Let us save Pakistan from default
We are about 10 million Pakistanis working/ living abroad. We are always getting worried these days along with all our country men and women about Pakistan’s potential default on external account like Sri Lanka. This default on international financial obligation might create unrest in our beloved country, Pakistan. To remit $1,000 by every overseas Pakistani is not a very big ask and it will help Pakistan a lot. We owe a lot to Pakistan.
Source:The Nation
August 26, 2022 12:34 UTC
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Source:The Express Tribune
August 26, 2022 10:14 UTC
India violating rights
The action constitutes a blatant violation of the Geneva Convention and the UN resolutions on the Kashmir dispute. While the first three conventions dealt with combatants, the Fourth Geneva Convention was the first to deal with humanitarian protections for civilians in a war zone. International media, human rights organisations like Amnesty International and even the UN Human Rights Commission in its reports has corroborated blatant violation of human rights in IOJ&K. Through the foregoing actions, India has not only torn asunder the 4th Geneva Convention but has also pummelled the UN resolutions regarding the plebiscite and breached international law with impunity. Pakistan and India are both nuclear powers and any military confrontation between them can have disastrous consequences not only for them but for the entire region and beyond.
Source:The Nation
August 26, 2022 06:00 UTC
Punjab CM announces establishment of flood relief fund
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday announced the establishment of the Punjab Chief Minister Flood Relief Fund by allocating Rs 5 billion for the rehabilitation of the flood victims. Parvez Elahi said that the government will provide all possible resources for the flood victims, the amount of the Chief Minister Punjab Flood Relief Fund will be spent on the rehabilitation of the victims, the entire machinery is busy helping the brothers and sisters in trouble. He further said that rehabilitation of the flood victims is the first priority of the Punjab government, China will not sit down until the rehabilitation of the victims.
Source:The Nation
August 26, 2022 02:44 UTC
National T20: Affordable tickets on offer for fans from Friday
To provide affordable access to action for the cricket fans in Rawalpindi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has set the ticket prices for the National T20 matches at the Pindi Cricket Stadium at nominal rates. The tickets for general category tickets which include Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Miran Bakhsh and Yasir Arafat enclosures are priced at PKR50. That the fans can easily buy tickets, the PCB, through its ticketing partner BookMe has made tickets available both online and through physical booths. The online ticket sales commence from 10:00 tomorrow (26 August) morning and the fans can buy the tickets at www.pcb.bookme.pk. The physical tickets will be available from 27 August from the booths placed outside Nawaz Sharif Park on Murree Road.
Source:Pakistan Today
August 26, 2022 00:50 UTC
How Do Our Blackhawks Prospect Rankings Differ From The Athletic?
Yesterday, we updated our BN Top 20 Blackhawks Prospects in the wake of the World Juniors coming to a close. It just so happened that Corey Pronman at The Athletic dropped his analysis of the Blackhawks’ system yesterday as well. There are a couple names that are missing from one of the two rankings: Ian Mitchell and Philipp Kurashev. We graduated Kurashev from our prospect rankings after he spent almost the entire last year in the NHL (he played three games in Rockford and 67 in Chicago). He projects as a bottom-six NHL center with the potential to play higher in a lineup.
Source:The Nation
August 25, 2022 20:32 UTC
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Imran decries ‘begging mission’ to Qatar
We have to set Pakistan free from the slavery of these thieves," he declared while addressing a rally in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). The former prime minister’s statement comes against the backdrop of PM Shehbaz’s visit to Qatar in the hope of generating trade and investment for the country amid debilitating economic woes. He said that the Indian government never makes a decision where it sacrifices the lives of its citizens for someone else. Imran further questioned under which law was this being carried out and in which other country this kind of torture is meted out to political workers. “This is how terrorists are treated, not political workers.
Source:The Express Tribune
August 25, 2022 16:35 UTC
Meghalaya hikes petrol, diesel prices
Shillong, Aug 25: The Meghalaya government hiked the prices of petrol and diesel, state taxation minister James PK Sangma said. The tax on petrol was 13.5 per cent or Rs 11 per litre, whichever is higher. It has been revised to 13.5 per cent or Rs 12.50 per litre, whichever is higher, he said. The tax on diesel was 5 per cent or Rs 4 per litre, whichever is higher. "As you may be aware that the state of Assam has hiked the rates of petrol and diesel.
