Sunday, April 23rd, 2017
PM will resign before JIT probe begins, Ch Shujaat claims
LAHORE, APR 23, (DNA) – President of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has claimed on Sunday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would resign before Joint Investigation Team starts Panama Leaks probe. A four-party conference was chaired by Chaudhry Shujaat in Lahore during which he asserted that the premier would tender his resignation before JIT begins its probe. PML-Q, Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Sunni Ittehad Council and Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen participated in the meeting and reiterated their demands off the Prime Minister to resign over Panama Leaks. The participants also demandedRead More
Israeli illegal system of arbitrary arrests
By MARWAN BARGHOUTI I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners. After exhausting all other options, I decided there was no choice but to resist these abuses by going on a hunger strike. Some 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have decided to take part in this hunger strike, which begins today, the day we observe here as Prisoners’ Day. Hunger striking is the most peaceful form of resistance available. It inflicts pain solely on those who participateRead More
CPEC improves local infrastructure, people’s life: CRI Report
BEIJING, APR 23, (DNA) – Local residents in Pakistan are witnessing significant changes in their live, two years after the launch of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) program. The project, a key element of the Chinese government’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, was officially launched in 2015 during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan, according to a report broadcast by China Radio International (CRI) here. The multi-billion US dollar plan includes building up infrastructure along a route linking the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang, China to the southwestern Pakistani port Gwadar.Read More
Brexit fears boost French voter registration in Britain
LONDON, APR 23, (DNA) – Tens of thousands of French nationals will cast their ballots for their country’s next president at polling stations in the UK. The number of French expats in the UK who have registered to vote back home has increased by 10% since Brexit, a French election official has. About 100,000 French nationals live in Britain, 97,000 thousand of them in London and the surrounding areas. The president of the polling station at the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle, Eduardo De Guitaut,: “The number of French peopleRead More
France Votes for Presidential Finalists After Unique Campaign
DNA, APR 23, (DNA) – French voters are heading to the polls Sunday to select two candidates for the presidential runoff, an election that will determine how far the populist wave can go in Europe. After a campaign that has remade the nation’s political landscape, four candidates with radically different visions are in a position to qualify for the next round. They are Marine Le Pen, the National Front leader who wants to pull France out of Europe’s single currency; Communist-backed Jean-Luc Melenchon, who wants to remake the rules governingRead More
Long live viktor, Hungarians mock orban in satirical Budapest rally
A demonstration with a difference was held in Budapest on Saturday. An estimated 4,000-5,000 Hungarians joined a rally against Prime Minister Viktor Orban – that’s not unusual – but this one employed humour as a weapon. “Let’s meet Putin”, read one banner, “Long Live Viktor” another – while others said “down with press freedom” and “we don’t need elections”. A satirical comment on what they call the Hungarian government’s attacks on democracy and human rights. “It is a pro-government and pro-Russia protest and it is against the NGOs and against literallyRead More