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Exercising her right of reply to the Indian chief delegate’s statement, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi said:

National Sep 27: India announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not attend Saarc summit scheduled in Islamabad in November. Sep 27: The CJP Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali declared “ill-founded” the Supreme Court registrar’s objections to petitions moved against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family over the Panamagate scandal. Sep 27: Four Iranian Naval Ships — Lavan, …

Recently, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Summit and Expo concluded successfully. The two-day event,held in Islamabad on Sep 6th , enhanced awareness about business opportunities in Pakistan among local and foreign businessmen. The event was welcomed and approved by all the attendees. To elaborate the advantages of the CPEC extensively and shed light on the much-discussed benefits of the project, …

As the world celebrates the 14th International Right to Know day today, it is appropriate to discuss the role of legislation, political parties, regulatory bodies and international best practices in protecting the right to information, freedom of expression and other human rights both off-line and in digital spaces. The significance of correlation between the right to information and freedom of …

Despite record levels of U.S. military assistance to Israel under the Obama administration, the state of U.S.-Israel relations has worsened, not strengthened, in recent years. Chen Kane    –    W. Seth Carus      –  Nima Gerami After months of tense and drawn-out negotiations, on September 14 the United States and Israel signed the largest U.S. military aid package given to any country, …

National Sep 26: The Supreme Court ordered the de-notification of all recruitments made in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) between 2011 and 2012. Sep 26: The first-ever seminar of Saarc member countries on anti-corruption began in Islamabad. Sep 26: The National Assembly finally approved the Hindu Marriage Bill 2016. Sep 26: The KP Assembly unanimously passed a bill to declare …

IN recent times, Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts have witnessed much improvement. From more than 300 reported polio virus cases in 2014 to 54 in 2015, and only 14 this year so far, the decrease is attributed to coordinated national immunisation programmes and the surveillance of high-risk populations. On Monday, a three-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign began. The goal: immunising 37m …

National Sep 24: The SBP directed all banks in the country to freeze accounts linked to 2,021 individuals listed on the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997. Some prominent names: Maulvi AbdulAziz (Lal Masjid), Mohsin Najfi (Shia leader), Maulvi Ahmed Ludhianvi (Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat), Aurangzeb Faroogi (ASWJ), Allama Maqsood Domki (Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen), Pariyal Shah (ASWJ), Maulvi Kabir …

War mongering in India is running high and its government reportedly is considering localised military action to teach Pakistan a befitting lesson for its alleged cross-border terrorism. Pakistan is bound to respond in equal measure and according to Stephen Cohen as reported in New York Times recently, ‘the conflict could skid into a nuclear conflict,’ adding it would be devastating …

THE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly was witness to an unusual spectacle on Friday a meeting of minds between the treasury and opposition benches. Legislators across the aisle expressed their reservations about the provincial police force that, according to them, was abusing the powers it has recently acquired under an ordinance and committing excesses against `innocent` people. The heated discussion came …