Friday, April 10th, 2020
Illegal Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh: A Critical Review
Somehow, with the hidden help of its allies, Armenia succeeded to capture 20 percent territories of Azerbaijan and brutally killed/assassinated 30,000 of its people and one million were forced to leave their houses in the occupied lands. According to the government data, around 4,000 citizens of Azerbaijan, including 265 women and 67 children are still in captivity of Armenia in the wake of war. Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan Although elections are one of the important “trinity” of modern democratic system but illegal elections only “provoke” social disharmony, political derailing, economic insecurityRead More
COVID-19 is an opportunity to reform social sector polices, WB Country Director
ISLAMABAD, APR 10 (DNA) – Every crisis presents an opportunity, whereas COVID-19 provided the world and Pakistan an opportunity to reform the social sector policies and to initiate the structural reforms in institutions that need to be concurrently happen which were delayed for years now. World Bank, Country Director of Pakistan, Illango Patchamuthu express these views during an online COVID-19 Policy Response Dialogue titled “World Bank’s support to Pakistan in Responding to Covid-19”, organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Islamabad. He said that we are working on howRead More
Parliament and the pandemic: in-depth analysis
As part of the first-step lockdown and air travel bans, Pakistan’s parliament, both the upper and lower Houses, are in forced recess, understandably missing their scheduled calendar dates for sessions. Sherry Rehman As global coronavirus cases passed the million mark on Thursday, the world struggles to cope with containment and mitigation without any roadmaps for such a pandemic. With the situation in Pakistan still at a stage where the virus is spreading without knowledge or capacity to test, isolate, treat, the necessity of harsh lockdowns confronts every sector of theRead More
NDMA brings procured medical equipment from China
ISLAMABAD, APR 10 (DNA) – National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) brings its procured consignment of medical goods and protective equipment from China through Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft. According to NDMA spokesperson, this cache of goods was not the aid from China rather these goods were purchased by NDMA to expand the health sector’s capacity to deal with the Corona virus pandemic. The equipment was purchased through a $50 million grant from the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) and the Asian Development Bank, he added. The goods brought fromRead More
CJP takes suo motu notice over ‘insufficient facilities’ to fight coronavirus
ISLAMABAD, APR 10 (DNA) – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Friday took first suo motu notice over ‘insufficient facilities’ in the country to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. A five-member larger bench headed by CJP Gulzar will commence hearing into the matter on April 13. CJP Justice Gulzar also issued notices to the Attorney General, Health Secretary and Interior Secretary. Besides, the Chief Justice also summoned all the Chief Secretaries and Advocate Generals of the four provinces. Justice Gulzar also sought details of facilities inRead More
Faisalabad women complain of mistreatment during distribution of Ehsaas fund
FAISALABAD , APR 10 – Women recipients of the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme have claimed that they were mistreated by the police when they went to collect the cash from different counters in Faisalabad. A woman, identified as Farzana Bibi, started crying while speaking to SAMAA TV about her experience. The police pushed us and slapped us, she claimed. “Is this how we treat the country’s poor?” They have turned our misery into a joke, she added. The woman was describing the scenes at the cash counter in Mandi Quarters. At RehmatRead More