Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 283,487, recovery rate rose to 259,604

The number of confirmed Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 283,487 on Saturday after new infections were confirmed in the country.

Total: 283,487

• Sindh: 123,246

• Punjab: 94,223

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 34,539

• Balochistan: 11,835

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 15,214

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 2,301

• AJK: 2,129

Deaths: 6,068

• Punjab: 2,166

• Sindh: 2,259

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1,222

• Balochistan: 137

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 171

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 55

• AJK: 58

RECOVERED: 259,604

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Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 283,487, recovery rate rose to 259,604

The number of confirmed Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 283,487 on Saturday after new infections were confirmed in the country.

Total: 283,487

• Sindh: 123,246

• Punjab: 94,223

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 34,539

• Balochistan: 11,835

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 15,214

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 2,301

• AJK: 2,129

Deaths: 6,068

• Punjab: 2,166

• Sindh: 2,259

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1,222

• Balochistan: 137

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 171

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 55

• AJK: 58

RECOVERED: 259,604

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Islamabad High Court stays new membership of navy sailing club

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued a stay order against new membership of the Navy Sailing Club and asked the naval authorities to file replies till Aug 19.

IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the restraining order while hearing a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed, Cabinet Division Secretary Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi for not complying with the directive of sealing the club issued earlier by the court.

Petitioner Zeenat Saleem told the court that neither the CDA nor the naval authorities had implemented the order for sealing the club. However, Ashtar Ausaf Ali, the counsel for the chief of naval staff, insisted that pursuant to the court’s directive, the club had been sealed.

The court expressed confidence in the undertaking given by the lawyer and asked him to ensure that no activity took place at the sealed premises.

 

Earlier, Chief Justice Minallah had ordered sealing of the club: “Prima facie, the occupation of the land and construction of building thereon are illegal and in violation of the enforced laws. It is, therefore, ordered that till the next date fixed the federal government, through the secretary cabinet, and the chairman, Capital Development Authority, shall seal the premises,” the order said.

The court directed the Cabinet Division secretary to place the matter before the federal cabinet at its next meeting for consideration because the enforced laws were not being implemented and that enforcement had been confined to common citizens.

The petitioner contended that despite the court’s orders, the CDA was reluctant to seal the premises.

According to the petition, the club is being run as usual and information desk of the club is still distributing membership forms among visitors as per normal routine.

It said that the CDA was supposed to seal the premises with its own locks and deploying the staff for compliance with the court order.

However, “no such action of sealing has been undertaken by CDA and the management of PN Sailing Club is continuing with its business affairs as a routine matter. This is a classic example of discriminatory application of law by CDA,” the petition claimed.

It requested the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the above-mentioned authorities and direct the respondents to comply with the court order in letter and spirit.

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SCO briefs MoIT&T officials on initiatives for improving internet access in Gilgit Baltistan

Additional Secretary Mr. Sher Afgan Khan and Senior Joint Secretary Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MoIT&T) Mr. Taha Bughti visited SCO on 7th of August.

According to a press statement, the MoIT officials were briefed about SCO, including SCO’s initiatives for Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) during COVID 19 pandemic. Ongoing and planned projects and laying of 820 Km optical fiber cable from Khunjrab to Rawalpindi under CPEC framework, in Phase 1 and on proposed phase-II of the project, were also discussed, said that PR.

Later on the Additional Secretary and Senior Joint Secretary visited Pak China Data center and NGMS building and appreciated the modern facilities available with SCO.

 

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Islamabad High Court stays new membership of navy sailing club

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued a stay order against new membership of the Navy Sailing Club and asked the naval authorities to file replies till Aug 19.

IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the restraining order while hearing a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed, Cabinet Division Secretary Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi for not complying with the directive of sealing the club issued earlier by the court.

Petitioner Zeenat Saleem told the court that neither the CDA nor the naval authorities had implemented the order for sealing the club. However, Ashtar Ausaf Ali, the counsel for the chief of naval staff, insisted that pursuant to the court’s directive, the club had been sealed.

