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150 pilgrims enter Pakistan as authorities reopen border with Iran
F.P. Report QUETTA: Pakistan on Friday temporarily reopened its border with the neighbouring Iran allowing pilgrims to cross into Pakistan after strict screening at Taftan border in Balochistan. Around 150 stranded pilgrims were shifted to Pakistan House in Taftan and will be allowed to go home after screening. According to Balochistan government, there is no…
Govt appoints Mushtaq Mahar as new Sindh IGP
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Friday appointed Mushtaq Mahar as the new Inspector General of Police Sindh (IGP). Sources said that the federal cabinet had approved a summary for the appointment of Mushtaq Mahar as Sindh IGP through circulation. The Establishment Division has issued a notification in this regard. The government has handed over…
Govt offering financial support in different sectors: PM
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government is offering subsidy and financial support in different sectors to provide relief to the weaker segments of the society. He was chairing a review meeting of the impact of the government’s subsidy in different sectors for provision of relief to low-income and weaker segments of…
US-Taliban agreement to benefit Pakistan, Afghanistan and entire region: FM
DOHA (Monitoring Desk): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that the signing of the US-Taliban agreement will mutually benefit the entire region, particularly Pakistan and Afghanistan. FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend the signing of the US-Taliban peace deal in Doha on February 29. The foreign minister said that it is hoped that…
Punjab University clash leaves 4 students, 10 guards injured
F.P. Report LAHORE: A clash among two rival groups in Punjab University on Friday left 14 people injured, which included 10 guards. The clash broke out between the two groups in the university’s Department of Gender Studies. Punjab University Registrar said that harsh words were exchanged between the two groups in the morning but the…
Facebook, Twitter, Google threaten to suspend services in Pakistan after new social media regulations
ISLAMABAD (Monitoring Desk): The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) comprising global digital media giants have banded together against the government’s newly-introduced social media rules, threatening to suspend services if the laws were not amended. In a scathing letter written to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the AIC — which includes Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, Amazon, Airbnb, Line, LinkedIn, and…
Global
Death toll from anti-Muslim violence in New Delhi rises to 42
NEW DELHI (Web Desk): The death toll from five days of anti-Muslim violence in Indian capital has risen to 42, making it the worst religious rioting Delhi has seen in more than three decades. Sporadic violence hit parts of Delhi overnight as gangs roamed streets littered with the debris of days of sectarian riots. Over…
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Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises to 34
TEHRAN (AA): The death toll from coronavirus in Iran climbed to 34 on Friday, while the number of cases rose to 388. The country’s Health Ministry said another eight people died from the coronavirus on Friday, while 143 new cases were confirmed. The average age of infected people was 50, while those who died were…
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Afghan government team to meet Taliban
KABUL (AA): As the U.S. and Taliban are set to clinch a peace deal in Qatar on Saturday, the tricky phase of parleys between various Afghan groups to place a credible governance mechanism in Kabul also appears challenging. The Afghan government has formed an initial direct contact group to hold talks with the Taliban, a…
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Erdogan, Putin agree to meet face to face: Turkish official
ANKARA (AA): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in their phone conversation agreed to meet face to face soon, Turkey’s communications director said on Friday. Fahrettin Altun had a meeting with media representatives in Ankara on latest developments after Thursday night’s attacks on Turkish soldiers by Assad regime forces in…
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UN urges more support for Turkey on Syrian refugees
GENEVA (AA): The UN on Friday urged the international community to step up support for Turkey in managing and hosting Syrian refugees. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency, at a news briefing in Geneva said: “We have been appealing to neighboring countries including Turkey to broaden admission for people who are on…
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Russia to send warships to Syria, blames Ankara for death of Turkish soldiers
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: Russia on Friday said it was sending two warships armed with cruise missiles to waters off the Syrian coast and blamed Ankara for the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib region the previous day. The killing of the Turkish soldiers on Thursday and the wounding of 32 others, announced by…
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Pakistani Umrah pilgrims affected by temporary ban to be compensated
ISLAMABAD (Monitoring Desk): All Pakistani Umrah pilgrims affected by the temporary travel ban to the Kingdom due to the threat of coronavirus will be compensated, the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki said on Friday. “Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who had to travel to Saudi Arabia during the dates of suspension will be compensated…
