Aneeq Ahmed, the minister for religious affairs, vowed to work tirelessly to give Hajj pilgrims the best possible travel accommodations. In a meeting with Air Marshal (R) Farhat Hussain Malik, the caretaker advisor to the prime minister on aviation, he expressed the hope that Hajj pilgrims will soon hear good news about these initiatives. The minister emphasised the need to provide travellers with comforts without sacrificing quality. He emphasised that their shared goal was to improve the services provided to pilgrims while keeping the price of Hajj tickets the same. Farhat announced during the meeting that “we have already started working” and “soon we will have good news for the pilgrims.” He expressed his commitment to the pilgrims’ well-being and comfort throughout this auspicious journey.
Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, the acting prime minister, asserted that Pakistan has a robust and dynamic organisational system to handle natural disasters. On Sunday, in honour of National Resilience Day, he stated that the National Disaster Management Authority and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities represent a robust and dynamic institutional structure for dealing with calamities. To reduce losses, according to Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, the system needs to be strengthened even more. He explained that National Resilience Day was commemorated on October 8 in honour of the people of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, who heroically faced the terrible and agonising catastrophe. The day also serves as a reminder that we live in a disaster-prone region.
RAWALPINDI: Mushaal Mullick, the prime minister’s advisor on human rights, asked world leaders on Sunday to take decisive action in the long-running conflict between Israel and the illegally occupied territory of India’s Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Palestine. Speaking at the annual Darbar Mohra Sharif gathering, Mishal Malik claimed that the difficulties Kashmir is experiencing as a result of Indian enslavement are mirrored in the ongoing issue in Palestine, notably the tensions with Israel. According to Mishal Malik, Israel also actively supports extremism and terrorism in Palestine while the Indian government does the same in the occupied Kashmir region. Muslims in Palestine experience severe treatment, mosques are vandalised, and unarmed civilians are subjected to violence, just like in occupied Kashmir.
ISLAMABAD: Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, the chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council, stressed on Sunday that the ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan must be strengthened and that nobody should be permitted to sabotage efforts to achieve peace between the two neighbours. He emphasised the necessity of bettering ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan and the significance of preserving peace in the area while speaking to the media and accompanying key religious leaders. “There is not a single illegal student or teacher in any of the seminaries in Pakistan,” Ashrafi said in a statement that underlined Pakistan’s position on Afghan nationals living within its borders. Police should speak with the concerned seminary’s management if they have any information.
Asif Ali Zardari, a former president and the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), has shown support for the Palestinian people. In a statement delivered here on Sunday, he expressed that the Pakistani people were praying for and sympathising with their Palestinian brothers. According to him, the Palestinian people have long endured persecution and brutality. He encouraged support for the Palestinian cause from the international community and international mediators.
ISLAMABAD: Dr. Nadeem Jan, the interim federal minister for health, travelled to Cairo on Sunday to take part in the regional health summit. The health minister was welcomed by ambassador Sajid Bilal. Beginning tomorrow, the minister will represent Pakistan at the summit for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. A side meeting with friendly nations has been organised by the minister, according to the health ministry spokesperson. The eradication of polio is one of the topics on the agenda, along with other topics including the Global Health Security Summit.
In the deadliest tremors to hit the earthquake-prone mountainous country in years, powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 9,000, according to the Taliban government on Sunday. The number of fatalities from Saturday’s earthquakes increased amid the misunderstanding from the 16 fatalities on Saturday night to the 500 that a Red Crescent spokeswoman had announced on Sunday morning. One of the quakes, measuring 6.3 in magnitude, occurred 35 km (20 miles) northwest of the city of Herat, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). According to Mullah Janan Sayeeq, spokesman for the Ministry of Disasters, there were 2,053 fatalities, 9,240 injuries, and 1,329 damaged or destroyed homes. According to Dr. Danish, a representative of the Herat health department, more than 200 bodies had been transported to various hospitals, and the most of them were women and children. Body parts have been “taken to several places — military bases, hospitals,” according to Danish. Naseema, a resident of Herat, claimed on Saturday that the quakes had sparked fear. She texted Reuters, saying, “People left their houses, we all are on the streets,” and added that the city was experiencing aftershock aftershocks. Herat, 120 km east of the Iranian border, is regarded as Afghanistan’s cultural centre. It is the capital of the Herat province, which according to 2019 World Bank data is home to an estimated 1.9 million people.
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ISLAMABAD: On Thursday, acting Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar opened the recently built state-of-the-art The National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) will assist in organising future attempts to control natural disasters. The Centre would be established at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Headquarters and aid in disaster risk reduction and damage mitigation. The prime minister praised the creation of NEOC and emphasised the significance of infrastructure and policy frameworks that are disaster-resistant. Pakistan, he claimed, was one of the nations most negatively impacted by climate change despite being one of the countries with the lowest global carbon emissions. If we don’t make these drastic changes, climate change will continue to be a problem for future generations, he said. The coordinated actions of all state organisations, particularly NDMA, during the terrible floods of 2022 were praised by the prime minister as well. “Nearly one third of the country’s population was affected by floods in 2022, with estimated economic losses of USD 30 billion,” he stated. The world has to step up and assist developing nations like Pakistan in coping with the negative effects of climate change, according to the prime minister. He also appreciated NCOC’s contributions to COVID-19 and the floods of 2022.
Islamabad: On Thursday, Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani briefed his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi on the threats to regional peace Pakistan is facing in the wake of an increase in terrorist activities that also included Afghan citizens. All illegal immigrants, including Afghan refugees, have been given a 28-day ultimatum (November 1) to depart the country or risk being forcibly deported. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Jilani “underscored that challenges confronting regional peace & stability be addressed in collaborative spirit thru collective strategies”. According to the ministry, “The FM reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to further strengthen bilateral ties with Afghanistan.” Their meeting was held in Tibet, China, where the foreign minister is visiting China to participate in the Third Trans-Himalaya Forum for...
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