Monday, June 1st, 2020
China threatens to ‘counter-attack’ US
Beijing warned Washington Monday of retaliation after President Donald Trump announced restrictions on Chinese students in the US in protest over a new national security law in Hong Kong. Trump said Friday that the United States would ban some Chinese graduate students and start reversing Hong Kong’s special status in customs and other areas, as Beijing moves ahead with a plan to impose a controversial security law. The US president said the Chinese government had been “diminishing the city’s longstanding and very proud status”. But China reacted angrily to theRead More
Youth conference highlights ways to meet UN development goals
The world continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic and the number of cases and deaths rise by the day. A two-day International Youth Conference was organised to discuss the issues that have cropped up due to the pandemic. Thousands of young people from across the world registered for the event “Regeneration: Youth Leadership in Rebuilding a Post-COVID-19 Sustainable World with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. It was organised by IAAI GloCha – Uniting the World in Global Challenges Action, Generation Next – Voice of Youth, The Big Picture Pk andRead More
Iran not involved in destruction of Sunnis shrines in Syria
ISLAMABAD, JUN 1 (DNA) – The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the news of the destruction of the holy shrines of the Sunnis in Syria and its connection with this Islamic Republic as a vicious scenario and a pre-planned conspiracy, and strongly rejects it. Undoubtedly, the publication of such fake news is an attempt to create divisions among the followers of Islamic sects and to provoke public opinions, feelings and emotions; this only benefits the international Zionism and enemies of the Muslim world. It is emphasized thatRead More
Law Minister Farogh Naseem resigns to represent govt in court
ISLAMABAD, JUN 1 – Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem resigned on Monday in order to represent the government in a Supreme Court case. According to the law, a sitting minister cannot appear in court as a lawyer, as their licence is cancelled during their tenure. Naseem had mentioned wanting the represent the government during the last hearing of the Justice Qazi Faez Isa presidential reference case. The court reminded him of this rule and said he must resign if he wants to represent the government. This is not the firstRead More
Govt decision of massive cut in petroleum products lauded
RAWALPINDI, JUNE 1 (DNA) – Civil society members while highly admiring the PTI government’s decision of massive cut in petroleum products’ prices have demanded to shift this relief to common man by reducing fares of transport, homes, shops and all other things including daily used commodities. This demand was made by the representatives of NGOs who assembled here in PTI Public Secretariat, Amn House Peshawar Road Rawalpindi Cantt during a meeting chaired by the advisor to President PTI North Punjab Haji Mohammad Gulzar Awan. The meeting also took various decisionRead More
Cuba condemns terrorism and political manipulation
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states its strong rejection of the slanderous inclusion of Cuba in a US State Department list of countries, which are allegedly not cooperating fully with US efforts against terrorism that was made public on May 13, 2020 and that was strongly rejected by President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Bermúdez. It is a unilateral and arbitrary listing without any base, authority or International support whatsoever which, as it is known, only aids to the intentions toRead More