A Chinese diplomat recently met with the US consul general in Hong Kong and warned him not to cross “red lines” in protest against what China called his “inappropriate” interference in the territory’s affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office in Hong Kong said its commissioner Liu Guangyuan met Gregory May to express objections to his words, and drew three red lines for the US consul general and US consulate general in Hong Kong. These red lines included not to endanger China’s national security, not to engage in political infiltration in Hong Kong, and not to slander or damage Hong Kong’s development prospect.
The US consulate in Hong Kong did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This warning comes after Mr May expressed concern over diminished freedoms in Hong Kong and said its reputation as a business centre depended on adherence to international standards and the rule of law. Mr Liu’s office accused Mr May of slandering the rule of law and freedom in Hong Kong when he questioned the legal decision made in Beijing and other changes in Hong Kong’s governance. The US and other democracies have been critical of China’s crackdown on political freedoms in the former British colony. This has led to tensions between Beijing and Washington, which have reached their lowest level in years.
The PTI’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ (court arrest drive) has commenced from Lahore which former prime minister Imran Khan says is aimed to counter the “attack” on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”.
In a video message, PTI Vice President Fawad said that numerous party leaders and workers, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Ejaz Chaudhry and more, had given themselves up for arrest.
“Around 500-700 PTI workers have given themselves up for arrest,” he added. Chaudhry claimed that the police had arrived prepared with police vans but were “worried at seeing the thousands of people and contemplating what they should do”.
He thanked PTI workers for their response and said the movement would move forward, adding that today’s centre of protests was Lahore which would continue till the evening and then it would move to Peshawar for tomorrow (Thursday).
There were no reports of arrests so far by the police.
The PTI shared footage of its leaders, including Qureshi and Azam Swati, in a police van and said that the ones to arrest them were missing.
Speaking from inside the van, Qureshi said he was “happy and satisfied” at the PTI vice chairman giving himself up for arrest first. He called on the people to “break the shackles of fear” and venture out.
Umar and Omar Sarfraz Cheema were also with them.
A Dawn.com correspondent verified that the PTI leaders had forced themselves into the prison van.
In a series of tweets earlier in the day, Imran said: “Today we start our Jail Bharo campaign for Haqeeqi Azadi for two main reasons.
“One, it is a peaceful, non-violent protest against the attack on our constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights. We are facing sham FIRs and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases, custodial torture, attacks on journalists and social media people.”
Second, Imran went on, the drive was against economic meltdown “brought on by cabal of crooks who have money laundered billions in looted wealth and gotten NROs for themselves while crushing the people, especially the poor and middle class, under the burden of spiralling inflation and rising unemployment”.
PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted pictures and videos of party leaders including Asad Umar and Azam Swati converging at Lahore’s Charing Cross as the movement commenced from the Punjab capital.
Separately, in a video message shared on PTI’s official Twitter account, the ex-premier urged people to take to the streets for “true freedom”.
“Actually, this campaign will take you to a free and happy Pakistan. And this will only happen when the state protects your fundamental rights,” he said, adding that the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ “is the name of jihad”.
Imran also said that the more people participated in the drive, the faster Pakistan would achieve “true freedom”.
The drive will begin from Lahore’s Mall Road at 2pm today.
In a talk with reporters in Lahore, Qureshi said Imran told him to not turn himself in for arrest as he was the “number two leader” after the party chief but Qureshi decided to “set a tradition” of the party leaders giving arrest first instead of the workers.
He also mentioned the alleged campaign being run by the PML-N against the judiciary while detailing the reason for the party’s movement.
“The attack that the PML-N leadership has carried out on the judiciary is unprecedented.
“It is my humble request to the legal fraternity, bar rooms [and] bar councils that they should not remain quiet and should play their roles [as] a responsibility applies to them.
“An institution is being threatened and obstacles are being created in their paths. Respected judges are being insulted. All this is not appropriate.”
PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, who is the focal person of the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’, said all arrangements for the “court arrest drive” were complete.
“Our senior leaders will surrender along with 200 party workers,” Chaudhry said in a statement today.
He was of the view that the movement was “a way to achieve true freedom”.
The PTI leader claimed that a large number of people were enrolling themselves with the party to take part in the drive. “The nation is eager to get rid of imported rulers.”
Earlier, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that the party and its top brass were ready for the court arrest movement. “Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar insisted that they would present themselves for arrest on the first day of the movement.”
According to ARY News, the opening day of the movement would start with a meeting to honour party members. After the meeting, the party supporters would march towards The Mall — where Section 144 is imposed — via Jail Road to give themselves up for arrests. In case, the government refused to detain the PTI activists, the rally will morph into a sit-in at Charing Cross in front of the Punjab Assembly.
After Lahore, Peshawar will witness the launch of the court arrest drive on Feb 23. Rawalpindi will follow on Feb 24, Multan on Feb 25, Gujranwala on Feb 26, Sargodha on Feb 27, and Sahiwal on Feb 28. Faisalabad will join the movement on the first day of March.
