Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Children’s access to education is a right
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Universal Children’s Day is celebrated all around the world. While today is a day to celebrate children and the recognition of their rights, it should also remind us of our responsibility as adults, governments, and societies to ensure their protection, well-being, and development. We are living in difficult times and amidst many other challenges we are facing today, the rights of children cannot and must not be forgotten. Children constitute one-third of Pakistan’s population. This is both a challenge and a great asset. The extent toRead More
Kazakhstan set to strengthen partnership with UK to modernize economy
BAKU, (DNA) – Kazakhstan will continue to strengthen its strategic partnership with Great Britain in order to modernize the economy, increase investment and trade exchange between the two countries in the light of the agreements reached at the highest level, Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said during his visit to London Nov.20. During the meeting in London, the Kazakh foreign minister and his colleague Boris Johnson chaired a regular meeting of the Kazakh-British Strategic Dialogue, the Kazakh ministry reported. Abdrakhmanov noted that Great Britain is one of the six largest investorsRead More
Implementation of Uzbek-Kyrgyz agreements discussed
TASHKENT, (DNA) – Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting with Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Daniyar Sydykov on Nov. 20. During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for implementation of agreements reached at the high-level Uzbek-Kyrgyz meetings. The issues of bilateral agenda were also discussed. It was noted that two important visits took place this year. Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev paid a state visit to Bishkek on Sept. 5-6. Following the negotiations with the Uzbek leader, it is planned to increase the two countries’ trade turnover up to $500Read More
PTI’s announcement of division of Swat district isolates people
SWAT, (DNA) – The area of Swat’s seven tehsils will be no more called the ‘Yousafzai state of Swat’. Marring the historic status of the royal state of Swat and loosening the bond between the 2.3 million population, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has announced further division of Swat district. K-P Chief Minister Pervez Khattak’s announcement, made on October 20, has spread waves of discomfort with the area’s leaders ready to oppose any such move from the center as well from the provincial government. “When we were ruling Swat as a state,Read More
At least 50 dead in Nigeria mosque suicide bombing
ABUJA, (DNA) – At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast at a mosque in the northeastern town of Mubi, in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria. “So far we have at least 50 dead from an attack at a mosque in Mubi,” said state police spokesman Othman Abubakar, indicating that Boko Haram jihadists were responsible. Ahmed Musa, chairman of Mubi council, said dozens of people had been injured. Mubi is a town in Adamawa, a state in which Boko Haram militants held territory in 2014, although theRead More
We closely follow Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: OSCE Secretary General
BAKU, (DNA) – We closely follow the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Thomas Greminger, the new OSCE Secretary General said in an interview. “We have a special tool – a mission led by personal representative of the OSCE Secretary General Andrzej Kasprzyk, whose employees are closely watching the situation along the contact line. We were worried about the outbreak of the conflict in the recent past”, Greminger said. He also noted, that his role as the Secretary General is to support the work of the three co-chairs of the Minsk Group, whose effortsRead More