Visit of Youth Parliament Delegation titled “Global and Regional Dynamics of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy”

Islamabad, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):China-Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad hosted a delegation of Youth Parliament to discuss, ‘Global and Regional Dynamics of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy’. The interactive session was addressed by Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, Director General, and ISSI. The delegation of the Youth Parliament was led by Mr. Rizwan Jaffar. Dr. Talat Shabir, Director CPSC in his introductory remarks welcomed the guests and briefed the guests about ISSI.

Extending a warm welcome to the Youth Parliament members, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood highlighted the global and regional dynamics of Pakistan’s foreign policy amidst a rapidly changing global environment. He noted that the hallmark of the current international environment was its complete flux and fluidity.

States, driven by their own interests, had the challenge to constantly evaluate the environment and adjust accordingly. He highlighted some key determinants of states’ foreign policy — including geography, identity, history, resource endowment, leadership, economic imperatives, over-arachingstrategic concepts, and role of national institutions. He also stressed the vital linkage between states’ internal strength and their external influence.

Ambassador Mahmood stressed that Pakistan’s foreign policy was driven by the strategic concept of a ‘peaceful neighbourhood’, the commitment to have good relations with all major powers, and cooperative multi-literalism. The most recent shift in the country’s approach was from geostrategic to geo-economics.

Ambassador Mahmood highlighted Pakistan’s relations with the US, China, Russia, Muslim World, EU, Japan, ASEAN and Africa. In the regional context, the dynamics of bilateral relations with Afghanistan and India were emphasized. It was underscored that a just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute held the key to durable peace in South Asia.

Amb. Sohail Mahmood also highlighted Pakistan’s role on cross-cutting global issues such as COVID-19, climate change, Islamophobia, and UN Security Council reforms. Mr. Rizwan Jaffar also presented how Youth Parliament has evolved into a national-level organization that has global outreach. He highlighted that the organization aims to empower youth which is the most valuable asset of this country. Their growth will lead them towards effective participation in policy-making and representing Pakistan in a better way.

Towards the end of the events Q and A session was held in which participants asked very pertinent questions. In the last Chairman BoG Ambassador Khalid Mahmood delivered his concluding remarks which were followed by a presentation of memento to the visiting delegation of Youth Parliament.

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PU RIC organizes workshop

Lahore, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Punjab University Former Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar has said that there are deep and strong ties between Pakistan and China for 70 years, for the promotion of which young students should play an active role.

He was speaking at a workshop organized by the PU Integration Center in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the Pakistan Research Center on ‘Governance System and Development Model of China’ in Al Raazi Hall. On this occasion, Chairperson Department of Political Science Prof Dr Iram Khalid, Chairman Department of History Prof Dr Mehboob Hussain, Executive Director of Pakistan Research Center Col. (r) Khalid Taimur Akram, Director RIC Dr Fouzia Hadi Ali, faculty members, researchers and Chinese students studying in PU were present.

In his address, Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar said that CPEC and One Belt One Road project was very important for the prosperity of the region, for the completion of which everyone has to work together. He said that measures should be taken at all levels to highlight people-to-people contact and cultural heritage, including exchange programs for teachers and students between Pakistan and China.

He said that centers should be established to promote Chinese language in the universities of Pakistan and Urdu language in China so that the languages could be familiarized and each other can be defended in a better way in crises. Appreciating the efforts of the organizers for organizing the event, he said that such workshops give young scholars an opportunity to learn more about other countries.

Dr Iram said that China was taking great measures to bring countries around the world closer, for the development and prosperity of humanity. She said that China’s interests in the CPEC project were small, but they were still striving for its success.

She said that the Pakistani nation should play its role in the field of action to remedy the propaganda against China through fake news. Dr Mahboob Hussain has said that the world has seen many wars, but countries came closer to each other through trade and progressed. He said that the success of projects like CPEC is necessary to establish in the world, for which conflicts have to be avoided.

He said that the Karakoram Highway was a proof of deep and unprecedented friendship between Pakistan and China. Col (r) Khalid Taimur Akram said that since the establishment of the RIC, relations with South Asian countries including Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan have been promoted at all levels. He said that China is casting its iron around the world through practical measures.

