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MQM-P Accuses Sindh CM of Sabotaging Parliamentary Body Remittances Hit
Proposed Committee on Karachi Hears Complaints of New Monthly High
Women Journalists
Karachi: The political MQM-P leader Khawaja Izharul Hasan speaks at a press conference on Tuesday in July
consensus among the Islamabad: A parliamentary body
stakeholders of Karachi chi a matter of his ego. He chi from Sindh by divid- 125bn because of the “in- on Tuesday was perturbed to hear Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran
appears to be eroding fast [CM] is the head of solid ing the city into six parts. competence” of the Sindh that women journalists were being Khan revealed on Monday that the
as the Muttahida Qaumi waste department but they government. harassed on the social media. remittances flowing into Pakistan
Movement-Pakistan on cannot even lift garbage The MQM-P leader reached $2,768 million in July 2020
Tuesday accused Sindh from the city. They have alleged that the PPP had He said around Pakistan People’s Party Chair- – the highest ever amount in one
Chief Minister Murad Ali deliberately destroyed the started misleading youths 200,000 government jobs man Bilawal Bhutto Zardari chaired month in the history of Pakistan.
Shah of “sabotaging” re- local government system on the pretext of a threat of Karachi had been sold the National Assembly meeting of
cent efforts to find a solu- of Karachi,” he said. to Sindh whenever the to the people of rural the Standing Committee on Hu- Taking to Twitter, the prime min-
tion to Karachi’s civic and people of Karachi talked Sindh and when ques- man Rights, where he was informed ister shared the “good news” for Paki-
infrastructure problems. He said the MQM-P about their rights or even tions were raised the PPP about the harassment of women stan’s economy, saying the increase in
believed that mere forma- demanded a just share of termed them an attack on journalists through video link. July was 12.2% than June 2020 and
Only on Saturday, the tion of committees was water. the unity of Sindh. 36.5% compared with July 2019.
Pakistan Peoples Party, not the solution of Kara- “Women journalists are being
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chi’s problems as a per- He asked youths of He said that the harassed for dissent,” said Asma “More good news for Pak econo-
and MQM-P had, in the manent solution lay only Larkana, Qambar-Shah- MQM-P had decided to Shirazi, talk show host of a private my. Remittances from overseas Paki-
presence of a senior mem- with an empowered local dadkot, Dadu and other call an “all-party confer- television channel. stanis reached $2,768 million in July
ber of the security estab- government system under rural parts of Sindh to ence” titled Karachi Con- 2020, highest ever amount in one
lishment, agreed to form Article 140-A of the Con- hold their elected repre- ference for the solution “Twice, people broke into month in the history of Pakistan. This
an advisory committee stitution. sentatives accountable for of problems of Karachi my house to harass me. Attempts is 12.2% increase over June 2020 and
comprising representa- not providing better civic as well as to strengthen are being made to socially isolate 36.5% increase over July 2019,” the
tives of the three parties Responding to the facilities in their areas. Sindh and Pakistan. Pakistani women journalists. Many premier wrote on the microblogging
for Karachi in a meet- CM’s Monday presser, women journalists have stopped website.
ing held at the Governor Khawaja Izhar questioned He alleged that the Without giving any tweeting for fear of harassment on
House. as to why they made it provincial ministers and date, he said that the social media. We will not allow our The country-wise breakup of the
an issue of Sindh’s unity government officials were MQM would also raise daughters to stay at home for fear of remittances showed that the highest
On Sunday, CM’s when the MQM-P de- minting money and not the issues of Larkana and abuse,” she said. amount – $821.55 million – in July
Law Adviser Murtaza Wa- manded only just resourc- spending funds even in Dadu in addition to the came from Saudi Arabia followed by
hab told the media that es for their city. the rural parts of the prov- issues of Karachi in its “Women journalists speak out $538.19 million from the United Arab
the committee would be ince. “The Sindh govern- MPC. against harassment on social media Emirates (UAE). In June 2020, the
headed by CM Shah and The CM had said at ment has turned Karachi to protect the future generation,” remittances from Saudi Arabia and
comprise Sindh minis- the press conference that into Larkana and Larkana He said proposals said another host Amber Shamsi. the UAE were $619.43 million and
ters Nasir Shah and Saeed the people talking about into Moenjodaro.” had been sought from $431.68 respectively.
Ghani of the PPP, federal bifurcation of Sindh were youths, civil society, trad- “I have brought my daughter
ministers Asad Umar and the enemies of Pakistan Khawaja Izhar, who ers, etc. for the proposed with me so that she has the cour- According to the State Bank of
Ali Zaidi of the PTI and and that the division of is also an MPA, said that conference. age to fight against harassment. Our Pakistan (SBP) statistics, overseas
Aminul Haque of the the province was not pos- Karachi needed 1,200mgd families are suffering because of Pakistanis remitted $443.13 million
MQM-P. sible “in our lives”. water but it was not given He said that Karachi harassment against us on social me- from Dubai, $393.91 million from
even 500mgd. He said that was deceived in the name dia,” Ms Shamsi said, adding a con- the United Kingdom, $250.6 million
However, speaking Khawaja Izhar said the cost of the K-IV wa- of 18th Amendment un- troversy was triggered after a tweet. from the US, $88.29 million from Abu
at a press conference here that the PPP government ter project had increased der which “corrupt rulers” Dhabi and $4.69 million from Sharjah
at the party’s temporary had itself separated Kara- from Rs25 billion to Rs- got more powers than the While the meeting was in- in July.
