Saturday, September 11th, 2021
Noor Mukadam made six attempts to escape, save her life: police
ISLAMABAD: Noor Mukadam lost six life-saving opportunities due to the active connivance of the accomplices of the principal accused, Zahir Jaffer, in her murder, according to the investigation report of Islamabad police submitted to the trial court. “Her life could have been saved had the accomplices acted otherwise,” claimed the report commonly known as challan under section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The challan submitted to Additional District and Sessions Judge Atta Rabbani stated that Noor tried to escape twice from the illegal detention of Jaffer. However, due to collusionRead More
Sania keynotes South Asia COVID-19 Conference at Brown University
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 11 (DNA) – The School of Public Health and Center for Contemporary South at Brown University held a day-long conference on COVID-19 and South Asia. Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar, SAPM was invited to speak at the “Lunch Time Plenary: COVID-19 in Pakistan”. Dr. Sania shared lessons from Pakistan. Speakers from South Asia including those from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India joined virtually. Other speakers joined from Brown University; Yale University; and Harvard University, and civil society organizations. The “Lunch Time Plenary: COVID-19 in Pakistan” was followed aRead More
Mian Anjum asks government to put business and trade issues on priority list
KARACHI /DNA/ – The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar has warned of far higher trade deficit at the end of the current fiscal year 2021-22 than the targeted deficit of $28.4 billion fixed by the government, as trade figures are not as good as being shared by the authorities concerned. Mian Anjum Nisar said the country’s July-Aug trade deficit has widened 120 percent to $7.5 billion after imports witnessed a new historic peak, with exports growth not matching the pace despiteRead More
Abandoning Afghanistan will be a Mistake: NSA Moeed Yusuf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11 /DNA/ – Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Dr Moeed Yusuf has said that abandoning Afghanistan again by the international community will be a mistake. He was delivering the keynote address at an international webinar organized by the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS), Islamabad on ‘Future of Afghanistan and Regional Stability: Challenges, Opportunities & Way Forward.’ Dr Moeed Yusuf said that the world needs to constructively engage Afghan Taliban in order to prevent governance collapse and avert another refugee crisis. He said Pakistan was coordinating with theRead More
Moroccan king appoints RNI’s Akhannouch as head of new government
Morocco‘s King Mohammed VI on Friday appointed billionaire fuel tycoon Aziz Akhannouch as prime minister after his party came first in Wednesday’s parliamentary election. Akhannouch, a former agriculture minister, is one of Morocco’s richest men with a fortune estimated at about $2 billion. He has led the liberal RNI party since 2016. On Wednesday, RNI won 102 of the parliament’s 395 seats as the vote share of the PJD party that had been the biggest in the previous two elections collapsed. Under reforms introduced in 2011, the king picks the prime minister from theRead More
The grass of life praised by Xi Jinping will take root in Pakistan: Lin Zhanxi
BEIJING, Sep 11 (DNA): The grass of life praised by Xi Jinping will take root in Pakistan, said Lin Zhanxi, a Chinese scientist who has invented and developed the Juncao (fungi-grass) technology. Lin who has been praised by Xi told Gwadar Pro, that the Chinese President had sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum on the 20th Anniversary of Juncao Assistance and Sustainable Development Cooperation. PM Imran Khan also delivered a congratulatory video. “Developing the emerging industry, Juncao technology, is necessary for Pakistan to protect the ecological environment, increase employment, reduceRead More