At least 15 dead, dozens wounded as train hits passenger coach in Sukkur
F.P. Report SUKKUR: At least 15 people lost their lives and more than 30 sustained injuries as a train collided with a passenger bus at a railway crossing near Rohri railway station. Police officials and rescue teams rushed at the scene immediately and commenced relief activities. Police officials said that 15 persons died and more…
Coronavirus: Shehbaz Sharif demands calling of emergency session of CII
F.P. Report LONDN: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the government to summon an emergency session of the Council of Common Interests to deal with the coronavirus infection a couple of days after the first cases of the virus emerged in Pakistan. Shehbaz said that it was distressing how the government had not come…
ECP receives IGP’s and provincial govt’s letters, blame each other
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Election Commission has received letters from Sindh provincial government and police department. Both key stakeholders have leveled allegations on each other ahead of by-poll on Sindh assembly seat from Umerkot. Sindh police chief Kaleem Imam requested ECP to remove Umerkot SP from his post to ensure transparency in an upcoming by-election on…
Senators express concern over Coronavirus, calls for concrete measures
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The members of the Senate on Friday while expressing concern over the Coronavirus and demanded the government to take concrete measures to prevent it from spreading. As the Senate session begin with Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in chair, the members of the Upper House of the Parliament demanded the government to take the…
NAB seizes Ahsan Iqbal’s passport
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday seized the passport of former federal minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal. It is pertinent here to mention that former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal was directed to appear before the anti-graft watchdog. The anti-graft agency officials seized the PML-N leader’s passport and…
Afghanistan
Afghan government team to meet Taliban
KABUL (AA): As the U.S. and Taliban are set to clinch a peace deal in Qatar on Saturday, the tricky phase of parleys between various Afghan groups to place a credible governance mechanism in Kabul also appears challenging. The Afghan government has formed an initial direct contact group to hold talks with the Taliban, a…
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12 cases of Coronavirus registered in Herat
Monitoring Desk HERAT: At least 12 suspected coronavirus cases were registered in western Herat province in the past two days, local health officials said on Thursday. Herat’s health department officials said that the test samples of the suspected cases were sent to Kabul province for testing. “All suspected people have returned from Iran,” said Mohammad…
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Rapid mask-production begins
Monitoring Desk HERAT: Following the spread of the coronavirus in Herat province, and the rise in the price of masks and other hygiene supplies, a mask-production plant has begun operating in Herat’s industrial city. The factory claims to have a production capacity exceeding 60,000 masks daily. The Ministry of Public Health says the masks produced…
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Saleh’s aides defend his decision
KABUL (Agencies): A President Ghani’s running mate Amrullah Saleh’s decision to sue nearly 40 people for ranting and posting malicious comments on social media has set off a storm of criticism that it is an appalling violation of the right to freedom of speech and social media activities. Civil rights activists and media watchdog agencies…
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US confirms position on elections amid deepening tensions
KABUL (Agencies): The State Department released a statement emphasizing on handling of concerns regarding Afghan presidential elections in accordance with the ‘constitutional and legal procedures’. The Department of State in a statement said it ‘notes the announcement on February 18, 2020 by the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan on the results of the presidential election…
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Kabul killings highlight rising drug addiction in Afghanistan
Monitoring Desk KABUL: For the residents of Qalai Muslim, a small mountainside community on the edges of the capital city of Kabul, the evening of February 15 began like any other. As the sun set and the cold winter air filled the mud and brick homes that line the neighbourhood’s unpaved roads, the residents closed…
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EU to provide €13 million to Pakistan under PFMS Programme
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The European Union agreed to provide €13 million to Pakistan improve its macro-fiscal policies and budget preparations, said an announcement issued on Friday. The agreement was signed in Islamabad in the presence of Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar and the money will be provided under EU’s Public Financial Management Support (PFMS)…
Global stocks set for worst week since 2008 as virus fears grip markets
