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Coronavirus claims 47 more lives in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD : The novel coronavirus has claimed 47 more lives in Pakistan during past 24 hours, surging the overall death toll to 11,204.

According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) the COVID-19 has claimed 47 more lives and 1,745 fresh infections were reported.

In the past 24 hours, as many as 2,075 patients have recovered from the deadly virus in a day and 2,362 patients are still in critical condition including 27 new cases.

The total count of active cases is 34,916.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 528,891.

A total of 35,839 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 482,771 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 7,561,977 samples have been tested thus far.

The positivity rate of the COVID-19 in past 24 hours remained 4.86 per cent.

China will provide 500,000 doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan by January 31, said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday.

Talking to media in Islamabad, FM Qureshi had said that China has offered Pakistan to send an airplane and airlift the vaccine doses.

Daily Islamabad Post Jan 22

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Joe Biden reverses Trump’s Muslim ban

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Joe Biden reverses

Trump’s Muslim ban

The United States faces “a rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront, and we will defeat,” Biden said.

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WASHINGTON: Soon after taking charge as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, Joe Biden issued orders to reverse a number of Donald Trump’s divisive policies including returning to global health body, joining climate pact and rescinding Muslim ban.

Biden pushed through a flurry of orders the moment he entered the White House, starting with rejoining the 2015 Paris climate accord, from which the US withdrew under Trump, an ally of the fossil fuel industry.

“We are going to combat climate change in a way we have not done so far,” the new US leader said in the Oval Office as he signed papers on the Paris deal, which was negotiated by Barack Obama when Biden was his vice president.

Biden’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki said his first call to a foreign leader would be on Friday to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — after Biden blocked the Keystone XL pipeline fiercely opposed by environmentalists but backed by Ottawa.

Biden also halted the US exit from the World Health Organization, stopped construction of Trump’s cherished wall on the Mexican border and rescinded a ban on visitors from several Muslim-majority nations.

“As a nation built on religious freedom and tolerance, we welcome people of all faiths and those of no faith at all. It is who we are,” said the new State Department spokesman, Ned Price.

In his inaugural address, Biden appealed to supporters of Trump, who shattered political norms by ruthlessly belittling rivals, denouncing entire ethnic groups and trying to cast doubt on basic facts.

“I will be a president for all Americans,” the veteran Democrat said.

The United States faces “a rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront, and we will defeat,” Biden said.

“Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear and demonization have long torn us apart.”

Shibli opposes summoning of Justice ® Javed Iqbal

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Shibli opposes summoning

of Justice ® Javed Iqbal

Chairman Committee Javed Latif had asked the NAB chief to appear and explain why the money was paid to Broadsheet

Khayam Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said on Thursday the Prime Minister has already constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the Broadsheet matter and determine the responsibility within 45 days.

The minister said this during the meeting of the National Assembly’s

Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting chaired by Javed

Latif, MNA. He said there was no point to summon the Chairman National

Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the committee at this time.

Chairman Committee Javed Latif had asked the NAB chief to appear and explain why and how the money was paid to Broadsheet however Information Minister Shibli Faraz opposed the decision and exchanged harsh words with Javed Latif over the decision.

He said as per terms of reference of the inquiry committee responsibility would be fixed and its details would be shared with the information committee. Moreover, he said the matter did not come in the domain of the committee on Information and Broadcasting.

Shibli Faraz opined that at a time when an inquiry committee was working, summoning the NAB Chairman in the committee could create confusion. He said that when the inquiry committee report comes, if the committee was not satisfied it could summon him then. He said that if the committee summons the chairman NAB, then it should also summon all   persons named in it.

During past five years the committee has never taken any agenda like this, he said adding that the PTI had no worry on the Broadsheet issue, as it had nothing to do with this all saga.

Pakistan urges world to hold India accountable

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The FO Spokesperson said the transcripts also illustrated the unholy nexus between the ‘Hindutva’ regime and its cronies in the Indian media

Shujaat Hamza

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan on Thursday urged the world to hold India accountable for its actions vitiating the regional environment and endangering peace and stability in South Asia.

“The RSS-BJP regime in India continues to be exposed internationally for its negative propaganda against Pakistan and irresponsible actions, imperiling peace and stability in the region,” the Foreign Office Spokesperson said at a weekly press briefing. 

Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the international community must take full cognizance of the situation and hold India accountable for its actions.

He said the recent developments regarding Arnab Goswami’s WhatsApp chats leaks had further exposed India’s sinister designs against Pakistan and vindicated our long-held position.

He said the latest revelations confirmed what Pakistan had consistently pointed out that the BJP government staged “false flag” operations, maligned Pakistan with terrorism-related allegations, stoked hyper-nationalism in the country and also deviously manipulated national sentiment in its bid to win elections. 

