LAHORE – At least three persons were killed and 990 others sustained injuries in 939 road traffic accidents in Punjab during the last 24 hours. Out of this, 568 people were seriously injured who were shifted to different hospitals. Whereas, 422 minor injured victims were treated at the incident site by the rescue medical teams, said a spokesperson of Rescue-1122 on Tuesday. Further, the analysis showed that at least 483 drivers, 31 underage drivers, 106 pedestrians, and 394 passengers were among the victims of these road accidents. According to the data 795 motorbikes, 52 auto-rickshaws, 108 motorcars, 20 vans, 10 passenger buses, 29 trucks and 83 other types of auto vehicles and slow-moving carts were involved in these accidents.

A man walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, US, May 10, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILEAdditional measures will be needed to bring Pakistan's budget for fiscal year 2022-23 in line with the key objectives of its International Monetary Fund programme, the lender's resident representative in Islamabad said on Monday. "Our preliminary estimate is that additional measures will be needed to strengthen the budget and bring it in line with key programme objectives," Esther Perez Ruiz told Reuters. He, however, added that his government was confident they could adjust the budget to bring the IMF on board and was hopeful of securing a successful review this month. Pakistan is halfway through a $6 billion, 39-month IMF programme that has stalled over the lender's concerns over the status of some of its objectives, including fiscal consolidation.

Pakistan and Iran have reiterated the resolve to further strengthen bilateral relations in all dimensions. This was stated by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while addressing joint news conference alongside his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Tuesday. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Iran is an important neighbor and brother of Pakistan and building close relations with Iran remains our high priority. Appreciating Iran s facilitation of Pakistani Zaireen, the Foreign Minister said he discussed additional facilities for Zaireen. The Foreign Minister said he has briefed his Iranian counterpart about the serious human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the parliamentary traditions, the Leader of the Opposition initiates the ‘general discussion’ on budgetary proposals. But 123 members of the largest party in this house, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are not present in the House. In their absence, Speaker Parvaiz Ashraf felt forced to ‘recognise’ Raja Riaz as the Opposition Leader. You can thus easily imagine the “tough time”, Raja Riaz might have given to the government through his unnecessarily lengthy speech, faking ‘critical evaluation’ of budgetary proposals. To prevent a huge embarrassment on the first day of ‘general discussion’ on budgetary proposals, Khawaja Asif, the defence minister, rushed to Tanvir.

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ISLAMABAD – Planning Minister and senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal has urged the ‘Chai loving’ nation to cut consumption of aromatic beverage that is considered to be an emotion for many. He appealed to the nation to cut down the consumption of tea by 1-2 cups, saying the fifth most populous country import tea. Ahsan added that Pakistanis imports tea on the loans it takes while his comments are doing rounds on social media attracting hilarious reactions from Pakistanis whom tea is the solution to ‘every problem’. Reacting to Ahsan’s appeal, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry said that PML-N leaders need to diminish foreign properties, camp offices, foreign trips, and then Pakistanis will think about cutting tea consumption. ، بیرون ملک جائیدادیں کم کر دیں ، کیمپ آفس کم کر دیں ، غیر ملکی دوروں پر لوگ کم کر دیں ، ہم ایک پیالی چائے کم کر دیتے ہیں https://t.co/PCcLbY3kdQ — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 14, 2022Earlier, some media reports claimed that Pakistanis consumed tea worth Rs83.88 billion in the fiscal year 2021-22 – nearly Rs13 billion worth of more tea than the last fiscal year.

Since the creation of Pakistan, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has been borrowing, which started with the first financial aid request from the US. In contrast, the elite of Pakistan has been borrowing from the government of Pakistan without any sense of guilt or remorse. And, we have seldom heard if ordinary citizens have their house loans waived off or written off. Further, new and novel ways have been devised to steal from the GoP and its people. Thus, GoP and its ordinary citizens have been exploited with impunity and no one has ever been held accountable for this.

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On Monday, Hamid revealed that Imran Khan himself admitted that reference against Justice Isa was a 'mistake'. Senior lawyers believe that Hamid Khan's re-joining is significant as consultation with him would prevent Imran Khan from further embarrassments on legal fronts. During the PTI's government, Hamid Khan was also very critical of the undue influence of security establishment in the workings of the executive. Interestingly, the Independent Lawyers Group, (also known as Asma Jahangir Group), is closed to the coalition government led by the PML-N. Observers believe that this is a sign of Imran Khan's rising popularity in the legal fraternity since his removal as PM.

In a meeting hosted by the PM of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, it was decided by the regional government that it would not present its own budget for the new fiscal year in light of the ‘enormous’ cuts in the budgetary grants by the federal government. Given the economic constraints within which this budget was released, it is vital that the federal government looks to overcome any grievances and explains that cuts were experienced by most sectors, provinces and ministries, not just AJK alone. The budget for AJK was slashed by Rs.5.2 billion in total, prompting immense opposition from the region. The health ministry, arguably one of the most relevant and important ministries given the current global health crisis, also experienced a budget cut from Rs.154 billion to Rs.19 billion. We are living through a national economic crisis and animosity between the government and regional authorities will only create more trouble.

The decision by a district sessions judge to allow for under-trial prisoners (UTPs) to be produced before the court through video link is a commendable step forward. As a result of this decision, UTPs will now be allowed to appear for their hearings via video link through Adiala Jail, instead of having to first be held in the poorly maintained and crowded Bakshi Khana in F-8 and then be brought to court, leading to logistical issues, not to mention the fuel cost incurred as a result. Under the new model, UTPs that have their cases fixed for evidence will still be produced before the court. A video link appearance is likely to take up less time of the court, provided all the technical details have been figured out in advance. Saving on costs, making the lives of UTPs and courts easier and allowing for a potentially efficient process is a worthwhile endeavour and one worth replicating.

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said Monday that India had unleashed its brute and oppressive apparatus to browbeat Indian Muslims into submission. Commenting on the unabated persecution of Muslims in India by the Narendra Modi-led regime pursuing the Hindutva ideology, the prime minister said the whole plan was to further marginalise the Indian Muslims politically, economically and culturally. Shehbaz Sharif says reality of India’s democratic ‘face is before the world to see’“India has unleashed its brute & oppressive state apparatus to browbeat Indian Muslims into submission. The whole plan is to further marginalise them politically, economically & culturally. The reality of India’s “democratic face” is before the world to see,” the prime minister said on Twitter.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is scheduled to meet this week, from June 14 to 17, 2022, in Berlin where it will be decided whether Pakistan has fulfilled all of the requirements needed to exit the list. According to sources, Pakistani officials appear to be quite hopeful of a positive outcome from the plenary meeting as they believe that there has been substantial progress that has been acknowledged by FATF members. There is no denying that Pakistan has put in sincere efforts over the years to bring about the recommended structural changes. Now that the authorities have played their part, it remains to be seen if the FATF community is satisfied with the progress. Before Pakistan can be excluded from the list however, FATF is expected to send its team over for onsite inspection to take stock of the progress that has been made.