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  • Nawaz Sharif pleased with Imran Khan’s dismissal as Pakistan PM, says PML(N) chief

    Former prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, is completely satisfied after Imran Khan was voted out of energy on Sunday, stated a PML(N) chief.

    Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: PTI File)

    After Imran Khan was ousted from energy in Pakistan on Sunday, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief Shaheryaar Baig stated that former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif is pleased with the results of the no-confidence movement.

    “Nawaz Sharif is completely satisfied after Imran Khan has been ousted in a no-trust vote, stated Shaheryaar Baig, info secretary of PML(N), UK.

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    Meanwhile, supporters of Nawaz Sharif gathered exterior his residence in London to rejoice the dismissal of Imran Khan as Pakistan PM. However, the celebrations have been disrupted as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters gathered there to protest resulting in a conflict between each teams.

    Police personnel have been deployed exterior Sharif’s residence to manage the state of affairs.

    Watch #Exclusive: Imran Khan supporters gathered exterior the Nawaz Sharif’s home in London. India Today’s correspondent giving extra updates on this. #London #ReporterDiary #ImranKhan

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    — IndiaRight now (@IndiaRight now) April 10, 2022

    Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from energy when he misplaced a vote of confidence in Parliament, a good distance off from finishing his five-year time period.

    Sunday’s vote adopted a number of adjournments within the chamber, known as resulting from prolonged speeches by members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration, who stated there was a “foreign conspiracy” to oust the cricket star-turned-politician.

    The no-trust vote was mandated after Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down the ruling by Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on the rejection of the no-confidence movement towards Imran Khan.

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  • As his future hangs in steadiness, Imran Khan lauds Pak scientists for profitable ballistic missile check

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded the scientists and engineers because the nation efficiently performed a check flight of the ballistic missile Shaheen-III.

    Pakistan performed a profitable flight check of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile Shaheen-III. (Photo: Screengrab)

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Saturday, congratulated the National Command Authority (NCA), Strategic Commissions and Strategic Forces for the profitable launch of Shaheen-Ill.

    “Congratulations to the NCA, Strategic Commissions and Strategic Forces for the successful launch of Shaheen-Ill. We are proud to have a professional and dedicated team of scientists, engineers and technicians who made this test a success. Pakistan Zindabad”, tweeted Imran Khan.

    Congratulations to the NCA, Strategic Commissions and Strategic Forces for
    the profitable launch of Shaheen-Ill.
    We are proud to have knowledgeable and devoted staff of scientists, engineers and technicians who made this check successful.
    Pakistan Zindabad.

    — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 9, 2022

    Pakistan performed a profitable flight check of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile Shaheen-III amid the continuing political and constitutional disaster within the nation.

    Pakistan right now performed profitable flight check of Shaheen-III floor to floor ballistic missile. The check flight was geared toward revalidating varied design and technical parameters of the weapon system. pic.twitter.com/WHmjPGZobZ

    — DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) April 9, 2022

    Shaheen-III can strike targets as much as 2,750 kilometres, bringing quite a lot of Indian cities underneath its vary. It is solid-fuelled and geared up with the Post-Separation Altitude Correction (PSAC) system.

    “The test flight was aimed at revalidating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system,” the navy’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations stated in an announcement.

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  • China says against ‘unilateral actions’ to resolve Kashmir challenge, Xi & Imran vow to advertise CPEC initiatives in Pakistan