headquarters in Baha- people. formed that the government was
durabad, senior MQM-P addressing the issue, PTI MNA At- The remittances from other Gulf
leader Khawaja Izharul taullah, who is also a new member countries was recorded at $296.95
Hasan said that the chief of the committee, said that harass- million, including $42,62 million
minister “sabotaged” the ment was nothing new. from Bahrain, $69.83 million from
process to form the three- Kuwait, $82.49 million from Qatar
party committee when he “There is no justification for and $102 million from Oman. The
told a press conference on rape or death threats,” the PPP SBP data however, showed a major
Monday that “under no chairman said, adding it was ev- decline in the remittances from US to
condition would Sindh eryone’s responsibility to stand by $250.6 million in July from $451 mil-
share powers with any- women journalists who were facing lion in June.
one” and that a committee harassment. He said the commit-
was formed between gov- tee will send the harassment case The remittances received from
ernments and not political against Gharida Farooqi back to the the European countries last month
parties. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). aggregated $227.57 million. They
included Germany $35.34 million,
“It is beyond our “Women’s rights in Pakistan are France $32.99 million, The Nether-
comprehension as to why strongly linked to democracy,” said lands $4.5 million, Spain $38.9 mil-
the chief minister had Munizae Jahangir, who hosts a cur- lion, Italy $49.46 million, Greece
made cleanliness of Kara- rent affairs program on a private TV $20.01 million, Sweden $4.85 million,
channel. Denmark $6 million, Ireland $12.25
IHC Validates Key Witness against Zardari million, and Belgium $23,27 million.
Report of in Fake Accounts Case Dies “Don’t let restrictions be im-
posed on us in our harassment case. Pakistan received $22.25 million
Sugar Inquiry Rawalpindi: A key He was arrested We will not accept restrictions on from Malaysia, $10.91 million from
Commission NAB witness, Aslam through Interpol when social media under the pretext of ha- Norway, $2.83 million from Switzer-
Masood, in the fake he was boarding a flight rassment,” she said. land, $52.11 million from Austra-
Islamabad: A day after the Sindh bank accounts case to Jeddah from London lia, $43.13 million from Canada and
High Court (SHC) struck down the against former presi- in October 2018 and was “I was tortured in terms of ex- $9.31 million from Japan. The SBP
commission constituted by the fed- dent Asif Zardari died subsequently extradited pression, I fought this war alone,” stated that $98.82m were received
eral government to probe the sugar of cardiac arrest in to Pakistan from Saudi Tanzeela Mazhar said. “When I fought from other countries, making a total
crisis, the Islamabad High Court Rawalpindi on Monday. Arabia in February 2019. against harassment, I was accused of of $2,768.13 million in July 2020. In
(IHC) on Tuesday not only acknowl- blasphemy,” Ms Mazhar said, adding June 2020, the total remittances re-
edged the legality of the commission Masood had been The jail authorities that no one hired her for three years ceived from these countries amount-
but also validated its report that rec- imprisoned in the Adia- revealed that Masood after her struggle against harassment. ed to $2,466.28 million.
ommended criminal cases against la Jail in Rawalpindi. had died of cardiac arrest
the sugar mills for misuse of public and that his body would “If there is disagreement with Despite the coronavirus pan-
money and cartelization leading to According to jail be handed over to his family after male journalists, they are ignored, demic coupled with global lock-
massive price hike of sugar. authorities, he was suffering from the completion of all legal formali- while female journalists are labeled downs, Adviser to Prime Minister
diabetes and kidney disease and had ties. miscreants when there is a disagree- on Finance Hafeez Sheikh wrapped
A division bench of the IHC been on dialysis at a government They further said that as ment with them,” she said. up the economic performance of the
comprising Justice Aamer Farooq hospital for the last six months. Masood was imprisoned in the government before the federal cabi-
and Justice Miangul Hassan Au- Adiala Jail, his postmortem would “Now before we tweet, we have net on August 12, saying the fiscal
rangzeb upheld the judgement of Masood, who had worked as be done for which a letter had been to think about the abuses that could and primary deficit were lower than
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah. chief financial officer for the Omni written to the Rawalpindi District follow in response,” Ms Mazhar add- expected, while the central bank’s re-
Group, had turned approver against and Sessions Judge for the nomina- ed. serves had increased and the current
Justice Minallah had approved Zardari and the Omni Group in the tion of the magistrate. account deficit was slashed from $20
the inquiry report against the sugar multi-billion-rupee money laun- The National Accountability billion to $3 billion in two years.
mills and held that the investiga- dering case. Authority (NAB) claimed that he
tion agencies could proceed against had died of Covid-19. While giving a rundown of the
them in accordance with the law. He was a witness in the refer- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led
ence and had been held accused in government’s two-year economic per-
two cases. formance, the financial adviser said
that the fiscal deficit post-Covid-19
was expected at 9.1% but it was re-
corded at 8.1% and the primary defi-
cit which was expected at 3.1% was
recorded at 1.8%.

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