The Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal has clarified that outgoing UN envoy, Maleeha Lodhi completed her tenure and was not fired. The Foreign Office also credited Dr Lodhi for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s successful participation in recent UN General Assembly session. The FO spokesman’s tweet came in response to ongoing speculation about reasons behind change of the envoy in New York.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) has announced to march on October 27 to oust the government. Rehman claimed that JUI-F delegations from across the country would join the “Azadi March” at Islamabad’s D-Chowk. Later, he added that this march is to get rid of PTI government which, according to him, “has destroyed the economy”.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $5 billion in an oil refinery project in Hub, Pakistan by the end of the year, local news channel reported. The investment will be between Mubadala Petroleum Company of Abu Dhabi, Pak Arab Refinery Limited (Parco) and OMV [OMV Pakistan Exploration Gesellschaft], revealed UAE Ambassador to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi.
Minister of State for Narcotics Control Shehryar Afridi told the Senate that drug test would be made mandatory for the school staff as well as the students of Islamabad in the near future. Further, he warned that anyone involved in propagation of drugs among youth would not be spared as well as anyone possessing/distributing crystal methamphetamine.
Malik Amin Aslam, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, has claimed that Markhor and the blind dolphin have made a positive comeback from being on the edge of extinction. Despite having no credible data of every species in the country, some species like Markhor and Blind Dolphin are being monitored and have significantly increased in numbers.
The UK High Court has denied funds amounting to £35 million to Pakistan by issuing a judgement in favour of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Nizam of Hyderabad had made claims in 1954 to the funds lying untouched in a London bank account since 1948, which were given to the then Pakistan high commissioner by the Finance Minster of Hyderabad State.
Researchers have modelled a scenario of India Pakistan nuclear war, concluding that more than 100 million immediate deaths would occur, followed by global mass starvation after megatons of thick black soot block out sunlight for up to a decade. In paper published on Wednesday, researchers envisaged that militants attack India’s parliament in 2025. New Delhi retaliates by sending tanks into Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed relevant authorities to launch a new application called “Mera Bacha Alert” in order to curb the excessively increasing cases of child abuse and abductions in the country. The application will be connected with Pakistan Citizen Portal so that progress in any case, including the recovery of the child, can be monitored.
olice officers in Rawalpindi will visit schools to deliver awareness lectures on protection of children says City Police Officer Mohammad Faisal Rana. While meeting with a delegation of Punjab Teachers Union he also added that police offers will accord due protocol to teachers when they visit police stations. Educated police officers will visit schools to deliver lectures on protection of children.
An additional district and sessions court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for activist Gulalai Ismail in a case related to maligning national institutions. The activist reportedly mysteriously escaped from Pakistan after her passport was confiscated and is currently seeking political asylum in the United States. If Gulalai fails to appear in court on stated date, she could be listed as a proclaimed offender.