Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Security personnel involved in ‘cross-border smuggling to face court martial’
Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said Monday that any personnel of security forces found involved in cross-border smuggling would be court-martialed. Pakistan has intensified its crackdown on smugglers involved in transporting commodities and dollars to Afghanistan, especially in the last few months when havoc was wreaked on the economy. The crackdown bore fruit as speculation diminished and the rupee recovered sharply against the greenback to become the best-performing currency globally, but analysts fear another round of depreciation as they are skeptical about the long-term effects of administrative measures. “If IRead More
Nobel prize goes to mRNA Covid vaccine researchers
DNA Stockholm, OCT 2: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for groundbreaking COVID-19 vaccines. The pair, who had been tipped as favourites, “contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” the jury said. In honouring the pair this year, the Nobel committee in Stockholm broke with its usual practice of honouring decades-old research. While the prize-winning science dates back toRead More
President condemns terrorist attack in Turkiye’s capital
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (APP/DNA): President Arif Alvi on Monday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a Turkiye’s government building in Ankara. The president expressed hope that Turkiye would overcome terrorism under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I am sure that Turkiye will eliminate the threat of terrorism under the dynamic leadership of President Erdogan,” the president posted on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. One of the two terrorists blew himself up in front of the General Directorate of Security in Turkiye’s capital Ankara on Sunday.
FM Jilani to address opening ceremony of the Trans-Himalaya Forum in Tibet
ISLAMABAD, OCT 2 /DNA/ – At the special invitation of the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani is visiting China to participate in the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation, being held in Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, from 4-5 October 2023. The Trans-Himalaya Forum was initiated in 2018 to deepen practical cooperation among regional countries on diverse subjects including geographical connectivity, environmental protection, ecological preservation, and enhancing cultural linkages. The last in-person meeting of the Forum was held in 2019. The theme of this year’s ForumRead More
Cipher case: Special court orders to present Imran, Qureshi on Oct 4
ISLAMABAD, OCT 2: A special court established under the Official Secrets Act has summoned jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on October 4 in the cipher case. The development came two days after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the challan (charge sheet) in the cipher case against the PTI leaders. Special court judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain issued notices to respondents saying that statements of witnesses are sufficient to summon the accused in the court. The judge directed the superintendent of Adiala jail toRead More
Promoting Scientific Exchange: COMSTECH and Pasteur Institute of Iran sign MoU
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 2: The Pasteur Institute of Iran and the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Chaudhary, the Coordinator General of COMSTECH and Dr. Rahim Sorouri, the Director of Pasteur Institute of Iran signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Pasteur Institute in Tehran, Iran. The agreement entails the development and implementation of joint educational programs, research, technology, and innovation initiatives, as well as the organization of national and international eventsRead More