ECP launches maps of preliminary delimitation of National/Provincial assembly constituencies

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has launched maps of all the districts of preliminary delimitation of constituencies for public convenience.

The maps have been launched for all the National and Provincial Assembly constituencies.

Two week back, the electoral body had published the list of preliminary delimitation of constituencies of national and provincial assemblies.

The new delimitation of electoral constituencies was carried out under population census that was held recently.

According to the notification of the Commission, Islamabad capital territory will have 3 constituencies, Punjab 141, Sindh 61, KPK 39, Balochistan 16 and Federally Administered Tribal Areas will have 12 constituencies in the national assembly.

As per the list of new constituencies, the number of seats of Sindh and FATA will remain the same while Punjab has lost 7 seats.

However, Federal Capital Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have gained one, four and two seats respectively.

As per preliminary list, the first constituency of National Assembly will be NA-1 Chitral instead of Peshawar while last constituency will be Lasbella, Balochistan.

The constituencies of NA in KP would be from NA-1 to NA-39 while in FATA the constituencies of NA from 40 to 51.

Army Chief interacts with troops, tribal elders in Khyber Agency

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, visited Corps Headquarters (HQ) Peshawar and Khyber Agency on Friday, said a statement issued here by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

At the Corps HQ, the Army Chief was given a detailed briefing on security situation in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and progress on Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, return of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) and development works.

In Khyber Agency, the Army Chief saw progress on fencing along Pak-Afghan border.

General Bajwa interacted with troops and tribal elders and hailed their sacrifices for peace as well as their full support to security forces in the efforts for ensuring peace.

He assured them that the ongoing consolidation efforts would take the current gains towards enduring peace and stability.

Commander Peshawar corps and Inspector General Frontier Corps (IGFC) KP were also present during the visit.

First drone strike under trump kills two in pakistan

Kurram employer: a suspected us drone strike killed two men on thursday in a pakistani village close to the afghanistan border, a local government official and a village elder said.

The missile struck  guys using a motorcycle in pakistan´s northern kurram corporation. It turned into not clean who turned into being centered, the reputable said.

"a drone missile struck the motorcycle which caught fire after which exploded," stated haji zamin hussain a village elder from the vicinity.

There were no drone strike with the aid of america in pakistan considering that may additionally 21, 2016.This changed into one of the longest durations that no us drone attack had taken vicinity in pakistan.

The may additionally 21, 2015 drone strike become the first one in balochistan. It killed the afghan taliban supreme chief mulla akhtar mohammad mansoor, who turned into reportedly returning to quetta after a secret visit to iran.

The drone moves by using the us underneath the supervision of the cia in pakistan commenced in 2004. According to the london-based bureau of research, there had been 424 drone assaults in pakistan to-date. It said these assaults killed a complete of two,499 to four,001 individuals along with 424 to 966 civilians.

Imran khan terms conserving psl very last in lahore ‘irrational' selection

Lahore: imran khan chairman of pakistan tehreek-e -insaf (pti) has said that retaining first-rate psl final in lahore for the sake of return of worldwide cricket to pakistan is an ‘irrational choice”.

Speaking to media right right here thursday, imran khan wondered how can we supply the message of peace by means of way of preserving psl final in a ‘curfew’ like situation.

Imran khan stated that now not great pakistan terrific league very last but the complete event need to be held in pakistan.

You can not call membership-stage foreign game enthusiasts as international gamers, he said and added that now not a unmarried proper international participant is playing inside the psl.

“in area of go back, worldwide cricket will flow into in addition 10 years away from pakistan if any untoward incident occurs,” imran said.

Khan stated, “pti has cancelled public meetings because of safety motives.”

The previous cricket hero imran khan on monday hostile the authorities’s preference to hold the final of pakistan high-quality league in lahore, citing safety concerns within the u . S ..

Speakme to media rapidly after the punjab government made the selection at a meeting presided over via chief minister shahbaz sharif, khan expressed doubt that deploying army and strict safety arrangement for the event might make human beings assume that peace has been restored.

Reacting to imran khan’s assertion, marriyum aurangzeb requested the pti chairman no longer to become bal thackeray of pakistan with the aid of the usage of opposing the cricket event.

The psl t20 occasion is being executed in united arab emirates and as a part of their efforts to repair worldwide cricket inside the united states of america pakistani cricket officers and the government need to hold the final in lahore.

5 quetta gladiators players -- kevin pietersen, luke wright, rilee rossouw, tymal turbines and nathan mccullum -- have refused to visit pakistan over safety fears.

Famous individual batsman kevin pietersen quoted imran khan's 'madness' assertion even as asked approximately whether or no longer he would possibly excursion to lahore to play the psl.

Kp of quetta gladaitors advised his management that once imran khan is pronouncing that maintaining very last in lahore is insanity, then how can i move there.

Kevin pietersen, a key participant of the gladiators, has left uae speedy after his organization beat peshawar zalmi to qualify for the very last.

One terrorist killed, 12 arrested in balochistan, says ispr

Rawalpindi: one terrorist turned into killed while 12 suspects had been apprehended for the duration of search operation in ketch balochistan as part of ongoing operation radd-ul-fasaad, inter offerings public relations said.

The ispr, media wing of the army, in a assertion stated, frontier corps and intelligence companies carried out seek operation in andoor, ketch balochistan, in which exchange of fire occurred with the militants.

One terrorist changed into killed at the same time as 12 suspects have been apprehended. Cache of hands and ammunition recovered. One fc soldier sustained accidents due to trade of fireplace with terrorists.

Also, pakistan rangers punjab conducted search and sanitization operation in dg khan, rajan pur, lahore, rawalpindi and attock.

Ten suspects have been apprehended and cache of ammunition and explosive cloth recovered.

Army leader vows to do away with all ‘fasaadies’

Rawalpindi: chief of military staff (coas) standard qamar javed bajwa has vowed that thru operation radd-ul-fasaad we are able to take on all ‘fasaadies’ (troublemakers or miscreants or terrorists and their facilitators) and play our element in bringing returned normalcy in pakistan.

According to the inter services public members of the family, the navy’s media wing, the navy leader visited multan garrison on thursday wherein he was given designated briefing on operational preparedness of the corps.

He additionally witnessed schooling for troops to execute populace census help plan. He favored the arrangements and stated that populace census is an important national hobby and military shall increase full aid for its smooth behavior.

Later, coas witnessed fight training exercising of troops at muzaffargarh discipline firing degrees. He complimented troops for showing excellent education standards for conduct of both conventional and sub conventional operations.

He said that pakistan military with the aid of distinctive feature of its combat enjoy over the years is 2d to none. At the same time as speakme to officials and troops he also stated their contributions towards inner protection.

In advance, on arrival at multan, coas become received by using commander multan corps lieutenant standard sarfraz sattar. Inspector popular schooling and assessment lieutenant wellknown hidayat ur rehman become also present.