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Videogate: Judge Arshad Malik requests ‘foolproof security’
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: A day before Judge Arshad Malik is set to appear before the Supreme Court in a case pertaining to the investigation of the controversial secretly taped video of him, the judge has requested the law ministry to provide him ‘foolproof security’. Citing life threats to his family and him, Malik pleaded the…
PM aide on accountability challenges Shehbaz to take him to court over The Mail news story
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Monday urged PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif not to back away from his “promise” of filing a case against Akbar over a news story published in The Mail, which accused the former chief minister of embezzling money from foreign funds. “You must…
Operational, service fee on mobile top-up cards withdrawn after SC order
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Operational and service fees applicable to mobile top-up cards were withdrawn on the orders of the Supreme Court (SC). Under the new rate calculation, customers will now have Rs88.89 credited to their balance. Previously the balance would come to Rs76.94 after activating a Rs100 card. Earlier in lieu of various fees and…
Naval Chief expresses satisfaction over performance of Bahria Foundation
F.P. Report KARACHI: The meeting of Committee of administration of Bahria foundation held in Karachi on Monday. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi presided over the meeting. According to the Spokesman of Pakistan Navy, Naval chief was briefed of the on-going projects of Bahria Foundation. Future projects of Bahria Foundation including construction…
Abbasi dares govt to prove ‘corruption’ against Shehbaz in UK court
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif will file a defamation suit against a UK daily, The Daily Mail, in a London court. Addressing a presser here, he dared the government to bring evidence of…
Neelum valley: 22 swept away in flash flood
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: As many as 22 people, including two soldiers, have been swept away in flash flood in Neelum Valley. According to State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), the flash flood caused by torrential rain, has also destroyed several houses, shops and mosques. The locals have been directed to move to safe places. The communication…
Global
Trump presses attack on Democratic ‘squad’ congresswomen, wants apology
WASHINGTON (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his attacks against four first-year Democratic congresswomen on Monday after earlier telling them to “go back” to the “places from which they came” in a series of weekend tweets that Democrats and other critics called racist. Trump’s fellow Republicans in Congress have had little public reaction to Trump’s…
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Renovated Ankara police HQ opens on coup anniversary
ANKARA (AA): Turkey’s president on Monday attended the inauguration ceremony of the police headquarters building in the capital Ankara, previously destroyed by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) during the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. “As long as Turkey has its soldiers, police and intelligence, no one will attempt again to occupy the country,”…
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Trump seeks further asylum limits for Central Americans
WASHINGTON (AA): President Donald Trump moved Monday to halt asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border in the latest effort to curtail immigration from Central America. The interim final rule to be published in the Federal Register Tuesday stipulates that migrants who pass through another country en route to the U.S. must apply for asylum in…
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UK says Iran nuclear deal is not dead
LONDON (AA): The U.K.’s foreign secretary on Monday has warned an EU summit of foreign ministers that if the Iran nuclear deal is not maintained then the Middle East could face an existential threat. Jeremy Hunt said that there is a small window to save the nuclear agreement but warned that if Tehran were to…
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2,800 Palestinians held by Israel this year: NGOs
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Around 2,800 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year, according to three Palestinian NGOs on Monday. The detainees included 446 minors and 76 women, said a joint report issued by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, the Palestinian…
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Thai prime minister declares end of military rule
BANGKOK (Reuters): Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha formally resigned as the head of the military government on Monday, saying the country would function as a normal democracy after five years of military rule. Prayuth stays on as prime minister with the backing of pro-military parties in parliament and a military-appointed upper house under a constitution…
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Faisal Vawda calls on Sanjrani, discusses no-trust motion in Senate
