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COVID-19 may unleash economic devastation that intensifies violence: UN
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: The United Nations diplomats and experts cautioned the world that the COVID-19 pandemic ca intensify violence and further deteriorate the human rights situation in conflicts to the point that it will intensify them. COVID-19 is hampering aid programs, diverting the attention and resources of major powers battling the deadly virus at…
Read MoreIHC directs govt to offer chance to India
ISLAMABAD (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the Federal Government to offer another chance to India for appointing a lawyer in the Indian spy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav case. A two-member special bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the government’s plea seeking appointment of a legal…
Read MoreCJP expresses annoyance over KP govt for filing time barred appeals
ISLAMABAD (APP): Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Monday expressed annoyance over the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) for filing time barred appeals. The Chief Justice expressed displeasure while hearing a service matter appeal of Muhammad Hassan with Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan. He asked what was the justification for filing of petition after 45 days?…
Read More214 martyred by Indian troops during one year siege
ISLAMABAD (APP): In Indian illegal occupied Kashmir, unrelenting military siege and crippling lockdown imposed by the fascist Modi government of India on August 5, last year, have almost completed a year. A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, Monday, said, most of the victims were killed in fake encounters during cordon…
Read MoreGhani phones Imran, extends Eid felicitations
ISLAMABAD (APP): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called Prime Minister Imran Khan and extended felicitations on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The prime minister reciprocated the Eid greetings and observed that this year, Eid-ul-Azha came when the international community was facing a number of challenges, including COVID-19. He commiserated with President Ghani on the loss…
Read MoreNAB team arrives at Zardari’s residence for indictment arrangements
KARACHI (NNI): National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Monday has arrived at Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari’s residence for his indictment arrangements in Thatta water supply reference. The PPP leader had already filed a petition for dismissal of reference against him. The accountability court, while hearing Zardari’s plea, had…
Read MoreWe are aware of enemy’s designs: COAS
RAWALPINDI (APP): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said Eid-ul-Azha epitomises the essence of unconditional sacrifice and no one understands this spirit better than a soldier. He made these remarks while interacting with soldiers during his visit to troops deployed on frontlines along the line of control (LOC) in Khuiratta Sector…
Read MoreMass jailbreak in Jalalabad, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack
Monitoring Desk JALALABAD: A gun battle between Islamic State fighters and Afghan security forces raged at a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants’ overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak. The attack began on Sunday evening with car bomb detonated at the entrance…
Read MorePresident Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days, three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The move represents an about-face for Trump and prompted the U.S. tech giant to declare…
Read MoreMehbooba Mufti accuses India of heightening security to hide people’s anger and frustration
Monitoring Desk SRINAGAR: Former chief minister of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJK) Mehbooba Mufti accused New Delhi of heightening security and surveillance “to ensure that anger and frustration felt by people here remain hidden”. The politician, who has been illegally detained since last year when Indian revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution that…
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