Senator Chaudhry has said the party had sought 200 volunteers for the first day of the drive but more than 2,000 have signed up for the drive. He said those party leaders, who would contest the upcoming by-polls on the PTI platform, would not become part of the drive.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government has imposed Section 144 on The Mall, Gulberg Main Boulevard as well as outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat and its adjoining roads to prohibit all kinds of assemblies, sit-ins and processions.
Earlier, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PTI’s arrest drive was aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. The PTI is seeking media attention by creating a drama through the ‘court arrest drive’, APP quoted him as saying.
The meeting decided that the miscreants would be arrested and the law and order would be ensured in the country at all costs.
“The arrest of women and poor workers would be avoided,” the participants agreed. The minister said the record of miscreants would be maintained and their activities would be mentioned in their character certificates issued by the police.
Additionally, Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb lambasted Imran for “putting on a show” to create political instability in the country while demanding that the economy improves.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad today, she said, “On the one hand, you put on this show of political instability and on the other, you ask that the country’s economy is put right?”
Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday. — DawnNewsTV.
Aurangzeb said, “The spectacle [being put on] today is that the court, FIA, NAB, institutions are calling you [but] what are you doing? ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ that is starting from the leader’s bail.
“Movements starting from bail are ‘Jail Bacho Tehreek’ [evade the jail movement],” the minister remarked.
“What is the aim of this ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’? […] Because you do not have answers for Toshakhana, foreign funding, 190 million, three to five karats, international conspiracy [and] Al-Qadir Trust, you have started this ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ film?”
Aurangzeb claimed the PTI was staging this “show” because the “country’s economy is being put right and […] the government is mending its foreign relations”.
“The announcement made today by the Chinese bank of 700m dollars; is this why ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ is being held?”
On Wednesday, PML-N leader and Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said that if it were up to him, he would not arrest even a single PTI supporter.
PML-N leader and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique talks to media persons in Lahore. — DawnNewsTV
“I never support political workers going to jail but if someone is pressing on it, then morally the leader should be the first one to surrender,” he told media persons in Lahore.
Saad said that party supremo Nawaz Sharif spent a long time behind bars during the dictatorship of retired General Pervez Musharraf. “And even in this unannounced martial law this time, Nawaz and his family spent time in jail.”
However, he contended that Imran was himself seeking bail but was encouraging his supporters to go to jail.
“This is the prerogative of the provincial government on the treatment [of the protesters], but if it were up to me […] the police wouldn’t be there when people turned up for arrests.
“They would have then just roamed around and gone home eventually,” he added.
The PML-N leader further said that Imran had faced nothing compared to what Nawaz and his family went through.
“We have been behind bars for months … have you ever seen anyone cry? On the other hand, they start crying within days […] they haven’t even faced a tenth of what we went through […] we don’t want them to face what we did, but does he [Imran] even have an ounce of shame in him?”
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Asad Umar and Azam Swati reached Lahore’s Charing Cross as the party commenced its \’Jail Bharo campaign for Haqeeqi Azadi\’ on Wednesday.
PTI supporters took to the streets in Lahore on Wednesday to kick off the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. 200 party workers and around five PTI legislators and leaders will voluntarily give their arrest to the authorities outside the Punjab Assembly.
PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted pictures and videos of party leaders including Swati and Umar converging at Lahore’s Charing Cross.
In a series of tweets, the PTI chairman had earlier said that the movement is a peaceful, nonviolent protest against the attack on the country\’s constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights.
\”We are facing sham FIRs and NAB cases, custodial torture, attacks on journalists and social media people,\” he tweeted.
\”It is against the economic meltdown brought on by cabal of crooks who have money laundered billions in looted wealth and gotten NROs for themselves while crushing the ppl, especially the poor and middle class, under the burden of spiraling inflation and rising unemployment.\”
In a video message, the chairman had urged people to take to the streets for “true freedom”.
\”This campaign will take you to a free and happy Pakistan. And this will only happen when the state protects your fundamental rights.\”
Earlier, the Punjab government imposed Section 144 on The Mall, Gulberg Main Boulevard as well as outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat and its adjoining roads to prohibit all kinds of assemblies, sit-ins and processions.
On February 17, Imran Khan had announced to start the movement to protest against the violations of Constitution and press the coalition government to hold elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Among the PTI leaders, former Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Waleed Iqbal, former Punjab Education Minister Dr Murad Raas, Fawad Bullar and Muhammad Khan Madni are expected to give their arrests.
However, if the authorities do not arrest the PTI activists, they will stage a sit-in.
After Lahore, the movement will head to other major cities; as per the schedule, PTI activists will give arrests in Peshawar on February 23, in Rawalpindi on February 24, in Multan on February 25, in Gujranwala on February 26, in Sargodha on February 27, in Sahiwal on February 28 and in Faisalabad on February 29. After this, a new schedule will be given for the movement.
While talking to the media outside the Imran\’s residence, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that the movement will commence on Wednesday and PTI political activists will give their arrests to the authorities at Faisal Chowk.
