Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Masood Khan, Siraj-ul-Haque condemn Indian aggression in IOJK
DNA Islamabad, OCT 3 – Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, in a meeting with Siraj-ul-Haque, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, discussed in detail the human rights violations and rapid demographic changes taking place in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The President said that despite the condemnation of India’s moves on 5 August last year, India continues unabated with its plans to colonise and strengthen its illegal occupation of IOJK. He added that not only this, the India government is economically starving the Kashmiris by awarding existing businesses contracts of the KashmirisRead More
Pakistan’s participation in UN General Assembly Session: commitment to multilateralism, forceful diplomacy on IIOJK
DNA ISLAMABAD – Pakistan participated at the highest level in the opening segment of the UN General Assembly’s annual session from 21 September to 1 October 2020.This year’s session was of enhanced significance due to the United Nations75th anniversary celebrations. Prime Minister Imran Khan reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to multilateralism; exposed egregious violations of human rights and international law in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK); called for realization of the Kashimirs’ right to self-determination; and articulated Pakistan’s perspective on a host of contemporary global and regional challenges. The limitations imposedRead More
At least 15 killed in east Afghanistan car bomb attack
Jalalabad, OCT 3 – At least 15 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said. The explosion occurred at an administrative building that also housed some military facilities in the Ghani Khel district of Nangarhar province, the governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told. “The car bomb detonated at the entrance of the district headquarters building. Several armed attackers tried to enter the building after the attack but were killed by securityRead More
FPCCI seeks long-term strategy to cope with debt servicing challenge as loans reach GDP’s 87%
DNA KARACHI – As the country’s debt repayment capacity has been waning due to sole dependence on foreign loans the country’s apex chamber has sought a long-term strategy to cope with the challenge of debt servicing amidst huge domestic and foreign loans, which have increased to Rs36.3 trillion or 87 percent of the Gross Domestic Production. FPCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar, in a written statement, opposed the excessive borrowing policy of previous governments, as the present government has also added an additional Rs11.35 trillion in the total public debt duringRead More
Politicians should not hit the economy to settle scores
DNA ISLAMABAD – Former President ICCI Shahid Rasheed Butt on Saturday said politicians are criticising important projects to settle scores that amount to digging the grave for the economy. The LNG project is being criticised frequently which will scare away local and foreign investors which will be against the national interests as the advisor to PM on petroleum and some other officials have taken a lot of pain to use LNG to overcome the gas shortfall, he said. Shahid Rasheed Butt said that the efforts of the government has attracted aRead More
Nawaz Sharif should tell how he made assets: Shibli
ISLAMABAD, Oct 03 (DNA) :Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Saturday asked Nawaz Sharif to tell how he made assets and how he sent money abroad. In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, he said Nawaz Sharif was changing his ideology like changing weather. When Nawaz was out of power he became a revolutionary and when he was in power he became a dictator, he added. He said Nawaz should not take revenge from Pakistan because he was deprived of power.