“We had, at the outset, rejected India’s malicious propaganda against Pakistan and highlighted that the biggest beneficiary of the Pulwama attack in February 2019 was the BJP government, as it secured landslide victory in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections,” he said. 

The FO Spokesperson said the transcripts also illustrated the unholy nexus between the ‘Hindutva’ regime and its cronies in the Indian media.

On situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), he said the military siege, communications blockade, media blackout and every possible violation of the human rights of Kashmiri people continued for 535 days since India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5th August 2019.

“In a new low, the RSS-BJP regime has merged the civil services in IIOJK with civil services of certain other Indian states in violation of the international law,” he said. 

The FO Spokesperson said India could not hide its true intention behind such decisions, which was further disempowerment of the Kashmiris through weeding out of Kashmiri civil servants from IIOJK. 

He said Pakistan firmly condemned the framing of Shabbir Ahmad Shah, by the Indian authorities in a fake (six-year-old) case under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). 

“It is immediately obvious that Mr. Shah’s prosecution has nothing to do with the maintenance of justice but is being undertaken by the RSS-BJP combine to muzzle the Kashmiri voices,” he said. 

Zahid Chaudhri said Pakistan demanded that the fake charges against Shabbir Shah be immediately withdrawn, the political victimization of Kashmiri political leaders be seized and he along with other incarcerated Kashmiris leadership be released without further delay.

He mentioned that Pakistan had approached the United Nations Secretary General in New York to seek immediate release of Kashmiri leader Muhammad Yasin Malik.

China to give half million vaccines

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Chinese Foreign Minister informed him that Pakistan could send the cargo aircraft to airlift the batch of vaccine

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ISLAMABAD, : China will provide 0.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the government of Pakistan by January 31, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday.

“As goodwill gesture, China has pledged to handover the batch of vaccine free of cost,” the Foreign Minister told media here, following his telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi this afternoon.

Qureshi said the Chinese Foreign Minister informed him that Pakistan could send the cargo aircraft to airlift the batch of vaccine.

Terming it a “welcoming development” amid coronavirus situation, he said, “This is a very good news that we have received from our friend China,” he said.

Qureshi said as Pakistan would be needing another 1.1 million doses for its frontline population, for which Chinese FM Wang Yi today agreed to handover the required vaccine by the end of February.

“In view of the strong strategic relations, China has considered Pakistan as the first country to be supplied with the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said.

The Foreign Minister said Pakistan had successfully fought the challenges of coronavirus and lauded the performance of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in this regard.

He mentioned that the trials of COVID-19 were effectively being carried out in the country, with an objective to launch production at later stages.

Changing the Demography of Indian Occupied Kashmir

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Justice ® Ali Nawaz Chowhan

On 5th August the Indian government revoked Articles 370 and 35A of its Constitution without any recourse to the Kashmiri people making material breach of the Instrument of Accession, the negotiations conducted in the Delhi Agreement of 1952, the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly, the UNSC Resolutions as well as its own constitution and judicial precedents. Subsequently, the Indian parliament passed the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Bill of 2019 which abolished the State of Jammu & Kashmir, further dividing the region into two ‘union territories’ of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir. Since Article 35A emanates from Article 370 it also got revoked pursuant to the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Bill. Even before the partition Jammu & Kashmir enjoyed a semi-autonomy.

This autonomy was recognised in Indian Constitution through Article 370 and 35A. Providing safeguards from demographic change. Indian Parliament could only legislate in limited areas as defined in the instrument accession. Any change could only be brought with the concurrent consent of the Jammu & Kashmir constituent assembly. In 1958, the constituent assembly stood dissolved. Article 370 was interpreted as a temporary arrangement but the Jammu & Kashmir High Court declared it to be a permanent rule.

This had to stay until resolution of this dispute. Jammu & Kashmir is an occupied territory. People there are subjected to crimes against humanity and their voices suppressed and movement curtailed through prolonged curfews. A near million security forces are deployed for this purpose. Jammu and Kashmir is an international conflict area. The perpetrators of war crimes will one day face justice.

Anyway the purpose of these changes is to tilt the demographic balance against the Kashmiris. Therefore under section 96 of the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation Act of 2019 a new domicile rule has been promulgated and would take the place of abrogated Article 35A.

Under the new rules a domicile certificate is to be issued to anyone for Jammu and Kashmir. This is in violation of Hereditary State Subject Definition of 1927, UN resolutions and Delhi Agreement of 1952. The purpose of demographic change is to bring in aliens and overwhelm the Kashmiri population.

 India cannot do thisin the disputed territory under occupation. India also has a criminal intention against Azad Jammu & Kashmir and maybe the Northern Areas of Pakistan who have already acceded. The intention seems to be to demand a plebiscite for the whole region after the influx of Non-Kashmiri aliens in the occupied territory and to later create a fuss after this happens.

