Sunday, April 25th, 2021
India asks Twitter to block COVID posts
NEW DELHI: Twitter Inc. has removed or restricted access to more than 50 posts in the past one month at the behest of the Indian government, including tweets that criticised its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Express newspaper reported. Other posts that were removed showed pictures and videos of a recent attack in Chhattisgarh carried out by Maoist guerrillas, the paper reported, citing disclosures made by the social media platform to the Lumen Database, which collects and analyses legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials.
Pakistan- UK relations sour
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Britain have gone through a strain on the issue of deportation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Diplomatic sources said that some of the recent tensions have been caused when Pakistan refused to hand over some of the criminals who were needed in UK for prosecution. “Pakistan has stopped any cooperation to hand over criminals to UK because British authorities are not cooperating to deport Nawaz Sharif” sources informed. These sources maintained that Prime Minister Imran Khan has also shown his displeasure over UK’s lackRead More
Rizwan, Hasan star as Pakistan clinch T20I series against Zimbabwe
Outstanding performances from Rizwan and Hasan Ali helped Pakistan in securing a victory in the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday. While chasing a par total of 166 in the third T20I, the home team put on a brilliant batting display but still ended up 24 runs short as they managed to score 141 in their allotted 20 overs at the expense of seven wickets. Opener Wesley Madhevere finished the innings with the top score of 59 off 47 balls with the help of seven fours. ForRead More
Turkey to respond in time to U.S. move on 1915 events: Erdoğan aide
ANKARA, APR 25 – U.S. President Joe Biden‘s declaration that the 1915 events during the Ottoman Empire period constituted genocide is “simply outrageous” and Turkey will respond in various ways over the coming months, Turkey’s presidential spokesman said on Sunday. Biden broke on Saturday with decades of carefully calibrated White House comments over the 1915 events, delighting Armenia and its diaspora in the United States but further straining ties between Washington and Ankara, two NATO allies. “There will be a reaction of different forms and kinds and degrees in coming days and months,” Ibrahim Kalın — the presidential spokesman and adviser — toldRead More
150 Prominent Citizens Demand Withdrawal of HEC (Amendment) Ordinance
DNA Islamabad, APR 25 – 150 prominent academics and civil society leaders have written a strongly worded open letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan demanding the withdrawal of the HEC amendment ordinance and restoration of the HEC as an independent national regulatory body. The government promulgated the HEC (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 on 25 March 2021, through which the tenure of the Chairperson was reduced from 4 to 2 years, the current Chair, Dr. Tariq Banuri, was removed from his position, and HEC was placed under the Federal Ministry of Education. Read More
Speakers at special webinar pay rich homage to I. A. Rehman
ISLAMABAD, APR 25 (DNA) – The speakers during a special webinar paid a rich homage to I. A. Rehman, Pakistan’s iconic human rights activist and journalist, while terming his death as a huge loss for the country. The webinar ‘Remembering the work and life of I. A. Rehman’ was held by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI. Secretary General, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Harris Khalique, while highlighting the diverse aspects of the life of late I. A. Rehman, said that Mr Rehman had the quality of conveying his stanceRead More