Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif delivered a comprehensive speech while addressing the UN General Assembly in which he tried to encompass almost all global and regional issues. The prime minister read out a very-well crafted speech, especially the part, which dealt with Pakistan relations with India was written with care and with an intention to make a new beginning. However Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech the very next day put a damper on all peace overtures that Nawaz Shairf extended in his speech.
Sun Weidong: China-Pakistan Friendship Based On Shared Values
DNA:The Ambassador of People’s Republic of China Mr. Sun Weidong delivered this speech on the occasion of 64th National Day reception held at the Chinese embassy. President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain was the chief guest on the occasion. The foundation was attended by a large number of dignitaries. Here is the full text of the speech of the ambassador for readers’ interest.
Kianat Khan; the shinning Tennis star
Kainat khan is a 15 years old student of 10th class in “Jinnah Public School”. Basically, she belongs t0 district “Nowshera””KPK”. I am a tennis player, I started playing at the age of 12 and at the age of 14. I represented Pakistan in “Malaysia” in “junior” Fed Cup Team in Pakistan. I am at “6 rank” and in KPK I am at “1st Rank”.
Overcoming energy Crisis top most Priority: Abid Sher Ali
State Minister for Water and Power Talks To DNA & Centreline
By Waheed Hussain
Provision of affordable energy on regular basis was the fundamental priority of the present government. Energy was the engine of economic growth, that’s why PML (N) presented a comprehensive and achievable energy policy within the first two months in power. The government took serious measures and the result was that there was tremendous reduction in the electricity load-shedding throughout the country. These views were expressed by the Minister of State for Water and Power Chudhary Abid Sher Ali in an exclusive interview with the Centreline and Diplomatic News Agency. Here are excerpts from his interview.
Malala the pride of Pakistan
By Waheed Hussain
On Pakistan Defence Day the pride of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai has received the International Children’s Peace Prize trophy from Yemeni Civil Rights activist at the Ridderzaal, Hague. Few days back she was also honored to inaugurate the world’s best futuristic-state of -the art library in Birmingham. Since the day Malala was attacked by the terrorists in her local district Swat, the brave girl, who struggled for the girls’ education in the Valley, became known to world outside Pakistan. The reason of attack, as many of us know was, that, the young Malalal stood for the girls’ right to education in the most difficult times and circumstances, when terrorists were regularly destroying girls’ schools. They were threatening parents, teachers and students of dire consequences, if they dared to pursue modern education in the entire beautiful Swat Valley. During her address at the library inauguration Malala once again unveiled her philosophy and ideology saying “books were the weapons to defeat terrorism.” Naturally, she was absolutely right as books were the most powerful tool than any of the sophisticated modern weapon on the face of this earth. As they (books) carry knowledge and information of visible and invisible world, objects, ideas, believes, philosophies, concepts and theories.
Watchdog: Syria submits ‘initial disclosure’ of chemical weapons program
Syria has begun detailing its chemical weapons arsenal, releasing an “initial declaration” of its stockpile, a spokesman for the U.N.-backed Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Friday. More details about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program are expected within the next day or two, spokesman Michael Luhan said. The international chemical weapons watchdog has been charged with overseeing the removal of al-Assad’s chemical weapons arsenal from Syria, part of a U.S.-Russian plan aimed at averting American military airstrikes.
Iran’s president calls for ‘constructive’ dialogue, end to ‘unhealthy’ rivalries
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made his case Thursday to the American people and the world for “a constructive approach” to contentious issues including his nation’s nuclear program, arguing that failing to engage “leads to everyone’s loss.” “We must work together to end the unhealthy rivalries and interferences that fuel violence and drive us apart,” Rouhani said in an op-ed published Thursday evening on the Washington Post’s website. It’s not the first time a leader from a country often at podds with the United States has used its newspapers to convey his or her views. Just last week, for instance, Russian President Vladimir Putin argued against international military intervention in Syria and jabbed his U.S. counterpart for saying Americans should consider themselves “exceptional” — a remark that quickly elicited derision from across the U.S. political spectrum.
Stringent terror laws on the anvil
ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet on Friday approved a draft of amendments to anti-terrorism laws in an effort to further empower law enforcement agencies for better handling of terror-related cases. The bill also promises more powers for the Rangers and protection of witnesses in terrorism cases. Federal Minister Zahid Hamid presented the Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment) Bill 2013 in the cabinet session chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Pakistan releases top Taliban prisoner Mullah Baradar
Pakistan on Saturday released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official of the interior ministry told AFP, in a move Kabul hopes will encourage peace talks with the insurgents. “Yes Baradar has been released,” Omar Hamid, a spokesman for interior ministry told AFP, without elaborating. Abdul Ghani Baradar, a one-time military chief often described as the insurgents’ former second-in-command, was the most high profile detained Taliban commander in Pakistan.
Brilliant Vettel storms to Singapore pole
SINGAPORE: Sebastian Vettel stormed to his fifth pole position of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix Saturday as the brilliant young German stepped closer to his fourth world title in a row. Red Bull’s German pilot timed a scorching 1min 42.841sec around the spot-lit Marina Bay street circuit to take first place on the grid ahead of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Lotus driver Romain Grosjean will start third, ahead of Vettel’s Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, second in the overall standings behind Vettel, could only manage seventh fastest ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button, Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Gutierrez.