“The movement was being launched to protest against violations of the fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution, inflation and economic meltdown caused by the incumbent government,” he said.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PTI’s arrest drive was aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. He said \”miscreants\” will be arrested except for \”women and poor workers.\”
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Asad Umar and Azam Swati reached Lahore’s Charing Cross as the party commenced its \’Jail Bharo campaign for Haqeeqi Azadi\’ on Wednesday.
PTI supporters took to the streets in Lahore on Wednesday to kick off the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. 200 party workers and around five PTI legislators and leaders will voluntarily give their arrest to the authorities outside the Punjab Assembly.
PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted pictures and videos of party leaders including Swati and Umar converging at Lahore’s Charing Cross.
In a series of tweets, the PTI chairman had earlier said that the movement is a peaceful, nonviolent protest against the attack on the country\’s constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights.
\”We are facing sham FIRs and NAB cases, custodial torture, attacks on journalists and social media people,\” he tweeted.
\”It is against the economic meltdown brought on by cabal of crooks who have money laundered billions in looted wealth and gotten NROs for themselves while crushing the ppl, especially the poor and middle class, under the burden of spiraling inflation and rising unemployment.\”
In a video message, the chairman had urged people to take to the streets for “true freedom”.
\”This campaign will take you to a free and happy Pakistan. And this will only happen when the state protects your fundamental rights.\”
Earlier, the Punjab government imposed Section 144 on The Mall, Gulberg Main Boulevard as well as outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat and its adjoining roads to prohibit all kinds of assemblies, sit-ins and processions.
On February 17, Imran Khan had announced to start the movement to protest against the violations of Constitution and press the coalition government to hold elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Among the PTI leaders, former Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Waleed Iqbal, former Punjab Education Minister Dr Murad Raas, Fawad Bullar and Muhammad Khan Madni are expected to give their arrests.
However, if the authorities do not arrest the PTI activists, they will stage a sit-in.
After Lahore, the movement will head to other major cities; as per the schedule, PTI activists will give arrests in Peshawar on February 23, in Rawalpindi on February 24, in Multan on February 25, in Gujranwala on February 26, in Sargodha on February 27, in Sahiwal on February 28 and in Faisalabad on February 29. After this, a new schedule will be given for the movement.
While talking to the media outside the Imran\’s residence, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that the movement will commence on Wednesday and PTI political activists will give their arrests to the authorities at Faisal Chowk.
“The movement was being launched to protest against violations of the fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution, inflation and economic meltdown caused by the incumbent government,” he said.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PTI’s arrest drive was aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. He said \”miscreants\” will be arrested except for \”women and poor workers.\”
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Asad Umar and Azam Swati reached Lahore’s Charing Cross as the party commenced its \’Jail Bharo campaign for Haqeeqi Azadi\’ on Wednesday.
PTI supporters took to the streets in Lahore on Wednesday to kick off the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. 200 party workers and around five PTI legislators and leaders will voluntarily give their arrest to the authorities outside the Punjab Assembly.
PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted pictures and videos of party leaders including Swati and Umar converging at Lahore’s Charing Cross.
In a series of tweets, the PTI chairman had earlier said that the movement is a peaceful, nonviolent protest against the attack on the country\’s constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights.
\”We are facing sham FIRs and NAB cases, custodial torture, attacks on journalists and social media people,\” he tweeted.
\”It is against the economic meltdown brought on by cabal of crooks who have money laundered billions in looted wealth and gotten NROs for themselves while crushing the ppl, especially the poor and middle class, under the burden of spiraling inflation and rising unemployment.\”
In a video message, the chairman had urged people to take to the streets for “true freedom”.
\”This campaign will take you to a free and happy Pakistan. And this will only happen when the state protects your fundamental rights.\”
Earlier, the Punjab government imposed Section 144 on The Mall, Gulberg Main Boulevard as well as outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat and its adjoining roads to prohibit all kinds of assemblies, sit-ins and processions.
On February 17, Imran Khan had announced to start the movement to protest against the violations of Constitution and press the coalition government to hold elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Among the PTI leaders, former Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Waleed Iqbal, former Punjab Education Minister Dr Murad Raas, Fawad Bullar and Muhammad Khan Madni are expected to give their arrests.
However, if the authorities do not arrest the PTI activists, they will stage a sit-in.
After Lahore, the movement will head to other major cities; as per the schedule, PTI activists will give arrests in Peshawar on February 23, in Rawalpindi on February 24, in Multan on February 25, in Gujranwala on February 26, in Sargodha on February 27, in Sahiwal on February 28 and in Faisalabad on February 29. After this, a new schedule will be given for the movement.
While talking to the media outside the Imran\’s residence, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that the movement will commence on Wednesday and PTI political activists will give their arrests to the authorities at Faisal Chowk.
“The movement was being launched to protest against violations of the fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution, inflation and economic meltdown caused by the incumbent government,” he said.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PTI’s arrest drive was aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. He said \”miscreants\” will be arrested except for \”women and poor workers.\”
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Asad Umar and Azam Swati reached Lahore’s Charing Cross as the party commenced its \’Jail Bharo campaign for Haqeeqi Azadi\’ on Wednesday.
