CHAKWAL: A large amount of public money may go to waste after uplift projects worth millions of rupees in the hometown of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were abandoned by the Punjab government. Gah is located some 25 kilometres to the west of Chakwal city and a number of development projects were started in the village in 2004 by the then President Musharraf as a goodwill gesture and as an attempt to improve relations…
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In another twist to Wednesday night’s reports that the chief of Hong Kong-based newspaper Sing Pao Daily News might be the target of a global manhunt initiated by mainland Chinese police, the media boss issued an angry statement claiming he was under political revenge attack for refusing to submit to a “certain power”. Gu Zhuoheng, 44, chairman of Sing Pao Media Enterprises, was a wanted fugitive, the semi official Hong Kong China News Agency reported,…
The top officer overseeing operations in the former Jinan military command is being investigated for corruption as part of a crackdown on senior figures in the People’s Liberation Army, according to a media report. Major General Zhang Ming, the chief of staff with the Jinan command before it was dissolved in January, resigned as a delegate to the National People’s Congress (NPC) in early July. Zhang tendered his resignation after he was found to be…
The suspected terrorist attack on the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek has yet again exposed weak links in security in Central Asia, a key focus of Beijing’s energy and overseas investment agenda. With the suicide bombing pointing to a resurgence in terrorist threats in the region, analysts have called on Beijing to weigh security concerns carefully as it rolls out its ambitious “One Belt, One Road” scheme. The analysts said the timing of the…
(Names have been changed to protect identity as the workers are not authorised to speak to journalists) KARACHI: Thousands of Pakistani labourers working in Saudi Arabia fear arrest and hardship as they continue to work in the country with unpaid salaries and expired work permits. “We rush back to our quarters immediately after work,” one worker tells Dawn in a telephone interview. “We are too scared of the police to step outside.” At least 100…
The writer works for the Jinnah Institute in Islamabad. The war in Afghanistan is showing little sign of a seasonal let-up. As a successful Taliban campaign quashes hopes for a quick and easy settlement, the jury is still out on the timing of the decision to eliminate Mullah Mansour at the start of the summer. The only clear takeaway is that the events of May 23 have effectively redrawn the insurgency’s battle lines: the organisational…
Australian military forces will be able to target Islamic State logistics and support personnel as well as combat fighters under a change in the law aimed at protecting defence personnel from possible criminal prosecutions. The change in legislation due soon will bring Australian law into line with international law, allaying fears that Australian Defence Force members could be prosecuted in Australian courts for military actions that are legal internationally, the Chief of the Defence Force,…
BUCHAREST:- A Pakistani national in Romania has been declared persona non grata for allegedly spreading “jihadist propaganda” in online forums and will be expelled from the country, authorities said Wednesday. The suspect, who entered the European Union country illegally in late 2015, is “in police custody and proceedings are under way to send him back (to Pakistan),” an immigration official dealing with the case told AFP. The man will be banned from re-entering Romania for…