Iqbal Singh Lalpura speaks on rescue of 12 laborers from Russia. News Indian embassy in Tunisia helped in rescuing the 12 Indian workers from Libya. New Delhi: A joint effort of the National Commission for Minorities, Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian embassy in Tunisia helped rescue 12 Indian workers who were stranded in Libya for the past two months. As informed by the embassy, a resident of Benghazi in Libya helped in providing humanitarian assistance and relief supplies to the stranded Indians. With the help of the ministry and the embassy, four out of 12 Indians were successfully brought back from Libya on February 12.

The Minister of Local Governing of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), Badr Al-Deen Al-Tumi, discussed with the Minister of State for the German Foreign Ministry, Katja Keul, a number of issues related to political tracks, especially general elections and Germany's efforts in support of Libya through the Berlin conferences. According to the Ministry of Local Governing, Al-Tumi reaffirmed the readiness of GNU to hold elections according to the correct constitutional foundations and the aspirations of the Libyan people to end the transitional stages that lasted for years, referring to the success achieved in the municipal elections that were held recently in a number of cities and are still being held in others, including 30 targeted municipalities in the next two months. The two sides also discussed bilateral relations and cooperation in many economic and environmental fields, especially in the field of investment in renewable and clean energies as an alternative source to oil. Meanwhile, the German minister stressed the importance of the measures taken by the GNU in all fields, saying they confirm that there is a real will to achieve stability and real development, and advance the democratic track. The two sides also reiterated the need for continued cooperation in a way that contributes to bringing about development and improving the quality of life of citizens, in addition to holding elections on a sound constitutional basis and in a manner that guarantees the end of the transitional stages.

The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah asked the Ministry of Finance to provide the cabinet with data on the balances of the accounts of embassies and diplomatic missions according to the approved sections of the budget within 10 days from the date of the letter published by the Hakometna platform on its Facebook page. Dbeibah referred in the letter to his meeting with the Minister of Finance, Khalid Al-Mabrouk, last Wednesday in the presence of the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir, and a number of officials of departments affiliated with the Finance Ministry, during which the bank balances of embassies and diplomatic missions were discussed. He told the Minister of Finance that he should assign financial controllers in embassies and diplomatic missions urgently to provide him with data on the balances of the accounts of embassies and diplomatic missions, asking the Foreign Ministry to issue instructions to the heads of missions for cooperation so that the financial controllers can perform their assigned mission. Dbeibah stressed the need to take administrative measures against the financial controllers who violate their tasks in accordance with the legal procedures followed in this regard, provided that the reports are referred within ten days from its start.

National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura said that Indians stranded in Libya have been evacuated with the help of the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Embassy in Tunisia. The NCM is constantly working to ensure that no atrocities are committed against minorities, Lalpura added. The stranded Indians were wounded and facing scarcity of food and water. Shreyasi Banerjee / 07:14 pm on short byon

The boat capsized in the rough waters of the Mediterranean Sea shortly after leaving the Benghazi coast in Libya for Italy. Ali was on the Italy-bound boat, which on February 22 met an accident, resulting in the death of 16 people. Since the beginning of the year, 327 migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Missing Migrants Project. The project is an initiative of the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to document such migrants. Before getting on the boat, Ali talked to his family and told them that he would text them when he had an Internet connection.

The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah rejected the candidacy of military officers for elections before resigning from their posts, adding that the constitutional basis for elections must be put to a popular referendum first, in reference to his refusal to approve it by the House of Representatives (HoR) and High Council of State (HCS). "We have wasted years on military rulings. Any soldier who wants to rule must take off his military uniform before entering elections. I am willing to give up my position if election laws were agreed upon, saying: "I swear by God, I am ready to step down tomorrow if the election laws are agreed upon together with a constitutional basis for Libyans to vote on." "I refuse to size up the election laws to one specific person because it can never suit the rest of us.

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Seven Pakistani nationals have drowned in a boat wreck near Libya’s port city Benghazi, the Foreign Office said Thursday. She said the embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also in contact with the families of the deceased. On March 10, the foreign minister will headline an event on Islamophobia in New York. This visit is taking place within days of the visit of the Foreign Minister and Minister of State to Germany for the Munich Security Dialogue. The FO spokesperson said Pakistan would continue to raise its voice against the grave human rights violations in IIOJK.

Lavrov said US President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have publicly stated that Russia must be defeated on the battlefield. “They say Russia must suffer a strategic defeat and this they say is existentialist for the west in the context of global domination. Referring to the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Thursday, the Russian minister said the western leaders had raised the Ukraine issue, but wondered whether previous declarations of the grouping ever discussed the situation in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan or Yugoslavia. When Iraq was ruined as a state, a few years later Tony Blair said it was a mistake. You think the United States has the right to declare a threat just like they did to other countries, but no one questions it for that,” the minister added.

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“This conference being held on 8th March, 2023 is an initiative of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The foreign minister will chair the High-Level segment. Later, on March 10 the foreign minister will attend an event on Islamophobia in New York. Meanwhile, Germany’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Tobias Lindner will visit Pakistan from 4-7 March, 2023. “This visit is taking place within days of the visit of the foreign minister and minister of state to Germany for the Munich Security Dialogue.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested three alleged traffickers responsible for sending migrants illegally to unknown destinations via Libya from Pakistan, ARY News reported. FIA’s Punjab chapter conducted raids in Gujrat and arrested accused Raja Raheel and Sufyan. The investigation has started while raids are being carried out for the arrest of the remaining accused, said FIA spokesperson. At a weekly briefing, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the embassy of Pakistan in Libya was facilitating the process of identification of the bodies. “Pakistan embassy and foreign affairs ministry were in touch with the families of the people who had died in the boat accident,” he continued.

The agent cheated, the boat sank after seating more than 150 people, the heirs – daily OsafGujrat (Newsdesk) Many Pakistanis died after the migrant boat sank in ItalyMost of them belong to Gujarat and Kharian. Muhammad Arif, a resident of Dulanwala village in Gujarat, whose son Ali Hasnain died in a boat capsizing accident near Italy. An FIA team today visited Dulanwala village near Gujarat where the relatives of Ali Hasnain who died in a boat accident. On February 22, Ali Hasnain called for the last time and said that he is going to Italy by ship from Libya today. No more than that will be on board the ship, but the agent cheated us and put more than 150 people on the ship.

Producing grains locally and preserving the strategic stock of them is a matter of national security, he added. Wheat import bill will rise sharply – needs strategic rethinkBoulsien stressed that Libya will face a significant increase in its wheat import bill, and this is due to two main factors. First, is the large dependence on wheat as a basic food component in Libyans’ diet. Second, is the decrease in its wheat production relative to its domestic consumption. The first is how to increase wheat production in the region through collective investment measures and benefit from cheap energy sources and fertilizers in this strategic field.

“The political process remains protracted and falls short of the aspirations of Libyans, who seek to elect their leaders and reinvigorate their political institutions,” said Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative for Libya and head of the UN’s political mission in the country, known as UNSMIL. Special Representative Bathily, appointed in September 2022, had aimed to help Libyan parties and international partners to agree on a constitutional basis for those elections by the end of February. ‘Crisis of legitimacy’Meanwhile, Mr. Bathily said Libya’s political class continues to face a major crisis of legitimacy, and most State institutions lost their authority in the eyes of ordinary Libyans “years ago”. ‘Fragile’ calmTurning to Libya’s reconciliation process, the Special Representative praised strong support from the African Union and called for the holding of an inclusive conference to that end. “Reconciliation is a long-term process that should be inclusive, victim-centred, rights-based and grounded on transitional justice principles,” he said.