have changed her stance about the party, her chairman and whatever else that needed a new lens to see past her own observations, but it seems Gulalai has not.

Sadly, the commitment to change that PTI promised, the multiple incidents of harassment of PTI's women at their rallies - stopped only after the women's enclosure started resembling a cage to keep the wolves out - gives credence to Gulalai's words.. that all PTI ever stood for "is withering away fast in all but name."

Forgive me, that last quote was Mazari's not Gulalai's.

While you were paying attention to North Korea, another Asian nuclear power was destabilizing

Nyshka Chandran

The same laws used to dismiss Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could effectively be applied to other lawmakers, spelling potential political upheaval and a stronger military — unsavory scenarios for the nuclear power's fragile democracy.

Last Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed the 67 year-old on a failure to announce income in disclosure papers for 2013's general election. According to the Supreme Court statement, the former prime minister demonstrated dishonesty by not declaring monthly salary of roughly $2,700 from Dubai-based Capital FZE — a company owned by his son — during 2006 to 2014. The judicial body based its decision on Article 62 of the Constitution and Section 99 of the Representation of the People Act — little-used legislation that require truthfulness and honesty from elected officials.

Political infighting expected

While Friday's decision was hailed as a rare example of accountability in a graft-stricken nation, the fact that such vague laws were used to remove Sharif could trigger infighting between political parties, strategists warned.

"Having used these clauses to oust the prime minister, the court may have opened Pandora's box," Moeed Yusuf, associate vice president, Asia Center, United States Institute of Peace, said in a recent note. "Sharif's allies have already started bringing charges against their political opponents under the same article; other such cases are sure to follow." "Having used these clauses to oust the prime minister, the court may have opened Pandora's box." -Moeed Yusuf, Associate Vice President, Asia Center, United States Institute of Peace Dirty politics, nepotism, and cronyism is rampant in the South Asian economy, ranked 116th in Transparency International's list of 176 corrupt nations, which means numerous lawmakers could be removed under Article 62.

The court itself has previously referred to the law as a "nightmare" given the difficulty in objectively defining the terms, Yusuf said.

"The fact that Sharif was disqualified on the grounds of Article 62 is potentially very problematic because more than half the current parliament and members of the provincial assemblies could be disqualified on the same grounds," echoed Rafiullah Kakar, an assistant research officer at the Commonwealth Young Professionals Programme, in a note published by the London School of Economics. That could spark the purging of an entire political class, which could create a vacuum that would likely be filled by non-democratic forces, he added.

Military to benefit

During the 1990s, friction between Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League and the opposition Pakistan People's Party eventually paved the way for 1999's military coup — many now fear a repeat of history. The army, experts said, is a clear winner from Friday's ruling.

"The army gains by discrediting the civilian government. A weakened and humiliated civilian government ensures that public support for the armed forces will remain high as it emerges, once again, as the more competent institution," said Shailesh Kumar, senior Asia analyst at consultancy Eurasia Group.

But despite its advantageous position and history of coups, the military isn't expected to take power anytime soon.

"In decades past, if a civilian leader was abruptly removed, the expectation would be that the army would swoop in to restore order — yet today, no serious observer of Pakistan expects the military to seize power," Michael Kugelman, South Asia deputy director and senior associate at the Wilson Center, said in a Tuesday note. "Of course, given the deep clout that the military already enjoys behind the scenes, it has no need to take power directly and likely no desire either, given the arguably unprecedented non-security policy challenges, such as severe water shortages and a serious energy crisis, that afflict present-day Pakistan." Eurasia Group also said it expects the powerful army to stay on the sidelines amid the current government turmoil.

Friday's ruling followed a months-long investigation into the Sharif family's offshore wealth, which was sparked by allegations of money laundering in 2016's Panama Papers. The Supreme Court has also ordered a criminal probe into the family based on the Panama Papers' claims.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/02/pakistan-democracy-at-risk-after-removal-of-nawaz-sharif.html

Is There Any Way to Help Pakistan Improve Governance?

By Alyssa Ayres

Last Friday, under a narrow and never-before-utilized clause of the Pakistani constitution, one focused on moral probity, Pakistan’s Supreme Court deemed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ineligible to be “an honest member of parliament,” and thereby ineligible to hold office as prime minister. He resigned.

The decision emerged from processes unleashed by the Panama Papers, in which undisclosed assets held by Sharif’s family members came to light. The Supreme Court decision strangely cited the nondisclosure of income from a company his son owns in Dubai as the reason for the moral probity finding. (Sharif’s lawyers said he did not receive such income). On the surface any effort to rein in corruption in a land that suffers badly and widely from it should be a positive step; Transparency International gives Pakistan a 32 out of 100 (0 is “highly corrupt” and 100 is “very clean”) on their Corruption Perceptions Index, giving it a rank of 116 out of 176 countries. But this convoluted dismissal instead raises questions of why such a process took place at all, and what it means for the country’s still-weak democratic institutions. As former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Husain Haqqani tweeted, the decision kept the country “faithful to its 70-yr tradition: No PM ever removed by voters; only by judges, generals, bureaucrats or assassins.” It also raises questions about the selective pursuit of Sharif under this constitutional clause. And it further raises questions, given the relatively quick pace of this probe, about why the trials of the accused perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks remain in a state of constant prolongation for nearly nine years. Is justice never served for terrorists in Pakistan?