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water Resources, Faisal Vawda, called on Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday. The high-ups exchanged views on the no-trust motion from the opposition against the Senate chairman. Vawda has assured Sanjrani of full support by the federal government to his chairmanship in the Senate. Earlier on Sunday, Punjab Chief…
FBR issues tax notices to Maryam Nawaz, Nusrat Shehbaz
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday issued tax notices to PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz and to wife of opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, Nusrat Shehbaz. Sources said Rs 12,57907 tax has been imposed on Maryam Nawaz while a total of Rs17,2659 tax has been imposed on Nusrat Shehbaz. The tax has…
Govt to return about Rs5bn to Hajj pilgrims: DG Hajj
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Director General Hajj Dr Sajid Yousafani says about five billion rupees saved in hajj expenses will be refunded to Pakistani pilgrims under government scheme. He said this during an exclusive interview with Radio Pakistan’s Special Correspondent Muhammad Akram Khan in Madina-tul-Munawwara on Monday. The Director General said that the government saved this…
Fawad Ch demands to seize assets of Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Monday demanded to freeze assets of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and former president and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Monday, he said that they should have…
Police recover 20 kg explosives from factory in Charsadda
F.P. Report CHARSADDA: Police officials have recovered a big quantity of explosives during a raid on a factory in Khawaja Vas area of Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Police officials said that the explosives were hidden by the terrorists of an outlawed outfit. The raid was conducted on a tip-off, whereas, the local police…
Talks between Faisalabad industrialists, FBR chairman fail
F.P. Report FAISALABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi has denied to accept the demand of reducing sales tax or end the condition of CNIC. The crisis has become severe as processing mills and power looms industry’s strike could not end. As per details, the industries of Faisalabad are on strike from last…
Afghanistan
Roadside bomb kills 11 in Afghanistan: official
KANDAHAR (AP): A roadside bomb in Afghanistan killed at least 11 people travelling in a truck in the southern Kandahar province, provincial officials said on Monday. Ahmad Sadeq Essa, a deputy army spokesman in Kandahar, said that around 35 other civilians were wounded in the explosion. Yousof Younosi, a provincial council member in Kandahar, said…
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Over 590 civilians killed in Afghanistan in three months
KABUL (TOLO News): New figures by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) indicate that 596 civilians were killed and 1,892 others were wounded in clashes between government forces and the Taliban and other attacks by militants in Afghanistan since the beginning of the current solar year which coincides with March 21, 2019. The CEO of…
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Candidates criticize Ghani for premature electoral campaigns
KABUL (Ariana News): A number of the presidential candidates say that President Ghani is trying to deceive the people using his early electoral campaigns. They further say that the President inaugurates the inaugurated projects in addition to his provincial visits with the purpose of the electoral campaign. “The Afghan people consider this as an early…
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US special forces soldier killed in Faryab
KABUL (TOLO News): A decorated Special Forces company sergeant major has died during combat in Afghanistan, the US military officials said Sunday. James G. Ryan Sartor, 40, was killed Saturday during combat operations in Faryab Province, Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, spokesman for the US Army Special Operations Command said as quoted by AP. He joined…
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Abdullah stresses on transparent presidential election
KABUL (Ariana News): Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the country, warns that the repentance of the 2014 presidential election’s challenges in the upcoming election can be catastrophic. Abdullah says that the government official including heads of the defensive and security institutions should not interfere in the upcoming presidential election affairs. “They do not have the…
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Afghan returnees face economic difficulties: Report
KABUL (TOLO News): Afghan refugees who returned to Afghanistan between 2014 and 2017 tend to be worse off financially and face multiple economic difficulties compared to refugees who stayed in Pakistan, the World Bank and UNHCR in Afghanistan said in a new report released on Sunday. The report entitled “Living Conditions and Settlement Decisions of…
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Business
Rupee weakens, hits Rs159.20 against US dollar in interbank market
F.P. Report KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee continues to weaken in interbank market and it further depreciated by 41 paisa against the US dollar, on Monday. The rupee hit Rs159.20 in the interbank market. Earlier on Friday, the rupee lost its value by 30 paisa and closed at Rs158.79 against the greenback in the interbank market.…
