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by Hamna Ghias Sheikh in The Nation, Dec 6, 2020Pakistan comprises astounding tourist destinations, which attracts a number of tourists from across the world. The tourism industry has been playing an important role in a country in terms of projecting Pakistan as a tourist-friendly destination, along with providing facilities like transport, accommodation and dealing with all other ancillary facilities. Travelers on their visits to Pakistan, experience the historical heritage of one of the oldest civilisations…

It is heartening to see that at least someone understands how democracy ought to work. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah has stood up in defence of our collective right to our own opinions and for that he must be lauded. Of late, those at the helm of affairs in our country have been finding it really hard to resist the allure of controlling certain speech on the Internet. Between paranoia and wider global…

by Usama Khilji in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2020The writer is director of Bolo Bhi, an advocacy forum for digital rightsCITIZENS of Pakistan continue to suffer from the short-sighted policy of shutting down apps and websites, to shutting down entire networks arbitrarily; sometimes for years. In November, again citizens of Islamabad and its adjoining districts were rendered without mobile phone connectivity. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how the internet and mobile phone connectivity are all the…

Report in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2020 KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Amjad Khan Niazi, who is on an official visit to Turkey, on Saturday called on Commander of Turkish Fleet Admiral Ercument Tatlioglu at Fleet Headquarters, Golcuk, and visited naval shipyards. According to information received here, upon his arrival at Turkish Fleet Headquarters, Golcuk Naval Base, the naval chief was received by Commander Tatlioglu. Admiral Niazi was given a comprehensive briefing on…

report in The News, Dec 6, 2020Karachi: Writings and columns of journalist Mazhar Abbas helps the readers understand the complexities of Pakistani politics. Abbas’s colleague and senior journalist Suhail Warraich made this observation as he spoke at the launch of Abbas’s book ‘Aur Phir Yun Hua’ on the third day of the International Urdu Conference under way at the Arts Council of Pakistan.The session was moderated by Anjum Rizvi in which Warraich and Abbas talked…

by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Expressing disappointment over the casual approach towards the forestation and extension of the existing green cover in the country, the Supreme Court has highlighted the urgent need of taking the matter of vital national importance seriously. In a nine-page order issued at a suo motu hearing that took place on December 1, a two-judge Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan observed that the…

report in The Express Tribune, Dec 6,2020ISLAMABAD: A Christian girl was reported to have been killed in Rawalpindi after her parents rejected a marriage proposal sent by a Muslim man, named Shehzad. Officers from the Koral Police Station claimed on Sunday to have arrested an accused named Faizan, whereas raids were being carried out to arrest the prime suspect, Shehzad. The deceased, Sonia, and the accused were residents of the Old Airport area in Rawalpindi.…

report in Dawn, Dec 5th, 2020HYDERABAD: Antiterrorism Court Judge Ghulam Mustafa A. Memon on Friday sentenced 12 activists of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to 25-years imprisonment in a case pertaining to the killing of five policemen in an attack that took place in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Karachi, The convicts were also ordered to pay a fine of Rs200,000 each and in case of default undergo another two-years imprisonment. The case against them was registered vide crime…

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Dec 5th, 2020QUETTA: Provincial leadership of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) said on Friday that the present government had failed to fulfill its promises and its wrong policies had brought the country to the brink of economic disaster. Speaking at a public meeting organised by the 11-party alliance at the Bacha Khan Chowk, the PDM leaders said the struggle they had launched would continue until the ouster of the…

REPORT in The News, Dec 5th, 2020PESHAWAR: The activities of different component parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Friday staged demonstrations across the province against the government for registering cases against the opposition leaders. PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman had given the call for the protest demonstration. In the provincial capital, the rally started from Firdaus after the Friday prayers. Led by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) district president Maulana Maskeen Shah, spokesman for PDM…