Dr Fouzia Hadi Ali thanked the participants and said that China’s development model was admirable which a beacon for developing countries like Pakistan. She said that in the early years, China was one of the opium growing countries, but today its GDP is 17.96 trillion dollars.

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Registrar,
University of the Punjab
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PUFCIT organizes 12th Job Fair 

Lahore, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Punjab University Faculty of Computing Information Technology (FCIT) has organized its 12th Job Fair at New Campus. On this occasion around 60 leading IT companies from software industry set up their stalls to hire the graduates of FCIT from a batch of about 600 coming from domains of computer science, software engineering and information technology.

These products and services based IT companies, are contributing USD 4 billion annually to the economy of Pakistan. Stalls were also set up by Punjab University Career Counselling and Placement Centre, Skill Development Centre and Business Incubation Centre.

Dean FCIT Prof Dr Shahzad Sarwar said that FCIT was committed to impart quality education and enhancing Pakistan’s share in the global market of software industry. He said that FCIT was the leading public sector institution of Pakistan which was producing skilled graduates who were working on key positions in multi-national and national IT companies.

He said that the purpose of the job fair was to facilitate FCIT graduates in matching their skills and abilities with the available career opportunities through interaction with recruitment executives and team leads of various software houses.

He said that participant companies had conducted interviews and preliminary recruitment tests, collected CVs, presented technological trends and shared job descriptions/specifications of the available opportunities with the students.

He thanked the FCIT faculty members for their contribution towards achieving goal of quality education. Further, on behalf of the faculty members, Dr Shahzad Sarwar expressed profound gratitude to the VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar for his continued support to ensure growth of the FCIT in every possible way.

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Registrar,
University of the Punjab
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Website: http://pu.edu.pk/

Imran Khan’s politics leads to destruction of country: Saeed Ghani 

Karachi, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Sindh Labour and Human Resources Minister, Saeed Ghani, has said the majority people of Pakistan recognize the situation that the way of Imran Khan’s politics leads to the destruction of the country. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, the Sindh Labour Minister said that Imran Khan was an evil politician who wanted to harm the country.

He said that Imran Khan’s statements before and after the recent Peshawar bombing tragedy were highly alarming, showing how his party had taken steps to facilitate the terrorist outfits to regroup in the country. He said that such certain ill-advised decisions had been taken in the previous regime of PTI without taking the nation, parliament, or National Security Council into confidence.

He said that all the concerned political parties, the army, and other concerned quarters had to be united to take steps and adopt policies to eliminate the terrorists. The Sindh Labour Minister said that Imran Khan had levelled an utterly false and baseless allegation against former president Asif Ali Zardari that the former president had plotted to kill the PTI Chairman and also had hired services of a terrorist outfit for the purpose.

He recalled that PPP had never talked about revenge despite being a victim of terrorism and whose own activists had been killed by the terrorists. He said that Imran Khan’s false allegations could produce dire consequences in the streets and neighbourhoods of the country as the followers of his party could show a violent reaction.

He said that Imran Khan’s political agenda stood for ruining Pakistani society, institutions, and economy. He said the PTI Chairman had been fulfilling the designs of enemies of Pakistan. Ghani said that with the passage of time, the objectives behind funding to Imran Khan by Israeli and Indian lobbies had been becoming clear. He told media persons the PPP had adopted the due legal recourse against allegations levelled by the PTI Chairman by sending him a legal notice.

He said that the corrupt practices of the PTI Chairman had become obvious, as there had been a massive increase in his assets in just one year. He said that former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed had been arrested through a lawful procedure, as another case should be lodged against him for his foul statements after his arrest.

To a question, Ghani said that being a political worker he believed that victimization of Opposition politicians shouldn’t take place in the country as the past regimes of PPP had fully adhered to this principle. But at the same the action should be taken by the government if anyone takes the law into his hand, he added.

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Imran Khan is a mentally retarded man: Minister of Labour and Manpower Sindh Saeed Ghani 

Karachi, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Islamabad (Special Representative) Minister of Labour and Manpower Sindh Saeed Ghani has said that Imran Khan is a mentally disabled person. He is a very evil person, a liar and a hypocrite and Imran Khan is a mischief, who wants to harm this country.

