PM Imran Khan welcomes Trudeau’s condemnation of Islamophobia

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unequivocal condemnation of Islamophobia, calling for an end to hatred against Muslims. On his twitter handle, the prime minister also appreciated Trudeau’s plans to appoint a special representative to cope […]

Krejcikova and Siniakova win Australian Open women’s doubles

Melbourne, Jan 30 (AFP/APP):Top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova won their fourth Grand Slam Sunday, sweeping to the Australian Open women’s doubles title against Kazakstan’s Anna Danilina and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. The Czech pair battled from a set down to come through 6-7 […]

EVM – a way forward to flourishing democracy, empowering people

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (APP):Technology driven innovations have played a significant role in rapidly transforming the democracies globally during the last few decades and reshaping the entire governance system. Pakistan’s adoption to a universally acknowledged way of conducting elections through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is another […]

China factory activity edges down in January amid Covid outbreaks

Beijing, Jan 30 (AFP/APP):Factory activity in China edged down in January, official figures showed Sunday, but slightly exceeded expectations as businesses struggled with sporadic disruptions due to coronavirus outbreaks. The Purchasing Managers’ Index — a key gauge of manufacturing activity — in the world’s second-largest […]

Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian deaths

Washington – January 28 (ONLINE): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials Thursday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths from military strikes after multiple unjustified fatal incidents. “The protection of civilians is fundamentally consistent with the effective, efficient and decisive […]

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