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CM: Government dedicated to smoking free educational institutions
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has called on the people to quit smoking and lead a healthy life, calling tobacco use a serious danger to public health and a leading cause of preventable diseases and fatalities.
In her statement on the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day, she claimed tobacco consumption might prove more lethal than many serious diseases and called it a nuisance worse than an epidemic. She stated each puff of tobacco was a step toward a new sickness.
Smoking was not just a habit, but a self-destructive attack on one’s health, economic well-being and social life, the CM stated. “Over 250,000 tobacco-related deaths in the country is alarming and painful,” she said.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that the Punjab government was making efforts to impose complete prohibition on smoking in schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Smoking in government offices, public transport and other public areas was a serious offence and strict application of relevant legislation would be ensured, she said.
She warned that smoking and e-cigarette usage could be among the leading causes of heart attacks and other serious health consequences in youth, expressing alarm about the increasing use of tobacco products and vaping among young people.
“Protecting the younger generation from tobacco addiction was a top priority and the government was committed to taking all possible measures in this regard,” the CM stated. She said awareness on ill consequences of tobacco was not just the government’s job but also a social responsibility.
She called on citizens to give their families and loved ones the gift of a healthy, smoke-free environment, and appealed to the public to mark World No-Tobacco Day by pledging to give up smoking and to adopt a better way of life.
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According to Ali Pervaiz Malik, the Pak-Iran gas pipeline proposal is still being considered.
The minister stated that the Pakistani government is working to maintain the project and find ways to advance it.
He pointed out that the cost of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported from Qatar and gas available via the Iran-Pakistan pipeline is essentially the same. He did, however, note that Pakistan currently has the infrastructure needed to import LNG from Qatar.
He stated, “Pakistan would have to invest billions of dollars in laying pipeline infrastructure in the case of Iranian gas, which would significantly increase the overall cost of the project.”
In response to a query, Mr. Malik stated that it would not be proper to make any more remarks at this time. In reference to the current project dispute, he expressed optimism that both parties would be able to come to an out-of-court settlement in light of Pakistan’s involvement in the recent US-Iran confrontation.
The minister went on, “We will try to resolve the matter through negotiations and achieve a win-win outcome for all parties concerned.”
In a significant move that affects intercity travel throughout Pakistan, the government has reinstated former speed limits for drivers on national highways and motorways.
Details indicate that the previous speed limits have been immediately re-established. Cars and light vehicles are once again allowed to go up to 120 km/h on motorways under the updated arrangement.
Officials confirmed that the speed restriction for passenger and heavy vehicles on motorways has been reinstated at 110 km/h.
Authorities added that all types of vehicles, including cars, light vehicles, passenger coaches, and heavy vehicles, are now subject to the same speed limits on national highways.
According to the Motorway Police, the reinstated speed limits have already started to be implemented.
economy that relies heavily on agriculture but is in the middle of the Middle East crisis, which its government has assisted in resolving.
This week, Pakistan announced an initial agreement between the warring parties, but it is too late for Sindh’s mango season, which started in June.
Due to declining demand in important countries, such as the Gulf, and skyrocketing shipping costs, mango dealers told AFP they anticipate a minimum 30% decline in export sales this year.
In addition to the financial hardship, local households are delaying purchasing the fruit due to a jump in inflation brought on by the regional crisis, which is lowering domestic sales.
According to Ali Pervaiz Malik, the Pak-Iran gas pipeline proposal is still being considered.
A significant improvement for drivers using motorways and highways
Mango exports from Pakistan decline as the effects of the Middle East conflict persist
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