Report in Pakistan Today, June 2, 2017 News Desk : Pakistan’s indebtedness towards the Chinese sees no diminishing as the country again borrowed $1b to pay back for a Eurobond debt of $750m on Thursday. This Eurobond was issued during the Musharraf era at 6.875pc interest rate for 10 years. The total amount of borrowing from Chinese banks in the last nine months has reached $2b, including the $1b to payback this Eurobond debt which…
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APP report in The Express Tribune, June 2, 2017 GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government has constituted a special committee to determine the reason behind the rising number of suicide cases in Ghizer district. As many as 10 cases of suicide have been reported from the district in May, police officials said. This week alone, police reports suggested, a young woman jumped into a river in Gahkuch while another young woman threw herself into the river…
by Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, June 2, 2017 “Great progress” has been achieved in promoting human rights in Xinjiang under Communist Party rule, the Chinese government said in a white paper issued on Thursday, despite growing criticism among rights and exile groups who accuse Beijing of enforcing sweeping social control measures and placing restrictions on religious practice in the region. The white paper, “Human Rights in Xinjiang – Development and Progress”, lauded…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, June 2nd, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Conceding that the recent US-Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh widened the sectarian divide in the world, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz observed on Thursday that Pakistan would have to tread carefully in pursuing efforts for greater unity. While addressing the Senate on a calling attention notice concerning the mandate of the 41-nation military alliance, Mr Aziz ruled out the possibility of…
Report in bdnews24.com, June 2, 2017 Narayanganj: Police have arrested three people with more than 50 assault rifles, three rocket launchers and a huge cache of bullets in Narayanganj in an overnight raid. Additional Superintendent of Police Faruk Hossain said the law enforcers raided an area in Rupganj Upazila in the district. The arrest of a man, named Sharif, on Thursday led to the discovery of arms and ammunitions. Police did not disclose details on…