Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
SC to announce verdict of judge Arshad Malik video scandal case on Friday
ISLAMABAD, AUG 22 (DNA) – The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan will announce the verdict of judge Arshad Malik video scandal case on Friday (tomorrow) at 09:30 AM. The three-member bench of the apex court – comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Umar Ata Bandial, and headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa – had reserved the decision on August 20 after conducting three hearing on three petitions. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had submitted its report in the top court in the previous hearing which was incomplete. TheRead More
PTI govt has left people of Punjab at mercy of dengue: Marriyum
LAHORE (DNA): Marriyum Aurangzeb, spokesperson of Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) has said the incompetent government has snatched the facilities of health, free tests and medicines from the people and left them at the mercy of dengue. Expressing her concern over upsurge in the number of Dengue patients in different areas of Punjab, she said the devastations of unemployment, business and inflation serve evidence of bad governance of the incumbent government. Dengue is spreading due to inefficiency and non-initiation of timely steps by the government, she said. She stated that ShehbazRead More
Genocide Watch urges UN to warn India to not commit genocide in Kashmir
WASHINGTON (DNA) – Genocide Watch – a U.S. based organization that exits to build an international movement to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass murder – has issued an alert for Indian-occupied Kashmir in the wake of India’s ongoing atrocities, aggression and clampdown in the Muslim majority region. “On August 5, 2019, the Indian President revoked the Special Autonomous Status of India Administered Jammu and Kashmir under under Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India. India has over 600,000 troops in Kashmir. MovementRead More
UN chief suggests dialogue between Pakistan, India to resolve Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has reiterated the intergovernmental organisation suggestion of holding dialogues between India and Pakistan to settle the grave crisis stemming from India’s annexation of the disputed Kashmir region. In his regular media briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, Spokesman of the UN Secretary General, Stephane Dujarric, said: “Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a strong believer of [holding] dialogues.” The spokesman said the position of the United Nations on this region has been governed by the UN Charter and applicable Security Council resolutions.Read More
India fails as FATF satisfied over Pakistan in curbing money laundering
SYDNEY (DNA) – All Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Asia Pacific Group (APG) members – countries, jurisdictions or territories within the Asia-Pacific region committed to implementing and enforcing the global anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism (AML/CFT) safeguards established by the FATF – have expressed their satisfaction over Pakistan’s measures and strict implementation of laws for curbing money laundering. After adopting Pakistan’s third Mutual Evaluation Report (MER), the APG is expected to make public its assessment shortly. Sources familiar with the matter told the media on Thursday that Indian lobby’sRead More