سام سنگ ایس ڈی ایس کے صدر اور سی ای او ہوانگ سنگ وو جمعہ کو سیئول میں کمپنی کے جمسل کیمپس میں ایک پریس تقریب سے خطاب کر رہے ہیں۔ (Samsung SDS)
جنوبی کوریا کی آئی ٹی سروسز فرم سام سنگ SDS نے جمعہ کو اپنے بڑھتے ہوئے کلاؤڈ بزنس کے لیے ایک نئے وژن کی نقاب کشائی کی، جس نے خود کو ملک کا واحد \”ہائبرڈ\” سروس فراہم کنندہ قرار دیا جو کارپوریٹ کلائنٹس کے لیے مربوط ہارڈ ویئر اور سافٹ ویئر حل پیش کرتا ہے۔
\”کلاؤڈ کمپیوٹنگ خود فطری طور پر کافی پیچیدہ ہے اور یہ اب اختیارات کی ایک وسیع رینج کا احاطہ کرتا ہے۔ ہم اپنے نئے برانڈ سلوگن \’کلاؤڈ\’ کے تحت اپنے کلائنٹس کے لیے سروس کو آسان بنانا چاہتے ہیں۔ بس فٹ،\’\’ سام سنگ ایس ڈی ایس کے صدر اور سی ای او ہوانگ سنگ وو نے سیئول میں کمپنی کے جمسل کیمپس میں منعقدہ ایک پریس تقریب میں کہا۔
\”ہمارا مقصد واقعی ایک ہائبرڈ کلاؤڈ حل فراہم کنندہ بننا ہے جو ڈیجیٹل نقل و حمل کے لیے ضروری تمام اہم خدمات پیش کرتا ہے،\” انہوں نے اپنی تین خدمات کا حوالہ دیتے ہوئے مزید کہا، جن میں CSP (کلاؤڈ سروس فراہم کرنے والا)، MPS (مینجمنٹ سروس فراہم کنندہ)، اور SaaS شامل ہیں۔ (سافٹ ویئر بطور سروس) Samsung Cloud پلیٹ فارم یا SCP پر چل رہا ہے۔
کلاؤڈ پر مبنی ڈیجیٹل تبدیلی کمپنیوں کے لیے اہم ترجیحات میں سے ایک بن گئی ہے کہ وہ ہمیشہ سے ابھرتے ہوئے کاروباری ماحول کا بہتر جواب دے، خاص طور پر COVID-19 کی وبا کے بعد۔ مارکیٹ ٹریکر گرینڈ ویو ریسرچ کے مطابق، پچھلے سال، مارکیٹ فروخت میں 484 بلین ڈالر تک بڑھ گئی۔
سی ای او نے نوٹ کیا کہ سام سنگ SDS نے 2021 سے کلاؤڈ مقامی کمپنی میں تبدیل ہونے کے لیے \”پریشان کن\” کوششیں کی ہیں۔
2022 میں، کمپنی نے صرف کلاؤڈ بزنس سیلز میں 1.16 ٹریلین وان ($909 ملین) پوسٹ کیے، جو کہ ایک سال پہلے کے مقابلے میں 33.4 فیصد اضافہ ہے۔
\”یہ سچ ہے کہ عالمی سطح پر پہلے ہی بہت سے طاقتور حریف موجود ہیں۔ یہ کہنا قبل از وقت ہو سکتا ہے، لیکن مجھے بیرون ملک مارکیٹوں میں ہماری مسابقت کے بارے میں یقین ہے،\” ہوانگ نے مزید کہا۔
جب بات SCP سروسز کی ہو تو سام سنگ SDS کی دنیا بھر کے بڑے خطوں میں موجودگی ہے، بشمول نیو جرسی، لندن اور بیجنگ، کیونکہ یہ کوریائی کاروبار کے علاقائی آپریشنز کو سپورٹ کرتا ہے۔ یہ فرم دنیا کی سب سے بڑی کلاؤڈ سروس فراہم کرنے والی، Amazon Web Services کی سیکیورٹی قابلیت پارٹنر بننے والی پہلی کمپنی بھی ہے۔
دن کے آخر میں، Samsung SDS نے اپنے تازہ ترین اور پانچویں ڈیٹا سینٹر کے میڈیا ٹور کی پیشکش کی، جو جنوری میں ڈونگٹن، Gyeonggi صوبے میں کھلا تھا۔
18,151 مربع میٹر کی سائٹ پر واقع، یہ اعلی کارکردگی والے کمپیوٹنگ کے لیے کوریا کا پہلا ڈیٹا سینٹر ہے۔ اس سہولت میں کئی اپ گریڈ کردہ فنکشنز بھی شامل ہیں جو کلاؤڈ بیسڈ سروسز کے زیادہ موثر آپریشن میں مدد کرتے ہیں۔ دوسروں کے درمیان، اس کی زیادہ سے زیادہ طاقت کی کثافت تقریباً 15 کلو واٹ فی ریک ہے، لیکن اس کی مائع پر مبنی کولنگ ٹیکنالوجی بجلی کی کھپت کو کم کرتی ہے اور مجموعی طور پر آپریشنل کارکردگی کو بڑھاتی ہے۔
اسلام آباد: وزیر اعظم کے معاون خصوصی برائے خزانہ طارق باجوہ نے جمعرات کو عوامی شعبے میں پائیداری سے چلنے والی صلاحیت کی تعمیر، پالیسیوں اور طریقوں کو فروغ دینے کی اہمیت پر زور دیا۔
