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Senate race heats up as nominees file papers
ECP extends date for submission of papers till Feb 15
ISLAMABAD:
A total of 78 candidates of all political parties, including the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on Saturday filed their nomination papers with the Election Commission of Pakistan for the Senate elections scheduled for March 3.
Earlier in the day, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted a list containing names of 20 candidates, including Abdul Qadir for Balochistan, but later, Special Assistant to the PM on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill tweeted that Qadir has been replaced with Zahoor Agha.
“Senate ticket from Balochistan is being withdrawn from Qadir Sahib and being issued to Zahoor Agha. The captain always listens to his party workers,” Gill tweeted.
February 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Dr. Arif Alvi has underscored the need for developing a roadmap to address the issues being faced by differently-abled people (DAPs) and ensure universal access to Assistive Devices (ADs) for DAPs.
While chairing the first meeting of the National Steering Committee on Improving Access to Assistive Technology (AT) for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Islamabad on Wednesday, the president said that problem of disability was of great magnitude that required integrated efforts by provincial governments, and other concerned stakeholders to address it in an effective manner.
The meeting was attended by the Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) Aon Abbas Buppi, Senior Officials of Ministries of Human Rights, Industries, Science and Technology, and provincial governments including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) Aon Abbas Buppi met the UAE Envoy Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Al-Zaabi and discussed various potential collective efforts in social protection area.