Facebook’s Libra currency under fire
LONDON (Agencies): Facebook’s planned virtual unit Libra, already under heavy attack from US President Donald Trump and global regulators, faces skepticism among the wider cryptocurrency community as well. One theme — besides Brexit — dominated discussion among the movers and shakers from London’s financial technology or FinTech industry as gathered for their annual get-together: the…
Sharjah records real estate transactions worth Dh14.7b
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: The emirate of Sharjah recorded real estate transactions worth Dh14.7 billion the in the first half of 2019, the latest report released by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Directorate (SRERD) shows. Abdul Aziz Ahmad Al Shamsi, director-general of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Directorate, said the emirate recorded 27,588 total transactions. “Most…
American Airlines extends 737 MAX cancellations
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: American Airlines Group Inc said on Sunday it is extending for a fourth time cancellations of about 115 daily flights into early November due to the ongoing grounding of the Boeing Co 737 MAX jets. The airline’s decision was expected after the Federal Aviation Administration, which must reapprove the jets for…
CEO sees no Greta Effect on passenger numbers
Monitoring Desk ZURICH: German airline Lufthansa expects passenger numbers to rise about 4% this year, its chief executive told a newspaper, playing down talk that public support for teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg might be curbing air travel. “At this time we don’t see restraint – in fact, the opposite,” Carsten Spohr told the NZZ…
Amazon plans to open new warehouse, create jobs
Monitoring Desk BERLIN: US online retail giant Amazon plans to open a new warehouse in Germany this year and create more than 2,800 jobs with permanent contracts in what is its second-biggest market after the United States. That will bring Amazon’s total staff in Germany to more than 20,000 across more than 35 sites by…
Sports
No Pakistani included in World Cup 2019 team of the tournament
LONDON (Agencies): There were a few star performers in Pakistan’s disappointing World Cup 2019 campaign but neither of them delivered consistently in the tournament. And that fact was aptly illustrated in the ICC World Cup 2019 team which was announced by the International Cricket Council on Monday following Sunday’s pulsating finale featuring England and New…
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Awarding six overthrows in final over an ‘error’ by umpires, claims Taufel
LONDON (Agencies): England should have been awarded five runs instead of six in the final over of Sunday’s World Cup title clash against New Zealand after a throw from the deep struck Ben Stokes’ bat and ran away for a boundary, former umpire Simon Taufel has said. England ended their 44-year wait for a maiden…
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‘Allah was with us,’ England’s Adil Rashid told skipper Morgan
LONDON (Agencies): England’s leg-spinner Adil Rashid told captain Eoin Morgan that the Almighty was with the England cricket team in the final of the Cricket World Cup 2019 Lord’s on Sunday. After one of the closest-ever finishes and the greatest limited-overs matches in the history of cricket, England skipper Morgan was asked whether England team…
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2nd CAS Int’l Open Sailing C’ship announced
KARACHI (PPI): A Press Conference was held at Avari Towers, to announce the 2nd CAS International Open Sailing Championship- 2019. Air Commodore Sabih Wali-ur-Rehman, Officer Commanding Training Wing, PAF Base, Korangi Creek who is also President PAF Yacht Club presided the conference. A large number of media officials were present on this occasion. This event…
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Kiwis praise team but are unhappy with ICC ‘cruel’ rules
LONDON (Agencies): Heartbroken New Zealanders expressed pride in the Black Caps’ fighting spirit after defeat to England in the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup final, but also bemusement at the obscure rules that cost them the match. The Black Caps lost even though scores were tied at the end of both regular play…
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Last-gasp Mahrez stunner sends Algeria into Nations Cup final
CAIRO (Agencies): Algeria forward Riyad Mahrez’s stunning free kick in stoppage time gave Algeria a 2-1 win over Nigeria in a tense Africa Cup of Nations semi-final played in a volatile atmosphere on Sunday. It was a goal from the moment it left Mahrez’s left foot as he stepped up and bent his shot into…
Read MoreFashion & Movies
Akshay Kumar to do a cameo in Bhool Bhulaiya 2
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: Bhool Bhulaiya has to be the first of its kinds that put the horror-comedy genre on Bollywood map. Starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal and many more, the film still holds a strong position as one of the best made horror-comedies over the years. Directed by Priyadarshan, the film is a…
Akshay Kumar and SLB to collaborate for ‘Rowdy Rathore 2’
