LAHORE: Religious leaders Friday said the separation of East Pakistan will always be a deep incurable wound on the soul of Pakistani nation. Tanzeem Islami ameer Shujauddin Sheikh said the fall of Dhaka was the result of not giving the ideology of Pakistan-Islam-a practical shape. He said the Dhaka fall happened because of subjecting people of East Pakistan to excessive force. Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) ameer Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi said December 16 had given the nation incurable deep wounds in the form of Dhaka fall and carnage at APS Peshawar. Dhaka fall tragedy taught us that if no hurdle is created in the way of transparent fair elections, then all problems could be solved, he maintained.

Share:UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan on Friday said that it would not tolerate cross-border terrorism by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or other terrorist groups and that the country reserved the right to take direct action against them. We reserve the right to take direct action against them,” the foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said addressing an event to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Army Public School in Peshawar held here at the UN Headquarters. The attack was claimed by the so-called Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an entity listed as a terrorist organization by the Security Council and many Member States, he added. “This terrorist attack was particularly heinous because the clear aim of the terrorists was to kill children. The foreign minister told the gathering that he had also lost his mother in a terrorist attack carried out by the same terrorist organisation.

GDB 31.0 Wrap Up: Brutal mistakes in the defensive zone allowed the Blues to come back, win 4-3 in the shootoutI’m so annoyed. Final Score: 4-3 Blues in the shootoutWelcome to our Oilers game day content presented by NHL lines site Betway! So when Zach Hyman opened the scoring just over a minute into the period with a power play goal, it was hard to imagine a better start than the one the Oilers got. At the end of the day, mistakes cost the Oilers a win and it was the same guy that was responsible for both. Sometimes I think back to the Eakins era and how frustrating it was to have the Oilers go through power play after power play without being able to score, and how different that is from where we’re at now.

For Fresno State, DB Chrishawn Gordon (Valley Center) has played in all 13 games and has 15 tackles. Sims, a transfer from Illinois, has 10 carries in six games while Allen has played in four games. • RB Aiden Calvert (Mater Dei Catholic) has played in four games for Air Force, which plays Baylor in Thursday’s Armed Forces Bowl. Pre-New Year’s games• Freshman Gracen Halton (St. Augustine) has played in nine games with 10 tackles for Oklahoma, which plays Florida State in the Dec. 29 Cheez-It Bowl. Jan. 2 games• Utah has a local player on each side of the ball for its Rose Bowl match with Penn State.

The prime minister said Pakistan was following investor-friendly policies to encourage the foreign businessmen explore the investment opportunities. The business group of Naguib Sawiris has made successful investments in telecommunication and real estate sectors in Pakistan. Housing societies and modern residential buildings for overseas PakistanisMeanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the authorities concerned to develop housing societies and modern residential buildings for overseas Pakistanis in the federal capital. The senior officers of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) briefed the prime minister on the prospects of investment by overseas Pakistanis in the housing sector. The prime minister also directed for proper marketing of the CDA’s projects which had the potential to attract investment.

PhD candidate Muhammad Haris and Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi (left to right) with the magnetic material that they developed into adsorbents that remove microplastics and dissolved pollutants from water. A magnet attracts the material that the team used to make adsorbents that remove microplastics and dissolved pollutants from water. “Existing methods could take days to remove microplastics from water, while our cheap and sustainable invention achieves better results in just one hour,” said the lead researcher, Professor Nicky Esthtiaghi in a statement published by Australia’s RMIT University. By contrast, conventional purification techniques take days to complete, and even only capture plastic particles of few millimeters but tinier microplastics were unable to be captured before this invention. When wastewater passes through the structure, it captures the invisible plastic particles and other pollutants.

Analysts reiterate nation’s resolve to eradicate the menace of terrorismLt. Gen. Terrorists planned and executed this heinous act on December 16, 2014 and took the lives of innocent children and their teachers. Our arch enemy India has been actively involved in planning, executing and perpetrating terrorist acts in Pakistan for the last many decades. They have nexus with other hostile organizations to destabilize Pakistan. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari termed Narendra Modi as butcher of Gujarat and highlighted his vicious role against the Muslims during his address at the UN.

