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Sarah Khan, Falak Shabir tie the knot in intimate nikkah Pictures

2020-07-18T00:34:00.000-07:00

Sarah Khan and Falak Shabir are happily married now after signing their life away during an intimate nikkah ceremony held on Thursday.

The newly-wed couple looked beautiful clad in traditional wedding attire as they beamed with joy at the start of their new chapter in life.

Pictures and video snippets from Sarah and Falak's wedding ceremony have taken all over social media making fans gush over their adorable, PDA-filled exchange.

Looking at the bride and groom's love-filled pictures, it seems as if they cannot keep their hands off each other.

Sarah announced her engagement to singer Falak on Wednesday evening, a few hours after which the couple officially kicked off their wedding festivities with a mayun ceremony.

Noorani Qaida is Easy to Learn Online

2020-03-02T22:28:00.001-08:00

Online Quran tutors have become the most popular option for Muslims who yearn to study or memorize the Noble Quran. Not only is this form of Quranic education cost-effective, but it is also convenient too. Quran learners can learn the Quran from the most experienced and expert online Quran teachers.

The Prophet (PBUH) said, "The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it." (Sahih al-Bukhari)

The one-on-one nature of online Quranic studies gives every Quran student a personalized experience. The demand for Online Quran Academies has been growing day by day, particularly in the West. A fast-paced lifestyle and a dearth of Quran home tutors are the leading reasons for this preference.

Introducing the Noorani Qaida Used by Online Quran Academies

Online Quran Academy quranforkids.com across the globe use the Noorani Qaida to teach students the basics. It is with this gem of a booklet that our beginner level students take their first steps towards learning the Quran. The Noorani Qaida is easy to learn online, as will be explained shortly.

How do Muslims Benefit from studying Noorani Qaida Online?

This booklet is very useful in building a strong foundation for learning Quran recitation online. Several beneficial exercises comprising of Quranic letters and words help to teach Quran students the fundamentals of Arabic alphabets and their pronunciation.

The Noorani Qaida is an elementary book that introduces basic Tajweed rules. This is essential to a Muslim’s reciting the Quran properly, bearing in mind the articulation point of each letter. The Arabic letters are taught to beginners until they gain a degree of mastery in them.

The process of going from basic to more complex letters is gradual. The objective is to recite the verses of the Quran correctly, after having gained a good command on the pronunciation of complex letters like Ain, Daad, and Haa.

Which areas do online Quran tutors focus on in the Noorani Qaida?

Teaching Quran recitation in the Non-Arab world using the Noorani Qaida, is known to be a very traditional method. It has won itself the reputation of being the foremost booklet in helping Quran learners to recite the Quran quickly and accurately.

Our qualified and competent Quran tutors guide their Quran learners keeping in mind their level and pace. They initially focus their attention on helping their students with the recognition of Arabic alphabets and symbols. Pronunciation of individual letters and connecting one to the other is from amongst the basic rules taught by them.

The following Noorani Qaida rules are also adequately covered: Rules of consonants, short vowels, harakat-sounds of Dammah, Fatha and Kasrah, long vowels (Haroof Maddah), Tanwin, Noon Saakinah, Ra and Lam Rules and Waqf Rules (where to pause and where to stop) are all perfected under the careful supervision of our online Quran tutors.

Online Quran Academy Noorani Qaida Course Details

The course is divided into several brief lessons to help our Quran students cope with ease. Our online Quran teacher determines when to proceed to the next lesson, depending on the student’s aptitude.

Generally speaking, the greatest challenge faced by students learning Quranic recitation is in the pronunciation of the more complex Arabic letters. This can usually be overcome with lots of practice. In the following list we take a look at some of the lessons our tutors cover:

Letters, joint and Compounds
Consonants
Short Vowels (Harakat)
Long Vowels (Huroof Maddah)
Tanween
Soft Vowels (Huroof Leenah)
Noon Sakinah and Tanween
Leen Letters
Rules of Raa
Rules of Laam
Noon Qutni
Sakoon and Jazm
Waqf ( Proper Pausing and Stopping)
Arabic Letters With Correct Makharij

What Makes Online Quran Academy Tutors so Special?

