Tuesday, September 6th, 2022
In Turkey, zero problems with neighbours mean multiple problems
Turkey’s reconciliation with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel is doing little to return the country to its “zero problems with our neighbours” policy declared more than a decade ago. To be sure, albeit fragile, Turkey has smoothed feathers with the Gulf states ruffled when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan effectively abandoned the policy by supporting the 2011 Arab popular revolts and the Muslim Brotherhood, coming to Qatar’s aid during the 3.5-year-long UAE-Saudi-led diplomatic and economic boycott of the Gulf state, and taking Saudi Arabia to task for the 2018 killingRead More
Pakistan is at the Mercy of the Monsoon
Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer This year, the monsoon season in South Asia has brought heavy rains to Pakistan, with disastrous results and catastrophic flooding in the countries. On August 28, the National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan reported that nearly 1,000 people died, more than 1,500 people were injured and at least 580,000 homes were destroyed during this monsoon season. Critical infrastructure such as bridges and roads were also submerged, uprooted and washed away. Much of the country is under water, complicating rescue and evacuation efforts for hard-hit areas likeRead More
Urgent rehabilitation of flood affectees is needed: Minister tells French Ambassador
DNA ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman met with the French Ambassador to Pakistan Nicolas Galey, briefing him of the challenges the country is facing in the current relief efforts and the assistance required for the rehabilitation of the flood affectees. Nicolas Galey expressed solidarity with the people of Pakistan on the devastation wreaked by the floods and assured full support from the French government. Thanking the French Ambassador for their support, Federal Minister Sherry Rehman said, “We appreciate France’s support in these tough timesRead More
CM Mahmood Khan approves compensation plan for flood victims
From Our Correspondent PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has approved the provision of cash compensation for rehabilitation of houses that were destroyed in the recent floods adding that repatriation of flood affectees is the first priority of the provincial government. Chairing the first meeting of the committee to oversee the management and utilization of Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund held here on Tuesday, Mahmood Khan directed the concerned authorities for opening of donation accounts in all the major banks in order to facilitate donors and philanthropists in additionRead More
Banned TTP claimed responsibility for clash with security forces
Shamim Shahid DNA PESHAWAR—Amidst ceasefire , the Banned Tehrik Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for Monday clash with security forces in two different areas of North Waziristan, which caused lives to 10, five from each side. The Five personnel of security forces killed during the clash with alleged militants at Boya Ghulam Khan and Mirali, were included a captain. Through its latest statement issued here on Tuesday, the banned TTP while claiming responsibility for the clash, justified it by saying, “it was reaction in defense as the security forces raidedRead More
2nd Pak-Afghan Youth Dialogue, Afghan students highlighted their miseries
Shamim Shahid PESHAWAR: In a bid to get resolve genuine issues of common men in both the neighboring countries, the second Pak-Afghan Youth Dialogue was held at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), University of Peshawar (UoP) on Tuesday. The dialogue was arranged under an MoU between Fredrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Pakistan (FNF) and IPCS, University of Pakistan. Besides students and acedimcia, the dialogue was attended by a number of Afghsn students and intellectuals. In his opening remarks, Director IPCS, Prof. Dr. Babar Shah welcomed the participantsRead More