Monitoring Desk TOKYO: Global share markets were headed for the worst week since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis as investors ditched risky assets on fears the coronavirus would become a pandemic and derail economic growth. Asian stocks tracked another overnight plunge in Wall Street’s benchmarks on Friday with the markets in China, Japan…
Silkbank sign ink with British Airways
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Silkbank Limited, having a substantive market share of Credit Cards, signed an agreement with the world’s favorite airline – British Airways where Mr. Shahram Raza Bakhtiari (Director Retail Banking), Mr. Hamid M Mirza (Head of Marketing Services and PR), Mr. Naveed Mushtaq (Head of Credit Cards) & Mr. Nouman Butt (Head of…
Synergy Dentsu wins two APNS awards
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Synergy Group, an affiliate of Dentsu Aegis Network, is a leading integrated marketing communications group having achieved a series of awards and accolades during its 20 years of operation. The group has extended its winning streak with two more awards at the 24th All Pakistan Newspapers Society Awards. The President of Pakistan,…
NICVD establishes Chest Pain Unit at Cantt General Hospital
Sher Afzal KARACHI: National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in collaboration with the Government of Sindh has inaugurated its 16th “Chest Pain Unit” at Cantonment General Hospital, Karachi to facilitate patients with chest pain with easy access and free of cost services. Executive Director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Professor Nadeem Qamar formally inaugurated…
PPL supports SIUT, The Kidney Centre
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) donated Rs. 10 million to Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and Rs. 5 million to The Kidney Centre (TKC) for provision of quality healthcare to deserving populations as part of its long-term and diverse Corporate Social Responsibility Programme. MD and CEO PPL Moin Raza Khan presented…
Sports
Dates for upcoming U-21 Games 2020 in KP finalized
F. P. Report PESHAWAR: The final dates for the upcoming U-21 Games 2020 in the province have been finalized in a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan. The sports competitions are scheduled to commence from 6th March while U-21 Games will be formally inaugurated from 8th March 2020. The Prime Minister…
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Multan Sultans thrash Karachi Kings to register third win
F. P. Report KARACHI: Multan Sultans is making the most of its home ground as the newest team in the competition has recorded their second successive win in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 by beating Karachi Kings by a comfortable 52-run margin at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday. A fine bowling performance led…
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Amir Khan to hold Int’l Boxing event in Islamabad next month
ISLAMABAD (APP): The future of professional boxing in Pakistan was all set to boom, as British boxer of Pakistani-origin Amir Khan on Friday said to hold an International Boxing Event in Islamabad on March 19. Addressing a press conference here at the Amir Khan Boxing Academy, he said the event’s biggest contest would be of…
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Bismah Maroof ruled out of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has been ruled out of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 after suffering comminuted fracture in her right thumb during her side’s 42-run defeat against England in Canberra on Friday. The PCB has named Nahida Khan as Bismah’s replacement, which will be confirmed following the Event Technical…
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Three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun given 8-year ban
TOKYO (Agencies): China’s three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang has been banned for eight years for missing a doping test in September 2018. The 28-year-old was initially cleared of wrongdoing by Fina, the swimming federation, in January 2019. Following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), the…
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Manchester United to play Austria’s LASK in Europa League last 16
NYLON (Agencies): Manchester United will meet Austrian club LASK in the last 16 of the Europa League, while Wolves were pitted against Olympiakos in Friday’s draw in Nyon. United, who lifted the trophy in 2017, are one of six former champions left in the competition. The first leg will be played in Linz on March…
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Showbiz star Sana to support Peshawar Zalmi
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The showbiz star Sana Javed has been assigned as a goodwill ambassador to Peshawar Zalmi and will support the team in PSL season V. The sequence of supporting Peshawar Zalmi in PSL V is continue. The showbiz star, well known actress and model Sana Javed has been appointed as the ambassador of…
South Korea boy band BTS cancels April Seoul concert on coronavirus concerns
Monitoring Desk SEOUL: South Korean boy band BTS canceled its scheduled April concert in Seoul, amid growing concerns of the new coronavirus outbreak, its music label, Big Hit Entertainment, said on Friday. “The current global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has made it impossible at this time to predict the scale of the outbreak during the dates…
Saudi designer Arwa Al-Banawi collaborates with KFC
