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British High Commission marks Remembrance Day

ISLAMABAD, NOV 11 (DNA) -A Remembrance Day service was marked by the British High Commission in Islamabad on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War and to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in that conflict.   The service paid tribute to all those from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and elsewhere who lost their lives during conflicts from World War I to the present day.   The commemoration was attended by representatives of the Pakistani armed forces, Commonwealth High Commissions, EURead More


Students find it difficult to pass entry test

KARACHI, NOV 11 (DNA): Around 23,000 candidates found out just how difficult it is to get into Sindh’s largest university on Sunday. But it was the hours-long wait and lack of facilities that were the real trial, not the test. Fifty students fainted due to the heat in Hyderabad while sitting for the entry test for the University of Sindh. One student said they had come from Kunri and had been waiting for hours. “I arrived at 7am and was told the test would start at 9am, but it hasRead More


IDEAS-2018 to commence on Nov 27 in Karachi

KARACHI, NOV 11 (DNA): The 10th four-day International Defence Exhibition and Seminar IDEAS-2018 will commence on 27th of this month at Karachi Expo Center. Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate the exhibition. Delegates from 48 countries will participate in the exhibition. 12 conferences and service conferences will also be organized during the exhibition and a commemorative stamp regarding the IDEAS-2018 will also be launched. The event is significantly being commemorated through enhanced participation of Pakistan Armed Forces, national and international defence industry, OEMs, entrepreneurs and high level nationalRead More


UNHCR to suspend repatriation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, NOV 11 (DNA): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to suspend the repatriation process of Afghan refugees in Pakistan for around four months due to cold weather. According to a spokesperson of the UNHCR, the repatriation process will be halted from first of next month till 28th of February next year due to drop in temperature and severe cold. He said all UNHCR centers in Pakistan and Afghanistan will remain closed during the winter. Registered Afghan refugees will not be given financial compensation in caseRead More


Former RAW chief optimistic about Kashmir settlement

LONDON, NOV 11 (DNA): Former chief of Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), AS Dulat, has expressed the hope about the settlement of the Kashmir dispute through talks between Pakistan and India. Dulat made these remarks at an event organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) around changing the narratives within the India-Pakistan bilateral context in London. “We should talk and never stop talking. I remain optimistic on a solution in Kashmir,” said Dulat. Congress party spokesperson Manish Tewari explained that the aim of the LondonRead More


Kashmiri students being forcibly pushed towards extremism: Jama’at

SRINAGAR, NOV 11 (DNA): Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir vehemently condemned the intimidation of students studying in and outside the valley in different educational institutions by the Indian agencies. Jama’at in a statement said that in the universities and colleges outside Jammu and Kashmir, scores of students have been so far arrested by different Indian agencies on ‘false and frivolous’ grounds besides the pre-planned attacks on them by the communalist elements forcing a good number of Kashmiri students to give up their studies in between. “Despite assurances by the university andRead More