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The meeting handout stated that matters associated with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Balochistan would be discussed.
Leadership in Balochistan had reportedly complained that issues pertaining to their constituencies were not being addressed by the current regime in the province.
PML-N has the highest majority of seats in Balochistan and, according to sources, PM Nawaz has taken control of all party issues to satisfy the reservations of all parties.
Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid, Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq, Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch alongside other officials and ministers were in attendance of the meeting.
The premier, on Thursday, was apprised on the situation in the province by PML-N’s Balochistan president , Sardar Sanaullah Zehri.
Sources have also said that Zehri handed over a long list of development projects for PML-N’s lawmakers to the PM and requested him to direct Balochistan's CM to implement them immediately.
According to an official statement about today’s meeting, the prime minister asked the provincial government to ensure proper governance within the province.
PM Nawaz had also informed that the federal government is providing increased funds for the development of the province with particular focus on the development of infrastructure.
RELATED: Development forum: PM to divert extra funds to Balochistan
He had earlier said that Balochistan is an important part of the country and both provincial and federal governments should work in coordination for the optimum utilisation of the mineral resources in the province, adding that the development of the Gawadar Port along with the construction of the Pak-China Economic Corridor which would bring prosperity for the people of Balochistan.
RELATED: PM inaugurates Balochistan Development Forum
Balochistan Assembly will be electing 12 Senators on March 3."
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string(1981) "US President Barack Obama has said terrorist “safe havens” in Pakistan are unacceptable, The Hindu reported on Friday ahead of a crucial visit to India.
In an interview to India Today magazine which has been published in the upcoming issue of the weekly, the US president also said those behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks should be brought to justice
“I have made it clear that even as the US works with Pakistan to meet the threat of terrorism, safe havens within Pakistan are not acceptable,” Obama said.
The US president, who will begin his three-day visit to India this Sunday, said the US has been relentless in its fight against terror.
“We have deepened our cooperation against terrorism, and we work together to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons,” he said.
Obama also said people world over were horrified by the devastating attack on over 130 children in Peshawar, an attack that had paralysed Pakistan.
Of the attack, he said it was a “painful reminder that terrorists threaten us all.”
The Nawaz-led government decided on January 15 to ban the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which is led by Hafiz Saeed, who incidentally has been linked to being the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack.
“As President, I have made sure that the US has been unrelenting in its fight against terrorist groups — a fight in which Indians and Americans are united,” the US president said.
Obama said both terror attacks on September 11 and the Mumbai attacks included victims of India and the US.
“On my previous visit to India, my first stop was the memorial at the Taj Hotel to pay my respects to the victims, meet with survivors and send a strong message to the Indian people that we stand together in defence of our security and our way of life,” he added."
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string(2828) "The US government on Wednesday said that it did not have confirmation on Pakistan banning the Haqqani network or the Jamaatud-Dawa (JuD), NDTV reported.
“We recognise that Pakistan is working through the process of implementing measures to thwart violent extremism, including the national action plan. We don't have any confirmation of specific steps," State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said.
On January 15, Pakistan had decided to ban the Haqqani Network, JuD — led by Hafiz Saeed who has been linked to masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attack -- and 10 more organisations in a move described by security analysts as a ‘paradigm shift’ in the country’s security policy.
RELATED: Revealed: Govt decides to ban Haqqani Network, JuD
“The Pakistani government has made clear in both private conversations and public statements that it is in Pakistan's own interest to take steps against all militant groups in Pakistan, and explicitly to not differentiate between such group,” Psaki said.
The decision came after weeks after a deadly attack by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on the Army Public School in Peshawar, in which over 130 children were ruthlessly slaughtered.
“We support this commitment and believe that it is fundamental to addressing terrorism and ensuring attacks such as the horrific one that happened just weeks ago that impacted the Peshawar school children never occur again,” Ms Psaki said.
RELATED: Assets of all banned outfits, including Jamaatud Dawa, frozen: FO
It has been reported that both groups were to be banned following international pressure. In regard to this, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said the country had taken the decision under the UN obligation as opposed to being under pressure from elsewhere.
“Pakistan took this decision under the UN obligation and not under pressure from any other quarter including John Kerry (US Secretary of State),” Aslam said,"
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string(5501) "Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died on Friday and was replaced by Crown Prince Salman, the OPEC-kingpin's royal court said in a statement.
The late monarch's half brother Moqren was named crown prince, according to the statement.
King Abdullah, believed to be around 90 years old, was hospitalised in December suffering from pneumonia and had been breathing with the aid of a tube.
RELATED: Saudi King Abdullah: patient reformer who battled hardliners
He died on Friday "at 1:00 am (2200 GMT)" and would be buried later in the day following afternoon prayers, said the statement.
In recent years, his advanced age and poor health had raised concerns about the future leadership of one of the world's key oil producers.
Abdullah's half-brother Salman, 79, was named crown prince in June 2012 following the death of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz.
Salman had been representing the king at most recent public events because of the monarch's poor health.
RELATED: New Saudi ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz
In March 2014, King Abdullah named his half-brother Prince Moqren as a second crown prince, in an unprecedented move aimed at smoothing succession hurdles.
Moqren, who was born in 1945, is the youngest of Abdulaziz's sons.
Since the death in 1952 of King Abdulaziz al-Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, the throne has systematically passed from one of his sons to another.
RELATED: Here's everything you need to know about the Kingdom
But many of them are old or have died. The former crown princes Sultan and Nayef died in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
World leaders have taken to their social media accounts to express their condolences to the kingdom. The White House released a statement to pass on the sympathies of the American people.
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/558423646746595328
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the King as a guiding force and also expressed his sympathies via Twitter.
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/558446596338110464
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also departed for the funeral prayers for King Abdullah.
Jordan's King Abdullah has pulled out of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, early following the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.
Other Arab delegates also left Davos prematurely, ahead of the funeral of the Saudi king
RELATED: King of Jordan cancels Davos talk after Saudi king's death
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday postponed a planned trip to Somalia to attend the funeral of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, media reported.
He will go to the Saudi capital after completing an official visit to Ethiopia and will end the day in Djibouti.
RELATED: Turkish president postpones Somalia trip to attend Abdullah funeral
Saudi Arabia's new King Salman, in his first public address, pledged on Friday no change in the kingdom's direction and called for unity among Muslims.
"We will remain with God's strength attached to the straight path that this state has walked since its establishment by King Abdul Aziz bin Saud, and by his sons after him," Salman said in televised remarks.
Saudi Arabia buried King Abdullah Friday evening as foreign leaders gathered in the capital for the funeral of the ruler of the world's top oil exporter and the spiritual home of Islam.
New Saudi ruler Salman joined Gulf rulers and leaders including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for a funeral service at Riyadh's Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque.
Abdullah's shrouded body was borne on a simple litter by members of the royal family wearing traditional red-and-white checked shemagh head gear.
The body was quickly moved to nearby al-Od public cemetery where it was buried."
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