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: Fashion’s fixation with food is no secret. In recent years, we’ve seen a number of brands cook up edible-themed accessories, including McDonalds cups crafted into shoulder bags from Moschino and lait de coco clutches by Chanel. Meanwhile, other designers took it a step further by joining forces with popular eateries, such as…
Johnny Depp appears in court for libel case against abusive wife Amber Heard
Monitoring Desk LONDON: Hollywood star Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at England’s High Court on Wednesday for a hearing in his libel case against The Sun newspaper. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is suing the tabloid and its executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article which accused him of abusing former wife…
Hira Mani celebrates her 30th birthday
F.P. Report KARACHI: Hira Mani celebrated her 30th birthday on Wednesday night with husband Salman Saqib Sheikh aka Mani. She took to Instagram to share endearing photos from her midnight celebration. The actress, who recently starred in ARY Digital’s hit drama Meray Paas Tum Ho, is all smiles in the photo she posted and look…
Arab world’s who’s who jet to Paris for Fashion Week
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: The final destination on the Fall 2020 fashion month trail is the French capital, where a number of regional it girls have been spotted this week. Lebanese bloggers Karen Wazen and Nathalie Fanj are among the influencers currently taking Paris Fashion Week by storm. The fashion stars, who have amassed more than…
Science & Technology
Facebook to publicly track political sponsored content after Bloomberg’s paid memes
Monitoring Desk SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc (FB.O) will provide a way for people to track political sponsored content on Facebook and Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday. The move comes after U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign started paying popular meme accounts on Facebook-owned Instagram to post content as…
New discovery reveals a parasite that needs no oxygen to live
Monitoring Desk Science has long thought that multicellular life needed oxygen to survive. It turns out that assumption was wrong as a new DNA information on a parasite has been discovered about a parasite described as jellyfish-like. The parasite lacks the mitochondrial genome and is the first known multicellular organism to lack that genome. Lacking…
‘realme’ unveiled Quad Camera Battery King
F.P. Report LAHORE: Pakistani youth’s most favorite brand realme has been launching a number of smartphones from past one year keeping with its lineup for the New Year, the Chinese smartphone brand has launched its first smartphone lineup of the year, the realme 5i and realme C3 has been launched in company’s first ever campus…
Internet giants fight spread of coronavirus untruths
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: As the new coronavirus spreads globally, the online battle to keep misinformation about the disease is also stepping up. Google, Facebook and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers, trolls, and others with ill intent who routinely use major tragedies or disasters as opportunities to swindle or manipulate people. “The…
Scientists gather to study risk from microplastic pollution
Monitoring Desk PORTLAND, Ore: Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of rice are turning up everywhere in oceans, from the water to the guts of fish and the faeces of sea otters and giant killer whales. Yet little is known about the effects of these “microplastics” — onsea creatures…
IHC issues notices to IT ministry to justify new social media regulations
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued notices to the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) and other respondents to submit their response in a case questioning the legitimacy of new social media regulations i.e. the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020. However, the court rejected the request to…
Health
Study finds lifting weights helps you live longer
Monitoring Desk It’s well-know that an active lifestyle and balanced diet will help you live a healthier and longer life, but it seems that strength training, specifically, is the key to living longer. According to a new study conducted by Penn State College of Medicine, lifting weights when aged 65 years or older can really…
Anti-polio drive kicks off across the country
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The nation-wide anti-polio campaign kicked-off today to vaccinate 39.6 million children under the age of five years against the disease, reported Radio Pakistan. According to an official of the National Emergency Operations Centre, over 265,000 frontline polio workers are taking part in the campaign. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health…
Study suggests even light activity reduces risk of depression in young people
Monitoring Desk LONDON: Adolescents who sit for much of the day have a greater risk of depression by the time they reach adulthood, a UK study has found. Growing numbers of young people with depression and increased time spent sedentary could be two linked trends, researchers at University College London (UCL) believe. They found that…
Provincial government vows to eradicate polio
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Kazim Niaz, Minister for Finance & Health Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Minister for Information Technology Kamran Bangash inaugurated Feb round of anti-polio drive here on Friday in separate activities, reiterating strong will of the government for polio eradication and wiping out the menace that continues to hit…
Can flat head syndrome in babies be avoided?
