Monday, March 7th, 2022
Re-bars prices may go up
DNA ISLAMABAD: The prices of primary raw material of the steel industry (scrap) have increased by US$ 120/ per ton from $550 to $670 in a span of few days. The situation is sending shock waves for the local steel industry as this development will translate in further increase in investments, and also, this could translate into an increase in prices of rebars to at least 20,000 per ton hike in domestic steel market. This situation would be very unfavorable for the steel as well as the construction industry ofRead More
Russian societal tensions are mirrored in Putin’s Orthodox church
The Russian Orthodox Church blesses rather than fires weapons. In doing so, it has emerged as a powerful weapon in its own right in President Vladimir Putin’s civilisationalist arsenal. Mr. Putin justified his 12-day-old invasion of Ukraine in part by asserting that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government had been preparing for the “destruction” of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Mr. Putin was referring to that part of the church that remained loyal to the Moscow Patriarch after the Ukrainian church in 2018 declared itself independent. Unwittingly, Mr. Putin may have been acknowledging that allRead More
Foreign forces want destabilization in Pakistan: Sheikh Rasheed
ISLAMABAD, MAR 7 /DNA/ – Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Monday while asserting that a big terrorist network has been unearthed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), said that foreign forces wanted destabilization in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference, he said a big group of terrorists has been identified by KPK police. Prime Minister Imran Khan has laid foundation of an independent foreign policy and gave clear message to imperialistic forces that Pakistan’s soil would not be used for drone attacks. Russia and Ukraine exported around 50 percent of wheat productionRead More
PM’s remarks about EU envoy’s letter
EDITORIAL ANSAR BHATTI Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing a public rally in Vehari the other day, particularly mentioned the European Union envoys letter in which they had asked Pakistan to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Imran Khan asked the bloc where they were when India broke the international law in Kashmir. He said that Pakistan had helped the Western bloc in the war on terror. He added that he would not have made Pakistan a party to the war had been in government. Prime Minister’s tirade againstRead More
IS presence may cause bloodshed in Afghanistan
At that time, around three thousands IS fighters were arrested by joint forces whereas others, mostly from Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries, slipped into Northern Afghanistan Analysis Shamim Shahid PESHAWAR: It is premature to say something about the future of Taliban regime but their rule is likely to plunge Afghanistan into another era of proxy war in the wake of undeclared war against the militants associated with the Islamic States of Afghanistan and Pakistan (IS Khurasan) also called Daaesh. After arrests or mysterious killing of hundreds of its militants,Read More