وہ یہاں ایسوسی ایشن آف چارٹرڈ سرٹیفائیڈ اکاؤنٹنٹس کے زیر اہتمام پاکستان پبلک سیکٹر کانفرنس 2023 میں بطور مہمان خصوصی خطاب کر رہے تھے۔
کانفرنس نے عوامی مالیاتی انتظام کے اہم اسٹیک ہولڈرز کو ایک چھت کے نیچے اکٹھا کیا۔
طارق باجوہ نے پبلک سیکٹر میں مالیاتی قیادت کے ابھرتے ہوئے کردار کے بارے میں بات کی اور عوامی شعبے میں پائیداری سے چلنے والی صلاحیت کی تعمیر، پالیسیوں اور طریقوں کو فروغ دینے کی اہمیت پر زور دیا۔
قائدین نے عوام کو درپیش چیلنجز اور ان کے حل کی تلاش کی۔
کراچی: صحت کی دیکھ بھال کرنے والی افرادی قوت میں داخل ہونے والی خواتین کی تعداد میں گزشتہ دہائی کے دوران تیزی سے اضافہ ہوا ہے۔ تاہم، جب عالمی سطح پر طب میں قائدانہ عہدوں کی بات آتی ہے تو خواتین کی نمائندگی کم رہتی ہے۔
اس خلا کو دور کرنے اور قائدانہ کردار میں خواتین کی مدد کرنے کے لیے، پاکستان جی آئی اینڈ لیور ڈیزیز سوسائٹی کی صدر اور لیاقت نیشنل ہسپتال میں گیسٹرو اینٹرولوجی ریذیڈنسی پروگرام کی ڈائریکٹر پروفیسر لبنیٰ کمانی نے \”ویمن ان لیڈرشپ لیگ ان میڈیسن\” (وِل میڈیسن) کا آغاز کیا ہے۔ خواتین کے عالمی دن کے موقع پر بانی پارٹنر فیروزسن لیبارٹریز لمیٹڈ کے تعاون سے فورم۔
ڈاکٹر لبنیٰ کمانی، سرپرست اور ول میڈ کی بانی چیئر نے کہا، \”اس فورم کا مقصد اندراج شدہ خواتین کی حوصلہ افزائی کرنا ہے…
اسلام آباد: ایک ریٹائرڈ پاکستانی جنرل نے کہا ہے کہ وہ سابق کے ساتھ کوئی اعتبار نہیں رکھتے فوج چیف جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ کا یہ عہد کہ طاقتور فوج قوموں کی سیاست سے باہر رہے گی اور سیاسی قیادت کو سول ملٹری عدم توازن میں کردار ادا کرنے کا ذمہ دار ٹھہرایا۔ سابق لیفٹیننٹ جنرل ہارون اسلمان کا یہ ریمارکس اس وقت آیا جب وہ ہفتے کے روز لندن میں لندن سکول آف اکنامکس کی طلبہ یونین کے زیر اہتمام مستقبل کے پاکستان کانفرنس میں \’سول ملٹری ریلیشنز: کو ایکسسٹنس یا محاذ آرائی\’ کے موضوع پر ایک سیشن سے خطاب کر رہے تھے۔ \”کیوں کیا (عمران خانجنرل باجوہ کی مدت ملازمت میں توسیع؟ آصف علی زرداری نے جنرل اشفاق پرویز کیانی کی مدت ملازمت میں توسیع کیوں دی؟ میرا ماننا ہے کہ فوج کو غیر جانبدار رہنا چاہیے اور سیاست میں مداخلت نہیں کرنی چاہیے، لیکن یاد رکھیں کہ آپ اسے بند نہیں کر سکتے،\” ڈان اخبار نے اسلم کے حوالے سے بتایا۔ انہوں نے فوج کو سیاست میں مداخلت کرنے کی اجازت دینے کے لیے پاکستان کی سیاسی قیادت کو بھی موردِ الزام ٹھہرایا، اور کہا کہ فوج فعال طور پر مداخلت کرنے کی کوشش نہیں کر رہی تھی، لیکن یہ \”سویلین جز\” تھا جس نے فوج کو اہمیت دی۔ ریٹائرڈ جنرل باجوہ کے فوج کی جانب سے غیر جانبداری کے الوداعی عہد کے طویل مدتی لاگو ہونے کے بارے میں پوچھا گیا، جنرل اسلم اس کی باتوں میں کوئی کمی نہیں آئی۔ \”میں اس سے کوئی اعتبار نہیں جوڑتا۔ اس نے اپنی اننگز کھیلی، پھر آخر میں یہ کہا۔ سبکدوش ہونے والے سربراہ کے کہنے کی کوئی اہمیت نہیں ہے،‘‘ انہوں نے کہا۔ جنرل اسلم سابق آرمی چیف جنرل کیانی کی ریٹائرمنٹ کے وقت سینئر ترین تھے۔ اس سے قبل وہ ڈی جی ملٹری آپریشنز اور بہاولپور کور کمانڈر رہے۔ سیشن کے آغاز میں انہوں نے یہ دعویٰ کرتے ہوئے ابرو اٹھائے کہ انہوں نے گزشتہ انتخابات میں پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے چیئرمین عمران خان کو ووٹ دیا تھا، اور دوبارہ بھی کریں گے۔ لیکن اسی سانس میں انہوں نے خان کے ساتھ ساتھ دیگر سویلین لیڈروں کو بھی تنقید کا نشانہ بنایا کہ وہ سول ملٹری عدم توازن میں کردار ادا کر رہے ہیں۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ \”اگر آپ اچھی سویلین قیادت کی حوصلہ افزائی کریں گے تو فوج پیچھے ہٹ جائے گی،\” انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ \”ہمیں عوام کی مرضی کے مطابق چلنا ہے\”۔ \”دی [civilian] جز فوج کو اہمیت دیتا ہے اور دونوں کے درمیان تعلق محبت، نفرت اور مصلحت کی تکون ہے۔ اگر ہمارا بھارت کے خلاف سکور ہے تو ہر کوئی فوج سے پیار کرتا ہے۔ لیکن اگر مداخلت ہو تو سب فوج سے نفرت کرتے ہیں۔ یہ فوج نہیں ہے جو (مداخلت کرنے کی کوشش) میں سرگرم ہے، یہ ایک اجتماعی چیز ہے۔ ووڈرو ولسن سینٹر اسکالر مائیکل کگلمین، تاہم، سویلین قیادت کے دفاع میں آئے۔ \” اسلام آباد کی تمام سڑکیں پنڈی سے ہوتی ہیں۔ ایک غیر جانبدار فوج صرف اسی صورت میں ممکن ہے جب سیاستدان فیصلہ کریں کہ انہیں فوج کے ساتھ کام کرنے کی ضرورت نہیں ہے۔ لیکن بدقسمتی سے، سیاست دانوں کے پاس اکثر کوئی انتخاب نہیں ہوتا ہے۔ ان کے اور فوج کے درمیان اچھے تعلقات کو یقینی بنانے کی خواہش ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ وہ اس دلیل سے اتفاق نہیں کرتے کہ سویلین رہنما بدعنوان اور غیر موثر ہیں، انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ اس طرح کے خیالات کو فوج نے پناہ دی ہے۔ اس سوال پر کہ پاکستان کے موجودہ بحران کا ذمہ دار کون ہے، کوگل مین نے کہا: \”فوجی حکومتوں میں معاشی استحکام کی طرف پرانی یادوں کے ساتھ اشارہ کرنا عام بات ہے، لیکن یہ یاد رکھنا ضروری ہے کہ فوجی حکومت کے دوران ناقدین اور اختلاف کرنے والوں کو کس طرح کا سامنا کرنا پڑا۔\” انہوں نے یاد کیا کہ فوج کو معاشی بدحالی کے وقت بھی بجٹ کا بڑا حصہ ملتا ہے۔ اس پر جنرل اسلم نے کہا کہ وہ فوجی قبضے کی حمایت نہیں کرتے بلکہ موجودہ بحران کے لیے فوج کو اکیلا کرنے کی مخالفت کرتے ہیں۔ \”یہ ایک اجتماعی ذمہ داری اور اجتماعی ناکامی ہے۔ دفاعی بجٹ کے حوالے سے شدید غلط فہمی پائی جاتی ہے۔ یہ شاعری یا وجہ کے بغیر بجٹ نہیں کھاتا۔
German special envoy for climate action, Johannes Morgen, has urged the G-7 group of seven leaders to take clear commitments to tackle the destructive effects of climate change in their own countries when they meet in Japan in May. In an interview with the BBC, Morgen said that German priorities for technological and environmental policies have been established, which includes the leadership of the group consisting of Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States. The European Union will also participate in the summit to be held in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima in November.
Morgen said that a global movement is gaining momentum to tackle the issue of climate change, such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Egypt\’s Sharm el-Sheikh in November, where 80 more countries supported the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Team\’s 27th Conference, known as COP27. He also called for a strong leadership from G-7 to ensure success of the COP 28 to be held in the United Arab Emirates in the end of this year.
