Speakers at a webinar titled “South-South Cooperation: Creating headways for Post-Pandemic Inclusive Recovery” held here resolved to explore ways for enhancing South-South Cooperation for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building back better from COVID-19 Pandemic. The relevant actors of major parts of the world sat together over a virtual platform to discuss on how […]
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PAL organises webinar on female fiction writers
Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Sunday organized a online seminar on the role of Pakistani women writers in fiction in connection to the Academy’s diamond jubilee celebrations. The aim of the webinar was to celebrate the overwhelming response of female writers towards fiction writing which was earlier male dominated. The webinar was presided by […]
24,637 motorcyclists fined during last three weeks
Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) fined 24,637 motorcyclists during last three weeks over major violations on roads and also impounded 908 bikes at various police stations. Following directions of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Syed Karar Hussain has constituted special squads to check major violation on […]
Thousands rally in Tunisia urging change to political system
Thousands of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied rallied in the capital and other cities on Sunday to back his suspension of parliament and promises to change the political system, acts his critics call a coup. The demonstration of at least 8,000 people in central Tunis was by far the biggest since Saied seized executive […]
Algeria recalls envoy to France after ‘inadmissible interference’
Algeria accused its former colonial ruler France of “genocide” and recalled its ambassador from Paris in anger over what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron. The Algerian government also banned French military planes from its airspace on Sunday. France’s jets regularly fly over Algerian territory to reach the Sahel region […]
UAE official says time to manage rivalry with Iran, Turkey
The United Arab Emirates is trying to manage long-running rivalries with Iran and Turkey through dialogue to avoid any new confrontations in the region as the Gulf state hones in on its economy post COVID-19, a senior official said. Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, told a conference on Saturday there was uncertainty […]
WAPDA chairman reviews construction on Diamer Basha dam
Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (retd) on Sunday visited the multi-purpose Diamer Basha Dam to review construction work on the project, being constructed on River Indus 40 kilometer (Km) downstream of Chilas town and 180 Km upstream of Tarbela Dam. Commander 10 Corps Pakistan Army Lt Gen Sahir […]
Jordan’s Abdullah receives first call from Assad in a decade
Jordan’s King Abdullah received a phone call from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the royal palace said on Sunday in what officials said was the first such communication since the start of the conflict in Syria a decade ago. The conversation was the latest step in a recent normalisation of ties between leaders who had long […]
Sudan factions form new alliance as splits deepen
Several political factions including ex-rebel groups announced Saturday the formation of an alliance separate from Sudan’s main civilian bloc, in the latest sign of splits marring the country’s transition. The announcement at a ceremony in Khartoum came as Sudan reels from fragmentation within the Forces of Freedom and Change, an alliance which spearheaded protests that […]
Panther Tyres holds 38th annual general meeting
Panther Tyres Limited, the leading manufacturing company of tyres and tubes for earth mover/OTR, tractor, trolley, motor bikes and commercial vehicles in Pakistan, held its 38th annual general meeting (first after IPO) at Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore. The general meeting was chaired by the Board Chairman Mian Iftikhar Ahmed. CEO Mian Faisal Iftikhar, other board members, […]