With all education institutions still remaining closed in Pakistan, following the impact of COVID-19, both learners and educators have struggled to cope with the disruptions to traditional education, interruptions that threaten to widen pre-existing learning gaps in different regions, thus aggravating the growing digital divide. To help bridge this gap, Huawei Pakistan launched the “Learn ON for All” program in …
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said Pakistan will reopen the Kartarpur Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims on June 29. “As places of worship open up across the world, Pakistan prepares to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims, conveying to the Indian side our readiness to reopen the corridor on 29 June 2020, the occasion of …
Muzaffarabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday criticized India for torture and other human rights violations in the occupied Kashmir during an event in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He said the helpless people of occupied Kashmir were facing unprecedented torture by India and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-inspired “extremist Modi government”. The premier said the 800,000 Indian army troops were inflicting …
Islamabad: Kashmir Committee Chairman and senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf lawmaker Shehryar Afridi on Friday lashed out at India for its barbarism in the Indian occupied Kashmir. Afridi, in a tweet, said that barbarism and the atrocities of the Indian military in the occupied territory were a scar on the face of the global community. He appealed to the global community to …
An accountability court in Islamabad hearing the Park Lane reference has decided to indict former president Asif Ali Zardari via video link on July 6. During today’s hearing, the indictment against the accused could not be filed and the court summoned him to appear before the bench. The court has also instructed the National Accountability Bureau to make arrangements for …
Former Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Syed Munawar Hasan passed away on Friday at a hospital in Karachi where he was under treatment for the past few days. Hasan was born in Delhi in August 1941, a fortnight before Abul A’ala Maududi launched the JI. In the late 1950s, after aligning himself with the National Students Federation, he crossed over to Islami …
Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday slammed India for atrocities and human rights violations in occupied Kashmir as the world marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister called on the global community to take note of the torture and inhumane treatment faced by the people of occupied Kashmir at the hands of …
At least 150 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots were grounded over “dubious licenses”, the national flag-carrier said Thursday, a day after the preliminary report of the Karachi plane crash blamed the pilots and the air traffic control (ATC) for the incident. A PIA spokesperson said pilots who get their licenses verified would be allowed back on duty. “Grounding so many …
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday defended his government’s response to the coronavirus crisis, saying there has been no confusion or contradiction in official policies since the start of the pandemic. Speaking in the parliament during the budget session, the premier said he had stressed from day one the need to balance measures to fight the virus and preventing people …
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says India’s behavior with Pakistani diplomats in New Delhi is clear violation of the Vienna Convention. In a statement, he said Indian allegations against the staff of Pakistani High Commission are baseless. The Foreign Minister said India asked for fifty percent reduction in Pakistani staff at its High Commission in New Delhi, and Pakistan responded …