KABUL, JUL 25 (DNA) – Three bombs rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, with one hitting a bus carrying government employees, killing a total of at least 12 people, officials said.Five employees of the ministry of mines and petroleum were killed and 10 wounded in the bus attack, the officials said, adding that seven people were killed and more than 20 wounded in the second explosion.
CPNE, APNS reject media courts plan
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), while expressing serious concerns on the announcement of media courts made by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, has rejected the proposal.In a statement issued on Wednesday, CPNE President Arif Nizami and Secretary General Dr Jabbar Khattak said the CPNE stands against any kind of discriminatory legislation and would oppose discriminatory media law at all forums.
156 Pakistanis receive fulbright scholarships to study, teach in U.S
ISLAMABAD, JUL 25 (DNA) – After receiving the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, 156 Pakistani students will pursue Master’s and Ph.D. studies or teach at top universities in the United States. U.S. Embassy Islamabad Chargé d’Affaires a.i. John Hoover congratulated the Pakistani students at an event preparing the recipients for the exchange program.
New oil and gas reserves found in Sanghar
SANGHAR (DNA) – In a major breakthrough on Wednesday, the Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) issued a statement that it has discovered oil and gas reservoir in district Sanghar of Sindh province.According to OGDCL notification, the oil and gas reservoir was discovered in Pandhi area of Sanghar.“The joint venture of Bitrism Block comprising of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) as operator (95 percent) and Government Holdings (Pvt) Limited (5 Percent carried) has discovered oil and gas from its exploratory well Pandhi # 01, which is located in district Sanghar, Sindh province.”
Pakistan will have to manage tense ties with India: Javed Jabbar
ISLAMABAD, JUL 24 (DNA) – “Two immediate neighbours–Pakistan and India- with inherently contrasting, often conflictual personas will continue to face dynamic tension.Regional and global geopolitical factors, especially the role of China and the US, will likely to have greater impact on this relationship.For the near term future, Pakistan will have to learn to manage its tense relationship with India without war, violent conflict, subversion, hate and follow a course towards improved unconditional dialogue, trade, travel, connectivity, and cooperation.”
Senate chairman removal: Government delegation calls on Fazlur Rehman
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – An eight-member government delegation Wednesday called on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his home to hold talks regarding withdrawal of resolutions seeking removal of Senate chairman and deputy chairman.The representatives were led by Leader of House in Senate, Senator Shibli Faraz and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan.
In Hong Kong, life in a ‘cage’
A yawning wealth gap in a city with high rents, low pay and long hours
higher than New York, London or San Francisco for apartments half the size.
Nearly one in five people living in poverty.A minimum wage of $4.82 an hour. Hong Kong, a semiautonomous Chinese city of 7.4 million people shaken this summer by huge protests, may be the world’s most unequal place to live. Anger over the growing power of mainland China in everyday life has fueled the protests, as has the desire of residents to choose their own leaders.
Hard-liners in Iran want to negotiate with Trump
Idea of engagement is led by an ex-president known for his anti-U.S. bombast
Iran’s most revered Revolutionary Guards commander says talking with President Trump would be admitting defeat. The country’s supreme leader has ruled out any dealings with Washington.But now, in a surprising split among Iranian hard-liners, some are expressing a different opinion: It’s time to sit down and resolve 40 years of animosity with the United States, by talking directly to Mr. Trump.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on PM Imran
WASHINGTON (DNA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday met Prime Minister Imran Khan in Washington.Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mehmood and Pakistan s Ambassador to the US Dr Asad Majeed Khan were also present during the meeting.Former United States Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale and US acting assistant secretary of state for South Asia Alice Wells were also present in the meeting.
India violating all international laws on Kashmir: AJK president
MUZAFFARABAD, JULY 23 (DNA) – Leader of the Islamic Supreme Council Iraq, Sheikh Dr. Humam Hamoudi, who is currently on a visit to Azad Kashmir at the head of a five-member Iraqi parliamentary delegation, has stressed the need of resolving Kashmir issue through talks between Pakistan and India as per wishes of the Kashmiri people and the UN Security Council resolutions.
