How to create a confident nation
One needs to understand what competition in a competitive economy looks like to realise the importance of these attributes and their impact on a career in the developed world. Risk-taking is an integral element of the mainstream curriculum in the developed world. By this time, their colleagues from the developed world have already proven their mettle and achieved early opportunities for accelerated career advancement. Students in the developed world are taught to work with each other and recognise and bring out the best in each other. They should consult with their parents and teachers and try to bring changes to the things that are in their control.
Source:The Nation
February 21, 2022 02:33 UTC
A lynching nation
Following in the footsteps of fascist Modi, the RSS is pursuing a nefarious plan to wipe out Muslims and a campaign to make India a Hindu-only nation. The Hindu extremist government is trying to erase the identity of Muslims. Shameful acts like Bulli Bai and the Sulli deals were used to attack the dignity of Muslim women and now a campaign has been launched against the hijab. Unfortunately, Modi, who has exaggerated the issue of three divorces of Muslim women, is completely silent on such incidents. She remarked that the present situation in the country is “extremely depressing” and that "over the last five years, India has distinguished itself as a lynching nation.
Source:The Nation
February 21, 2022 02:33 UTC
'Selected, puppet' govt plunging people into poverty: Bilawal
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that the ‘selected’ and ‘puppet’ incumbent government has plunged the people into poverty. He also reiterated that the PPP will begin its planned long march against rampant inflation from February 27. The PPP chief’s remarks came on World Social Justice Day where he stated that ensuring social justice was the “key to make the country peaceful, progressive and prosperous”. The march will start from Mazar-e-Quaid on February 27 at 10 am and the protesters will reach Badin where they will spend the night. The long march would then continue from Sukkur on March 2 from where the protesters will reach Rahim Yar Khan.
Source:The Express Tribune
February 20, 2022 22:27 UTC
CCOE considers discounting tariffs of IPPs
The stalemate between the government and wind IPPs continues as well due to hurdles arising from involvement of from multilateral donors. Now, the leadership wants the same deal with Chinese IPPs under CPEC and wind IPPs. Keeping in view the current situation, the Power Division submitted a proposal to CCOE for further deliberation and to draft the way forward. It suggested to continue negotiations with the wind IPPs, financed by lenders other than DFC, in line with the initiated agreements. During the discussion, it was noted by the CCOE that majority of the wind IPPs were keen to proceed with the initiated agreements.
Source:The Express Tribune
February 20, 2022 22:10 UTC
Overarching strategy formulated for nation-wide tree plantation campaign: SAPM
Overarching strategy formulated for nation-wide tree plantation campaign: SAPMSpecial Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam says an overarching strategy for launching nation-wide spring tree plantation campaign has been formulated in consultation with all provincial forest departments. According to a press release, Amin Aslam said Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to kick-start spring tree plantation campaign-2022 on Tuesday. He said we have set a whopping target of planting over 540 million plants all over the country during the spring season under PM Imran Khan’s Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme. Amin Aslam said all-out efforts should be taken to take full benefit from the ongoing spring season by planting saplings on a large-scale in the country. Highlighting the importance of forests, Malik Amin Aslam stressed that highly climate-vulnerable Pakistan cannot cope with climate risks which have become increasingly frequent due to global warming impacts without increasing tree cover.
Source:The Nation
February 20, 2022 19:57 UTC
High level economic growth helps create millions of jobs: Hammad
Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar has said that high level economic growth every year has not only increased income of the people but also help creating millions of jobs. The power generation and consumption in Pakistan has been increasing by 9 percent annually, he said in a tweet. “This indicates 5 per cent increase in economic growth this year as well,” he said.
Source:The Nation
February 20, 2022 13:30 UTC
NSP: will it make us secure?
The PTI government has launched a National Security Policy (NSP), a document meant to describe how a state aims to provide for the security of its people. Yet, the NSP claims itself to be the ‘first ever’ national security policy and, even more ludicrously, the ‘first ever’ to introduce the notions of ‘economic security’ and ‘citizen-centric security’. The NSP emphasizes geo-economics, another idea taken squarely from NISP 2018 and Vision 2025. Take any aspect of the NSP and you will find the PML-N’s vision and demonstrable performance reflected in that. Along with the similarities with the PML-N’s vision, there are four key aspects where the NSP remains silent.
Source:The Nation
February 20, 2022 07:48 UTC
Govt penalises defamation of institutions
The government on Saturday made changes in two laws that would pave the way for penalising defamation against the army, judiciary, public servants and government institutions as well as allowing the lawmakers and others to visit and address public gatherings during election campaigns. The move comes amid government’s attempt to curb spread of “fake news” and strengthening of the defamation laws. An official privy to the development told The Express Tribune that defamation cases would be decided within six months. He added that courts would be required to decide defamation cases in six months. “Institutions paid by taxpayers must be accountable to the people; but state keeps becoming more autocratic,” Khilji tweeted, adding that it was “unacceptable”.
