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Punjab Cabinet meeting was held in Lahore today with the caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi in the chair.
The cabinet decided to upgrade and redesign Bab-e-Azadi at Wahga Border Lahore and remodel Liberty Chowk Lahore.
The meeting also approved the funds for expansion of Lahore Metro bus service and extension of Speedo bus service from Bahawalpur to Lodhran.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has expressed the hope that general elections will usher in peace and prosperity in the country.
Addressing a public rally in Rawalpindi today, he vowed to make a corruption free Pakistan and eliminate VVIP culture from the country.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has said that if voted to power, his party would introduce Kissan Card to support small farmers and the Benazir Youth Card to provide financial assistance to the youth.
Addressing a rally in Hyderabad this evening, he termed inflation, poverty and unemployment as three biggest challenges.
The PPP Chairman, promised to establish at least one University in each district and improve the public health system with free treatment facilities
Source: Radio Pakistan
More evidences of the use of foreign-made weapons brought from Afghanistan to Pakistan’s soil have come forth. It has been now an open secret that outlawed TTP terrorists have access to weapons left by the United States in Afghanistan.
The supply of arms to the TTP has significantly jeopardized the security situation of the region, particularly a significant increase in terrorism is being witnessed particularly in Pakistan.
On January 29, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district in which terrorist Naik Minallah was killed. The weapons recovered from the terrorist including M-4 Carbine were American-made.
Earlier, on 22nd of last month, security forces killed seven terrorists at Sambaza area of Zhob district in Balochistan. The weapons recovered from the terrorists were also foreign-manufactured. It included M-16/A2, AK-47, sleeping bags, hand grenades and other weapons.
On January 19, security forces killed two terrorists who crossed the border at Bachi Sar a
long Pakistan-Afghan border in Miran Shah district. The weapons recovered from the terrorists were foreign made including M16/A4 AK-47 and other weapons.
The smuggling of modern sophisticated arms from Afghanistan to Pakistan and use of the US-made weapons by the TTP against the security forces and people of Pakistan are a big question mark on the Afghan interim government’s claims of not allowing the use of their soil against Pakistan.
The prominent defence paper EurAsian Times has also stated that the US-made weapons are being used by the TTP terrorist operations in Pakistan.
All these facts indicate that the Afghan regime is not only arming the TTP, but also providing a safe haven to other terrorist organizations.
Source: Radio Pakistan
The Election Commission of Pakistan has conducted another mock test of the Election Management System developed for tabulation and compilation of election results, in which all required steps and objectives were completed successfully.
According to ECP, returning officers from 859 constituencies across the country participated in the pilot exercise of EMS and the system was tested in all aspects in both online and offline modes and was found satisfactory in all respects.
The main purpose of EMS is tabulation and compilation of election results and it will be used on Election Day.
The system works with equal speed and efficiency in both online and offline modes.
Source: Radio Pakistan