Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday the ruling alliance after failing in all its attempts to control the “people of Pakistan” was now trying to steal the public mandate through the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). He claimed that after realising that the government could not silence the people through intimidation they were now trying to control them through the ECP by manipulating the elections. “Funds from foreign countries or companies which can influence your policies is the foreign funding,” he added. He added that the ECP “wrongly” termed donations from expatriates as foreign funding. “The PTI is the first party in the country which collected money through political fundraising,” Imran said.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has announced that the government will submit a declaration to the Supreme Court in connection with the foreign funding verdict against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Also read: ‘Secret powers’ want to rig elections through ECP to control public: ImranThe federal minister added that the Ministry of Law had been given three days to come up with its observations on the declaration. Marriyum also announced that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will investigate the case in light of the verdict of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). “In the ECP verdict, the PTI has effectively declared a foreign-funded party,” she said and added that the cabinet was briefed about the matter under the Political Party Order of 2002. Also read: Govt mulls imposing ban on PTI after ECP verdict“The other matter in the case is about the fake oath-taking statement,” the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader added.

But the reality of imagined “control” was completely exposed during Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly. And we should feel extremely grateful to Noor Alam Khan for projecting it. Noor Alam is a relatively younger parliamentarian from Peshawar. Noor Alam continues to sit on the opposition benches these days and in this capacity also heads the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Through a lengthy speech in the House Wednesday, Noor Alam kept wailing and wailing to desperately plead to his legislator comrades that they should vigorously support him to reassert authority of the forum, parliament, otherwise presumed to be “sovereign to all” in this country.

The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 356.50 points, a positive change of 0.87 percent, closing at 41,425.37 points against 41,068.87 points on the last working day. A total of 275,431,074 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 333,028,028 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs.7.904 billion against Rs.10.016 billion on last trading day. As many as 343 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 212 of them recorded gain and 107 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 24 companies remained unchanged. Allahwasaya Tex witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.253.01 per share, closing at Rs.3,626.50 whereas the runner up was Premium Tex, the share prices of which climbed up by Rs.46.97 to Rs.671.87. Sanofi-Aventis witnessed maximum decrease of Rs.65 per share closing at Rs.1,270 followed by Colgate Palm, the share price of which declined by Rs47.99 to close at Rs2,390.01.

BIRMINGHAM – After a long wait, Pakistan won its first medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Wednesday, when Shah Hussain Shah won a bronze medal in judo after defeating South African Thomas-Laszlo Breytenbach in Men’s -90 Kg event. Shah Hussain Shah played against Australia’s Harrison Cassar in the quarterfinals, and again he lost after an Ippon in the bronze-medal bout. The 20-year-old, son of Olympic bronze medalist boxer Hussain Shah, has also won two Gold medals for Pakistan in South Asian Games. Nasir Iqbal and Faiza Zafar secured a win in their Mixed Doubles squash event of the Commonwealth Games. England’s Jake Jarman claimed a fourth gold medal on the final day of gymnastics while compatriot Joe Fraser grabbed his third with victory in the parallel bars.

Meanwhile, the former ruling party has decided to constitute a four-member legal team to challenge the electoral body’s decision. On Tuesday, the election supervisor issued two pdf versions of the funding case judgment – first one comprising 68 pages – second one 70 pages. PTI senior leader Fawad Chaudhry was quick to take to Twitter, stating that the election supervisor had issued two judgments on the funding case. The PTI legal team will prepare an appeal on the ECP’s decision and seek party chairman Imran Khan’s approval. The case which had been filed by founding but disgruntled PTI member Akbar S Babar had been pending since November 14, 2014.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered round-the-clock monitoring of flood-affected areas and a status report every 48 hours on rescue and relief efforts, including disbursement of funds to the flood victims, and rehabilitation measures being taken in Balochistan. The premier has instructed relevant authorities to speed up the distribution of relief funds in Balochistan, especially in the areas of Bolan, Quetta, Zhob, Dakki, Khuzdar, Kohlu, Kech, Mastung, Harnai, Qila Saifullah and Sibbi. He has also directed to increase the pace of relief and rehabilitation work in the flood-affected areas of Sindh, K-P and Punjab. A report sent to the premier by the concerned authorities stated, “the arrangements of food, medical camps, and shelter have been made in the flood-hit areas of Balochistan”. “The relief activities have been increased in collaboration with the provincial government of Balochistan, while work is in progress in other provinces with the cooperation of the respective provincial governments.”