 Pakistan has to be vigilant and should pursue for legal remedies to check Indian designs under the International law which prohibits demographic changes. The Author is a Honorary Chairman of Legal Forum for Oppressed Voices of Kashmir (LFOVK), a former International Judge of the UN at The Hague, Chief Justice of the Gambia, First Chairman of National Commission for the Human Rights Pakistan, Judge of the superior judiciary, Co-Chairperson UNESCO, Professor of International Law etc.

The writer is former Chairman, National Commission for Human Rights, 

Government of Pakistan

Pak US Business Council congrats Joe Biden on becoming 46th president of the United States

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LAHORE Jan 21 (DNA) : Founder Chairman Pak-US Business Council and veteran trade  leader Iftikhar Ali Malik Thursday congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on becoming 46th president of the United States.

He expressed these views while talking to media here today.He also further extended greetings to Kamala Harris first ever  woman Vice President  and hoped new leadership will focus on bringing durable peace worldwide especially in South Asia besides restoring the confidence of entire Muslim Ummah in addition to fully ensuring equal rights to all irrespective of  color, creed, religion and caste.

He further hoped that under new era,Pakistan will be provided free market access to United States at zero duty in the wake of war on terror in the region and the US private sector will further enter into joint ventures in economic sphere.

Iftikhar Ali Malik said what Pakistan needs is to opt the model of joint ventures on the pattern of Egypt and some African countries to enhance trade ties with biggest economies like the US.

He said Pakistan had been keen to explore potential trade concessions as it could import more US cotton in return for preferential US market access for its apparel export. A preferential Trade Agreement (FTA) could be a long goal because of complexity involved in the process, he further said and added that the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement ( TIFA) provided an institutional mechanism to carry forward those discussions and come up with new ideas.

Iftikhar Ali Malik was of the considered view that the US  hould remove the bottlenecks in bilateral investment treaty and efforts should now be made to better FTA and it is now imperative that the new US leadership should offer same package and incentives which it offers to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in textile exports, such as duty concessions and market access.

“There must be an incentive package for Pakistan for being a front-line state in combating terrorism with the US. He said that Pakistan is time tested friend and suffered colossal irreparable  economic losses running in billions of dollars in war on terrorism in the region.

He further said visa restrictions should be eased for the Pakistani businessmen and exporters and joint efforts are needed to further cement the existing economic ties between Pakistan and US private sector. He said Pakistan and US are enjoying amicable relationship and coalition partners against war on terror.
He said it’s world record that Pakistan has been hosting 2.7 million Afghan refugees for the last 40 years besides laying down the highest number human lives again war on terror.

ICC’s delegation meets Mayor of MCI to get improved civic conditions

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Islamabad, January 21 (DNA) : A delegation of Islamabad Citizens Committee (ICC) led by its President Syed Sadiq Hasan had a meeting with the Mayor,  Metropolitan Corporation, Islamabad (MCI) Adil Shah in his office.

They discussed ways and means to get improved the civic conditions in the Federal Capital.

According to a ICC’s press release issued here on Thursday, the President apprised the Mayor of various problems being faced by the citizens of the capital city.

The following areas came under discussion Water Supply, Sewerage System, Parks, Cleanliness of Markets, Encroachments in Markets and
Residential Areas, Citizens Club in Fatima Jinnah Park and Roads and Footpaths.

The Mayor was very receptive and assured that he will see to it as to what could be done in the shortest possible time.

It was agreed that a follow up letter would be delivered to his office,highlighting all those areas which required his immediate attention.

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes top goalscorer in history of football

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Karachi : Portugal and Juventus’ forward Cristiano Ronaldo has surpassed Josef Bican (759) for the most goals scored for club and country in football history.

The 35-year-old has now scored 760 goals in his 19-year career. He reached the landmark after a strike in the 64th minute against Napoli in the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner recently went ahead Brazilian legend Pele (757), who moves down to third on the all-time list while Romario is fourth (743) and his rival Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is at the fifth spot (719).

He netted whopping 450 goals during his nine-year run with Real Madrid while he scored 118 for Manchester United, 102 for his country Portugal, 85 for current club Juve and five at Sporting Lisbon.

Ronaldo has the best record against Sevilla as he scored 27 times against them, more than any other club. He has scored 488 goals with his right foot, 139 with his left, 131 with headers while two came from other parts of the body.

Former Man United star has 46-hat-tricks to his name while he has scored twice on 136 occassion. There were eight instances where he scored four times while on two occasions he scored five.

His total tally in La Liga stands at 311, 134 in the UEFA Champions League, 84 in English Premier League, 67 in Series A, 30 in FIFA World Cup qualifying, 31 in qualifying for the European Championships, 13 in the FA Cup and seven at the World Cup.

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