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پشتون قومی جرگہ کا انعقاد اور جاری کشیدگی

گزشتہ روز چارسدہ میں مزدور کسان پارٹی کے زیر اہتمام پشتون قومی جرگہ کا انعقاد کیا گیا جس میں تحریک انصاف اور مسلم لیگ (ن) کے بغیر ملک کی تمام سیاسی پارٹیوں کے اہم رہنماؤں، میڈیا اور سول سوسائٹی کے نمائندوں سمیت صاحب الرائے لوگوں کی بڑی تعداد شریک ہوئی۔ اس جرگہ کا مقصد افغانستان، پاکستان اور خطے خصوصاً پشتون بیلٹ کو درپیش صورت حال انتہاپسندی، طالبان کی ری گروپنگ اور دیگر متعلقہ مسائل پر مکالمہ کرنا اور حالات کا جائزہ لینا تھا۔
جن مقررین نے جرگے میں اظہار خیال کیا ان میں آفتاب خان شیرپاؤ، میاں افتخار حسین ،منظور پشتین، ایمل ولی خان، مختار باچا، محسن داوڑ ، سلیم صافی، مختیار یوسفزئی ، حیدر زمان خان، ہمایون خان، شمس مہمند، ساجد حسین اعوان، وگمہ فیروز، مولانا جلال جان، ڈاکٹر مشتاق، عقیل یوسفزئی، حیات روغا نے،شکیل وحیداللہ اورمیزبان افضل خاموش شامل تھے۔ مقررین نے خصوصاً افغانستان کی کشیدہ صورتحال پر کھل کر اظہار خیال کرتے ہوئے تشویش کا اظہار کیا اور خدشہ ظاہر کیا کہ اگر افغانستان میں جاری کشیدگی اور حملوں کا راستہ نہیں روکا گیا تو اس سے پاکستان خصوصاً پشتون بیلٹ شدید متاثر ہوگا اور علاقائی امن خطرے میں پڑ جائے گا۔ مقررین میں سے اکثر نے طالبان اور ان کے حامی ریاستوں کو تنقید کا نشانہ بناتے ہوئے اشرف غنی کی حکومت کو عوام کے مینڈیٹ کا حامل قرار دے کر طالبان کی مخالفت اور مزاحمت کی جبکہ جے یو آئی، جماعت اسلامی اور میڈیا کے نمائندگان نے جاری صورتحال میں فریق بننے کی بجائے ثالثی پر مبنی کردار کی وکالت کرتے ہوئے امریکہ افغان حکومت اور بعض دیگر اسٹیک ہولڈرز کو بھی حالات کا ذمہ دار قرار دے کر اپنی تجاویز پیش کیں۔
سیاسی قائدین کا متفقہ خیال یہ تھا کہ پاکستان افغانستان کے امن کے لیے درکار کردار ادا نہیں کر رہا اور الزام لگایا کہ پاکستانی ریاست اب بھی طالبان کی سرپرستی کر رہی ہیں تاہم دوسرے فریق کا موقف تھا کہ امریکہ اور اس کے اتحادیوں نے اشرف غنی کی حکومت کو دوحا پراسیس سے باہر رکھتے ہوئے طالبان کو حاوی ہونے کا موقع فراہم کیا اور امن قائم کیے بغیر جلدی میں انخلاء کے اقدام نے صورتحال کو پرخطر اور تشویشناک بنا دیا۔ اس موقع پر سیاسی قائدین کا موقف تھا کہ اگر اب کے بار یہ آگ پھیل گئی تو اس کی مخالفت کے ساتھ ساتھ مزاحمت بھی کی جائے گی جبکہ یہ بھی بتایا گیا کہ جان بوجھ کر پشتونوں کو جنگوں کا ایندھن بنایا جارہا ہے۔ اکثر قائدین نے اشرف غنی کی حکومت کی کھل کر حمایت کی تاہم دوسرے فریق کا نقطہ نظر رہا کہ ماضی کے تجربات جاری پراکسیز کے تناظر میں افغان طالبان کی کھل کر مخالفت کی بجائے مصالحت اور میانہ روی کا راستہ اپنا کر اپنے کارکنوں کو ماضی کی طرح پھر سے خطرے میں ڈالنے کے مجوزہ رویے سے گریز کیا جائے۔ ساتھ میں یہ مشورہ بھی آ گیا کہ تمام اہم پشتون رہنماؤں اور مشران کے ذریعے نہ صرف بعض متعلقہ ریاستوں بلکہ افغان جنگ کے فریقین کو بھی مذاکرات اور مصالحت پر آمادہ کرنے کی کوششیں کی جائے اور الزام تراشی، فریق بننے کی روش سے گریز کیا جائے۔
اس موقع پر کہا گیا کہ پاکستان میں فورسز اور اہم سیاسی کارکنوں، مشران پر ٹی ٹی پی کے حملوں کی تعداد میں اضافہ اس جانب اشارہ کر رہا ہے کہ ٹی ٹی پی پھر سے منظم ہو کر حملہ آور ہو گئی ہے اور اسی کا نتیجہ ہے کہ سیاسی قوتوں اور عوام کی تشویش میں اضافہ ہونے لگا ہے۔ میسنگ پرسنز کے معاملے، علی وزیر کی گرفتاری، قبائلی اضلاع کے استحکام اور ترقی، اٹھارویں ترمیم، سی پیک اور پاک افغان تجارت جیسے مسائل پر بھی بحث کرکے مطالبہ کیا گیا کہ امتیازی سلوک کا خاتمہ کرکے ماضی کی زیادتیوں کا ازالہ کیا جائے تاکہ پاکستان کو پر امن بنا کر سب کے حقوق کو یقینی بنایا جائے۔
جرگے کے دوران ایک تجویز یہ بھی پیش کی گئی کہ جرگے میں شریک پارٹیاں امن کے حق میں ڈویژنل لیول پر ریلیاں نکالیں اور افغانستان کے استقلال اور استحکام کے حق میں آواز اٹھائی جائے ۔ تاہم امن ریلیوں یا کسی اور مشترکہ جدوجہد کا کوئی عملی پلان یا فارمولا سامنے نہیں آیا۔ دوسری طرف سابقہ اور حالیہ جرگوں کے تناظر میں مزید جرگے منعقد کرنے کی تجویز بھی سامنے آئی مگر اس کے لیے بھی کسی ٹھوس فیصلے یا فارمولے کا اعلان نہیں کیا جا سکا۔
اس میں کوئی شک نہیں کہ اس قسم کے اجتماعات مکالمے اور مشاورت کی اہمیت سے انکار نہیں کیا جا سکتا تاہم اس قسم کی سرگرمیوں کی کامیابی اور بہتر نتائج کے لئے لازمی ہے کہ تلخ زمینی حقائق اور چیلنجز کا ادراک کرتے ہوئے محض سیاسی مخالفت کی بنیاد پر کسی ایک فریق کی حمایت یا مخالفت کی بجائے مصالحت اور ثالثی کا کردار ادا کیا جائے۔