PTI supporters took to the streets in Lahore on Wednesday to kick off the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. 200 party workers and around five PTI legislators and leaders will voluntarily give their arrest to the authorities outside the Punjab Assembly.
PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted pictures and videos of party leaders including Swati and Umar converging at Lahore’s Charing Cross.
In a series of tweets, the PTI chairman had earlier said that the movement is a peaceful, nonviolent protest against the attack on the country\’s constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights.
\”We are facing sham FIRs and NAB cases, custodial torture, attacks on journalists and social media people,\” he tweeted.
\”It is against the economic meltdown brought on by cabal of crooks who have money laundered billions in looted wealth and gotten NROs for themselves while crushing the ppl, especially the poor and middle class, under the burden of spiraling inflation and rising unemployment.\”
In a video message, the chairman had urged people to take to the streets for “true freedom”.
\”This campaign will take you to a free and happy Pakistan. And this will only happen when the state protects your fundamental rights.\”
Earlier, the Punjab government imposed Section 144 on The Mall, Gulberg Main Boulevard as well as outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat and its adjoining roads to prohibit all kinds of assemblies, sit-ins and processions.
On February 17, Imran Khan had announced to start the movement to protest against the violations of Constitution and press the coalition government to hold elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Among the PTI leaders, former Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Waleed Iqbal, former Punjab Education Minister Dr Murad Raas, Fawad Bullar and Muhammad Khan Madni are expected to give their arrests.
However, if the authorities do not arrest the PTI activists, they will stage a sit-in.
After Lahore, the movement will head to other major cities; as per the schedule, PTI activists will give arrests in Peshawar on February 23, in Rawalpindi on February 24, in Multan on February 25, in Gujranwala on February 26, in Sargodha on February 27, in Sahiwal on February 28 and in Faisalabad on February 29. After this, a new schedule will be given for the movement.
While talking to the media outside the Imran\’s residence, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that the movement will commence on Wednesday and PTI political activists will give their arrests to the authorities at Faisal Chowk.
“The movement was being launched to protest against violations of the fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution, inflation and economic meltdown caused by the incumbent government,” he said.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PTI’s arrest drive was aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. He said \”miscreants\” will be arrested except for \”women and poor workers.\”
The PTI has commenced its Jail Bharo Tehreek (court arrest drive) today from Lahore which former prime minister Imran Khan says is aimed to counter the “attack” on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”.
In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the PTI chief said: “Today we start our Jail Bharo campaign for Haqeeqi Azadi for two main reasons.
“One, it is a peaceful, non-violent protest against the attack on our constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights. We are facing sham FIRs and NAB cases, custodial torture, attacks on journalists and social media people.”
Second, Imran went on, the drive was against economic meltdown “brought on by cabal of crooks who have money laundered billions in looted wealth and gotten NROs for themselves while crushing the people, especially the poor and middle class, under the burden of spiralling inflation and rising unemployment”.
PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted pictures and videos of party leaders including Asad Umar and Azam Swati converging at Lahore’s Charing Cross as the movement commenced in the Punjab capital.
Separately, in a video message shared on PTI’s official Twitter account, the ex-premier urged people to take to the streets for “true freedom”.
“Actually, this campaign will take you to a free and happy Pakistan. And this will only happen when the state protects your fundamental rights,” he said, adding that the Jail Bharo Tehreek “is the name of jihad”.
Imran also said that the more people participated in the drive, the faster Pakistan would achieve “true freedom”.
The drive will begin from Lahore’s Mall Road at 2pm today.
In a talk with reporters in Lahore, Qureshi said Imran told him to not turn himself in for arrest as he was the “number two leader” after the party chief but Qureshi decided to “set a tradition” of the party leaders giving arrest first instead of the workers.
He also mentioned the alleged campaign being run by the PML-N against the judiciary while detailing the reason for the party’s movement.
“The attack that the PML-N leadership has carried out on the judiciary is unprecedented.
“It is my humble request to the legal fraternity, bar rooms [and] bar councils that they should not remain quiet and should play their roles [as] a responsibility applies to them.
“An institution is being threatened and obstacles are being created in their paths. Respected judges are being insulted. All this is not appropriate.”
PTI Senator and focal person of the movement Senator Ejaz Chaudhry said all arrangements for the “court arrest drive” were complete.
“Our senior leaders will surrender along with 200 party workers,” Chaudhry said in a statement today.
He was of the view that the movement was “a way to achieve true freedom”.
The PTI leader claimed that a large number of people were enrolling themselves with the party to take part in the drive. “The nation is eager to get rid of imported rulers.”
Earlier, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that the party and its top brass were ready for the court arrest movement. “Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar insisted that they would give themselves for arrest on the first day of the movement.”
According to ARY News, the opening day of the movement would start with a meeting to honour party members. After the meeting, the party supporters would march towards The Mall — where Section 144 is imposed — via Jail Road to give themselves up for arrests. In case, the government refused to detain the PTI activists, the rally will morph into a sit-in at Charing Cross in front of the Punjab Assembly.
