By Abid Usman
ISLAMABAD: Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Mehmet Pacaci on Tuesday visited the Thalassemia centre, and stitching and processing unit here in Sector F-9.
He was accompanied by Country Director of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) Mohsin Balci, said a news release of Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM).
PBM Managing Director Amir Fida Pracha welcomed the Turkish envoy and briefed him about the women empowerment and social welfare projects of his organization.
The Turkish envoy met with the Thalassemia patients in the centre and applauded the quality medical facilities being provided to the poor patients by the PBM. He also presented gifts to the patients there. The ambassador also visited stitching and processing unit, established in collaboration with TIKA, and inspected the finished products prepared by the Women Empowerment Centres (WECs) of the PBM. The PBM managing director expressed his gratitude to TIKA for extending cooperation to the PBM for supporting initiatives intending to ensure women empowerment.
He said some 161 WECs were playing a crucial role in assisting poor females to become financially independent.
Court orders to return Gill’s belongings
By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: A Sessions Court in the federal capital ordered to return Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill’s personal belongings.
The hearing of the sedition case against the PTI leader was held in Sessions Court Islamabad. The court ordered to return Shahbaz Gill’s belongings before the closing of court on Tuesday.
PTI leaders Shahbaz Gill and Raja Khurrum Nawaz attended the hearing.
The court told Gill’s lawyer to inform the court if the belongings are not returned by closing today.
Earlier on October 3, the federal government moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking the cancellation of the PTI leader’s bail.
According to details, Islamabad City Magistrate – on behalf of the federal government – filed an application in Supreme Court (SC) seeking the cancellation of Shahbaz Gill.
In the application, the federal government argued that the Islamabad High Court (IHC) did not evaluate the facts correctly. ‘The PTI leader is accused of treason against the state,’ it added.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Islamabad High Court (IHC) accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill’s post-arrest bail plea in the sedition case registered against him.
