Wednesday, January 4th, 2023
Challenging China: Turkey walks a fine line on repressed Uighurs
An official visit to Xinjiang to assess the fate of Turkic Muslims in the troubled north-western Chinese Province is a risky proposition by any definition. Even so, it would be worth the risk if China and Turkey could agree on the terms of a visit. The problem is that the terms constitute a zero-sum game. China wins if it controls the program of a visiting Turkish delegation as it does with whoever else is granted access to a region where in recent years, more than one million Turkic Muslims wereRead More
Armed robbers snatch cash, two imported mobiles
ATTOCK, JAN 4 /DNA/ – Three unknown armed robbers snatched cash along with two imported mobiles from the possession of two citizen on gun point in a broad day light and fled away near GT road Gondal Mandi within the jurisdiction of police station Attock Khurd on Wednesday. Police said, the complainant Mr. Mohammad Asif son Sultan Ahmed resident of village ThatiSyedan Tehsil Jand along his fellow Mr Suleman Ayaz were on their way from Fatoo Chak control shed when they reached near GT road Gondal Mandi at about 1300Read More
Ishaq Dar deems PTI’s white paper on economy as ‘misleading’
Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD, Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday rejected a white paper on the national economy issued by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) the other day, termed the narrative of poor state of economy as ‘misleading’. Largely comparing the economic performance of the PTI tenure to that of the previous tenure of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Dar said that they strengthened the national economy and handed it in a good state to the PTI in 2018. But mismanagement by the PTI ruined the national economy, he said, noting thatRead More
Expatriates’ issues need to be resolved, says Qamar Zaman Kaira
ISLAMABAD, Jan 04 (DNA): Adviser to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday the issues of Pakistani expatriates needed to be resolved. Addressing a seminar on overseas rights by the Parliamentarians Commission of Human Rights, he said the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) used to highlight the issues of expatriate Pakistanis in the assembly as they held the right to vote. “We are still entangled in religious debates while on the other hand, the new generation is challenging these norms,” he added. He said overseas PakistanisRead More
Int’l Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan to be held in Geneva on Jan 9
ISLAMABAD, JAN 4 /DNA/ – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will co-host, along with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on 9 January 2023. The Conference will serve as a platform to marshal international support for the people and Government of Pakistan to build back better in a resilient manner after the recent devastating floods, as the country transitions from the rescue-and-relief phase towards the monumental task of recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Pakistan will present the Resilient Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Framework (4RF)Read More
Malaysia condemns Israeli ‘provocation’ at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Malaysia on Wednesday strongly condemned a visit by an Israeli minister to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. The “orchestrated incursion” was a clear “provocation and aggression” against the political status quo of Jerusalem and Al-Haram Al-Sharif, said the Southeast Asian nation’s Foreign Ministry in a statement. On Tuesday, Israel’s new National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, a day after announcing he postponed the visit amid warnings of unrest. Expressing solidarity with Palestinians, Malaysia called on the international community to “hold Israeli regime accountable for such illegal act.” Kuala Lumpur alsoRead More