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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has written a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) president and secretary-general for updating them on the grave situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), d on Wednesday. FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi updated UNSC on the grave situation in IIOJK including illegal demographic changes, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement today. It highlighted the gross and systematic violations of human rights taking place in the occupied valley along with the threat posed to peace and security by India. “It focuses, in particular, on the illegal demographic changes being undertaken in the occupied territory by India, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, the UN Charter and international law including the 4th Geneva Convention.” In the letter, Qureshi apprised UNSC of India’s implementation of an elaborate strategy of military occupation, land confiscation, the influx of non-Kashmiris, and creation of alien

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has accepted the plea of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah for the hearing which was filed against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) supplementary reference in assets beyond income case, on Wednesday. The lawyer of Khursheed Shah said that SHC bench fixed the hearing of the petition against NAB’s supplementary reference in assets beyond income case. The petition will be heard on December 2 and the high court also issued notices to NAB director-general, investigation officer and prosecutor. The petition stated that a supplementary reference could not be filed under NAB Ordinance 1999. It is pertinent to mention here that NAB Sukkur had sent a supplementary reference against the PPP politician to the headquarters for its approval from the chairman. Khursheed Shah is among 18 accused who are facing corruption charges of Rs1.23 billion. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/39fAceK

Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted on Wednesday that Faisalabad’s textile industry is witnessing a massive rise in demand and export orders. In order to enable the industry to meet the growing demands, Prime Minister Khan said he has instructed the commerce and industries ministries to ensure all necessary support to the textile sector. As the Faisalabad textile industry sees a massive rise in demand & export orders, I have instructed the Commerce & Industries Ministries to ensure all necessary support to the textile sector to enable them to meet their growing demands. — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 25, 2020 He said the textile sector is one of a number of positive developments on the country’s economic front despite the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 19, Prime Minister Khan had directed the authorities concerned to resolve the problems facing the textile industry in Faisalabad at the earliest. Talking to a delegation of business representatives and exporters ass

Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram has presented Pakistan’s dossier containing irrefutable evidence of India’s sponsorship of terrorism to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York, on Wednesday. Munir Akram called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York where he presented him Pakistan’s dossier containing evidence of India’s sponsorship of terrorism in the country. During the meeting that took place at the UN Headquarters in New York, Akram briefed the UN secretary-general about the Indian involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan, reported Radio Pakistan. He apprised the UN chief that Indian is involved in orchestrating terrorist attacks in Pakistan and demanded him to take note of this. Later, addressing a virtual news conference, Munir Akram said India is involved in sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and in the region and wants to paralyse Pakistan’s economy. He said the UN Security Council’s team is also inve

Pakistan has recorded fresh 3,009 COVID-19 cases and 59 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, on Wednesday. In the past 24 hours, 59 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 7,803. 1,214 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 1,867 patients are in critical condition. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 382,892, whereas, the active cases stood at 42,115. A total of 41,583 tests were conducted across the country during this period. 332,974 people have recovered from the deadly disease while 5,297,703 samples have been tested thus far. Earlier on Tuesday, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) had given the approval to the COVID-19 rapid testing kit, sources told ARY News. The chief executive officer (CEO) of DRAP, Dr Asim Rauf, had confirmed that a foreign pharmaceutical company has

Following a sharp surge in Tesla’s share price, Elon Musk, a South African-born American entrepreneur, overtook Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. "The 49-year-old entrepreneur’s net worth rose by $7.2bn (£5.4bn) to $127.9bn as the maverick chief executive of the electric car company is now ranked immediately behind the Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos," read the publication. Besides Musk's electric car company, the young entrepreneur also exhibits his interests in spacecraft as his company SpaceX sent four astronauts to the International Space Station last week. SpaceX is about to launch 60 broadband internet satellites into orbit, after suffering delays due to poor weather conditions, the report highlighted. Just about a week ago, Musk overtook Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and grabbed a spot on among the wealthiest of the world. "The 36-year-old Facebook founder has fallen back into the fourth

The PTI is all set to form the government in Gilgit Baltistan after having secured 22 of its 33 seats, according to the official results announced by the region's election commission on Tuesday. The PPP and PML-N — both of which have levelled allegations of rigging — hold five and three seats, respectively. In all, the GB Assembly has 33 seats — 24 of which are contested through directed elections; six are reserved for women and three others reserved for technocrats and professionals. Political parties can nominate their candidates to the latter through proportional representation. In the elections, the PTI emerged victorious on 10 seats, while seven were won by independent candidates. The JUI and Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) won one seat apiece. Six of the independent candidates have joined PTI after the election and the party already had a seat adjustment arrangement with the MWM. PPP's GB chapter President Advocate Amjad Hussain was declared as the winner in GBA-1 a