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.
Turkey has started constructing a naval warship for Pakistan, state-owned Anadolu Agency reported Sunday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a dual ceremony commissioning a new Turkish naval ship while starting construction of a ship set to be sold to Pakistan Navy. The warship commissioned for Turkish navy is named TCG Kinaliada while the one being built for Pakistan is named MILGEM.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the appointment of ambassador Munir Akram as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Akram has served as Pakistan’s permanent representative to UN previously as well, holding the office for six years between 2002 and 2008 and will replace Dr Maleeha Lodhi, who has held the office of Pakistan’s envoy to UN since February 2015.
PML-N has criticised the government for treating Maryam Nawaz like a habitual criminal and trying to weaken her resolve by giving C class facilities in jail to the party’s Vice President. Hitting out at the government, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said the government has crossed all limits in political vendetta as Maryam deserved B class as per jail manual.
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has jumped up 60 points at the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020 to stand at 190-200 in the world. LUMS is the only university in Pakistan to be in top 200 in the QS rankings, the most-widely read university rankings in the world. Apart from LUMS, NUST has also made to the list first