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Above $ 25 million collections in Norway for Children’s Education in Pakistan and four other countries

October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 News Desk

25 million fund raising by NRK Tv for Pakistan and four other countries

Report by Syed Sibtain Shah More than 220 million Norwegian Kroner equal to US$ 25 million were collected in a fund raising move in Norway for Children’s Education in war affected areas of Pakistan and four other countries. The one-day fundraising campaign was conducted by Norway’s state run TV (NRK) and beside other people Norwegian Pakistanis specially their children also participated in the drive on Sunday. According to the media reports, the amount will be utilized through UNICEF in areas affected by war and conflict in Pakistan, Colombia, Mali, Syria…

Returning Rohingya will not be able to reclaim land, suggest officials

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 News Desk

SITTWE (Myanmar): Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find that their crops have been harvested and sold by the government, according to officials and government plans. Nearly 600,000 Muslims have crossed the border since Aug 25, when alleged Rohingya militant attacks on security posts sparked a ferocious counteroffensive by the Myanmar army. The United Nations says killings, arson and rape carried out by troops and ethnic Rakhine Buddhist mobs since late August amount to a…

Induction of New FM: Three ladies on most powerful positions of Norway

October 22, 2017 News Desk

Norwegian PM Erna Solberg | Finance Minister Siv Jensen | First Women Foreign Minister Marie Eriksen Søreide

Bureau Report With the induction of new female foreign minister for the first time in the history of Norway, total strength of the central cabinet became 19 people including the Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Nine persons of 19-member cabinet are females and rest of them are men. The lady who took the Norwegian Foreign Ministry this week for first Time in the country’s History, is Ine Eriksen Søreide (41) affiliated with right wing conservative party. Since its independence in 1905, Norway had more than 30 foreign ministers and all of…

No discussion on Jadhav in envoy-minister meeting: FO

October 22, 2017 News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday rejected as speculative the reports that India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in her introductory meeting with the Pakistani ambassador to Delhi had called for Islamabad to review its position in convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case. “During this interaction, no specific case came under discussion. Therefore, the reports appearing in the Indian media are speculative,” the FO said in response to reports about the meeting held earlier this week. Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood assumed the charge of his assignment last month. Therefore,…

15 Afghan army cadets killed in Kabul suicide attack

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 News Desk

A suicide bomber killed 15 Afghan army trainees as they were leaving their base in Kabul on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest deadly attack in the capital. “This afternoon when a minibus carrying army cadets was coming out of the military academy, a suicide bomber on foot targeted them, martyring 15 and wounding four,” defence ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri told AFP. Kabul Crime Branch chief General Mohammad Salim Almas said police have launched an investigation into the attack which happened in the west of the city. “The…

Nawaz Sharif demands recovery of social media activists

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 News Desk

Nawaz Sharif gets Angry on arrest of PML N social media activists

Condemning incidences of PML-N’s social media supporters going missing, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded that the interior ministry ensure the recovery of missing activists in a statement released through the party’s Twitter account on Saturday. Respect for the freedom of speech, including on social media, is the constitutional responsibility of the government and suppressing political views of opponents is condemnable, Sharif said in the statement. He termed the harassment and forceful disappearance of “PML-N supporters” on social media an attack on the freedom of speech. The country’s law…

Human Rights Movement UK asks Norwegians to help Rohingyas in Burma

October 20, 2017October 21, 2017 News Desk

Oslo (Bureau Report) Human Rights Movement UK President Rana Basharat Ali Khan has urged the Norwegians to help Rohingyas in Burma. Addressing a Friday’s gathering at Islamic Cultural Centre Oslo, he asked the Norwegians to donate for the oppressed and persecuted Ronhgias in Burma. He specifically insisted the Muslims in Norway to raise their voices in support of the oppressed Burmese Muslims and donate what they can for them. Rana Basharat Ali said, Rohingyas are being victimized and killed because they are Muslims. Don’t forget them because they are connected…

Norwegian Ombudswoman for serious action against anti-Muslim sentiments in the country

October 20, 2017 News Desk

Norwegian Ombudswoman Ms Hanne Bjurstrøm and Mr. Sigbjørn Aanes, State Secretary at the Norway's Prime Minister's Office

