Monday, January 25th, 2021
SCO Member States strengthen cooperation in education
Vladimir Norov On January 24, the SCO countries, like all states around the world, celebrate International Education Day. This day was established on December 3, 2018 at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in recognition of the important role of education in ensuring peace and sustainable development in the world. The relevant UN Resolution 73/25 stresses that education can increase individual productivity and economic growth potential, contribute to the eradication of poverty and hunger, and promote health and gender equality. The document also notes theRead More
Arsenal outcast Ozil joins Fenerbahce
Istanbul: Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has joined Fenerbahce on a three-and-a-half year deal after last playing for the Gunners in March, both clubs announced on Sunday. The 32-year-old German was omitted from Arsenal’s Premier League and Europa League squads this season and his reported deal on a weekly salary of £350,000 ($475,000) was set to expire at the end of the current campaign. “I’d like to thank the club for this amazing journey over the past seven-and-a-half years,” Ozil, who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, said in a statement. “Together we wonRead More
The English-Urdu debate
By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar The recent debate on social media about the importance of Urdu that was instigated following the viral video of two owners of a high-end restaurant defaming their manager brings various questions. The video clearly showed how the owners were making fun of their manager who could not speak English. Social media users instantly came forward to defend the manager and criticized the owners’ behaviors. While the retaliation from the social media users was correct in its context, perhaps we responded because this is who weRead More
Indian Republic Day: The Black Day for Kashmiris
Sajjad Shaukat On the one side, every year, 26th of January, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day, while, on the other side, the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir. Although apparently, India claims to be the largest democracy, acting upon the principles of liberalism and secularism, yet in practice, all political, economic and social fields ofRead More
1,629 fresh coronavirus cases reported across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan recorded as many as 1,629 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a single day with 23 more fatalities. According to the latest update released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 1,629 new cases emerged after 36,607 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has soared to 534,041 with addition of the fresh infections while the countrywide death toll jumped to 11,318. The NCOC said the positivity ratio of infections was recorded at 4.44 per cent. TheRead More