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: Warnings about the risk of sudden infant death syndrome have increased, which has added to mothers’ concern and made them more likely to lay their babies down to sleep on their backs, in keeping with medical advice. But do you worry, like many mothers, that the back of your infant’s head will…
Some car seats could endanger health over time
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: Scientists in the United States (US) said people who have a frequent, long commute involving driving or being a passenger in a car may unknowingly be putting their health at risk. These are the findings of a new study published in the journal ‘Environment International’. The investigators from the University of California,…
Travel
Saudi Arabia stops issuing visas to tourists from countries worst affected by coronavirus
Monitoring Desk RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism announced on Friday that it has temporarily stopped issuing tourist visas to people in certain countries particularly badly hit by the coronavirus outbreak. The affected nations are China, Italy, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Kazakhstan. The decision applies both to electronic visas obtained online and traditional visas…
Indonesian tourism suffers estimated US$500 million in losses due to Chinese virus outbreak
Monitoring Desk JAKARTA: Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister LuhutPandjaitan has said the outbreak of a novel coronavirus around the globe has affected Indonesian tourism, with estimated losses of around US$500 million. “(According to) data from Bank Indonesia, (our) tourism has lost US$500 million in a month,” he told the press on Tuesday as quoted…
France braces for tourism hit as virus keeps Chinese at home
Monitoring Desk PARIS: The new coronavirus outbreak is depriving Paris hotels, restaurants and retailers of big-spending Chinese visitors, the latest challenge for a French tourism industry facing headwinds from homegrown protests and Brexit, officials said Monday. “For now, airline forecasts suggest a 60 percent drop in Chinese visitors for February, March and April compared with…
Travel giant Expedia to cut 3,000 jobs: Report
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: Online travel giant Expedia will cut 3,000 jobs worldwide after what the company called a “disappointing” performance in 2019, US media reported Monday. The firm, which operates its flagship travel site as well as Hotels.com, Hotwire, Travelocity, Cheaptickets, Egencia and CarRentals.com, said the decision was made after determining it had been “pursuing…
Venice Tourism stops Carnival sending visitors home
Monitoring Desk MILAN: Italians and visitors getting ready to attend the rest of the Venice Carnival or the Milan Fashion week will have a surprise when they wake up Monday morning. As reported on eTurboNews yesterday, both cities and Italy are on high alert fearing a spread of Coronavirus. The Carnival of Venice is an…
EU says not yet planning travel curbs over virus
Monitoring Desk BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Monday the European Union was not yet considering suspending travel within the border-free Schengen area after an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, but it was preparing contingency plans. Four people have died in northern Italy of the disease and around 150 cases have been reported since Friday,…
Articles
Trump’s ‘totally prepared’ coronavirus pledge will be put to the test
Max Nisen During a press briefing Wednesday evening on the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump claimed the US is “totally prepared” to respond to a disease that is spreading to new countries seemingly every day. That’s a bold assertion that will be tested immediately, and it may come back to haunt the administration. Indeed, the…
A war against Palestinian refugees’ education
Najla M. Shahwan The so-called Jerusalem Municipal Council approved recently a plan that targets schools run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the mostly Arab neighborhood of Shuafat in East Jerusalem as well as the town of Anata, located 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) northeast of…
Trump declares war against ‘Deep State’!
