BUREWALA: Government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz(PML-N) was a people friendly government and was paying its full attention to reduce poverty rate and taking steps in this regard, PML-N Member National Assembly Syed Sajid Mehdi Saleem said on Tuesday.
He visited Ramzan bazar along with local administration and reviewed the quality of goods and relief provided in Ramzan Bazaar.
According to official sources, Syed Sajid Mehdi Saleem along with Dist administration and staff of Market Committee visited Ramzan Bazaar where they checked quality of vegetables at various stalls.
After reviewing the prices and quality of fruits and other items, the MNA said that the government of Shehbaz Sharif is taking all possible steps to uplift the poor. Prime Minister has a special interest in Ramzan bazaars, so he asked the members of the Assembly to visit Ramzan bazaars on daily basis to control artificial inflation, he added.
The MNA also said that incumbent government has a vision to make a common man prosper after adopting people friendly policies.
PM urges int’l community to condemn Islamophobic incidents
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday called upon the international community to take notice of the recent incidents of Islamophobia that took place in Sweden and the Netherlands.
“The people of Pakistan and Muslims around the world are deeply hurt by the recent incidents of Islamophobia in Sweden and the Netherlands, ” he said in a tweet.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said the international community must condemn these incidents and stressed taking steps to check such “abhorrent behaviour”.
He also emphasized standing united against Islamophobia.
Earlier, the Foreign Office in a statement had said that “these mindless provocative Islamophobic incidents served no purpose other than hurting the sensitivities of over 1.5 billion Muslims living all over the world”.
“Such actions are not covered under legitimate expressions of the right to freedom of expression or opinion, which carry responsibilities under international human rights law, such as the obligation not to carry out hate speech and incite people to violence, ” the FO said.