Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
China threatens to enter Kashmir, claims Bhutan knows Doklam belongs to Beijing
BEIJING, AUG 08 (DNA) – A Chinese official on Tuesday threatened to enter Kashmir and said that even Bhutan recognizes that Doklam belongs to China. China on Tuesday raked up the Kashmir issue once again in its continued standoff with India over the Doklam area. However, this time it went one step further and said that even Bhutan recognises that Doklam the area over which the entire standoff is occurring belongs to China! While the Bhutan claim is possibly a first, China has already talked about the Kashmir issue —Read More
Saudi prince Salman bin Saad bin Abdullah passes away
RIYADH, AUG 08 (DNA) – Saudi royal Salman bin Saad bin Abdullah bin Turki Al Saud has passed away, Saudi agency reported on Tuesday. According to the reports, funeral prayer of the member of the royal family is to be offered today after the afternoon prayer at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in the capital.
One-Day IPRI Workshop on “Human Rights Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir” held in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, AUG 08: It is not just the responsibility of the international community to find a solution to the Kashmir issue, Pakistan also needs to be consistent in its support of Kashmiris’ fundamental rights and their struggle. For this, synergies need to be created between public policy officials and academia to highlight this issue collectively. This was the unanimous consensus of the speakers and participants of the one-day workshop organized by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute on “Human Rights Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK): Kashmiri Aspirations and Responsibility ofRead More
Make agreements with India conditional to Kashmir, AJK President stresses British MP
MUZAFFARABAD, AUG 08 (DNA) – The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan stressed upon the British parliamentarian to make trade and economic agreements with India conditional to the Kashmir issue and raise the Kashmir issue turn and again in its parliament besides, ask their Prime Minister and foreign Minister their stance on Kashmir situation. He was talking to a British delegation comprising on parliamentarians, councilors and Kashmiri activists working on Kashmir issue in Britain and elsewhere. The five member delegation headed by Andrew John Goyene MPRead More
ECP issues notice to PML-N to appoint new party leader
ISLAMABAD, AUG 08 (DNA) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Pakistan muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), asking the party to appoint a new party leader. It has been mentioned in the notice that according to the Political Parties Order 2002, a disqualified member cannot hold any office in a political party. Nawaz Sharif, the current PML-N leader, was disqualified as prime minister by the Supreme Court in the recent verdict on the Panama Papers case on grounds of failure to declare assets. AccordingRead More
Kulsoom or Maryam likely to contest for NA-120 from PML-N
LAHORE, AUG 08 (DNA) – The PML-N candidate for NA-120, Lahore-III, is still undecided, however, the party officials say former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz or her daughter Maryam Nawaz are also being considered for the ticket. told by a party official, the names of Begum Kulsoom and Ms Maryam have emerged as first and second priority, respectively, as PML-N candidates for the seat (that) fell vacant after disqualification of the prime minister. The former prime minister had earlier wished that his younger brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif shouldRead More