The court expressed confidence in the undertaking given by the lawyer and asked him to ensure that no activity took place at the sealed premises.

 

Earlier, Chief Justice Minallah had ordered sealing of the club: “Prima facie, the occupation of the land and construction of building thereon are illegal and in violation of the enforced laws. It is, therefore, ordered that till the next date fixed the federal government, through the secretary cabinet, and the chairman, Capital Development Authority, shall seal the premises,” the order said.

The court directed the Cabinet Division secretary to place the matter before the federal cabinet at its next meeting for consideration because the enforced laws were not being implemented and that enforcement had been confined to common citizens.

The petitioner contended that despite the court’s orders, the CDA was reluctant to seal the premises.

According to the petition, the club is being run as usual and information desk of the club is still distributing membership forms among visitors as per normal routine.

It said that the CDA was supposed to seal the premises with its own locks and deploying the staff for compliance with the court order.

However, “no such action of sealing has been undertaken by CDA and the management of PN Sailing Club is continuing with its business affairs as a routine matter. This is a classic example of discriminatory application of law by CDA,” the petition claimed.

It requested the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the above-mentioned authorities and direct the respondents to comply with the court order in letter and spirit.

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SCO briefs MoIT&T officials on initiatives for improving internet access in Gilgit Baltistan

Additional Secretary Mr. Sher Afgan Khan and Senior Joint Secretary Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MoIT&T) Mr. Taha Bughti visited SCO on 7th of August.

According to a press statement, the MoIT officials were briefed about SCO, including SCO’s initiatives for Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) during COVID 19 pandemic. Ongoing and planned projects and laying of 820 Km optical fiber cable from Khunjrab to Rawalpindi under CPEC framework, in Phase 1 and on proposed phase-II of the project, were also discussed, said that PR.

Later on the Additional Secretary and Senior Joint Secretary visited Pak China Data center and NGMS building and appreciated the modern facilities available with SCO.

 

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Turkey’s Erdogan denounces Greece-Egypt maritime deal as ‘worthless’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced a maritime deal between Greece and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean as “worthless,” saying his country will resume its controversial oil and gas exploration in the area.

Speaking after Friday prayers in the recently-reconverted Hagia Sophia Mosque, Erdogan said the deal was a supposed response to Turkey’s maritime agreement with Libya’s internationally-recognized government that had been reached last year.

The maritime deal angered Greece at the time, which slammed it as an “infringement on its sovereignty” that could complicate Athens’ decades-old disputes with Ankara over Cyprus and maritime rights in the Aegean Sea.

Erdogan said Turkey had paused research in waters disputed with Greece after a request from German Chancellor Angela Merkel but had now restarted research activities.

“I told (Merkel) we’ll pause drilling for three to four weeks if you trust Greece and the others… but I don’t trust them and you will see,” the Turkish president said. “We have immediately resumed exploration activities.”

He said the Turkish research vessel Barbaros Hayreddin, which is sailing off the western coast of Cyprus, would continue working in the area.

On Thursday, Egypt and Greece signed a bilateral agreement that sets the sea boundary between the two countries and demarcates an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry described the deal as “null and void” in a statement late Thursday, stressing that Greece and Egypt had no mutual sea border. The ministry also said the deal attempted to usurp Libya’s maritime rights.

Turkey and Greece are locked in a dispute over offshore rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

European Union (EU) member Cyprus and Turkey have also argued for years regarding the ownership of fossil fuels in the eastern Mediterranean, where Ankara says Turkish Cypriots are entitled to a share of the resources.

Turkey rejects the agreements that the internationally-recognized Cypriot government has reached with other Mediterranean states on maritime economic zones.

Cyprus was divided in 1974 after a Turkish invasion triggered by a brief, Greek-inspired coup. Several peacemaking efforts have failed, and the discovery of offshore resources in the eastern Mediterranean has complicated the matter.

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