(DC image)VIJAYAWADA: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan threw a challenge on his twitter handle to TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu as well as Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s relative Balineni Srinivas Reddy, former minister, on occasion of the Weavers’ Day. While there was no response from Naidu, Srinivas Reddy responded accepting PK's challenge and thanked him. Srinivas Reddy went on to say that Jagan Mohan is dedicated to work for weavers’ community through YSR Nethanna Nestham and other welfare schemes. Pawan Kalyan took to his Twitter handle and tweeted "@KTRTRS Ram Bhai’s challenge accepted ‘cause of my love & admiration for our weaver communities.” The actor then nominated Chandrababu Naidu, Balineni Vasu (Srinivas) and Dr. Laxman of BJP.

Omar Khalid Khorasani, one of the top terrorists in outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been killed along with his three other associates in an attack in Afghanistan. According to sources privy to the details, Abdul Wali aka Omar Khalid Khorasani was killed in an attack in Paktika province of Afghanistan. “Three of his associates were also killed in the attack,” they said, adding the deceased included Mufti Hassan and Hafiz Doulat of the TTP. This is not the first time that top TTP terrorists have been killed in Afghanistan after Taliban took over power in the country. Abdul Wahab Larak was the head of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was planning attacks in Karachi.

The Father of Nation MAJ, wanted this country to be a democratic welfare state, with a constitution as supreme law and all institutions working within the confines of the constitution. Unfortunately, since 1953, Jinnah’s vision has been trampled upon and today we are at the brink of a crippling economic quagmire. Those involved in power politics are playing upon political polarization, exploiting religion, ethnicity etc., making the process of economic recovery uphill. Had PTI not been voted out through a constitutional no-confidence vote, they would have faced the brunt of the anger from the electorate. In fact, the No-Confidence vote has helped PTI’s resurgence and shifted blame upon those who had to take tough decisions required from Pakistan to meet the IMF conditionalities, given the enormity of the widening gap between state revenues and expenditure, a legacy of abuse of power, pilferage and needless waste.

PHOTO: TWITTER/@isroIndia’s space agency on Sunday said that the inaugural flight of a small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) failed to place two satellites into the targeted orbit. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the SSLV lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast on Saturday at 9:18am local time. Failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and go for a salvage action — ISRO (@isro) August 7, 2022Earlier, the agency had said that the maiden flight of SSLV is completed. On Saturday, a day before the launch, the agency had said that SSLV-D1 mission would launch EOS-02, a 135 kg satellite, into low earth and the mission also carries AzaadiSAT satellite. Watch LIVE from 08:30 am here: https://t.co/V1Bk6GZoCF pic.twitter.com/ZTYo8NFXac — ISRO (@isro) August 7, 2022“EOS-02 is an earth observation satellite designed and realised by ISRO.

Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) witnessed a continuation of widespread violations of fundamental human rights on Sunday as processions remained banned on 8 Muharram. In a continuous violation of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Muslims of IIOJK are being prevented from performing religious rituals since 1989. Footage of Shiite Muslims attempting to participate in Muharram processions being attacked by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir went viral on Sunday. Earlier this week, the people of Hyderabad had expressed solidarity and support for the people of IIOJK by taking out rallies and condemning India's brutal suppression of innocent Kashmiris. Meanwhile, Youm-e-Istehsal was observed, across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with the pledge to continue the support to the people of IIOJK in their fight for seeking the right to self-determination.

What adds music to the situation is our inept economic policies. By the end of May 2022, the rate of inflation raised to 13.8%. The surge in inflation has squared up the impacts of poverty. Inflation is a stumbling block on the way to empowering the pauper. He said, “ Inflation makes the wealthier people richer and the masses poor.”As the alarm bell rings across Pakistan, the perils of the hour require the government to revise its policies.

ISLAMABAD – China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is once again kicking off after a decelerated stage during previous few years as the present government reiterates resolve to resume the pace of work as witnessed during 2013-2018. The Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) led coalition government initiated China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had experienced sluggish advancement during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf government with number of projects under the Corridor delaying due to unknown reasons. Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, gave a detailed briefing on the third-party participation and extension of CPEC to Afghanistan. “The second component of the CPEC is infrastructure, highways, waterways and bridges which have been built across Pakistan, improving the communication and road infrastructure,” he added. Dozens of Chinese firms are operating at Pakistan’s various economic zones as both the governments were actively engaged to carry forward the SEZ projects and making them operational at the earliest possible.

