Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the prime minister, declared on Thursday that the welfare of the youth was the government’s top concern and referred to the younger generation as the country’s future. He gave the order to distribute loans under the Prime Minister Youth Programme with the utmost care and responsibility while presiding over a meeting of the programme. He also ordered that PM Youth programmes give special consideration to the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s recently amalgamated districts. To ensure that the skill development programmes provide the intended outcomes, the prime minister gave the order to establish a unique approach. PM Kakar ordered the establishment of skill-development training courses for master trainers in order to boost their ability and provide others with high-quality instruction.
Pakistan has insisted that the UN Security Council (UNSC) carry out an exhaustive probe to determine the means by which the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) obtained cutting-edge military hardware. The TTP and its affiliates pose a serious threat to Pakistan because of their planned cross-border terrorist attacks, according to Ambassador Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, who spoke at the UNSC’s United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) briefing on Afghanistan. He claimed that in addition to inflicting significant casualties on soldiers, the attacks also seriously damaged other installations and the military in Pakistan. “Just this year alone, these attacks have claimed the lives of hundreds of our courageous soldiers and citizens, and last week, a terrorist organisation linked to the TTP carried out a horrific attack on our security officers.
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, the caretaker minister for finance, revenue, and economic affairs, officially opened Pakistan’s Export-Import Bank (EXIM) here on Thursday. This is a big step towards bolstering foreign trade, luring investments, and fostering the nation’s overall economic growth. “We are thrilled to have reached a significant milestone with the operationalization of EXIM today. Speaking at the bank’s opening event, the finance minister said, “It will enhance the banking and trade finance landscape as we know.” The minister emphasised the significance of EXIMs on a worldwide scale, noting that these organisations provided an astounding $2.5 trillion in trade finance in the previous year, significantly promoting exports to more than 60 countries and increasing export investments.
Pakistan will take part in a consultative session on Palestine on December 23 in Tehran, the capital of Iran, the Foreign Office announced on Thursday. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Office, stated at a weekly news briefing that “we will continue to support international efforts to bring an end to Israel’s ongoing campaign against the Palestinian people.” According to the FO spokesperson, Pakistan is still extremely worried about the widespread atrocities and violence that the Palestinian people are subjected to. In the courtyard and surrounding area of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, “We strongly condemn Israel’s ongoing war on hospitals and its barbaric bulldozing of tents that has crushed to death numerous Palestinians including women, children, and wounded patients under treatment,” he declared.
Aneeq Ahmed, the federal minister for religious affairs and interfaith harmony, stressed on Thursday the need to revive the idea of the Ummah and called for stepped-up efforts to bring the Ummah together with the backing of the global community. This was talked about in an appointment with Malaysian Ambassador Muhammad Azhar Mazlan at Minister of Religious Affairs Aneeq Ahmad’s office. They had a detailed discussion about Hajj plans as well as bilateral relations, economic stability, and the advancement of religious peace. The minister stressed how important it is to revive the idea of Ummah. He remarked that more work needed to be done to bring the Ummah together and gain the trust of the international community. He also emphasised that Pakistan and Malaysia could both learn a lot from one another.
Nine terrorists, including the mastermind and seven facilitators, were detained by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday. The attack on the security forces’ facility in Dera Ismail Khan earlier this month resulted in the deaths of at least 23 troops. The mastermind behind the terrorist attack is from the Daraban neighbourhood of DI Khan, while the other six terrorists involved in the attack are from Afghanistan, according to the CTD records that Geo News has access to. Documents show that the terrorist who carried out the suicide attack, Hasan alias Shakir, is from Afghanistan. He also released a video prior to the attack. Sifat Ullah Marwat, the other suicide bomber who was killed in the attack, also had a national identity card and a residence, which further supported the claim that the attacker is from the neighbouring nation.
Dr. Umar Saif, the federal minister of science and technology, announced on Thursday that his ministry will begin preparing the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) for ocean research, surveys, and international partnerships by acquiring a new marine vessel. As the NIO Board meeting’s chair, he made these remarks. According to him, the government frequently overlooks important national issues including oil exploration, ocean surveys, the blue economy, and the search for minerals in the ocean. “We will start work to equip NIO with a new marine vessel for ocean surveys, research and global collaborations, especially for CPEC” .
Leslie Scanlon, Canada’s high commissioner, paid Jalil Abbas Jilani, the acting foreign minister, a visit on Thursday. The conference covered a range of topics, including the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Canada and the Pakistani government’s assistance in the process of resettling Afghan nationals in Canada. The Foreign Minister was praised by the Canadian High Commissioner for Pakistan’s cooperation in the resettlement process. In the meantime, Jalil Abbas Jilani, the acting foreign minister, was visited on Thursday by Amy Pope, the director general of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The foreign minister reiterated Pakistan’s support for the IOM’s mandate throughout the meeting. He was grateful for IOM’s important work in Pakistan, particularly in the fields of migration and humanitarian relief following the disastrous floods of 2022.
The caretaker federal administration emphasised on Thursday that the use of force was necessary to prevent a “catastrophe” in response to the worldwide condemnation of the police crackdown against Baloch protestors in Islamabad. Information Minister Murtaza Solangi announced at a joint press conference that a committee has been constituted to hold negotiations with the Baloch demonstrators in accordance with the directives of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. The ministers were joined by Fawad Hasan Fawad and Jamal Shah. He said, “Fawad Hasan Fawad spoke with the protestors on behalf of the government.” The demonstrators were promised that all of their complaints would be addressed by the negotiation group, which was led by the minister of privatisation.
Even as the rivals launched their most serious discussions on a new truce in weeks, fighting in the Gaza Strip intensified on Thursday with some of the most intensive Israeli bombardment of the war and Hamas demonstrating its ability to rocket Tel Aviv. When dawn rose from beyond the Israeli-Palestinian line, orange bursts of explosions and black smoke were visible over the northern portion of the Gaza Strip, where Israeli bombing was at its peak. The sound of rattling gunfire was interspersed with the booms of air strikes every few seconds as planes roared overhead. Sirens cried out as rockets burst overhead in Tel Aviv, the commercial hub of Israel, only to be stopped by Israeli defences. The Magen David Alom ambulance service in Israel reported multiple points of impact.
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