Pakistan SC takes notice of Rs 500 million funds to lawmakers by Imran Khan
Sun Online Desk
5th February, 2021 07:45:20
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent announcement to give Rs 500 million development funds to lawmakers ahead of the Senate elections has come under the lens of the Supreme Court.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Maqbool Baqar pointed out paragraph 52 of the SC’s December 5, 2013 judgment, given during the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) tenure, regarding a premier’s discretion to allot funds.
Justice Isa has issued notice to the Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan and advocate generals seeking a response on the matter.
Remove Pakistan flag from PoK; Protesters expose PAK hypocrisy
With the announcement by global terror financing watchdog FATF nearing and Pakistan s desperation to get cheap COVID-19 vaccines growing, the Islamic nation on Friday said that it was willing to go an extra mile to resolve the Kashmir issue .
While Pakistan observed Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 as part of its anti-India rhetoric, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan urged India to engage with it on the Kashmir issue wherein it illegally pokes its nose and, saying that his government was ready to take two steps forward for peace . Rather, it is because of our strength and confidence as a nation that we are prepared to go the extra mile to ensure a just peace that fulfills the legitimate aspirations of the Kashmiri people, Imran Khan said in a tweet.
On Tuesday, General Bajwa had said, Pakistan and India must resolve the longstanding issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a dignified and peaceful manner as per the aspirations of people of Jammu and Kashmir.
He was addressing the graduation ceremony at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Asghar Khan Academy in Risalpur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to Pakistan Army. Pakistan is a peace-loving country that has rendered great sacrifices for regional and global peace, he said. We stand firmly committed to the ideal of mutual respect and peaceful co-existence. It is time to extend a hand of peace in all directions. However, we will not allow anybody or any entity to misinterpret our desire for peace as a sign of weakness, Bajwa had said.
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday attended a ceremony that marked the formal launch of COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Pakistan.
The first vaccine jab was administered to a doctor. The prime minister oversaw the vaccine jab administration and wished its recipient the best.
While speaking on the occasion, he congratulated his health team for moving rapidly to secure the vaccines.
‘Thank you China
The prime minister also thanked China for donating 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine to Pakistan. We are thankful to China for the timely help, he said.
‘No preference’
He reiterated that the vaccine will be first administered to health workers working with COVID-19 patients, followed by the elderly in the high-risk age group. The vaccine doses, he said would be distributed among provinces equitably and there would be no preference in this regard.