The first teaser of Danial K Afzal’s upcoming web series, based on the life of Fatima Jinnah, is out. The series titled Fatima Jinnah: Sister | Revolutionist | Statesman, will star Sundus Farhan, Sajal Aly, and Samiya Mumtaz as the Mother of the Nation in each era respectively. The released prologue of the web series shows glimpses of the three eras the show is set to cover. It takes off in 1929, Bombay, with a woman picking up a postcard, the sender and recipient of which are unclear. Afzal had shared with The Express Tribune earlier that his upcoming web series will be depicting Madar-e-Millat in her 30s, during the pre-partition era, in her 50s, during the Independence and in her 70s, during the post-partition era.

ISLAMABAD: The nation kicked off brisk preparations to celebrate the 75th Independence Day of Pakistan on August 14 with traditional zeal and fervor. As the arrival of Independence Day nears, the government has begun decorating buildings and highways of the city with green flags. Citizens of the country are gearing up to celebrate the 75th birthday with great enthusiasm. The purchase of clothes, dresses and bangles in the national flag color have also see an uptick. People setting up stalls to sell Independence Day paraphernalia have expressed happiness over an increase in income as children throng to buy stuff.

Entire nation stands in solidarity with armed forces: Farah AzeemBalochistan Government Spokesperson Farah Azeem Shah says the people of Balochistan and the whole country stand in solidarity with the armed forces of the country. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Sunday, she said we are ready to render every kind of sacrifice alongside our armed forces for the defense of our motherland. Strongly condemning the sinister social media campaign against the state institutions, the Spokesperson said no patriotic Pakistani can speak against the national institutions which guarantee the security and solidarity of the state. She emphasized that we should join hands to tackle the internal and external challenges faced by our country.

Indian Predator is a new Netflix crime series by Ayesha Sood. Indian Predator outlines the investigation concerning Chandrakant Jha, perhaps one of the deadliest serial killers in the nation’s history. For nearly 10 years, the Butcher of Delhi threatened the core of India. What makes Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi convincing is what the best crime documentaries do. Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi is a fierce and interesting watch.

2) hose who are ‘free in this world.’ 3) Those who worship the worldly gods of desire, deceit and delusion. As is clear, if you cannot be in the first category, ‘at least’ be ‘free’ of the third category. And so, from the bloodstained desert of Karbala, Hussain Ibn-e-Ali (A.S.)’s messages of being ‘free’, rings true till today. If only we could be ‘free’ from the worship of this world and all its glitter, can we finally begin to appreciate the truth in Maula Hussain (A.S.)’s message: that only a ‘free’ man can worship and submit to God. You are free as your mother named you, free in this life and the next!’.

It is the North Korean invasion of South Korea and the American and western response to it. It is said that Stalin who was in power in 1950 encouraged Kim II Sung in Pyongyang and green-lighted this invasion of South Korea. There is rising talk that an anti-western alternative order may replace this dual purpose and hypocritical western world order and the two countries that would lead the creation of such an order will be Russia and China. Russia in its turn challenges the American-led order of western internationalism which harbours different ground rules for different states. What the US and the western world need to realise is that these three great civilisations don’t necessarily share the western values or the international institutions that promote these values.

Gen Sarfraz got commission in the army’s Azad Kashmir regiment in March 1989 and served the institution for 33 long years. It is also to the credit of Gen Sarfraz that he was once DG of Military Intelligence. It should be noted here that Gen Sarfraz was disturbed since the province of Balochistan was hit by the flood. The martyrdom of Gen Sarfraz is, indeed, a great loss for us and his vacuum will be felt for long. In his last video message, Gen Sarfraz lauded the sacrifices rendered by Pak Army to ensure law and order in the country.

NAWABSHAH – Department of Livestock and Animal Husbandry, Shaheed Benazirabad treated dozens of cattle and administered free vaccines to hundreds of them at free camps set up at Hamzo Jatoi village of Sakrand tehsil, and Kernel Stop of Daur tehsil. The camps were set up on the directives of Provincial Minister Livestock and Fisheries Engineer Abdul Bari Patafi, Secretary Livestock Tameezuddin Khero, DG Livestock Dr Nazir Husssain Khero, and Director Livestock Animal Husbandry Sindh Dr Hizbullah Bhutto. Deputy Director Livestock and Animal Husbandry, SBA Dr Aijaz Hussan Laghari led the vets teams which treated and vaccinated animals at the medical camps. He urged the general public to take maximum benefits of these free camps. Chairman Union Council Soomar Khan Jamali, Qurban Arain, and other cattle owners thanked the Department of Livestock for arranging free medical camps to treat their cattle at their doorstep.