After Lahore, Peshawar will witness the launch of the court arrest drive on Feb 23. Rawalpindi will follow on Feb 24, Multan on Feb 25, Gujranwala on Feb 26, Sargodha on Feb 27, and Sahiwal on Feb 28. Faisalabad will join the movement on the first day of March.
Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, who is the focal person of the Jail Bharo Tehreek, has said the party had sought 200 volunteers for the first day of the drive but more than 2,000 have signed up for the drive. He said those party leaders, who would contest the upcoming by-polls on the PTI platform, would not become part of the drive.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government has imposed Section 144 on The Mall, Gulberg Main Boulevard as well as outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat and its adjoining roads to prohibit all kinds of assemblies, sit-ins and processions.
Earlier, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PTI’s arrest drive was aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. The PTI is seeking media attention by creating a drama through the ‘court arrest drive’, APP quoted him as saying.
The meeting decided that the miscreants would be arrested and the law and order would be ensured in the country at all costs.
“The arrest of women and poor workers would be avoided,” the participants agreed. The minister said the record of miscreants would be maintained and their activities would be mentioned in their character certificates issued by the police.
Additionally, Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb lambasted Imran for “putting on a show” to create political instability in the country while demanding that the economy improves.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad today, she said, “On the one hand, you put on this show of political instability and on the other, you ask that the country’s economy is put right?”
Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday. — DawnNewsTV.
Aurangzeb said, “The spectacle [being put on] today is that the court, FIA, NAB, institutions are calling you [but] what are you doing? Jail Bharo Tehreek that is starting from the leader’s bail.
“Movements starting from bail are Jail Bacho Tehreek [evade the jail movement],” the minister remarked.
“What is the aim of this Jail Bharo Tehreek? […] Because you do not have answers for Toshakhana, foreign funding, 190 million, three to five karats, international conspiracy [and] Al-Qadir Trust, you have started this Jail Bharo Tehreek film?”
Aurangzeb claimed the PTI was staging this “show” because the “country’s economy is being put right and […] the government is mending its foreign relations”.
“The announcement made today by the Chinese bank of 700m dollars; is this why Jail Bharo Tehreek is being held?”
On Wednesday, PML-N leader and Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said that if it were up to him, he would not arrest even a single PTI supporter.
PML-N leader and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique talks to media persons in Lahore. — DawnNewsTV
“I never support political workers going to jail but if someone is pressing on it, then morally the leader should be the first one to surrender,” he told media persons in Lahore.
