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UN calls for priority to public health amid competing global challenges -

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (APP): A senior UN official Monday called for ensuring adequate attention and resources to public health for ensuring welfare of the millions amid myriad global challenges, from climate change to food insecurity. “We are living in deeply troubled times,” said Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). “In these troubled times, public health looks more and more like a refuge, a safe harbour of hope that allows, and inspires, all countries to work together for the good of humanity.”

33 dead, 12 missing in Soth China storms -

BEIJING, May 20 (APP): Thirty three people have died and 12 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain and hailstorms that have swept south China, said the country's civil affairs and disaster reduction authorities. The rainstorms have triggered flooding and landslides in some places, sources with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Committee for Disaster Reduction said Thursday.

Obama to speak on counter-terrorism, drone policy -

WASHINGTON, May 19 (APP): U.S. President Barack Obama will address his administration’s plan in a speech this week to bring counter-terrorism policies, including controversial drone program and Guantanamo Bay prison in line with legal framework, an American newspaper reported Sunday. The Washington Post said Obama would deliver a speech Thursday at the National Defence University and according to a White House official, “discuss our broad counterterrorism policy, including our military, diplomatic, intelligence and legal efforts.”

Pakistanis remarkably tolerant, least racist: Survey -

WASHINGTON, May 18 (APP): Pakistanis are among the most racially tolerant people in the world, despite having less economic development and being located in the region housing some of the least racially tolerant populations, findings of a survey reveal. According to World Values Survey, which has been measuring global attitudes and opinions for decades, only 6.5 percent of Pakistanis object to a neighbor of a different race. In only three of 81 surveyed countries by Swedish economists, more than 40 percent of respondents said they would not want a neighbor of a different race, a report in The Washington Post said citing conclusions of the survey.

Pakistan stresses dialogue, development in terrorist-hit areas to combat scourge of terrorism -

UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (APP): Pakistan Friday called for sharper focus on dialogue and development in terrorist-hit areas, while maintaining military pressure as part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of terrorism. “When terrorists defy the writ of the state, kill civilians, spread terror, they have to be stopped; stopped by the use of force; stopped militarily,” Ambassador Masood Khan told more than 100 delegates attending a Pakistan-sponsored seminar at U.N. Headquarters in New York. “There is absolutely no doubt about that,” the Pakistani envoy said of using military means against terrorists. “But,” he added, “by killing the terrorists, we do not defeat terrorism. To eliminate terrorism, we have to go into the causes and deconstruct the mindset that launches them into terrorism.”

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Important meeting of Pak hockey federation

LAHORE, May 20 (APP): An important meeting will take place here on Tuesday between the high ups of the Pakistan hockey federation and team management of the national hockey team.
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LHC allows PCB’s adhoc regional committees to work

LAHORE, May 20 (APP): The Lahore High Court Monday allowed adhoc regional committees appointed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to work till the election of regional cricket associations of Lahore, Sialkot and Faisalabad.
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Clubs deprived of funds by PFF

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): The football clubs are deprived of their due shares of funds by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) and regional associations due to apathy in promotion of games.
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Pakistan Will defeat India at the Champions Trophy: Ajmal

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan’s master spinner Saeed Ajmal claimed that his team was capable of beating India in the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy. Talking to private news channel, Saeed Ajmal said that altough both sides were very strong, but the Pakistani team would handles the pressure.
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Cricket: Rain delays Pakistan’s clash with Scotland

EDINBURGH, May 19, (APP/AFP) - Pakistan’s one-day international against Scotland was delayed on Sunday due to a waterlogged playing surface in Edinburgh. The umpires ordered a 1200GMT pitch inspection at the Grange after taking a close look at the wicket three times before the scheduled start of play. Heavy rain in the Scottish capital on Saturday left areas of the outfield sodden, while there were also worries about the condition of the wicket.

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President administers oath to new Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

ISLAMABAD, Jun 22 (APP): Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, a member of Pakistan People Party was administered oath as the 23rd Prime Minister of the country on Friday here at Aiwan-e-Sadr.President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath at a special ceremony. It was attended by Senate Chairman Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, former prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Barrister Syed Masood Kausar, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti,President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, Prime Minister of AJK Abdul Majid Chaudhry, Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Mehdi Shah, senators, members of the National Assembly, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, services chiefs, diplomats, political leadership and a large number of party workers.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is the 23rd elected prime minister of the country while technically he is the 26th chief executive of the country according to the data available at the National Assembly, as former prime ministers Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif remained prime ministers twice and General Pervez Musharraf declared himself as Chief Executive of the country, so these three tenures are not included in the list of the prime ministers of the country.
However, according to the data available at the National Assembly, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be 26th Chief Executive of the country. Following are the previous prime ministers/chief executives along with their tenures, since 1947.
1-Liaqat Ali Khan (15-08-1947 To 16-10-1951)
2-Khawaja Nazimuddin (17-10-1951 To 17-04-1953)
3-Mohammad Ali Bogra (17-04-1953 To 11-08-1955)
4-Chaudhry Mohammed Ali (11-08-1955 To 12-09-1956)
5-Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi (12-09-1956 To 18-10-1957)
6-Ibrahim Ismail Chaundrigar (18-10-1957 To 16-12-1957)
7-Malik Feroz Khan Noon (16-12-1957 To 07-10-1958)
8-Noor-ul-Amin (07-12-1971 To 20-12-1971)
9-Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (14-08-1973 To 05-07-1977)
10-Muhammad Khan Junejo (23-03-1985 To 29-05-1988)
11-Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto (02-12-1988 To 06-08-1990)
12-Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jatoi (Caretaker) (06-08-1990 To 06-11-1990)
13-Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif (06-11-1990 To 18-04-1993)
14-Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker) (18-04-1993 To 26-05-1993)
15-Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif (26-05-1993 To 08-07-1993)
16-Moin Qureshi (Caretaker) (08-07-1993 To 19-10-1993)
17-Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto (19-10-1993 To 05-11-1996)
18-Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker) (06-10-1996 To 17-02-1997)
19-Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif (17-02-1997 To 12-10-1999)
20-Gen. Parvez Musharraf (Chief Executive)(12-10-1999 To 23-11-2002)
21-Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (23-11-2002 To 26-06-2004)
22-Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (30-06-2004 To 26-08-2004)
23-Shaukat Aziz (28-08-2004 To 15-11-2007)
24-Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker)(16-11-2007 To 24-03-2008) 25-Syed Yusaf Raza Gillani (Disqualified by the Supreme Court order on 19-06-2012) and his tenure was (25-03-2008 To 25-04-2012). 26-Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (22-06-2012......).

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