Sunday, September 22nd, 2024
Private sector imperative for creating jobs
ISLAMABAD, SEP 22 (DNA) — The private sector is crucial to create jobs and improve the livelihoods of women folk across the country, said Rabia Amin, a social worker on Friday. She said private sector and civil society organizations should strengthen business sustainability and women’s empowerment to ensure their active participation by creating job opportunities. “As a way of strengthening confidence, personal and professional skill building can provide opportunities to women”, she said. She said that by learning new skills, women can build their self-confidence, increase their economic power, independence andRead More
Beyond Realism: Resolving Pakistan’s Internal Balance of Power Dilemma
Afnan Wasif In international relations, the concept of the balance of power is a foundational tenet of Realism, a school of thought that sees the international system as inherently anarchic, where states act primarily in their self-interest to ensure survival. This balance ensures that no single state becomes dominant, preserving the sovereignty of all. The theory posits that states, seeking to protect themselves from dominance by others, engage in power-balancing behaviors—forming alliances, building military capabilities, and countering the influence of rising powers. Yet, while this concept is designed to maintainRead More
Micromanagement of Judiciary…
Qamar Bashir The judiciary, executive, and parliament are three distinct, exclusive, and mutually independent pillars of the state. The independence of each pillar from the influence and jurisdiction of the others, as defined in the Constitution, is the hallmark of any democratic system. It is not only the duty of each pillar to protect itself from encroachment by another but also the duty of civil society and the public at large to resist any attempt by any pillar to interfere in the workings of the others. The most damaging, however,Read More
APNS expresses grief
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22 (DNA) – The APNS expresses profound grief over the sad demise of Mr. Usman Arab Saati senior editor and publisher of Daily Vatan Gujrati karachi. Ms Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani President and Mr Sarmad Ali Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society in a joint statement have expressed their condolences to the bereaved family and colleagues of Mr Usman Saati and prayed that Almighty Allah may rest the departed soul in eternal peace and give courage to the family bear the great loss.
Free treatment on health cards suspended at PIMF for Punjab, KP patients
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad has suspended free treatment services for patients from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under the health facility card program due to the non-payment of insurance claims. The suspension affects a wide range of patients, particularly those seeking gynecological and general surgery treatments. According to hospital sources, the decision was made after State Life Insurance failed to pay Rs 140 million in outstanding claims. As a result, patients who relied on the health facility card for free treatments will now faceRead More
Iran blast kills more than 50 mine workers
TEHRAN, SEPT 22: A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said Sunday, in one of the country’s deadliest work accidents in years. “The number of dead workers increased to 51” in the explosion at the Tabas mine in eastern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported, revising an earlier death toll of 30. It added that 20 other people were injured. The explosion occurred at around 9pm (1730 GMT) on Saturday, when around 70 workers were presentRead More