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: It was back in 2012 when Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali impressed the audience with Rowdy Rathore. After all these years, the duo is all set to return with the sequel of the film. Both SLB and Akshay have been wanting to make a sequel of the film for a long…
Kareena Kapoor and Irrfan Khan finish shooting for ‘Angrezi Medium’
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Irrfan and Radhika Madan have collaborated for the first time for Angrezi Medium. It is the sequel to 2017 hit film Hindi Medium that also had Irrfan as the lead. But in the sequel, Kareena and Radhika have been added to the cast. The last shooting schedule of the…
Taylor Swift named world’s highest paid entertainer
Monitoring Desk LOS ANGELES: Singer Taylor Swift was named the world’s highest-paid entertainer on Wednesday but was closely followed by two members of the wider Kardashian clan — reality star turned cosmetics queen Kylie Jenner and rapper Kanye West. The annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list also saw soccer stars Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar…
Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone to collaborate in ‘Satte Pe Satta’ remake
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: Hrithik Roshan and Deepika set to star in Amitabh Bachchan’s iconic movie remake ‘Satte Pe Satta’ Bollywood directors Rohit Shetty and Farah Khan are all set to collaborate for the remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s iconic movie ‘Satte Pe Satta’. The remake will be directed by Farah Khan and produced by Rohit Shetty.…
Lady Gaga to introduce her own makeup line in September
Monitoring Desk WASHINTON: Pop star Lady Gaga has announced a line of beauty products exclusively for sale on Amazon (AMZN.O) in a boost to the online retailer’s cosmetics business. The brand, Haus Laboratories, will launch in September for shoppers in nearly a dozen countries, including the United States, Germany and Japan, Amazon said. The move…
Science & Technology
India cancels Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff
Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI: India on Monday postponed the launch of a lunar probe less than an hour before blast-off because of a technical problem, delaying its bid to become only the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — India’s Moon mission is part of…
Facebook’s Libra currency under fire
LONDON (Agencies): Facebook’s planned virtual unit Libra, already under heavy attack from US President Donald Trump and global regulators, faces skepticism among the wider cryptocurrency community as well. One theme — besides Brexit — dominated discussion among the movers and shakers from London’s financial technology or FinTech industry as gathered for their annual get-together: the…
Japan just landed a Spacecraft on an Asteroid
Monitoring Desk TOKYO: The life of an asteroid is lonely. The rocks spend eons drifting through the cold vacuum of space. But on Wednesday, the asteroid Ryugu welcomed a special visitor: Japan’s Hayabusa-2 probe successfully landed on the asteroid’s surface at 21:06 ET (01:06 UTC on Thursday). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched Hayabusa-2…
Microsoft updates the Windows 10 version 1903 Servicing Stack
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: Microsoft released quality improvements to the Windows 10 version 1903 servicing stack, the component designed to allow users to receive and install Windows updates. Microsoft says that this critical servicing stack update “addresses an issue with a Secure Boot feature update that may cause BitLocker to go into recovery mode because of…
Sidewalk Labs will be good for Toronto
Monitoring Desk TORONTO: The Sidewalk Labs proposal has laid a gauntlet down for Toronto. Does the city want to reach its potential as a world leader and walk the smart-city talk or eventually wither in relative mediocrity? Let’s start by explaining what Sidewalk Labs is: it’s a developer and sister company of Google that was…
China to send rover to Mars in 2020 to hunt for signs of life
Monitoring Desk BEIJING: China has made clear its ambitions in space with the announcement that it has completed construction of its first Mars rover, with a mission pencilled in for launch sometime in 2020. The rover’s primary mission is to hunt for signs of life but the probe will also explore whether the planet can…
Health
Polio vaccination campaign in affected districts starts today
F.P. Report Peshawar: In response to polio cases recently reported from Torghur and Shangla, three days polio case response vaccination campaign will be conducted from July 15 to 17, 2019 in affected and surrounding districts of Hazara and Malakand Division. Children missed during the campaign will be vaccinated on the fourth – catch up day…
Nanotechnology delivers hepatitis B vaccine
Monitoring Desk SAO PAULO: Brazilian and European researchers have demonstrated exactly how a nanotechnology-based compound delivers an oral vaccine against hepatitis B to the immune system. When particles containing silica and an antigen combine, even though they are different sizes, they reach the intestine without being destroyed by the acidity of the digestive system. A…
Researcher discovers possible link between sugary drinks and cancer
