NEW DELHI, OCT 01 (DNA) – The Indian Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has directed Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi-led government to submit reply over a case against abrogation of Article 370 that gave special status to the occupied Kashmir in four weeks.A five-judge constitutional bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana allowed the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to file counter-affidavits on petitions challenging scrapping of Article 370.Moreover, the court has adjourned the hearing till November 14.
Opposition walks out of NA over passing bills through presidential ordinance
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The opposition walked out of the National Assembly on Tuesday over passing bills through presidential ordinance without presenting them before the House.The rumpus started when Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nafisa Shah protested against the bill which was tabled by the treasury benches.The PPP leader said 11 presidential ordinances have been issued and privileges of chairmen of standing committees have been stamped out.
Malaysian speaker along with parliamentary delegation to arrive on OCT 1
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 30 (DNA) – The Speaker of the Malaysian House of the Representatives Mr. Mohammad Ariff Bin Md Yousof along with five members’ parliamentary delegation will arrive in Islamabad on 1st October, 2019 on a three day visit to Pakistan.Speaker Mr. Mohammad Ariff Bin Md Yousof is visiting Pakistan on the invitation of Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser.During his stay in Pakistan, the Malaysian Speaker besides meeting with his Pakistani counterpart will also meet with the political hierarchy of the country.
AJK people serve as first line defenders of Pakistan: Masood
MARYLAND, SEPT 30 (DNA) – AJK President Sardar Masood Khan has spurned the false Indian narrative related to Kashmir, and has asserted that international media has now acknowledging the facts highlighting happening taking place in occupied Kashmir.Addressing a function organized by Pakistani-Kashmiri Diaspora here on Monday, he said that we must take advantage of the critical space provided to us by the global media in relations to Kashmir issue.The AJK president commended the Diaspora for reaching out to the US lawmakers and media highlighting the plight of the Kashmiri people and human rights violations taking place in occupied Kashmir.
Chinese Ambassador says CPEC moving forward to new phase
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 30 (DNA) – There is no slow down of CPEC as its foundation is solid and direction is set in new stage of CPEC.This was stated by Ambassador of China Yao Jing, in his key note speech at “Friends of Silk Road” Seminar organized by Pakistan-China Institute. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Federal Minister for Planning Development and Reform was the guest of honor.Chairman Senate foreign affairs committee and Chairman Pakistan China Institute, Senator Mushahid Hussain, presided over the seminar which was packed to capacity with a diverse and distinguished gathering including scholars, students, intellectuals, former diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders, lawyers, civil society and representatives of Chinese companies.
U.S. interference in Hong Kong will backfire
Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language “Commentaries on International Affairs.”
U.S. congressional committees on Wednesday passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, bringing it a step closer to becoming law. The act requires the United States government to assess the level of freedom in Hong Kong in order to decide whether Washington will continue to grant the city special trading privileges under the 1992 United States-Hong Kong Policy Act. This legislation shows that Washington is intent on persisting in the role of self-appointed global policeman.
EU earmarks 180 million euros for climate change relates project in Pakistan
EU envoy says Pakistan doing well in climate change, environmental issues; supports multilateral approach; Amin Aslam spells out govt priorities
BY ANSAR M BHATTI
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 19 (DNA): Ambassador-designate of the European Union, Androulla Kaminara has said: “The EU remains committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change and its full implementation while progressing steadily with the finalization of the measures to reduce emissions by at least 40% by 2030.
She said climate change does not affect all countries in the same way and of course not all countries are responsible for climate change crisis.
“It has been proved that in already stressed societies climate change multiplies their woes. I have seen myself climate change affecting badly various countries”.
FM Qureshi meets Iranian counterpart in New York
NEW YORK, Sept 28 (DNA): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi today (Sept. 28) has once again met his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in New York.According to a private television channel report, FM Qureshi and Iranian FM discussed the situation of the region and mutual interests during the meeting.Sources told that the both Foreign Ministers decided to continue mutual consultation for peace in the region.Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Donald Trump had asked him tomediate with Iran to defuse tensions, though the US president latersuggested it was Khan who approached him and nothing was final.
Rare hailstorm hits Lahore, turns weather pleasant
LAHORE, SEPT 28 (DNA) – Temperature in Lahore on Saturday afternoon dropped significantly after a rare hailstorm along with heavy rain and thunderstorm gave parts of the provincial capital a feel of a hill station.Hailstones, the size of small strawberries, carpeted streets and rooftops with white colour as people watched the freak turn of weather with a pleasant surprise.However, a traffic gridlock followed the hailstorm, making driving a misery on roads awash with a hail of stones. Mobile phones were taken out to take stills and make movies of the falling hailstones.
HR abuses in J&K takes somewhere beyond understandable state: FM
NEW YORK, SEPT 28 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stated that India’s draconian measures in Kashmir are inching the situation towards the unthinkable.Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote that the unilateral move of India on August 5 abrogated the special autonomous status granted to Jammu and Kashmir within its constitution.What has followed has reminded the world of the extremism and xenophobia that still plagues it.He wrote it has forced everyone from international media to human rights organizations and legislators in the Western world to call the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government out on its actions.
