Taliban: Any meeting on Afghanistan without our participation complicates the problems and does not solve them

Taliban representative to the United Nations, Muhammad Suhail Shaheen, confirmed that any meeting on Afghanistan without the participation of the current Afghan caretaker government "will not help solve problems, but rather complicate them."

The statements of the head of the movement's political bureau in the Qatari capital, Doha, today, Saturday, came to Xinhua news agency, ahead of an upcoming international meeting on Afghanistan in Doha, in which the Taliban does not participate.

He said: "Any meeting on Afghanistan without the participation of a delegation from the current Afghan government is unproductive and does not help solve problems, but complicates them."

Shaheen added that the current Afghan caretaker government has the right to have its voice heard in meetings and forums related to resolving relevant issues in Afghanistan.

He continued, saying: "In such meetings, while we hear their voices, they must also hear ours, and for this reason our presence is necessary."

When asked if the Taliban government was ready for any settlement if the international community offered to recognize it in exchange for changing its way of ruling or on issues related to women's work and other contentious issues, he replied that at the beginning it is necessary for all parties to remain engaged with the current Afghan government to understand the issues. And knowing how to move forward.   Source: Xinhua

The enemy is active in creating a rift between the people and the forces: Army Chief

Army Chief General Asim Munir said in his address at the passing out parade at Kakul Academy on Saturday that 'the mutual relationship between the people and the Pakistan Army will be maintained forever.'

Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir says that the enemy is active in 'conspiracies to create a rift' between the Pakistani people and the armed forces.

Army Chief General Asim Munir said in his address at the passing out parade at Kakul Academy on Saturday that 'the mutual relationship between the people and the Pakistan Army will be maintained forever.'

He said that the axis of the state is the people of Pakistan. The first and foremost obligation is loyalty to the State of Pakistan and commitment to the constitutional role assigned to the Armed Forces of Pakistan.'

Army Chief General Asim Munir said that 'for us, there is nothing more sacred than the safety and security of the people and no duty is more important than the protection of the motherland.'

General Asim Munir said that 'the army is following the ideology of the great leader without any caste, colour, race, gender or regional discrimination.'

He also said that these efforts for peace should not be considered as weakness. We will not hesitate to make any sacrifice to defend our motherland.'

He said that the enemy wants to affect the state and social harmony. The people and the state have a key role in the war against terrorism. The peace established as a result of many sacrifices will not be affected in any way.'

General Asim Munir said that terrorists and their facilitators have no place in the country. "We have to recognize our apparent and hidden enemy and in this context we have to make a clear distinction between reality and ambiguity."

The Army Chief further said that stability in Afghanistan is fundamental to the security of Pakistan.

Speaking about Indian-administered Kashmir, the Army Chief said, "We will continue our political, moral and diplomatic support to our Kashmiri brothers." Pakistan will always stand with the people of Kashmir in their historic struggle for their fundamental human rights and their right to self-determination.

He added: 'The international community must realize that without a just and peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue, regional peace will always remain elusive.

If assemblies are dissolved by May 14, they are ready for elections on the same day: Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that if the assemblies are dissolved by May 14, then they are also ready for elections together.

Addressing the government on Saturday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that if the assemblies are dissolved by May 14, then they are also ready for elections together.

Addressing the workers through a video link on Saturday, Imran Khan said, "We are holding talks only because the Supreme Court has told us to."

He said that on the one hand negotiations are going on, on the other hand sometimes Ali Amin is circling Gandapur of Pakistan, on the other hand the house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi is attacked at night and sometimes our people are captured and taken away. Are they serious about negotiations or are they doing it from above?'

Negotiations between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the coalition government are ongoing these days to reduce political tension and reach a conclusion regarding the elections in the country.

In this regard, former Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the government and said that 'if you dissolve the assemblies before May 14, then we are also ready for elections in the country.'

However, he also said that 'they are saying that first we will present the budget and after that we will dissolve the assemblies. I see malice in it. If you have to present the budget, then you win the election, you get the mandate for five years and then make the budget.'

Imran Khan said that 'don't misunderstand us that we will dissolve the assemblies after the budget, because this is not acceptable to us.'

Apart from this, Imran Khan also announced to take out rallies in Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore on the occasion of International Labor Day on Monday, May 1.

He said that on May 1, rallies will be held for workers, which I will lead in Lahore, while Pervez Khattak will lead in Peshawar and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad. The second objective of this rally is to save the constitution, save Pakistan.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senior leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi says that the police entered Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi's house 'without a search warrant' and raided it despite bail.

