Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treaty
European lawmakers have approved the final ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom, nearly five years after Britain decided to leave the bloc. The deal, which was finalized on Christmas Eve, had already been ratified by the U.K. Parliament and conditionally came into force pending the European Parliament’s approval, which marks the final legal hurdle. Lawmakers at the European Parliament endorsed the free trade agreement by 660 votes in favor, 5 against, and 32 abstentions. The vote took place Tuesday but results were not announced until Wednesday morning. The U.K. had joined the bloc in 1973.Read More
Altaf Ahmad Bhat concerned over worsening condition of prisoners
DNA Srinagar, April 28: JK Salvation Movement chairman on Wednesday demanded release of political prisoners detained under Public Safety Act (PSA). He expressed his deep anguish and concern over the reported worsening condition of prisoners, saying the surge in COVID 19 cases has put their lives in danger .They are being ill-treated and subjected to mental and physical torture in jails. Altaf Ahmad Bhat said that as COVID cases are incresing in India, we feel the prisnores are facing life threat from virus .Jails are congested places and no properRead More
Highest single day deaths in Pakistan
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: – Pakistan has seen more than 200 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s deadliest day since the pandemic began last year, official data shows, as authorities contemplate imposing new lockdown restrictions. At least 201 deaths were reported by the authorities on Wednesday, taking the country’s death toll to 17,530, according to data from the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), which is overseeing the government’s pandemic response. There were 5,292 new cases of the coronavirus recorded, with active cases rising by 413 to 88,207, theRead More
Is this the vision PTI government has for PIA?” questions Sherry Rehman
DNA Islamabad, April 28, 2021: Addressing the government’s plan to split PIA into two firms, PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “Tabahi Sarkar has literally crashed PIA by compromising several Pakistani pilots with clean licenses, got the airline grounded in EU capitals after “Licensegate”, sold PIA assets abroad via crony shell firms and are now cannibalising “old PIA” to create new business ventures. This is a new low”. “About 2,000 PIA employees have been forced to take voluntary redundancy and now the plan is to layRead More
Shafqat Mehmood’s daughter Tara jumps on the meme bandwagon as Pakistan postpones exams
Renowned actress Tara Mehmood, who is also the daughter of Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood, couldn’t help herself from sharing a few memes related to her father, as Pakistan announced it was postponing exams on Tuesday. Tara shared a few interesting memes on the exam postponement decision taken by her father. Pakistani students, who have had a love-hate relationship with the education minister, flooded the internet with hilarious memes after Pakistan postponed exams given the present coronavirus situation. Students stormed Twitter to react to the decision. Although many wereRead More
Upcoming Biden-Erdoğan meeting ‘positive step forward’
ANKARA – A planned meeting in June between the American and Turkish presidents is a “good sign” towards resolving disagreements, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday. Speaking at a virtual gathering of the think tank the American Enterprise Institute, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie called Turkey “a longstanding” and “valued NATO partner,” saying the US has an Article 5 relationship with Turkey with NATO. The article states that any armed attack against one member of the NATO alliance is an attack against them all. His remarks came in response to a question on whether the increase in Turkey’sRead More