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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his message on International Workers’ Day said today is a symbol of the sanctity and dignity of work.
The International Workers’ Day is celebrated all over the world today, the Prime Minister said that this day the entire nation celebrates the working class.
The Prime Minister said that the nation appreciates the role and contribution of workers in the development of the country, Islam emphasizes the principles of social justice, equality and respect for human rights.
He said Islam had set the guidelines regarding labor rights long before the international labor laws.
He said that workers and employers are partners in the production process, the current government is determined to improve the working and living conditions of the workers.
The Prime Minister said the government has raised the minimum wages of workers from Rs 17,500 to Rs 25,000 per month, and the government is working to develop an automated, integrated system for labor institutions.
Shahbaz Sharif said that the present government has started vocational training and skill development programmes, the role of manpower is important for the economic development of any country.
He further said that the government is determined to translate the benefits of economic growth into prosperity for all sections of the population.


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Punjab Finance, Excise and Taxation minister says they are going to set up an anti-narcotics wing in Excise and Taxation Department after Punjab CM’s approval
LAHORE: Highlighting performance of the Punjab Revenue Authority, Punjab Finance, Excise and Taxation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman on Monday said that the authority had collected Rs 48 billion last year and they were looking forward to collecting Rs 80 billion in the current financial year.
Talking exclusively to Customs Today, he said the government was all set to make property tax collection flawless, especially after the recent overcharging by the Excise and Taxation Department.
The minister said the provincial government has not increased any taxes on the vehicles rather it was collecting withholding tax (WHT) levied by the federal government. The WHT was being deposited in the federal government’s kitty, he added.
The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) is doing well as it has become one of the major tax collection houses.
He talked at length on various taxes, including excise tax on vehicles, property and services taxes.
“We have halted collection of property tax at the places where there is no municipal service available. In order to tackle issues arising in property tax collection we have set up a comprehensive system of help lines throughout the province,” the minister highlighted. He hoped that the measures would help the government to resolve complaints regarding overbilling.
Recently, the department had come to know that officials had overcharged property holders in the name of property tax, he said.
“The Excise and Taxation Department increased 50 percent property tax while the taxpayers have been asked to pay more than that in the name of revision,” said the minister.
He added that the government has taken far-reaching steps to tackle with the issue and the officials responsible for overcharging the taxpayers have been suspended. Mujtaba added a large scale reshuffling of the staff has also been undertaken.
“We are also going to set up an Anti-Narcotics Wing in Excise and Taxation Department following the approval of the Punjab chief minister. The project will be operational in one or two months.”
Talking about vehicle token tax, he said that the Excise and Taxation Department had not revised the tax for the last 10 years.
“Up to 1000CC vehicles come under the head of life-time token taxes and further we have not increased any taxes. Actually the federal government has imposed withholding tax in all the provinces.
“Due to this reason it is widely being considered that the provincial government has increased vehicle token tax which is not correct. However, we are going to take up the issue with the federal government,” he clarified.


Texas small business owners are skeptical about the economy compared to business owners elsewhere, according to the latest semi-annual survey by credit card company American Express.
According to the survey, 64 percent of Texas business owners don’t have a positive outlook for the economy over the next six months, compared to business owners across the South, where 39 percent have a similar outlook.
However, many still continued to expand their operations. Seven of 10 Texas business owners said they planned to grow their businesses over the next six months and one third expected sales to be similar to this year.
Sixty percent also said they are confident they can access the capital they need to grow their business, down from 72 percent during the group’s spring survey.


Bigg Boss 6 will soon hit TV screens and is now being discussed everywhere. The show will be aired on the ‘Colours’ TV channel and will help garner huge TRPs. Director and producer Kamaal Khan, who, in the past had appeared on the show as a contestant, has alleged that the winner of the show is fixed in advance.
Khan tweeted, “Winner of Bigg Boss is fixed in advance!” When contacted and asked to comment on his tweet, the director said that he has been a part of the show and is intimately aware of how the show functions. The film maker said that Ashutosh who has been a winner of the show in the past has not been paid till date, as he was allegedly told by the production house that he will be promoted well and will not be paid in return. The director also said that Ashutosh had a contract with them as he had appeared on the show ‘Roadies’.
In the season where Khan had appeared, Pravesh Rana was chosen to be the winner of the show, but just when the show was nearing the final episode he had thrown food in the water due to which he earned a negative reputation and many people had pressurized the producers to change the winner; this was when Vindu Dara Singh was made the winner that season.