Speaking to reporters outside Chaudhry Pervez Elahi's residence in Lahore on Saturday, Shah Mahmour Qureshi said, "I am shocked to see what has been done in the house of Chaudhry Pervez Elahi."

He said that Imran Khan and every worker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf is standing with Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.

In response to a question on this occasion, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, "I told Ishaq Dar and Prime Minister of Law Nazir Tarar during the negotiations that they should explain to me that negotiations on one side and arrests on the other side are a contradiction." It is beyond our imagination.'

He said that an environment is created for negotiations. Are you creating or destroying this environment? What do you want?'

Former Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has termed the police raid on the residence of PTI President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi in Lahore as a clear attempt to sabotage the ongoing negotiation process regarding the election.

Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar wrote in his tweet: 'The images of the police raiding Parvez Elahi's house and the armored vehicle forcefully breaking the gate are certainly images that will disturb those in power today.

"This is a clear attempt to sabotage the negotiation process and push us into crisis."

Lahore: Police raided the house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi

Police and anti-corruption team raided the house of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president and former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in Lahore between Friday and Saturday night.  

According to correspondent Fatima Ali, the police arrived to arrest Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in a case registered against him in Gujranwala on Friday.

Additional DG Anti-Corruption Waqas Hasan told the media that a case was registered against Chaudhry Parvez Elahi a night ago. 

Zahoor Elahi Road, the residence of Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, was also closed during the raid.  

When the door of the house did not open, the police first tried to break down the main door of the residence, as a result of which stones and water were thrown at the police from inside the house. 

When the door did not open, the policemen entered the house by jumping over the walls, while after some time, the main door was broken by an armored vehicle and the rest were sent inside the house. 

According to the police, seven employees were detained from Chaudhry Parvez Elahi's house.

A women police team led by SP Amara Shirazi entered the house to search, but Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was not present at the house. 

The anti-corruption team said that Parvez Elahi's mobile location is coming near his residence. In this regard, the officials of the Punjab Police stated that Parvez came to Elahi to say that there was no bail in his case and the police took action on the resistance.

He said that the mobile location shows that they are present at the same place, until the arrest is made, the police will remain here. 

Chaudhry Pervez Elahi's lawyer Amir Saeed told the anti-corruption team that Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh had granted interim bail to Pervez Elahi till May 6, on which the anti-corruption team sought a court order from him.  

Chaudhry Parvez Elahi's son Munis Elahi, who is currently in Spain, tweeted: 'Punjab Police is currently at our residence to arrest my father in a case in which he got bail today. Is.

'His bail hearing was covered by all the media. Imran Khan rightly says that the rule of law has ended in Pakistan. 

During the police raid, the house of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, an ally of the PDM government, was also damaged. Talking to the media, Chaudhry Shafi Hussain said that the police do not know what to do. 

There are nine houses of the Chaudhary family on Zahoor Elah Road, some of which lead from inside the house to another house. 

We are seeing democracy crumbling: Imran Khan

PTI Chairman Imran Khan condemned the raid on party president Chaudhry Pervez Elahi's residence and said, "We are seeing democracy crumbling in Pakistan before our eyes."

He wrote on Twitter: 'I strongly condemn the illegal raid on Parvez Elahi's house without any respect for the women and families present in the house.

We are witnessing the crumbling of democracy in Pakistan before our eyes. There is no respect for the constitution, court orders or fundamental rights of the people.

'Every hundred is the law of the jungle and fascism reigns supreme. All this is a part of the London plan designed to break our morale, crush Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

"First they attacked my residence and now they are doing the same with the criminal gang and its patron Parvez Elahi.

He added that he will give a plan to the public today on how to stand against this destruction imposed on our constitution, our democracy.

There has been progress on the talks, will inform Imran Khan: Shah Mehmood Qureshi

At the end of the second round of negotiations, PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi while talking to the media said that there has been progress in the negotiations today, on which he will take Imran Khan into confidence.

He said that today the government and PTI have presented their point of view, they will sit again on Tuesday for negotiations which will be almost the final round of negotiations.

Fawad Chaudhry, the PTI leader involved in the negotiations, said that the process of arrests will destroy the entire negotiations.

He said that Ali Amin Gandapur was arrested despite being granted bail in all the cases, the workers who came with Imran Khan were taken off the vehicles and arrested but the government says that we are not making arrests.

There is no deadlock in the ongoing talks on elections: Ishaq Dar

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that there is no deadlock in the ongoing negotiations between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf for the general elections in the country.

