Thursday, June 24th, 2021
PAF is professional force: Air Chief
Islamabad : Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu says PAF is a professional force having capacity to timely respond to any nefarious design against the country. He said this during his visit to National Defence University, Islamabad to address the course participants. The Air Chief emphasized that our Armed Forces always remained poised to defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation. Speaking on prevailing security challenges and technological advancements, the Air Chief expressed his confidence in the combat potential of Pakistan ArmedRead More
PM expresses deep grief over sad demise of Talat Mahmood
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of one of his oldest friends Talat Mahmood. In a tweet on Thursday, he said that he is saddened by the death today of one of his oldest friends Talat Mahmood. Imran Khan said Talat Mahmood will be missed by all his friends. He said his condolences and prayers go to his family.
United States And Pakistan Launch Women’s Economic Empowerment Activity
PESHAWAR, June 24, 2021 : The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment Activity (WEEA). This five-year initiative supports the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to promote women’s social and economic empowerment through safe and dignified access to income opportunities, information, resources, and services. The WEEA program offers solutions for women, communities, and governments to address structural and socio-economic barriers that prevent women from fully participating in their communities. It also aims to reduce economic gaps and make progress toward genderRead More
Ivorian ex-PM rejects life sentence
Former Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro has rejected a verdict that sent him to prison for life. “I totally reject these unfair verdicts, which have been handed down in violation of all the rules of law, and which are solely based on political reasons,” he said, in a statement published on Twitter. He also said the aim of the trial had been to put an end to his political ambitions. According to him, the trial showed how the Ivorian judiciary could easily be manipulated by the executive branch of government.Read More
Aisam, his partner to face Djokovic, Gomez in ATP’s Mallorca semi-final
Karachi: Pakistan’s Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Austrian partner Oliver Marach will face World No.1 Novak Djokovic and Carlos Gomez-Herrera in the Mallorca ATP semi-final. The match is scheduled to take place at 4.30 pm. Aisam and Marach defeated duo of Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Adrian Mannarino by 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile, Djokovic and Gomez-Herrera defeated top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 10-8.
China strongly rejects USA’s investigation linking China with coronavirous
BEIJING, June 24 : China is furious at President Biden’s request that the CIA investigates China’s link to the virus. According to a report carried by Gwadar Pro, Shabana Syed a print and TV journalist based in Britain in an article referred to a writeup published in China’s ‘Global Times’, that has likened Biden’s search for origins of the pandemic to the US’s efforts to find Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction, though fabricated dossiers. The report says, China has accused the US of taking a ‘dangerous stance’ and warned WashingtonRead More