As analysts within and outside of Pakistan sought to unpack what this unprecedented decision holds for the country, and indeed for U.S. relations with Pakistan, we ought to reflect on the larger picture here. The decision will not improve U.S.-Pakistan ties, so we are left with either a continued status quo of a very difficult, complex relationship, or a further deterioration. Against this backdrop, what should the United States do, if anything can be done, to help Pakistan strengthen its democratic institutions? As is well known, the United States and Pakistan have long had close bilateral ties, even if the relationship has been a roller coaster, including with periods of outright antagonism. Pakistan has been a U.S. ally and presently holds the status of a major non-NATO ally. The U.S. Agency for International Development has been active with Pakistan since the country’s founding, and has provided nearly $8 billion in development assistance alone in the past decade. (That figure does not include security assistance, a separate topic.) I have written previously about the counterintuitive finding that Pakistan now fares worse on most major development indicators than Bangladesh, a country that seceded from Pakistan in 1971. Bangladesh remains poorer and with significant political turbulence, but still has managed to prioritize improving the lives of its citizens. It’s hard to say that Pakistan has placed the improving the lives of its citizens at the top of its agenda, compared with its overemphasis on the military. And despite decades of U.S. government funding to nudge it in a direction of development outcomes, it turns out that the outcomes aren’t that great in the governance and rule of law indicators. The data tool available on ForeignAssistance.gov allows an aggregation of these indicators over time, so there’s a real comparison to be made. To look at the question of corruption and rule of law, I selected three important indicators from the dataset for Pakistan: rule of law, control of corruption, and government effectiveness. I pulled the results from 1996 through 2014, the most recently available year. Here’s what I found:

These indicators, drawn from World Bank data, represent a “scaled” score ranging from -2.5 to 2.5, with 2.5 as the “best.” On rule of law, Pakistan fares slightly worse in 2014 than it did in 1996, slipping from -0.67 to -0.78. On control of corruption, it has improved, with its score increasing from -1.15 to -0.81. On government effectiveness, things have grown worse, falling from -0.59 in 1996 to -0.75 in 2014. So over a nearly twenty-year period, Pakistan has fared better fighting corruption—although it still remains below the zero “even” point—and it has gotten worse on overall rule of law and governance issues. It’s harder to download the foreign assistance funding data for the same period, but we can explore on an annual basis the breakdown of foreign assistance funding from FY 2006 through FY 2017. The table below draws from the annual funding (planned) allocations to illustrate the dollar amounts and percentage of U.S. aid that has gone toward strengthening democracy, human rights, rule of law, and governance in Pakistan.

For most of these fiscal years, the peace and security category constitutes around half of all U.S. aid to Pakistan. As the table above illustrates, over the last decade, support for democracy and governance at best constituted 10 percent of U.S. funding, but most years it hovers around 6 to 7 percent. It raises the question: how best should the United States allocate its assistance dollars to shape better outcomes in Pakistan? Would a greater degree of support for democracy, human rights, and governance—rather than the heavily peace-and-security-sector focused patterns of the past—help nudge Pakistan toward more improvements where it needs to strengthen its governance and rule of law? There isn’t enough information here to suggest any causation between how Washington allocates assistance dollars and indicator outcomes in Pakistan, but the discussion is worth opening.

I would argue that it is high time for Washington to dial up its attention toward these pressing governance problems in Pakistan, since there is plenty of room to dial down the heavily security-centric relationship that has dominated U.S.-Pakistan ties. I base this recommendation on the fact that what we have tried over the years has not succeeded on the security front, nor obviously on the governance front, so ought to be revisited. The Donald J. Trump administration’s initial FY 2018 budget proposed to hold steady the foreign assistance levels for Pakistan. With that in mind, the United States should have a more active debate on the allocation of that foreign assistance funding and the prioritization of programs on which it is spent.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alyssaayres/2017/08/02/is-there-any-way-to-help-pakistan-govern-better/#7c27538566e7

When it comes to democracy, Pakistan is more Middle Eastern than South Asian

Sadanand Dhume

Later this month, Pakistan will mark 70 years as an independent nation. My Wall Street Journal column this week looks at a curious aspect of this history: Not one prime minister has successfully completed an entire five-year term. I argue that the stepping down last week of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a setback for Pakistan’s shaky democracy.

For those tuning in late, last week Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified Sharif over charges that he had failed to report income from a family-owned firm in the United Arab Emirates in an election filing. According to an obscure provision of the constitution based on Islamic theology, Sharif was deemed as not “sadiq” (truthful) and “ameen” (trustworthy). The historian Farzana Shaikh says such vaguely worded Islamic provisions allow non-elected leaders “to mould the political system in line with their own preferences.” The investigation that unearthed Sharif’s oversight stems from last year’s Panama Papersrevelations, that focused on Mossack Fonseca, a shadowy law firm that caters to some of the world’s ultra-wealthy. The Panama Papers unearthed evidence that three of Sharif’s children owned property in London’s tony Mayfair area. But so far neither Sharif nor his family members have been convicted of corruption, or anything else directly related to those revelations.

Not surprisingly, Sharif’s disqualification has kicked off a spirited debate among Pakistan experts. One former Pakistani ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, argues that his country is maintaining a “sad tradition that disallows politicians to ever be voted out of office by the voters who elected them.” Another diplomat who once held the same position, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, praised the Supreme Court for having done “a great right without doing any wrong.”

At one level, the impatience of Pakistani elites with their venal political class is understandable. If anything, it’s a sentiment widely shared among a section of educated people across the developing world. They like the idea of democracy, but they find it hard to tolerate the flawed figures it often throws up. The one big difference: in Pakistan the military often steps in to get rid of pesky politicians. The six-member investigative team that probed the Sharifs included two members of military intelligence, which in an army-dominated country effectively green-lighted the court’s order.