Speaking to the media at the end of the second round of negotiations today, he refuted speculations of deadlock and said, 'Two proposals have come from us and two proposals from them. 

"We will put proposals to our leadership and they to their leadership, meeting again on Tuesday morning for the final round."

If the government agrees to early elections, they are ready for constitutional amendment: Fawad Chaudhry

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry says that if the government agrees on early elections in the entire country, then his party is ready for constitutional amendment.

According to Omar Faizan of Independent Urdu, before the second round of negotiations between the government and PTI on the issue of elections, on the question that if elections are not held on May 14, should Tehreek-e-Insaf amend the constitutional provision to hold elections within 90 days? Fawad Chaudhry said: 'If the government is ready for elections soon.'

On the other hand, talking to the representatives of international news agencies, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that many things have been agreed upon in the talks with the government.

However, he said: 'Talks should not be used as a delaying tactic.'

Shah Mahmood admitted that there is a lack of trust on both sides. We are also worried that even if the negotiations are successful, if they say that Maulana Fazlur Rehman does not agree, then what will happen? In such a case, all government parties must also be on the same page.

He said that his party wants elections on May 14 and the government wants to hold elections in the whole country on the same day. "Now they have to come up with a proposal."

Shah Mehmood said that in the meeting, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar revealed that there is still a lack of trust between the IMF and the government. "Despite this, budget preparations are being made."

The second round of negotiations between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf regarding holding elections on the same day began in the committee room number three of the Parliament House.

The government's seven-member committee includes Prime Minister Nazir Tarar, Ishaq Dar, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Naveed Qamar, Khawaja Saad Rafiq, Tariq Bashir Cheema and Kishore Zahra, while PTI's Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhry and Barrister Ali. Zafar participates.

Before the second round of negotiations today, a consultative meeting of the government negotiation committee was also held while PTI met the chairman of the Senate.

Federal Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq said on Twitter that Imran Khan's statement regarding the date of the election shortly before the talks on Friday afternoon is completely inappropriate.

According to Imran Khan, he has instructed Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Fawad Chaudhry to talk only if the government wants to immediately dissolve the National Assembly and hold elections.

'If they talk about the same September and October again, there is no need to talk.'

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that if the coalition government of PDM dissolves the National Assembly immediately, negotiations can be held with them.

During a break in the hearing of the case filed against him in Islamabad on Friday, Imran Khan said in a conversation with the media that if the elections are not held on May 14, the constitution will be broken, and if the constitution is broken, then whoever will be in power. That's what will work.'

Imran Khan said that he always obeyed the decisions of the Supreme Court. 'We are with the constitution while the PDM is against it, we have no comparison with them.' 

Commenting on former Army Chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and Hamid Mir's statement on Kashmir, he said: 'I know more than that, but this is a national security issue.

The Islamabad High Court issued notices to the parties while granting protective bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan till May 3 for giving statements against the officers of military institutions.

The court has also directed Imran Khan to be involved in the investigation. 

Before the hearing, the objections of the registrar's office on Imran Khan's application were removed, after which Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Amir Farooq started the hearing on Imran Khan's bail application.

Advocate General Jahangir Jadoon said that 'as soon as Imran Khan's application comes and is fixed for hearing, the impression that a powerful person gets relief should disappear. Imran Khan himself says that the powerful should be brought under the law, the request of Allah Dutta should also be treated like Imran Khan.

In response to this, the Chief Justice said that the petitions of two Allah Duttas have been scheduled for hearing today, has it ever happened that you appeared for an Allah Dutta and it was not heard? Imran Khan is also a citizen, he also has rights.

The court later granted interim bail to Imran Khan till May 3 and ordered him to deposit a bond of one lakh rupees and also issued notices to the parties.

Imran Khan's lawyer Salman Safdar said that the process of transfer of courts will take place in May, then time will be required, to which the Chief Justice replied that the issue of transfer of courts is ours and not yours.

The Islamabad High Court while seeking arguments on whether the petition of Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf is admissible said that arguments should be given on the admissibility of the petition at the next hearing. Satisfy the matter as to how a bail application can be filed directly in the High Court.'

Meanwhile, the Advocate General said that Imran Khan should be ordered to approach the relevant court in Kachhari, on which Imran Khan's lawyer said that he has security threats, there was also a murder in Kachhari recently.

It should be remembered that the case against Imran Khan for speaking against military institutions was registered on April 7 in Ramna Police Station under the charge of Magistrate Manzoor Ahmad. The Lahore High Court had granted Imran Khan's protective bail till April 26 in the same case.