Pakistan on Friday summoned the Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in Islamabad to lodge a strong protest over the recent incidents of “unprovoked cross-border shelling” by the Afghan Taliban forces in the Chaman-Spin Boldak area. The deteriorating situation has led critics to question Pakistan’s Afghan policy as there have been calls for reviewing the strategy. The first sign Pakistan was now taking a more hard-line stance was the Foreign Office summoning the Afghan envoy. Read Afghan Taliban administration, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now“The Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in Islamabad was called into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The recent border clashes erupted reportedly after the Afghan border forces tried to prevent Pakistani authorities from repairing a part of the fence along the border.

Share:Rejecting recent reduction in POL prices by the federal government, the All Pakistan Public Transport Owners Federation (APPTOF) on Fiday demanded Rs50 per lite reduction in the prices of petrol and diesel. According to a spokesman, the coalition government had disappointed the nation as it failed to provide relief to the [inflation-hit] people in the last eight months. He said high POL prices had badly affected their businesses thropughout the country, adding the government should reduce the number of ministers and advisers to pass on financial relief to the nation.

Waleed Khan was shifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London for treatment after the APS attack. PHOTO: EXPRESSAs the nation remembers its darkest hours on the eighth anniversary of the Army Public School (APS) Peshawar tragedy, the courageous words of a surviving student have become a source of inspiration for many. Read more: APS survivor shines bright at Oxford platformWaleed was shifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London for treatment following the APS attack. The APS attack took place on December 16, 2014, when six terrorists stormed the school martyring 147 – a figure which included both students and teachers. The war against the perpetrators of the APS attack and those following their mindset continues.

The Vice-Chancellor of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Professor Muhammad Saeed Qureshi said, “The world is changing. Blockchain and artificial intelligence are now widely understood.” Professor Qureshi made these comments during his address as the chief guest at the university’s 12th convocation. The VC said that the Dow University has produced a batch of more than 2,000 doctors, dentists and other health professionals to serve the humanity. He further said that the services and quality of education at Dow University have been appreciated at the national and international levels. A total of 2,082 degrees were awarded in which two international transplant surgeons received honorary degrees of Doctor of Science.

Share:The 8th anniversary of the callous terrorist attack on the Army Public School Peshawar that left around 150 people martyred is being observed today (Friday). On December 16, 2014, at least 149 people including 132 students and 17 staff members were martyred and many others injured when terrorists attacked Army Public School Peshawar. After this tragic incident, the government chalked out the National Action Plan (NAP) to eliminate terrorism from the country. Meanwhile in a statement, Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf said the pain of Army Public School Peshawar tragedy is still fresh in the nation’s heart. He said the resilience and courage of the bereaved families and students of APS have reinforced the nation’s resolve to root out militancy in all forms and manifestations.

The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank fell by 0.2% on a week-on-week basis, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On December 9, the foreign currency reserves held by the SBP were recorded at $6,700 million, down $14.9 million as compared with $6,714.9 million on December 2. The central bank didn’t give any reason for the decrease in reserves and only said that the “SBP’s reserves did not record any major change during the week ended on December 9, 2022”. Overall, the liquid foreign currency reserves held by the country, including the net reserves held by banks other than the SBP, stood at $12,570.2 million. Net reserves held by banks amounted to $5,870.2 million.

Share:LAHORE - Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman has said that the country is faced with an economic crisis and an early general elections are not in the interest of the nation. The delegation comprised Head PML-N Social Media team Sindh, Khurram Bhatti, Azam Baig and Afsar Ali Khan and dis­cussed various issues including current economic and political situation in the country. “We should play our role to bring political and economic stability in the country,” he said, adding that Prime Minister She­hbaz Sharif and his team were working day and night to bring economic stability in the country. The governor said all coali­tion parties under the leader­ship of Prime Minister Muham­mad Shehbaz Sharif had agreed that a strong and stable Paki­stan was the top priority. In the meeting, Senator Nihal Hashmi said Prime Min­ister Shehbaz Sharif had won hearts of people of Sindh by laying the foundation stone of the Sukkur-Hyderabad Motor­way.

The Vegas Golden Knights come to town tonight as two old pals Luke Richardson and Bruce Cassidy square off on opposite benches tonight at the United Center. It just happened to come up in a very cool story about a mutual friend in town for tonight's game. Vegas Golden KnightsThe Golden Knights have a pretty lengthy injury report right now that includes Jack Eichel (phew! The Blackhawks are 3-2-2 against the Golden Knights since the start of the 2019-20 season and have taken points in each of their last three games against Vegas at the United Center. pic.twitter.com/AqLakFH9HS — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) December 15, 2022