Delivery in Rescue 1122 ambulance

Baby born in Rescue 1122 ambulance

A newborn baby was born in Rescue 1122 ambulance. A woman resident of Tehsil Barikot was being shifted to hospital in a rescue ambulance for delivery. Keeping in view the condition of the woman, a female emergency medical technician (Farah Adiba) delivered the woman in an ambulance in a professional manner with the permission and presence of her family members during the shifting to the hospital.

Thanks to the rescue woman, the mother and child are fine and healthy. Emergency Rescue Service (Rescue 1122) Women medical technicians across the province are also working side by side with male personnel in all types of emergencies.

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Bannu’s First-ever woman journalist breaking stereotypes

Pakistan is one of those countries, where women still face many problems in their respective professional fields as well as domestic life.

Women face domestic violence, emotional abuse, forced marriages and sexual harassment; menaces that hinder their participation in mainstream society. Apart from these challenges, women in Pakistan also struggle for access to transportation and jobs in the private and government sector.However, the time is changing and a more conducive environment now is helping Pakistani women excel in even male-dominated fields.

Mehreen Khalid, The first-ever female journalist from Bannu is one such example that is breaking the stereotypes in man dominant field and society. Despite all these serious social and domestic barriers, there are many women fighting against discrimination and are striving to change the horrific norms of the society.

Mehreen Khalid, a young journalist from the Bannu district of KP, defied the odds to pursue a career in journalism – a field which is considered unsuitable for women among her community. She is pursuing a Masters in journalism from Gomal University and working as a voice over artist and reporter in a local digital media organisation.

Mehreen Khalida belongs to a conservative community where women are told to stay at home and do the household chores. She broke stereotypes by pursuing her passion and adopting journalism as career, a field seen as male-dominated in the region. While talking to Voice of KP, Mehreen Khalid said that opting journalism as a field and career for a girl like her was a big challenge as girls in her hometown have never been allowed to colleges even due to the man dominant social structure of society.

Mehreen said that she had a dream to work for the voiceless people since her childhood; saying that accepting all the challenges and threats she took the decision and selected journalism as a field with a hope to help and support those those whose voices were lost. About the attitude of the people towards her she said that many from her hometown and other tribal areas applauded her struggle and step for adopting journalism as a career She said that many in her village have asked her father to stop her from going to university as they considered her as a threat for the other girls of village.

“They think I will encourage and brainwash other girls of the village to go to university or college for education”, said Mehreen. About the family support, she said that her father was the only person who supported her and let her fly instead of clipping her wings. She many relatives pressured her father not to let his daughter get education or adopt Journalism as a career, but he did not bother anyone and kept me supporting until now, Mehreen said.