According to the authorities, transportation in the capital has been affected throughout the city during this day, according to television reports.
As anticipated by the unions, the protests will last at least until Wednesday to focus on the poor situation of the railway system.
Several organizations have also called for demonstrations against the government on a route that will end in front of the parliament building in Athens, according to reports in the newspaper “Kathimerini”.
The accident that took place on February 28 in the city of Tempe has shocked the country and raised criticism about the management of the national railway network and the poor conditions of its infrastructures.
Employees in the sector have been warning for years about negligence, as well as a lack of resources and personnel. Now, the situation has led thousands of people to protests to request an improvement in these conditions, while workers have been calling 24-hour strikes for almost a week.
For their part, the labor unions claimed that they will continue to strike as they fight for safe train traffic and hope that the truth will come out and those responsible for the accident will be brought to justice.
Despite the authorities’ denial of the problems in the sector, last Sunday Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admitted there have been decades of negligence that could have contributed to the disaster.


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( MENAFN ) Turkish foreign ministry stated in a written report that on Monday, May. 3 a Turkish commission of ministers and intelligence head visited the Libyan capital Tripoli.
The report noted that the commission includes Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and head of National Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan, stating that the discussion would tackle bilateral and regional matters.
The defense ministry stated in a different report that the Turkish Chief of General Staff Yasar Guler is also part of the commission.
This visit is the first of its kind from Turkey since the Libyan new unity administration is formed in March.
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After a one-day holiday on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, the import-export activities between Bangladesh and India resumed through Hili land port in Dinajpur on Tuesday.
However, the movement of travelers through the land port was normal at that time.
Hili C&F Agents Association General Secretary and Mayor Jamil Hossain Chalanta confirmed the matter in the morning.
He said the import and export between the two countries were closed Monday due to the public holiday. Import-export trade between the two countries has resumed through the port from Tuesday morning.
Hili Immigration Checkpost OC Sheikh Ashraful said that although the import and export through the port was stopped, passage of passengers with passports was normal through Hili Immigration.


Here comes the rain (Source: Met Éireann)
Heavy rain has arrived on the west coast now and it will move east across the country, according to www.carlowweather.com.
Forecaster Alan O'Reilly said: "Strong winds are approaching the West coast also and they will also sweep across the country. Some of the strongest winds will be later this evening in the Southeast and East.
"Avoid coastlines today and take care on roads."


N.D. pushes to publicize enrollment, cancellation numbers
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Insurance Department is asking the state’s health insurance companies for more information about the impact of federal health care reforms across the state.
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Adass has called on the government to fulfil its ambition to shift 5% of funding on acute NHS care into community services, including social care.
The organisation, which made the comments in a draft response to the Department of Health’s commissioning framework for health and well-being, says the proposal must now be “enforced”.
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt made the call after last year’s health and social care white paper. Originally intended to benefit primary and community healthcare, care services minister Ivan Lewis has since said social care deserved a slice.
But Niall Dickson, chief executive of think-tank the King’s Fund, told the Adass spring seminar that such a move was unlikely due to the Treasury being “very sceptical” about making cuts in one public service to fund another.
He said that it preferred the “more brutal approach” of imposing cash-releasing efficiency savings on services.
He added that there was now an acceptance in government that the system for long-term care was unsustainable.
In its draft response, Adass also said that the commissioning framework was too NHS-focused and risked viewing community well-being policies as an add-on.
Last week, a coalition of bodies, including Adass, the LGA and the King’s Fund, launched a campaign for a public debate on funding long-term care. See news analysis.
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France says to re-impose state of health emergency
October 14, 2020 11:48 PM
The French government said on Wednesday it was re-imposing a state of health emergency to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The move, announced shortly before President Emmanuel Macron was to appear on national television to announce fresh coronavirus measures, will allow "measures proportional to the health risks to be taken", and will enter into force on Saturday, according to minutes from a cabinet meeting Wednesday.
France was facing "a health catastrophe", the minutes said.
The state of health emergency is a legal framework allowing the government to take strict measures to fight the pandemic -- such as the nationwide lockdown during the spring -- and needed to be renewed after it expired in July.