Source:The Express Tribune
August 25, 2022 13:06 UTC
Qatar aims to invest $3 billion in Pakistan
The Qatar Investment Authority aims to invest $3 billion in Pakistan, Qatar’s Emiri Diwan said on Wednesday, lending support to the country’s economy. “The Qatar Investment Authority announced its aspiration to invest $3 billion in various commercial and investment sectors in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” the Emiri Diwan said, without giving details. The Emiri Diwan is the sovereign body and the administrative office of the Emir of Qatar. The prime minister met Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani wherein both the leaders discussed bilateral ties and ways to further strengthen the cooperation between Pakistan and Qatar. Earlier, as the prime minister arrived at Diwan, he was warmly welcomed by the Amir at the main entrance.
Source:The Express Tribune
August 25, 2022 09:08 UTC
BOYS' SOCCER: Kaelin's PK helps Pioneers prevail over Highlanders
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Source:The Express Tribune
August 25, 2022 08:06 UTC
Flood Relief
The devastation caused by the recent spate of floods across Pakistan is nothing short of a national emergency. Indeed, the damage the floods have led to, and are still causing, has escalated beyond the point of the Pakistan government’s capabilities. 830 lives have been lost in the floods since July, and hundreds of thousands of homes, buildings and structures have been displaced. Indeed, the international community had taken note of the devastation even before any such appeal for help outwards was considered. China has also announced to provide emergency humanitarian aid including tents and other urgently needed relief material for flood victims in Pakistan.
Source:The Nation
August 25, 2022 02:56 UTC
Court rejects police request for further physical remand of Gill
A local court in Islamabad on Wednesday rejected the request by the Islamabad police for an extension in Shahbaz Gill's physical remand and sent the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader to prison on judicial remand. Judicial Magistrate Malik Aman rejected the seven-day extension request by the police as the physical remand of Imran Khan's chief of staff expired today. Following Gill's arrival, Special Prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi presented his arguments for an extension in the physical remand period of the accused. The judge asked if a request for a polygraph test was not already made during Gill's previous remand hearing. The judge stated that 48 hours were granted for physical remand and the court can not approve a further extension.
Source:The Express Tribune
August 24, 2022 23:15 UTC
Merit
One reason is that many organisations do the advertisements including universities, banks, and companies to show that they are hiring based on the interviewee’s capabilities and skills. If organisations already selected the person then why are interviewers receiving calls? Merit means based on the individual capability. If organisations call for interviews then results must be on a merit basis otherwise they should not do the calls to show or promote their organisations by making a middle man fool..After that, a claim of organisations is that interviewees do not come at a given time. How would interviewees come when they know the facts about their whole surroundings?
Source:The Nation
August 24, 2022 23:05 UTC
2 more associates of PK Halder held
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday detained two more associates of Prashanta Kumar Halder, the disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL), in a money laundering case. They are the daughters of People’s Leasing Company director Khabir Uddin, one of the main associates of Halder. Halder is now in jail as Indian intelligence team arrested him. Halder reportedly amassed Tk3,600 crore and laundered the money abroad while performing his duties as director at ILFSL. Besides, on January 8, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) also lodged a complaint against Halder for acquiring wealth of around Tk275 crore beyond any known income sources and money laundering.
Source:The Express Tribune
August 24, 2022 20:19 UTC
Another long march: Imran tells nation to wait for his call
Referring to the visit of Premier Shehbaz to Qatar, Imran Khan said that Shehbaz Sharif, along with 40 other “thieves”, had gone to Qatar for “begging”, adding but no one will give them money as everyone knows that they [incumbent rulers] are thieves. The PTI chief maintained that fresh and fair elections are necessary for the political and economic stability in the country. “The nation will never accept them and I will stand for the rights of my nation,” he added. According to the schedule announced by PTI, the PTI chairman will address a rally in Karachi on August 26. Moreover, PTI will hold massive public meetings in Sargodha and Gujarat on September 1 and September 2, respectively.
Source:The Nation
August 24, 2022 20:01 UTC