Sunday, May 14th, 2023
Speakers urge a sustainable development strategy for Neelum valley
DNA Athmuqam (AJK) – Speakers at a seminar urged the authorities to take stringent measures for the protection of natural resources and forests of the Neelum valley, the largest hub of biological diversity. They said the valley’s forests are 48 percent of the total AJK state owned forests. They are under threat in the absence of needful legislation and flawed implementation of available legislation. The speakers suggested the government to curb timber mafia to protect the Neelum Valley forests, provide alternate fuel and environmental building materials for the constructions. TheyRead More
EU can help resolve Pakistan political crisis: ICG
ISLAMABAD, MAY 14 (DNA) — The European Union (EU) and its member states can help Pakistan’s political leadership reconcile their differences for the revival of economy, the International Crisis Group said in its reports for 2023. The ICG, an independent organisation working for global peace, said in the report “Watch List 2023” that Pakistan is currently facing three crises: political confrontation, a fragile economy and resurging militancy. The report said “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s coalition government is locked in a dispute with former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s PakistanRead More
Voting begins in Türkiye’s presidential, parliamentary elections
More than 64.1M people registered to vote to elect president, parliamentarians for next 5 years ANKARA, MAY 14: Millions of voters started heading to the polls in Türkiye as the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections began Sunday at 8 a.m. local time (0500GMT). More than 64.1 million people are registered to vote, including over 1.76 million who already cast their ballots abroad and 4.9 million first-time voters. A total of 191,885 ballot boxes have been set up for voters in the country. Every voter will be casting two ballots, oneRead More
Ola Awad, reviews conditions of the Palestinian people via statistical figures and findings
RAMALLAH, MAY 14: Ola Awad, President of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), via figures, historical and current data, reviewed the geographical, demographical and economic situation of the Palestinian People on the 75th Annual Commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba, which occur takes place on May, 15th; and those figures and data run as the following: The Nakba: Ethnic cleansing, displacement of Palestinians and settler colonialism Nakba in Palestine describes a process of ethnic cleansing in which an unarmed native nation was destroyed and its population displaced systematically to beRead More
SC takes up the case as May 14 deadline expires
PDM fears the apex court may move against those who defied the order including the prime minister Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD, May 14, was the day on which the elections in Punjab were to be held as ordered by the Supreme Court. However, the ruling of the apex court regarding Punjab elections could not be implemented. The elections did not take place nor could the orders of the Supreme Court be implemented. The Election Commission claimed that it had completed the preparations but owing to unavailability of funds, it was unableRead More
Govt to implement Urdu as official language
ISLAMABAD, May 14 (DNA): The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives is taking practical measures to implement Urdu as an official language in all government departments under Article 251 of the Constitution. Accordingly, it recently approved a revised PC-I of the project worth Rs. 78.186 million titled “Establishment of National Language Processing Laboratory (NLP-Lab)”, expediting its efforts to comply with the Supreme Court’s order passed in 2015 for enforcement of Urdu as an official language. The Ministry of National Heritage and Culture Division is the sponsoring agency, while theRead More