Friday, August 6th, 2021
China slams U.S. offer of ‘safe haven’ for Hong Kong residents as interference
BEIJING – China‘s Foreign Ministry on Friday attacked a U.S. offer of temporary refuge for people from Hong Kong as a “vain attempt to stigmatize” the semi-autonomous southern city and China‘s central government. The statement from the ministry’s office in Hong Kong came hours after President Joe Biden made the offer in response to Beijing’s increasing moves to tighten its control and crush the pro-democracy opposition. Biden signed a memorandum allowing people from Hong Kong currently residing in the United States to live and work in the country for 18 months, in direct response to Hong Kong‘s sweeping new national security law andRead More
COMSTECH organizes lecture on drug discovery for leishmaniasis
ISLAMABAD, AUG 6 /DNA/ – Lecture on protozoan drug discovery: Old drugs, new targets and mining for novelty، delivered online by Professor Paul W. Denny, Professor in Biosciences Department, University of Durham, United Kingdom. This was a second lecture of COMSTECH-NTD Network joint lecture series. Prof. Paul said that it is very important initiative to engage with COMSTECH, it is very important to reach out beyond the consortium to other countries and individuals who are interested in and suffering burden of neglected tropical diseases, which we are trying to mitigate.Read More
RCCI inks MoU with Hamdard University
Rawalpindi, AUG 6 /DNA/ – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and Hamdard University. The purpose of the MOU was to strengthen industry-academy linkages and provide scholarship access and internship facility to deserving students. RCCI president Mohammad Nasir Mirza and Mueen Batlay from Hamdard Univeristy signed and exchanged the mou document at a ceremony held in Chamber House Rawalpindi here on Friday. RCCI president Nasir Mirza said that the RCCI has MoUs with more than 20 universities and colleges.Read More
SC censures Punjab police over Hindu temple desecration, orders ‘immediate arrests’ of culprits
ISLAMABAD, AUG 6: The Supreme Court on Friday censured Punjab police for failing to safeguard the Hindu temple that was attacked by a mob in Rahim Yar Khan two days ago, and ordered immediate arrests of the culprits as well as temple’s restoration. On Wednesday, hundreds of people had vandalised the temple in Bhong and blocked the Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5) after a nine-year-old Hindu boy — who allegedly urinated in a local seminary — was granted bail by a local court. On Thursday, the apex court took suo motu notice of theRead More
Hashoo School of Hospitality Management joins hands with LCS
ISLAMABAD, AUG 6: /DNA/ – Hashoo School of Hospitality Management (HSHM) has collaborated Lahore Consultancy Services(LCS) a sister company of BlueSky Students Consultancy Services to promote Pakistan’s first premier hospitality and tourism management institute. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed byMaj (Retd) Faisal Naeem Khan, Director Education, Hashoo School of Hospitality Management and Ms Aroosha Qamar Director Operations and Mr. Muhammad Aslam Khan Lohdi, Director Marketing and Development from Lahore Consultancy Services in PC Hotel, Lahore. HSHM is Pakistan’s first premier hospitality and tourism management schoolRead More
PM Imran, Gen. Bajwa visit Peshawar Corps Headquarters
ISLAMABAD, AUG 6: /DNA/ – Prime Minister Imran Khan and General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), visited Peshawar Corps Headquarters today. Governor and Chief Minister KP accompanied PM. Upon arrival, PM laid floral wreath at the Martyrs’ Monument. He was briefed in detail about prevalent security situation, ongoing stabilisation operations, fencing along Pak-Afghan Border and socio-economic development projects being undertaken in Newly Merged Districts (NMDs). PM was also apprised on various contingencies planned to tackle the evolving security situation along Pak-Afghan International Border. PM expressed his satisfactionRead More