Monitoring Desk LONDON: People who drink a lot of sugary drinks have a higher risk of developing cancer, although the evidence cannot establish a direct causal link, researchers said on Thursday. The findings of a large study in France do suggest, however, that limiting intake of sugar-sweetened drinks may help to cut the number of…
Japanese Matcha tea is good for health: Research
Monitoring Desk TOKYO: If you are leading a highly stressful life then worry not, Japanese Matcha tea will come to your rescue as researchers have found it to have various health benefits, such as reducing anxiety. Published in the Journal of Functional Foods, the study done on mice found that anxious behaviour in the rodents…
These diets and supplements may not really protect the heart
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: Doctors often recommend certain dietary interventions — such as following a Mediterranean-type diet or cutting salt intake — in the interest of protecting heart health. On top of this, many individuals believe that dietary supplements will help them stay healthy. Common knowledge has it that diet and lifestyle play an important…
Larkana: 163 adults, 746 children found HIV positive
F.P. Report KARACHI: The number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive carriers has reached 909, including 163 adults and 746 children in Larkana during past two months and so, said a spokesperson of Sindh Health Department here on Monday. During the screening that was initiated soon after reported HIV outbreak in Ratodero on April 25,…
Travel
Cuba revises down tourism target after US cruise ban
Monitoring Desk HAVANA: Cuba has revised down by about 15 percent its forecast for the number of tourists visiting this year, after a US ban on cruise ship stopovers in the Communist island, the government said on Thursday. President Donald Trump’s administration announced the ban on June 4, aiming to cut an essential revenue source…
Rama lake, Dewsai plains attract tourists
F.P. Report ASTORE: Rama lake and Dewsai plains are attracting a large number of tourists these days in Astore from other parties of the country to enjoy its natural beauty and take some respite from scorching heat in plain areas of Pakistan. On last Sunday, domestic tourists thronged to Rama lake, Dewsai plains and others…
Russians canceled 60% of hotel bookings in Georgia: officials
Monitoring Desk GEORGIA: According to the founder and head of the Georgian Hotel and Restaurant Federation Shalva Alaverdashvili, the ban on direct air communication between Russia and Georgia had a tangible effect on the republic’s Black Sea resorts, where 80% of hotel bookings were already cancelled by Russian tourists. “Sea resorts received the hardest blow:…
Sri Lanka to slash airline charges to help boost tourism
Monitoring Desk COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government says it will decrease ground handling charges for airlines and slash aviation fuel and embarkation taxes to help the country’s vital tourism industry recover after the Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people. Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said Tuesday that the government’s decision would lead to an increase…
Brexit: Tourism ‘needs a seamless Irish border’
Monitoring Desk IRELAND: The chief executive of the Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance has said the sector needs a seamless border to ensure the free flow of visitors. Joanne Stuart said the industry had grown despite the lack of devolved government, but Brexit posed potential challenges. There is disagreement over how a so-called hard border can…
Bad news for Hong Kong tourism industry
Monitoring Desk HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s tourism business may be headed for a rough patch following anti-extradition Bill protests that have rocked the city, industry leaders warned. Future prospects are bleak and Hong Kong may suffer further economic losses if the unrest continues, they said, adding that rational discussions are needed to resolve the controversy.…
Articles
The best defence against Polio
Sadia N. Qazi Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behaviour by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society. (Patrick J. Kennedy) Information is a powerful weapon and its undeterred use in hybrid warfare is capable to stir up great impacts. The hybrid warfare being so diverse and unconventional…
Awaiting ICJ Verdict on Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav
Iqbal Khan International Court of Justice (ICJ) is all set to announce its decision in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is an active service Commander (equivalent of Lieutenant Colonel) of Indian Navy, and working for India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Jadhav was arrested on March 3, 2016, from Balochistan. In his subsequent trial…
Strategic implications of the French burkini ban
Syed Tahseen Raza The poignantly disturbing image of armed policemen forcibly removing a piece of clothing called a burkini from a woman on a beach in France is a very sad reminder of the new state of an increasingly intolerant world. An act that could echo only with the moral police of the despised theocracies…
Remembering Kashmir Martyrs Day- July 13, 1931