Most South Asian countries have taken a different path from Pakistan. Except for a two-year blip in the 1970s, India has persisted with democracy for seven decades. Sri Lanka’s robust democracy has overcome civil war and a quasi-authoritarian phase under the Rajapaksa clan. Bangladesh soldiers on despite the weird shenanigans of “the two begums” who dominate the political landscape. Landlocked and dirt-poor Nepal has overthrown a monarchy and overcome a Maoist insurgency to give its people the final say in who rules them. In short, in most of South Asia, they leave it to voters — not to generals or judges — to turf out unpopular or irresponsible leaders. Pakistan’s inability to grasp this principle places it in the company of the troubled Middle Eastern countries to its west, rather than with the often struggling but nonetheless hopeful democracies to its east.


https://www.aei.org/publication/when-it-comes-to-democracy-pakistan-is-more-middle-eastern-than-south-asian/

Pakistan - Was 'shocked' to receive Imran's first text message, Gulalai says

Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ayesha Gulalai has said that she was "shocked" to receive Imran Khan's first text message, which the PTI chairman sent in October 2013.

Speaking to a private news channel, the estranged PTI leader said she apprised only her father of the text. "My father replied 'we shall see if more messages are received'".

"The messages from Imran Khan continued for some time. I decided to ignore them for the time being," Gulalai said, adding that she received last message from the PTI chief in July, 2016.

She explained her decision of retaining her National Assembly seat saying that it was a trust from the people of Pakistan. "My differences with the party are due to the party leadership. Should I vacate the seat for having differences with the PTI?"

Maintaining that she would not surrender her seat, the former PTI member said she would use it for resolution of public issues, and not against PTI or PML-N.

Commenting to PTI's allegations of having demanded NA-1, Peshawar ticket, Gulalai said she did mention it to Khan, but spoke of it generally. "There's still ten months left in the election, how can I ask for it now?"

"I had decided to leave the party some time ago. After having received those text messages, I did not actively take part in political activities."

Responding to rumours about her joining the PML-N, she said, "I say it today as well that Nawaz Sharif is corrupt."

The former PTI lawmaker also denied having met PML-N's Ameer Maqam. "I did not have a meeting with Maqam. He should send a legal notice to the PTI demanding compensation."

Denying PTI's accusations of having received millions of rupees, she said that she did not get a single penny from anyone, questioning, "Why does Imran Khan not respond and keeps pushing others for this purpose?"

Indians hired in Sharif’s mills exempted from police reporting

Tehlka TV – said that 26 India nationalists employed at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s various sugar mills have exemption from ‘Police Reporting’.

Tehlka TV – which uses investigative journalism to highlight public and national issues – said that it received a list containing information on 26 Indians working in various sugars mills of the ‘Sharif Brothers’.

According to Pakistan’s work-visa policy every person has to report to the local police and similar policy is imposed in India for Pakistani nationals but strangely the ones on the list have special exemptions.

Nambi Shridhar was also issued the visa under the same category – Exempted from Police Reporting (EPR) visa. Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Tahirul Qadri expressed concerns that several among the employed Indians could be spies. While addressing a rally, he alleged that there were between 200-300 Indians working in the mills owned by Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif.

PAT’s chief further alleged that the visas were issued to these Indians on directives from the Sharif brothers. “How many of these actually belong to the Indian intelligence agency – Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)?” he said.

70 YEARS OF PAKISTAN - Dead, alive put on same bed again at Gujranwala hospital

Another incident of dead and alive put on the same bed was reported today from District Headquarters Hospital in Gujranwala.

A woman suffering with high blood pressure was taken to the District Headquarters hospital, but she could not survive and breathed her last on a bed in emergency ward of the facility.

The dead body was not removed from the bed and another case was brought in the hospital. The young man brought to the hospital ward was put on the same bed for treatment, on which the woman's dead body was lying.

The incident highlighted shortcomings on part of the hospital administration for reportedly the second time.

Previously, the hospital administration said they were forced to do so because of shortage of bed facilities in the ward. http://nation.com.pk/national/01-Aug-2017/dead-and-alive-put-on-same-bed-again-at-gujranwala-hospital

Pakistan - Polio In Mirpur Khas

Member of National Assembly Azra Afzal Pechuho, focal person for the provincial polio programme, has expressed dissatisfaction over the campaigns that are being carried out in three districts of Mirpur Khas. What is happening is that parents, due to misinformation, are refusing to vaccinate their children. At the same time, vaccinators also tend to go easy during these campaigns and do not make much effort to change the opinion of the people and convince them to vaccinate their children.

This takes Pakistan further away from its goal of polio eradication, and a number of children suffer as a result. The division of Mirpur Khas is failing to change the situation because of lack of input of the officials and the absence of revised statistics regarding the polio campaigns. To measure that impact of any campaign, numerical data is important. If that is not revised, newer goals cannot be set.

Pechuho has requested the monitoring of the immunisation campaigns by the health department. The responsibility has been given to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which oversees such matters. It has also been advised, in a meeting on Saturday, that police cases need to be lodged against parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Parents have the responsibility of looking after their children. If they refuse to acknowledge accurate scientific knowledge for the words of a layman, then they must be punished.

The government of Pakistan has been rigorously making efforts to reduce the epidemic of polio in Pakistan. Efforts include awareness campaigns, and ensuring that misinformation in this regard is reduced to the lowest possible degree. Calculated and targeted efforts have been made in the provinces.

However, such discrepancies can create hurdles in the process of achieving the overall goal of polio eradication. To fulfil the cause, each and every institution must be vigilant. Such mistakes cannot be tolerated, especially when the rest of the provinces are making considerable progress.

Bilawal Bhutto expresses serious concerns over disclosures of PTI MNA Ayesha Gulalai Wazir

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed serious concerns over the disclosures of PTI MNA Ayesha Gulalai Wazir saying insecurity of respect and honor among women in certain political parties was a daub on politics.