Source:The Express Tribune
February 20, 2022 05:17 UTC
Understanding foreign funding
Our interesting history of foreign funding demands continuous vigilance. No wonder allegations of foreign funding to a major political party have attracted the attention of the masses. Not a penny of foreign funding, whether political, developmental or educational is conceivable today without a donor-driven agenda. Some have exploited the sentiments of the masses through carefully designed funding programmes. Almost every political party from the right, left and centre has been accused at some point of receiving foreign funding directly or indirectly.
Source:The Nation
February 20, 2022 03:50 UTC
GDB 49.0 Wrap Up: Woodcroft’s crew can’t miss, Oilers extend winning streak with 4-2 win in Winnipeg
And right from the opening draw right through until the end of the period, the Oilers were all over the Jets. The Oilers were rolling and the only reason the score wasn’t more lopsided is that Hellebuyck came to play. Either way, that’s another huge win and you’ll take it no matter how scary the third period ended up being. THE BRIGHT SIDEZach Hyman opened the scoring (1-0) with a power play goal after he parked himself in front of the net and got a stick on Tyson Barrie’s blast from the point. opened the scoring (1-0) with a power play goal after he parked himself in front of the net and got a stick on Tyson Barrie’s blast from the point.
Source:The Nation
February 20, 2022 00:02 UTC
European Union is largest importer of Pakistani exports, more than the US and China combined; says EU Envoy
Ambassador of the European Union Androulla Kaminara said that EU was the largest importer of Pakistani exports which were 35 percent of Pakistan exports while USA’s share was 16 percent and China 6 percent. The Ambassador said that the European Union is a Unique Economic and Political Union. She added that after the Second World War, with the creation of the European Economic Community in 1958. The Ambassador said that EU is Pakistan’s partner since 1962 and this year, 60 years of diplomatic relationship will be celebrated. While answering to another question, she said that the EU’s GSP is a well-established trade and development policy instrument, which has been in place since 1971.
Source:Pakistan Today
February 19, 2022 23:31 UTC
Foreign office confirms PM Imran’s ‘landmark’ trip to Russia
The Foreign Office on Friday confirmed that Prime Minister Imran Khan would undertake what is seen as a landmark visit to Russia next week, bringing a turnaround in the relationship between the former two Cold-War rivals. At a weekly news briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar told reporters that the prime minister would visit Moscow at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This would be the first official bilateral visit by an elected prime minister in 23 years. In between, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi did visit Russia but none of them was official bilateral trips. Read: Gas pipeline projects among PM’s Russia visit agendaThe visit will be closely watched by outside the country as well, particularly the US given the current crisis over Ukraine.
Source:The Express Tribune
February 19, 2022 21:58 UTC
How good is Edmonton’s defensive depth on the right side, and which RD could they target at the deadline?
His defensive results have been quite poor, though. One thing that’s somewhat surprising is that Bouchard’s entry defence results are very solid relative to the rest of the team, but his overall defensive results are significantly below-average. Ceci is also Edmonton’s most reliable defensive d-man in general; per PuckIQ, no Oilers d-man has a higher DFF% after taking a defensive zone shift start. Barrie remains a strong breakout passer, and he does rank atop the team in zone exits, but his zone entry stats have declined significantly from 20-21. Pysyk’s transitional play and passing are above-average, and his in-zone defensive play is excellent.
Source:The Nation
February 19, 2022 20:11 UTC
Initiatives taken to strengthen linkages between industry, academia
Industrialists and academics on Saturday agreed to launch joint ventures and initiatives to further strengthen linkage between industry and academia. Participants identified the gaps and hurdles comprehensively that were hampering promotion of academia and industries linkages and gave a number of ideas and proposals to address all those issues. They emphasized the need of devising long term policy to further strengthen linkages between industries and academia. Dr. Akram Shaikh through a video link during the conference also emphasized on boosting up academia and industries mutual collaboration by launching joint ventures, skill training programs and other interventions. Dr Israr also spoke on the occasion and agreed with proposals of the participants regarding the strengthening academia and industries linkages and assured that the provincial government and his department would extend every possible support in this regard.
Source:Pakistan Today
February 19, 2022 19:32 UTC
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Announces to Establish a Digital Currency Unit to Limit Crimes Related to Crypto
FBI will set the “virtual asset exploitation” section after the recent issue of the couple involved in crypto laundering. The US department charged them for stealing Bitcoin worth $4.5 billion in 2016 by hacking digital currency exchange Bitfinex. It stores every coin’s transaction information in the cryptocurrency market, tagging it with the unique number after each transaction. A new international virtual currency initiative will start in Monaco, disrupting the risks related to cyber hacks. It is your responsibility to determine whether any investment, investment strategy, security, or related transaction is appropriate for you based on your investment objectives, financial circumstances, and risk tolerance.
Source:The Express Tribune
February 19, 2022 16:32 UTC