Saad said that party supremo Nawaz Sharif spent a long time behind bars during the dictatorship of retired General Pervez Musharraf. “And even in this unannounced martial law this time, Nawaz and his family spent time in jail.”
However, he contended that Imran was himself seeking bail but was encouraging his supporters to go to jail.
“This is the prerogative of the provincial government on the treatment [of the protesters], but if it were up to me […] the police wouldn’t be there when people turned up for arrests.
“They would have then just roamed around and gone home eventually,” he added.
The PML-N leader further said that Imran had faced nothing compared to what Nawaz and his family went through.
“We have been behind bars for months … have you ever seen anyone cry? On the other hand, they start crying within days […] they haven’t even faced a tenth of what we went through […] we don’t want them to face what we did, but does he [Imran] even have an ounce of shame in him?”
برسلز – یورپی یونین کی خارجہ پالیسی کے سربراہ نے پیر کو کہا کہ اگر چین روس کو ہتھیار بھیجتا ہے تو یہ یورپی یونین کے لیے \”سرخ لکیر\” ہو گی۔
جوزپ بوریل کا یہ انتباہ امریکی وزیر خارجہ کے دو دن بعد آیا ہے۔ انٹونی بلنکن نے \”گہری تشویش\” کا اظہار کیا کہ چین روس کو یوکرین کے خلاف جنگ کے لیے ممکنہ طور پر \”مہلک امداد\” فراہم کرنے پر غور کر رہا ہے۔
یاد کرنا a ملاقات انہوں نے ہفتے کے روز اعلیٰ چینی سفارت کار وانگ یی کے ساتھ ملاقات کی، بوریل نے صحافیوں کو بتایا: \”میں نے چین کی جانب سے روس کو ہتھیار فراہم کرنے پر اپنی سخت تشویش کا اظہار کیا۔ میں نے اسے ایسا نہ کرنے کو کہا، اور نہ صرف اپنی تشویش کا اظہار کیا، بلکہ اس حقیقت کا بھی اظہار کیا کہ ہمارے لیے یہ ہمارے تعلقات میں سرخ لکیر ہوگی۔
بوریل نے کہا ، \”اس نے مجھے بتایا کہ وہ یہ نہیں کرنے جا رہے ہیں ، کہ وہ ایسا کرنے کا ارادہ نہیں رکھتے ہیں ،\” بوریل نے مزید کہا: \”لیکن ہم چوکس رہیں گے۔\”
برسلز میں خارجہ امور کی کونسل میں شرکت کرنے والے یورپی یونین کے دیگر وزرائے خارجہ نے بھی بیجنگ کو خبردار کیا کہ وہ اس لائن کو عبور نہ کرے۔
\”اگر ایسا کوئی فیصلہ لیا جاتا ہے۔ [by China] یقیناً اس کے نتائج برآمد ہوں گے،\” ٹوبیاس بلسٹروم، سویڈن کے وزیر خارجہ، جو یورپی یونین کی کونسل کی گردشی صدارت کے حامل ہیں، نے کہا۔ \”ہم اس پیغام پر امریکہ کے ساتھ شانہ بشانہ کھڑے ہیں۔\”
لتھوانیا کے وزیر خارجہ گیبریلیئس لینڈسبرگس نے کہا کہ یورپی یونین اسی صفحے پر ہو گی جس طرح امریکہ چینی ہتھیاروں کو روس کے ہاتھ میں دے دیتا ہے۔
\”وہ لوگ تھے جو مغرب سے توقع رکھتے تھے کہ وہ متحد نہیں ہوں گے جب بات یوکرین پر روسی حملے کی ہو، لیکن ہم متحد تھے۔ لہٰذا میں سوچوں گا کہ، اس سبق کو حاصل کرتے ہوئے، چین کے لیے یوکرین میں اس کی نسل کشی کی جنگ میں روس کی مدد نہ کرنے کے لیے کافی دلائل ہوں گے،\” لینڈسبرگس نے کہا۔
یوکرین کے صدر ولادیمیر زیلنسکی نے بھی چین پر زور دیا کہ وہ \”عملی\” رہے۔
\”میں نے ذاتی طور پر چینی قیادت سے براہ راست چینلز کے ذریعے اور عوامی طور پر اپیل کی ہے کہ وہ اس جنگ میں روسیوں کو کسی قسم کی حمایت کی پیشکش نہ کریں۔ مجھے امید ہے کہ بیجنگ ایک عملی رویہ برقرار رکھے گا، کیونکہ دوسری صورت میں ہم تیسری جنگ عظیم کا خطرہ مول لے رہے ہیں، میرے خیال میں وہ اس سے بخوبی واقف ہیں،‘‘ انہوں نے اطالوی میڈیا کو انٹرویو دیتے ہوئے کہا۔ \”چین کے ساتھ ہمارے تعلقات ہمیشہ بہترین رہے ہیں، ہمارے کئی سالوں سے شدید اقتصادی تعلقات رہے ہیں، اور یہ سب کے مفاد میں ہے کہ وہ تبدیل نہ ہوں۔\”
وال اسٹریٹ جرنل کے مطابق چینی سرکاری دفاعی کمپنیاں روسی حکومت کی ملکیتی دفاعی کمپنیوں کو نیویگیشن آلات، جیمنگ ٹیکنالوجی اور جیٹ فائٹر پارٹس بھیج رہی ہیں۔ اطلاع دی اس مہینے کے شروع میں.