Taking notice of the accusations of MNA Ayesha Gulalai against her former leadership should be investigated in depth.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari pledged that PPP won’t allow any harm to the rights and respect of womenfolk and pledged that the Party of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto would continue to raise voice for the protection of women.

https://mediacellppp.wordpress.com/

پی ٹی آئی میں خواتین سے اچھا سلوک نہیں ہوتا، ناز بلوچ

پاکستان تحریک انصاف سے پیپلز پارٹی میں جانے والی ناز بلوچ نے کہا ہے کہ پی ٹی آئی میں خواتین کے ساتھ اچھا سلوک نہیں ہوتا۔

پی ٹی آئی چھوڑنے والی عائشہ گلا لئی کے حوالے سے اپنے رد عمل کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے ناز بلوچ کا مزید کہنا ہے کہ تحریک انصاف میں تنظیمی مسائل ہیں،میں پہلے بھی ان کی نشاندہی کرچکی ہوں۔

عائشہ گلالئی کے فیصلے پر تبصرہ کرتے ہوئے پیپلز پارٹی کی رہنما شیریں رحمان کا کہنا ہے کہ خواتین کو کچھ نہ کچھ مسئلہ تو ضرور ہے جس کی وجہ سے وہ پی ٹی آئی چھوڑ رہی ہیں۔

پیپلز پارٹی کی رہنما شہلا رضا نے عائشہ گلالئی کے فیصلے پر خوشی کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ انہوں نے یہ فیصلہ سوچ سمجھ کر ہی کیا ہو گا۔

مسلم لیگ فنکشنل کی رہنما نصرت سحر عباسی نے کہا ہے کہ عائشہ گلالئی کی جانب سے لگائے گئے الزامات سنگین ہیں، اگر یہ سچ ہوا تو خواتین کی سیاست میں آمد کم ہوجائے گی۔

سینئر تجزیہ کار مظہر عباس نے کہا ہے کہ عائشہ گلا لئی نے الزام براہ راست عمران خان پر لگایا گیا ہے، نعیم الحق، فواد چوہدری اور تحریک انصاف کی خواتین کو الزام کا دفاع نہیں کرنا چاہیے،بلکہ خود عمران خان کو چاہیے کہ وہ قومی اسمبلی کی خواتین ارکان سے اس کی تحقیقات کرائیں ۔

https://jang.com.pk/latest/355176-behave-with-women-not-good-in-pti-naz-baluch

عمران موبائل سے لڑکیوں کو غلط میسج کرتے ہیں: عائشہ گلالئی

پاکستان تحریک انصاف سے علیحدگی اختیار کرنے والی عائشہ گلالئی کہتی ہیں کہ عمران خان بدکردار ہیں، ان کی وجہ سے ماؤں، بہنوں، کسی عورت، کسی لڑکی کی عزت محفوظ نہیں، وہ خواتین اور لڑکیوں کو موبائل فون سے غلط میسیج کرتے ہیں۔

اسلام آباد میں میڈیا سے گفتگو کے دوران عائشہ گلا لئی نے پی ٹی آئی سے اپنی باقاعدہ علیحدگی کا اعلان کرتے ہوئے الزام عائد کیا کہ عمران خان موبائل فون پر خواتین اور لڑکیوں کو غلط میسج بھی کرتے تھے، دو نمبر پٹھان ہیں۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ اکتوبر 2013ء میں پہلی بار عمران خان کا ٹیکسٹ میسج ملا، عمران خان کا بلیک بیری چیک کر لیں سب کچھ سامنے آ جائے گا، وہ خواتین کو بھی کہتے ہیں کہ بلیک بیری رکھیں اس سے میسج ٹریس نہیں ہوتے، میسجز میں ایسے الفاظ تھے جو کسی کی غیرت برداشت نہیں کرسکتی، ہم بھی کسی کی ماں، بیٹیاں ہیں۔

عائشہ گلالئی نے عمران خان پر سنگین الزامات عائد کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ پاکستان میں کوئی انگلینڈ کا کلچر نہیں ہے، اخلاقی بنیادوں پر عمران خان کے خلاف آرٹیکل 62 - 63 کے تحت کارروائی ہونی چاہیے۔

انہوں نے کہا ہے کہ این اے ون پشاور کے ٹکٹ کی وجہ سے نہیں بلکہ دیگر وجوہات کے باعث پارٹی چھوڑنے کا فیصلہ کیا،صرف میں ہی نہیں پی ٹی آئی کی کئی خواتین پارٹی کے ماحول سے پریشان ہیں،پی ٹی آئی نے منانے کے لیے وفد بھیجنے کی کوشش کی، تاہم میں نے انکار کر دیا۔

عائشہ گلالئی نے کہا کہ مجھے سکھایا گیا ہے کہ عزت کے معاملے پر کوئی سمجھوتہ نہ کیا جائے، ہمیں بچپن سے ہمت و حوصلے سے بات کرنا سکھایا جاتا ہے، ہمارے لیے سب سے بڑا مسئلہ غیرت اور عزت ہوتی ہے،انہوں نے وضاحت کرتے ہو ئے کہا کہ مسلم لیگ نواز میں شمولیت اختیار نہیں کر رہی۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ عمران خان کو اپنی عادتوں پر کنٹرول نہیں ، پی ٹی آئی میں لڑکیوں، عزت دار خواتین کی عزتیں محفوظ نہیں ،انہیں نااہل قرار دینا چاہیے، خان صاحب ملک میں مغربی کلچر لانا چاہتے ہیں، تحریک انصاف کی تبدیلی سوشل میڈیا پرہے گراؤنڈ پرنہیں۔

عائشہ گلالئی کا کہنا تھا کہ کہا گیا کہ میری کوئی پرفارمنس نہیں ہے، میری پرفارمنس آپ کے سامنے ہے، میں سوشل میڈیا پر کم اور گراؤنڈ پر زیادہ ہوتی ہوں، میں نے خیبرپختونخوا میں صفائی مہم شروع کی۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ نوازشریف خاندانی آدمی ہیں وہ عزت اوراحترام دینا جانتے ہیں، عمران خان اوران کے ٹولے کی وجہ سے خواتین کی عزتیں محفوظ نہیں، پی ٹی آئی سے پہلے پیپلز پارٹی میں تھی وہاں بھی خواتین کی عزت ہے۔

