Sunday, September 20th, 2020
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to host PPP-led APC today
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will host the all parties conference (APC) in Islamabad today which will be addressed by co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif. The all parties conference (APC) will be attended by opposition parties for consulting over initiation of political movement against the incumbent government led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz will also deliver important speech in the event. Moreover, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Pashtunkhwa Milli AwamiRead More
Trump approves TikTok deal with Walmart and Oracle
Washington : US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he supported a deal in principle that would allow video-sharing application TikTok to continue to operate in the United States. Although his recent comments appeared to conflict with his earlier order for China’s ByteDance to divest the video app. ByteDance was racing to avoid a crackdown on TikTok after the US Commerce Department said on Friday it would block new downloads and updates to the app come Sunday. US officials had expressed concern that the personal data of as manyRead More
Pakistan, Kazakhstan businessmen mull over joint cooperation
Zahid Latif Khan briefs Kazakh counterparts abut Pakistan’s potential; both sides agree to sign MoU Shujat Hamza/DNA ISLAMABAD: Meeting between representatives of AIFC, AIE Kazakhstan and Representatives of ISE RME and PSX, Pakistan in Islamabad. Zahid Latif Khan Chairman ISE Towers REIT Management Co. (ISE RMC), Vice Chairman Pakistan Stock Exchange Broker Association, Chairman Zahid Latif Khan Securities, Corporate Brokerage Firm PSX welcomed the participants. Mr. James Martin, CEO of Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Business Connect (the business development arm of AIFC), Mr. Renat Bekturov CFO of theRead More
World should oppose US sanctions or expect the same: Iranian FM
Tehran : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday said that the world community should oppose the United States’ use of sanctions to impose its will as a “bully,” or expect to face sanctions itself. Separately the chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards rejected as a “bluff” any possibility of a military conflict with the United States. US President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order allowing him to impose US sanctions on anyone violating an arms embargo against Iran, which is set to expire in October, sourcesRead More
Opposition parties to hold power show in Islamabad today
ISLAMABAD: All the major opposition parties will sit together to devise an anti-government strategy at an All Parties Conference, hosted by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), at a five-star hotel in Islamabad today. PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari will also address the APC, attended by nearly a dozen political parties, via video link and it will be broadcast live on social media. “The PPP will provide a link on social media where the two leaders will deliver opening remarks,” the PPP said in a statement. ThisRead More