TechCrunch کی سب سے بڑی اور اہم کہانیوں کا راؤنڈ اپ حاصل کرنے کے لیے ہر روز 3 بجے PST پر آپ کے ان باکس میں ڈیلیور کیا جاتا ہے، یہاں سبسکرائب کریں.
ٹھیک ہے، ابھی آج جمعہ ہے. طویل ویک اینڈ کے لیے کوئی تفریحی منصوبہ ہے؟ Haje گھر منتقل کر رہا ہے (ugh)، اور کرسٹین کتے کے GIFs کو براؤز کر رہی ہے جب تک کہ اس کی بیٹری ختم نہ ہو جائے۔ شاید۔
زیادہ تر لوگ براہ راست نسل پرست نہیں ہوتے ہیں، لیکن اس سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ لاشعوری تعصبات ہمارے دماغوں میں ہر طرح کے گندے، ڈرپوک چھوٹے طریقوں سے چھپ جاتے ہیں۔ دقیانوسی تصورات اور تعصبات موجود ہیں، اور آپ کے بارے میں آگاہ ہونا کام شروع کرنے کے لیے ایک اچھی جگہ ہے۔ کارنر اسٹون فاؤنڈیشن کے پاس ہے۔ 30 منٹ کا مفت کورس جس پر آپ کام کر سکتے ہیں۔ انہیں
ہم امید کرتے ہیں کہ آپ کا پیر اچھا گزرے گا اور جب ہم چھٹی کے دن ہوں گے تو ہمیں زیادہ یاد نہ کریں۔ منگل کو ہماری واپسی کی تلاش کریں۔ –کرسٹین اور حاجی
ٹیک کرنچ ٹاپ 3
یہ ایک پرندہ ہے، یہ ایک ہوائی جہاز ہے، یہ ایک ڈرون ہے۔: ڈرونامکس نے یورپ میں ایک خود مختار کارگو ڈرون ایئر لائن شروع کرنے کے لیے پری سیریز A راؤنڈ (یا واقعی بڑے بیج راؤنڈ اگر آپ اسے اس طرح دیکھنا چاہتے ہیں) میں $40 ملین اکٹھے کیے، مائیک لکھتا ہے اس کے کچھ مہتواکانکشی اہداف بھی ہیں: سی ای او کا کہنا ہے کہ یہ ایک ہی گودام سے ایک ہی دن میں پورے یورپ تک پہنچا سکے گا۔
قبل از وقت: ڈزنی+ ہاٹ اسٹار کے کچھ صارفین اس وقت زیادہ خوش نہیں ہوئے جب ایک مشہور کرکٹ میچ کے درمیان یہ سلسلہ نیچے چلا گیا۔ منیش مزید ہے، بشمول تفصیلات کہ اس قسم کی چیز کوئی الگ تھلگ واقعہ نہیں ہے۔
انگلیوں کا اشارہ کرنا: کارلی اور زیک رپورٹ کریں کہ ڈیٹا کی خلاف ورزی کے نتیجے میں اٹلاسین اور ایلچی نے مختصراً ایک دوسرے کو ذمہ دار ٹھہرایا جس کی وجہ سے اٹلاسین کے ہزاروں ملازمین کا ڈیٹا سامنے آیا۔
ابتدائی مرحلے کے سرمایہ کار ان کاروباری افراد کو قریب سے منظم نہیں کرتے ہیں جن کو وہ نقد رقم سے نوازتے ہیں، یہاں تک کہ جب چیزیں پٹری سے دور ہوجاتی ہیں۔ اور بعض صورتوں میں، وہ زیادہ اختیار استعمال کرنے کے قابل نہیں ہوسکتے ہیں۔
یہ فرض کرتے ہوئے کہ VC ایک SAFE نوٹ کے ذریعے سرمایہ کاری کرتا ہے، \”اگر وہ حصص ایکویٹی میں تبدیل نہیں ہوا ہے، تو ان کے پاس زیادہ کچھ نہیں ہوگا کہ اگر چیزیں غلط ہونے لگیں،\” ربیکا سزکٹک کی رپورٹ۔
اس بارے میں مزید جاننے کے لیے کہ سرمایہ کار کس طرح مشکل سی ای او کو ہینڈل کرتے ہیں، اس نے بات کی:
کیمرون نیوٹن، بانی اور جنرل پارٹنر، Relevance Ventures
ٹیک کرنچ+ ہمارا ممبرشپ پروگرام ہے جو بانیوں اور اسٹارٹ اپ ٹیموں کو پیک سے آگے نکلنے میں مدد کرتا ہے۔ آپ یہاں سائن اپ کر سکتے ہیں۔. سالانہ سبسکرپشن پر 15% ڈسکاؤنٹ کے لیے کوڈ \”DC\” استعمال کریں!
Big Tech Inc.
وبائی مرض نے ہمیں دور دراز کے کام کی جگہ پر تعاون کرنے کے نئے طریقے تلاش کرنے پر مجبور کیا، اور کچھ کمپنیاں اس ضرورت سے فائدہ اٹھانے میں کامیاب رہی ہیں۔ ریٹا رپورٹ کرتا ہے کہ فیشو، بائٹ ڈانس کا سلیک جیسا ٹولان میں سے ایک تھی، جس نے 2022 میں 100 ملین ڈالر کمائے۔ وہ لکھتی ہیں، \”فیشو میں بائٹ ڈانس کی بھاری سرمایہ کاری چین میں انٹرپرائز سافٹ ویئر کی حالت بتا رہی ہے۔ ایک ایسے وقت میں جب سلیکن ویلی کے سرمایہ کار ہیرالڈ کر رہے ہیں۔ مصنوعات کی قیادت میں ترقی – ایسی خدمات جو صارفین کو ان کی مصنوعات کے ذریعے تبدیل کرتی ہیں، جیسا کہ مثال کے طور پر Calendly – چین میں سافٹ ویئر اب بھی زیادہ تر صارفین کو بھرتی کرنے کے لیے سیلز، مارکیٹنگ اور خدمات پر شمار کرتا ہے۔
TechCrunch کی سب سے بڑی اور اہم کہانیوں کا راؤنڈ اپ حاصل کرنے کے لیے ہر روز 3 بجے PST پر آپ کے ان باکس میں ڈیلیور کیا جاتا ہے، یہاں سبسکرائب کریں.
