After a hiatus of approximately four decades, in 2006 Indian movies were allowed to be screened in Pakistan amid improving ties between Pakistan and Indian. Local cinema industry was on the brink of annihilation as the number of cinemas that had stood over 500 in the 1970s had come down to merely a few by that time. Most of them did not possess the infrastructure to screen modern productions. With the start of the screening…
Posts published in “Day: November 10, 2016”
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday protested over ceasefire violations on the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian security forces and summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner for the second time in 24 hours here to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Director General (South Asia and Saarc) summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner and strongly condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations on November 8 by the Indian forces on the LoC in Khuirata and Battal sectors, resulting in…
ISLAMABAD: Five diplomats at Indian High Commission, who were declared persona non grata will leave Pakistan today (Thursday). Sources said the three Indian diplomats will leave Pakistan via Wagah Border while two will return their home country via Dubai. Balbir Singh (posted as first secretary, press and culture) and Jayabalan Senthil (assistant, personnel welfare office) are present at Islamabad airport to take flight EK-615 for Dubai, sources said. Amerdeep Singh Bhatti (Attache Visa), Rajesh Kumar…
MUZAFFARABAD: Indian troops resorted to heavy artillery shelling in the Neelum valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening. No casualties were reported, the military’s media affairs wing said. “The Indian troops targeted Shahkot and Jura sectors in [the lower belt of] Neelum valley with artillery, and Kel sector [in the upper belt of valley] with mortars in the evening without any provocation,” said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement. According to the ISPR,…
Donald Trump’s surprise victory represents a planetary shift for markets and the global economy. It stands to reason that China’s orbit will also shift. Mr. Trump made China a centerpiece of his campaign, decrying the world’s second-largest economy for stealing jobs, competing unfairly, suppressing its currency and generally serving as an economic boogeyman. Investors will now have to wonder whether he follows through on threats to impose large tariffs on Chinese-made goods. In the least,…
If Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, follows through on his campaign rhetoric alluding to unfair trade practises, China and particularly Hong Kong will suffer economically, analysts say . In the course of the campaign, Trump said that he would label China a currency manipulator, and impose a punitive tariff of 45 per cent on Chinese imports into the US. In a separate reference on global trade, the Republican candidate said he would…
Mainland Chinese media described Republican Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential election as a defeat for elite politics and a potential source of great global uncertainty. An editorial published by the Chinese-language Global Times, a tabloid under party mouthpiece People’s Daily, called the win a blow to “conventional US politics”. “[Trump] beat not only [Democratic rival] Hillary Clinton, but also the convictions and authority of the traditional elite politics [that] she stands for,” the…
ISLAMABAD: Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Donald Trump for being elected as 45th President of the United States. While talking to a private television channel, Sartaj also hoped that the US president-elect would play his part in resolving the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India. He added that full coordination would continue with the new US government. The adviser also expressed that all the efforts would be made…
ISLAMABAD: The already pro-India America under Donald Trump is expected to pressurize Pakistan to limit its nuclear and strategic missile programme, which has been the urge of the Obama administration but it failed to achieve it because of Islamabad’s plain and unambiguous “No”. During his pre-election campaign, Trump had spoken, a few times, negatively about Pakistan’s nuclear programme. Once he said that he would want US forces to stay in Afghanistan to ensure that Pak…