عائشہ گلالئی نے کہا کہ عمران خان کارکنوں کی تذلیل کرتے ہیں، وہ خود تو بنی گالا میں ہوتے ہیں اور کارکن ڈنڈے کھاتے ہیں، پی ٹی آئی کے ورکرز کی قربانیوں کو سلام پیش کرتی ہوں،عمران خان نفسیاتی امراض کا بھی شکار ہیں اور ٹیلنٹڈ نوجوانوں سے جلتے ہیں،اگر ورکرز کے پاس جہاز نہیں تو ان کا کیا قصور ہے کہ آپ ان کو ادنیٰ کہتے ہیں۔

گلا لئی کا کہنا ہے کہ عمران خان نے بے نظیر بھٹو کے بارے میں ایسی باتیں کہیں کہ مجھے افسوس ہوا، عمران خان صرف زندہ نہیں مرے ہوئے لوگوں کے بارے میں بھی برے الفاظ استعمال کرتے ہیں،پی ٹی آئی میں کارکنوں کی دوکیٹیگریز ہیں، ایک بنی گالا میں،دوسری بنی گالا سے باہر ہے، عمران خان خود کو عقل مند اور باقی سب کو بے وقوف سمجھتے ہیں۔

عائشہ گلالئی کہتی ہیں کہ وزیراعلیٰ خیبر پختونخوا کا بیٹا پیسے لے کر لوگوں کے کام کرتا ہے، آج ایسے ٹھیکے ہیں جس پر پرویز خٹک نے غیر قانونی طور پر لیزنگ لی ہوئی ہے،شاید ان کے ٹھیکوں سے عمران خان کا کچن چلتا ہے، وزیر اعلیٰ کے پی کے نے تنگی مائنز میں اپنے کزن کو غیرقانونی لیز دی ہے، ان کے خلاف کرپشن کے ثبوت لے کر عمران خان کے پاس گئے، عمران نیازی کو پتا نہیں کیا مسئلہ تھا سارے ثبوت ایک طرف رکھ دیئے۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ عمران خان سے 3گھنٹے نہیں 15 منٹ ملاقات ہوئی، بنی گالا میں پارٹی اجلاس میں بھی نہیں جاتی تھی، میری ناراضی بہت عرصے سے تھی۔

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Pakistan - Why do we still have child labour?

By Shagufta Gul

“Child labour and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labour of children as the treatment of social disease of poverty you will have both poverty and child labour to the end of time” — Grace Abbot

A 16 year old domestic worker Akhter Ali was found dead in Lahore in his employer’s house. He and his sister have been working for Fauzia, daughter of PML-N MPA Shah Jahan. It is confirmed after the post-mortem that the boy was beaten to death with the help of a sharp weapon.

A similar case came to the fore in January 2017 when a probe was initiated against a judge and his wife in Islamabad for keeping a juvenile housemaid in wrongful confinement. The father of the victim later forgave the couple for what they did. The recent in the series of such cases is of a well known anchorperson accused of incarcerating and torturing a child domestic worker. The evidence is in the form of many audio recordings viral on social media. We believe that there must be hundreds of other cases which haven’t been reported yet and the employed children must be going through the same treatment.

Why are we still unable to control the challenge of child labour? Is there a lack of interest on part of the state? Is the society not truly educated on a child and juvenile’s rights? Are the feudal and their desire to rule the weak stronger than the efforts made for child protection? Is the awareness about child rights ineffective and insufficient at different levels of education?

Why are we still unable to control and cope up with the challenge of child labour? Is there a lack of interest on part of the state? Is society not truly educated on child and juvenile rights? Are the feudal and their desire to rule the weak stronger than the efforts made for child protection? The first and core reason is the lack of awareness among masses about the rights of a child, prohibition and illegality of child labour and little knowledge of the penalties and punishments for the illegal act.

As mentioned earlier, even the educated lot and the advocates of human rights and child rights are practically involved in violating the existing laws in urban areas as has been witnessed in the aforementioned cases.

There have been many campaigns on a regular basis to educate the people on family planning on print and electronic media, and the anti-planning campaign is equally rigorous. A very effective counter strategy was needed to handle but we usually we get late in such situations.

Thirdly, a boy and a girl child, particularly in rural and some of the urban areas, are seen differently. The boy is considered as the symbol of strength and honour. It is thought the more male offspring, the stronger you are.

Pakistan ranks 107 among 118 countries as per 2016 global hunger Index with 22 percent of population undernourished till the baby boy arrives. It is preferred by the average and below average families to let the boys and girls earn for them, as sending them to school is beyond reach. Sometimes they are handed over to the families away from their own home and parents to work. The wages paid are very nominal in certain cases plus the treatment as we already can be termed as a form of modern slavery.

As a society, child labour and challenges related to it are taken as a routine stuff as majority of the people are practically being facilitated by these little labourers. There are different civil society organisations engaged in child rights protection, but that again lacks coherence and continuity. The dilemma with civil society organisations is that though at times they are working for the same cause but the efforts are diverged rather than converged.

State really needs to think seriously how to protect the future of the nation. Pakistan is a part of international obligations like United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child (UNCRC) sustainable development Goals (SDG) Conventions on International Labour Organisation (ILO) which stresses upon the elimination and eradication of all and worst forms of child labour. It seems at times that certain elements are scared to share the rights particularly of women and children. Our books at all levels do talk about human rights lets specifically talk about a child’s rights. Legislation can only be empowered by effective implementation, plus rigorous awareness campaigns on a regular basis will help.

