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By Special Correspondent Colombo: In connection with the celebrations of 81st National Day, the High Commission of Pakistan, Colombo hosted a reception at Kings Bury Hotel, on March 23, 2021. Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Mahindananda Aluthgame graced the occasion, as chief guest and many other Ministers, Parliamentarians, members of Diplomatic Corps, participants from intelligentsia and all walks of life attended in the reception. In his welcome remarks, High Commissioner of Pakistan, Maj. Gen. (R) Mr. Muhammad Saad Khattak elaborated that the foundation of strong brotherhood between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was laid in 1948 when the former Prime Minister of…
By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: As expected, ice is melting between nuclear armed South Asian arch rivals Pakistan and India a few days after Chief of Pakistan’s powerful army said Pakistan was ready to establish peace with India asking Indian authorities to develop an environment favorable for resumption of normal ties. “We feel it is time to bury the past and move forward,” General Bajwa said in a speech at a conference in Islamabad meant to highlight the Pakistani government’s new security policies last week on Thursday. Bajwa’s desire for peace in region garnered positive response fron across border as…
First published by The Gatestone Institute by Soeren Kern”As a society, for too many years we have not made the necessary demands of newcomers. We have had far too low expectations for the refugees and immigrants who came to Denmark. We have not made sufficiently tangible demands on jobs and self-sufficiency. Therefore, too many immigrants have ended up in prolonged inactivity.” — Danish government report, “Showdown with Parallel Societies.” The number of residential areas on the government’s most recent “ghetto list,” published in December 2020, has declined by half in three years, from 29 in 2018 to 15 in 2020.…
By National News Desk Islamabad : A day after Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa signalled a potentially shift by asking New Delhi to just create a “conducive environment” in Kashmir for the resumption of a dialogue towards peace between the two countries, it is learnt that Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be heading to Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe towards the end of the month where, at a meeting on Afghanistan, he is expected to come face-to-face with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The two ministers will be participating at the Heart of Asia conference in Dushanbe…
By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Pakistan has expressed its support for Antonio Guterres, who is seeking a second term as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the foreign office said here on Friday. Pakistan’s support for Guterres was conveyed to him by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who held a telephone conversation with the UN chief on Thursday and exchanged views on a range of issues, the foreign office said. “Lauding the UNSG’s leadership during challenging times, the Foreign Minister welcomed his availability to serve a second term in office, and expressed Pakistan’s full support for Guterres’s re-appointment for another…
By National News Desk Islamabad : Pakistan on Friday said that its delegation of water experts would visit India next week to attend the meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission and discuss various water-related issues. The 116th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission will be held in New Delhi on March 23 and 24, Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said at the weekly briefing here. ‘A host of issues under the treaty, including our objections on the designs of Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai Hydroelectric Plants, supply of information on new Indian projects on the western rivers and supply…
By Foreign News Desk New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India will hear the bail application filed by 74-year-old former Congress leader, Sajjan Kumar, on Thursday. Kumar is convicted to life imprisonment for the brutal killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar in Delhi, during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde and also comprising justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian will hear Kumar’s bail application. Kumar in his bail application had contended before the apex court that he has been in…
Islamabad Telegraph Report Toronto: Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared before he left office that China’s policies against Xinjiang’s Muslims and ethnic minorities constituted crimes against humanity and genocide. His successor, Antony Blinken, reiterated the statement on his first day in office. According to the international human rights organizations more than one million Muslim ethnic minorities are presently kept in the concentration camps where they are subjected to the inhumane and degrading treatment. U.S. State Department cited widespread forced birth control and forced labor among Uighurs and Kazakhs in China. The Associated Press reported last year that the…
By Our Staff reporter Islamabad: Prisoners around the world have been forgotten during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from Amnesty International, as prisons have faced systemic challenges to prevent the spread of the virus, with control measures leading to serious human rights violations. The organization is calling for the millions of people languishing in overcrowded cells to be included in national vaccination roll-outs. Forgotten Behind Bars: COVID-19 and Prisons reveals that, with more than 11 million estimated people imprisoned globally, prisons in many countries risk becoming hotbeds for the disease. Many inmates struggle to access soap, proper sanitation,…
By Our Staff Rporter ISLAMABAD: The European Union has announced it will support Pakistan’s Civil Society by co-financing three projects, for a total amount of 7.2 million Euros, to alleviate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on communities and increase the voice of youth in society. The announcement follows the signing of three contracts by H.E. Ms. Androulla Kaminara, Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan and the representatives of the main implementing partners: Agha Khan Foundation, Norwegian Church Aid and Deutsche Welthungerhilfe. The three projects were selected through a call for proposals launched in April 2020 and focus on…