Monday, June 28th, 2021
Short Story: Rescue On The Sea
Zeenat Iqbal Hakimjee Very little has been written about the ancient coastal people of Lyari – the irrepressible Makranis – who take their name from the Makran coast of Sindh and, Balochistan, which also indicates a common history of the two provinces; the Makran coast constitutes the South-East of Iran and the South-West of Pakistan; a 1,000 km stretch along the Gulf of Oman from RA’s (cape) Al-Kuh, Iran (West of Jask), to the Lasbela District of Pakistan (near Karachi). The Makran coast is on the Arabian Sea, to the North-WestRead More
Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan AURESCU visits Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia
This was the first joint visit to the Eastern Neighbourhood by a group of European Foreign Ministers, coordinated with and mandated by the High Representative, Josep Borrell News Desk BUCHAREST: Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu issued a statement after his visit to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan along with his counterparts from Austria and Lithuania. Here is the text of his statement, ‘From the outset, I would like to express a well-deserved word of appreciation for our partners from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, for their warm hospitality and the excellent organizationRead More
Online Inauguration of the Alisher Navai Research Center
DNA ISLAMABAD: The Online Inauguration of the Alisher Navai Research Center at Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar & virtual Conference on, “Pakistan-Uzbekistan Historical and Cultural Connectivity was organized. The conference commenced with the address of H.E AybekArif Usmanov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Pakistan. He expressed his gratitude to Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad and Area Study Center (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar for honoring the legacy of Alisher Navai. He was of the view thatRead More
The New Settlers: Israel-Palestine Conflict
Jamal Akbar Prime Minister Netanyahu has served Israel for long 12 years, the longest ever tenure. While it comes to an end on Sunday, by a thin margin of 60-59 vote of confidence, Naftali Bennett, a high-tech millionaire took the claim. Only with the desire to focus on domestic issues, Bennett belongs to a right-wing nationalist party known as Yamina which makes it quite a mandate to follow in his coming tenure. This puts a question to the issue of Palestine which has been ongoing in the war zone fortheRead More
PM Imran committed to grant right of vote to overseas Pakistanis: Babar Awan
Islamabad : Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan has said Prime Minister Imran Khan is committed to grant the right of vote to the overseas Pakistanis. Addressing a joint press conference with Minister for State on Information Farrukh Habib in Islamabad today (Monday), he said that the right to vote is a fundamental right of the overseas Pakistanis. He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and his coalition partners believe in supremacy of constitution and rule of law. He said Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif wantsRead More
Uncertainty ahead of CTBCM April 2022 deadline
KARACHI : Ismail Suttar, President, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan(EFP), has expressed concerns about the lack of clarity on the specifics of the Competitive Trading Bilateral Contract (CTBCM) model. In a statement, Ismail Suttar said that in 2013 the CTBCM had already undergone multiple rounds of debate and discussion by stakeholders, and government officials but here we are still surrounded by uncertainty. The EFP Chief took a jibe at past bureaucrats for their inaction that has cost Pakistan billions of Rupees of loss to the tune of Rs. 2.5 trillion [andRead More