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Chairman Pakistan People Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his party believes in reconciliation.
Addressing a news conference in Quetta he said problems of people of Balochistan will be solved through collective efforts.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti will visit Gwadar soon to review the relief activities in the rain-affected areas.
He said that a parliamentary committee will be formed to solve issue of missing persons.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has summoned the provincial assembly session on Monday.
The session will begin at eleven in the morning.
Source: Radio Pakistan
The second phase of five-day anti-polio campaign begins in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today.
During the second phase, more than seven point one million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops.
The children will also be administered a supplementary dose of ‘Vitamin-A’ during the drive.
Source: Radio Pakistan
In Balochistan, Pakistan Army in coordination with other concerned departments has been continuing rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas of Gwadar.
Similarly, dewatering process is also continuing at different localities of Gwadar, Jiwani and Surbandar hit by flashfloods.
The Pakistan Army has so far distributed twenty eight tons of cooked food and dry ration among more than thirteen hundred affected people.
Pakistan Army has also established free mobile medical camps in remote areas of Balochistan province particularly Jiwani to provide medical facilities to the affectees free of cost.
Moreover, work for restoration of damaged roads due to floods is also in full swing.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Army also successfully rescued the tourists, trapped at Kalam-Behrain Road in Swat due to land sliding. Most of the tourists belonged to different cities of Punjab including Lahore.
The teams of Pak Army are active in rescuing and shifting the tourists to safer places in Kalam and Behrain, who are stuck
there due to heavy snowfall. They are also being provided with food and other relief goods.
Source: Radio Pakistan
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 21 people died and 37 other injured due to heavy rains during the last forty-eight hours.
According to a report issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, at least thirty houses were completely while ninety-seven houses partially damaged across the province.
Meanwhile, the concerned district administrations are working to reopen the blocked roads for smooth flow of traffic.
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has directed to provide relief and compensation cheques to the affected families.
He also directed for opening of closed road and provide facilities to people stuck in rains and landsliding.
The Chief Minister also directed PDMA, Rescue 1122, district administrations to be alert and facilitate people.
Talking to APP, DG PDMA Muhammad Qaiser Khan said that directives have been issued to all DCs to carry out relief and rescue operations in the rain-affected areas.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has taken immediate action on social media appeal by a twenty year special young man Ahmad Raza of Fort Abbas.
Under her special direction, Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly, Malik Zaheer Iqbal Channar visited the young man’s home and presented gifts including electric wheel chair on Chief Minister’s behalf.
During the visit, the Chief Minister talked to the young man on video call and promised to provide job to him. She also gave him personal mobile number for contact in case of any difficulty.
Source: Radio Pakistan
PML (N) leader Hanif Abbasi has said their candidate for the slot of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif enjoys the confidence of allied parties.
Addressing a news conference along with the PPP and MQM leaders at the Parliament House in Islamabad today, he said they enjoy the majority of the house. He said giving relief to the masses is our priority.
PPP leader Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani emphasized the importance of sitting together to address the problems faced by the country.
MQM’s leader Amin-ul-Haque said the parliament is the forum to address the problems of people.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said that comprehensive and effective measures will be taken for protection of wildlife in the province.
In a message on the World Wildlife Day, she said that the Punjab Government will take all possible measure to ensure environmental balance, while understanding the importance of bio-diversity.
The Chief Minister said that protection of wild Sheep of Salt Range, Talwar of Cholistan and Dolphins in province is our top priority.
Source: Radio Pakistan