Mehreen Khalid concluded that she was the only girl in her class and she had concealed this from her family and other relatives, as she feared that it could stop her education in the university.

corona virus update last hours

53 more poeple have died of corona virus in last 24 hours

In the last 24 hours, 53 more people have died of the global corona virus in Pakistan. The death toll from Corona rose to 23,918 across the country.

According to figures released by the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), 4,040 corona cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of Corona cases across the country reached 1,071,620.

According to the NCOC, 53,528 corona tests were performed in the last 24 hours. During the last 24 hours, the rate of positive cases was 7.54%.

The number of Corona cases in Sindh is 4,400, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1,48,619, Punjab 3,64,680, Islamabad 90,660, Balochistan 31,177, Azad Kashmir 27,288 and in Gilgit-Baltistan have reached 8,796.

The highest number of deaths due to corona was in Punjab where 11,201 people lost their lives while 6,215 in Sindh, 4,556 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 816 in Islamabad, 153 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 331 in Balochistan and 646 in Azad Kashmir People died.

The PCB has announced schedule for domestic season 2021-22

The PCB has announced schedule for domestic season 2021-22

Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the schedule of domestic season 2020-21, this season will consist of ten tournaments in which 266 matches will be played.

The PCB’s domestic season 2020-21 is completely separate from the international matches played in Pakistan, which will hosted in Pakistan, New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia between September 2021 and March 2022.

The matches of the two-day CCA tournament are not included in the domestic season 2020-21. The two-day CCA tournament started on July 16 and will end on August 22. Ninety City Cricket Associations are participating in the tournament and will avail the opportunity to play. Additional matches have been added for Pathways Cricket next season for which the PCB has allowed six cricket associations to add two teams for the Under-16 and Under-19 teams.

In the National Under-19 Three-Day Championship, 12 teams will take part in matches and One-Day Cup will be played from October 3 to November 12 in Gujranwala, Islamabad, Mureed, Rawalpindi and Sialkot. Rawalpindi will host 31 matches till March 19. Rawalpindi will host the singles league matches.

The National Under-13 ODI Cup has also returned to the national circuit after a one-year hiatus due to the Cove 19 epidemic. This single league event will be held in Faisalabad from 8 to 18 February 2022.

Director High Performance, Nadeem Khan says that for the 2020-21 age group cricket season, each cricket association will be allowed to field two U16 and U19 teams so that we can increase the pool of players at the grassroots level which will benefit future players.

Nadeem Khan added that the strategy was in line with the plans of cricket associations, which provide opportunities for the best players from clubs, schools and universities to showcase their talents in national tournaments.

He said that in U-16 and U-19 competitions, the players would be provided the same environment as in senior cricket and this process would help them in their overall development as professional cricketers.

Season 2020-21 will start on September 15 with the eight-day Cricket Association T20 tournament in which six teams Second XI Cricket Associations will compete in Quetta.

The National T20 Cup features the best short format players in the country and will be held from September 25 to October 13. Eighteen matches of the first round will be played in Multan while the remaining 15 matches will be played in Lahore, including two semi-finals and a final.

Pakistan’s domestic event, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, will begin on October 20. The first half of the 10 round singles league will be played in Multan, Faisalabad and Lahore. The event will then move to Karachi, where the five-day final will conclude on December 29.

The three-day Double League Cricket Association Championship for Second XI will be held from September 28 to November 14, while the 50-over Single League Cricket Association Challenge Second XI will be played from November 19 to 27. Both tournaments will be held in Faisalabad, Lahore and Sheikhupura.

The 2020-21 season will end with the final of the one-day Pakistan Cup in Lahor on March 30. The tournament, which starts on February 25, will be played on a double league basis. The other two venues of the event will be Faisalabad and Multan.

Nadeem Khan said on the occasion that we are very excited to have a quality cricket season that will not only test the skills, techniques and fitness of professional cricketers but also include selectors and coaches in the national framework will help to identify the best performers.

“This season will be as difficult as last season which will test the players thoroughly but it is exactly what we want,” he added. We want to see that our system produces such tough players mentally and physically that can perform against any team in any situations.

Most of the First XI matches will be digitally broadcasted on national television.

Nadeem Khan said that like last season, the PCB would not only create opportunities for these players but also provide them with standard facilities as well as international standard accommodation and boarding so that they can show their best performances. ۔ We want our domestic system to be strong and valuable.

Tournament schedule, squads and match officials will be appointed according to events.

Schedule matches (Note: Authority may change schedule)

First Eleven

National T20 (six teams, 33 matches) September 25 to October 13
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (six teams, 31 matches) October 20-December 29
Pakistan Cup (six teams, 33 matches) February 25 to March 30, 2022

Second Eleven

Cricket Association T20 (six teams, 15 matches) September 15-22
Cricket Association Championship (three-day) (six teams, 30 matches) 28 September-14 November
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