LAHORE – Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema was discharged from Lahore’s Services Hospital on Tuesday. The Punjab Governor was admitted to Services Hospital on April 23 after he suffered from some stomach problem. “Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema is healthy now,” said doctors at the hospital.
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the developing countries’ Group of 77 and China, has voiced concern over the increasing debt vulnerabilities of developing countries, and called for strengthening the international financial institutions for long-term debt sustainability. Speaking at the UN Financing for Development Forum on Tuesday, Ambassador Munir Akram said the developing countries were facing a triple challenge — Covid-19, environmental and economic exacerbating the existing inequalities within and between countries. Pakistan is the current chairman of G-77 and China, which now has 134 members and is the United Nations’ biggest intergovernmental group of emerging countries. The Group urges developed countries to fulfill their unmet Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments to developing countries to achieve the national target of 0.7 % of gross national income (GNI) and 0.15 to 0.20 % of ODA/GNI to the least developed countries. In addition, Ambassador Akram said, the Group emphasizes for special and differential treatment for developing countries in harnessing the developmental benefit of international trade.
Timothy Liljegren has been a revelation for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. 👏 TIMOTHY LILJEGREN HAS HIS FIRST NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GOAL! 👏#LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/5IJTbj36jF — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 16, 2022There’s nothing quite like a classic case of prospect fatigue. Then assistant general manager Mark Hunter announced what felt like a slam dunk selection, and Timothy Liljegren was a member of the Maple Leafs. With the 17th overall pick, the @mapleleafs select from the Swedish Hockey League, defenceman Timothy Liljegren.
ISLAMABAD: India’s decision to effectively ban its citizens from studying in Pakistan has put in jeopardy the future of hundreds of students from occupied Kashmir. The APHC is an alliance of several parties that has spearheaded Kashmir’s movement for self-determination and resistance against Indian rule since the early 1990s. Pakistan provides students from Indian-occupied Kashmir with scholarships covering tuition fees, boarding and lodging and other facilities at educational institutions across the country. Since they were partitioned in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought three wars — in 1948, 1965 and 1971 — and two of them were over Kashmir. Some groups in Jammu and Kashmir have been fighting against Indian rule for independence or unification with Pakistan.
Pakistan has reported two deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,528,178. The nationwide tally of fatalities stands at 30,371 on Wednesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 117 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the country in the past 24 hours. Pakistan has conducted 19,090 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 117 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 0.61 percent.
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation on Tuesday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power. Centrist Macron won 58.54 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with 41.46 for Le Pen, according to final results from the interior ministry.But his win over his far-right rival was narrower than their last face-off in 2017, when Macron won more than 66 percent. Macron acknowledged some of the challenges he now faces in his victory speech on Sunday night in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Addressing supporters late on Sunday, Macron vowed to heal rifts in a deeply divided country, promising a response to the "anger" that prompted many French to vote for the far right. The 44-year-old president now faces parliamentary elections in June, where keeping a majority will be critical for his ambitions.
ISLAMABAD – State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar yesterday said Pakistan valued its relations with the United States, based on mutual respect, trust and equality. Khar expressed these views in a meeting with US Chargé d’Affaires Angela Aggeler who called on her here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The state minister said Pakistan wanted to strengthen its relations with the US in diverse fields. Earlier in the day, Hina Rabbani Khar stressed exploring close relations with the United Arab Emirates in the field of trade and investment. The state minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s close ties with the UAE in various fields.
Thankfully, the boys didn’t seem too interested in allowing Pittsburgh much room to operate, and rather than sitting back in some flavour of prevent defence, the visitors kept attacking with purpose. THE BRIGHT SIDEThe Oilers picked up their first back-to-back wins over the Penguins in 16 years! Put another way, the only thing Smith didn’t do was land the goal he tried to bag at the end of the night. Put another way, the only thing Smith didn’t do was land the goal he tried to bag at the end of the night. (@dangersuede) April 27, 2022But Smith goal watch is back on!
New Delhi: Soon after declining Congress’ offer to join the party on Tuesday, political strategist Prashant Kishor said that the party needs ‘leadership’ and ‘collective will’ to fix deep-rooted structural problems. “I declined the generous offer of #Congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections,” Kishor tweeted. “In my humble opinion, more than me, the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep-rooted structural problems through transformational reforms,” he added. “Congress President Sonia Gandhi received a report from the eight-member group on April 21. Based on the discussions, the Congress President has decided to constitute an Empowered Action Group for 2024 in order to address the political challenges ahead,” the party had said in an official statement on Monday.
PESHAWAR – Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Pakistan Khazar Farhadove has stressed the need for further strengthening mutual trade and economic cooperation with Pakistan. He invited the KP businessmen to make investments in potential sectors in Azerbaijan. Hasnain Khurhid while speaking on the occasion emphasized the need for further enhancement of bilateral trade and economic relations between Pakistan and Azerbaijan. He said Azerbaijan was giving much importance to enhance mutual economic and trade cooperation with Pakistan. He said his country is a lucrative destination for foreign investors and invited the KP potential investors to make investments in important sectors in Azerbaijan.
The convicts in the Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara’s lynching case have challenged the anti-terrorism court’s sentences awarded to them on different grounds, saying that the “cardinal principle of criminal justice was violated” and that it is a miscarriage of justice. Convict Taimoor had been awarded death sentence on two counts and 11 years rigorous imprisonment under different sections while convict Muhammad had been awarded eight years rigorous imprisonment under different sections. The appellants in their appeal contended that “there are glaring contradictions between the complainant and other witnesses which casts doubt over the prosecution’s case. Seventy-two convicts were sentenced to two years (rigorous imprisonment) on three counts and one year on two counts. Deceased Priyantha was working as a general manager at Rajco Factory in Silakot when on December 3, 2021 he had been murdered by a mob on the allegations of blasphemy.
KARACHI – Home-based women workers in Orangi Town staged a novel protest and sat along roadside with their children and husbands. Explaining their problems, they said that they do not get any kind of rights and do not have edibles at their homes even the situation of starvation has come. Not any work has been done till now by HomeNet by which we have been directly facilitated. They said that it is requested from HomeNet that the funds which are collected on their names that should be spent for their prosperity. Later, nobles of the society made home- based women workers understand and sent them back at their homes.
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has requested China to add Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project to CPEC portfolio and sought Chinese collaboration for establishing desalination plant in the country’s most populated port city. The minister stressed that incumbent government will maintain lasting working relationship with China in the same spirit as it was in 2013. During the meeting, the minister also said that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had already requested China to add Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project in CPEC. The minister also urged the Chinese official to resolve the issues of Pakistani students studying in China. Ms Pang Chunxue assured to extend full support of China to uplift the water related projects.
New Delhi: Former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday met election strategist Prashant Kishor after the latter declined the offer to join the Congress. After the meeting, Sidhu tweeted: “Had a wonderful meeting with my old friend PK… Old wine, Old gold and Old friends still the best!! !”Sidhu has been left out in the cold ever since the party lost the elections in Punjab earlier this year. He was asked to resign after the party appointed Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as the new President of Punjab Congress. “I declined the generous offer of #Congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections,” Kishor tweeted.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures as he addresses supporters during a rally, in Karachi, Pakistan April 16, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERSPTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday once again called upon the nation to get ready for his call to launch a long march on Islamabad, saying that the “decisive moment” in the history of the country had arrived. Calling the incumbent rulers “dacoits”, the former prime minister said that 60% of the PML-N-led government’s federal cabinet is on bail. “Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif all own offshore companies... “The first thing [PM] Shahbaz Sharif did was removing the FIA [Federal Investigation Agency] officer investigating his case.