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets will cooperate with the international human rights non-governmental organization Freedom House on the issue of the return of Ukrainian children from Russia.
In a post on Telegram , the ombudsman announced the signing of the relevant memorandum, Ukrinform reports.
“Today we signed a Memorandum with the international human rights non-governmental organization Freedom House. We have jointly agreed to cooperate on the return of Ukrainian children deported to the Russian Federation and/or the Republic of Belarus, as well as forcibly displaced within the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, to the territory of Ukraine and bringing the Belarusian and/or Russian officials involved to criminal responsibility," Lubinets wrote.
He expressed hope that joint efforts would achieve good results.
As reported, on November 19, Bohdan Yermokhin, who was illegally taken from Mariupol by the occupiers, was returned to Ukraine from Russia. Lubinets said that mediators - Qatar and UNICEF - were involved in the process of returning Bohdan Yermokhin.
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Amir Meets Defense Minister In Afghan Caretaker Government
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HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met Wednesday morning at his Amiri Diwan office with Defense Minister in the Afghan caretaker government Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid.
During the meeting, they discussed latest developments in Afghanistan, the latest regional and international developments, and several issues of common interest.
HH the Amir stressed the importance of working towards achieving stability and reconciliation in Afghanistan; achieving progress, decent life, and prosperity for Afghan people; and ensuring that segments of the Afghan society enjoy their rights.
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People from diverse segments have protested against the increase in the POL prices and have called upon the government to take pity on them to relieve them from the burden which has already broken their backbone.
Vice President Pakistan Kisan Board Amanullah Chatha, Malik Shoukat Ali Phularwan, Rai Haq Nawaz, Lal Khan and Asghar Bhatti said that the POL prices have already emburdened all segments of society but recent increase in the prices have aggravated the state of affairs. They said that due to the increase the transport fares, prices of almost all the commodities and cost of food production would ultimately be further increased causing multiple problems to the masses.
The Kisan leader further said that due to increase in already high prices of diesel oil, the growers were already undergoing financial crises and present increase would further break their back. They have called upon the government to decrease the prices of POL.


Controversial Afia Schwarzenegger has lashed out at the leaders of the Fix the country movement following their demonstration yesterday.
Thousands of Ghanaians from all over the country stormed the nations capital to embark on peaceful demonstration to register their displeasure about the governance in the country.
Some protestors who embarked on the demonstration were seen with placards with their problems inscribed on them as they call on the government to attend to their basic needs for the betterment of the country.
But according to Afia Schwarzenegger despite the fact that the protesters did a good thing by embarking on the demonstration to get the country fixed, they also need to fix something about themselves.
Afia Schwarzenegger in a video stated that the health sector is one place that needs to be fixed.
She added but before that place can be fixed the people who visits those places should start learning how to bath and brush their teeth twice a day.
According to Afia Schwar, people can’t be calling on the government to fix the country when they don’t bath.
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She concluded that cleanliness promotes good mental health which will enable Ghanaians to have visions about how to help in building the nation.


