Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
Gwadar Port provides a series of convenience measures for investors: Cheng Xizhong
DNA BEIJING, Jan 2 – As one of the pillars of CPEC, Gwadar Port provides a series of convenience measures for investors and paving the way of tourism for socio-economic development in Baluchistan, says a report published by Gwadar Pro on Saturday. The report quoting Chinese scholar Prof. Cheng Xizhong, stated that continuous development of CPEC, especially the construction of Gwadar Port, has brought new hope to Balochistan, which has been poor and backward for a long time and has also created conditions for the development of tourism and culturalRead More
Pakistan rejects inaccurate assertions by Indian MEA about Hindu temple incident
DNA ISLAMABAD – Pakistan categorically rejected completely unwarranted assertions by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in connection with the Hindu temple incident in Karak. This is not the first time the Indian Government has tried to feign concern for minority rights elsewhere while being the most egregious and persistent violator of minority rights itself. From discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to National Register of Citizens (NRC); from the Gujarat massacre of 2002 to the Delhi pogrom of 2020; from the reprehensible demolition of BabriMosque in 1992 to theRead More
ICCI calls for gearing up economic reforms process in 2021
DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 2 – Fatma Azim, Acting President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) said that the economic reforms process of the government was quite slow due to which recovery of business and economic activities was not picking up momentum up to desired level and stressed that the government should put the reforms process in fast gear to create a conducive environment for better growth of business activities. She said the Prime Minister has already announced that the new year will be the year of economic growth forRead More
Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty
AGENCIES NurSultan, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty by making permanent a nearly two-decade freeze on capital punishment in the authoritarian Central Asian country,a notice on the presidential website said Saturday. The notice said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had signed off on parliamentary ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — a document that commits signatories to the abolition of capital punishment. Executions were paused in Kazakhstan from 2003 but courts continued to sentence convicts to death in exceptional circumstances,including for crimes deemedRead More