PML-N activists storm PTI camp in Sialkot

SIALKOT: Scores of activists of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday allegedly stormed and damaged the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) camp at Rangpura Chowk.

Talking to mediamen here, PTI central leader and likely candidate from NA-110, Usman Dar said that the PML-N workers had allegedly attacked the peaceful PTI camp which they erected in jubilation of former premier Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification, as head of the PML-N, by the Supreme Court. He said that the PML-N activists had allegedly attacked him and also tore his clothes but he remained safe in the incident. He demanded immediate legal action against the PML-N workers. Police have started investigation.

FTO TERMS BOOST IN EXPORTS KEY TO PROGRESS: Federal Tax Ombudsman Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera on Thursday said that immediate boost in exports was the key to progress and prosperity of the country. He stressed urgent solution to scores of problems of industrialists-cum-exporters. He was addressing the local industrialists and the members of Sialkot Tax Bar Association (STBA) at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) here on Thursday. Sukhera said that without taking meaningful measures from the concerned quarters, the country could face grave problems in paying back foreign debts and other important dues. In order to stand among the comity of nations, Pakistan had to chalk out an effective plan to increase its exports up to US$30 to US$40 billion annually in the coming couple of decades.