The transportation time from China to Europe may be reduced up to 12 days thanks to Azerbaijan's Zangazur corridor, Head of the Strategic Planning and Development Department of Azerbaijan's Baku International Sea Trade Port, Khudayar Hasanli, told reporters, Trend on Dec. 7.
“The opening of the Zangazur corridor will allow Azerbaijan to create logistics centers in the Zangazur corridor, as well as in the direction of Nakhchivan to coordinate goods,” the head of the department added.“This corridor will increase the transit of the Turkish trucks through Azerbaijan up to 50 percent or 60,000 trucks. Today this figure is about 20 percent or about 23,000 trucks.”
Hasanli stressed that this corridor will allow Azerbaijan to transport containers and trucks via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.
“This may include cargoes along the China-Europe route,” the head of the department said.“Today we observe a tendency for the growth of container cargoes which are transited from China through Azerbaijan to the European and Central Asian countries.”
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Joint opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardane said yesterday that Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had assured them that the adjournment debate on the attack on university students and the GMOA strike would be held today whereas it was cancelled due to the early adjournment of the House.
The adjournment debate which was requested by Mr. Gunawardane yesterday morning was to be held for two hours beginning at 4.30 pm. However, the debate on the excise ordinance which began in the morning only ended at 4.00 pm and Ananda Kumarasiri, who was in the chair at the time, requested MP Gunawardane to move the adjournment motion but he was not present at the time. Parliament was adjourned thereafter.
Convening a press conference last evening inside the Parliament complex, Mr. Gunawadane said the government had deliberately acted to avoid taking part in the debate by its members not speaking during the debate held in the morning on the excise ordinance leading to an early adjournment of the House.
He said the government was attempting to avoid taking the blame for the brutal attack on university students and to suppress the opinion of the opposition on the SAITM issue. He said they would not be deterred by this but come ready to point out the government’s role in these two incidents when Parliament meets today (23).
He said a serious situation had arisen in the country due to the strike launched by the GMOA to protest against Wednesday's brutal attack on university students.
He said a large number of university students, who had gone to the health ministry on its public day to brief the authorities on the issues facing medical education in the country, were baton charged, beaten by the police and had to be hospitalised as a result.
He said it should be considered a national issue where more than 8000 medical students had been inconvenienced due to the issue and added that government could not try to shirk their responsibilities. (By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 15. The restoration of
Karabakh [Azerbaijani liberated territories from Armenian
occupation in the 2020 Second Karabakh War] is an important issue
on the agenda, Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Nizami
Ganjavi International Center, Former Vice President of the World
Bank (WB) Ismail Serageldin told Trend at a press conference dedicated to
opening of the IX Global Baku Forum.
'The restoration and development of Karabakh region is an
important issue in the development of Azerbaijan as a whole,'
According to him, today, most difficult task of demining the
territories is an obstacle to the further development of Karabakh
'First of all, it is important that people can return to their
land, to their homes,' Serageldin added.
He noted that successful development in Karabakh has already
'Karabakh region has potential for development in many economic
areas, including energy. We hope that the recovery process will
lead to sustainable development in both energy and other areas,'
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(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
BIOBIO REGION, Chile, 28th February, 2022 (WAM/Reuters) -- An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck offshore Biobio in Chile on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said.
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Jordan- Hot weather forecast over weekend
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, July 5 (Petra) -- Relatively hot conditions are expected to prevail for next three days in the hilly areas and the eastern plains, while it will be hot in other parts of the country, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department(JMD).
Winds will be northwesterly moderate to brisk at times, the JMD said.
Daytime temperatures expected today in Amman will reach 34 degrees Celsius and in the northern cities 30, dropping down at night to 22 and 20 degrees at night, while temperatures in the southern governorates will range between a high of 31 and a low of 18. The weather will be hotter in the port city of Aqaba with highs reaching 41 degrees and lows plunging at 30, the JMD added.
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ISLAMABAD: The coalition of Pakistan’s opposition parties, the PDM, has sunk into grief. ۔
According to sources, the ruling party PTI has persuaded the ruling coalition PML-Q and now the PML-Q will support the government in important legislation.
Reliable sources said that after reports that the PML-N has assured full cooperation with its ally in electoral reforms, the PDM alliance lost its senses on hearing this news and intensified the ongoing efforts against Imran Khan. Declared a blow
Electronic voting missions and legislation to give Pakistanis overseas the right to vote are to be enacted in the joint session.
It is also learned that sources said that a joint sitting of the parliament is likely to be held on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Government allies MQM and PML-Q had refused to vote on the EVM, while Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that both the allies had expressed satisfaction over the briefing.
Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said on social networking site Twitter that electoral reform is a matter for the future of the country. is being done.


