Japan has followed in the footsteps of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia by announcing that it will not send a government delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The ICAO informed PCAA that the safety audit conducted by its team recently was presented before its validation committee, which cleared it. After this, the SSC will be removed and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency will lift the ban on PIA.
The resolution on Afghanistan is creaking under the ings – welcoming; commending; recalling; recognising, except that the all-important “acting” (to provide immediate relief to the suffering Afghans) is missing, claims Lt Gen. (r) Asad Durrani in a hard-hitting piece!
Sugar Sector Reforms Committee set up by the federal government proposed a set of reforms addressing challenges facing Pakistan's sugar sector. EAG supports these measures and encourages policymakers at federal and provincial levels to take necessary steps towards their implementation.
Analyst Pravin Sawhney said while the government has made it clear to go ahead with military reforms, which Gen. Rawat had started, it needs to be seen, whether they (government) will do reforms with or without appointing his successor.
Marital rape became a matter of discussion after the character Meherbano (Mawra Hocane) sarcastically says that her husband Murad (Ahsan Khan) has the right because she is his wife. In her Instagram post, actress Marwa Hocane responded to the netizens' concerns over the dialogue.
Shorooq Partners intends to invest and extend its one-of-a-kind value-creation arm to its portfolio companies in Pakistan and give them a real competitive advantage in the market. STZA will work closely with Shorooq Partners as it expands its footprint across Pakistan.
Authorities in Qatar, host to next year’s soccer World Cup, have seized a line of children’s toys from stores that consider the colors of the rainbow to be “contrary to Islamic values.
A few days ago, Pakistani top-test cricketer, Yasir Shah, had been named in the rape case of a 14-year-old minor girl. Reacting to the incident, PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja believes that it is not a good sign for Pakistan cricket that a senior player is nominated in the case.
An earlier US resolution had sought to authorize case-by-case exemptions to sanctions, but that was blocked by veto-wielding permanent Security Council members China and Russia.
According to a report carried by a media outlet, of 1,170 parliamentarians, 161 violated tax laws. They did not pay their due income taxes or filed any tax returns. Important to note, non-filing of return and wealth statements is a violation of Sections 114 and 116.
