Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Israelis, Palestinians do what they do best, but for the wrong reasons
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has put Israel’s closest allies and some of his key partners on the spot. So has a generation of Palestinian youth that has nothing to lose and no longer sees fruitless engagement with and acquiescence of the Jewish state as a means of realizing their national and socio-economic aspirations. It’s not that young Palestinians have necessarily given up on a compromise resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the contrary, however, they believe that armed resistance with the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank as itsRead More
Lahore court orders release of TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan
Lahore, FEB 3: A Lahore court dismissed on Friday the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) case against TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan and ordered his immediate release. He was arrested from Lahore on Thursday on charges of “hate speech” and making a “violence-inducing statement” aimed at creating “a rift between the general public and the state institutions”. The BOL News anchor was taken into custody at the Allama Iqbal Airport from where was trying to go to the UAE. The FIA told him that his name was on the blacklist andRead More
Opening ceremony of, “Day Shall Dawn”, a Photography Exhibition at National Art Gallery
ISLAMABAD, FEB 3 /DNA/ – Pakistan National Council of the Arts hosted a very important exhibition of paintings and photographs to commemorate the Kashmir Day on 3rd February till 5th February 2023 at the National Art Gallery from PNCA’s permanent collection by legendary senior artists including Mansoor Rahi, Salima Hashmi, Quddus Mirza, Hajra Mansur, Jehanzeb Malik, Aftab Zafar, Abdul Rahim Abbasi, M. Arif Minhas, Ghullam Abbas Khashkheli, Ghulam Rasul, Sardar Muhammad, Afshar Malik etc. This particular exhibition is an amalgamation of portrayal of solitude and brotherhood by Pakistani artists forRead More
A trip in Karachi’s Pink Bus
Few things in Karachi have caused such ripples and created such joy and delight in women as the recently launched Pink People’s Bus Service, which was inaugurated on February 1. Women of Karachi, who often cite transport woes as one of the biggest challenges they face, received the news of women-only bus service as a belated new year’s gift from the Sindh government. As I hailed the bus for a ride, I was overcome with exuberance. Every woman and girl on the bus smiled bright and wide, joy and confidenceRead More
Prevailing challenges offer opportunity: experts
DNA ISLAMABAD: The experts at a seminar on Friday said the current challenges offered a chance to seriously re-examine Pakistan’s economy for a concrete way forward to overcome the daunting challenges rising in the prevailing situation. This key message was delivered by eminent speakers at the seminar on ‘Challenges for Pakistan’s Economy and the Way Forward’ organised by the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS), a release received here said. The speakers including former Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue Syed Mohammad Shabbar Zaidi, Pakistan Institute of Development EconomicsRead More
University Heads urge government to safeguard HEC’s autonomy
ISLAMABAD, FEB 3 /DNA/ – The Vice Chancellors of all public sector universities of Pakistan have urged the Government to revive the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Ordinance 2002 in its original form and strengthen HEC. During the 48th Vice Chancellors Committee meeting chaired by Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan online, the university heads emphasised that the development of higher education sector made in the past two decades can be consolidated only by strengthening HEC. The forum unanimously opposed the proposed amendments to HEC Ordinance and demanded the Government to ensure HEC’s autonomyRead More