ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Engineer Amir Muqam on Monday held meeting with representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working for the welfare of Afghan Refugees.
Chairing the meeting, Amir Muqam said that today’s meeting was aimed to strengthen working coordination between the Ministry and NGOs.
“Our priority must be to provide assistance and help to maximum people,” he said.
Engineer Air Muqam He said that NGOs should keep in mind the requirements of the present day and concentrate on the implementation of projects.
The minister said that the ministry would also provide all possible assistance and coordination.
The federal minister also said that in order to extend assistance to maximum needy people NGOs should identify the issues currently faced and utilize the funds accordingly.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary, States and Frontier Regions Zafar Hassan, Joint Secretary SAFRON Agha Waseem Ahmad and Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Abbas Khan.
The representatives of NGOs briefed in details Federal Minister about their respective fields of working including livelihood improvement and vocational skills Training projects for Afghan Refugees and support for income generation activities, GBV, WASH, Psychosocial Support, education, and health for refugees
They highlighted the role of NGOs in national development and humanitarian response in Pakistan.
The federal minister appreciated the briefing given by representatives NGOs about their respective areas of working.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan received an amount of US$ 57.27 billion in foreign loans excluding those taken from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the last five years.
To a question seeking the details of total foreign loans received by the government for the last five years, the Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema told the National Assembly in writing that the foreign loans excluding the IMF loans received by the government from July 01, 2018 to June 30, 2023 amounted to US$ 57,271.78 million.
Out of this amount, US$ 9,818.95 million were received against the project financing, the minister told.
The minister told that the total amount of interest/markup paid, against these foreign loans acquired during the said period, was US$ 3,903.87 million out of which US$ 889 million were paid as markup against project loans.
Providing further details about the projects which were started from domestic loans apart from the foreign loans, the minister said that the domestic loans were primarily obtained either through auctions of government of Pakistan securities or debt raised through the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS).
Ahad Cheema further told that the primary purpose of the domestic financing was deficit financing and maintaining reasonable cash buffer for the government. No project financing was carried out through domestic debt operations, he added.
Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has become a byword for vandalism, slur throwing, abusive comments on women, and attacking state institutions and the same was exhibited at its Sangjani public gathering.
The main speaker of the event was Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur who was involved in the May 9 Mutiny and again incited PTI followers against the Pakistan Army and provoked the gathering against other state institutions such as the Police and law enforcement agencies. Political observers believe that PTI by design instigates the public against the Pakistan Army but no action against taken against its leadership and even a Chief Minister who is of Constitutional status is involved in hate-mongering against the state. Should no action be taken against Gandapur?; this is the question that the majority of political observers ask in Islamabad.
The only pleasantry of this public gathering was that senior politician Mahmood Khan Achakzai showed the mirror to PTI in the meeting by telling PTI followers PTI is such a chaotic and unorganized party full of pickpockets and he also said that such unorganized people cannot bring revolution in any way and left the stage soon thereafter.
The language used by Ali Amin Gandapur in the Islamabad rally is exactly as per the narrative of PTI, this is the dirty talk PTI cult workers are happy to hear and this is the characteristic of the founder of the party who is in jail nowadays. However, abusing female journalists has created a serious situation for CM Gandapur as Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists strongly condemned the use of foul language against the journalist community and women journalists and President Tariq Virk, Secretary Asif Bashir Chaudhary, Finance Secretary Nadeem Chaudhary and the entire organization including the elected members of the Executive Council condemned the use of vulgar and shameful language by the Chief Minister KPK against the journalist community.
The statement of RIUJ has said that during his regime, former Prime Minister Imran Khan had also been making many unjustified accusations and criticisms including selling on the media, but now he is in jail and now his post is being managed by Ali Amin Gandapur who os using same language against women as well as journalists. RIUJ added that the use of derogatory language about the entire journalistic community and women in particular has proved that PTI did not learn anything in the past but RIUJ would not let the PTI do so against journalists and soon will announce a line of action against this behavior of the PTI leader and the accusations against the journalistic community.
Journalists belonging to KP are of the view that the language used by Ali Amin Gandapur regarding women in the rally is contrary to Pashtun traditions and he had earned shame for Pashtun journalists.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Senator Rubina Khalid conducted a Live E-Katcheri Session at BISP Headquarters in Islamabad on Monday.
