Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
Jakarta set to procure electric-powered official cars
News Desk JAKARTA, JUL 2 /DNA/ – The Jakarta provincial government is currently procuring electric-powered official vehicles in an effort to help improve the air quality of the capital city. Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono, stated in Jakarta on Sunday that the procurement is in line with the Regional Development Plan. “In the near future, vehicles powered by renewable energy will be put into operation,” he said. He added that some public transportation, such as buses in Jakarta, already use electric engines. According to Hartono, the useRead More
4 security personnel martyred after checkposts in Balochistan’s Sherani come under attack
DNA ISLAMABAD, JUL 2: Three police officials and a Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred while a terrorist was killed on Sunday after police and Levies checkposts in the Dhana Sar area of Balochistan’s Sherani subdistrict came under attack. Sherani Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bilal Shabbir confirmed the fatalities to Dawn.com, adding that the exchange of fire between the security forces and the terrorists continued for almost two hours. He said another FC personnel was injured, whose condition was out of danger. A terrorist was killed during the exchange of fire,Read More
Islamabad, Rawalpindi at risk of urban flooding as monsoon rains likely to begin tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Twin cities — Islamabad and Rawalpindi — could face urban flooding as monsoon rains — from July 3 to 8 — are likely to begin in the country tomorrow, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said Sunday. PMD, also known as the Met Office, said in a statement that moist currents from the Arabian Sea are likely to penetrate in upper parts of the country, and a westerly wave is also likely to enter the upper parts of the country from July 3. The rains may cause urban flooding in low-lyingRead More
MoneyOver TroubledWater
Recently, a media report said that the Japanese government obtained beforehand the draft report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force reviewing Japan’s discharge of nuclear-contaminated water and raised substantive revision suggestions, exerting inappropriate influence on the conclusion of the final report. The media report also said that Japanese officials made political donations worth over 1 million euros to the staff of the IAEA Secretariat.
Special Cuisine
Although Japan’s plan to dump nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean has been strongly opposed by the international community, the Japanese government turned a deaf ear to the voices and decided to go further down the wrong path, transferring the risks to all mankind. By LINGSHICHA Studio
Discipline and self-accountability soul to armed forces
Waheed Hussain Discipline and self-accountability are the soul to armed forces. It’s the discipline which makes an army efficient, strong, powerful, and formidable. Many other state institutions have been suffering from poor performance, inefficiencies, internal disintegration, as they always compromised on discipline, merit and accountability. Reward and punishment were the yardstick to make the armed forces, the best functional institutions in the country. It has been a great debate that majority of civilian state institutions in the country have been bitterly damaged, effecting their efficiencies-performance except the Armed Forces ofRead More