Sunday, October 1st, 2017
Resolution of Kashmir issue vital for peace in South Asia: Naela Chohan
ISLAMABAD, OCT 01 (DNA) – A Forum on “Kashmir and Peace in South Asia” was hosted by the Shadow Attorney General Hon. Paul Lynch and the Kashmir Council of Australia in the Parliament House of New South Wales on 29 September 2017. Senior Parliamentarians from different parties, including Senator Lee Rhiannon from the Greens Party and Mr. Nick Lalich, Opposition Whip and MP from New South Wales participated along with academics, scholars, teachers and members of Pakistani community. The Participants expressed their serious concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied JammuRead More
Countrywide Ashura processions conclude amidst tight security
LAHORE, OCT 01 (DNA) – Nationwide processions for Ashura have concluded peacefully as tight security arrangements denied any unfortunate incident in the big and small cities. Majlis-e-Sham-e-Ghariban have been arranged at all Imambargahs in the cities. Processions had mourned throughout the day while their all small ones joined the main procession in bigger cities where people gathered at one place. Eyes shed tears and people kept beating their bodies in the pain and grief while recalling what happened to the martyred grandson of Muhammad (PBUH) at Karbala on the sameRead More
Spain urges Catalonia to end referendum ‘farce’
BARCELONA, OCT 01 (DNA) – Spain’s central government demanded Sunday that Catalonia’s president Carles Puigdemont call off an independence referendum, dismissing the vote as a “farce”, as national police moved in to stop it. “Puigdemont and his team are solely responsible for all that has happened today and for all that can happen if they do not put an end to this farce,” Madrid’s representative in Catalonia Enric Millo said at a news conference. Catalonia’s emergency services said they had treated 38 people hurt during a police crackdown at pollingRead More
Catalan referendum: Clashes as voters defy Madrid
MADRID, OCT 01 (DNA) – Catalonia’s independence referendum has descended into chaos, with clashes occurring as police attempt to prevent the vote from taking place. The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country’s constitutional court. Police officers are preventing people from voting, and seizing ballot papers and boxes at polling stations. In the regional capital Barcelona, police used batons and fired rubber bullets during pro-referendum protests. Catalan emergency services said they had treated 38 people who were injured when police pushed backRead More
Honda to start mass recall in China over Takata airbags
BEIJING, OCT 01 (DNA) – Honda will recall more than 245,000 vehicles in China over concerns about airbags made by troubled Japanese giant Takata, Chinese authorities said Sunday, dealing another blow to Takata’s largest client. The Japanese carmaker and its Chinese joint venture partner Guangqi Honda will start withdrawing vehicles fitted with the potentially faulty airbags beginning October 23 and will include Accord, Fit, City, Crosstour and Everus S1 models, China’s top consumer watchdog said. They will replace the faulty airbags for free. Takata has recalled some 100 million airbagsRead More
Saudi university to open driving school for women
RIYADH, OCT 01 (DNA) – A university in Saudi Arabia has said it will open a driving school for women, in a first for the ultra-conservative country after a ban on women driving was lifted. “Princess Nourah University is preparing to set up a driving school in cooperation with the relevant authorities,” the women’s university said on Saturday. “This is the first such announcement following this week’s order by King Salman to allow women to drive,” it said. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said it would allow driving permits for womenRead More