Central Information Secretary PTI Dr. Shireen Mazari has expressed shock and dismay over absolutely fabricated news against PTI Vice Chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi appeared in section of media despite being negated these rumors by PTI officially. Contrary to the rumors, she said Chairman PTI Imran Khan is fully aware of meetings between PTI leaders and diplomats. Rumors, she added are deliberately being floated to create misunderstanding between PTI leaders but these schemes will not work. In fact, according to her Chairman PTI has especially asked PTI leaders including Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi to contact foreign diplomats and convey them PTI positions over issues of great national and international significance.“PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi is also present when foreign dignitaries and diplomats call on Chairman PTI”, she concluded.???

Chairman Imran Khan condemned India's latest act of aggression against Pakistan

Chairman Imran Khan condemned India's latest act of aggression against Pakistan

Chairman Imran Khan condemned India's latest act of aggression against Pakistan:
PTI Chairman Imran Khan today condemned India's latest act of aggression against Pakistan the Indian Coastguards' blowing up of a Pakistani boat in international waters. This unprovoked act of aggression is in violation of all international laws. That the boat was given no warning shows the aggressive Indian intent. To cover up this illegal and inhuman action of their Coastguards, the Indian govt turned to lies alleging the occupants were terrorists who blew themselves up. Now the coastguards action has been revealed.
What is also clear is that the boat was probably of poor Pakistani fishermen slaving away to feed their families just as Indian fishermen do; both Pakistan and India are aware that often these poor fishermen stray into each other's territorial waters and are caught and then eventually sent back to their country. But this time the boat was in international waters and the Indian coastguards' action illegal.
Chairman Khan demanded the Pakistan govt immediately investigate this aggressive action by India and take appropriate action. The muted statement by the Pak Defence Minister is not sufficient, Khan concluded.

Countering terror: Imran renews demand for redeploying FC

Countering terror: Imran renews demand for redeploying FC?

According to the PTI chairman, K-P has suffered the most at the hands of terrorists. PHOTO: ONLINE

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“The FC’s job is to guard the border between Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and K-P but this force is spread out across the country,” said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the PTI chairman, K-P has suffered the most at the hands of terrorists. “Therefore, the federal government should return the FC to the province that it belongs to,” the statement said.

Two months earlier, Imran had also appealed for the return of the paramilitary force in the wake of the December 16 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.

The PTI chief underscored the need for ‘concerted efforts’ both at the central and provincial levels to end the scourge of terrorism from the country.

Meanwhile, PTI leaders expressed solidarity with the families of the people killed in Lahore Police Lines and urged the Punjab government to provide every possible help to the families of the deceased.

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Countering terror: Imran renews demand for redeploying FC

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s ruling party on Tuesday renewed its demand for redeploying paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) troops in the province and reassigning to K-P soldiers serving in other parts of the country.
“The FC’s job is to guard the border between Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and K-P but this force is spread out across the country,” said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in a statement on Tuesday.

Two months earlier, Imran had also appealed for the return of the paramilitary force in the wake of the December 16 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.
The PTI chief underscored the need for ‘concerted efforts’ both at the central and provincial levels to end the scourge of terrorism from the country.

Pakistan Likely to go Ahead with Bangladesh Tour

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided in principle to send the national team to Bangladesh in April-May if the hosts agree to foot expenses for the tour.

A file photo of the Pakistan team.

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An official in the board told PTI that while the PCB was still waiting for a final response from the Bangladesh Cricket Board on its demand for a 50 percent share in the revenues earned from the series, it wanted the tour to go ahead.

"Our main concern is that we get nothing out of the tour although in principle it should be our home series because we toured Bangladesh in 2011 and they didn't return the tour in 2012," the official said.

"We had even offered to host this series in UAE to earn something from it but they declined," he added.

The official said the PCB wanted the tour to go ahead as scheduled but the PCB also was not interested in spending from its own pocket to send the team to Bangladesh.

"If the BCB agree to pay for the team's air tickets and take care of their other expenses on the tour we will probably go ahead with it," the official said.

Earlier senior officials of the PCB including Chairman, Shaharyar Khan and Najam Sethi had hinted that if Bangladesh didn't agree to share revenues from the series Pakistan could call off the tour.

Pakistan are scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and two T20 matches on the tour.

The BCB initially refused the Pakistani demand for a share in revenue but later said it would be willing to look at taking care of the Pakistan team expenses to make the tour.

World Cup: Shoaib Akhtar Has Doubts Over Mohammad Irfan's Fitness

Karachi: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has raised questions over the fitness of the tall left arm paceman Muhammad Irfan, who is part of the national team in the ongoing World Cup.

"I have doubts over the fitness of Irfan ...I don't think he is fit to play a match," Akhtar said on Geo news channel.(Irfan Aims to Emulate Akram)

The 7-foot 1-inch Irfan has been tipped to be Pakistan's best bowler in the World Cup by former greats like Imran Khan and Wasim Akram but against India he struggled and was also warned for running onto the pitch.

Akhtar said that the team management needed to handle Irfan carefully as they were still lot of matches remaining in the mega event.

He also said that he had a feeling Pakistan would persist with Umar Akmal as the wicketkeeper for the match against West Indies on Wednesday.

"To be honest I don't see any change in the side apart from Younis Khan," he added.

The Pakistan think-tank tried out Younis Khan as a makeshift opener against India an experiment that failed badly and has led to criticism by former players, critics and fans.

Akhtar also made it clear that if Pakistan didn't win the toss and bowl first in Christchurch on Wednesday it could face problems against the West Indies.

"We have seen on a few occasions how the first use of the pitches in New Zealand in day matches has assisted the seam bowlers in particular that is why the toss is so vital," he added.