Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
UN Security Council to meet over occupied Kashmir, LoC tensions
NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will meet today to discuss the alarming human rights situation in Indian occupied Kashmir, Radio Pakistan reported. According to sources, the ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India will also be discussed in the meeting. This is the second time in less than six months that the UN body is going to discuss the issue of occupied Kashmir. In August last year, the Security Council had, for first time in over five decades, met to discuss the critical human rights situation in theRead More
5 more bodies recovered as death toll from Neelum Valley avalanche rises to 73
ISLAMABAD: Five more bodies were recovered from the Neelum Valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the death toll from an avalanche that had struck a day earlier rose to 73. According to the State Disaster Management Authority, 22 shops and more than a hundred houses were struck as a result of the avalanche, with at least 91 houses completely destroyed and 101 partially damaged. The cold snap that caused the avalanche is likely to continue today. Avalanches, flooding and extreme weather conditions have claimed moreRead More
China’s Xi visits Myanmar to drive home Belt and Road plan
MYITSONE JAN 15 (DNA) – China’s President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar this week to nail down multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals in a country abandoned by many in the West appalled at the “genocide” of Rohingya Muslims on leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s watch. Xi’s two-day visit, his first as president, will seek to cement Beijing’s position as Myanmar’s largest investor and strategic partner. The much-trumpeted China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) aims to connect the Middle Kingdom to the Indian Ocean, a key route in Beijing’s Belt and Road InitiativeRead More
PSX shares edge lower
KARACHI JAN 15 (DNA) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday appears to remain in search of direction for the third day in the absence of positive triggers for continuing its overall bullish journey. The stock market’s benchmark KSE-100 Share Index dropped 176.78 points or 0.41 percent and hit 43,030.26 points at 9.44 am. So far, the intraday high of 43,239.88 points has been observed after which negative sentiments have been prevailing. Short-term investors have been booking profits while reducing their intraday positions. The Index today opened atRead More
China tops Pakistan imports list in five months of FY20
China remained at the top in the list of Pakistan imports with total USD 4025.177 million during first five months of the current fiscal year FY20 followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore. During the month of November last year, the total imports by Pakistan from China witnessed a negative growth of 5.49 percent as compared to imports worth USD 4259.085 million in the same time last year, according to the data issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). From the UAE, Pakistan imported goodsRead More
Babar Azam makes it to ICC ODI Team of the Year
DUBAI JAN 15 (DNA) – Pakistan’s Babar Azam has made it to the ICC ODI Team of the Year, joining the likes of Indian captain Virat Kohli, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and others, reported an official media release by the ICC. England all-rounder Ben Stokes won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year after a fabulous 12 months that saw him play a decisive role in England’s dramatic victory at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 along with a host of otherRead More