ٹھیک ہے، ابھی آج جمعہ ہے. طویل ویک اینڈ کے لیے کوئی تفریحی منصوبہ ہے؟ Haje گھر منتقل کر رہا ہے (ugh)، اور کرسٹین کتے کے GIFs کو براؤز کر رہی ہے جب تک کہ اس کی بیٹری ختم نہ ہو جائے۔ شاید۔
زیادہ تر لوگ براہ راست نسل پرست نہیں ہوتے ہیں، لیکن اس سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ لاشعوری تعصبات ہمارے دماغوں میں ہر طرح کے گندے، ڈرپوک چھوٹے طریقوں سے چھپ جاتے ہیں۔ دقیانوسی تصورات اور تعصبات موجود ہیں، اور آپ کے بارے میں آگاہ ہونا کام شروع کرنے کے لیے ایک اچھی جگہ ہے۔ کارنر اسٹون فاؤنڈیشن کے پاس ہے۔ 30 منٹ کا مفت کورس جس پر آپ کام کر سکتے ہیں۔ انہیں
ہم امید کرتے ہیں کہ آپ کا پیر اچھا گزرے گا اور جب ہم چھٹی کے دن ہوں گے تو ہمیں زیادہ یاد نہ کریں۔ منگل کو ہماری واپسی کی تلاش کریں۔ –کرسٹین اور حاجی
ٹیک کرنچ ٹاپ 3
یہ ایک پرندہ ہے، یہ ایک ہوائی جہاز ہے، یہ ایک ڈرون ہے۔: ڈرونامکس نے یورپ میں ایک خود مختار کارگو ڈرون ایئر لائن شروع کرنے کے لیے پری سیریز A راؤنڈ (یا واقعی بڑے بیج راؤنڈ اگر آپ اسے اس طرح دیکھنا چاہتے ہیں) میں $40 ملین اکٹھے کیے، مائیک لکھتا ہے اس کے کچھ مہتواکانکشی اہداف بھی ہیں: سی ای او کا کہنا ہے کہ یہ ایک ہی گودام سے ایک ہی دن میں پورے یورپ تک پہنچا سکے گا۔
قبل از وقت: ڈزنی+ ہاٹ اسٹار کے کچھ صارفین اس وقت زیادہ خوش نہیں ہوئے جب ایک مشہور کرکٹ میچ کے درمیان یہ سلسلہ نیچے چلا گیا۔ منیش مزید ہے، بشمول تفصیلات کہ اس قسم کی چیز کوئی الگ تھلگ واقعہ نہیں ہے۔
انگلیوں کا اشارہ کرنا: کارلی اور زیک رپورٹ کریں کہ ڈیٹا کی خلاف ورزی کے نتیجے میں اٹلاسین اور ایلچی نے مختصراً ایک دوسرے کو ذمہ دار ٹھہرایا جس کی وجہ سے اٹلاسین کے ہزاروں ملازمین کا ڈیٹا سامنے آیا۔
ابتدائی مرحلے کے سرمایہ کار ان کاروباری افراد کو قریب سے منظم نہیں کرتے ہیں جن کو وہ نقد رقم سے نوازتے ہیں، یہاں تک کہ جب چیزیں پٹری سے دور ہوجاتی ہیں۔ اور بعض صورتوں میں، وہ زیادہ اختیار استعمال کرنے کے قابل نہیں ہوسکتے ہیں۔
یہ فرض کرتے ہوئے کہ VC ایک SAFE نوٹ کے ذریعے سرمایہ کاری کرتا ہے، \”اگر وہ حصص ایکویٹی میں تبدیل نہیں ہوا ہے، تو ان کے پاس زیادہ کچھ نہیں ہوگا کہ اگر چیزیں غلط ہونے لگیں،\” ربیکا سزکٹک کی رپورٹ۔
اس بارے میں مزید جاننے کے لیے کہ سرمایہ کار کس طرح مشکل سی ای او کو ہینڈل کرتے ہیں، اس نے بات کی:
کیمرون نیوٹن، بانی اور جنرل پارٹنر، Relevance Ventures
ٹیک کرنچ+ ہمارا ممبرشپ پروگرام ہے جو بانیوں اور اسٹارٹ اپ ٹیموں کو پیک سے آگے نکلنے میں مدد کرتا ہے۔ آپ یہاں سائن اپ کر سکتے ہیں۔. سالانہ سبسکرپشن پر 15% ڈسکاؤنٹ کے لیے کوڈ \”DC\” استعمال کریں!
Big Tech Inc.
وبائی مرض نے ہمیں دور دراز کے کام کی جگہ پر تعاون کرنے کے نئے طریقے تلاش کرنے پر مجبور کیا، اور کچھ کمپنیاں اس ضرورت سے فائدہ اٹھانے میں کامیاب رہی ہیں۔ ریٹا رپورٹ کرتا ہے کہ فیشو، بائٹ ڈانس کا سلیک جیسا ٹولان میں سے ایک تھی، جس نے 2022 میں 100 ملین ڈالر کمائے۔ وہ لکھتی ہیں، \”فیشو میں بائٹ ڈانس کی بھاری سرمایہ کاری چین میں انٹرپرائز سافٹ ویئر کی حالت بتا رہی ہے۔ ایک ایسے وقت میں جب سلیکن ویلی کے سرمایہ کار ہیرالڈ کر رہے ہیں۔ مصنوعات کی قیادت میں ترقی – ایسی خدمات جو صارفین کو ان کی مصنوعات کے ذریعے تبدیل کرتی ہیں، جیسا کہ مثال کے طور پر Calendly – چین میں سافٹ ویئر اب بھی زیادہ تر صارفین کو بھرتی کرنے کے لیے سیلز، مارکیٹنگ اور خدمات پر شمار کرتا ہے۔
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