Personalized one-on-one Skype sessions with the most qualified and experienced online Quran tutors are difficult to brush aside. They are available to you 24/7; hence time zones are no issue. It takes an expert tutor to place a student at the correct level and to understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Our online Quran teachers have a wealth of experience behind them and give the fastest results without pressurizing their Quran learners. They set an example for their students with their good manners, empathy, punctuality, and above all, God-fearing countenance. Any student can look up to our online Quran tutors for guidance and encouragement.

If you or your children want a secure, productive, and healthy environment that is most conducive to Quranic Education, then Online Quran Academy is sure to meet your expectations. Our one-week free trial awaits you, so hurry up and come on board in shaa Allah!

Urdu Latifay 12 JOkes in Urdu

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Professional Finance Commission soon

2011-10-08T11:46:00.001-07:00

Professional Finance Commission soon
KARACHI: Sindh Governor, Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan, said the launching of Professional Finance Commission (PFC) is in final phase and it would be announced soon.

The Sindh Governor said this while chairing a high level meeting at the Governor House.
The meeting reviewed financial matters of the city and district governments of Karachi and Hyderabad, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB), and the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Hyderabad.

Dr. Ebad said the functioning of PFC would help to improve financial matters of the local governments as well as other financial affairs of the province and would also generate more resources.

He directed for expediting work to estimate the losses of infrastructure due to flood in Sindh.
He also directed the Sindh Finance Department to guide the local governments with regard to financial matters and provision of funds.

The Sindh Governor directed WASA Hyderabad and KW&SB for taking measures to increase their recoveries.

Sindh Finance Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, Administrator Karachi, Muhammad Hussain Syed, Sindh Secretary Finance, Naveed Kamran Baloch, DCO Hyderabad, Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo, DCO Karachi, Roshan Sheikh, MD KW&SB Misbahuddin Fareed, MD HDA Ghulam Muhammad and other notables attended the meeting. (APP)

Pakistan inks $166mn LNG deal

2011-10-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

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Pakistan inks $166mn LNG deal
ISLAMABAD: The first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal project for the import of 400-500 million cubic feet (mmcf) LNG was signed here on Friday in order to overcome energy crisis in the country and to reduce growing dependence on expensive furnace oil.

The agreement was signed between Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)-an American company and Pakistan Gasport Limited (PGP), which was also witnessed by Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Federal Minister for Port and Shipping Babar Ghauri.

The US $ 166 million project's capacity would be 400-500 million mmcfd and the project will start its work by January 2012 and its completion period is one year.

"With the growing demand of energy, the country desperately needs to import electricity and gas in order to provide electricity and other facilities to the people on cheaper rates", Dr.Hafeez Shaikh said while talking to media after the signing ceremony of the agreement.

He said that the private sector can play its role to overcome the energy needs of the country and what the government can do is to facilitate the private sector and to help remove hindrances in their way.

Dr.Shaikh further said after the completion of this project the country would be able to produce 500 mmcfd LNG that will help reduce the cost and shortage of energy.

Babar Ghauri, speaking on the occasion said that presently the country was facing acute energy crisis and it was needed to take some practical steps in this regard.

He said signing of this project was first of the three projects and work on the other two projects would also be started soon in order to eliminate shortage of energy from the country.

During the ceremony it was informed that the country was facing gas shortage of 1000 mmcfd during summer and 1500 mmcfd in the winter.

The current primary energy demand and supply gap is approximately 22 million tones oil equivalent (mtoe), which is expected to increase to 71 mtoe by 2020.

The location of the project of Pakistan Gasport Limited would be at Kaderio Creek, Port Qasim Karachi.

The technology being used for the project is Fuel Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FRSU) connected via a sub-sea pipeline to the onshore metering station.

The main sponsor of the project is Joint Venture Limited (JJVL), which is also a nominee this year for the prestigious Platts Energy Awards.

The natural gas is a much cleaner fossil fuel and its price will also be invariably cheaper vis-à-vis furnace oil.

