PM arrives in Muzaffarabad on day-long visit to AJK

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Muzaffarabad on a day-long visit to Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq accorded a warm welcome to him at the helipad

During the visit, the Prime Minister will meet and interact with the rain and snowfall affected people of the area.

The Prime Minister will also distribute relief cheques among the affectees.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Presidential Election to be held tomorrow

Presidential elections will be held tomorrow to elect the 14th President of Pakistan for next five years.

Asif Ali Zardari, the joint candidate of PPP and the PML-N, and Sunni Ittehad Council’s candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai are vying for the office of President.

The President is elected by an electoral college comprising members of the Senate, National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies.

Voting is held through a secret ballot.

A joint session of the parliament will be held at the parliament house in Islamabad tomorrow in which the members of National Assembly and the Senate will exercise their right to vote.

Similarly, the provincial assemblies will hold their sessions tomorrow for the election.

Polling will begin at 10:00 am and continue till 4:00 pm.

Source: Radio Pakistan

PM leaves for Muzaffarabad on day-long visit

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has left for a day-long visit to Muzaffarabad.

During the visit, he will meet Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq and interact with the rain and snowfall affected people of the area.

The Prime Minister will also distribute relief cheques among the affectees.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Pakistan to remember strong Kashmiri women facing Indian atrocities in IIOJK: FO

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says as the world observes International Women’s Day on Friday, we would like to remember the strong women of Kashmir who have faced the brunt of Indian atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

At her weekly media briefing in Islamabad, she said the women in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir have endured widespread devastation and confronted obstacles that impede their access to essential needs and their capacity to lead a dignified life.

She said the Kashmiri women widowed and orphaned because of fake encounters by Indian forces do not even get time to mourn for their dead husbands and fathers and are forced to become the sole breadwinners for their families.

The Spokesperson said women heading households face additional difficulties in the society and face hurdles in finding respectable jobs.

Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said women activists including Hurriyat leaders Aasiya Andrabi, Naheeda Nasreen and Fehmeeda Sofi remain incarcerated
in different jails of Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and India.

She said the Kashmiri women deserve to live their lives as they choose and enjoy their rights and freedom including the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.

The Spokesperson said Pakistan will continue to extend political, diplomatic and moral support to our Kashmiri brothers and sisters for the just and peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Govt committed to provide equal opportunities to women: PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the government would continue to take steps for ensuring equal rights for women and to provide them opportunities of education and jobs.

In a message on the International Women’s Day today, he said today is the day to recognize the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and to provide them equal opportunities for their effective role in building the society.

He promised that the government will continue to take steps for equitable rights of women, their protection and for provision of equal opportunities of education and progress.

Source: Radio Pakistan

PM arrives in Muzaffarabad on day-long visit to AJK

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Muzaffarabad on a day-long visit to Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq accorded a warm welcome to him at the helipad

During the visit, the Prime Minister will meet and interact with the rain and snowfall affected people of the area.

The Prime Minister will also distribute relief cheques among the affectees.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Presidential Election to be held tomorrow

Presidential elections will be held tomorrow to elect the 14th President of Pakistan for next five years.

Asif Ali Zardari, the joint candidate of PPP and the PML-N, and Sunni Ittehad Council’s candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai are vying for the office of President.

The President is elected by an electoral college comprising members of the Senate, National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies.

Voting is held through a secret ballot.

A joint session of the parliament will be held at the parliament house in Islamabad tomorrow in which the members of National Assembly and the Senate will exercise their right to vote.

Similarly, the provincial assemblies will hold their sessions tomorrow for the election.

Polling will begin at 10:00 am and continue till 4:00 pm.

Source: Radio Pakistan

PM leaves for Muzaffarabad on day-long visit

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has left for a day-long visit to Muzaffarabad.

During the visit, he will meet Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq and interact with the rain and snowfall affected people of the area.

The Prime Minister will also distribute relief cheques among the affectees.

Source: Radio Pakistan