Day: February 11, 2023

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Invitation for applications by political parties for allotment of election symbols

Islamabad, February 11, 2023 (PPI-OT):The political parties which have complied with the provisions of the Allocation of Election Symbols of the Election Act, 2017 and the Election Rules, 2017 are invited to make applications for allocation of one of the symbols prescribed under Rule 162 of the Election Rules, 2017. The applications, duly signed by the respective Party Head, should reach the Election Commission, Secretariat Islamabad, on or before the 21st February, 2023.

2. The political parties are advised to file applications for allocation of symbols according to requirements of Section 216 of the Elections Act, 2017. The applications should contain the following information:

a) The list of symbols applied for in order of preference;

b) Symbol or symbols if any allocated to the political party during the previous general elections;

c) Every such application shall be signed by the Party Head, by whatever name designated;

d) Address of the head office of the political party;

e) Such other particulars or information from the party as may be prescribed.

3. On receipt of applications from the Political Parties, eligibility of each party will be ascertained in the light of Section 215 of the Election Act, 2017 which is reproduced hereunder: “215. Eligibility of party to obtain election symbol. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, a political party enlisted under this Act shall be eligible to obtain an election symbol for contesting elections for Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), Provincial Assemblies or local government on submission of certificates and statements referred to in sections 202, 206, 209 and 210.

4. The incomplete applications or requests through fax will not be entertained. The applications received prior to the issuance of this Press Release shall also not be considered. Thus, all such parties, who sent applications prior to issuance of this Press Release, are requested to make fresh applications.

5. It may also be clarified here that applications received after the due date, i.e., 21st February, 2023 will not be entertained.

For more information, contact:
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat,
Election House, Constitution Avenue G-5/2,
Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-9201975, +92-51-9206062
Fax: +92-51-9205402, +92-51-9205300
Website: www.ecp.gov.pk

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Liaocheng City having established friendly and cooperative relations with Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu

LIAOCHENG, China, Feb. 11, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/– Recently, Liaocheng City and Port Vila, the capital of the Republic of Vanuatu, held a signing ceremony for friendly cooperative relations with each other.

Li Minggang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Republic of Vanuatu, Chen Baiwei, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government, Steve Kiel, Mayor of Port Vila, Vanuatu, and Zhang Baishun, Deputy Secretary of the Liaocheng City Party Committee and Mayor, attended the online signing ceremony and delivered speeches respectively. Wang Gang, vice mayor of Liaocheng, presided over the signing ceremony.

Signing ceremony

At the ceremony, a promotional video of Liaocheng City was played, and Zhang Baishun and Steve Kiel signed the “City Agreement on Establishing Friendly and Cooperative Relations”, according to the Information Office of the People’s Government of Liaocheng.

Signing ceremony

Liaocheng City is located in the west of Shandong Province, China, with a total area of 8,628 square kilometers and a population of 6.5 million, with a long history, long water transportation, convenient transportation and complete industry, known as “Jiangbei Water City, Canal Ancient Capital” and “Venice of the East”, with many national city business cards such as national historical and cultural city, China’s excellent tourist city, national health city and so on. The Republic of Vanuatu is located in the west of South Pacific Ocean, and is a Melanesian archipelago. As the capital, Port Vila is the “charming capital” of the South Pacific, with convenient transportation and rich tourism and fishery resources.

Liaocheng Dongchang Lake at night

The participants unanimously agreed that Liaocheng City and Port Vila City have obvious complementary advantages, great cooperation potential and bright prospects, and hoped that the two cities will take this signing as an opportunity to plan to establish a more all-round sister-city relationship and push the cooperation between the two places to a new height.

Liaocheng Shan-Shan Guildhall

Source: Information Office of the People’s Government of Liaocheng

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ROSEN, GLOBAL INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages National Realty Investment Advisors LLC Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – NRIA

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of National Realty Investment Advisors LLC membership units (NRIA) of the important March 13, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action.

The case is against Rey E. Grabato II, Daniel Coley O’Brien, Thomas Nicholas Salzano, Arthur Scutaro, Arthur Raymond Scutaro, Sr., Arthur Raymond Scutaro, Jr., Olena Budinska, Ivel Turner, Jeff Rosenberg, Mark Korczak, Byron Cartozian, and Brian Harrington (together, “Defendants”).

