New entrants must declare assets: PTI

LAHORE - PTI chief, Imran Khan announcing criteria for the new entrants in the party said that all those politicians interested to join him should declare their domestic and foreign assets as well as the hidden wealth. He expressed these views while addressing to party leaders and workers on the occasion of fusion of former MNA, MPAs and nazimeen into PTI at a local hotel on Friday. The prominent among the new faces in PTI include Sardar Kamil Umer, Sardar Aqil Umer, Sardar Arif Rasheed and Abdul Rasheed Bhatti besides several local leaders. He said that eliminating corruption and tax evasion was vital to pull the country out of the current crises as well as freeing the motherland from American slavery. PTI chief said that the increasing price of essential commodities have made it impossible for the common man to survive, while the ruling elite was busy in enjoying luxuries on the taxes, which should be otherwise spend on providing facilities to the masses. Imran claimed that increasing popularity of the PTI has established the fact that it would emerge as the leading political force in the next general elections. He said that PTI was struggling for the supremacy of the law and constitution in the country, while PTI would meet the demands of the masses and would not rest until achieving its targets especially making Pakistan a sovereign state. PTI leaders including, Umer Sarfaraz Cheema, Dr Arif Alvi, Ahsan Rasheed, Dr Yasmeen Rashid, Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Ishtiaq Malik, Bakhtiar Kasuri and others were also present on this occasion. ISF PROTESTS AGAINST PUNJAB BUDGET: Insaf Students Federation (ISF) staged a protest demonstration in front of Punjab assembly against the Punjab government budget 2011-12. The activists were led by ISF Lahore president Muhammad Usman, secretary General, Saqib Riaz and Vice President, Gulrez Sindhu. Charged students who were carrying placards inscribed with slogans, 'No to budget 'Budget for education is merely peanut. The leaders of the students said that there was no difference between President Zardai and Mian brothers. They said that both have failed to provide relief to the masses in federal and provincial budget. They criticized the budget allocated for education and said that this minor amount allocated for education would cause further cost of education. They termed the Danish School project of the Punjab government a fake project and said that it was being run on the cost of 40000 government schools which have not basic facilities. Meanwhile, Tanvir Abbas, a registered PhD student of Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) has been recommended for the award of PhD degree in Physics on the basis of evaluation by the external and internal examiners in anticipation of approval by the Syndicate. She completed her research work for PhD entitled Fabrication and Characterization of Oxide Glass-Ceramic under the supervision of Dr Iffat Arif, Associate Professor of Physics, LCWU, Lahore.

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