Friday, December 30th, 2022
Online Khuli kachehri at Pak embassy Moscow
DNA MOSCOW: An online Khuli Kachehri was held by Charge d’Affaires (CDA) Mr Rana Summar Javed at the Embassy of Pakistan Moscow this afternoon. The online Kachehri was attended by officials of the Counsular and Diplomatic Wings of the Embassy of Pakistan. Pakistanis living in Russian Federation participated in the online Kachehri. The participants informed the CDA about the payments issue being faced by a some Pakistani students due to a problem with banking channels. The prospects for student exchange programmes were also discussed. Mr Rana Summar Javed informed theRead More
Shahid Afridi’s eldest daughter Aqsa to tie the knot on Dec 30
This year, Decemberistan has arrived fully fuelled and everywhere you turn it’s wedding galore. Just when we had processed pacer Haris Rauf’s nuptials, another wedding entered our radar and it’s none other than Shahid Afridi’s eldest daughter Aqsa’s. Congratulations to their family! Aqsa is to tie the knot with Naseer Nasir in an intimate nikah ceremony in Karachi today. Shaheen Shah Afridi will be present at the event, along with Shahid’s family and close friends. The e-invite for the ceremony has been circulating on social media and it features the couple inRead More
Fixing the unfixed
Abdul Rashid Shakir A paradigm shift in the statecraft, a strong commitment to institution-building, a pressing push for policy stabilisation, and making the governance model more responsive to public aspirations by weaning away its inherent red tapism – are some of the potential interventions that could set the course right for our long-awaited journey towards progress, prosperity and socio-economic development. It is encouraging to note that ‘the parties in power’ have rightly ascertained need of following the constitutional framework of trichotomy of power between the legislature, the executive and theRead More
US-Israel developing joint military capabilities
Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer Although government-to-government relations between the US and Israel are sometimes strained, in contrast, there is a clear understanding between the militaries of the two countries that their relationship will continue and that both countries’ interests are mutually beneficial. The final moments of the 20-year American presence in Afghanistan until August 2021 were unpleasant. Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, boarded the last U.S. military flight from Kabul days after 11 U.S. Marines, a Navy corpsman, an Army special operations soldier, and moreRead More
ECP asked to hold Islamabad LG polls on December 31
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold local government elections in the capital on December 31. IHC’s Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir accepted the petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) seeking to nullify ECP’s decision to postpone the local government elections. The election commission had deferred the polls after the federal government increased the number of union councils (UCs) in the capital without taking ECP into confidence. Before reserving the verdict, the court had expressed displeasure over the federalRead More
IHC directs ECP to hold Islamabad LG polls tomorrow
The Islamabad High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold local government elections in the capital city on December 31 (tomorrow) and nullified its notification on the postponement of the polls. The verdict was pronounced by IHC Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, who was hearing identical petitions filed by the PTI and the Jamaat-i-Islami against the ECP’s decision — announced earlier this week. On Tuesday, the ECP had postponed the polls “for the time being” at the last minute, frustrating thousands of contestants and their supporters.Read More