During the session, Senator Rubina Khalid directly interacted with beneficiaries via BISP’s official Facebook account, listening to their concerns and issuing immediate directives for the resolution of their complaints.
Over the course of the one-hour live session, 34 people from across the Country called in.
The callers asked questions related to their enrollment in the Benazir Income Support Programme, eligibility criteria, and stipend information for the Benazir Kafaalat, Taleemi Wazaif, and Nashonuma programmes.
Senator Rubina Khalid addressed their queries in real time and instructed officers to resolve the issues on an urgent basis.
The Chairperson BISP informed the callers that if, for any reason, a deserving woman is unable to withdraw her stipend on time, the amount is added to her next installment, which she can receive as a lump sum.
Senator Rubina Khalid further explained that payments are currently being made under a new banking model to ensure the distribution of funds to deserving women in a dignified and transparent manner.
Starting from the beautiful meadows of Thalle Valley in the Karakoram, passing through Bulgar, Doghni, Kharkoh, Sogha Lake, and Salang Spring, the athletes of the first Karakoram Ultra Marathon Race covered 55 kilometers to reach Karakoram Lodge in Khaplu Town on September 8, 2024.
Meanwhile, the organizer of the event Gohar Balti expressed gratitude to all the athletes, the participants involved in the management, and all the residents of these valleys who supported thems in making the Karakorum Ultra Marathon successful.
The first Edition of the Karakorum Ultra Marathon kicked off on September 7 from Ulmong Chumik Thaly to Karakoram Lodge Khaplu, aiming at the promotion of eco-tourism.
The Marathon in Khaplu Baltistan included two Categories; 55 Kilometers Ultra-Marathon and 21 Kilometers Half-Marathon.
Endure.pk was the initiating partner of the Karakorum Ultra Marathon while Karakoram Lodge, Khaplu (KLK) was the welcoming host and lodging partner.
The Baltistan Tours Pakistan served as on-ground organiser and executed the operation management.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Interior Senator Mohsin Naqvi has strongly condemned the firing incident on a police mobile in Balochistan’s Panjgur district.
In a statement on Monday, the interior minister paid tribute to the martyred Sub-Inspector Shakeel Ahmed, expressing heartfelt sympathy and condolences to his family.
The interior minister said that Sub-Inspector Shakeel Ahmed attained the highest rank of martyrdom while performing his duties.
“We salute the sacrifice of the martyred Sub-Inspector Shakeel Ahmed. All our sympathies are with the family of the martyr,” Mohsin Naqvi said.
وفاقی وزیرداخلہ محسن نقوی کی پنجگور میں پولیس موبائل پر فائرنگ کے واقعہ کی مذمت، فائرنگ سے شہید سب انسپکٹر شکیل احمد کو خراج عقیدت، شہید سب انسپکٹر شکیل احمد کے اہل خانہ سےدلی ہمدردی و اظہار تعزیت
سب انسپکٹر شکیل احمدنے فرائض کی بجاآوری کے دوران شہادت کا اعلی مرتبہ پایا۔
Islamabad, Pakistan: The drunken Chief Minister of KP announced disobedience to the Constitution of Pakistan while addressing PTI’s Sanghjani Public gathering in Islamabad while other party leaders, the majority of whom are lawyers were practically dancing on his speech. This is what the nation got from PTI again.
There were apprehensions that PTI would use Sangjani Public gathering to abuse state institutions therefore live coverage of the event was avoided by the mainstream media and speeches of PTI leadership, particularly CM Gandapur proved that the decision not to show live coverage on television screens was a right decision at the right time.
The administration of twin cities blocked 29 pathways connected to the venue of public meeting after receiving intelligence reports that PTI followers would attack law enforcement agencies such as the Police and Frontier Constabulary this report also proved accurate as PTI followers attacked police that were performing duty to maintained traffic at Chungi number 26.
What is take-home from this gathering is that PTI is still not ready to learn anything from May 9, 2023, and still in an attacking mood and defying the rules and disobedience of the Constitution are casting material of PTI. Since 2014, PTI has had a long history of attacking state buildings such as the state-run PTV building, the Parliament building, monuments of martyrs, offices of intelligence agencies, the headquarters of the Pakistan Army, air bases such as Mianwali and burning historic buildings like Radio Pakistan building in Peshawar and residence of Founder of Nation—Jinnah House in Lahore. It happens that in one way or another, the law and order situation in the country is disturbed to please the anti-national forces.
