Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
India will not discard ill-intentions against Pakistan even if we drop Kashmir: AJK President
MUZAFFARABAD, AUG 10 /DNA/ – The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Masood Khan has said that the history of the past 73 years bears testimony that even if we drop Kashmir, India will not discard its nefarious intentions against Pakistan. In a detailed article he wrote for a Pakistani news web portal and its print edition, he said that we have to squash the myth that Kashmir is responsible for the slow economic growth of Pakistan. The AJK President stated that Kashmir is not responsible for theRead More
Decision to keep Pakistan on red list based on ‘data and science’: UK
LONDON, AUG 10: The British High Commission in Pakistan on Monday said that the decision to keep the country on the red list, under the coronavirus travel restrictions, was based on data and science. The British government placed Pakistan and India on the red list on April 2 and 19, respectively. However, in an updated list, the government announced that India, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE would be moved to the amber list from August 8. A day earlier it was reported that UK senior health official JO Churchill saidRead More
Pakistan rejects report of ‘cracking down’ on dissidents abroad
ISLAMABAD, AUG 10: Pakistan on Tuesday “categorically rejected” a foreign media report claiming the country was cracking down on dissidents abroad, with the Foreign Office terming such accusations baseless. The FO, responding to the report published in The Guardian, said there was no question of any threat being made to any national of any state including Pakistan’s own nationals living anywhere on any pretext whatsoever. The report had claimed that exiled Pakistanis who were critical of the military had been warned by UK authorities “that they will be targeted”. “Pakistan, a strong UKRead More
New face for aging CPEC challenges
Munir Ahmed About a week back, the government appointed an energy specialist and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hub Power Company Limited Khalid Mansoor as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on CPEC Affairs. His appointment took place just a month after his resignation from the Hub Power Company soon after it was paid off around Rs 23 billion by the government. Khalid Mansoor, CEO of the first IPP in Pakistan under Power Policy 1995, had played a key role in striking a deal for the IPP withRead More
US, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa partner to prevent illegal crop production
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 — On August 9, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Planning and Development Department (P&D) celebrated the successful completion of a crop control and area development project worth $4.2 million that benefitted more than 4,500 families from the Bajaur, Khyber, and Mohmand districts. At the same event, partners celebrated the launch of a new project worth $1.3 million that will benefit farming communities from the Torghar district. Director of the U.S. Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) team Mark Tervakoski and DirectorRead More
Pakistan is interpretation of dreams of Muslims of the subcontinent: Wajia Akram
RAWALPINDI /DNA/ – Punjab Arts Council displayed a photo exhibition on Tehreek-e-Pakistan under the title ’Umeed Ka Safar. The special guest of the exhibition was Wajiha Akram, Member National Assembly and Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education. The exhibition features photographs based on the struggle for Tehreek-e-Pakistan from 1857 to 1947. The arrival of refugees in Pakistan after independence in 1947 and the atrocities along the way are also on display. While addressing the ceremoney, Member National Assembly Wajiha Akram said that Pakistan is the interpretation of the dreams of theRead More