Monday, January 8th, 2018
Tahirul Qadri announces to launch countrywide protest on Jan 17
LAHORE (DNA) – Steering committee of opposition parties over Model Town tragedy met on Monday and agreed to launch protest movement against ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on January 17 with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri claiming that the government would dissolve. Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri presided over a meeting of opposition leaders today to decide over party’s course-of-action against the government over Model Town massacre that claimed 14 lives and left dozens wounded on July 17, 2014 in party workers clashes withRead More
China’s new ‘Silk Road’ cannot be one-way: Macron says
XIAN, JAN 08 (DNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday China and Europe should work together on Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative, a project aiming to build a modern-day “Silk Road” he said could not be “one-way”. “The ancient Silk Roads were never only Chinese,” Macron told an audience of academics, students and businessmen in Xian, an eastern departure point of the ancient Silk Road. “By definition, these roads can only be shared. If they are roads, they cannot be one-way,” he said. Unveiled in 2013, the BeltRead More
Anarchy was tried to be spread in country during PML-N tenure: PM
SIALKOT, JAN 08 (DNA) – Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said anarchy was tried to be spread in the country during Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) tenure. Inaugurating an international terminal at Sialkot airport, PM described it as a milestone which will prove to be productive for the country. He said that the National Highway Authority (NHA) chairman has given him a detailed briefing on the road infrastructure projects in the area. He said that two hundred billion rupees that are being spent on different projects in Sialkot will changeRead More
Iran bans English in primary schools after leader’s warning
DUBAI, JAN 08 (DNA) – Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after Islamic leaders warned that early learning of the language opened the way to a Western “cultural invasion”. “Teaching English in government and non-government primary schools in the official curriculum is against laws and regulations,” Mehdi Navid-Adham, head of the state-run High Education Council, told state television late on Saturday. “This is because the assumption is that, in primary education, the groundwork for the Iranian culture of the students isRead More
BBC’s China editor resigns over gender pay gap dispute
BEIJING, JAN 08 (DNA) – The BBC‘s China editor has resigned her position in Beijing in protest over what she called a failure to sufficiently address a gap in compensation between men and women at the public broadcaster. Carrie Gracie’s departure is the latest aftershock from the public corporation’s forced publication last year of pay levels for its top earners that showed two-thirds of those in the top bracket were men. A 30-year veteran of the BBC, Gracie said in a statement on her website addressed to BBC viewers that she could no longer perform herRead More
Pakistan to hike toll tax on NATO containers by 100pc
ISLAMABAD, JAN 08 (DNA) – Pakistan is reportedly mulling to hike Toll tax of containers carrying ammunition and other military hardware for U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops to Afghanistan by massive 100pc. At present, each container is charged $1700. Analysts believe Toll tax hike is retaliatory measure to Trump’s tirade and suspension of military aid. Federal government is likely to take final decision in this regard in the ongoing week. A meeting for same between officials of finance ministry and officials of ministry of communication will beRead More