The head of the paramilitary force said that Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar-winning film “Saving Face” was made after three incidents of acid attacks were reported in the country.

He then compared the situation in Pakistan with London, saying that more than 800 incidents of acid attacks were reported in the British capital yet no film was made and neither did the media report on it.

“10,000 knife attacks happened in Britain and no one got to know about them. Do you think London is safe?” asked the DG Rangers from the participants.

He also compared Karachi to New York, saying that in 2020, 1,638 or 1,688 armed robberies took place in New York while only 280 took place in Karachi.

“We are not as bad as we are made out to be and we have started thinking ourselves as bad,” said the DG rangers.

DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar has said that enemies of Pakistan have attempted to damage the country’s image worldwide. While addressing the National Amateur Short Film Festival (NASFF) Awards Ceremony, the military’s top spokesperson expressed his aim that now it is time that we enhance Pakistan’s impression globally as we have almost won the war against terror.

Major General Babar Iftikhar expressed the struggle of Pakistan against terrorism and said that Pakistan faced a prolonged and testing war for two decades. Besides, its efforts to cause us harm through the war, the enemy has been attempting to impair the country’s dignity and image before the world; he added.

The DG ISPR further explained that perception is considered a reality in today’s world, and every country aspires to build its perception. The Major General said that we need to adjust this perception with the country’s reality, which is magnificent. Today’s festival is a part of such efforts; he added.

Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, while addressing a press conference on Monday, claimed that hostile foreign intelligence agencies are behind the Lahore Johar Town blast.

Chief Minister said the prime suspect involved in Lahore Johar Town (JT) blast was arrested within 16 hours. Till now, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have successfully detained the rest of the terrorists directly involved in the Lahore JT blast.

Buzdar lauded the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) efforts for their professional investigation and exposing and arresting foreign elements involved in the Lahore JT blast.

Further, IG Punjab Inam Ghani stated that one American citizen and then Pakistani were identified and arrested who were directly involved with foreign intelligence agencies to carry out this terror attack in Lahore.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi held a press conference in Multan on Sunday. He said FATF is a political tool controlled by some powers including India to pressurise Pakistan for their political purposes.

Pakistan was placed on the grey list during PML-N government, PTI government successfully fulfilled 26 tasks out of 27, yet FATF is not willing to place Pakistan on the white list despite admiring Pakistan’s effort on fulfilling 26 tasks of FATF said Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

He also talked about the seizure of uranium that happened in two cities of India and said if the same incident happened in Pakistan, Indian media would have gone for an international campaign against Pakistan. Foreign Minister requested Pakistani media to focus on this issue and raise this matter on international media forums.

Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on Saturday questioned the decision of the terror financing watchdog. The Foreign Minister accused FATF of being a political forum rather than being a technical one. In a press statement, he stated the reason behind retention of Pakistan in the grey list and said “Some powers desire to keep the sword of FATF hanging over Pakistan.”

He further said that Pakistan had already complied 26 with points out of the 27 technical recommendations, whereas substantial progress is being made on the remaining one. We know that FATF lauded Pakistan’s progress and announced to keep the country in its grey list until the implementation on the remaining one item; said the foreign minister.

He justified that there was no room to retain Pakistan on the grey list despite implementation on 26 points. He assured that Pakistan is taking the necessary steps in its own interests to tackle the FATF recommendations.

Imran Khan reminds what he said 11 years ago about US aid and its impact on Pakistan. As Imran Khan has been saying for decades that military action is not the solution to the Afghanistan issue, he posted an 11-year old interview with BBC HardTalk on his official Facebook page.

In that interview, he said Pakistan lost over $70 billion economy and thousands of innocent lives became victims of terrorism just because Pakistan allowed American involvement.

Imran Khan countered the US narrative and said your only priority should be no terrorism from Pakistani soil and let us deal with it in our way and wait for the result instead of jumping in and creating more conflict. He added we don’t need your aid, your money, it doesn’t mean we are ending the relationship with you, but if we became a puppet in front of our people, it will create more resistance against you.

Link to Imran Khan’s interview

https://fb.watch/6mW3-B_twp/