Friday, February 4th, 2022
Pak, China ties time-tested and timeless: PM Imran
DNA BEIJING: The Prime Minister held a virtual meeting with He Lifeng, Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing. During the meeting, both sides reviewed the progress of ongoing CPEC projects and discussed the preparations for future initiatives. The Prime Minister was accompanied by cabinet ministers and senior officials for the meeting while Mr. He Lifeng was accompanied by Vice Chairmen Ning Jizhe and Tang Dengjie and other senior officials of the NDRC. In his remarks,Read More
The Violation of Human Rights in Occupied Kashmir
Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer PhD Political Science Since 1947, Article 370 had given Jammu and Kashmir a semi-autonomous constitutional status. Under its provisions, the region had freedom in all matters except its legislature, constitution, flag and communications, foreign affairs and defense. Ending this status is a fresh attempt to eradicate the Kashmiri people, their rights and the linguistic, social, cultural, economic and political existence of the local people. The legality of the special status solution is being challenged by legal and constitutional experts in India, who have opposed the country’sRead More
Entrepreneurship Inculcates Prosperity
Dr. Abdus Sattar Abbasi Economic progress of leading economies around the globe is the consequence of entrepreneurship, which flourished in their societies due to specific facilitation to develop an appropriate ecosystem to assist relevant stakeholders particularly the entrepreneurs. China’s claim of eliminating the poverty, according to current standards, is the result of entrepreneurial culture in almost every sector of the economy from high-tech industries to agri-products. China claims that no one lives in the country below the official poverty line of 2.30 USD per day at their disposal. This isRead More
Holocaust Museum in Indonesia highlights stakes in a battle for the soul of Islam
James Dorsey Controversy over the opening of Southeast Asia’s first Holocaust museum highlights differences in the Muslim world over the limits of religious tolerance and Muslims’ ability to debate those limits. The controversy over the museum in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, home to one of Indonesia’s two known synagogues, comes as the United States and American Jewish groups have pressured the world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy to recognize Israel. Indonesia’s minuscule Jewish community is estimated to number about one hundred. US and Israeli officials believe that recognition of Israel by Indonesia, orRead More
Sri Lanka, Pakistan have always been trusted partners
Issues message on the occasion of 74th Independence Day of Sri Lanka Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Vice Admiral Mohan Wijewickrama, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan has said, Sri Lanka achieved its independence on the 4th of February 1948 after being a British crown colony for over a century. Since then, Sri Lanka has enjoyed a stable democracy and steady economic growth in spite two insurgencies experienced in the north and the south of the country. Sri Lanka was admitted to United Nations in 1955, seven years after independence andRead More