It will give 50 per cent savings in Operation and Maintenance (O & M) for power plants and eventually lower costs for the end user. (APP)

Obama hits banks, taps anger over Wall St

2011-10-08T11:42:00.001-07:00

Obama hits banks, taps anger over Wall St

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans on Thursday for working to

block financial reform, using a populist tone amid public anger over Wall Street practices.

Obama, a Democrat who is fighting for re-election in 2012 against a backdrop of high unemployment, said his Republican

opponents' primary plan to boost the economy involved rolling back Wall Street regulation his administration fought to pass.

The president also pressed Congress to approve his $447 billion jobs package and said he was "comfortable with" a proposal

by fellow Democrats to pay for the plan with a tax on millionaires. John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of

Representatives, accused Obama of political campaigning.

Obama spoke at a White House news conference after thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators protested at New York's

financial district and in several U.S. cities this week over economic inequality and financial institutions' power.

"I think people are frustrated and ... the protesters are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial

system works," Obama said.

"What we've seen over the last year is not only did the financial sector with the Republican Party and Congress fight us every

inch of the way, but now you've got these same folks suggesting that we should roll back all those reforms and go back to the

way it was before the crisis."

Obama noted the "Dodd-Frank" financial reform bill he championed was designed to prevent Wall Street abuses, and his

emphasis on the subject indicated he would use the theme heavily in the 2012 presidential race.

Banks, he said, "can't be competing on the basis of hidden fees, deceptive practices or, you know, derivative cocktails that

nobody understands and that exposed the entire economy to enormous risks."

Vice President Joe Biden and a U.S. Federal Reserve official also expressed sympathy for the protesters, but some investors

said Obama's populist tone was misplaced.

"If these statements were coming from a lowly congressman, that's one thing, but this is the president. It's class warfare at its

finest, or at its worst," said Marshall Front, chairman of Front Barnett & Associates, which has $600 million in assets and

owns bank stocks.

POPULISM AND POLITICS

Bank of America said last week it planned to charge customers who use debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee.

Obama said recent hikes in fees charged by banks were likely unfair to consumers. He said it was appropriate for the

government to play an oversight role.
The depth of that oversight is as much a political issue as it is a financial one.

"You've got Republican presidential candidates whose main economic policy proposals is, 'We'll get rid of the financial reforms

that are designed to prevent the abuses that got us into this mess in the first place,'" Obama said.

"That does not make sense to the American people. They are frustrated by it, and they will continue to be frustrated by it until

they get a sense that everybody's playing by the same set of rules."

House Speaker Boehner said Obama had "given up on the country" to focus on his re-election rather than working with

Republicans to boost the economy.

"Mr. President, why have you given up on the country and decided to campaign full time instead of doing what the American

people sent us all here to do?" Boehner said.

Though criticizing Wall Street can tap into populist support, it could hurt Obama's campaign pocketbook. Like other

presidential candidates, Obama is courting Wall Street contributions for his political goals.

Obama already has a tenuous relationship with some in the financial community for his harsh rhetoric about corporate

compensation at the beginning of his term.

"It is pretty clear that the Obama 2012 campaign is going to try to take up the theme of economic populism -- how they

(Obama and Biden) are the only ones standing in the way of the banks and corporations taking over Washington," said Paul

Sracic, a political scientist at Youngstown State University in Ohio.

New York City protests over income inequality have spread to other U.S. cities. They were underway or planned on Thursday in

Austin, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Washington, and Houston.

"We have a very frustrated people, and I can understand their frustration," Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told a group of

business people in Fort Worth, Texas.
"We have a very uneven distribution of income. We have too many people out of work for too long.

JOBS SALES PITCH

During his White House news conference, which lasted more than an hour, Obama continued a sales pitch for his jobs

package, saying it was necessary to avoid another recession.

Republicans say the proposal -- a mix of stimulus spending and tax cuts for workers and small businesses plus an end to

some tax breaks for corporations and the rich -- will never pass as a whole but that certain parts are worth considering.

Some Democratic lawmakers are also not fans of the bill. In response, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would

substitute a new millionaire's tax for some of the tax hikes Obama had proposed in order to win more support.