[Hong Kong court] 3 people convicted of the "8.31 Prince Edward Station Incident" were remanded in custody until 5.19 for sentencing

In the incident at Prince Edward Station on August 31, 2019, two students were accused of attacking passengers in the carriage at Prince Edward Station, and the other was involved in an earlier illegal assembly in Mong Kok. They denied 7 crimes including "riot" and were convicted of 6 crimes earlier . The three pleaded at the District Court (borrowing the West Kowloon Court) on Saturday (29th) and were remanded in custody until May 19th for sentencing. In her earlier ruling, deputy judge Hsu Qi-wei pointed out that although some passengers admitted that they took out the knife, they emphasized that it was "just to check the blade", and believed that the man in black's claim that the passenger "taken out the knife" was "made out of nothing". She also pointed out that the defendant said to the passenger holding the hammer, "You don't have X?", which "stirred up the emotions of the people in black and caused more violence."

"Only Media" reported that the three defendants in this case are all students, namely: Jian Zibin (24 years old, an associate degree student of City University), Lian Junxiong (23 years old) and Zhuo Jiahao (26 years old, a student of Jiaotong University).

The second defendant, Lian Junxiong, was convicted of 5 crimes, including one crime of "riot" and one crime of "criminal damage" at Mong Kok Station. He was also found guilty of one count of "riot", one count of "assault causing bodily harm" and one count of "common assault" inside Prince Edward Station.

The defense pleaded that even from a single-parent family, he was abused by his mother when he was a child, and he had accepted a protection order from the SWD and went to a foster home. The psychiatrist reported that he suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and often writes strange words, such as: "Do you know my cards... the murderer is you...someone wants to kill me". The defense pointed out that the consecutive crimes may be impulsive and have low self-control ability due to emotional problems.

The defense stated that the family hopes that the court can issue a hospital order so that Lian can receive psychiatric treatment, and hopes that the court can obtain two psychiatrist reports for the defendant. However, deputy judge Xu Qiwei refused, saying that she would not consider it, because the defense's psychiatrist's report was detailed enough.

The social worker of the Remedial Society also wrote a pleading letter for Lian, mentioning that Lian took the initiative to seek help, hoping to solve the problem in a positive way. Although he even made bad friends by mistake while growing up, and was sent to a labor camp with several criminal records, he has now repented of his past mistakes.

The first defendant, Kan Zibin, was found guilty of "illegal assembly" on Nathan Road, Mong Kok. The defense pleaded that Jane was born in the Mainland, applied to emigrate to Hong Kong in 2008, and then worked hard to complete the Applied Psychology course of City University's associate degree. In addition, the defense stated that there was no evidence that Jane had directly committed violent acts, nor did he have any offensive weapons on him. Although he held an umbrella, he never opened it, and his stay was short, only 15 minutes. The defense also stated that they agreed to most of the facts during the trial and did not prolong the trial.

The third defendant, Zhuo Jiahao, was found guilty of one count of "riot", one count of "assault causing bodily harm" and one count of "common assault" in Prince Edward Station, but not guilty of "robbery". The defense pleaded that the case happened suddenly and was not premeditated, and the process was short, and it has been four years since the case happened, which has affected Zhuo's studies and future. The defense also hopes that the sentences for each crime will be executed concurrently.

In her earlier ruling, deputy judge Hsu Qi-wei pointed out that the crowd of men in black made the passengers who were eager to go home feel dissatisfied. As for a passenger who admitted that he took out a knife, but emphasized that "it was only for checking the blade", Xu Guan believed that the man in black said that the passenger "taken out a knife" was "made out of nothing, and it was just an excuse for violence." She also pointed out that the defendant said to the passenger holding the hammer, "You don't have X?", in order to stir up the emotions of the people in black and create more violence.

9 killed, 11 hospitalized due to gas leak in Punjab's Ludhiana : India

Giving information, the police said that a rescue team has been called on the spot. A team of doctors and ambulance is also present on the spot.

The incident of gas leakage has come to light in Gayaspura area of ​​Ludhiana in the state of Punjab. There is news of death of 9 people due to gas leak in Gayaspura area. While ten people, 11 people have been admitted to the hospital. The police administration that reached the spot is sealing the area. According to the information, vehicles of the fire department also reached the spot. Along with this, arrangements have also been made for an ambulance. Till now it is not known what is the source of the gas.

Giving information about the matter, Ludhiana West's SDM Swati said, "Definitely, it is a gas leak case. At present, the NDRF team is present on the spot to rescue and evacuate people."