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Baghdad: Six people were killed and wounded in two bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, qi security forces announced.
A member of the Awakening (Sahwa) forces was killed and his colleague was injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Al-Madaen, southeast of Baghdad, the security forces said in a statement.
In addition, four civilians were wounded in a bomb explosion in Radwaniya district, southwest of the Iraqi capital.
On the other hand, the Iraqi forces announced today that three ISIS members were killed after the destruction of their camp in Hamrin Mountains, north of the country, during security operation.
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(MENAFN- AFP) Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority on Tuesday fined the country's two biggest banks for negligence in their work to prevent money laundering and terror financing.
The FSA fined Nordea 50 million kronor (5.4 million euros, $6.0 million), and Handelsbanken 35 million kronor.
The agency was scathing in its criticism of Nordea.
"Nordea has not complied with the money laundering rules for several years. The bank has not evaluated the risks associated with various customer groups and in some cases has been unaware of whether they actually have high risk customers," the FSA said in a statement.
"This means that if people have tried to launder money or finance terrorism that they could have done so without Nordea having been able to detect this. This is very serious," it said.
The deficiencies at Handelsbanken were considered less serious, the FSA said. While it handed down a warning on Nordea, it gave Handelsbanken a "remark".
"Handelsbanken has not complied with the money laundering rules in several areas," it said.
"These deficiencies are significant and mean that Handelsbanken ran a high risk of being used by people to launder money or finance terrorism," it added.
According to the FSA, more than 100 billion kronor (10.8 billion euros, $12 billion) are laundered in Sweden every year.
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LAHORE: Admitting that smog has become a big issue, Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has said Pakistan has taken measures to stop crops stubble burning, a major cause of the phenomenon, and other countries should also come forward to address it.
He was inspecting the air quality monitoring station installed at Meteorology Department on Sunday. Environment Protection Secretary Salman Ijaz, Director General Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Tanveer Ahmed Warraich, chief meteorologist and other concerned officers were also present.
The adviser said that smog was considered as one of the grave environmental problems being faced by the people across the world. The air quality index (AQI) of Lahore was much better than that of New Delhi, he added.
Terming a news about the AQI of Lahore being higher at the international level baseless, he aid the government would increase monitoring capacity of the index in order to ascertain facts and figures regarding climate change.
Mr Aslam said two smog checking units had been installed in Lahore and his department was also focusing on measures to increase resources to address the issue. “With the help of the World Bank the government was launching a programme to address the air quality issue,” he said.
The adviser said the smog level in India was increasing but the Pakistani government had taken measures to reduce it here. He pledged that Lahore would be made “smog free”.
He said the government was launching electric rickshaws with the World Bank’s support.
He said Smog Commission suggestions were being implemented and a committee had been constituted in this regard.
Mr Aslam further said the government was also planning to introduce electric cars in the country to reduce environmental pollution. “We will also launch other green energy projects to permanently address the problem of smog,” he said.
He said the government was taking strict action against those causing environmental pollution without any discrimination and all possible measures would be taken to protect people from the hazards of smog.
He said Punjab government had also started a “smog awareness” campaign across the province and face masks and pamphlets had been distributed among the motorcyclists, pedestrians and common people for their protection.
Published in Dawn, November 4th, 2019


-Increased salaries for police personnel approved
KARACHI: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister (CM) on Information, Law and Anticorruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the Sindh government was working on new police laws which would soon be tabled in the provincial assembly.
He expressed these views while addressing the 41st passing out parade at the Elite Force Razaqabad Training College on Tuesday where he inspected the passing out parade and distributed medals and shields for the best performance amongst police cadets.
Wahab said that the Sindh government was focusing on the welfare of police personnel and added that ultimately the target of durable peace will be achieved in the province if the law enforcement force is strengthened.
Speaking about the government’s plans for upgrading various things in the police system, he mentioned that the provincial government has decided to establish a forensic laboratory so that cases could be solved with scientific proof and assured that maximum resources would be used for improvements in the police department. “Directives for improving the condition of all police stations have been issued already,” he told.
The provincial advisor said that an anti-riots force training school has been established which was a big step towards peace in the province. However, he regretted that the safe city project was abandoned owing to an inquiry by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) inquiry.
Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Dr Kaleem Imam said that he was grateful that the Sindh government has approved increased salaries and emoluments. Razaqabad College Commandant Tanveer Alam Odho also spoke on the occasion.


The new coalition government in Spain has announced that no new gambling licenses will be issued for the next two years.
The government, since it took power, has been critical of the increased presence of gambling operators in the country and has demonstrated its commitment to restricting the spread of gambling addiction in the country.
The new license suspension has been announced for all types of gambling including land-based and online gambling.
Spain’s Vice President Juan Pedro Yllanes has said that the gambling industry in the country will be reorganized. As such the government is planning a series of measures for the country’s expanding gambling regime.
He also said that the suspension of new licenses will be effective and will keep Spain from being hit by an avalanche of gambling operators like Las Vegas.
The Vice President also said that there are about 152 licensed gambling establishments in the country of which three are casinos. There are five pending requests for approval and Yllanes said that they would be processed in accordance with the legal provisions.
The Vice President said that their government committed to tackling the social harms that are associated with gambling and the very suspension of new licenses is a strong step towards that goal.
He said that the move is to ensure public health and safety and also protection of customer rights. The government has also said that if need be and if the gambling establishments fail to comply with the regulations, the suspension of new licenses can be extended for another term.
The EGBA has also issued a statement on Spain’s plans to bring in new regulations. It has said that they welcome Spain’s move to bring changes to ensure customer protection.