Nevertheless, Republicans are still expected to block the measure in the Democratic-controlled Senate and it faces stiff

opposition in the Republican-cont6th Int’l Expo Pakistan from 20throlled House of Representatives.

Meera turns attention to film production

2011-10-08T11:41:00.001-07:00

Meera turns attention to film production
LAHORE: Meera has turned her attention to film production, Geo News reported. The actress will star in and producer her

next film titled Oscar.

Meera said the script for the film was being written and that she was looking towards new talent for the male lead.

The actress added that the title of the film was inspired by the Oscar awards.

German fashion designer makes clothes from milk

2011-10-08T11:38:00.001-07:00

German fashion designer makes clothes from milk
BERLIN: A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionizing high fashion by designing clothes with a

staple she can find in her fridge - milk.

Anke Domaske, 28, has developed a fabric called QMilch made from high concentrations of the milk protein casein - the first

man-made fiber produced entirely without chemicals.

Made from all natural materials, the QMilch fabric is ecological but also has many health benefits, said Domaske, who also

said the amino acids in the protein are antibacterial, anti-aging and can help regulate both blood circulation and body

temperature.

Domaske's fashion label Mademoiselle Chi Chi - a favorite among the likes of Mischa Barton and Ashlee Simpson - has now

started weaving the milk fiber into its collection. (Reuters)

Titanium treasure found on Moon

2011-10-08T11:37:00.001-07:00

Titanium treasure found on Moon
PARIS: A new map of the Moon has revealed an abundance of titanium ore that is up to 10 times richer than on Earth, a

finding that could one day lead to a lunar mining colony, astronomers said on Friday.

The discovery was made thanks to a camera aboard the US Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which swept the surface of the

Moon, scrutinising it in seven different light wavelengths.

Mark Robinson of Arizona State University, who presented the research at a conference in Nantes, western France with Brett

Denevi of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, sifted through the data for telltale jumps in the ratio of ultra-violet to visible

light.

They established this signature thanks to rock samples brought back to Earth by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972 and images of

the area around the mission's landing site by the Hubble space telescope.

Titanium is as strong as steel but nearly half as light, which makes it a highly desired and also very expensive metal.

On Earth, titanium is found, at the very most, in around one percent of similar types of ore. But the new map found

abundances in the lunar maria that range from about one percent to 10 percent, the conference organisers said in a press

release. In the lunar highlands, abundance was around one percent.

The meeting gathers, for the first time, members of the European Planetary Science Congress and the American Astronomical

Society's Division for Planetary Sciences.(AFP)

Monkey mind control; a breakthrough for paralysis?

2011-10-08T11:33:00.001-07:00

Monkey mind control; a breakthrough for paralysis? Health News
SAO PAULO: Scientists believe they are a step closer to enabling paralyzed people to walk and use artificial arms after an

experiment in which monkeys moved and sensed objects using only their minds.

The monkeys were able to operate a virtual arm to search for objects through brain activity that was picked up by implants — a

so-called brain-machine interface.

In a leap forward from previous studies, the primates were also able to experience the sense of touch — a crucial element of

any solution for paralyzed people because it enables them to judge the strength used to grasp and control objects.

"This was one of the most difficult steps and the fact that we achieved it opens the door to the dream of a person being able to

walk again," Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian neuroscientist who took part in the study carried out by a team at Duke University in

North Carolina.

The results suggest it would be possible to create a kind of robotic "exoskeleton" that people could use to feel and sense

objects, he said.

Killer Dengue claims nine more lives in Lahore

2011-10-08T11:31:00.001-07:00

Killer Dengue claims nine more lives in Lahore

LAHORE: The Dengue virus claimed nine more lives in the city and the overall death toll now stands at 170, Geo News

reported. Across the province 187 people have been killed from the virus.

During the last 24 hours 700 new Dengue cases have been reported in Punjab and presently there are 1,862 patients admitted

in various hospitals across the province.

Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif says the provincial government is taking steps to control the rapid spread of the Dengue

virus during the next monsoon season.

Sharif also called the virus not only a medical but a social issue as well.

