Monday, June 20th, 2016
Zardari warns against systematic assault on women rights
ISLAMABAD, 20 JUNE (DNA) – In a message on the eve of the 63rd birthday of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday, former President Asif Ali Zardari has warned the people against a systematic assault on women rights in the country and asked them to fight this mindset. On this birthday of the Muslim World’s first directly elected woman Prime Minister it is worrying that, in the name of religion, obscurantist elements are increasingly suppressing women- some even calling for violence against them. “We condemn and reject such declarationsRead More
APTMA Chairman condemn export of cotton from Pakistan to India
LAHORE, 20 JUNE (DNA) – All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) strongly condemn the news item published in a section of press regarding export of cotton from Pakistan to India and said that it is the last nail on the coffin of the ailing textile industry. In a statement issued to the press Chairman APTMA, Mr. Tariq Saud said that export of cotton from India in the absence of determination of crop size for the year 2016-17 is against the domestic textile industry. The failure of local cotton cropRead More
Continued development of Indo-Pak nuclear arsenals could endanger strategic stability: report
Continued development of Pakistan and India’s nuclear weapons programme could endanger strategic stability between both countries, a Congressional Research Service report (CRS) titled “Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons” has said. Pakistan’s expansion of its nuclear arsenal, the development of new types of nuclear warheads and the adoption of the ‘full spectrum deterrence’ doctrine have caused observers to “express concern about an increased risk of nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India, which also continues to expand its nuclear arsenal”, it said. The report estimates Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal may consist of “approximately 110-130” warheads, but saidRead More
Separate bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan
KABUL: More than 20 people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including at least 14 when a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying Nepalese security contractors in the Afghan capital, officials said. In Kabul, a meida man saw several apparently dead victims and at least two wounded being carried out of the twisted remains of a yellow bus after the suicide bomber struck the vehicle during the morning rush hour in the capital. Hours later, a bomb planted in a motorbike killed at least eight civiliansRead More
Govt, opposition stalemate on Panama ToRs persists
ISLAMABAD: Government and opposition are no way near reaching a consensus on the Terms of References (ToRs) for inquiry on Panama Papers data leak, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said on Monday. “Government did not accept opposition’s ToRs and gave their own which were not different to what the Supreme Court had already rejected,” Ahsan told a news conference in Islamabad. Ahsan, who is a senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, revealed that the joint opposition had agreed to accept three of the four points put forward by the government and demandedRead More