Abdullah Muradoglu President Donald Trump’s appointment of US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, as the Deputy Director to the “National Intelligence Directorate” in charge of overseeing 17 intelligence agencies has fueled debate about the “Deep State” in the country. There was speculation about such a move in late 2019, when news broke out that Trump…
Kashmir a Bone in Modi’s Throat
Iqbal Khan To please or to, say, fool Prime Minister NarendraModi, Google Maps show Kashmir as part of India – as long as one views it from within the borders of India – but for people outside the country, the outlines of the region are shown in dotted lines, thus acknowledging Kashmir as a “disputed”…
OPEC emperor Saudi Arabia has fallen for Russia’s tricks
Julian Lee As the Covid-19 virus hit demand for oil, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia wanted an urgent meeting among the cartel’s members and their international partners in order to bring in deeper and longer output cuts. Russia didn’t, and now the emergency gathering of the 23-nation coalition known as OPEC+ won’t happen. This is only…
Suspected shisha bar gunman published racist manifesto
Monitoring Desk HANAU: A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views, prosecutors said. The presumed attacker – a 43-year-old German man identified as Tobias R. – was found dead close…
Editorial
National education plan
Federal cabinet has approved an ambitious and much awaited National Education Plan 2020. It encompasses phase-wise introduction of uniforms curriculum in schools and seminaries. New syllabus for primary classes will be taught from the upcoming academic session after the approved by the National Curriculum Council. The new syllabus for class VI to Viii shall be…
Road to partial realism
It appears that despite understanding and analyzing the fault-lines in the economy created by past governments, the incumbent government has either inadvertently or deliberately stepped into the shows of its predecessors by taking adhoc measures to address the worsening macroeconomic imbalances. Federal Cabinet, in its meeting, decided to freeze electricity and gas tariffs for the…
Air pollution
Pakistan has been ranked among the countries that are confronted with alarming level of air pollution, which is on the rise due to non-application of environmental laws. The density of toxic gases has gone up abnormally i.e. 2.5 ppm. The problem is assuming dangerous proportion in the metropolitan cities with population of 10 million or…
Expanding Pak-US trade relations
The present government under the dynamic and intelligent leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan has not only revived the dented relations with the United States by mending its ruptures and removing the trust deficit but took it to new heights to make it mutually beneficial. The open statement of President Donald Trump at public meeting…
Riots in Delhi
On the day of arrival of US President Donald Trump, goons of RSS were unleashed by Narendra Modi government to attack Muslims protesting against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act in the Indian capital Delhi. Seven people were killed, including a police constable, and 150 were injured. Since the enactment of this draconian law in December…
Focus on real issues
Prime Minister Imran Khan is determined to resolve the real issues that confront the masses. Sustained administrative actions are bearing fruits as the prices of food commodities are going down in the market. The prices of vegetables wheat, rice, pulses and poultry items have registered fall from 20 to 50 percent. However, market rate of…
Arts and Literature
Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand
Monitoring Desk With more than 400 extraordinary color photographs and richly informative text, Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand is the definitive field guide to all of the country’s tuatara, geckos, skinks, frogs, marine turtles, and marine snakes. From the ancient tuatara, the sole surviving member of its order, to the world’s largest collection of…
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Monitoring Desk Daniel James Brown’s robust book tells the story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first…
A window to Egyptian art
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: Located in the heart of the UAE, The Room Place in Jumeirah, Dubai is a store that exclusively sells traditional crafts made by Egyptian artisans. The shop partners with Fair Trade, a social enterprise in Egypt that works with 2,300 artisans in about 17 villages and is divided into 75 crafts, to…
3- Day International Watercolor Biennale to start from Feb 26
F.P. Report HYDERABAD:The 3rd International Watercolor Biennale “Pearls of Peace Season-III” to start at Mehran University’s Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design, (CEAD), Jamshoro on Wednesday. The artists from U. S. A, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Brazil, Iran, Canada, Argentine, Slovakia and Pakistan will participate in the Biennale. The exhibition will include the display of…
Middle Eastern designers shine at Nomad
Monitoring Desk ST. MORTIZ: Nestled among the snow-tipped mountain tops of St. Moritz in Switzerland is the ChesaPlanta mansion, a former farmhouse more than 200 years old — a classic work of late baroque architecture. From February 6 to 9, it was home to Nomad, a travelling showcase of collectible design organized by curators Nicolas…
Theatrical performance highlights violence against women
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Rafi Peer Theatre organized a series of theatrical performances in different cities to highlight various forms of intolerance and violence, especially against women, and how different segments of the society can contribute towards ending the menace. The theatrical performance titled ‘Ab Nahi’ was showcased at Fatima Jinnah Woman University, Islamabad, Quaid-e-Azam…