Private funeral held for Steve Jobs: Wall Street

2011-10-08T11:20:00.001-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO: A private funeral was being held Friday for legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, according to an

unconfirmed report in the Wall Street Journal.

Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56 after a battle with cancer. An intensely private man in life, his family was bidding

farewell to Jobs in an intimate gathering at an undisclosed location, the Journal reported.

Apple is planning a celebration of "Steve's extraordinary life" for employees but has indicated no plans for a public memorial.

(AFP)

Top Kurd killed in Syria, US calls on Assad to go

2011-10-08T11:19:00.001-07:00

Top Kurd killed in Syria, US calls on Assad to go
DAMASCUS: A top Kurdish activist and 16 other people were killed Friday as thousands rallied in support of a new opposition

front, activists said, as Washington called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to "step down now".

The latest violence came as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Assad will have to leave power if he fails to implement

reforms acceptable to the opposition, and Damascus again blamed "terrorists" for the unrest.

Kurdish activist and opposition spokesman Meshaal Tamo, 53, was killed when four masked gunmen stormed his house in

Qamishli in the north and opened fire, also wounding his son and another fellow activist in the Kurdish Future Party, activists

said.

Assad's regime is escalating its tactics against the opposition with bold, daylight attacks on its leaders, the US State

Department charged.

"This is a clear escalation of regime tactics," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters, referring to

reports of Tamo's murder, as well as the beating on Friday of former MP Riad Seif.

Nuland said both opposition leaders were attacked in broad daylight.

In a statement, White House spokesman Jay Carney condemned the attacks, saying they showed "again that the Assad

regime's promises for dialogue and reform are hollow".

France also condemned the Syrian regime's "brutal violence" in its crackdown on the opposition and said it was "shocked" by

Tamo's murder.

A foreign ministry statement said the violence "shows that the regime of Bashar al-Assad remains deaf to the appeals of the

international community".

The official SANA news agency reported Tamo's "assassination" but gave a different account of his death, saying he was killed

"by gunmen in a black car who fired at his car".

Tamo, a member of the newly formed Syrian National Council (SNC) opposition grouping, had been released recently after

three and a half years in prison.

Elsewhere, 11 civilians were shot dead in the central city of Homs by security forces, three in Douma and one in Zabadani

northwest of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Another man died after being shot by security forces in the flashpoint northern town of Jisr al-Shughur near the Turkish border,

the Local Coordination Committees activist network reported.

Meanwhile, ex-MP Seif had to be given hospital treatment after being beaten outside a mosque in the capital's commercial

neighbourhood of Medan.

Mosques in Syria, as happens every week, again became springboards for Friday anti-regime protests, also this time in

support of the SNC, formed to represent the main opposition groups, activists said. (AFP)

US war drones keep flying despite computer virus

2011-10-08T11:18:00.001-07:00

US war drones keep flying despite computer virus
WASHINGTON: The US government's unmanned Predator and Reaper drones are continuing to fly remote missions overseas

despite a computer virus that has infected the plane's US based cockpits, according to one source familiar with the infection.

Government officials are still investigating whether the virus is benign, and how it managed to infect the heavily protected

computer systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, where US pilots remotely fly the planes on their missions over Iraq,

Afghanistan and elsewhere.

"Something is going on, but it has not had any impact on the missions overseas," said the source, who was not authorized to

speak publicly.

Armed tactical unmanned planes have become an increasingly valuable tool used by the US government to track and attack

individuals and small groups overseas, but the virus
underscores the vulnerability of such systems to attacks on the computer networks used to fly them from great distances.

Wired magazine first reported the virus infection on its website on Friday and said it was logging pilots' every keystroke as they

remotely flew missions over Afghanistan and
elsewhere.

Wired said the problem was first detected nearly two weeks ago by the US military's Host-Based Security System, but there

were no confirmed incidents of classified information
being lost or sent to an outside source.

The virus had resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech's computers, Wired said, quoting network security specialists.

