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QUETTA: The protesters gathered near Red Zone and started marching towards the Chief Minister House where hundreds of police personnel stopped them and when they tried to forcibly enter Red Zone, the police fired shells of tear gas and used baton charge. The Balochistan Employees and Workers Grand Alliance announced the march towards the Chief Minister House for the acceptance of their demands. The alliance is demanding an increase in the salaries of employees. On the other hand, Haji Habibur Rehman Mardanzai, president of the grand alliance, announced closing all educational institutions and other government offices in Balochistan. He said…
Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan totally ignored the Hazara division in his development strategy, said a parliamentary leader in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). “Imran Khan didn’t approve even a single mega-development project during his tenure as the Prime Minister,” said Sardar Mohammad Yusuf, who is PML leader in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, reported The News International. Sardar Yousuf said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during his visit announced the construction of an airport, medical college, Mansehra-Muzaffarabad Motorway, women’s university and other mega projects.Sardar Yousuf said that Nawaz Sharif was the…
Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan Journalist Asad Kharal accused of spreading fake news and propaganda against India. In a fact check by Digital Forensics, Research and Analysis Center (DFRAC), it was revealed that Kharal is using the digital medium Twitter to fulfil his ‘wicked agenda’ and defame India. Kharal shared an alleged video of a mob lynching attributed to “Hindu terrorists”. Further, he gave the caption to his post, “Another inhumane act of extremist Hindu terrorists in India Extreme criminal silence and hypocrisy of these atrocities by international human rights organizations and so-called human rights activists.” His tweet was retweeted more than…
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the country as the governing Taliban imposes new restrictions on women and attacks against religious minorities mount. Richard Bennett said on Thursday that Afghanistan’s de facto authorities – referring to the Taliban – have failed to acknowledge the magnitude and gravity of abuses being committed, many of them in their name, and their responsibility to address those abuses and protect the entire population. “I expressed serious concern about the deterioration of human rights across the country, and the erasure of women from…
A team comprising of officials from the country’s various intelligence and law enforcement agencies got hold of the suspect amid a coordinated effort. Pakistani had launched the hunt for Sajid Mir in 2008.
GOAL will improve learning outcomes for at least 16.9 million children (7.8 million girls) by strengthening the provincial education systems to improve the quality and equity of education, particularly the quality of teaching, and becoming more resilient post-Covid
Pakistan does not recognise Israel and, therefore, doesn’t have diplomatic relations with it. The country has been a staunch supporter of demands for a Palestinian state. After the Abraham accords — a deal brokered by the US in 2020 which saw normalisation of relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain — Pakistan had made clear that it cannot recognise Israel until a “just settlement of the Palestinian issue” is found. However, in an exclusive interview with Dawn News, Mandviwalla, whose party is a part of the government, said: “We should not stop dialogue and trade with any…
Islamabad, Pakistan: June 12, Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, who introduced the budget 2022-2023 to meet the IMF’s demand, admitted that IMF is still unhappy with the government over the budget because he did not implement Personal Income Tax (PIT) measures suggested by it, Islam Khabar reported. This tax is yet another issue as few among the rich taxpayers in the economy have piloted it to their advantage, leaving the tax burden on the poor. It has compelled successive governments to borrow from outside. And this is the reason that Pakistan has asked for a loan from IMF for the…
Situated in the center of Anarkali Bazar, the Jain temple had to face the Muslim’s wrath in the wake of the attack on India’s famous Babri mosque in 1991 Islamabad Telegraph Monitoring ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has restored the centuries-old iconic Jain Temple situated in the heart of Lahore, Pakistan’s ancient city and the provincial capital of its Punjab province, officials told NewsDrum. “Reconstruction of the Jain Temple has been done while decoration is underway. The temple will be opened to the public in two weeks,” Sarfraz Abbas, the deputy secretary of the Evacuee Trust Property Board told NewsDrum over the telephone…
According to an eyewitness, Pakistani troops greeted the Indian soldiers and took them along to the nearby post Islamabad Telegraph Monitoring Islamabad (Pakistan): Two nuclear-armed hostile neighbours came close to opening a new front after a few Indian soldiers accidentally crossed into Pakistan’s side of LOC at Fatehpur Thakiala sector. In a surprising move, the unexpected visitors were served with refreshments and allowed to return with dignity by the Pakistani troops. As per sources, it all happened on Sunday, June 19, 2022, when seven commandos of the Indian Army accidentally crossed the Line of Control at the Fatehpur Thakiala…