Monday, February 13th, 2023
ICCI, Life Residencia agree to jointly establish Citizens Club
ISLAMABAD, FEB 13: /DNA/ – Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that the Chamber is trying to establish a citizen club for the benefit of the business community and citizens, so he suggested that Life Residencia should cooperate with ICCI in establishing the club with joint efforts. He said that ICCI is interested in taking several initiatives in cooperation with Life Residencia to serve the business community including the establishment of an Expo Center and provision of low-cost housing options to the traders inRead More
Saudi columnists bolster calls for reform of Muslim religious law
Taliban bans on women’s education and employment by foreign aid organisations operating in Afghanistan are having unintended consequences. The bans have sparked calls for reform of Muslim religious law in Saudi Arabia, a country that wields moral authority in the Muslim world because of its custodianship of Islam’s two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. The irony is that the Taliban’s repression of women’s educational, professional, and freedom of movement rights rather than decades of indiscriminate jihadist violence and brutality prompted the calls. Even so, calls by prominent Saudi opinionmakers for reform of Muslim religiousRead More
PSL 2023 opener: Five stats about MS v LQ
The much-awaited nationally-acclaimed Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight will commence with the opening match between Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans at the Multan Cricket Stadium today (Monday). The match will start after the performances of the singers, Abdullah Siddiqui, Asim Azhar, Faris Shafi and Shae Gill, of the PSL 8 anthem. Defending champion Lahore’s captain Shaheen Shah Afridi is in high spirits ahead of PSL 2023. “I cannot wait for the PSL to begin. It is a great tournament that throws up some brilliant cricketers each year and we, the international players, get to play some veryRead More
Kenyan authorities not granting access to team investigating Arshad Sharif murder, SC told
The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that Kenyan authorities were not granting access to the team investigating the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead last year. The remarks came as the apex court resumed hearing the suo motu notice of the murder. A five-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Jamal Mandokhel, Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, heard the case. At the previous hearing, the top court had asked investigators to discussRead More
HEC invites entries for green digital photography competition
Islamabad, Feb 13 /DNA/ – Under the Prime Minister’s Green Youth Movement (GYM), Higher Education Commission (HEC) is holding a nationwide Green Digital Photography Competition to raise awareness about environmental protection and sustainability. In this connection, HEC has invited entries from Pakistani youth through www.pmyp.gov.pk by February 20, 2023. The competition is providing an opportunity to the youth (age limit: 15 to 29 years) nationwide to participate and submit idiosyncratic photographs for depicting climate change impact in Pakistan. The Photography Competition aims to showcase the beauty and diversity of the natural worldRead More
PAF on call for humanitarian crisis
Man has gone far-off in making the unbelievable advancement in various fields of life. From enjoying a furnished drawing-room-like travelling in an air-bus to sending a text-message within a second across the globe, all is so easy now. Yet! Man is helpless in front of the Wrath of Nature:they say, it always shows up uninformed. Thus, man has been unsuccessful to curtail the natural calamities. The world has recently seen horrible tremors of earthquake shuddering two countries in the main, Turkeyand Syria on February-06-2023.The magnitude of earthquake recorded on RichterRead More