Civil society organisations in collaboration with media can help a lot in raising awareness among masses on child rights. We have initiatives like Zamong Kor in Peshawar for the street children. We, as individuals, have to discourage child labour practically to protect the rights of our children.

Pakistan - Imran told me about plans of dissolving parliament: Hashmi

Senior politician Javed Hashmi, formerly associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said on Monday that PTI Chairman Imran Khan had informed him of his plans to dissolve the parliament during the 2014 Islamabad sit-in.

Speaking to the media in Multan, Hashmi said that his statements are under oath before the nation. 

Hashmi said that Imran earlier said that after departure of Justice Tassaduq Jilani, the upcoming judges would break the parliament.

“Imran told me that judges after Tassaduq Gilani would dissolve the parliament. He (Imran) said parliament would be dissolved after that,” Hashmi said. 

Then Nawaz would resign too, Hashmi quoted Imran as saying. He added that the PTI chief said that elections would take place in September and his party would be able to form government.

“Imran Khan can contradict whatever I am saying after taking oath,” said Hashmi.

Hashmi alleged that PTI leaders Arif Alvi and Shireen Mazari told him that Imran was ready to attack the parliament.

“They (PTI leaders) appeared quite concerned, they asked me to make Imran understand,” said the senior politician.

He further said that he was offered not to resign from PTI and form a forward bloc of the party.

Hashmi added that he denied the offer, saying that he wasn’t there to end Imran’s party.

The former PTI leader also said that he is not wishful of any rank or position, adding that he always prayed to stay on the path of righteousness.

Pakistan - Imran Khan has to declare a lot

Pakistan Peoples Party leader Saeed Ghani in a rejoinder to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan’s remarks against former President Asif Ali Zardari has said that an appeal is being heard in Supreme Court against Imran Khan in which he has failed to produce money trail and soon will be declared disqualified for public office.

Saeed Ghani said Asif Ali Zardari was kept in prison for over 11 years and not a single allegation was proved against him. He was acquitted honorably by the courts. He said that Imran Khan had bartered Pakistan’s interest for money in the past when he accepted Kerry Packer’s offer to play in Kerry Packer cricket series in Australia.

Mr. Ghani said that Imran Khan will have to produce not only the money trail but also his blood trail so that everything comes out in the open as black and white. He will have to declare the asset which is for a Ghairatmand person is the biggest asset of his life

Saeed Ghani said that Imran Khan is an arrogant individual and people still remember the incident at Niaz Stadium Hyderabad when he had kicked a small kid who wanted his autograph. Imran Khan should also recall that his father Ikramullah Khan Niazi was terminated from Government service on corruption charges. Imran Khan wants a new Pakistan for hypocrites but PPP will never allow him to do so, Saeed Ghani concluded.

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Pakistan Railway drivers’ strike

By Lal Khan


Under capitalism there is no room for any reforms or progress. For the salvation of the oppressed masses its overthrow is inevitable.

As the political and judicial conflicts between the different sections of the moneyed classes and the state are unravel dangerously out of control, the corporate media has tried to distract attention and engage the working masses in these frivolous. However, the stirrings of the workers struggles often erupt albeit sporadically tearing apart the iron wall of

concealment, sweeping away the non-issues in politics tantalising society.

One of the latest movements was the Railway drivers’ strike that brought the whole railroad network to a standstill for more than 48 hours. At the midnight of Saturday July 22, the Railway drivers struck in an industrial action with trains remaining stranded throughout night as a result of the strike. This courageous struggle paralysed the entire railroad system stopping the operations of Tezgam, Karakoram Express, Fareed Express, Khyber Mail, Allama Iqbal, Millat Express and Pakistan Express at Rohri, Mehrabpur, Khairpur and other stations. Shalimar Express, Karachi Express, night coach and other trains were stopped at the Lahore central station.

Hundreds of drivers of Pakistan Railways went on strike for the fulfillment of their demands including increase in pay scales, mileage allowance, and reinstatement of suspended colleagues. The Loco Running Staff Association (LRSA) resolved that the drivers would not withdraw from the struggle unless their demands were accepted.

The manipulative bosses and bureaucrats of the Pakistan Railways were furious. Six drivers from Rawalpindi and eight from Karachi had been arrested on the very first day. These driver were charged with the nefarious ‘Anti-Terrorism’ Act by the state authorities. The Railway administration even went to the extent of saying that halting the train operations was an act of ‘terrorism’. Initial negotiations between the strike leaders and the railway officials failed. The Railways ministry brought in retired and unskilled contractual drivers as strikebreakers. Strike leaders invited for negotiations were arrested instead.

Another militant struggle of the Railway workers was the 1928 South Indian railway strike. It was a general strike by the South Indian Railway Workers Union against plans of the South Indian Railway Company to lay off over 3,100 workers to reduce costs and boost profits of the company. The strike lasted from June 29 to August 2, 1928, and severely affected the transportation of people and goods across the region bringing South India to a standstill. More than 5000 striking workers in Mayavaram lay on the tracks blocking trains and halting railroad network.

After the creation of Pakistan, the most significant struggle of the railwaymen was the Railway strike of 1st February 1967. This ‘wheel jam’ strike paralysed Pakistan Western Railway. The transportation of all commodities except food grains, petroleum and oil and some essential supplies were suspended by the striking workers After the creation of Pakistan, the most significant struggle of the railwaymen was the Railway strike of 1st February 1967. This ‘wheel jam’ strike paralysed Pakistan Western Railway. The transportation of all commodities except food grains, petroleum and oil and some essential supplies were suspended by the striking workers; and long queues of passengers were seen at all railway stations getting refunded for tickets which could not be availed.