Majority of the people of this country are admitting that Imran Niazi’s path is leading this country towards destruction, PPP has never used the religious card. If someone is misguiding this nation by taking the name of Madinah state, telling the nation the facts cannot be a religion card.

Our courts have to think about the difference in their scales, which the general public is also feeling. The need of the hour is that the nation should once again fight against these terrorists and eliminate them from the roots, now all political parties, Pakistan forces and others should take such steps.

And policies have to be made, which can eliminate these terrorist organizations. He expressed these views while holding a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday. Saeed Ghani said that I express my deep grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of more than 100 innocent citizens in the Peshawar tragedy.

The rehabilitation institutions had controlled the terrorism in the country to a great extent and for this our army and police personnel sacrificed their lives and the nation was convinced that our terrorism had been saved, but this incident Later, the confidence that came in the nation that our lives have been spared from terrorism has been greatly affected.

He said that the need of the hour is that the nation should once again fight against these terrorists and eliminate them from the root. Saeed Ghani said that Imran Khan before and after this incident His statements are a cause of great concern as to how he has taken steps to establish these terrorist organizations in Pakistan.

Saeed Ghani said that now it is coming to light that some such decisions were taken during Imran Khan’s regime without taking the Pakistani nation, Parliament and National Security Council into confidence. He said that now all the political parties, Pakistan forces and others have to make such measures and policies, which can eliminate these terrorist organizations.

Saeed Ghani said that Imran Khan has made a very baseless and baseless accusation against Asif Ali Zardari that Asif Ali Zardari wants to kill him. He said that more than this, he has also alleged that Asif Ali Zardari has hired some terrorist organizations in this regard and has also given money to him.

Saeed Ghani said that Pakistan People’s Party is the only party in this country which is a victim of terrorism and ours the workers were killed but the People’s Party did not talk about taking revenge on its own.

He said that Imran Khan’s words are very dangerous because by accusing the leadership of a political party in this way, you are hurting the people of your own party. Telling that this person wants to kill me for God’s sake and the consequences can be very dangerous in the streets and neighbourhoods of Pakistan because of the extent to which people of the two political parties that they believe can go.

He said that I have always said that Imran Khan is a mentally paralyzed man. Because of this, he has no political agenda, he spews rubbish from his mouth without thinking and his aim is only one to harm Pakistan in some way.

Pakistan’s politics, Pakistan’s institutions, Pakistan’s society, Pakistan’s economy should be destroyed and these are all the tasks that Pakistan’s enemy forces want and Imran Khan is giving them these services. They He said that I have been saying this again and again that the Indian and Jewish forces are not funding it and their goals are coming to the fore. Saeed Ghani said that we have taken the legal route and sent him a legal notice.

He said that Imran Khan’s corruption has now come out in front of everyone, he was the only person and Prime Minister of this country, whose assets have increased by 5800% in one year and when the reality of Tosha Khan Gogi and Pirni is in front of the nation.

All these kingdoms have been opened. He said that Imran Khan is talking about the state of Medina and his actions are such that he should be stoned. Imran Khan’s children are moving around and it is not clear how many there are. It is no more than a matter of surprise if Madinah talks about him but still has his admirers.

He said that the person who does not know how to pray should not perform the Eid prayer even for the funeral Come to read, his followers call him to make the state of Madinah, so this is not a surprise, so what is it? Saeed Ghani said that Imran Khan is a very evil person, a liar and a hypocrite and Imran Khan is a mischief, who wants to harm this country.

He said that the arrest of Sheikh Rasheed has also been done according to the law and a case should be established on the nonsense he has done after his arrest and the allegations levelled against Asif Ali Zardari by Imran Khan and Sheikh Rasheed should be strictly dealt with. Strict action should be taken.

In response to a question, Saeed Ghani said that I am a political activist and think that there should be no political revenge. If the People’s Party claimed not to do this in the past, it has also proved it. He said that the aim of all this is that no one should take the law into his hands and we will not ask him.

