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By-poll in PP-241 Bahawalnagar: PML-N fields a first-timer

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The Punjab Assembly constituency of PP-241 lost its representative after PML-N’s Kashif Mahmood was disqualified by the courts over bogus educational certificates.

Profile of the constituency

Population: 366,740

Total voters: 237,046

Male voters: 129,057

Female voters: 107,989

2018: In the 2018 general election, PML-N’s Kashif Mahmood won with 49,005 votes, while the PTI’s Malik Muhammad Muzzaffar Khan lost with 44,737 votes.

Contesting candidates

On September 11, PTI is again fielding Muhammad Muzzaffar Khan. He will be up against PML-N’s Amanullah Sattar.

Who could win?

Muzzaffar Khan is a local leader of the PTI, and contested the election on the party’s ticket in 2013 from NA-190 and in 2018 from PP-241.

Amanullah Sattar has been associated with the PML-N since he started his political career. He is contesting for the first time. He is also the brother of PML-N’s MNA from Bahawalnagar, Ehsan Ul Haq Bajwa.

This is an urban area, where PTI enjoys a lot of support as it lost the election in 2018 with an electoral margin of only 4,000 votes.

A total of 38,569 new voters have been added to this constituency since the 2018 general election.

Constituency problems

There are no proper health facilities in the constituency forcing people to travel to the city to get basic medical treatments. There are areas where the sewerage and water line mix, polluting the water.

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Around 450 Pakistanis have successfully crossed into Lebanon from Syria, according to a briefing from the Foreign Office.

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Approximately 450 Pakistanis, including 250 Zaireen, have successfully crossed into Lebanon from Syria, according to the spokesperson for the Foreign Office, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.

During her weekly briefing at the foreign office in Islamabad, she stated that Pakistan is pleased with the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly on the Gaza Strip, which calls for an immediate ceasefire.

In addition, she expressed her satisfaction with the elimination of limits placed on UNRWA’s ability to carry out relief activities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

It was stated by her that Pakistan is demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities in Palestine, an end to the genocide that is taking place in Gaza, the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, unrestricted access to humanitarian aid for those who are in urgent need, full support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and its mandated humanitarian activities, and medical assistance for those who are in urgent need.

Moreover, she stated that Pakistan emphasises the need for the international community to hold Israel accountable for the war crimes and crimes against humanity that it has committed in occupied lands.

The Israeli aggression against Syria, the illegitimate acquisition of Syrian territory, and the massive devastation of Syrian infrastructure as well as civilian and military sites are all topics that Pakistan is extremely worried about, according to the spokesperson for Pakistan.

According to her, this attack on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is a serious violation of international law to the highest degree. By expressing our support for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, we are also expressing our opposition to the Israeli government’s attempt to acquire territory through coercion.

The resolution 497 of the United Nations Security Council, which declares the annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel to be null and illegal and to have no international legal impact, was reaffirmed by her organisation.

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The IT Ministry notifies the FIA Cyber Wing that its powers have been reinstated.

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A notification restoring the FIA Cyber Wing’s authority was released by the Information Technology (IT) Ministry.

The National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency’s authority has been transferred to the FIA Cyber Crime Wing, and the laws governing it have been revoked, according to the notification received.

The statutes of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency were suspended because of an unfinished construction, but they will be reinstated after the structure is finished.

The FIA Cyber Crime Wing has now been given the power to combat crimes on social media, according to sources.

To combat crimes involving social media, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency was founded in 2023.

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The Senate will meet tomorrow at 4:30 PM, while the NA will meet today at 5:00 PM.

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The National Assembly will convene today at 5:00 PM at Parliament House in Islamabad.

The Senate session is scheduled for tomorrow at 4:30 PM at Parliament House in Islamabad.

Both houses will discuss national and international issues in addition to legislative business.

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