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Posts published in “Day: October 28, 2016

India may face an uphill battle as it attempts to woo Chinese component manufacturers By Hu Weijia in Global Times, Oct 25, 2016

The author is a reporter with the Global Times. Following recent reports from the Indian media that the Modi administration is wooing more Chinese component firms to begin manufacturing in the South Asian nation, observers have turned their eyes to China to see whether the country will be willing to go for it. The Chinese government has not expressed opposition to the general industrial transfer from China to India. In fact, the authorities have rolled…

Forward and onward,After effects of the Uri attack: edit in Pakistan Today, Oct 25, 2016

The terrorist attack in Uri diverted the world’s attention from the heroic movement of the Kashmiri people bringing instead the issue of terrorism on center stage. What is more, the attack led to cross border exchanges of fire that still continue. These attacks have led to evacuations of the civilian population from border areas and casualties among both the civilians and border guards. On Sunday, a man and a child died while several were injured…

PTI, PPP had their CMs in that meeting too: Pervaiz By Azeem Samar in The News, October 25, 2016

KARACHI: Referring to a news story allegedly leaked to the media about a meeting between the army and civilian leadership, Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervaiz Rashid said those who point fingers at the government had two of their ministers present in that meeting. He said Imran Khan should wait for the court’s verdict on the issue of PanamaLeaks and there was no justification for staging a sit-in in Islamabad. He said Imran Khan has…

‘Fed story’ contained denials by information minister By Ahmad Noorani in The News, October 25, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Neither has any single evidence of involvement of any particular individual in sharing the story regarding details of an October 3 meeting with ‘Dawn’ been produced by any side nor could the investigating team conclude as to which participant(s) of the meeting shared information with the journalist, it was reliably learnt. According to credible sources, one side without producing any kind of evidence whatsoever insists that it was information minister Pervaiz Rashid who ‘fed’…

Pakistan will attend Heart of Asia conference in India, says Sartaj Aziz: DAWN.COM

Islamabad: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday confirmed that Pakistan will be attending the upcoming Heart of Asia conference scheduled to be held in India. Aziz confirmed Pakistan’s participation while talking to journalists in the federal capital. The Heart of Asia conference will be held during the first week of December in Amritsar, India. “We have started an effective campaign for the cause of self-determination of Kashmiri people,” said the…

Exhibitors set to lift ban on Indian films today: By Rafay Mahmood in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2016.

KARACHI: Exhibitors in Pakistan will lift the self-imposed ban on the screening of Indian films today (Tuesday), owner of a leading cinema told The Express Tribune on  the condition of anonymity. Termed merely a ‘suspension’ and not a ban, since there was no government intervention, exhibitors had decided on their own to stop the screening of Indian films, following Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) ban on Pakistani artists and technicians working in India earlier…