Report by Syed Sibtain Shah The Norway’s Ombudswoman for Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination has asked the country’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg to take serious action in order to stop hatred against the Muslims in the country. Islam in Norway is second largest religion of this Nordic country after Christianity. Total population of the Muslims in Norway as per registered members of the mosques and other Islamic centres is 121,095 people where with 40,000 people, Norwegian Pakistani community is largest Muslims group in the country. Muslims are 3.8% of the…

Putin says Russia favours a global nuclear ban

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that a global ban on nuclear weapons can be achieved in the future. Putin said on Thursday at the Valdai forum for international policy experts in the Black Sea city of Sochi that total nuclear disarmament is a possibility that Russia would welcome. He said Russia would “want it and will be striving to achieve that.” Putin noted that new precision weapons now under development could be just as devastating as nuclear weapons. He said Russia is also working on such weapons. The…

May pleads EU for Brexit deal she can defend at home

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

British Prime Minister Theresa May pressed European Union leaders on Thursday for a Brexit deal she can “defend” at home as her counterparts said at a summit in Brussels that there were encouraging signs of progress in the talks. May appealed for “urgent” movement at a summit dinner, the night before her 27 counterparts were set to decide that there had not been enough progress on divorce issues to open trade discussions until at least December. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the EU’s most powerful figure, said however that there were…

PPP seeks Senate discussion on Rs400bn ‘irregularities’ in CPEC projects

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday filed an adjournment motion in the Senate Secretariat seeking a discussion on irregularities worth Rs400 billion in projects initiated under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The motion states that the Auditor General of Pakistan has found “massive irregularities” in the Federal Government’s road projects. “What is most shocking is that these projects were initiated under CPEC,” the motion says. It further calls on the government to “initiate a full-fledged investigation to reveal a clearer picture of this serious issue.” The motion seeks that the…

2 coal miners dead, 7 missing in Balochistan’s Harnai

October 20, 2017 News Desk

Two coal miners lost their lives after a coal mine collapsed in Balochistan’s Harnai district on Thursday night. Seven others are still missing. The bodies of two coal miners were retrieved from the debris, while Levis sources told DawnNews that a search operation was still underway for the seven missing miners. Rescue workers and district administration officials are taking part in the operation. Poor working conditions inside coal mines in Balochistan claim the lives of miners on almost daily basis in Harnai, Sowrange, Dukki, Mach and other parts of the province, but often…

Umar Khalid Khorasani, 9 associates confirmed killed by US drone strike

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

The chief of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike, a spokesman for the group confirmed to AFP on Thursday. “Chief of our Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Umar Khalid Khorasani, who sustained serious injuries in a recent US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, succumbed to his injuries Wednesday evening,” JuA spokesman Asad Mansoor told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. “At least nine close associates of Khorasani were also killed in the strike,” he added. Mansoor said a high-level meeting of JuA’s consultative council will be convened soon…

Nawaz Sharif indicted in Flagship Investments reference, pleads not guilty

October 20, 2017 News Desk

An accountability court on Friday indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a reference related to Flagship Investments and other offshore companies. The court charged Sharif in absentia for holding assets beyond his known sources of income, and read out a charge-sheet to his pleader, Zafir Khan. Khan pleaded not guilty on behalf of Sharif, who is currently in London tending to his ailing wife. According to the charge-sheet, Sharif told the joint investigation team that he was a shareholder in 15 companies, including Flagship Investments, Hartstone Properties, Que Holdings,…

Kashmiris should not be disappointed: There are inspiring examples in the world

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 News Desk

Syed Sibtain Shah at European Parliament

Brussels (Mujtaba Haider) Kashmiris should not be disappointed because of the attempts for ending multilateral and multi-cultural-ism. This was commented by Pakistani Researcher and Journalist Syed Sibtain H.Shah while talking at the conference organized by Kashmir Council EU headed by Ali Raza Syed at the European parliament last week. The conference was part of Kashmir EU Week co-hosted by MEP Sajjad Karim. Syed Sibtain Shah added, there are many inspiring examples for the Kashmiris. Fresh case is Catalonia, Spain and many other nations have already independence like East Timor, Darfur and Kosovo.