Nepali Congress lawmaker Gyan Kumari Chhantyal died on Wednesday morning in Nepal, Kathmandu she was 63 years old. Gyan Kumari ChhantyalKumari was getting treatment at Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in Kathmandu where she last breathed today. Gyan was born in Tamankhola rural Municipality-5 of Baglung. Her funeral rites will be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat at 1 pm today her son said. Kumari was elected the lawmaker of the main opposition Nepali Congress under proportional representation from Baglung.

Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Altaf Ahmed Bhat has paid glowing tributes to the officers and soldiers of the "Pakistan Army who lost their lives while serving the country relentlessly". While expressing grief and sorrow over the helicopter crash in Balochistan a day earlier, Bhat said it was a day of mourning for the nation as it lost its brave sons of the soil carrying out rescue and relief operations for the flood-hit people. Also read: COAS attends funeral prayers of helicopter crash martyrsThe wreckage of a military helicopter that went missing Monday night was found in a coastal district of Balochistan and none of the six officers and crew on board has survived the crash. Commander 12 Corps Lieutenant General Sarfaraz Ali, Major General Amjad Hanif, Brigadier Muhammad Khalid, Major Saeed Ahmed, Major M Talha Manan and Naik Mudassar Fayyaz were on board the Mi-17 helicopter of Army Aviation. Lt Gen Ali was supervising relief operations in Balochistan, which has been hit hard by flash floods triggered by the heavy monsoon rains in the province.

Entire nation salutes brave martyred Army officers: PMPrime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says entire nation, including me, salutes the martyred officers and soldiers, who sacrificed their lives while assisting helpless people tapped in floods in Balochistan. In a tweet tonight, he said that today he attended the Namaz -e– Janaza of the martyrs of helicopter crash in Balochistan and prayed for the high ranks of departed souls.

A grassroots effort is underway to increase funding for PK-12 teachers and student-support professionals in Colorado school districts without increasing state income taxes. Colorado ranks 49th nationally on the number of novice teachers in the classroom, also according to Great Education Colorado. The initiative is the brainchild of Great Schools, Thriving Communities, an education coalition comprised of practitioner, advocacy and social justice organizations. These include The Arc of Colorado, the Colorado Association of Bilingual Education, Colorado Association of School Executives, Colorado Education Association, Colorado PTA and the NAACP. Weil, with Great Education Colorado, is a former Greeley resident and 1981 graduate of Greeley Central High School.

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Any match between Pakistan and India always attracts cricket lovers from across the globe and this time, during the Asia Cup 2022, the arch-rivals are expected to come face-to-face thrice. Arch-rivals India and Pakistan, who are placed in Group A, will meet in a high-voltage contest on August 28 (Sunday) in Dubai. As per the tournament’s schedule, the top two teams in each group will play again in the super 4 stages. If India and Pakistan finish on top of group A, they will meet again on September 4 (Sunday). Being in top-notch form in T20Is recently, Pakistan and India are also hot favourites to play the final match of the tournament.

The government on Wednesday announced a public holiday across the country on the 9th and 10th Muharram. According to the notification, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the two-day public holiday for Ashura on 8 and 9 August 2022 (Monday and Tuesday). “It is for general information that the Prime Minister is pleased to declare 8th and 9th August 2022 (Monday and Tuesday) as public holidays on the occasion of Ashura (9th & 10th Muharram 1444 AH). According to the notification, all private and government offices, educational institutes, businesses, and other activities would remain shut during the two days.