    China on Sunday pledged nearer cooperation with Pakistan beneath the USD 60 billion CPEC funding programme and referred to as for resolving the Kashmir challenge correctly and peacefully whereas opposing any “unilateral actions” that might complicate the state of affairs as Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with the highest Chinese management, together with President Xi Jinping.
    Khan referred to as on President Xi on the final day of his four-day go to to China to debate a number of points together with the gradual tempo of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and rising considerations of Beijing over recurring assaults on Chinese personnel working in its varied initiatives in Pakistan.
    In his assembly with Khan, Xi stated China firmly helps Pakistan in safeguarding nationwide independence, sovereignty, dignity and preventing terrorism, state-run Xinhua information company reported.
    He stated China is prepared to hitch fingers with Pakistan to push ahead the in-depth growth of the CPEC and make sure the implementation of key initiatives.
    “Both sides reiterated that a peaceful and prosperous South Asia is in the common interest of all parties,” stated a joint assertion issued on the finish of Khan’s go to to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
    “They emphasised the importance of pursuit of dialogue and resolution of all outstanding disputes to promote regional cooperation and advance the goals of lasting peace, stability and shared prosperity in the region,” it stated.
    “The Pakistan side briefed the Chinese side on the latest developments on the situation in Jammu & Kashmir, including its concerns, position and pressing issues at the moment. The Chinese side reiterated that the Kashmir issue was a dispute left from history, and should be properly and peacefully resolved based on the UN Charter, relevant Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements. China opposes any unilateral actions that complicate the situation,” it stated.
    In the previous, India strongly rejected references made to Jammu and Kashmir in a earlier joint assertion by Pakistan and China and asserted that the union territory in addition to Ladakh have been and can stay its integral and inalienable half.
    In July 2021, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had objected to reference made to the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in an announcement by the 2 nations, saying it’s in Indian territory that has been illegally occupied by Pakistan.
    “As in the past, India categorically rejects any reference to Jammu and Kashmir. The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory of Ladakh has been and will remain an integral and inalienable part of India,” Bagchi had stated.
    The spokesperson had stated that India has persistently conveyed to each China and Pakistan that the so-called CPEC is in India’s territory.
    “We resolutely oppose any attempts by other countries to change the status quo in areas illegally occupied by Pakistan as also to Pakistan bringing up any material change in Indian territories under its illegal occupation. We call upon parties concerned to cease such actions,” he stated.
    The China-Pakistan joint assertion additionally stated that China recognised Pakistan’s sacrifices and efforts within the combat towards terrorism including that either side reaffirmed their dedication to preventing terrorism in all its types and manifestations.
    It stated, “both sides agreed to continue the momentum in defence cooperation at various levels between the armed forces of Pakistan and China”.
    China has emerged as Pakistan’s greatest provider of weapons together with battle tanks, fighter plane and newest naval frigates.“They underscored that stronger defence and security cooperation between Pakistan and China was an important factor of peace and stability in the region,” it stated.
    In his assembly with Khan, Xi whereas calling for “firmer confidence” between China and Pakistan relations stated that “strategic significance” of all-weather ties are “getting more prominent” as two nations signed a number of agreements to agency up all-weather ties.
    The joint assertion stated “both sides expressed their strong determination to safeguard CPEC from all threats and negative propaganda”.
    Pakistan reaffirmed its dedication to creating all-out efforts for the safety of all Chinese personnel, initiatives and establishments in Pakistan and the Chinese facet expressed its appreciation for the measures taken by Pakistan.
    China has repeatedly referred to as on Pakistan to step up safety for 1000’s of its personnel working within the CPEC in view of a number of assaults on them.
    Khan praised the Chinese management for internet hosting the Winter Olympics which was diplomatically boycotted by the US and its allies over human rights violations towards Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang.
    Coinciding along with his go to, the 2 sides signed a number of MoUs, overlaying bilateral cooperation in areas of financial and technical, business, funding, infrastructure, house, vaccine, digitalisation, standardisation, catastrophe administration, tradition, sports activities and vocational training, the joint assertion stated.
    Prominent of those agreements whose particulars usually are not revealed was the brand new Framework Agreement on Industrial Cooperation to start the development of the 2nd section of the CPEC by which China has to date invested about USD 25 billion, in keeping with its envoy to Islamabad, Nong Rong.
    In his assembly with Khan, Xi referred to as on the 2 sides to “create better future for bilateral relations with firmer confidence”, state-run Xinhua information company reported. He didn’t elaborate.
    The joint assertion stated “the two sides are ready to discuss with Afghanistan the extension of the CPEC to Afghanistan”.

    Xi expressed China’s willingness to work with Pakistan to increase cooperation within the fields resembling science and expertise, agriculture and folks’s wellbeing, construct a inexperienced, wholesome and digital hall, and help Pakistan’s industrialization to boost its sustainable growth functionality.
    Xi stated that China is prepared to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Pakistan on multilateral platforms together with the United Nations, to safeguard world and regional peace and stability.
    On Saturday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in his assembly with Khan stated Pakistan is China’s precedence in neighbourhood diplomacy and encourages its enterprise enterprises to take a position.
    Pakistan is prepared to take energetic steps to advertise the development of the second section of CPEC, and strengthen cooperation with China within the fields of business, agriculture and knowledge expertise, stated Khan.
    This is Khan’s fourth go to to China as he paid final go to in October 2019.

  • Imran Khan ‘helpless’ PM, says banned Pak journalist; underlines rising ‘climate of fear’ for scribes

    Hamid Mir, a outstanding Pakistani journalist who was taken off air indefinitely for making hard-hitting remarks towards the highly effective army institution, has stated that Imran Khan is a “helpless” prime minister and underlined that there’s a rising “climate of fear” for media personnel within the nation.
    Mir, the host of the now-off air primetime political discuss present ‘Capital Talk’ of Geo News channel, on May 28 delivered a fiery speech at a protest staged by scribes towards an assault by three “unknown” individuals on journalist and YouTuber Asad Ali Toor in Islamabad.
    Mir demanded accountability for the assault, which was a sequence of such assaults on media individuals who’re vital of the nation’s army.
    Following his speech, he was taken off air on May 30.
    In an interview to the BBC World Service from Islamabad, Mir criticised the shrinking area for press freedom and the rising “climate of fear” for journalists in Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported on Tuesday.

