Rains, floods claim three more lives in Pakistan: NDMAThree more people have died due to rains and floods in different parts of the country during the last 24 hours. According to National Disaster Management Authority, this has taken the death toll to 552 whereas 628 people have been injured oversell. According to the preliminary report, 49778 houses have been damaged due to floods and rains. Relief activities in the affected areas are also underway and NDMA has dispatched more relief items to Lasbela.

President Dr Arif Alvi condemned on Friday the "unnecessary controversy" regarding his absence from the funeral of the army helicopter crash martyrs. Criticizing people’s social media comments on his official Twitter handle, President Alvi condemned in “unequivocal terms the despicable tweets by those who are neither aware of our culture or our religion”. — Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) August 5, 2022The president questioned how the people could desecrate the memory and the sacrifice of the martyrs whom “Allah has given eternal life”, and highlighted the respect for martyrdom in the Holy Quran. When the news of the army helicopter going missing came, certain people on social media started making derogatory comments. Without naming any political party, the military’s media wing took strong exception to the campaign on social media.

The government on Saturday changed the rate of profit given on the National Saving Schemes. The government has raised the profit rate on the Regular Income Savings Certificates to 12.60 percent, adding 24 points to the profit rate. However, the profit rate on Pensioners, Behbood (Welfare) and Special Saving Certificate would remain unchanged. The profit rate on Special Saving Certificate will remain same i.e.

SIALKOT – Various events were held in connection with Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir [Exploitation of Kashmiris Day] in educational institutions across the district under the district administration. The main event was held at Anwar Club Auditorium Sialkot, District Headquarter Sialkot, under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Sialkot Maisam Abbas. NarowalThe Narowal district administration organised a rally on Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir [Day of Kashmiris Exploitation] to express solidarity with Kashmiris and condemn brutalities and oppression by Indian army in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Deputy Commissioner Shahid Farid told the rally participants that on this day, India made an unholy attempt to change the status of Kashmir. The deputy commissioner said that freedom was the right of Kashmiris, according to the UN Conventions.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) light combat aircraft "Tejas" flies during the "Aero India 2021" air show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, February 3, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, keen to reduce India's reliance on foreign defence equipment, has also been making diplomatic efforts to export the jets. Britain said in April it would support India’s goal of building its own fighter jets. India currently has a mix of Russian, British and French fighter jets. India is looking to ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following a number of fatal crashes, the Times of India daily reported last month.

Kashmiris living on both the sides of the Line of Control and all over the world also observed Youm-e-Istehsal to condemn unconstitutional step taken by India on August 5, 2019. “In Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, destruction and burning of houses, execution of collective punishment and other methods of subjugation are the daily routine,” Alvi said. He observed that the “extreme cruelty and coercion” of the occupation forces could not break the spirit of the Kashmiris. In the letter, the foreign minister recalled that three years ago, on August 5, 2019, India imposed illegal and unilateral measures in IIOJK. Senate resolutionIn connection with the third anniversary of the unilateral Indian actions in IIOJK, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution, expressing solidarity with the Kashmiris.

Three years later, the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are still under this oppressive isolation. In 2020, Pakistan decided it will observe “Youm-e-Istehsal” on this day to show solidarity. Unfortunately, we find ourselves in the tragic reality of having to observe yet another Youm-e-Istehsal this year too, as the fascist abrogation of all international laws committed by India continues to its third year. This year, on Youm-e-Istehsal, it is important to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people and also acknowledge and admire the relentless courage and commitment the IIOJK residents living in the occupation have shown. However, despite such malicious tactics, IIOJK is far from being a cohesive integral part of the Indian union, and the resistance is stronger than ever.

Official documents showed that the World Bank cancelled an allocation of $188 million for Pakistan for the just-ended fiscal year. Last week, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail met with US Ambassador Donald Blome, seeking his help to unlock $950 million worth of funds from the World Bank. The minister requested the ambassador to convince the World Bank to approve two budget support loans. But the World Bank wants the District Collectorate valuation tables to be at least equal to 85% of the market values of these properties. In case, Pakistan fails to rationalise the property valuation rates, the country will permanently lose $147 million too, like it has already lost $188 million, the World Bank warned.

