report in The Nation, Jan 6, 2021ISLAMABAD – Despite the Covid-19 outbreak, Xinjiang region has developed tourism, promoting connectivity with Pakistan under the CPEC. According to a report by Gwadar Pro, the boom of Xinjiang tourism, a cultural corridor is constructed to link tourism of Pakistan and China. The connectivity will contribute to prosperity of the tourist economy and local poverty alleviation. In 2020, tourist attractions in Xinjiang have an all-round update. Among them, 19…
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Report in Dawn, Jannuary 6th, 2021MANSEHRA: A jirga jointly formed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan governments to settle the bilateral boundary dispute has received the consent of the conflict zone’s settlers for its decision to be declared in the days ahead. “We met settlers of the disputed territory between KP and GB and got their willingness to accept whatever the decree issued by us to settle the issue amicably once for all,” jirga head…
report in The News, Jan 6, 2021KARACHI: A respite for Pakistan from the global financial system’s watchdog that acknowledges the country’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing efforts should be taken as an opportunity to improve compliance and come out of its radar, a banker said on Tuesday. Ghazanfar Agha, a group head chief compliance officer at Samba Bank Limited said the economic implications of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) are huge because there’s…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, January 6th, 2021ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) to rebuild the Samadhi (shrine) of a Hindu saint in Teri village, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was built before 1920. The court also ordered the authorities to recover the expenses to be incurred on rehabilitation of Param Hans Ji Mahaaraj Samadhi/Mandir from a local Maulvi, Mohammad Sharif, who allegedly incited a mob to desecrate…
by Razya Khan t in The Express Tribune, Jan 6, 2021ISLAMABAD: Russia has shown interest in registering its Sputnik-V vaccine in Pakistan, saying that the first ever anti-Covid vaccine developed in August last year would be ready for public use during next months. According to a letter written to Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Faisal Sultan, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) head Kirill Dmitriev, said that Sputnik-V had an emergency-use certificate and it…
Report in Dawn, January 5th, 2021KARACHI: A suspected militant who had been missing since last one year was found dead in the outskirts of the metropolis on Monday, according to police. Gulshan-i-Maymar police said that the body of the man later on identified as Luqman Khan, 32, was recovered from bushes near Sawan Mor off the Northern Bypass on Monday morning. The corpse was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital to fulfil legal formalities. Malir SSP…
report in The News, January 5th, 2021KHAR: The Bajaur tribal district got eight new police stations in 2020 in addition to two old police stations and also established an investigation wing in the year. According to an annual report released from the office of District Police Officer Shahzada Kaukab Farooq, the year 2020 also saw the establishment of an investigation wing and posting of an SP investigation to improve the investigation of cases in the…
by Faraz Khan in The News, January 5th, 2021KARACHI: A day after the killing of a 22-year-old student in Islamabad by the Anti-Terrorist Squad personnel, another controversial encounter surfaced in the country as two policemen were booked in Karachi on Monday under the murder and anti-terrorism charges for allegedly killing a young man in a fake encounter on Sunday. An FIR No 11/21 was registered under the Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and…
by Baqir Sajjad Syed in Dawn, Jannuary 5th, 2021ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to continue cooperating with each other for peace in Afghanistan. The resolve was expressed in a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) after a meeting between Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa and US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Amb Zalmay Khalilzad. “During the meeting matters of mutual interest including overall regional security situation with…
by Ansar Abbasi in The News, January 5th, 2021ISLAMABAD: Although, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) recently announced a possible long march towards Pindi, the radical move is not yet being seriously considered. A senior PDM leader, who attended the last meeting of the opposition alliance’s top leadership, told The News that the step was suggested by a second-tier leader of a political party and he issue was not discussed as a serious option. When asked…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, January 5th, 2021QUETTA: While refusing to bury their loved ones, thousands of protesters continued their sit-in on the second consecutive day on Monday in the western bypass area along with the coffins against the government over the brutal killing of 11 coal miners in Mach, demanding the arrest of the attackers. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who arrived in Quetta on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s instructions, held negotiations with the…