Queen Maxima arrives in Pakistan

on 25th November, 2015

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will reach Pakistan on Monday
(today) for a three-day visit in her capacity as the United Nations
Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development.

According to Radio Pakistan, during the visit, the queen will call on the
president and the prime minister, besides engagements with a range of
stakeholders from the public and private sectors.

It may be added that inclusive finance for development is one of the key
priorities of the Pakistan government for which it has taken a number
of steps.

Queen Máxima will also attend the launch of the “Micro Payment
Gateway,” an initiative of the State Bank of Pakistan aimed at “reducing
cost of small payments and boosting digital transactions to benefit
people and promote financial inclusion”.

The queen has been the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate for
Inclusive Finance for Development since 2009.

In this capacity, she is actively engaged worldwide in promoting access

of individuals and enterprises to financial services at a reasonable cost,
with the aim of improving economic and social development
opportunities.

Queen Máxima had earlier visited Pakistan in February 2016.

The Dutch Parliament, officially known as the States General of the Netherlands, consists of
a House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and a Senate (Eerste Kamer). Both chambers are
housed in the Binnenhof of The Hague and discuss proposed legislation and review of the actions of
the cabinet. Only the House of Representatives has the right to propose or amend legislation while
the Senate discusses its value regarding the Dutch law since the Netherlands have no constitutional
court.
Members of the House are elected directly every four years with a list proportional representation.
Representatives are chosen on personal title, so in the relatively rare case that a member no longer
agrees with his or her party, the member can decide to stay in the chamber, either as an
independent representative, or connected to another parliamentary party.

Binnenhof
The House of
Representatives (Dutch: Tweede Kamer der
Staten-Generaal, pronounced [ˈtʋeːdə ˈkaːmər
dɛr ˈstaːtə(n) ˌɣeːnəˈraːl] ( listen); commonly
referred to as the Tweede Kamer,
literally Second Chamber) is the lower
house of the bicameral parliament of
the Netherlands, the States General, the other
one being the Senate. It has 150 seats which
are filled through elections using a party-list
proportional representation. It sits in
the Binnenhof in The Hague
The Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-
Generaal [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(n) ˌɣeːnə
ˈraːl] or simply Eerste Kamer [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər] (
listen), literally "First Chamber", or
sometimes Senaat [səˈnaːt]) is the upper
house of the States General, the legislature of
the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on
lists by the members of the twelve States-
Provincial and three Caribbean electoral
colleges for the Senate every four years, within
three months of the provincial elections. All
provinces and colleges have different electoral
weight depending on their population

The 75 Senators are elected every four years

by the members of the States-Provincial of the
country's twelve provinces.

The Binnenhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɪnə(n)ɦɔf]; English: Inner Court) is a complex of buildings in
the city centre of The Hague, Netherlands, next to the Hofvijver. It houses the meeting place of both
houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as well as the Ministry of General Affairs and the
office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Built primarily in the 13th century, the Gothic castle
originally functioned as residence of the counts of Holland and became the political centre of
the Dutch Republic in 1584. It is counted among the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites. The Binnenhof is
among the oldest Parliament buildings in the world still in use.

The Netherlands has been a monarchy since 16 March 1815, but has been governed by members of
the House of Orange-Nassau (by chosen and later hereditary stadtholders) since 1556,
when William of Orange-Nassau was appointed stadtholder and led the successful Dutch
Revolt against Spain.
The present monarchy was founded in 1813. After the expulsion of the French, the Prince of
Orange was proclaimed Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands. The new monarchy was confirmed in
1815 at the Congress of Vienna as part of the re-arrangement of Europe after the fall of Napoleon
Bonaparte. The House of Orange-Nassau were given the present day Netherlands and Belgium to
govern as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Between 1815 and 1890, the King of the
Netherlands was also Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
The current monarch is Willem-Alexander. The heir apparent is the Princess of Orange, Catharina-
Amalia.
Constitutionally, the monarch is head of state and has a role in the formation of government and in
the legislative process. He has to co-sign every law to make it valid. The monarch is also ex
officio chair of the Council of State, which advises the cabinet on every piece of legislation and is the
final court for administrative law. Although the current king takes these functions seriously, he
refrains from exerting his power in these positions. The monarch also plays a central role in
the formation of a cabinet after general elections or a cabinet crisis. Since coalition cabinets of two
or more parties are the rule, this process has influence on government policy for years to come. The
monarch used to appoint the informateur until 2012,[4] who chairs the formation talks, after consulting
the fractievoorzitters (parliamentary leaders) of all parties represented in the lower house of the
States General. When the formation talks have been concluded the King appoints the cabinet.
Because this advice is a matter of public record, the King can not easily take a direction which is
contrary to the advice of a majority in parliament. On the other hand, what is actually talked about
behind the closed doors of the palace is not known. When a cabinet falls, the Prime Minister has to
request the monarch to dismiss the cabinet

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of
the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands in his capacity as chair of the Council of
Ministers.[1][2][3] The Prime Minister is de facto the head of government of the Netherlands and
coordinates its policy with his cabinet. The current Dutch Prime Minister is Mark Rutte, in office since
2010
The core committee unanimously condemned the desecration
of the Holy Quran and decided to take up the matter in the
Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the European
Union (EU),” said Firdous Ashiq Awan, the special assistant
to the prime minister on information and broadcasting, while
briefing the media after the meeting.
The head of the extreme right-wing group – Stop the Islamisation of
Norway (SION) – last week staged a protest against Islam in the
Norwegian city of Kristiansand where the group’s head attempted to
burn a copy of the Holy Scripture.