The railway workers included cabin men, point men, firemen, cleaners and from every department of the railways. The workers of the Mughalpura (Lahore) Workshop started the strike on Monday afternoon Jan 30 1967. Loco Shop workers joined next. The rest of the class four employees joined in the next day. Khyber Mail reached Lahore from Peshawar just before 9 a.m. but could not move onward to Karachi. Tezgam coming from Karachi stopped at Changa Manga; Tezgam from Rawalpindi was stranded at Lala Musa and an Express train from Sargodha was stopped at Badami Bagh, Lahore.

Awami Express could not reach Lahore Central station and was stopped at Lahore Cantonment. Thousands of workers had gathered at Lahore station, raising slogans. In Karachi, the only main passenger train that left was the Lahore bound Karachi Express. This 13-day strike of 1967 was prelude to the revolutionary upheaval one year later in November 1968. This was the most radical mass movement that brought the real possibility of a socialist revolution in Pakistan so close.

In the last few weeks there have been strikes by the oil tankers, doctors, teachers, nurses and the railway drivers. It is clear that just underneath the surface of society, the working class and the oppressed masses are seething with a revolt against this exploitative and brutal system. The Railways drivers strike was called-off due to its isolation. The reluctance of workers from other railway departments, public and private industrial and services sectors to join the strike, vicious repression of the state reflecting the character of the present period resulted in this retreat. But that’s not the end of the railway workers struggles. Rather it indicates the looming storms ahead.

The sporadic strikes at present can become a spark kindling a greater mass revolt shocking ‘talented’ analysts. The ruling classes are carrying out the most vicious anti workers policies of privatisations, downsizing, restructuring and contractual labour. The workers patience is at the brink of an explosion. There is hardly any voice of the workers in the media. But once the movement erupts, the objective situation will change drastically. Under capitalism there is no room for any reforms or progress. For the salvation of the oppressed masses its overthrow is inevitable.

Pakistan's Northwest Region Continues its Struggle against Terror Financing

Madeeha Anwar

Pakistan’s restive northwest province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has issued directives to its administrative and security departments to make serious efforts to cut off the money supply of banned terror groups. The provincial departments have been instructed to devise a strategy to crack down and to closely monitor the proscribed groups and individuals involved in raising funds illegally for welfare or religious purposes, Pakistani media reported. Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, Pakistan Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, Pakistan Despite its continued efforts against terrorism, terror financing remains a challenge for Pakistan due to political resistance, sympathizers and money trails that are hard to track, analysts say. “Pakistan will have to come up with a strategy to freeze assets of terror groups, make it difficult for terrorists to gather funds, but to also spot those who’ve adopted new identities and have re-established their networks,” A. Z. Hilali, head of political science department at the Peshawar University told VOA. Suspect groups identified .

The official document circulated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government emphasized banned groups are not allowed to gather money “under any circumstances” and security forces and the administration should ensure people and groups raising money for mosques, charity or madrassas (religious seminaries) are lawfully doing so. In 2015, Pakistan banned around 200 terror groups after establishing their involvement in sectarian and terrorism related activities against the state.

Pakistan had also frozen around $3 million worth of assets of 5,000 suspected terrorists last year. "We will make every possible effort to implement National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terror financing in our province,” Shaukat Yousafzai, spokesperson for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government told VOA.

"We're the biggest victim of terrorism and we do not want them [terrorists] to succeed. We’ll also work to start awareness programs so that banned groups can be prohibited from gathering funds from the masses,” Yousafzai said.

A report issued by the Financial Monitoring Unit of Pakistan in March estimated the annual operational budget of terrorist organizations is $48,000 to $240,000.

The terror groups in Pakistan generate hefty amounts through charity and welfare work, receive huge foreign donations and use the "hawala system," an alternative finance system, used for money laundering, experts say.

National plan

Pakistan’s National Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy aimed at eliminating extremism mentions the state should “choke financing for terrorist and terrorist organizations.”

Hilali says there is a need to introduce legislation to prohibit collection of funds from the general public. “Terrorists collect large sums of money especially during the holy month of Ramadan under the guise of Zakat [mandatory Islamic charity].”

“The madrassas [religious seminaries] also play an important role and we are aware that a few of them remained involved in collecting funds on behalf of banned terror outfits in the past,” Hilali added.

Security analysts also stress that the government should regulate and register all the religious seminaries across the country and should practice caution before making donations to religious organizations and seminaries. In 2016, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government received scathing criticism when it allocated a grant of $3 million to Darul Uloom Haqqania, a religious seminary that is interpreted by some critics as the “University of Jihad.” The Haqqani network, considered a terrorist group by Afghanistan and the United States, continues to fight Afghan and U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

U.S. officials have long accused Pakistan of providing support to the Haqqani network. The U.S. State Department released its annual Country Report on Terrorism 2016 earlier this month. It criticized Pakistan and said it remained unsuccessful in stopping the activities of the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network.

Video - Pakistan - Bilawal calls for 'across the board accountability'

Text of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speech at the inauguration ceremony of NICVD Larkana

Bismillah ir Rehman ir Rahim

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Assalam Alaikum

It gives me great pleasure to be here today. As I was travelling to Larkano for the inauguration of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) here, I realized that there was little else that I would rather do. I am so pleased that Larkano was chosen as a home for this state of the art facility, given how close it is to my heart individually, and how important it is to the Pakistan Peoples Party. Larkano has given more sacrifices and shed more blood than should have been required. The people of this inimitable land seem to be born infused with the spirit of giving. That we are able to give back to this land that has given us so much, is a matter of great pride for me.

My grandfather Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, first began giving back to this land when he opened the Chandka medical college and hospital in 1973. At a time when such medical facilities existed only in large cities, this visionary breakthrough served the people of the greater Larkano region and adjoining areas of Punjab and Balochistan. We have taken forth his mission by increasing the capacity of the hospital through expansion and upgradation.

