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Number of Registered Voters Deadlock Persists over Caretaker PM Nawaz Accused of Impeding
up 23pc from Last Elections Democratic Process
Islamabad: Th e Election Commis- Lahore: Former Prime Minister
sion of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednes- Nawaz Sharif has failed to give a sin-
day published the fi nal electoral rolls gle proper answer to the 128 ques-
ahead of General Elections 2018. tions posed to him in the Avenfi eld
According to the rolls, 105.96 property reference, said PTI spokes-
million voters will be able to cast man Fawad Chaudhry on Wednes-
their vote in the upcoming elec- day.
tions. Of these, 59.22m are male and “Th e court asked one thing
46.73m are female, with the gender while Nawaz Sharif replied some-
gap between male and female rising thing else and kept on telling out-
to around 12.5m. dated stories,” Chaudhry told a
According to these fi gures, 55.9 press conference, shortly aft er the
per cent of the registered voters in deposed prime minister said that
Pakistan are males while only 44.1pc PTI’s sit-in was planted to oust him
are females. from power over his decision to
Th e numbers are approximately try former military dictator Pervez
23 per cent higher than the fi gures Musharraf for high treason.
for the 2013 elections when the total “Why did Nawaz not utter a
number of voters stood at 86.19m. single word against Zia? Why did
Punjab tops the list with the he let Pervez Musharraf go abroad?”
largest number of voters with a to- he questioned. He said that Nawaz
tal of 60.67m voters (23pc increase Sharif was made Punjab Chief Min-
from 2013), of which 33.68m are ister while he could not contest on
male and 26.99m are female. A to- On Tuesday, PM Abbasi and PPP’s Khursheed Shah met for the fi fth time in Islamabad but failed to reach an agreement councilor’s seat.
tal of 22.39m voters (18pc increase He said that Nawaz Sharif had
over 2013) are registered in Sindh, Islamabad: Th e much-trumpeted reach consensus on a single name on Committee. no regrets over his own actions over
according to the fi gures provided by meeting between Prime Minister Tuesday. Talking to the media, Khur- these years. “Nawaz Sharif’s govern-
the ECP, of which 12.44m are male Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Opposi- Opposition Leader in the Na- sheed said that he was “extremely ment was dismissed for corruption.
and 9.95m are female. tion Leader in the National Assem- tional Assembly Khursheed Shah on disappointed” on the government’s Shehbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the third bly Syed Khursheed Shah to pick Wednesday said that the matter of attitude. pressured judges in the past and did
largest province of the country, is a caretaker prime minister ended the caretaker prime minister is likely “I believe the matter is likely to they apologize for that,” he asked.
NUMBER, P31 without any result as both failed to to be referred to a Parliamentary CARETAKER, P31 NAWAZ, P31
Navy Commissions 65 Feared Killed in Karachi’s Blistering Heatwave Rumors of Dr Aafi a’s Death
Indigenously Built Tug on Social Media Not True

Karachi: Th e handing over cer- Karachi: Dozens of Texas: Amid speculations of Dr
emony of a 32-ton Bollard Pull tug people are feared to have Aafi a Siddiqui’s death on the social
indigenously built for Pakistan Navy died in a heatwave grip- media, Pakistani Consul General in
was held at the Karachi Shipyard on ping the country’s largest Houston Aisha Farooqi visited the
Wednesday, read a statement issued city Karachi this week, a jailed scientist in the Carswell deten-
by the military media wing. charity in the sprawling tion facility in Texas on Wednesday.
Addressing a gathering of se- metropolis said Tuesday, She was with the detained Paki-
nior military and civil offi cials, Vice as temperatures hit 42 de- stani scientist for about two hours.
Admiral Kaleem Shaukat said, “It is grees Celsius (108 degrees It was her fourth meeting in 14
indeed a clear manifestation of the Fahrenheit). months.
vision of navy to pursue self-reli- Th e non-profi t Edhi Th e consulate rejected rumors
ance in the fi eld of ship construc- Foundation said scores regarding Dr Aafi a’s death.
tion.” may have been killed by Earlier, rejecting the rumors
Th e 32-tonne tug has a 34-me- the sweltering weather, regarding the death of her sister, Dr
ter overall length with a displace- with double the usual Fauzia said that such rumors have
ment of 481 tons and maximum number of bodies sent to become a source of concern for the
speed of 12 knots, said Pakistan the city’s morgues in re- family, and appealed to the people
Navy. cent days. not to spread them.
Th e newly commissioned tug is “We have received Dr Aafi a Siddiqui was sen-
fi tted with a very robust fendering 180 dead bodies in the tenced to 86 years in prison in 2010
arrangement for “all round tugging last four days which is According to Pakistan’s state-run Meteorological Department, temperatures in Karachi could reach 44 aft er she was convicted of grabbing
operation of almost all sizes of ships more than double of what degrees Celsius — about 111 degrees Fahrenheit. Above: A family relaxes by the seaside a US soldier’s assault rifl e and trying
and craft s of Pakistan Navy”. we receive normally,” which oversees a variety ambulance services. because of the heatwave as to shoot a group of FBI agents and
Vice Admiral Shaukat said that said Faisal Edhi, head of of public health projects “Th e majority of claimed by their relatives, soldiers at an Afghan police com-
NAVY, P31 the welfare organization -- including morgues and these were sudden deaths HEATWAVE, P31 pound in July 2008. - Th e News

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