A young man, identified as Umer Ilyas, prevented Lars Thorson from

committing the blasphemous act, but the latter threw it in a waste
container in the presence of a police contingent. Ilyas, who is being
hailed as hero by Muslims worldwide, was taken into custody by the
police.

Pakistan conveys ‘deep concern’ to Norway

over desecration of Holy Quran
Firdous said the core committee has also passed a resolution on the
issue which “will be submitted in the OIC and the EU”.

The public desecration of the Holy Quran has shocked and angered 1.3
billion Muslims around the world, including those in Pakistan, with
Islamic scholars and clerics denouncing the blasphemous act which was
allowed to be staged by Norwegian authorities in the name of “freedom
of expression.”

Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday summoned Norway’s

ambassador to lodge a diplomatic protest. Oslo was urged to bring those
responsible for the sacrilegious act to justice and prevent recurrence of
such an incident in the future. Pakistan’s ambassador in Oslo was also
directed to convey Pakistan’s protest and deep concern to Norwegian
authorities.

On the streets, meanwhile, protest rallies were staged in different towns

and cities of the country against the desecration of the Holy Quran.
Protesters called upon the government to snap trade relations with
Norway.

Dozens of activists of the politico-religious Jamaat-i-Islami party staged

a demonstration outside Peshwar Press Club where they demanded that
the Pakistan government use diplomatic channels to press Western
countries to ban such blasphemous acts.

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council also denounced the incident and

decided to boycott courts across the province on Nov 25 in protest
against the sacrilegious act. Similar rallies were also staged in other
cities.

Meanwhile, a Norwegian police commissioner has warned people that

desecrating the Holy Quran and making hate speeches can result in a
violation of the criminal code of conduct, according to a foreign news
agency.

The police commissioner said that everyone had the right to freedom of
expression so long as it did not violate the law. He warned that if the
law was violated, then police would interfere.

OSLO (Dunya News) - Government of Norway has banned

desecration of Holy Quran and warned that strict action would be
taken if such incidents happened again.
Authorities said in Norway everyone can avail freedom of speech
but within the limits.

Foreign news agency reported that Norway police have been

asked to bar activities hurting religious sentiments of people.

Earlier, Pakistan lodged a protest with Norway over desecration of

the Holy Quran in the Nor¬wegian city of Kristiansand.

Norwegian Ambassador Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen was summoned to

the Foreign Office and conveyed “deep concern of the
government and people of Pakistan” over the incident.

Pakistan urged the ambassador to bring those involved in

desecration of the Holy Quran incident to justice and to prevent
the recurrence of any such incident in the future.

Lars Thorsen, a leader of an anti-Islam group, set fire to a copy of

the Quran the other day, while another leader of the far-right
group Arne Tumyr desecrated two other copies of the holy book
by throwing them into a trash bin during a demonstration
organised by their organisation.

Muslims across the world have been praising the Muslim man –
now being called the ‘Defender of Quran’ – who attacked Lars
Thorsen, the leader of the ‘Stop Islamisation of Norway (SIAN)’,
for burning a copy of the Holy Quran during an anti-Islam rally in
Norway. The incident happened in the city of Kristiansand despite
apparent warnings from local police officials when the anti-Islam
group said it planned to do so.

Ambassador Eriksen, meanwhile, tweeted that Norwegian

government “disapproves” the act of the Quran burning in the
right-wing demonstration. He said that the police stopped the
demonstration “for security reasons”.
He insisted that in Norway “everyone has the right to free speech
and to practice their religion without being harassed”.
CPEC’s M-5 project to be opened
this month
ISLAMABAD:

The Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) which is part of the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has been completed.
The motorway – stretching over 392 km – is expected to be opened for
public during the ongoing month. It will reduce the duration of journey
between the two cities from 6 hours to 3-3.5 hours.

The project is completed at a cost of around Rs294 billion. This

motorway begins from Multan and passes through Shujabad, Jalalpur
Pirwala, head Panjnad near Bahawalpur, Uch Sharif, Ahmedpur
Sharqia, Rahim Yar Khan, Sadiqabad, Obara, Ghotki and Pannu Aqil
before culminating in Sukkur near Rohri.

The motorway included construction of a big bridge over River Sutlej

near Bahawalpur as well as 54 bridges, 12 service areas, 10 rest area, 11
interchanges, 10 flyovers and 426 underpasses.
The motorway was inaugurated on May 6, 2016 and it took over three
years to complete.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Chinese Deputy Chief of Mission in

Pakistan Lijian Zhou called it a mega project, which will ease journey
between the two cities. He said the Pakistan Army offered excellent
security to staff working on the project.

He said the motorway would offer new economic opportunities to the

locals. “Only 3% Chinese worked on the project. The project provided
jobs and business to Pakistani citizens and the project also generated
revenue in shape of taxes,” he shared.

He said material for the project was also bought from local markets.
“This is a mega project which will offer economic benefit to Pakistanis
and also reduce travelling time.”

The envoy, however, said security is one of the challenges facing CPEC.
“More than 4,000 army, rangers and police personnel are deputed for
the project. The Pakistan Army did a great job. There are coordination
issues. We have to complete several procedures of various ministries,”
he added.

Lijian Zhou also called for countering anti-CPEC propaganda. “Few

countries are jealous of CPEC and Belt and Road initiative (BRI). CPEC
is a flagship project of the BRI. A loss to CPEC will have a great impact.
We will have to jointly counter the negative propaganda.”
The PTI government would assure that the local people of Gwadar and
Balochistan avail the benefits of China Pakistan Economic Corridor,”
Babar Yousafzai said. “The federal government has approved 30
thousand megawatt electricity for the port city.”

Jannation k 80/120 safhain Ummat e Muslima se he.. due to Quran, Prophet pbuh

Half Jannati… Ummat e Muhammdi pbuh