Daily Archives: March 18, 2019

FUTURE OF ROHINGYAS LIES IN THEIR RETURN WITH FULL RESTORATION OF RIGHTS: UNHCR

UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Turkhas has laid emphasis on safe and dignified return of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar with full restoration...

PEACE JIRGA WILL REFLECT GREATER VOICE OF AFGHANS: TAHERI

A spokesman for the High Peace Council (HPC), Ehsan Taheri, on Sunday said that work has started on the selection of delegates for the upcoming consultative Jirga on peace. President...

GOVT BEGINS CONSULTING PARTIES ON NAP IMPLEMENTATION

Nearly two weeks before expiry of the two-year term of the military courts set up in the country to try civilians on terrorism charges, the government has formally initiated...

COUNTRY SHOULD NOT CO-SPONSOR NEW UNHRC RESOLUTION: MR

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that Sri Lanka should not co-sponsor the UNHRC resolution coming up this time. Issuing a statement, he said the government has announced that they...

FM QURESHI ARRIVES IN CHINA ON THREE-DAY VISIT

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reached China on a three-day visit on Monday. The foreign minister will attend the first Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue during his visit, Radio Pakistan...

5 BANGLADESHIS CONFIRMED DEAD

Five Bangladesh nationals have been confirmed dead in Friday's terror attacks in New Zealand mosques. Three more bodies of Bangladesh nationals were identified as Mozammel Haque, Omar Faroque, Zakaria Bhuiyan...

‘MULTIPLICITY OF INITIATIVES’ A PROBLEM FOR PEACE: DAUDZAI

Umer Daudzai, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Envoy on Regional Affairs for Consensus on Peace, who addressed an event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran on Sunday, said...

GOVERNMENT’S BID TO VEST POWER TO DEPLOY ARMY IN PRIME MINISTER DRAWS FLAK

The recent government move to further empower the prime minister through legal means has drawn flak from various quarters of society and political parties. The Bill on Work, Responsibility and...

OIC COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET NEXT WEEK IN WAKE OF NEW ZEALAND...

Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday announced that an emergency meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been called on March...

GOA CHIEF MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR DIES AFTER BATTLE WITH CANCER

Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister, who had been battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year, died at his son's home in Panaji on Sunday...

SUSHMA SWARAJ HOLDS TALKS WITH HER MALDIVIAN COUNTERPART ABDULLA SHAHID

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday held talks with her Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid and reviewed progress on important bilateral issues, including implementation of agreed outcomes of President...

UAE, Afghanistan sign four agreements

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and President Ashraf Gani of Afghanistan, on...

Bangladesh detains senior Fifa official for ‘defaming’ prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh authorities jailed a senior member of football's world governing body on Saturday (March 16), hours after she was arrested for allegedly defaming the country's leader. Mahfuza Akhter, a Fifa...

Bhutan hopes to attract investors through CSIs: Foreign Minister

The Foreign Minister of Bhutan Tandi Dorji has said that enhancing private sector and civil society organisations’ (CSO) involvement through Cottage and Small Industries (CSI) was one of the...

Indian military confirms deploying nuclear subs as tensions with Pakistan flared

Major combat units of the Indian Navy including the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier-led battle group, nuclear submarines "and scores of other ships, submarines and aircraft" were quickly shifted from...

Pakistan claims Indian spy drone shot down along LoC

Major General Asif Ghafoor, spokesperson for Pakistan Armed Forces, in a Saturday tweet, claimed that the national army shot down what he described as ‘an Indian spying quadcopter'. The...

US raised objection for the Indo-Russian Nuke Submarine deal

A number of members of the US Congress raised with Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale the issue of India signing a deal with Russia for a nuclear submarine last week,...

Servicing delays ground India’s best fighter jets SU-30 MKI

With India and Pakistan sabre-rattling over cross-border skirmishes, a distressing fact about India’s premier fighter jets has come to light. According to sources, over 20 SU-30 MKI fighters, the...

A battle for plural, secular India as 900 million people gear up to vote

India goes to the polls in a seven-phase national election that will commence on April 11 and conclude on May 19, with the results declared on May 23. As...

Genocide, war or peace?

A full-scale war between Pakistan and India was averted last month because India’s hastily delivered bombs caused no damage; Pakistan’s response was measured, demonstrating capability but deliberately avoiding Indian...

BRI developments a boon to Bangladesh

Bangladesh historically enjoys good ties with China. The beginning of their relations dates back more than 2,000 years and was brought about primarily by the Silk Road. Both countries...