Friday, February 5th, 2021
Comprehensive strategy formulated to modernize PR Department: Saman Rai
GUJRANWALA, FEB 5 (DNA) – Director General Public Relations Punjab Saman Rai has said that a comprehensive strategy has been formulated to modernize the public relations department. She expressed these views while addressing an introductory function. Director General Public Relations Punjab said, the role of the department is significant in publicizing government decisions, policies and various public welfare schemes. Training programs and refresher courses will be launched to enhance the capacity of the officers of the department, he said, adding that the public relations department is the most important institution toRead More
Ajax goalie handed 12-month ban over doping violation
ISTANBUL, FEB 5 – The UEFA has handed Ajax goalkeeper Andrea Onana a 12-month suspension for a doping violation, the Dutch football side confirmed. “On the morning of October 30, Onana was feeling unwell. He wanted to take a pill to ease the discomfort. Unknowingly, however, he took Lasimac, a drug that his wife had previously been prescribed. Onana’s confusion resulted in him mistakenly taking his wife’s medicine, ultimately causing this measure to be taken by UEFA against the goalkeeper,” Ajax said in a statement. “Furthermore, the disciplinary body of theRead More
Myanmar: Suu Kyi’s aide held as ASEAN urges democracy
JAKARTA, FEB 5 – The Myanmar authorities arrested an aide to the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official of her party said Friday. Win Htein, 79, a key figure in Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, was arrested in Yangon late Thursday night, the party member Aung Kyi Nyunt confirmed to Anadolu Agency. The aged man traveled around 367 kilometers (228 miles) from his home in the capital Nay Pyi Taw to the country’s largest city Yangon to stay with his daughter. The police raided the daughter’sRead More
Kashmir Solidarity Day at ICCI: Speakers reaffirm support for just struggle of Kashmiri people
ISLAMABAD, FEB 5 (DNA) – Sardar Masood Khan, President of Azad Kashmir said that celebrating Kashmir solidarity day in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir was a morale booster for Kashmiri people. He said that 200 million people of Pakistan were standing with Kashmiri people and would make every sacrifice for their right of self-determination. He said that we will destroy Indian extremists and India would never be able to crush the spirit of Kashmiri people for freedom. He said that the Pakistan has revived the Kashmir issue in UN and atRead More
For Pakistan, ‘Kashmir is matter of principle, not of territory’: President
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 05 (DNA): President Dr. Arif Alvi on Friday said the resolution of the Kashmir dispute as per the pledges of the United Nations was the “only option” to ensure peace in South Asia and asked New Delhi to stop unabated acts of genocide and demographic changes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “Pakistan has a clear message for India; Our relations cannot be improved without the resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the resolutions of UN Security Council,” the President said in his address atRead More
Indian HR violations in IHK a major hurdle for regional economic growth: PIAF chairman
LAHORE, FEB 5 (DNA) – The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) Chairman Mian Nauman Kabir has raised serious concerns over continuing human rights abuses and curfew like atmosphere in Indian Held Kashmir for a long time, saying successive ceasefire violations along the Line of Control by the Indian Forces is a serious threat to regional trade and economic prosperity. In a joint statement with vice chairman Javed Siddiqi, issued here on Friday to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day, he urged the United Nations to accord serious attention toRead More