August, 2020
Coronavirus claims six more lives, infects 445 people
KARACHI : Pakistan reported 445 new coronavirus cases and six deaths over the previous 24 hours, lifting the number of infections to 294, 638, and fatalities to 6,274. According to latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 445 new cases were detected when 23,441 samples were tested during this period across the country. The number of active coronavirus cases has gone down to 8,803 as 279,561 patients have recuperated from the disease. 1,076 patients are under treatment in 735 hospitals across the country, out of whomRead More
Pakistan rejects so-called Indian “Charge Sheet”
DNA ISLAMABAD, AUG 26 – Pakistan categorically rejects the so-called “charge sheet” by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), which mischievously attempts to implicate Pakistan in the Pulwama attack in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) last year. The fabrications in the reported “charge sheet” are patently designed to further the BJP’s anti-Pakistan rhetoric and its narrow domestic political interests. At the outset, Pakistan had rejected India’s baseless allegations and expressed readiness to extend cooperation on the basis of any actionable information. India failed to provide any credible evidenceRead More
Need for Bold Initiative for Resolving Kashmir Conflict
Iqbal Khan India’s contentions about Jammu and Kashmir being the so-called “integral and inalienable part” of India and an “internal affair” do not go beyond side-splitting fiction, which stands contrary to historical and legal facts and in violation of the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions. India must, at the earliest, vacate its illegal and forcible occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and let the Kashmiris exercise their inalienable right to self-determination through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the United Nations asRead More
Pak-US ties beneficial for the region: FM Qureshi
ISLAMABAD, AUG 26 (DNA) – The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that a strong Pakistan-US relationship is mutually beneficial and important for peace and stability in the region and beyond. Taking to the US Charge d’ Affaires Ambassador Paul Jones who paid a farewell call on him in Islamabad on Wednesday, the minister appreciated his efforts in building the Pakistan-US bilateral relationship during the last two years. The foreign minister said that Pakistan has played an important role in the Afghan peace and reconciliation process. Shah Mahmood QureshiRead More
Restructure foreign policy to resolve Kashmir issue: experts
DNA ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan may both be disinterested in speaking to one another, but South Asia needs its perennial challenges to be resolved, including the Kashmir issue. Pakistan needs to renew its commitment to creating options on Kashmir and overturn India’s strategy of containment, stated Senator Sherry Rehman at Jinnah Institute’s policy roundtable discussion titled, ‘Stocktaking Prospects for Stability in South Asia’ on Wednesday, 26th August, 2020. Prominent foreign policy experts and existing and former government functionaries gathered a local hotel to discuss the future of Kashmir a yearRead More
Over 50 Pakistanis awarded Chevening scholarship 2020/21
ISLAMABAD, AUG 26 (DNA) – This is a record year for Chevening Pakistan – for the first time in the history of the scholarship programme, more than half of the 53 selected scholars are female. Out of 58% of the selected female scholars, 10% of them are from Baluchistan. The number of female scholars has increased by 20% up from 38% last year. Chevening Pakistan received over 3,500 applications for the academic year 2020/21 and conducted over 230 interviews to select the best and the brightest scholars from across allRead More