Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
Pakistan should get regionally preferential treatment in Afghanistan: Zubair Motiwala, Chairman PAJCCI
Islamabad : In line with a series of meetings held by Ministry of Commerce pertinent to Afghanistan Pakistan bilateral trade and transit, PAJCCI was sought its recommendations on behalf of private sector. Khan Jan Alokozai, Co-Chairman PAJCCI lauded initiatives taken by Pakistan Government in line with proposals submitted by PAJCCI across the border, reflecting true sentiments of business community of both the countries. He urged that as a landlocked and under developed country, Afghanistan should get exclusive treatment while signing the PTA. Chairman PAJCCI, Zubair Motiwala reiterated that in lineRead More
Perils of Social Media and EU Report
Prof Badar Shahzad Social media helps people to isolate themselves in ideological niches by seeking and consuming only information consistent with their views. The internet helps eliminate the barriers of distance and creates a sense of community beyond borders. Acts of terror are promoted and shared and watched in real time like the mosque shooting in Christchurch which was live-streamed on Facebook. Online video games are used to entice and indoctrinate young players to hate ethnic minorities. The games are modified versions of classic videogames in which the original enemies were replaced withRead More
Pak-Canada ties growing, trade links strengthening, says Raza Bashir Tarar
Ottawa, 03 jan 2021 : Pakistan High Commissioner in Canada Raza Bashir Tarar has said that Pakistan and Canada enjoy good bilateral relations which will be further strengthened as the volume of trade and commerce between both the countries grows in coming years. Talking to a local Canadian television, Raza Bashir Tarar said the private sector was playing a leading role in driving the trade and investment ties between both the countries and the ease in the travel restrictions likely after the COVID-19 pandemic was over, was likely to giveRead More
A dozen US senators plan to overturn Joe Biden’s victory
WASHINGTON : In a final attempt to support Donald Trump´s efforts to undermine the US vote, a group of Republican senators said on Sunday they will challenge Joe Biden’s election win. The senators are led by veteran lawmaker Ted Cruz in an initiative, which appears certain to fail as it flies in the face of rulings in dozens of courts and the findings by officials in several key states, that there were no widespread voting problems. The Republicans’ statement, signed by Cruz and six other current senators along with fourRead More
Covid-19 claims 53 more lives, 2,272 new cases reported
ISLAMABAD : As many as 2,272 new cases of the coronavirus were reported across the country during the past 24 hours, pushing the national tally of infections to 486,634. According to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 53 more people died during this period, lifting the death toll from the highly contagious disease to 10,311. A total of 44,392 samples were tested, out of which 2,272 turned out to be positive. The national positivity ratio of infections was recorded at 5.11 per cent. ThereRead More