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ISLAMABAD - Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Saturday that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had revitalised the country's foreign policy. In an interview with APP, she said unlike past Pakistan was not seeking aid from the friendly countries now rather was interested in trade. She added that PPP leadership always kept national interests above party politics by following the politics of reconciliation.
She further said the government for the first

SIALKOT - Federal Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday visited the heirs of the five people who were killed during a windstorm in village Machchrala, Buhadarpura, Chakrala and Dera Bhattian near Head Marala, district Sialkot.
She consoled the grieved families and offered fateha for the departed souls. Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan announced Rs 500,000 and Rs 100,000 compensation for each dead and injured, respectively, on behalf of the prime minister.
Later, she

ISLAMABAD - In a reaction to the pardon and release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Wednesday that the government's stance on the Davis case was very clear, since it had always stated that the courts would decide the fate of the US national and the government would respect the court's verdict.
"The Lahore Sessions Court has made the decision for the US citizen's release after the families of the victims accepted compensation," she

ISLAMABAD - Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday blamed the Supreme Court for a partisan approach, saying all decisions made by the SC had been against the government. "But the government still accepted all those verdicts," she said during a press briefing on the decisions taken by the federal cabinet. "Despite these decisions, our leadership tried to ensure the sovereignty of the institutions as we take pride in bowing before the constitution," she said. The minister,

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has urged the media to play an effective role for combating the challenges faced by the country.
Addressing senior journalists and columnists at a local hotel here, she said that Pakistan's image internationally was grimed on the issue of terrorism and minorities and government wanted to work with the columnists to improve this image. Dr Firdous said the government had made some unpopular decisions,

SIALKOT - Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry has said that Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan is a an asset to the district and a benefactor of the local business community as she played a vital role in the construction of Sialkot International Airport and Sui gas supply to many areas.
Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan had played a tremendous role in the sanction of Rs 750 million for the airport out of

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Friday that the real test of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML N) leadership lay ahead as to how it handled a strong and vocal opposition in Punjab.
"It will be interesting to see how the PML-N's 20-20 side matches against the experienced test side of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)," said the minister, using cricket analogy in a lighter tone during her visit to the offices of Pakistan

LAHORE - Information Minister Firdous Ashig Awan told reporters at Allama Iqbal International Airport on Friday that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would play a positive role as an opposition party in the Punjab Assembly and will point out any wrong steps by the Punjab government, but it would not do anything to harm democracy.
Criticising turncoat politics, which she called "lotacracy", the minister said that real democracy was restored to the country after a long struggle,

SIALKOT/GUJRANWALA - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that the government would complete its constitutional term and overcome all challenges with the public support. Those criticising the Pakistan People's Party and propagating as if the party would seize to exist in Punjab, would soon realise the warmth shown by the people, she said.
Addressing a public gathering organised at the China Chowk on Kashmir Road in Sialkot, the

LAHORE - Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the history will decide that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) decision to oust Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from Punjab government will weaken democracy or not.
She also said that PML-N's chief put the democracy on stake for his political gains but the PPP would continue its policy of reconciliation not only to strengthen the democracy but also in the best interest of the country.
She

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday ruled out any facilitation by the federal government in clinching a covert deal between the families of the two Pakistani youths killed by Raymond Davis under Qisas and Diyat laws.
"The Punjab government can facilitate both the parties for an out-of-court settlement (under Qasis and Diyat provisos), not the PPP. Moreover, we don't have a culture of handing over Pakistani nationals to US authorities. We

ISLAMABD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team probing into Tawana Pakistan project scam has implicated famous actor Firdous Jamal in its investigation, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday.
"Tawana Pakistan project management had paid Rs 20 million for media campaign of the project to a private company owned by Firdous Jamal," a senior FIA official told Pakistan Today. He said that Firdous Jamal allegedly misappropriated public money in connivance with the Tawana Pakistan

LAHORE - The Federal Minister for Women Development Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the plan to establish a sizeable and well-equipped display center, exclusively for women entrepreneurs in Lahore, has been finalised. This centre is aimed at strengthening the role of women in the economic development of the country.
The Federal Minister was speaking at a seminar, jointly organised by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce (LCCI) and Ministry of Women Development, here on Monday.