SO WHAT: If you purchased NRIA membership units you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the NRIA class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10974 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 13, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, National Realty Investment Advisors LLC offered and sold NRIA, a membership unit in the NRIA Fund. Defendants used NRIA and the NRIA Fund to carry out a fraudulent scheme, including making and disseminating material misrepresentations, and effectuating a Ponzi scheme to divert millions of dollars invested in the NRIA Fund for their own personal gain.

To join the NRIA class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10974 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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874,000 people in urgent need of food in quake-hit region of Turkiye, Syria: UN

Rescue and Relief operations are underway in earthquake affected areas of Turkiye and Syria, as chances of people’s survival fall greatly due to injuries, dehydration and cold.

More than 22,700 people have been confirmed dead so far in the devastating earthquake.

Meanwhile, the winter freeze has left thousands of people either spending nights in their cars or huddling around makeshift fires across the quake-hit region.

The United Nations has warned that 874,000 people are now in urgent need of food across Turkiye and Syria.

The World Food Programme has appealed for 77 million dollars to provide food rations and hot meals to the people in the quake-affected areas.

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Security Council to authorise the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria.

Meanwhile, Turkiye said it is working on opening two new routes into rebel-held parts of Syria.

Source: Radio Pakistan

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Turkey, Syria earthquake: Death toll rises to 23000

The death toll from the Turkiye-Syria deadly earthquakes has risen to more than 23,000.

In Turkiye at least 20,665 people have been killed while in Syrian 3500 people have died.

Rescue teams are still searching rubble for survivors as freezing cold threaten the lives of thousands of survivors who are now without shelter, water and food.

Source: Radio Pakistan

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Death toll from Turkiye-Syria earthquakes soars past 24,000

The death toll from the Turkiye-Syria deadly earthquakes has risen to more than 24,000.

In Turkiye at least 20,665 people have been killed while in Syrian 3500 people have died.

Rescue teams are still searching rubble for survivors as freezing cold threaten the lives of thousands of survivors who are now without shelter, water and food.

Source: Radio Pakistan

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Shutdown observed in IIOJK on Maqbool Butt’s martyrdom day

In Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, complete shutdown is being observed today to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri leader, Muhammad Maqbool Butt.

Muhammad Maqbool Butt was hanged by India in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 11th February in 1984 for his role in Kashmir freedom movement.

Paying rich tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Butt, All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front in their separate statements in Srinagar said his martyrdom infused a new spirit in freedom movement of Kashmir.

The APHC leaders said Kashmiri people will not allow the sacrifices of their martyrs to go waste and will accomplish their mission of freedom from India at all costs.

Meanwhile, Indian Army and police had asked the shopkeepers to keep their shops open and warned them that their outlets will be sealed if they did not obey the order.

However, despite the threat, shopkeepers in most parts of the Valley observed shutdown to remember their martyred leader.

The movement of traffic on the roads was also very thin. The occupation authorities deployed Indian troops and police personnel in strength across the Kashmir Valley to prevent people from staging anti-India demonstrations.

Meanwhile, illegally detained APHC Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, and other Hurriyat leaders paying rich tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Butt reiterated the Kashmiris’ resolve to accomplish the mission of their martyrs at all costs.

Masarrat Aalam Butt in a message sent from Tihar Jail said the Kashmiri people are duty-bound to safeguard the sacrifices of Muhammad Maqbool Butt and other martyrs by taking their mission to its logical conclusion.

Incarcerated senior APHC leader, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, in his message from Tihar Jail maintained that the Kashmiris will not allow the blood of their martyrs including Muhammad Maqbool Butt to go waste and will continue their struggle till they achieve freedom from Indian yoke.

On the other hand, people held protest demonstrations in Srinagar, Bandipora and Jammu areas against the ongoing evictions being carried out by the authorities in the name of anti-encroachment drive, which is actually aimed at grabbing the land and properties of the Muslims and rendering them homeless.

Source: Radio Pakistan

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Funeral prayers of martyred army personal offered

The funeral prayers of Maj Muhammad Jawad Shaheed and Captain Sagheer Abbas Shaheed were offered at Rawalpindi and Kot Addu respectively.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed, a large number of serving and retired officers, soldiers, relatives and people from different segments of society attended the funerals.

The Shaheeds were laid to rest with full military honour.

Both officers embraced shahadat due to an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during sanitisation operation in Kohlu, Balochistan.

Source: Radio Pakistan