The US military and intelligence communities have used Predator and Reaper drones, built by privately held General Atomics

in San Diego, to carry out increasingly precise attacks
on top Al Qaeda officials and other US targets in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen.(Reuters)

Pagara threatens to quit government

2011-10-08T11:16:00.001-07:00

Pagara threatens to quit government
KARACHI: PML-F chief Pir Pagara has threatened to quit the government if ministries in Sindh were taken from his party, Geo

News reported.

Pagara said his party had entered into an agreement with President Zardari and not Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. Pagara

added that the CM was holding several portfolios and the government would be in trouble if the PML-F left.

On Friday differences emerged between coalition partners over the allocation of ministries in Sindh. PML-F leaders were

informed by the CM that their portfolios would be given to MQM who had recently announced its return to the government.

Father kills children in Multan

2011-10-08T11:14:00.001-07:00

Father kills children in Multan
MULTAN: A heartless crime was committed in Multan when a father killed his two children, Geo News reported.

The murder was committed on Saturday morning when Farooq stabbed his two children three year old Saba and five year old

Waheed to death.

The mother Amina bibi said her husband was mentally ill and despite treatment his condition had not improved. Amina added

that she did not want her husband to be punished for the crime.

According to the police it is yet to be determined if Farooq was mentally ill.

Arrest warrant of Shoaib Nosherwani issued in Bugti murder case

2011-10-08T11:13:00.001-07:00

Arrest warrant of Shoaib Nosherwani issued in Bugti murder case
QUETTA: The Court of Judicial Magistrate Quetta has issued arrest warrant of former Balochistan Home Minister Shoaib

Nosherwani nominated in Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case, Geo News reported.

Judge of Judicial Magistrate Court III Muhammad Ibrahim Kakar issued the arrest warrant of Shoaib Nosherwani that has been

received by the police

ST leader, activists presented before court

2011-10-08T11:11:00.001-07:00

ST leader, activists presented before court
KARACHI: Police on Saturday presented Sunni Tehree leader Shahid Ghauri and activists before the court for physical

remand, Geo News reported.

The ST leader and workers were arrested on Friday on charges of arson during the strike called against the death sentence

awarded to Mumtaz Qadir, murderer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer.

The case against Shahid Ghauri was registered on charges of setting ablaze busses in Orangi Town on Friday morning.

The judicial Magistrtate before whom the accused were presented, rejected the demand for physical remand. He said since the

case related to arson, the accused must be presented before Anti Terrorism Court (ATC).

Pak to stand by Kashmiris in all difficulties: PM

2011-10-08T11:09:00.001-07:00

Pak to stand by Kashmiris in all difficulties: PM
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said the Pakistan government would stand by

Kashmiris in every challenge and would take all steps for their development and progress.

He was addressing at the inaugural ceremony of Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq Shaheed Medical College here, which he named after

a great Kashmiri leader in recognition of his untiring efforts for the freedom of Kashmir.The Rs 361.5 million medical college

has been built with the assistance of Turkish government and Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

Authority (ERRA).

The Prime Minister, who arrived here on a day-long visit to commemorate sixth anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake in

2005 that killed 73,000 people and rendered million, inaugurated a series of development projects as part of the ongoing

reconstruction phase.

He directed to implement the project of constructing Muzaffarabad-Kohala-Lower-Topa Road. He announced 2,000 new jobs in

AJK Police Department for an improved security system for AJK people.

He also announced the establishment of an IT university in Rawalakot.Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said he

had come to join the people of AJK on the day that was a painful remembrance of the tragic incident of earthquake.

He said it was a national tragedy that severely impacted the minds and social lives of people. He said the Government of

Pakistan had never confronted such a massive catastrophe, however with international and local assistance, the challenge was

overcome amicably.

He lauded the services of ERRA and SERRA - AJK’s State Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority, for their

exemplary work.

Gilani mentioned that as immediate steps after the earthquake, about 1,16,000 people were given shelter in 125 camps, and

added that all internally displaced people had now been honourably shifted to their homes.

He said Rs 49 billion had been disbursed for the reconstruction of 13,14000 houses in AJK. A total of Rs 39.32 billion had so

far been given to the affected people.

