Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
China jails a billionaire
News Desk BEIJING: A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed a billionaire farming tycoon for 18 years on charges of “provoking trouble” after a two-week trial shrouded in secrecy. They included “gathering a crowd to attack state organs, obstructing government administration, and picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” The latter charge is a catch-all term often used by Chinese authorities against dissidents. Police arrested Sun in November along with as many as 20 relatives and business partners. The arrests came as his firm became embroiled in a land dispute with a state-owned rival.Read More
US very much engaged in Afghanistan: Blinken
New Delhi, (AFP/APP): Afghanistan would become a “pariah state” if the Taliban take control of the country by force and fail to respect the rights of its people, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. “An Afghanistan that does not respect the rights of its people, an Afghanistan that commits atrocities against its own people would become a pariah state,” Blinken told reporters in India. He said reports of “atrocities” committed by the Taliban in recent weeks as they made advances across the country were “deeply, deeply troubling”Read More
KSA, Pak to continue working for peace: COAS
The COAS thanked Saudi leadership for KSA’s support to Pakistan and its Armed Forces Staff Report RAWALPINDI, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday said the relations between KSA and Pakistan are based on bonds of brotherhood and mutual trust as both nations would continue to play their part for peace and stability. The Army Chief expressed these views during a call on paid by Foreign Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud here, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR)Read More
Taliban visit China to gain government support
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Taliban are expected to “play an important role in the process of peaceful reconciliation and reconstruction in Afghanistan” Special Report BEIJING: China told a visiting Taliban delegation on Wednesday it expected the insurgent group to play an important role in ending Afghanistan’s war and rebuilding the country, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Nine Taliban representatives met Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on a two-day visit during which the peace process and security issues were discussed, a TalibanRead More
Pak reports over 4000 cases after two months
The National Covid positivity ratio during past 24 hours was recorded 7.8 percent Khayam Abbasi ISLAMABAD, The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded as 56,952 on Wednesday with 4,119 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 7,020 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. Forty-four (44) corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 39 of whom were under treatment in the hospitals and five of them perished in their respective quarantines or homes, according to the latest update issued by theRead More
Asad eyes a million vaccinations every day
Zubair Ahmad ISLAMABAD, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar expressed the hope on Wednesday to cross the target of one million COVID vaccinations in one day. In his tweet, the minister who also heads National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that on July 27, a new record of daily vaccination in the country was set when 778,000 vaccines were carried out. “New record for first dose also… 5 lakh 61 thousand,” he added.