Author: Rokneddin Ahmadani

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s National Assembly has been dissolved, with outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif being replaced with an interim successor to oversee a general election due within 90 days amid economic and political crises facing the country. The legislature was dissolved on Wednesday, three days before its five-year term was to officially end. It was the third consecutive National Assembly in Pakistan’s 76-year turbulent democratic history to complete its mandated tenure. But the upcoming vote in the country of 241 million people could be delayed for several months because the Election Commission of Pakistan, which organizes it, says it must first…

People are deserting Pakistan and that too, in record numbers. With an economy that has crumbled and the country seeing record-high inflation, over eight lakh Pakistanis left the country in the first six months of this year, creating a new record. Of them, a lakh were highly trained professionals, including doctors, nurses, engineers, information technology (IT) experts and accountants. The official figures, however, could just be half the story, as thousands more are taking the illegal route to Europe. According to a report quoting figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 8.32 lakh Pakistanis have left Pakistan till June this…

It is grown in some of the world’s most inhospitable, arid regions and is noted for being rich in protein. But the grass pea – although hardy and nutritious – comes with a catch. It contains a poison that can occasionally trigger irreversible paralysis, particularly among individuals who are already undernourished. As a result, it is often grown only as an insurance crop, to provide short-term food supply when harvests of other crops have failed. Nevertheless, poisoning from Lathyrus sativus still occurs in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Ethiopia and Algeria. But now a group of UK scientists studying the grass pea have…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his condolences on Tuesday to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over last week’s tragic sinking of a migrant boat off southwestern Greece. In a phone call, “President Erdogan conveyed his condolences for the Pakistani people who lost their lives in the migrant boat disaster off the coast of Greece,” the Turkish Presidency said on Twitter. “Expressing deep sorrow over this tragic event, President Erdogan stated that he shares the grief of the Pakistani people, ” it added. Pakistan observed a day of mourning on Monday to express their sorrow over the boat tragedy in…

LAHORE – The Election Commission of Pakistan has allotted electoral symbols to candidates contesting for Punjab Assembly seats. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz has been allocated the symbol of a “Tandoor” to contest the elections while other party leaders have been allotted different symbols. The ECP has not allotted them their party symbol Lion as they failed to submit the party ticket to the electoral body within the given time period i.e. April 26. The PML-N has not given tickets to its party candidates as it is opposing the snap elections in the…

Jon Rahm has called on the PGA Tour to continue to hold a match play tournament, with the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play set for its final edition in Texas this week. The match play event – alongside the rest of the World Golf Championships – is set to be cut from the PGA Tour schedule ahead of the circuit’s revamp in 2024. The tournament has always proved to be a fan and player favourite, due to it being the only week using the match play format across the season. Despite this, it is set to be no more when the Tour brings in…

Pakistan The PM’s aide urged PML-Q’s Moonis Elahi to return to Pakistan. LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday there would be no stability in the country with Imran Khan in politics. SAPM Tarar, in a statement, said the chief election commissioner (CEC) shouldn’t be called out as he was appointed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Whenever Imran Khan fails to get verdicts to his liking, he starts accusing institutions, he added. The PML-N leader said economy stability is linked with political stability but Imran Khan wants to destroy county’s economy. The PM’s aide…

Kenes Rakishev, former special envoy of the Kazakh government and current chairman of Fincraft Resources signed a memorandum of understanding, as well as a shareholder agreement with the Indian holding Monnet Group on the establishment of a joint venture in Kazakhstan for the production of ferroalloys. The company was named TB Alloys Kazakh Limited.The new plant is planned to be located in the industrial zone of the Taraz city. The company has already started pre-project work. At the first stage, the planned capacity of the enterprise will be up to 50 thousand tons of ferrosilicon per year with a gradual…

Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-says-it-won-t-allow-countries-to-shelter-militants-/6901441.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political and military leadership on Monday vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan. The statement came amid a spike in attacks by the militant Pakistani Taliban, many of whom are hiding in neighboring Afghanistan. The attacks are on the rise across Pakistan, especially in the northwest near the Afghan border. The announcement came at the end of a lengthy meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee, which was attended by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the newly appointed army chief…

Pakistan said a “bloodbath” was averted as suicide bombers carried out the attack before reaching the suspected target. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militant group claimed responsibility for the bombing. Pakistani authorities said on Friday that suspected militants carried out a suicide attack in Islamabad, killing a police officer. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group, which has links to the Afghan Taliban, claimed responsibility for the latest bombing following a series of attacks in recent weeks. But it was the first suicide bombing in years to hit Islamabad. The capital has been largely spared from attacks carried out in cities like Lahore and Karachi, as well as border…