Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Police arrest seminary principal over alleged sexual assault
ISLAMABAD: Pirwadhai police on Monday arrested the principal of a seminary for allegedly sexually assaulting and torturing a minor girl, a day after the registration of a first information report (FIR) against the primary suspect and a female instructor. Rawal Division Superintendent of Police (SP) Ziauddin told Dawn.com that the suspect had obtained pre-arrest bail in the case. However, he was still arrested after two sections — 377-B (sexual abuse of a child) and 506(ii) (criminal intimidation) — were added to the FIR on the basis of a statement made by the victim’s mother.Read More
China to help Pakistan deal with terrorism
The spokesperson Wang Wenbin urged the Pakistan side to arrest the perpetrators of Gwadar blast and punish them as soon as possible BEIJING: China would continue to work with Pakistan to deal with the threat of terrorism and protect the safety of the Chinese people and personnel in Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Monday. “Terrorism is the common enemy of mankind. China firmly opposes any force using terrorism to seek geopolitical interests,” he said during his regular briefing held here. Expressing shock and condemning the attackRead More
United Kingdom reports 31,914 daily COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths
LONDON – Britain reported 31,914 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Monday, while a further 40 people were recorded as having died within 28 days of a positive test. The data compared with 32,253 cases reported on Sunday and 49 deaths.
China-Pakistan trade volume totals $12.56 billion in first half of 2021
BEIJING, AUG 23 (DNA) – Trade volume between China and Pakistan totalled US$ 12.56 billion in the first half of 2021, showing an increase of 1.6 times against the same period last year, Cheng Xizhong, Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Senior Fellow of the Charhar Institute said on Monday. According to the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China, trade volume between China and Pakistan has increased explosively against the global trend under the serious impact of the pandemic. In anRead More
Pakistan gets global attention for right climate actions: Amin
Islamabad, AUG 23 /DNA/ – Special Adviser to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam, has said that the climate change impacts are continuously creating global chaos and IPCC report has highlighted this reality quite elaborately. Therefore, climate action has become imperative to avert various kinds of disasters including frequent floods, droughts, wildfires, and heatwaves in different parts of the world. He was speaking as chief guest at a webinar ‘Ahead of COP 26: what IPCC report has for South Asia’ organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). “The voice of Pakistan is beingRead More
Bilawal reaches Karachi, to visit Punjab on Wednesday
KARACHI, AUG 23 (DNA) – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari returned to Pakistan from Dubai on Monday. According to a private news channel report, the PPP chairman was abroad on a private visit for a week. Bilawal reached Karachi from Dubai via foreign airline flight number EK-606. The PPP chairman would stay in Karachi for two days, later, he would fly for a Punjab tour. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was received at Bilawal House by PPP Balochistan President Mir Genghis Jamali and General Secretary Rozi KhanRead More