Day: July 25, 2022

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FM Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses press conference with government allied parties Demands full court hearing on CM Punjab election

Islamabad, July 25, 2022 (PPI-OT):Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party and Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad said that we need a full court hearing in the case of the election of Chief Minister Punjab. He said that it is not possible that only three individuals decide whether this country will be run by a democratic or selected system.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that it cannot be done that three individuals change our 1973 constitution by the stroke of a pen. The Pakistani people and the PPP struggled for thirty years to restore this constitution. The PPP workers sacrificed their lives and were lashed for their struggle for the restoration of this constitution. We want to give our people and the provinces their rights.

This press conference consists of leaders and parties from all four provinces and represents the federation. We want this country to be run by democratic means. We can see that some individuals cannot digest that Pakistan is on the way of democracy. They cannot tolerate that the Pakistani people are deciding for themselves. The selected puppets destroyed the economy and democracy of the country for four years in power.

Imran Khan took more loans that the country acquired cumulatively in seventy years. Imran Khan wants to usurp the rights of the provinces. He was turning the institutions into his Tiger Force and we removed him with democratic means. We had to suffer four years of tyranny where Maryam Nawaz was imprisoned and Faryal Talpur was dragged out of the hospital on the night before Eid.

President Zardari was not provided medicines in jail and the same courts were not listening our cases. Our establishment and institutions including the courts were compelled to assume a constitutional role. Our struggle compelled them to take constitutional measures. Only three months have passed and some political parties and individuals are not able to tolerate this democracy. A campaign is being run for Imran Khan against the economic development and democracy.

This is a conspiracy. We have not let any conspiracy succeed in the past and will not let any conspiracy succeed now. We want for our institutions to remain impartial and operate in a democratic and constitutional manner. We want to save the credibility and respect of the judiciary. All the parties are demanding for a a full court bench to be constituted to hear this case. We hope that our judiciary will decide to hear the case by the entire court. We would all have to accept the verdict of the full court. Our constitution cannot be changed due to the pressure of Imran Khan. The court gave a verdict on which we had reservations. Now, it is not possible to again change our constitution. We all demand a full court bench.

For more information, contact:
PPP Media Cell (Sindh)
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)
Peoples Secretariat Shikarpur Colony,
Behind Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Karachi, Pakistan
Cell: +92-305-3370383
Email: contact@ppp-tu.com
Website: https://www.ppp.org.pk

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President Asif Ali Zardari leaves for Dubai to celebrate his 67th birthday with his 9-month-old grandson 

Karachi, July 25, 2022 (PPI-OT):Spokesperson of Bilawal House, Surendar Valasai has said that former President Asif Ali Zardari has gone to Dubai to celebrate his 67th birthday (July 26) with his 9-month-old grandson Mir Hakim Mahmood Choudhry. President Asif Ali Zardari wanted to celebrate his first birthday as a grandfather with his only grandson.

While strongly criticizing the rumours by the opponents regarding the recent visit of former President Asif Ali Zardari to Dubai, the spokesman said that the entire nation is a witness that the former President endured the hardships of unjustified imprisonments for eleven years, but did not leave the country.

In a press release, Bilawal House spokesman further said that the elements who are afraid of former President Asif Ali Zardari and have a grudge against him resort to such rumour-mongering. Spokesman further said that the former President will return home soon. He pointed out that Asif Ali Zardari is the name of an iron-man who faced hardest situations and the worst political revenge with patience and smile. He said that those who are gossiping and spreading rumours against the former President should learn morals.

For more information, contact:
PPP Media Cell (Sindh)
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)
Peoples Secretariat Shikarpur Colony,
Behind Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Karachi, Pakistan
Cell: +92-305-3370383
Email: contact@ppp-tu.com
Website: https://www.ppp.org.pk

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Karachi needs major overhaul in drainage system: Altaf Shakoor 

Karachi, July 25, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor said in a statement on Monday that the megacity of Karachi needs a major overhaul in drainage system. He said billions of rupees were tagged for improvement of drainage system, but due to corruption and political nepotism no actual improvement was witnessed in the drainage system of the megacity which went drowned with every rains even after spending this amount.

He said the major reason of the urban flooding in the megacity is that its rainwater drainage waterways are encroached upon by the land mafia. He said all pre-Pakistan stormwater drain were designed to cater to a small population of Karachi at that time, but later when the population of the city went increased manifold those drains were not widened to increase their capacity but instead narrowed due to enchantment.

He said throwing of garbage into the stormwater drains had further blocked their flow, resultantly, Karachi drowns with every rain. He said designers of DHA and other such housing societies near the coast also craved plots of small creeks and natural water outflow drains. Now the DHA and Clifton also drowns in rainwater. He said accumulation of rainwater in areas near coastal belt was unheard in any other part of the world, but the greed of real estate tycoons and institutions had made this possible in the coastal areas of Karachi.

Shakoor demanded that outflow of drainage water into the Malir and Lyari rivers must be stopped at all costs. These rivers and other rainwater drains must not be used as sewerage water drains. He said these rivers may be used for storage of rainwater by erected dozens of mini check dams over them. He said the concept of rainwater harvesting should be introduced and practically implemented in the megacity.

He regretted that even newly built Green Line RBT service was temporarily stopped during the rains. He said commuting system are kept working in almost all weather conditions in other megacities of the world, but no such planning is ever made for Karachi. He said Karachi is the worst megacity of the world in terms of public transport. He said the government is still dragging heels to start construction on much awaited second phase of Green Line RBT from Numaish Chowrangi to Tower. Shakoor said revival of the KCR is still a distant dream due to snail-paced work on it.

