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1- WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON CTBT IN PARLIAMENT THE FOREIGN MINISTER CATEGORICALLY STATED THAT PAKISTAN WILL NOT SIGN THE TREATY UNTIL AND UNLESS  THE UNJUSTIFIED ECONOMIC AND OTHER SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED AND ITS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED TO ITS SATISFACTION.
2- THE PRIME MINISTER MR.MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF HAS SAID THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SETTLE ALL THE ISSUES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE THROUGH CONSENSUS.
3- IN OCCUPIED KASHMIR INDIAN FORCES BURST INTO A HOUSE IN GUNDERBAL AND KILLED FIVE PERSONS OF THE SAME FAMILY.
4- PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSAR ARAFAT HAS CALLED FOR ARAB, ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE CREATION OF AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE.
5- IN KUALALUMPUR SOUTH AFRICA HAVE REACHED THE FINAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES CRICKET TOURNAMENT BEATING SRI LANKA BY 1 WICKET.
 

NEWS IN DETAIL:

THE FOREIGN MINISTER MR. SARTAJ AZIZ HAS CATEGORICALLY STATED THAT PAKISTAN WILL NOT SIGN THE CTBT UNTIL AND UNLESS THE UNJUSTIFIED ECONOMIC AND OTHER SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED AND ITS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED TO ITS SATISFACTION. HE WAS WINDING UP DISCUSSION ON THE ISSUE OF CTBT IN THE PARLIAMENT TODAY. THE FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURED THE MEMBERS THAT THEIR VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS WOULD GUIDE THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS ON CTBT. HE SAID NATIONAL INTEREST WOULD BE KEPT UPPER MOST AND THERE WOULD BE NO BARGAIN ON OUR NUCLEAR DETTERENT. HE SAID PAKISTAN IS A NUCLEAR POWER AND THIS CAPABILITY WOULD BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. HE SAID CTBT WOULD NOT AFFECT OUR NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. MR. SARTAJ AZIZ SAID BALANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER IN SOUTH ASIA WHICH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY PAKISTAN AFTER NUCLEAR TESTS IS HIGH ON OUR AGENDA. AND NUCLEAR DETERRENT WILL BE KEPT AT ALL COST.  THE DEMAND OF SOME REFERRING TO MEMBERS FOR LINKING THE KASHMIR ISSUE WITH THE SIGNING OF THE CTBT THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID AFTER THE NUCLEAR TESTS THERE IS A GREATER REALISATION IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY THAT RESOLUTION OF THE KASHMIR PROBLEM IS VITAL FOR LASTING PEACE IN SOUTH ASIA. HE SAID WORLD COUNTRIES ARE NOW PRESSURISING INDIA FOR PERPULFUL DIALOGUE ON THE KASHMIR ISSUE. HE SAID THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR UNWARRANTED ECONOMIC AND OTHER SANCTIONS ON PAKISTAN AND DEMANDED THEIR LIFTING IMMEDIATELY. HE SAID BEFORE WALK OUT THE OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOMED THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION FOR A DEBATE ON NATIONAL ISSUE IN THE PARLIAMENT. HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT KEPT ANYTHING SECRET FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. HE SAID OPPOSITION LEADER IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN HER PRESS STATEMENT HAD DEMANDED IMMEDIATE SIGNING OF CTBT AND THOSE IN PARLIAMENT INCLUDING MR. AJMAL KHATTAK HAVE SUPPORTED THE SIGNING OF CTBT.

THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN THE DEBATE INCLUDED: HAJI JAVED IBRAHIM PIRACHA, HAFIZ FAZAL MOHAMMAD, MR. TARIQ AZIZ, MR. KHURSHEED MEHMUD QASURI, SYED FAKHR IMAM,
SYED ZAFAR ALI SHAH, MRS. NASREEN JALIL, MR. MUHAMMAD EJAZUL HAQ, SENATOR PERVEZ RASHID, SARDAR UMAR FAROOQ, PROFESSOR SAJID MIR, MR. SHUJAAT ALI KHAN, MR. SIKANDER HAYAT MALI, HAJI ZAREEN GUL KHAN AND CHAUDHRY MOHAMMAD ASHRAF.  ANP AND PPP DIDNOT PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED BY CLAUSE (1) OF ARTICLE 54 OF THE CONSTITUTION THE PRESIDENT PROROGUED PARLIAMENT ON THE CONCLUSION OF ITS SITTING TODAY.

WEATHER:

RAIN WITH DUST AND THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED AT SCATTERED PLACES OF HYDERABAD, SUKKAR, BAHAWALPUR DIVISIONS AND AT ISOLATED PLACES OF LAHORE DIVISION.