Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
Indians behind cancellation of NZ tour
Ansar Bhatti ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has regretted that a fake threat alert was created from India to get the New Zealand tour of Pakistan cancelled. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday along with Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, he said the international bodies including the International Cricket Council (ICC) should take notice of it. He said we are approaching the interpol to get the matter investigated of the fake post and emails that were generated from India to threaten New Zealand team.Read More
Three Brothers exercise ends in Baku
DNA BAKU; Trilateral Exercise Three Brothers – 2021 culminated at Baku, Azerbaijan. Special forces of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan participated in the exercise. The two weeks long exercise was focused on the capability to counter regional terrorism threats in a hybrid scenario, fostering combined force interoperability, joint force integration and enhance capabilities in amphibious operations. The chief guest of final exercise was Azerbaijan Minister of Defence Zakir Hasanov. Also in attendance were Services Chief of Azerbaijan, Commander of Special Forces Azerbaijan, General Hikmat Mirzayev along with observers from Kazakhstan andRead More
Pakistan desires stronger ties with the regional countries
CGSS conducts second day of Eurasian international conference DNA PESHAWAR: Two sessions were conducted on the second day of the two-day international conference (21st-22nd September) on ‘’Pakistan – Eurasian Heartland Connectivity: Towards Socio-Economic, Academic, and Legal Cooperation’’ held at Area Study Center (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar, Peshawar. The main goal of the International Conference was to enhance closer cooperation and connectivity within Eurasian countries. The objective was to deliberate upon the ways and means for enhancing trade, economic, cultural, educational, and industrial links between Pakistan and theRead More
UN warns against return to Mozambique attack-hit areas
The United Nations is urging “caution” over people returning to the restive northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. It says it is still unclear whether the ongoing military operation has reduced jihadist groups’ capacity to stage attacks there “as their presence and fighting continues in certain locations and civil authorities have not yet been re-established”. The caution by the UN’s Department of Safety and Security comes at a time when authorities have been encouraging people displaced by the attacks to return home. Joint Mozambican, Rwandan and other forces operating inRead More
Nkengasong ‘to leave Africa CDC for US job’
Dr John Nkengasong, the head of Africa CDC, the agency leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to leave the position, the New York Times reports. The paper says the Cameroonian virologist has been picked by the US government to lead the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) Launched in 2003 by former US President George Bush, Pepfar runs a $7bn (£5bn) operation, funds and sets goals for Aids care in many nations, most of them in Africa. Mr Nkengasong, who was named among TIMES Most InfluentialRead More
Experts call for Pak-China cooperation on decarbonisation
BEIJING, Sept. 22 (DNA): Experts called for Pak-China cooperation on decarbonisation to achieve the target of global carbon emission. According to China Economic Net, “Belt and Road (BRI) countries account for over 60% of global carbon emission. Faced with the prominent common challenge of climate change, a BRI carbon market could be introduced to reduce the overall emission of BRI countries”, proposed Zhang Jianyu, Executive Director of the BRI Green Development Institute, in a recent conference on carbon peak and carbon neutrality. The carbon market featuring emissions trading system (ETS) isRead More