Author: Fozhan Baig

LAHORE: In what appears to be a first such initiative, the Punjab Police has constituted a ‘Liaison wing’ consisting of the senior officers from police, Interpol and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to bring 910 ‘category A’ hardened criminals back to Pakistan from abroad. A majority of them – 70pc– are hiding in Gulf countries, particularly Dubai while others are in Europe, America and Canada from where they are operating local criminals in Lahore and the rest of the province to get their targetted people killed against petty amounts besides committing other heinous crimes, including extortion and kidnap for ransom.…

Pune, Jan 29 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said some people deliberately spread wrong news about the China issue, knowing it is not true, for politics and by talking about some land which was taken by China in 1962, they give the impression this happened recently. Jaishankar made the remarks, viewed as a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday while interacting with the audience in Pune in a question-answer session during the launch of ‘Bharat Marg’, the Marathi translation of his book ‘The India Way’. He also said the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a technical…

Source: apnews.com/article/afghanistan-politics-pakistan-government-taliban-14a46dd49622f193148c84f423298929 Highlighting the recent optimization of China’s pandemic response measures, Pakistani public health specialist Bilal Ahmad said China kept adopting a scientific approach against COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak while employing strong economic fundamentals and measures to stimulate demand. ISLAMABAD, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — China has played a key role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing medical supplies and health assistance to other countries, a Pakistani public health specialist told Xinhua in an interview. “In terms of contributions to the global fight against the epidemic, China has provided significant assistance to other countries…

The capital administration has imposed Section 144 in Islamabad to restrict gatherings among other public events, in wake of a suicide bomb attack. In a notification, the district magistrate ICT banned all kinds of corner meetings, public gatherings and congregations in the Federal Capital, especially related to upcoming local government elections. “In light of threat alerts issued by the law enforcement agencies and attacks on police, the security of Islamabad has been beefed up to obviate the threats within the jurisdiction of the capital which can disrupt peace and tranquility causing damage to public life and property. However, the likelihood…