On September 8, 2024, certain routes were fixed by district administration to reach the venue and it was also said that there would be no mischief in the rally, but the route issued by the PTI workers who came to the rally at Chongi No. 26 was violated. When stopped by the police, the rally participants pelted stones. PTI workers also attacked the police mobile and the police van and several policemen were injured including SSP Safe City.
Earlier this news was also reported in the media that under the command of the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, miscreants, including a large number of Afghan miscreants, were coming to the rally armed with weapons and other misdemeanor equipment. It should be remembered that the local administration already made clear that no one would be allowed to disturb the peace due to the rally. In this regard, the local administration had also completed the process of geofencing of Afghan settlements in Islamabad, while the local PTI leadership was also closely monitored.
In political scoring, the PTI’s meeting was a flop show, despite the full administrative and financial support of the provincial government of KP. The leadership failed to gather people and data of geofencing indicated that a total of twelve thousand cell phones were present in the public gathering. The interesting thing is that the meeting was supposed to be held in Punjab, but people were being brought together from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and desecration by Gandapur to use provincial resources for having a political meeting in Punjab should be n condemnable and his address to the meeting was nothing just a piece hate speech against the state and slurring against women.
Gandapur announced in his speech that he would not follow the Constitution and would defy the Constitution as well as the regulations of the state and this indicates that PTI would soon plan May 9 kind of vandalism in the country. The party is not ready to respect and obey rules of the land. Now it is the responsibility of the Parliament to respond to the speech of Gandapur and condemn him for his announcement of defiance of the Constitution.
FAISALABAD, Pakistan: The Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi on Monday met with the mentors of five teams participating the Champions One-Day Cup 2024 which is to kick off on September 12 at Faisalabad.
Mohsin Naqvi had a detailed consultation with the mentors including Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Waqar Younis, Sarfraz Ahmed, and Saqlain Mushtaq regarding the arrangements for the Champions Cup 2024.
The Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi assured the mentors of improvements in the quality of pitches and grounds. He emphasized that equal opportunities for practice will be provided to all players.
Mohsin Naqvi said that the Champions Cup tournament will bring new players to the forefront, and backup players for all three formats of the national cricket team will be prepared.
The Chairman stated that the mentors have a significant responsibility in making the Champions Cup a brand for Pakistan.
The mentors described the Champions Cup 2024 as an important tournament for domestic cricket.
پاکستانی کرکٹ کی تاریخ کا پہلاچیمپئنز کپ۔ 5 بڑی ٹیموں میں کانٹے دار مقابلے۔ صرف 3 روز باقی
چیئرمین پی سی بی محسن نقوی کی چیمپئنز کپ کی 5 ٹیموں کے مینٹورز سے ملاقات
It’s worth noting that like elsewhere around the Pakistan, exchange rates are not fixed in Pakistan as well and they can fluctuate everyday due to a variety of factors including market forces, interest rates, inflation, political & economic stability, and speculation.
On Monday (September 9, 2024), the gold rate for one tola of 24-karat in Karachi, Pakistan, is Rs 264,800.000.
It’s important to note that gold prices in Pakistan are subject to frequent fluctuations based on international market conditions; therefore, they are not fixed. The below rates are sourced from local gold markets and Sarafa Markets in different cities.
Gold Price in Pakistan Today – September 9, 2024 (In PKR)
Gold Rate
24K Gold
22K Gold
21K Gold
18K Gold
Per Tola Gold
264,800.000
242,733.333
231,700.000
198,600.000
Per 10 Gram Gold
227,030.000
208,110.833
198,651.250
170,272.500
Per 1 Gram of Gold
22,703.000
20,811.083
19,865.125
17,027.250
Per Ounce
643,464.000
589,842.000
563,031.000
482,598.000
Today’s gold rate per Tola in Pakistan is Rs 264,800.000 on Monday (September 9, 2024).
Whereas one gram of 24k Gold is being sold at Rs 22,703.000 and 10 grams of 24K Gold are being traded for Rs 227,030.000.
A single ounce of 24k gold is trading at Rs 643,464.000.
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