Morgen also called for reform of international fiscal authorities, such as the International Monetary Fund, to provide technological support to developing countries to create renewable energy sources, as well as Germany\’s addition of the greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of Russia\’s military offensive in Ukraine. He further said that the commitment to zero emissions of the thermal power generation is an absolute policy and that Germany has added to this initiative in the wake of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. He said that the preservation of the thermal power generation is an extremely urgent policy and that no change should be made until 2030 in order to achieve the goal of eliminating the thermal power generation.
German special envoy for climate action, Johannes Morgen, has urged the G-7 group of seven leaders to take clear commitments to tackle the destructive effects of climate change in their own countries when they meet in Japan in May. In an interview with the BBC, Morgen said that German priorities for technological and environmental policies have been established, which includes the leadership of the group consisting of Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States. The European Union will also participate in the summit to be held in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima in November.
Morgen said that a global movement is gaining momentum to tackle the issue of climate change, such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Egypt\’s Sharm el-Sheikh in November, where 80 more countries supported the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Team\’s 27th Conference, known as COP27. He also called for a strong leadership from G-7 to ensure success of the COP 28 to be held in the United Arab Emirates in the end of this year.
Morgen also called for reform of international fiscal authorities, such as the International Monetary Fund, to provide technological support to developing countries to create renewable energy sources, as well as Germany\’s addition of the greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of Russia\’s military offensive in Ukraine. He further said that the commitment to zero emissions of the thermal power generation is an absolute policy and that Germany has added to this initiative in the wake of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. He said that the preservation of the thermal power generation is an extremely urgent policy and that no change should be made until 2030 in order to achieve the goal of eliminating the thermal power generation.
