The Ministry of Industries and Production will oversee the entire process, and the National Fertiliser Marketing Limited (NFML) will guarantee a fair price for the commodity, according to a mechanism for the weighted average price of urea that was approved by the Cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Tuesday. This decision was made during a lengthy discussion of a summary of the Ministry of Industries and Production’s request for approval of a mechanism for the sale of locally manufactured urea at a “basket price” alongside imported urea, which was presided over by Minister for Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs Dr. Shamshad Akhtar.
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and his wife Bushra Bibi were indicted by an accountability court on Tuesday in connection with the Toshakhana case that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had brought against them. The former prime minister is now being held at Adiala jail for this case; the ruling was made during a court held there today. The anti-graft watchdog’s five-person special prosecution team reviewed the reference against the pair. Judge Muhammad Bashir of the accountability court heard the Toshakhana and £190 million trials in the prison. The indictment of the former prime minister and his spouse was postponed by the court one day earlier due to the latter’s nonattendance.
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former premier, was detained on Tuesday in connection with the GHQ attack case related to the May 9 mayhem. The PTI founder, who is currently incarcerated in connection with treason and graft allegations, was summoned by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, May 9. The PTI founder was unable to appear in person due to security concerns, therefore he watched the court proceedings via video link instead of in person at Adiala jail. ATC Judge Malik Aijaz Asif denied the request made by RA Bazar Police Station officials to physically remand the PTI founder in the cases heard on May 9. The PTI founder was to be questioned by the police in Adiala prison, per the ATC judge’s directive.
In a 6-1 majority decision on Monday, the Supreme Court removed the permanent disqualification of legislators under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution, declaring that the legislation would only prohibit them from holding office for a five-year period. In the Samiullah Baloch case, the supreme court overturned its 2018 ruling that the disqualification imposed under Article 62(1)(f) was intended to be “permanent.” The same article 62(1)(f) that disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers case also establishes the requirement for a member of parliament to be “sadiq and ameen” (honest and righteous). The identical clause also disqualified Jahangir Tareen, the leader of Istehkam-i-Pakistan. Nawaz and Tareen are now both eligible to run for office in the wake of today’s ruling.
The media affairs wing of the army stated on Monday that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir visited with Bahrain’s King, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, to discuss military and security cooperation. The army chief is currently in the Kingdom of Bahrain for a two-day official visit, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Gen Munir paid visits to King Hamad, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Commander of the Bahrain Defence Forces, and General Shaikh Mohammad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Commander of the Bahrain National Guard, during his tour. “Matters of mutual interest, including bilateral military and security cooperation, were discussed during the meetings,” the statement read. The dignitaries praised the Pakistan Army’s counterterrorism victories.
The Frontier Corps, Pakistan Customs, district administrations, and other pertinent law enforcement organisations were instructed by Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday to step up their efforts to totally stop smuggling. He noted that only a small number of powerful individuals profited from the reprehensible practice of smuggling and emphasised the need to guarantee that residents in the country’s border regions have access to other sources of income when enterprises and special economic zones are established. Caretaker Finance Minister Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, chief secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, inspectors general of Frontier Corps (FC), federal secretaries, and other pertinent senior officials attended a review meeting on the Afghan Transit Trade and anti-smuggling operations, which was presided over by the caretaker prime minister.
Pakistan has denounced the US State Department for its “biassed and arbitrary assessment” and labelled it as “a Country of Particular Concern.” “We categorically reject Pakistan’s designation as ‘a Country of Particular Concern’ by the US State Department,” a Foreign Office (FO) spokeswoman declared. We are shocked to learn that the classification is based on an assessment that is arbitrary and biassed and is not grounded in the actual world. She went on to say that Pakistan is a diversified nation with a long history of religious peace. “Pakistan has implemented extensive measures to safeguard minority rights and advance religious freedom in accordance with its Constitution.” “We note with deep concern that India, the biggest and serial violator of religious freedom, has once again been excluded from the US State Department’s designation list,” Baloch stated, voicing objections to the list.
In the Mamund tehsil of the Bajaur district, a bombing on Monday targeted a police car, resulting in at least five police officials being martyred and twenty-four injured. The police announced that they would guard the polio vaccination crews. They stated they feared more deaths from the tragedy. They further said that the injured and dead have been sent to the Khar hospital, where an emergency has been declared. According to the police, the hospital requested blood donations in order to treat the wounded. According to a police spokesperson, every victim was a member of the force. Senator Sherry Rehman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) denounced the assault on the law enforcement officers stationed to protect the anti-polio team in Bajaur.
Despite low voter turnout and a boycott by the main opposition, Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, emerged victorious in the general election on Monday, securing an absolute majority and a fourth consecutive term, as many had projected. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which did not cast a ballot in 2014 but did so in 2018, chose not to participate in the general election in protest of Hasina’s unwillingness to resign and allow an impartial body to monitor it. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the prime minister of Bangladesh since 1996, is the father of Hasina, who is 76 years old. She has garnered international attention for providing refuge to Rohingya Muslims who are escaping persecution in Myanmar, and she has been credited with revitalising the economy and the clothing sector.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that, due to a lack of security assurances, it was forced to postpone a mission to deliver medical supplies to northern Gaza on Sunday. Since December 26, WHO said, it had been forced to postpone four times a scheduled expedition to deliver critically needed medical supplies to Al-Awda Hospital and the primary pharmacy in northern Gaza. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of WHO, expressed his dismay at the extent of the devastation and health needs in northern Gaza. “Further delays will lead to more death and suffering for far too many people,” he wrote in a post on X. As part of a diplomatic drive, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken continued his meetings with Arab leaders on Monday.
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