The Pakistan Peoples Party prides itself on always recognizing healthcare as one of its major priorities. In her message to young people, to whom the mantle of leadership would pass, my leader, my mother Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, tasked them to focus on education and on health. And taking her words as our guiding light, we have concentrated our efforts on these 2 sectors – I am happy to say that our hard work is showing great results. It was Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto who saw the need for lady health workers, as a means for healthcare to reach every doorstep. This phenomenal programme allowed us to spread the web of healthcare more extensively than we thought possible. And the Sindh government took forth the programme by regularizing all the lady health workers.

We believe strongly that while infrastructure development needs to be a focus for the government, our true purpose must be human development. To this end, we have invested our efforts towards improving healthcare through various endeavors including but not limited to upgradation of hospitals and trauma centers; establishment of cardiac centers, expansion of women and children’s hospitals; provision of ambulances and other facilities; introducing safer transfusion methods and unequivocally supporting projects like the SIUT and NICVD. And it is so rewarding when we see our hard work paying off, like it is today.

NICVD has done great work by providing state of the art services to people of Larkano. Earlier, there was no such service between Karachi and Lahore, and people had to suffer as they travelled to Karachi along with their families – often spending money they could not afford. I have learnt that the facilities now being provided in Larkano are free for all patients.

I am told that currently this facility is providing primary angioplasty, pediatric cardiology and echo services and upon completion of the new building, a range of services will be provided, including cardiac surgery.

I must congratulate the team since 100 primary angioplasty procedures have already been done post the soft opening on 13th of May 2017. It goes a long way to show the grit and determination of this team, and of the person heading it, that positive results are already visible for all. I am confident that this number will now increase substantially, as the people of Larkano continue to benefit from NICVD.

It has come to my knowledge that a similar service is also being started in Tando Mohammad Khan, Sukkur, Sehwan, Nawabshah, Khairpur and Mirpurkhas. I must appreciate the Government of Sindh for taking the initiative of providing quality affordable healthcare to the people of these areas. I challenge the CM of Punjab, KPK and Baluchistan to show us a programme like this where state of the art cardiac facilities, including primary angioplasty, are provided free of cost, and at the doorstep, to everyone living in the province.

It is a source of great pride to know that NICVD has transformed itself in last two and half years, and today it stands as the world’s largest centre for heart attack angioplasty. This is no small feat, and has required utmost dedication and hard work. We must never forget that a healthy nation is a happy nation, and it is heartening to see the NICVD team working to ensure that.

The fact that NICVD provides several life saving treatment modalities, including much needed pediatric cardiac surgery free of cost is testament to the Sindh government’s whole-hearted commitment to serve the people indiscriminately. It is gratifying that the Sindh government is working tirelessly to fulfill the vision of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. We have seen the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto trauma centre in Karachi, the Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences, Ambulance service in Thatta and Sujawal, as but a few examples of the government’s efforts bearing fruit.

It is my dream also to serve the people of Pakistan, irrespective of caste, creed, color and financial standing. It is my dream that every individual in this country has access to state of the art medical care so that not one life is lost because they could not afford healthcare. It is my dream, nay, my belief, that together we can cultivate an egalitarian society, based on the principles of parity and equitable justice; tolerance and acceptance; service and sacrifice.

I once again want to say BRAVO to the government of Sindh, especially the Chief Minister, for this magnificent effort. I am confident that it will provide much needed relief to the people, and I hope that a similar effort is also launched in other specialties of medicine.

I must take this opportunity to talk about something that is surely weighing on the minds of the people of Pakistan today – the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The judgment by the Supreme Court requires adherence by us all. However, we must also strive to address the ailment and not the symptom. The Pakistan Peoples Party believes that accountability must be impartial and exhaustive, and seeks to do so by introducing legislation for across the board accountability. It is time for us all to put Pakistan first, and ourselves later. If that means sacrificing for the greater good, then be it. Sadly, Prime Minister Sharif did not share this sentiment. However, I must categorically say that his removal poses no threat to either the Parliament, or to the democracy for which we have made innumerable sacrifices.

I thank you for the opportunity to address you, and wish you good luck in this very worthy endeavor.”

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بلاول بھٹو نےلاڑکانہ میں امراض قلب کے اسپتال کا افتتاح کردیا

چیئرمین پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے اندرون سندھ کے پہلے نیشنل انسٹی ٹیوٹ

آف کارڈیو ویسکیولر ڈیزیز کا افتتاح کیا ،35کروڑ روپے سے بننے والے اس سینٹر میں ابتدائی طور پر 12 کمرے تعمیر کئے گئے ہیں۔

لاڑکانہ میں امراض قلب کے اسپتال کے افتتاح کے موقع پر بلاول بھٹو نے کہا کہ پیپلزپارٹی سب کا بلاتفرق احتساب ہونا چاہیے،یہ وقت ذاتی مفاد کو پس پشت ڈال کر قومی مفاد کو ترجیح دینے کا ہے۔

بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا ہے کہ نواز شریف کی نااہلی سے جمہوریت یا پارلیمنٹ کو کوئی نقصان نہیں پہنچے گا،ہم احتساب کے عمل پر یقین رکھتے ہیں۔

سینٹر کے لئے انجیو گرافی ،انجیو پلاسٹی کے لئے کیتھ لیبارٹری ،وینٹی لیٹرز اور متعلقہ مشینری ،این آئی سی وی ڈی 2 ماہ پہلے فراہم کی گئی ہیں۔

اسپتال میں 3 ماہرین امراض قلب سمیت 25افراد پر مشتمل عملہ بھی متعین کردیا گیا ہے، اس سینٹرمیں اب تک 175مریضوں کی انجیو گرافی اور انجیوپلاسٹی مفت کی جاچکی ہے ،یہاں اندرون ملک سمیت سندھ اور بلوچستان کے مریضوں کا مفت علاج 

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