Taliban now have more Black Hawk helicopters than 85% of countries: US congressman By: Mir Hadi Abbas on August 30, 2021Taliban, at the zenith of power, have now seized the heavy-duty US military equipment, according to the reports. This utterly disappointing news fell on the American ears like a bomb shell because no one ever thought of it. Rather, it’s a nightmare for the US. The equipment’s include 200 helicopters, 75,000 vehicles, 600,000 small arms […]
Comprehensive strategy put in place to ensure sustainability in growth By: APP on August 27, 2021ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin said today (Friday) that the government had put in place comprehensive plans, focusing on 14 special sectors of the economy, to ensure planned and sustainable economic growth in the country. Addressing a press conference, the minister said that it was after the year 1972 that such […]
China denounces the deadly attack at the Kabul airport By: Web Desk on August 27, 2021BEIJING, Aug 27 – China said on Friday it strongly denounces the bombings at the Kabul airport and hopes that U.S. evacuates Afghanistan without any further causalities, after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people.
India hits 400,000 virus deaths as vaccinations slow New Delhi By: AFP on July 2, 2021India became the third country to pass 400,000 Covid-19 deaths, official data showed Friday, as the country’s vast vaccination drive slows. Total deaths are 400,312, according to the health ministry — behind only the United States and Brazil — with total cases almost 30.5 million. Many experts suspect India’s true death toll is more than […]
Lithuania vows asylum for Afghan translators By: AFP on June 18, 2021NATO member Lithuania said Friday it would grant asylum to a dozen Afghans who worked as translators and interpreters for international armed forces and now fear Taliban reprisals once foreign troops leave Afghanistan. “These are people who helped our forces. This is a matter of honour for our country to help them in return,” Prime […]
Ronaldo’s Coca-Cola snub: sports stars are ‘reclaiming their voice’ By: AFP on June 18, 2021When Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba removed Coca-Cola and Heineken bottles during Euro 2020 press conferences, it showed sports stars are rejecting sponsors’ products that fail to correspond to their personal values, analysts say. Ronaldo has a combined social media audience of around 500 million followers, so when he speaks, it has an impact. The […]
Experts say India may create ‘new’ border conflict to shift attention from worsening conditions By: APP on June 10, 2021BEIJING: Despite China and India having channels to discuss disengagement in remaining regions, China should beware of ‘nationalistic’ manipulation in India, following media concerns over the China-India border issue a year after the Galwan Valley clash, experts said. On June 15 last year, the border spat between China and India turned into the first deadly […]
Palestine FM criticizes India’s abstention at UN vote By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021The Palestinian FM criticized India’s abstention at UN vote. Following India’s abstention at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution proposing to set up commission for the inquiry of human rights violations done during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, the Palestinian foreign minister has complained that New Delhi’s abstention “stifles the important work of… advancing […]
Two new missions by NASA to rediscover Venus By: webdesk on June 3, 2021WASHINGTON: NASA has announced two new missions to Venus which would aim to examine the planet’s atmosphere and geological conditions The project is to launch in 2028 and 2030 with a funding of around $500m awarded to carry it out. According to the NASA administrator Bill Nelson, this mission would give them a “chance to […]
SCO officials call for strengthening connectivity to boost economic cooperation By: APP on June 3, 2021Officials from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries agreed to take measures, including strengthening connectivity, pushing forward e-commerce, building unified payment systems, and deepening trade cooperation between member countries in order to offset the blow brought by COVID-19. SCO believes in strengthening connectivity to boost cooperation. Against the backdrop of the transformation of the world’s economic […]