    “There is democracy in Pakistan but there is no democracy. There is a Constitution in Pakistan but there is no constitution. And I am a living example of censorship in Pakistan,” Mir instructed Stephen Sackur, the host of the BBC present LaboriousTalk, on Monday in reply to a query on if Pakistan is out to silence unbiased journalism.
    When requested whether or not he thinks Prime Minister Khan personally needs him taken off air and tried, Mir stated, “Imran Khan is not directly responsible for imposing a ban on me. I don’t think he wants me to be off air. But like past prime ministers, he is not a very powerful prime minister…he is helpless and he can’t help me.”
    The Army, which has dominated Pakistan for greater than half of its 70 plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded appreciable energy within the issues of safety and overseas coverage. However, the army has denied meddling within the nation’s politics.

    Replying to a query on if intelligence companies had been behind the assault on journalists, together with Toor who was attacked in his dwelling within the capital by masked males, Mir stated: “These are documented facts and the state agencies and the intelligence agencies were blamed again and again for organising attacks or kidnapping journalists.”
    At the beginning of the discuss present, Sackur launched Mir as a high-profile journalist who has confronted a string of threats and assaults.
    “He (Mir) says shadowy forces operating beyond public view wield enormous power in Pakistan and are seeking to control the media,” Sackur stated.
    In June, Mir had apologised and stated he had no intention to defame the Pakistan Army.
    “The purpose of my speech was not at all to hurt the feelings and sentiments of others but still I sincerely apologise if my words lacerated the sentiments of someone,” he had stated in an announcement.

  • Back your rhetoric on peace with stable motion: Punjab CM to Pak Army chief

    Reacting to Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa’s remarks that it was time for India and Pakistan to “bury the past and move forward”, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday mentioned he ought to again his rhetoric on peace with stable motion.
    Bajwa’s assertion had come on Thursday, a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan made related overtures following an surprising ceasefire announcement by the militaries of the 2 nations weeks in the past.
    Addressing a session of the first-ever Islamabad Security Dialogue, General Bajwa had mentioned the potential for regional peace and growth all the time remained hostage to the problems between Pakistan and India–the 2 “nuclear-armed neighbours”.
    Terming the Islamabad-sponsored terrorism as “the biggest hurdle to normalising relations between the two nations”, Amarinder Singh mentioned Bajwa ought to first management his ISI after which discuss stability within the India-Pakistan relations.
    General Bajwa “should back his rhetoric on peace with solid action”, the CM mentioned in an announcement, including that India can not afford to go delicate with Pakistan “till they walk the talk and prove their sincerity with concrete actions”.
    “Infiltration into India from across the border is still happening, Indian soldiers are being killed at the borders every day. They (Pakistan) are dropping arms and heroin into Punjab via drones every other day. Efforts to create trouble in my state continue to take place. All this should stop first, only then we can talk peace,” the Punjab CM mentioned.
    “For India to trust Pakistan, the latter will have to do much more than offer an olive branch,” mentioned the chief minister, citing his personal expertise of 1964 as ADC to the General Officer Commanding-in-C, Western Command.
    “We used to receive daily reports of firing and trouble from the western border as we continue to do now,” mentioned Amarinder Singh.
    It is vital for not simply Bajwa however the whole Pakistan army equipment to be on board with the concept of burying the previous and paving the best way for peace with India, mentioned Amarinder Singh on Friday, including that it isn’t New Delhi however Islamabad which has obstructed the trail of peace between the 2 nations.
    “Are they all of the same view as shared by General Bajwa? Are they withdrawing all support to terror groups immediately? Have they asked the ISI to back off and leave India alone,” requested the chief minister.
    “India is all for peace, all Indians stand for peace, but India cannot compromise on its security and integrity,” he pressured, including that peace can’t be conditional.

    Given the best way the scenario has advanced over the previous few months, Pakistan’s growing collusion with China, which has been inflicting an entire lot of bother for India on the opposite border, is a matter of concern, the chief minister mentioned.

    “If Islamabad seriously wants peace with New Delhi, they should send out the message to Beijing, loud and clear, that Pakistan is not with them in the dangerous escapades at the Line of Actual Control (LAC)”, he mentioned.