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By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: A number of employees, members of civil society and parliamentarians took part in a Sunday protest rally against major price hikes, rising unemployment and other issues that people have been facing since the PTI-led government took office in August 2018, reported Dawn. Protesters, including a number of women, gathered at the GPO junction under the banner of the Haqooq-i-Khalq movement. They were holding placards and banners inscribed with different demands, shouting slogans against the government for its inability to deal with the crisis. “I lost my job at the factory (Gajjumata, Lahore) after the owner…

By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued show cause notices to Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and its 84 member mills on multiple instances of prima facie cartelization in violation of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010.The show cause notices have been issued after the CCP decided to initiate proceedings under Section 30 of the Act on the recommendations of an enquiry into the anti-competitive activities in the sugar sector. The CCP’s enquiry has found multiple instances where the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) is acting as a front-runner for cartelization in the…

By Editor Foreign Affairs WASHINGTON : The wait is over, White House is all set to welcome smart and intelligent guy —- Mr. Joe Biden , the president elect who defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday. As expected, Biden offered himself to the nation as a leader who “seeks not to divide, but to unify” a country gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.“I sought this office to restore the soul of America,” Biden said in a prime-time victory speech not far from his Delaware…

By Special Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, lashed out on Saturday at three-time former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, describing him as a “jackal” who is seeking to establish “rebellion” in the army by accusing him of involvement in the country’s politics and calling for a shift in both the military and the ISI leadership.Sharif, the 70-year-old Supreme Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who was removed from power in 2017 by the apex court on charges of corruption, was elected Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI Chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed for the first time…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: On Monday, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Freedom Network called on the federal government to initiate legislation to protect journalists in the region. The demand came as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists and Media was observed globally, including Pakistan, on 2 November.”As Pakistan remains among the top 10 countries where the predators of attacks on journalists and the media remain unpunished, we call for immediate legislation to protect journalists and to reverse the current situation affecting freedom of speech negatively,” said PFUJ and FN in a…

By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah said Tuesday that the upcoming Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally in Lahore on 13 December would be a referendum against “incapable and incompetent” rulers.Speaking at a press conference, he said that the event would show that Lahore had woken up, after which the entire Punjab and Pakistan would have woken up, ARY News reported.Taking a look at the ruling government, he asked how democracy would flourish if institutions were to be used for political purposes, and further questioned who had made the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) controversial…

By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: In the face of intense pressure from religious leaders, the Pakistani government has allowed thousands of Tableeghi Jamaat members to hold a three-day meeting in Lahore starting on Friday, despite an increase in the number of new Coronavirus cases. “The government has permitted the Tableeghi Jamaat to hold an annual religious congregation in Raiwind with the participation of 54,000 followers,” said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government handout here on Thursday. It added that the three-day congregation would begin on Friday, with the attendees arriving from across the country. However, no one from outside the country…

By Editor Foreign Affairs Islamabad : Pakistan faced significant embarrassment as it lost the election of President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) during the ongoing virtual session of the IPU Governing Council amid strong lobbying over the last few months. Pakistani Senate Speaker Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani lost Portuguese Speaker Duarte Pacheco, who was elected Speaker of the IPU for a three-year term, beating candidates from Pakistan, Uzbekistan (Akmal Saidov, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber) and Canada (Salma Ataullahjan, Senator). The Portuguese candidate Pacheco won 222 votes, well above the total majority of 198, while the Pakistani candidate won…

By Special Correspondent Paris/Beirut: UNESCO and Education Above All (EAA) have established a partnership for quality education in Lebanon that includes around $10 million to rebuild or restore damaged schools and get education back on track.   “I visited shattered schools and classrooms in Beirut right after the blast. Faced with this traumatic experience of loss for students, their teachers and families, our responsibility is to restore learning as quickly as possible and to rebuild the damaged schools”, said UNESCO’s Assistant Director General for Education, Stefania Giannini. The Beirut Port explosion on 4 August caused widespread damage and casualties. The education sector was heavily impacted, as the explosion partially or completely destroyed some 200 schools in Beirut and neighboring areas.   The extent of the damage…

Telegraph Report Split, Croatia: At a time when most of the regions on planet earth are witnessing new wave of terrorism and conflicts, a new song has just begun sending positive vibes across the world. Ordinary People is the new song written and composed to “wake up ordinary people all around the globe to get the world running in a better direction for everyone. Ordinary people around the world usually do not understand how big power they are. The new collaboration between Italian, Senegalese and Croatian artists has brought the song Ordinary People, dedicated to all the ordinary people in…