Friday, November 27th, 2020
Pakistan says Kashmir permanent feature of OIC agenda

ISLAMABAD : The Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed India’s “false propaganda and disinformation campaign”, saying that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was a permanent feature on the agenda of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). FO Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, in his weekly press briefing, passed the remarks in response to the reports that the OIC agenda available online had no mention of Kashmir among the issues that were to be discussed. “Kashmir dispute remains a permanent item on the OIC’s agenda and the organisation has been unambiguously pronouncing itselfRead More
Indian Navy pilot missing after MiG-29K crashes in sea

NEW DELHI: An Indian navy pilot is missing after a MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashed into the sea on Thursday. According to the Indian publication, one of the pilots has been rescued in the accident that occurred at 5pm on Thursday. “One pilot recovered and search by air and surface units in progress for the second pilot,” the report said quoting officials. The publication reported that the Indian Navy has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Officials told the publication that jet had taken off for a sortie from India’s onlyRead More
Number of critically ill Covid-19 patients rising sharply, NCOC informed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity ratio stands at 7.20 per cent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Friday. A meeting of the NCOC with Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar in the chair was informed today that the highest test positivity rate was recorded in Peshawar at 19.65 %, followed by Karachi at 17.73%, and Hyderabad at 16.32 %. The NCOC was briefed that Pakistan’s positivity ratio has soared to 7.20 per cent lately. Sindh recorded the highest positivity ratio at 13.25%, followed by 10.79% witnessed in AzadRead More
‘Pakistani players mingled, shared food while in isolation’ NZ health director

Karachi : New Zealand’s Director-general Health Ashley Bloomfield has stated that several members of the Pakistan squad were caught ‘mingling’ in hallways while in managed isolation at Christchurch’s Chateau on the Park hotel. While talking to RNZ’s Morning Report, Bloomfield said that their behavior was unacceptable and CCTV showed the players had not been abiding by the arrangements that had been clearly set out for them. “Rather than being in their own rooms which is a requirement for that first three days, until that first test comes back, there was some mingling in the hallways,Read More
Pakistan records 3,113 COVID-19 cases, 54 deaths in 24 hours: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded fresh 3,313 COVID-19 cases and 54 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 54 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 7,897. 1,489 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,112 patients are in critical condition. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 389,311, whereas, the active cases stoodRead More
G-B is going to grow

By Mehr Ispahani Historically, what we used to call the ‘Gilgit Agency’ was made up of the princely states of Hunza and Nagar, the smaller entities of Chilas, Koh Ghizr, Ishkoman, Yasin and Punial, and the Gilgit Wazarat. Out of these territories, only the Gilgit Wazarat formed a part of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, while the other areas were under the paramountcy of the British government. The British had been instrumental in pacifying this area, and even helped the Kashmir darbar establish its writ in parts of itsRead More