Sotloff 'wanted to give voice to those who had none'
The family of US journalist Steven Sotloff have spoken publicly for the first time since a video of his beheading was released by militants.
They said that the reporter gave his life to covering the suffering of people in war zones, but was "no hero".
Speaking at a press conference in Florida, Sotloff family spokesman Barak Barfi said that Steven "wanted to give voice to those who had none".
04 Sep 2014


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for New York on Tuesday to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.
In a statement, the Foreign Office said that the prime minister will address the 69th annual session of the UN general assembly on Friday.
The prime minister is expected to focus on a cooperation-based relationship with neighbouring countries India and Afghanistan while he will also highlight the Kashmir issue in his speech at the UN general assembly, according to diplomatic sources in Islamabad.
The Foreign Office further said that the prime minister will also co-chair UN peacekeeping summit along with the US Vice President Joe Biden and a few other world leaders.
The premier will hold bilateral meetings with many world leaders during his visit to the US on the sidelines of the session.
Sharif will also participate in an energy conference along with the premiers of Norway and Denmark during which they will explore ways to acquire energy through non-conventional sources.


Kuwait eager to keep historic landmarks intact, says minister
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- It is imperative to protect the abundance of heritage sites in Kuwait, the country's Information Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri said on Wednesday.
Al-Jabri, who doubles as the President of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, told KUNA that heritage protection is a perennial concern for the government, which has introduced laws germane to this issue.
He pointed out that preserving Kuwait's heritage is a social obligation that requires collective effort to protect the very essence of the country. (end) amn.nam
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“After the month of October, there is a possibility of first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccine being out of stock. Besides, the vaccines will be expired by that time. So, those who did not receive the first, second and booster doses, have been asked to take their respective jabs immediately,” said the health minister.
Currently, some 250,000 people are working to ensure Covid-19 vaccination and of them 60,000 are administering the vaccines, he said, adding already 300 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered across the country.
Talking about administering Covid-19 vaccine among children, Maleque said ten lakh children have received Covid-19 jabs and some 215,000 children are waiting to receive the jabs.


ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood Tuesday said the government had not decided yet to reopen the educational institutions and they would remain closed till July 15.
Talking to a private news channel, he said the federal government would decide the matter after consultation with all the provinces.
The minister said according to Gallup survey, 70 per cent parents were in favour to open the schools.
Replying to a question, he said difference of opinion was the part of democratic system and difference of opinion in between the political parties was a routine matter.
He said as per the Gallup survey, the government was handling COVID-19 in proper manner, adding complete lockdown was not the only solution to combat coronavirus but it could help control its spreading at the large scale.
He said the Sindh government had observed lockdown in the province but it was the most affected province from the coronavirus pandemic.
Shafqat Mehmood said the government would address reservations of its allied political parties and Balochistan National Party-Mengal was in contact with the government and hoped that it would rejoin the government.
To another query, he said the government was working on local government elections and they would be held soon.


The Ministry of Education has decided to recruit 8,808 teachers next year.
The Ministry said that the percentage of teachers has increased by 14 percent during the last five years. The number of teachers has been increased by 27,380 in 2009 when compared with the year 2005. Government schools had 68,705 teachers in 2006. The Ministry said that the number has increased to 77,223 by last year.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11 . Türkiye is next
to Azerbaijan in the process of ensuring peace, Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his speech at the IX Summit of the
Organization of Turkic States in Samarkand on November 11, reports.
Erdogan noted that the situation in the South Caucasus is still
The president also said that these days the second anniversary
of the Victory Day of Azerbaijan is being celebrated.
‘On the second anniversary of November 8 – Victory Day, we honor
the memory of the martyrs and wish health to the veterans,’ he
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State institutions a servant of Sharif family: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan criticized the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), saying the state institutions have become a servant of the Sharif family.
Addressing a press conference in Bani Gala on Tuesday, Khan said that the leaders of the state institutions are serving the Sharif family. He said that the NAB chairman would have resigned if he had some dignity.
Criticizing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, he said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has confessed about the money laundering of the prime minister.
The nation is only left with Supreme Court to seek justice, he said.
He further said that he doubts that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is going to take some action against the Supreme Court. He said that the PMLN attacked the Supreme Court before but the time has changed now; they would not let anyone attack the Supreme Court.
If National Action Plan (NAP) was implemented, the blasts could be avoided, the PTI chairman added.


