Bilateral trade, tourism revive as Pak-china border opens

Pak-china border Khunjerab was opened on Monday for trade and tourism after remained closed for four months. According to the details, under the border agreement every year Pak-china border remain closed from December 1 till March 31. Border officials stated that under the agreement border transportation is closed due to snow and cold weather. During this period, Pak-china border also closed for trade and tourism activities. However, the exchange of progressive work to the country’s level continues.

JI’S Hafiz Naeem declared victor from PS-129 after giving up seat over ‘rigging’

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday issued a victory notification of Jamaat-e-islami (JI) Karachi chapter Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman after he submitted his election-related expenses to the electoral watchdog. As per the ECP’S notification, Naeem emerged as a victorious candidate with 26,296 votes in the PS-129 Karachi constituency. The ECP sources said that the victory notification was issued after the JI leader submitted Form C to the election watchdog. According to the election laws, all the contesting candidates are bound to submit the return of their election expenses on Form C within thirty days of the publication of the name of the returned candidates. “The return of election expenses of the returned candidate and a contesting candidate shall be submitted to the Returning Officer on Form C.” In February, Naeem announced he would be relinquishing his provincial assembly seat, PS129, from Karachi claiming he did not win the seat rather it was the Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) backed candidate who won the seat. Addressing a press conference, Naeem had claimed that his Pti-backed opponent won the seat and he does not want a “charity” seat. The JI leader had said he was returning the seat, but would continue the legal and political battle to reclaim all the seats that his party lost due to rigging.