September, 2020
World Alzheimer’s Day celebrated
September 21 marks the World Alzheimer’s Day, an international campaign to raise awareness and challenge stigma. To commemorate World Alzheimer’s Day, Alzheimer’s Pakistan in collaboration with Government College University, Lahore (GCU) organized a Seminar on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementias at GCU Auditorium. The theme of this years World Alzheimer’s Day is “Let’s talk about dementia” and through talking and conversation we’re looking to increase awareness and to tackle the stigma that still surrounds dementia globally and prevents people seeking out the information, advice, support and help that they need. Dementia is a collectiveRead More
WAPDA to increase share of hydropower in energy mix: Chairman
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEPT 21 – Lt. Gen. Muzammil Hussain (Retd), Chairman WAPDA said that the share of hydropower would gradually be increased in the total energy mix that would reduce the cost of doing business and facilitate the growth of business activities. He said this while exchanging views with a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry that called on him led by Muhammad Ahmed Waheed President ICCI. Saif ur Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Malik Sohail former Senior Vice President ICCI and Chief Coordinator FPCCI UBG and MuhammadRead More
SCO ensuring regional peace and stability
Current global trends, such as increased geopolitical tensions and the complex nature of threats and challenges, require a collective effort to create a fairer and more polycentric model of the world order. The experience of developing relations within the SCO, taking into account the big difference in mentality and views of peoples, is a fairly effective model of interaction between states in the international arena Vladimir Norov SPECIAL FOR DAILY ISLAMABAD POST Every year on 21 September, the international community celebrates the International Day of Peace. This Day was declaredRead More
Pakistan, Cyprus vow to cement bilateral ties
DNA Islamabad, 21 SEPT – Pakistan and Cyprus enjoy cordial historic relations in different areas of mutual interest including political, social and trade. There is a need to further cement bilateral ties through exchange of parliamentary and other delegations as there is a huge potential to boost these relations. Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani expressed these views while talking to Honorary Consul General of the republic of Cyprus who called on him here at Parliament House on Monday. Chairman Senate said that boosting the parliamentary relations would not lonely enhanceRead More
Why Opposition’s movement may prove barren?
COMMENT ANSAR BHATTI In my Sept 21 piece, I dwelled upon various factors that led to holding of the All Parties Conference or some would call is Multiparty Conference in Islamabad on September 20, 2020. This is not for the first time that the opposition parties have joined hands against government. Especially PPP and PML N have a history of forming alliances and then betraying each other. Analysts believe this time too history may repeat itself and these two main opposition parties once again leave each other in theRead More
Mubashar Choudry raises CSF issue with Armed Services Committee
Islamabad/DNA Renowned Pakistani American cardiologist Dr Mubashar Choudry raised the issue of Coalition Support Fund with the Vice Chairman of House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Anthony Brown. Dr Choudry raised this matter in a fundraiser arranged by a young Pakistani American politician for Congressman Anthony Brown. The United States has suspended “security assistance” to Pakistan in Jan 2018 for failing to take decisive action against Taliban militants targeting US personnel in neighboring Afghanistan. Since then, Pakistan has also not got any funds of CSF which the US pays to PakistanRead More