September, 2020
Regional alliances
By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar The diplomatic relations between countries from across the South Asian region to North America have always been in the news. This is so because of the regional alliances that have been forging between countries. Where Pakistan and China have been moving forward with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Egypt has recently called for reviving its historic relations with Sri Lanka. The ties between China and India have been sour following the Ladakh crisis. It is yet to be seen how they willRead More
Monal hosts enchanting sun set event for diplomats
ISLAMABAD: (DNA)- CEO and Founder of Monal Group Luaqman Ali Afzal hosted a sun set dinner for the diplomats, at Monal Tree House, Pir Sohawa. It was a big diplomatic gathering in post-COVID times. A large number of diplomats from various European, Central Asian, African and American countries attended the event. Sun set dinner is Monal’s annual event that takes place either in September or first week of October. Through this event, diplomats are provided with an opportunity of witnessing enchanting view of sun set from Monal Tree House. Monal,Read More
Nawaz Sharif says won’t allow further mess in country
LAHORE/ KARACHI: Ousted prime minister and PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has claimed that his ouster from the premiership in 2017 was the result of ‘dubious accountability system and political victimisation’. In 2018, an accountability court sentenced the three-time premier to seven-year rigorous imprisonment after it found him guilty in Al-Azizia reference, one of the three graft cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in line with the apex court order. Prior to his sentence, the Supreme Court disqualified him in Panama Papers case and ordered NAB to file corruption referencesRead More
‘COAS Bajwa asked JUI-F to call off Azadi March, stop opposing action against Nawaz’
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Senate Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has said that army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had invited the JUI-F delegation for a meeting wherein he insisted that the party ‘calls off the Azadi March’ held against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. Haideri revealed that not only the army chief asked them to abort the anti-government protest, but he also urged them not to ‘interfere in what we [establishment] are doing with Nawaz Sharif’. In Oct, JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman led thousands of anti-government protesters in the name ofRead More
Minister demands Nawaz to share agenda of calls made to Modi from outside Pakistan
LAHORE, Sep 26 (DNA): Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday demanded the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif reveal the details of “number of calls” he allegedly made to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from “outside Pakistan” and also share the “agenda” of those calls. “Why did you call the head of the enemy state India from outside Pakistan? Did you feel threatened that your calls were against national security and would be leaked?” Rashid asked as he made the startling allegation in a press conference in Lahore. “NawazRead More
Govt planning pre-poll rigging in Gilgit-Baltistan: Ahsan Iqbal
LAHORE, Sep 26 (DNA): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said a new wave of NAB action against PML-N has been launched and accused government of planning pre-poll rigging in upcoming general election in Gilgit-Baltistan. Ahsan Iqbal, while addressing a news conference in Lahore, said that PML-N in first four years of its tenure set a world record by generating 11,000 MW of electricity. Economic growth had reached 6% during PML-N tenure, but today Pakistan has become the weakest economy in South Asia with negative growthRead More