Jamil Chughtai The gory acts of state terrorism on Kashmiris are not something new in Indian Occupied Kashmir. The people of the valley have been subjected to atrocious state machinery since 1846 after sale of Kashmir by the British Raj to Dogra Raja Gulab Singh under Amritsar Treaty. Muslims of Kashmir have continued to be…
Pakistan Navy’s Initiative for Preserving Freedom of Seas
Sohail A. Azmie Security, generally, means a condition that makes an environment free from fear, threat and danger. In terms of international relations, more specifically, “security is taken to be about the pursuit of freedom from threat and the ability of states and societies to maintain their independent identity and their functional integrity against forces…
A way out of economic turbulence
Adnan Ali Mughal We can’t deny the importance of education. Due to lack of education so many talented people are deprived of satisfactory jobs. There are many causes of illiteracy, such as poverty, ignorant family background, scarcity of opportunities and burdensome conditions. Almost none of the organizations is ready to give a white collar job…
Editorial
Reko Diq debacle
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Deputes (ICSID), in its ruling in Reko Diq case imposed a massive penalty of $5.976 billion on cash strapped Pakistan. The Prime Minister has been informed about this fiasco in International Arbitration of disputes that are being caused by shady deals of previous governments. The fine announced in…
Traders’ strike
The traders observed countrywide strike against the government drive for the documentation of economy. In Karachi and Lahore the impact of the strike did not reflect complete shutter down as some markets were open. In Karachi majority of city markets were in shutter down and in Lahore large shopping centers remained closed. However, in the…
Doctors and paramedics strike
It is beyond the comprehension of the people as to why the government invites trouble after trouble. A large number of SST teachers gave a sit-in in front of Provincial Assembly and estranged PTI workers held a protest rally in front of Peshawar Press Club. Doctors, paramedics, nurses, lady health visitors and clerical staff of…
Shrinking trade deficit
Relatively strict imports curtailing measures have brought down the deficit in merchandise account of foreign trade by 15.3 percent. The overall current account deficit dropped to $31.8billion in the last fiscal year as compared with the deficit of $37.8 billion in FY 18. The imports showed a decrease of 10 percent in FY 19 to…
Curbing gas pilferage
The management of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited has claimed to have carried out a successful drive against gas pilferers all over the province in general and gas producing districts in particular. The raids and disconnections campaign is largely focused on domestic consumers and small business and industrial enterprises whereas the owners of medium and…
Train accidents
At last 24 human lives have been perished in a train crash at Sadiqabad. Railway minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, while speaking to a private TV news channel, attributed the accident to human negligence and told that inquiry is being conducted. He said that inquiry report will help fix responsibility on the railway officials who may…
Letters to Editor
Ignore Pakistan at your own peril
With cricket’s greatest carnival underway in England, the 10 best teams are raring to go. With the quality of cricket played by all contenders over the last few years, this edition of the Cricket World Cup is expected to produce some of the most exciting, nail-biting thrillers to-date. Pakistan enters the World Cup as the…
Police high handedness and aggrieved people
Through the lines of your esteemed news paper, i would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the sorry state of affairs of the people at the hands of police. Despite the tall claims made (still making) by previous government of reforming police department, no improvement whatsoever is seen in our area…
Stop child labour
“One who does not show mercy to our children is not from my community” [Holy Prophet (SAW)] Kindness towards children was one of the Prophet’s special characteristics. Children are flowers of heaven and they are the beautiful creation of God. Child labour is a terrible and big crime. In Pakistan it is an ever growing…
The devaluation of economy
What is behind the devaluation of Pakistani currency? What are its effects on our economy? The Pakistani currency has experienced a worst fall against the US dollar ever in the history of Rs 143 per Dollar. The rupee has lost about 35 percent since the first devaluation in Dec 2017. PM Imran Khan on the…
Rumors about abolishing of tax – free status of Malakand
It has been reportedly learnt that the Chief minister of KP Mahmood Khan has issued directives to all the ministries/ departments and quarters concerned to fulfill all the legal formalities before tabling any bill or law in the house for legislation. They have been further directed to share and discuss the theme of the bill…
Working women issues
In the past few years, the role of a woman has changed drastically in Pakistan. Women are now stepping out of their houses to earn and break free from all stereotypes that confine women to live inside home. Women can now be seen working as fire fighters, pilots,air traffic Controllers, bankers, company executives, labourers, farmers…