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TOP TEN NEWS OF THE DAY 02 September , 2021

1. Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrived in

Pakistan on Thursday for a two-day visit during which
he will discuss the situation in Afghanistan and
bilateral relations with senior officials.
2. Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani,
who passed away on Wednesday, was buried in a
tightly controlled pre-dawn ceremony on Thursday
morning as Indian authorities imposed a lockdown
across Indian-occupied Kashmir — actions condemned
by Pakistan.
3. Veteran politician and founder of the Balochistan
National Party (BNP), Sardar Ataullah Mengal, passed
away in Karachi on Thursday, party leader Sanaullah
Baloch said.

He had been ill for a long time and was admitted to a private
hospital in Karachi, according to the BNP. He was 92.
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Born in 1929, Mengal spent his childhood in Lasbela and later
moved to Karachi. He was declared the chief (sardar) of the Mengal
tribe in 1954.
Mengal was introduced to politics by Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, a
founding member of the National Awami Party (NAP) – who also
briefly served as the governor of Balochistan in 1972-73. In 1962,
Mengal was elected to the West Pakistan provincial assembly;
Bezinjo ran his election campaign.
Mengal became the first chief minister of Balochistan in May 1972
and remained in that position until his government was dismissed by
then prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Feb 1973.
Mengal chose to go into self-exile in London during General Ziaul
Haq's era. He returned to Pakistan in the 1990s and formed the
BNP.
He also remained the head of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations
Movement (Ponm).

4.LAHORE: The first China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

(CPEC) project in the power evacuation and
transmission sector, the 660kV High-Voltage Direct
Current (HVDC) Matiari-Lahore transmission line,
started commercial operations on Wednesday on its
scheduled date.
5. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said
the government was committed to sending all children to
schools by giving incentives to them.
6.UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has
quietly omitted the word ‘Taliban’ from its statements
naming the groups that are required not to support
terrorists operating from Afghanistan.
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7. SINGAPORE: Pakistan has stepped up its oil and gas
imports this year from last year as demand from its
power sector increases amid more economic activities
as coronavirus-induced restrictions are lifted, industry
sources said.
8. JERUSALEM: Israel said on Wednesday that a US
plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that has
traditionally been a base for diplomatic outreach to
Palestinians is a “bad idea” and could destabilise
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s new government.
9.BEIJING: China’s special envoy for Asian Affairs Sun
Guoxiang visited Myanmar last week for talks with its
military rulers, as a new route spanning the Southeast
Asian nation opened up connecting Chinese trade
flows to the Indian Ocean.
10. BEIJING: China’s special envoy for Asian Affairs
Sun Guoxiang visited Myanmar last week for talks with
its military rulers, as a new route spanning the
Southeast Asian nation opened up connecting Chinese
trade flows to the Indian Ocean.