Prime Minister Imran Khan visited South Waziristan today and said 3G and 4G services will be restored from today. He also inaugurated other projects and said the youth will be provided opportunities
Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa kisses the forehead of a Hazara girl during his visit to Quetta on Wednesday. Photo courtesy: ISPR
Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday paid a visit to Quetta, where he assured families of the Shia Hazara coal miners killed in a brutal attack in Balochistan s Mach area that the perpetrators of the killings shall be brought to justice .
During the day-long visit, the chief of army staff was given a detailed security briefing at the Southern Command headquarters and interacted with a large gathering of the Hazara community, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.
Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Chela Ram Kewlani said a comprehensive policy aimed at stopping the recurrence of terrorist attacks similar to the recent one on a Hindu shrine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be unveiled soon. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Chela Ram Kewlani announced on Wednesday that a comprehensive policy aimed at stopping the recurrence of terrorist attacks similar to the recent one on a Hindu shrine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be unveiled soon.
In a separate statement, Special Representative of the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi described the mob attack on the shrine of a Hindu saint in Karak district as a conspiracy designed to defame Pakistan as well as Islam and pit its citizens against each other as had been done in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Safdar s arrest, leave applications and an army probe
While cases against opposition politicians have riled up their leadership, it was the arrest of PML-N leader retired Captain Mohammad Safdar, who is also the husband of Maryam Nawaz, in Karachi that became a tipping point.
In October, Safdar was arrested for by police from the hotel he was staying in a day after a massive PDM public gathering was held in Karachi, which was addressed by PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz among other leaders.
Hours before the gathering, Safdar and Maryam along with their supporters visited Jinnah s mausoleum where the former raised political slogans. The act was criticised by PTI supporters as well as some government officials, who deemed it as disrespectful. It was because of this that a case was registered against Safdar which later resulted in his arrest from the hotel a day later.