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Two dead in shooting at Dutch ‘care farm’

Posted on May 7, 2022

The Hague, May 6 (AFP/APP): Two people were shot dead and two wounded on Friday at a “care farm” in the Netherlands for people with mental or social issues, police and local media said. Dutch police said they arrested a man and recovered a firearm […]

Pakistani documentary wins The Best Human Rights Award from South Korea

Posted on May 6, 2022

Seoul, South Korea (PNI) Twinkling without Shining, a documentary about the war-affected Afghan children, based in Pakistan, wins The Best Human Rights Award from the Korea International Short Film Festival 2022, held in Seoul, South Korea, on May 5th, 2022. Twinkling without Shining is […]

What is missing from the repository of knowledge of the educated class in Pakistan? By Fayyaz Baqir

Posted on May 5, 2022

When we talk of social change in Pakistan, we notice an acute sense of helplessness among the educated classes in Pakistan. It is surprising that on the one hand, we equate education with advanced political consciousness, and as a key to prosperity and democratic […]

Finnish group scraps nuclear plant deal with Russia’s Rosatom

Posted on May 3, 2022

Helsinki, May 2 (AFP/APP): Finnish-led consortium Fennovoima said on Monday it has terminated a contract with Russian group Rosatom to build Finland’s third nuclear power plant, citing risks linked to the Ukraine war. “The war in Ukraine has worsened the risks for the project,” Fennovoima […]

Cases of violation of sanctity of Masjid-e- Nabvi registered against PTI leaders in the country challenged

Posted on May 3, 2022

ISLAMABAD, May 02 (Online): The cases of violation of sanctity of Masjid-e-Nabvi registered against the PTI leadership in the country have been challenged. PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry has filed petition n Islamabad High Court (IHC) that FIA or Police be stopped from harassing him and […]

IHC stops law enforcement agencies from arresting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill

Posted on May 3, 2022

ISLAMABAD, May 02 (Online): Islamabad High Court (IHC) has stopped law enforcement agencies from arresting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill in violation of sanctity of Masjid-e-Nabvi case. PTI leader Shahbaz Gill has filed through his counsel Faisal Chaudhry a petition in connection with preventive bail in […]

UAE experts team to visit Pakistan to implement decisions taken by leadership of both countries

Posted on May 3, 2022

ISLAMABAD, MAY 02 (Online): A delegation of UAE’s economic experts will visit Pakistan to implement the decisions taken by leadership of both the countries at a recent meeting in Abu Dhabi. UAE’s economic experts’ delegation will undertake emergency meeting of Pakistan. The delegation will meet […]

American Bar Association conveys concern to Indian top court over detention of IIOJK journalists

Posted on May 3, 2022

Washington. May 2 (ONLINE): The American Bar Association (ABA) in a letter to the Supreme Court of India has expressed concern over the detention of two Kashmiri journalists detained by the authorities under Public Safety Act (PSA). ABA is one of the world’s largest voluntary […]

Revisit of Directory retirement rules welcomed

Posted on May 3, 2022

ISLAMABAD, May 02 (APP):The Federal Government College Teachers Association (FGCTA) has welcomed the move to amend the directory retirement rules by the authorities concerned. According to an official source, a ministerial committee has been constituted of Minister for Law and Justice, Minister for Climate change […]

Trump floated shooting protesters in legs: ex-defense secretary

Posted on May 3, 2022

Washington, May 2 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump vented fury at protesters outside the White House in 2020, saying “Can’t you just shoot them?” according to then defense secretary Mark Esper in book excerpts released Monday. Esper wrote that he sat in the Oval Office with “the president […]

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Two dead in shooting at Dutch ‘care farm’

Pakistani documentary wins The Best Human Rights Award from South Korea

What is missing from the repository of knowledge of the educated class in Pakistan? By Fayyaz Baqir

Finnish group scraps nuclear plant deal with Russia’s Rosatom

Cases of violation of sanctity of Masjid-e- Nabvi registered against PTI leaders in the country challenged

IHC stops law enforcement agencies from arresting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill

UAE experts team to visit Pakistan to implement decisions taken by leadership of both countries

American Bar Association conveys concern to Indian top court over detention of IIOJK journalists

Revisit of Directory retirement rules welcomed

Trump floated shooting protesters in legs: ex-defense secretary

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