August 2023

Non payment: Chinese company warns to cease Thar coal production work

Chinese coal company has cautioned to close coal production in Thar Coalfield over non-payment of arrears, citing sources. The production at Thar coalfield could be suspended after September 10, resulting in shutdown of 1320 megawatts power generation from the region, sources said. The arrears of China Machinery Engineering Corporation have soared to US$50 million, and

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Battle preparedness of army personnel commendable: COAS

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Syed Asim Munir has commended the battle preparedness of Pakistan army personnel, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. According to the military’s media wing, the Army Chief on Wednesday visited Tilla Field Firing Ranges, near Jhelum and witnessed Field Fire and Battle Drills. COAS General Asim Munir was briefed

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Many offences either deleted or changed in NAB Law amends, observes CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday sought an updated list of NAB cases transferred after the amendments were introduced, saying that “many offences were either deleted or changed in the NAB amendments and a crucial point in the present case is that the entire law has been turned upside down.” “The

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Iran bans weightlifter for life after he shakes Israeli’s hand on podium

Tehran, Iran – Iran has banned a weightlifter from sports for life and dissolved a sports committee after the athlete greeted an Israeli counterpart on a podium. Mostafa Rajaei, a veteran weightlifter, finished second in his category in the 2023 World Master Weightlifting Championships in Poland and stood on a podium with an Iranian flag

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Pakistan holds interfaith conference two weeks after Muslim mob attack on Christians

Pakistani religious scholars and leaders across faiths on Wednesday called for integrating interfaith education into the national curricula and community policing to prevent and address communal violence. The leaders spoke through a declaration released after an ‘Interfaith Harmony Conference’ organized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs that brought together religious leaders and representatives from various

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BRICS.. warning to the US

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pose during the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa August 22, 2023 [Russian Foreign Ministry/Reuters] Last week, the bloc of nations known as the BRICS took the historic

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Three people pulled from stranded cable car week after Pakistan chairlift rescue watched by the world

Three individuals were successfully rescued on Tuesday after being stranded in a chairlift above Pakistan’s northwestern Chitral river when its wire snapped, rescue officials said, a week after a similar cable car malfunction in the country’s Battagram district led to a 16-hour rescue effort that grabbed global attention. Rescue teams were immediately dispatched to the

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SRI LANKA HAS REDUCED INFLATION PEOPLE ARE HAPPY THERE, WHY CANNOT WE DO IT?

Sri Lanka has made significant progress in reducing its inflation rate, bringing it down from a staggering 69.8% in September 2022 to 6.3% in July 2023[2][4]. This achievement can be attributed to several factors: Additionally, Sri Lanka received a bailout of nearly $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March 2023, which helped

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