German special envoy for climate action, Johannes Morgen, has urged the G-7 group of seven leaders to take clear commitments to tackle the destructive effects of climate change in their own countries when they meet in Japan in May. In an interview with the BBC, Morgen said that German priorities for technological and environmental policies have been established, which includes the leadership of the group consisting of Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States. The European Union will also participate in the summit to be held in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima in November.
Morgen said that a global movement is gaining momentum to tackle the issue of climate change, such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Egypt\’s Sharm el-Sheikh in November, where 80 more countries supported the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Team\’s 27th Conference, known as COP27. He also called for a strong leadership from G-7 to ensure success of the COP 28 to be held in the United Arab Emirates in the end of this year.
Morgen also called for reform of international fiscal authorities, such as the International Monetary Fund, to provide technological support to developing countries to create renewable energy sources, as well as Germany\’s addition of the greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of Russia\’s military offensive in Ukraine. He further said that the commitment to zero emissions of the thermal power generation is an absolute policy and that Germany has added to this initiative in the wake of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. He said that the preservation of the thermal power generation is an extremely urgent policy and that no change should be made until 2030 in order to achieve the goal of eliminating the thermal power generation.
On Wednesday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, and Senator Azam Swati, presented themselves for arrest as the party\’s \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ (court arrest drive) commenced from Lahore. The campaign was initiated by Imran Khan to counter the alleged attack on the party\’s fundamental rights and the economic \”meltdown\”. The PTI shared footage of party leaders sitting inside a police van and claimed that those responsible for making the arrests had \”vanished\”. The movement is planned to take place in Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Multan, Gujranwala, Sargodha, and Sahiwal. In a series of tweets, Imran Khan said the drive was against the attack on the party\’s constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights and the economic meltdown brought on by a cabal of crooks. PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry said that all arrangements for the \”court arrest drive\” were complete and that the party was ready for the movement. However, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb have both criticized the PTI\’s \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ as a show to create political instability in the country. PTI leaders have urged the nation to prepare for the campaign and join them in the fight for true freedom.
was “trying to hide its corruption and economic terrorism” through the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. On Wednesday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders presented themselves for arrest as the party\’s \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ commenced from Lahore. The movement is aimed at countering the \”attack\” on the party\’s fundamental rights and the economic \”meltdown\”. PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Senator Azam Swati were among those who gave themselves up for arrest. Party Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that around 500-700 PTI workers have given themselves up for arrest. PTI chief Imran Khan has urged people to take to the streets for \”true freedom\” and said the \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ is the name of jihad. The PTI is launching a \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ movement to protest the attack on their fundamental rights, economic meltdown, and alleged campaign by the PML-N against the judiciary. The campaign will start in Lahore, followed by Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Multan, Gujranwala, Sargodha, and Sahiwal. PTI leaders and workers are giving themselves up for arrest in protest. Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the PTI\’s arrest drive is aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country. Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has lambasted Imran for \”putting on a show\” to create political instability in the country. Follow my Facebook group to stay up to date on the latest news regarding the PTI\’s \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ campaign. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is launching a \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ movement to protest the attack on their fundamental rights, economic meltdown, and alleged campaign by the PML-N against the judiciary. PTI leaders and workers are giving themselves up for arrest in Lahore, followed by Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Multan, Gujranwala, Sargodha, and Sahiwal. Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the PTI\’s arrest drive is aimed at creating political instability and a law and order situation in the country, while Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has lambasted Imran for \”putting on a show\” to create political instability in the country. Follow my Facebook group to stay up to date on the latest news regarding the PTI\’s \’Jail Bharo Tehreek\’ campaign and the party\’s efforts to counter the \”attack\” on their fundamental rights and the economic \”meltdown\”.
PTI leaders presented themselves for arrest on Wednesday as the party’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ (court arrest drive) commenced from Lahore, which according to ex-premier Imran Khan is aimed at countering the “attack” on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”.
In a video message, PTI Vice President Fawad Chaudhry 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 after 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 protest would be limited to Lahore and would continue till the evening before moving to Peshawar tomorrow (Thursday).
There were no reports of arrests so far by the police.
Separately, the PTI shared footage of party leaders, including Qureshi and Senator Azam Swati, sitting inside a police van. The party also claimed that those responsible for making the arrests had “vanished”.
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 was able to verify 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”.
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?”
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