Lahore
May 5, 2021
LAHORE:Punjab Assembly Speaker Ch Pervaiz Elahi while addressing the assembly session on Tuesday said, “Namoos-e-Risalat and Khatam-i-Nabuwat is our faith, there is no other opinion in it and there is no question of any compromise on it.”
Prime Minister Imran Khan has adopted a bold stance on the issue of Khatam-i-Nabuwat. He has spoken to the OIC ambassadors and will speak at an international forum. Credit for legislation regarding Namoos-e-Risalat and Khatam-i-Nabuwat goes to the Punjab Assembly. All the political parties are united on this issue and there is no difference, the speaker said.
He said all the members of the Punjab Assembly are credited for the legislation enacted in the Punjab Assembly in which it was made mandatory that wherever the blessed name of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) appears in the textbooks, he will be written as the last Prophet of Allah.
National
May 5, 2021
LAHORE: A meeting chaired by Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Tuesday discussed a proposal to procure oxygen concentrators and generators for hospitals for uninterrupted supply of oxygen for corona patients.
The meeting reviewed the implementation of SOPs to prevent virus, vaccination process, healthcare facilities for corona patients and measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of oxygen in hospitals.
Addressing the meeting, the health minister said the Punjab government was taking all possible steps to provide best treatment facilities to the corona patients and control the pandemic. She said that HDU beds in Expo Centre have been made functional as a backup after the increase in corona patients in hospitals. She said beds have also been allocated for free treatment of corona patients in private teaching hospitals. She said that as per the direction of NCOC, the process of corona vaccination was in full swing in the province and the number of vaccination
Daily Times
May 5, 2021
The opposition in Punjab Assembly led by PML-N recorded protest while staging a walkout from the House on the very first day of the 31st session that started on Tuesday. As per the details, the MPAs from the opposition benches rejected the government’s legislation on the Private Member Day, as they said that no government business can be taken on the Private Member Day. The opposition strongly criticized the government, for putting its business on the agenda on private members day. “We cannot become part of this unlawful and unconstitutional proceeding,” said the legislators of PML-N, before walking out from the House in protest while also chanting slogans against the government. Taking advantage of the absence of opposition from the House, the government passed Punjab Sugar Factories Control Amendment Bill 2020, Punjab Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention Amendment Bill, Punjab Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Bill 2021, Lah