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Tuesday, January 12th, 2021

 

China’s Model of Development: Lessons for Pakistan

Ambassador® Syed Hasan Javed                                                         Brief Introduction of the Book The Book gives an eye witness account of China’s astounding transformation from 1979 to 2019, with a Postscript on how China dealt so successfully with Corona Virus Pandemic in 2020. The Author has spent a decade in China in two diplomatic assignments in Pakistan Embassy in Beijing during two epoch making eras of 1980-1987 and 2001-2003. He has also visited China subsequently more than a dozen times. He has witnessed personally from Ground zero and the vantage point of Beijing,Read More


Pakistani students sets record of scaling 7,324m peak in winter

ISLAMABAD – Saad Munawar, a student of MS Information Systems at ‘NUST Military College of Signals,’ has set a new record by scaling ‘Yazghil Sar Peak’ in the Hispar Muztagh sub-range of the Karakorum mountain range in winter. Leading a team of five mountaineers, Saad climbed the 7,324 meters (24,028 ft), which is the 87th highest peak in the world and 37th in Pakistan, on Sunday.All of them managed to reach the peak, cementing their names in the record books, as no one had dared perform this task in winters.Read More


$1.3 billion sought to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of life-saving assistance as a result of decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, and the added health and socio-economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The number of people targeted for assistance was over a six-fold increase compared to four years ago, when 2.3 million people were targeted for assistance, according to Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General.  The situation of children was particularly worrying, he said.  Read More


President asks NAVTTC to design special training modules for disabled

ISLAMABAD, JAN 12 (DNA) – President Dr. Arif Alvi has stressed the need for providing marketable skills to persons with disabilities (PWDs) and asked National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) to design special training modules. Chairing a meeting on vocational training for differently-abled persons here at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President stressed providing these people skilled-based training so that they could contribute to the development of society. The President emphasized the need for financial inclusion of PWDs as well as bringing them into mainstream of education system. He said that the financialRead More


Cricket Committee gives Misbah, Waqar benefit of doubt, expresses ‘dissatisfaction’ over squad’s performance

The Pakistan Cricket Board’s Cricket Committee on Tuesday recommended head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis’s retention but expressed dissatisfaction over the team’s performance against New Zealand in the recent series. The coaches were under fire after the Kiwis thrashed Pakistan, with the Men In Green winning only one out of three T20Is, and losing all matches of the Test series. Heading into today’s meeting, speculation was rife that Misbah and Waqar’s jobs could be on the line if committee members were to be unimpressed with their explanations, according to GeoRead More


Chairman reviews overall performance of NAB

DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 12 – Justice (R) Javed Iqbal Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review performance of NAB at NAB Headquarters. Mr. Hussain Asghar, Deputy Chairman NAB, Asghar Haider, Prosecutor General Accountability, Zahir Shah, Director General operations attended the meeting whereas all DGs of regional bureaus attended the meeting via video link. The meeting reviewed the overall performance of NAB Headquarters and all regional bureaus especially under trial cases in respected courts and decided that effective oversight as well as further improving the standard and quality of complaint verifications, inquiriesRead More