The present dollar crisis has but indicated how we (the political elite) have been living beyond the state’s means and how much the economy has been mismanaged by the elites of all major polit­ical parties. The political elite supported by ever pliant bureau­cracy also enjoyed perks and privileges at the state’s ex­pense. And to maintain their hegemony and keep their toadies happy, the political elite also indulged their grovelers with morsels of state money. Similarly, instead of industrialisation, the rent-oriented elite promoted the real-estate sector and used it for parking black money. Thus, we have a rent-oriented elite supported by a servile bureaucracy, which has the country in a stran­glehold, and resultantly the country is heading to­wards an economic meltdown.

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The Modi regime in gross violation of the United Nations resolutions and international law scrapped Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution that granted special autonomous status to Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “Today marks the 3rd sombre anniversary of India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019 that aimed at changing the internationally recognised disputed status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and altering the demographic structure of the occupied territory,” he said. PM Shahbaz said the Jammu and Kashmir dispute has been a battle of hope against overwhelming odds, of courage against fear and of sacrifice against tyranny. Carrying banners, the participants chanted slogans in support of the Kashmiri people and against the Indian atrocities. He said every Pakistani is aware of its national responsibility and stands by its Kashmiri brothers and sisters.

Nation joined Kashmiris to observe Youm-e-Istehsal on FridayYoum-e-Istehsal was observed across the country on Friday, to mark the completion of third year of Indian military siege of the illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and denounce India's illegal, immoral and unconstitutional step to strip the territory of its special status. Immediately after one minute silence, Radio Pakistan, PTV and other television channels played national anthems of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, rallies and protest demonstrations were held across the state to condemn India's illegal actions and atrocities against innocent Kashmiris. In Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, call for the observance of the Youm-e-Istehsal was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. To condemn India’s illegal and unilateral steps in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the international community and Pakistan’s diplomatic missions abroad expressed solidarity with Kashmiris.

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world are observing Youm-e-Istehsal today [Friday] to register their protest against Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government s illegal action taken on this day in 2019. The Modi regime in gross violation of the United Nations resolutions and international law scrapped Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution that granted special autonomous status to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and imposed military siege in the territory on 5th August 2019. All Parties Hurriyat Conference has called for complete shutdown today to mark it as a black day. Illegally detained APHC Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, in a message from an Indian jail, said that August 5, 2019 is one of the blackest days in IIOJK. He said the purpose of observing the day as Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir is to sensitize the international community about New Delhi s brutal repression being carried out by its more than one million occupation troops in the territory.

The Pakistani nation will join the Kashmiris in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Azad Jammu and Kashmir and those across the world in observing Youm-e-Istehsal today (August 5) to denounce the Indian atrocities in the occupied state. The Foreign Office spokesperson said in a weekly press briefing on Thursday that during the day, the nation and Kashmiris would denounce Indian atrocities and express full support for the realization of the right to self-determination and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with relevant UNSC resolutions. India had let loose a reign of terror and suppression, gross and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, in an attempt to perpetuate its illegal and forcible occupation of IIOJK, he added. In an attempt to hide its atrocities, India, the serial violator of human rights, had employed censorship, and a crackdown on civil society, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists, who were harassed and persecuted under the draconian laws, the spokesperson informed. We pay rich tributes to their struggle and sacrifices and assure them of Pakistan’s unambiguous, steadfast and all possible support for the realization of their right to self-determination.

HYDERABAD – A terror suspect was killed when a bomb went off prematurely near the office of Jamshoro Deputy Commissioner on Thursday, police sources said. The body of the alleged terrorist, who tried to plant the bomb, was also recovered and sent to a local hospital. The remote-controlled device exploded when the suspected terrorist was planting the bomb adjacent to the office of deputy commissioner of Jamshoro district on Thursday. The police sealed the crime scene after the in­cident and a team of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) collected evidences. He told that the BDS re­covered a remote, 2 batteries, a NIC and some torn apart currency from the site.