Monday, January 10th, 2022
PM blasts Modi for ‘continuing silence’ on Hindutva summit calling for Indian minorities’ genocide
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the Narendra Modi-led government was “a real and present threat to peace” in the region, adding that all minorities in India were at the target of extremist groups operating under the patronage of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Last month, leaders from several far-right groups in India had issued calls for the ethnic cleansing of minorities in the country, especially targeting its 200 million-strong Muslim population. “Under the extremist ideology of the BJP Modi govt, all religious minorities in India have been targetedRead More
Pakistan values historical, brotherly relations with KSA: COAS
RAWALPINDI, JAN 10 /DNA/ – Major General Talal Abdullah Al-Otaibi, Military Advisor to Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ, today.During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security, current situation in Afghanistan and bilateral defence relations between the two countries were discussed. COAS said that Pakistan values its historical and brotherly relations with the Kingdom and acknowledges its unique place in the Islamic world. COAS stressed upon the urgency for swiftly devising an institutional mechanismRead More
Chairman appreciates excellent performance of NAB KP
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 /DNA/ – Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review the performance of NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa especially conviction made under Section 10 of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO)-1999 and under Section 25 (b) of NAO-1999 from Oct 10, 2017 to Dec 31, 2021 at NAB Headquarters. Zahir Shah, Deputy Chairman NAB, Syed Asghar Haider, Prosecutor General Accountability (PGA), DG Operations and other senior officers of NAB attended the meeting whereas Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan, DG NAB-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participated in the meeting via video link. During the meeting Brig (R) FarooqRead More
Putin says Moscow-led forces in Kazakhstan for ‘limited’ time
Almaty, Kazakhstan, JAN 10: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a Moscow-led military detachment deployed to counter unrest in Kazakhstan would remain in the Central Asian country for only a “limited” period. “A contingent of CSTO peacekeeping forces has been sent to Kazakhstan — and I want to emphasize this — for a limited time period,” Putin said during a meeting of leaders from ex-Soviet countries, during which he added that Kazakhstan had been targeted by “international terrorism” and vowed that Russia would not allow “revolutions” in the region.
Kazakh leader says unrest was ‘attempted coup d’etat’
Almaty, Kazakhstan, JAN 10: Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday described days of historic unrest in his Central Asian country as a coup attempt and vowed his security services would never shoot peaceful protesters. “Armed militants who were waiting in the wings joined the protests. The main goal was obvious: the undermining of the constitutional order, the destruction of government institutions and the seizure of power. It was an attempted coup d’etat”, he said. Ex-Soviet Kazakhstan has been left reeling in the wake of unprecedented unrest that erupted earlier thisRead More
Djokovic wins Australia visa case, judge orders his release
Melbourne, JAN 10: World number one Novak Djokovic won a stunning victory Monday over the Australian government, overturning the cancellation of his visa on Covid-19 health grounds, and ending his detention. It was an extraordinary setback for the government, which has imposed strict restrictions on its borders for the past two years to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In an emergency online court hearing, the judge ordered that the decision to cancel Djokovic’s visa “be quashed”. The judge ordered that the unvaccinated tennis superstar “be released immediately and forthwithRead More