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Rana Sanaullah says PML-N will form govt in AJK with two-thirds majority
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that the PML-N would form the government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with a two-thirds majority.
He made the remarks while addressing a rally in Bagh ahead of the third phase of elections in the region. The third phase was originally slated to be held in the 11 constituencies of Poonch division, but will now only be held in its Bagh and Haveli districts due to law and order concerns.
Addressing the rally, Sanaullah said that in the first two phases, the PML-N had secured 24 seats. He said that six more seats were required for a two-thirds majority government.
Expressing confidence that the public will vote for his PML-N, the minister asserted that four more seats would be added following the August 10 polls, while five more would be added when polls would be held in the rest of Poonch Division.
“The PML-N will form a government with a two-thirds majority. The people of Kashmir have trusted PML-N. They have trusted Mian Nawaz Sharif. They have trusted the development in Punjab,” he said.
He urged supporters to show up and cast their votes on Monday to help PML-N secure a victory, promising that a PML-N government would prioritise development projects.
He also said that once in power, the PML-N government would meet with members of the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). The JAAC, which has been demanding the abolishment of 12 seats in the local legislature reserved for refugees from Indian-held Kashmir, has been holding protests in the region for several weeks now.
“When this government will be set up, with a two-thirds majority, they will sit with [JAAC] representatives. Their first task will be to resolve this issue.”
He said that 99 per cent of JAAC protesters were “our brothers”, adding that they were patriotic Kashmiris and Pakistanis.
He added that the remainder were focused on creating divisions within the nation.
Sanaullah said India was trying to create misunderstandings between Pakistan and Kashmiris after failing to achieve its objectives through direct confrontation, adding that such attempts would never succeed.
He urged cooperation between a future PML-N government and the people of AJK in “exposing and defeating” those divisive elements.
“We will defeat them and we will make Kashmir prosperous,” Sanaullah said.
He further added that in the past, all large-scale development projects in AJK were only completed when the PML-N was in power in the Centre and in the region.
He urged the people of Bagh to go out and vote on Monday, stressing that “all of Bagh should be involved in the government”.
He added that PML-N founder Nawaz Sharif would fulfil his promises to the people of AJK by nominating one of the three PML-N candidates in Bagh as the future prime minister of AJK.
Sanaullah added that Nawaz has already mentioned that he would sit down with the future AJK prime minister to discuss development projects in the region.
Highlighting federal support, Sanaullah said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government had approved a Rs23 billion special package for AJK in 2024 and provided wheat subsidy to facilitate the people.
He said the prime minister had also approved five Daanish Schools for AJK, while PML-N intended to take forward the public welfare and development model being pursued in Punjab.
Where a Ring of Steel Once Stood, Belfast Unites at the Fleadh Cheoil
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Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy’s Catania airport
ROME, Italy: Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption on Saturday, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airport on Sicily.
“Due to Etna’s eruptive activity and the associated release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the airspace corresponding to the cloud (Sector C1) has been closed,” Catania airport said in a statement.
“All arriving flights at Catania Airport are suspended until 12:00 local time (1000 GMT). Departures of aircraft currently at the airport are operating normally,” it said.
A plume of smoke could be seen billowing from the summit on a webcam on the website of the National Institute for Geophysics and Vulcanology, which monitors Etna.
At 3,324 metres (nearly 11,000 feet), Etna is the tallest active volcano in Europe and has erupted frequently in the past 500,000 years.
Around 12 million passengers transited in 2024 through Catania International Airport, which services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.
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Kundi appreciates performance of KP Ombudsperson
Peshawar – Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday appreciated the performance of the Provincial Ombudsperson, saying the institution was playing an important role in providing speedy and inexpensive justice to the people, particularly in safeguarding women’s rights.
The Governor expressed these views during a meeting with Provincial Ombudsperson Rubab Mehdi at the Governor House, where she presented the institution’s annual performance report.
During the meeting, Rubab Mehdi informed the Governor that the institution had taken effective measures to ensure women’s legal rights, resulting in the restoration of properties worth approximately Rs4.1 billion to women across the province. She said the institution had conducted more than 19,000 hearings during the past year and was disposing of an average of 80 to 200 complaints and cases on a daily basis.
The Ombudsperson said that, for the first time, special open courts for women had been organized to provide justice at their doorstep, with significant participation of women in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan. She also informed the Governor that Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) had been signed with the National Assembly and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to strengthen cooperation on public grievance redressal and legislation.
Governor Kundi commended the ombudsperson’s performance and said ensuring women’s legal and economic rights was a welcome development. He said the Provincial Ombudsperson’s institution was making valuable contributions towards providing prompt and affordable justice to the public and its services for the protection of women’s rights were highly commendable.
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee chief calls on KP Governor
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday held a meeting with Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of Pakistan, Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, at Governor House where they discussed religious harmony, tolerance, peace and Pakistan’s positive role at the global level.
Dr Leif Hetland of Norway and other dignitaries were also present during the meeting.
The Governor appreciated Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad’s services for promoting interfaith harmony, tolerance and global peace, saying the world was in dire need of peace and stability. He said Pakistan played an important diplomatic role during the recent US-Iran conflict by bring both countries to the negotiating table, a role that received international recognition and reflected Pakistan’s commitment to regional and global peace. Governor Kundi said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa possessed immense potential in natural resources, low-cost electricity, natural gas, minerals and religious tourism, offering vast opportunities for investment and development.
During the meeting, the Governor presented a souvenir to Dr Leif Hetland, who, in return, presented his book to Governor Kundi.
