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Senior minister says Punjab govt dedicated to openness

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Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed that the Punjab government is running its affairs with full openness, in accordance with legal obligations and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

This was spoken upon in the Punjab Assembly on Saturday. Of 437 proposals completed under the Annual Development Programme (ADP), more than 340 projects have been accepted and all approval processes will be finished by June 30, she stated.

“No project is approved in minutes. On the contrary, each project goes through a full institutional and legal process before it is approved for the benefit of the public,” she stated.

The minister said that “exemplary arrangements were made across Punjab during Muharram-ul-Haram and Ashura and these efforts should not be politicised”.

She said over 100% of the Environment department’s development budget had been spent.

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, she added, had brought Punjab’s first comprehensive Smog Mitigation Plan and modernized an Environment department which earlier did not even have basic resources.

She said that 11 contemporary environmental laboratories have been set up about Forestry and Wildlife.
She criticized the previous administration’s Billion Tree Tsunami project, saying it was a “historic fraud”. The current government monitors forests on the basis of: Tree coverage, Sustainability, Tree lifespan and Geo-surveillance.

She said “Punjab now has a Digital Forest System, German fire detection technology, AI drone surveillance, Anti-theft systems and a Special Forest Force of 600 personnel.”

“5,600 new water filtration plants are being set up and development work is being done in 2,000 villages,” Marriyum stated. The senior minister congratulated all the law enforcement forces working in operations in the riverine (Katcha) areas of Punjab.

“Rs 58 billion worth of development programmes are being carried out in these areas for providing basic facilities,” she said.

Senior Minister added that so far 500 electric buses have arrived in Punjab of which 345 have been given to South Punjab.

Marriyum Aurangzeb appreciated the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and said that the Punjab government is devoted to its objective of growth, transparency, environmental protection, public welfare and economic stability.

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Anmol Pinky reveals drug trafficking network during investigation

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Alleged drug baroness Anmol alias Pinky in investigation confessed to running drug trafficking networkThe Karachi Police have filed a supplemental challan in the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge (South). The hearing was conducted in a drug recovery case registered against Anmol Pinky in 2018.

The additional challan states that Nasir (brother of Anmol Pinky) has already been acquitted in the case. It also said that Anmol Pinky has been on the run since 2018.

She was supposedly caught in interrogation admitting to being the ringleader of a narcotics trafficking network. The charge sheet also named two other suspects Maiser Ali and Ainullah absconders.

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Tesla launches new balancing bike for kids

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Electric vehicle giant Tesla has launched a balance bike for two-to-five-year-olds for the eye-watering price of $225 – more than double the cost of typical ordinary balance bikes.

The bike has no pedals, motor or brakes so kids can push with their feet to propel themselves along. It has a lightweight magnesium frame, contemporary style and a seat adjustable to five different height settings.

Despite its somewhat high price the bike sold out soon after it went on sale. A comparable design of a $30 Tesla T-shirt also sold out fast.

The company stated it will take pre-orders for the next batch July 31 and clients should order early owing to limited availability.

Tesla’s bike is much more costly than most balance bikes on the market, which cost about $100.

Tesla had released the Cyberquad for Kids, but sales were temporarily halted as it failed to fulfill some safety requirements.

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Trump to ask Congress to approve Saudi Arabia nuclear energy accord

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The Trump administration wants to propose to Congress a contract with Saudi Arabia to share nuclear power technology that does not include protections the United States has long said would avoid materials being used in nuclear weapons projects, two sources told Reuters.

The administration will send to Congress within days a document known as a 123 Agreement to be signed by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman, the sources said.

The two reached a preliminary deal in Riyadh last year.

The White House and the U.S. Department of Energy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The deal cites Section 123 of the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and is needed to allow the U.S. government and American firms to engage with businesses in the kingdom to build a multibillion-dollar civil nuclear industry.

Sources familiar with the deal say it does not include the “Gold Standard” that would prevent the monarchy from enriching uranium and reprocessing used nuclear fuel, both potential avenues to nuclear weapons.

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues, said the deal also excludes the “Additional Protocol” which gives the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency wide and more intrusive oversight of a country’s nuclear activities, including the power to conduct snap inspections at undeclared sites.

The administration would submit the agreement as soon as Wednesday, one of the individuals said. The other suggested the agreement will be submitted in a week or so. One of them, who did not say whether the agreement was without safeguards, said it would be presented shortly.

Wright had stated the preliminary deal was not about enrichment, and it included all the nonproliferation provisions in the Atomic Energy Act, which are among the highest in the world.

The agreement would create a legal framework for working together on the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium enrichment, without the need for the United States to share any of its related capabilities or technology with Saudi Arabia, according to one of the sources.

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stated long before Iran’s announcement Saudi Arabia would create a nuclear weapon if Iran did, raising concerns among arms control activists and some U.S. politicians about a civil nuclear deal.

Saudi Arabia doesn’t intend to acquire any nuclear bomb but without a doubt if Iran created a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as quickly as possible,” the crown prince told CBS in 2018.

The kingdom has also said it wants to keep the right to enrich uranium.

The United Arab Emirates signed a 123 Agreement in 2009 with Washington and agreed to the “Gold Standard.”

When 123 agreements are sent to Congress, they go through a review period of roughly 90 ⁠days of ​consecutive congressional sessions for lawmakers to object, or they become effective.

Congress would have to pass a joint resolution and have a two-thirds majority to override any presidential veto to block ​the agreement.

Many Democrats and some Republicans, including President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio when he was in the Senate, have insisted any deal contain guardrails.

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