He said that Imran Niazi accused Asif Ali Zardari but if we don’t do anything about it and God willing, something happens to the incompetent and incompetent former prime minister, then he will directly blame him. Therefore, it is very important that the false accusation that he has made. There should be an investigation and the nation should know that Niazi is lying. He said that you cannot call this a political revenge.

To a question, he said that it is the PTI government and Imran Khan who have brought the country’s economy to the level it is at the moment. He said that during the reign of Imran Khan, the funeral of the economy had started. He said that as many loans were taken during the three-and-a-half-year government of PTI, so many loans were not taken even during the 10-year governments of the People’s Party and the Non-League.

Saeed Ghani said that the agreement reached with the IMF on strict conditions was also made during the PTI government and on these conditions the PTI government had also started the implementation and in this regard the statements of Imran Khan and Shaukat Tareen are on record as to why they are taking these strict measures.

But when Imran Khan was convinced that his government was going now, he violated the IMF agreement to put the country in trouble and push the economy towards collapse so that Pakistan would be in trouble. He said that at present there is definitely a lot of inflation in the country and the poor and middle class are in dire straits.

He said that after the agreement with the IMF, difficulties will increase, but such tough decisions have to be taken to bring the country’s economy out of disaster and the fruits of it will be available to the people soon. In response to a question, he said that elections should be held according to the constitutional method for elections in the constitution.

On another question, he said that the more shamelessly, brazenly and indecently Imran Khan Lies, the more the liar will be. Because you also have to be so shameless, brash and vulgar and the only man in this country who lives up to that standard is Imran Khan. He said that we keep the facts in front of the people, but it is a pity that on social media and electronic media, these lies are spread more and the facts are hidden behind.

To a question, he said that now the majority of the people of this country are admitting that Imran Niazi’s path is leading this country towards destruction. In response to a question, Saeed Ghani said that the People’s Party has never used a religious card. If someone is misguiding this nation by taking the name of the state of Madinah, then telling the facts to the nation cannot be a religion card.

In response to a question, he said that it is a fact that Pakistan is currently facing crisis, gas crisis, electricity crisis because we are building it with expensive fuel. He said that Shaheed Benazir Bhutto started work on Thar coal in 1990 and if that work was completed then not only would there have been cheap electricity in this country at that time but we would have had electricity made from local fuel, he said that from 2008 to 2013.

In the government, we started all this work again, so today we are generating 5 to 6 thousand megawatts of electricity from local fuel and wind and giving it to the national grid, he said that we can generate enough electricity from coal and wind that can be completed in the entire country but the previous governments did not pay attention to it and delayed instead of supporting it. He said that Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project was also done in the government of People’s Party.

He said that we are not under any pressure from America or any other country and the clear evidence of this is the recent negotiations with Russia regarding petrol. In response to a question, he said that Ali Wazir should be treated according to the law, if he is granted bail, then he should be released should He is a member of the National Assembly, he should come to the meeting, it is his right.

He said that we are looking for why the courts are not kind to us, the reference of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto has been in the judiciary for 10 years, but after that many references have been decided, but an innocent prime minister has been accused.

The reference is not decided. He said that no one is seeing the abuses being done by the judiciary against the People’s Party. Our courts have to think about the difference in their standards, which is being felt by the general public and the courts have to eliminate this feeling in the public.

Bhansi does not have a reference decision. He said that no one is seeing the abuses being done by the judiciary against the People’s Party. Our courts have to think about the difference in their standards, which is being felt by the general public and the courts have to eliminate this feeling in the public.

Bhansi does not have a reference decision. He said that no one is seeing the abuses being done by the judiciary against the People’s Party. Our courts have to think about the difference in their standards, which is being felt by the general public and the courts have to eliminate this feeling in the public.

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Pakistan People’s Party constitutes Parliamentary Board for the upcoming Bye elections on National Assembly seats

Karachi, February 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Parliamentary Board of Pakistan People’s Party has been constituted for the Bye elections on National Assembly seats. Following shall be members:

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Madam Faryal Talpur

Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani

Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari

Farhat Ullah Babar

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmud

Nisar Ahmed Khuhro

Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha

Mir Changiz Jamali

Faisal Karim Kundi

A notification in this regard was issued from the Chairman’s Secretariat by his Political Secretary Jameel Soomro today.

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