He said ninety-nine percent construction work in rural areas had been completed, while in urban areas the portfolio of housing

cash grant, had been completed in 2008.

He said the entire operation of relief and rehabilitation received an international acclaim.
He said for the deceased and injured, about Rs five billion had been disbursed as compensation.

In lieu of livelihood cash grant, he said Rs 2.64 billion had been paid while the homeless had been given Rs 740 million for

purchasing 5-marla land.

He said collectively, Rs 58 billion had been given to the affected people of AJK.
Gilani said still much was needed to be done in terms of reconstruction, requring Rs 125 billion for work ranging from primary

schools to mega projects.

He said out of 7790 projects, ERRA had completed 3752 projects while 2613 were ongoing.

He mentioned today’s inauguration of Government Boys Pilot High School at a cost of Rs 145 million.

He said with Turkish assistance, a District Headquarters Hospital complex had been built with Rs 2.93 billion. He thanked

Turkey and United emirates for the reconstruction of 250-bed each hospital in Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot with Rs five billion.

Gilani expressed gratitude for the assistance by Saudi Arab for providing Rs three billion for DHQ complex and rs seven billion

for AJK university’s Rawalakot and Muzaffarabad campuses.

He said with Saudi and Kuwaiti assistance, work in education and administration sectors was ongoing with Rs 14.5 billion.

For modern facilities of life, work continued on the city development projects with an amount of 353 million US dollars.

Gilani said Kashmiris and Pakistanis had a strong bond between their hearts and souls, and mentioned that Shaheeds Zulfikar

Ali Bhutto and Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto gave the vision of a solid ideological link with Kashmiris. He said Mohtarma also

highlighted the Kashmir issue at international fora.

He said the government was fully aware of the challenges confronting Kashmiris and would stand by them in all difficulties. He

said Kashmiris live in the hearts of Pakistanis and stressed that “we will do the best for their development and welfare.”

He thanked the international community and NGOs for their assistance in the hour of distress.

Gilani said as the Prime Minister of Pakistan and also the Chairman Kashmir Council, it was his responsibility to take every

possible step for the development of Kashmir and the welfare of Kashmiris.

Mian Manzoor Wattoo, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan, said the movement of accession of Indian Held

Kashmir with Pakistan had now been inherited to the younger generation. He mentioned the commitment of Shaheeds Zulfikar

Ali Bhutto and Mohtarma Bhutto who always stood for the rights of Kashmiris.

He said PPP government was pursuing politics of reconciliation.He said the Mangla Dam upraising would ensure provision of

water to the residents of Mirpur and adjoining area.
President AJK Sardar Yaqoob Khan said Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was the only head of government who visited Azad

Kashmir, the most and more often. He gave the credit of three medical colleges, built in AJK, to Prime Minister Gilani and

Pakistan Peoples Party.

He said Kashmiris are a peaceful nation and said their struggle would continue till realisation of their right to self-determination.

He thanked the Turkish government for the assistance provided for the completion of medical college and in other areas of

reconstruction and rehabilitation.

PM AJK Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said the medical college would provide a great educational facility to the students of Azad

and Jammu Kashmir, and also to students belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan and other northern parts.

He thanked the Government of Pakistan for providing facilities to the people of AJK in various sectors and for the support of

Pakistani people for the Kashmir cause of self-determination.

He said the AJK government and people would also stand by Pakistan in all its challenges.

Earlier, Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) said ERRA had completed 55 percent of its

projects.
Former AJK prime minister Sardar Muhammad Attique and Turkey’s Ambassador were also present.

Prayers were offered for those who were killed by devastating earthquake in 2005.
Earlier, a group of Kashmiri girl students sang ‘Jiway Pakistan’ [Long live Pakistan] in chorus amidst an applause by the

audience.

Mirza's resignation yet to reach NA Pk News

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Mirza's resignation yet to reach NA
KARACHI: Former home minister Sindh Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza's resignation has still not reached the National Assembly, Geo News

reported Saturday.

According to sources, the former home minister had resigned from his provincial post as well as the membership of the

assembly. His resignation from home minister's slot had been accepted but that from the assembly membership is yet to

reach the assembly.

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