He said neither the drainage system, nor water supply and public transport systems are on the priority list of our provincial and federal governments. Shakoor demanded to overhaul the chocked drainage system of Karachi, and with use of modern GSP and other technologies all natural waterways of the city should be revived to save Karachiites from the menace of urban flooding during every monsoon.

For more information, contact:
Press Secretary,
Pasban Democratic Party (PDP)
Pasban Central Secretariat
Office # 9, Five Star Center,
Block 11, University Road, Opp. Ibne Sina Hospital,
Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
Tel: +92-21-34024480-81
Cell: +92-322-2212434
Email: pasban.ppick@gmail.com
Website: www.pasban.org

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UVAS Syndicate approves Rs.3.632 billion budget

Lahore, July 25, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Syndicate of University of Veterinary and Animal Science Lahore approved Rs.3.632 billion budget for the financial year 2022-23 with focus on innovation, applied research, development, improving facilities for quality of education, services and transfer of technology.

Chairing the 68th Syndicate meeting, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad said that focus is on applied research and development projects for further improving the quality of education, research and services at the university. The value of the ongoing 121 research projects is Rs.1.339 billion.

Prof Nasim Ahmad told the meeting that Rs.1.115 billion have been allocated for development projects. Of the total development allocation, Rs.704.499 million will be spent on ongoing projects while Rs.410 million on new projects to be initiated in the financial year 2022-23. The Vice Chancellor said that Rs.350 million have been allocated for new project “Strengthening of KBMA CVAS”, Rs.60 million for new project “Strengthening of Academic and Allied Facilities at CVAS, Jhang”.

Among the ongoing projects, the Vice-Chancellor said that Rs.142.929 million have been allocated for “Enhancement of Research Facilities at UVAS Ravi Campus Pattoki”, Rs.102.920 million for “Provision of Urgently Needed Male and Female Hostel Facilities at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pattoki”, Rs.73.650 million have been allocated for “Strengthening of Capacity Building Facilities at Para Veterinary Institute, Layyah”, Rs.35 million have been allocated for “Capacity Building of Dairy Farmers and Industry Stakeholders on Milk Value Chain” and Rs.350 million have been allocated for “Establishment of UVAS sub campus at Chichawatni”.

Earlier, presenting the budget before the Syndicate, Treasurer Mr. Muhammad Umar said that the university expects non-development income of Rs.2.311 billion from different sources during the year 2022-23 while non-development expenditure is expected at Rs.2.517 billion, so there is a deficit of Rs.206.495 million.

The Vice-Chancellor said that Rs.1.276 billion are expected to be generated by the university from its own sources. About the deficit, he said the university will try to meet the budget deficit by generating more income from its own resources, by increasing its research-based products and diagnostic and clinical services for stakeholders. Special austerity measures will also be adopted to limit the recurring expenditure within available funds, he added.

Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor briefed the syndicate members on various academic, research activities, dairy forum, post budget dialogue, seminar on Sustainable Development Goals, conducted trainings on different topics and motivational lectures of well-known speakers, conference, press conference regarding talent hunt sports league, seminars, workshops, memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the promotion of education and research with different institutions and departments, university development projects, UVAS actively participation in national horse and cattle show/dairy expo, students competitions and UVAS achievements etc.

Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad also presented souvenir among those syndicate members who successfully completed their tenure including Prof Dr Mazhar, Prof Dr Farkhanda, Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf, Dr Mustafa Kammal, Dr Musaddiq Asif and Ms Badia Raza.

For more information, contact:
Public Relations Officer
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS)
Syed Abdul Qadir Jillani (Out Fall) Road,
Lahore – Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99211374, +92-42-99211449
Email: webmaster@uvas.edu.pk
Website: www.uvas.edu.pk

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Closing Ceremony of Summer School on Bioinformatics Organized by Department of Microbiology of The University of Haripur 

Haripur, July 25, 2022 (PPI-OT):Department of Microbiology of The University of Haripur organized Summer School on Biomolecular Sciences at Forest Services Academy Murree. Closing ceremony of the event was conducted on Friday 22nd July. Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation Professor Shahid Mehmood Baig was chief guest in the closing session.

Dr. Syed Muhammad Ali (Chairman Department of Microbiology), chief organizer of the event introduced the participants with the objectives and scope of the summer school and presented summary of it. Vice Chancellor of The University of Haripur offered vote of thanks to the participants. The event was also attended by Mr. Iftakharul Hassan Farooqi, Director Forest Services Academy Murree.

Professor Shafiq ur Rehman, vice chancellor of The University of Haripur distributed shields and certificates among the participants. He highly appreciated the efforts of the chief organizer and his entire team. Professor Habib Ali Bokhari, vice chancellor Kohsar University Murree also attended the event as a special guest.

For more information, contact:
The University of Haripur
Hattar Road near Swat Chowk, Haripur,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Tel: +92-995-615384
Fax: +92-0995615384
Email: registrar@uoh.edu.pk
Website: http://www.uoh.edu.pk

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Minister inaugurates bus routes 

Lahore, July 25, 2022 (PPI-OT):Federal Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain has inaugurated new routes of Muridke and Sharqpur to provide better travel facilities to students and employees of Punjab University coming from remote areas. In this regard, a ceremony was held outside the Vice Chancellor’s office. On this occasion, PU VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, administrative officers and employees were present.

In his address, Rana Tanveer said that he was grateful to PU VC Prof Niaz Ahmad for providing better facilities to the students. Prof Niaz Ahmed Akhtar while briefing the federal minister on the development of the university in the field of education and research said that there has been a significant increase in the international and Asian ranking of Punjab University in the last four years. He expressed the hope that higher education sector in Pakistan would be strengthened further under his leadership.

For more information, contact:
Registrar,
University of the Punjab
Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99231102
Fax: +92-42-99231103
E-Mail: registrar@pu.edu.pk
Website: http://pu.edu.pk/