Abu Dhabi Etisalat revenue grows 2.7 percent
( MENAFN ) Abu Dhabi Etisalat stated a 2.7 percent increase in Q4 net income, which operates in almost 18 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Moreover, the firm made a net profit of USD 632mn in three months to Dec.31, compared with revenue of USD 0.61bn a year earlier.
In addition, the company's yearly income in 2015 was USD 2.25bn compared with 2014's profit of USD 2.34bn, while ABU Dhabi Islamic Bank posted a 16.6 percent.
The earnings were part of 4th quarter results for UAE banks, with Emirates NBD and Dubai Islamic Bank recoding profit increase while National Bank and Mashreq saw profits drop.
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According to details, the PML-N leadership has directed the workers to join the ongoing sit-ins in the country. PML-N leader Muhammad Zubair said that a sit-in protest has been announced by the people sitting in the sit-in in which workers and leaders from all over the country will participate and will themselves participate in the protest in Karachi.
In this regard, League leader Uzma Bukhari said that the decision to participate in the sit-ins was taken on the instructions of Nawaz Sharif and instructed the workers to participate in the sit-ins.
It should be noted that sit-ins against the Machh incident are going on in different cities of the country, dozens of flights have been canceled and many have been delayed due to road closures.
Road closures on major motorways and major highways in major cities have disrupted traffic and caused long queues.


Won’t respect those not respecting vote, says Nawaz Sharif
KOT MOMIN (92 News) – Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that they will not respect the people not giving respect to the vote.
Addressing a public meeting on Wednesday, he said that they would stop a few people meting out such treatment to them.
“Five people do not care for the votes of the millions of the people,” he said.
The former prime minister said that their candidate had not been given the symbol of lion. “The matter is going towards rigging,” he added.
Nawaz said he was fighting the battle for Pakistan’s survival and citizens’ rights.


(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) Moscow, March 6 (TASS) - Russia's Antonov-26 transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday as it was about to land, killing 32 people, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
"On March 6, Russia's Antonov-26 transport plane crashed at about 15:00 Moscow time as it was about to land at Hmeymim airdrome. According to preliminary data, there were 26 passengers and six crew members on board. Nobody survived," the ministry's report states.
The defence ministry is investigating the crash, but preliminary data suggests it could be a technical malfunction.
"According to preliminary information, a technical problem could have been the cause of the crash," the Defense Ministry said.
"According to reports from the scene, no fire was delivered against the plane," the ministry added.
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Qatar- GCC Interior Ministries' Undersecretaries Hold Meeting in Riyadh
(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Riyadh, November 27 (QNA) - Undersecretaries of interior ministries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states convened in Riyadh Sunday to prepare for the 35th meeting of GCC interior ministers slated for Tuesday in the Saudi capital.
Director General of Public Security Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi headed Qatar's delegation to the meeting.
Speaking at the meeting, Undersecretary of Saudi Interior Ministry Dr. Ahmad Al Salem said that the meeting discussed a number of topics related to the security affair in the region to develop recommendations for the meeting of Their Excellences Ministers of Interior in the GCC Countries. He also underlined the importance of the meeting in cementing pan-GCC security cooperation in face of the growing security challenges in the region.
These impending challenges require synergy from all member states and no country could face unilaterally all these threats, particularly of the organized crimes, he added. (QNA)
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Voters optimistic about India and their lives: IANS-CVOTER 2019 Poll Trackertext_fields
New Delhi:Majority of voters across social barriers feel that India is moving forward and their lives too, most are optimistic about the future as they believe their living standards will improve in the next one year.
According to the latest findings of CVOTER-IANS poll tracker 2019, 73.2 per cent of government servants, 65 per cent of the unemployed and 63.3 per cent of self employed among the respondents felt satisfied with the situation in the country.
When asked if they expected living standard to go up in the next 12 months, 63 per cent of unemployed, 45.9 per cent of housewives, 61.5 per cent of those involved with fishery, 65.2 per cent of government servants said "yes".
Those with negative outlook was less across the same sections.
Only 4.3 per cent of unemployed, 7.9 per cent of housewives, 5.7 per cent of land owning farmers said that could not say much about today's India.
The number of respondents who said that their living standard would deteriorate over the next one year was around 10 per cent or less across various categories.
Those who said that both the country and their lives were in poor state remained less than 20 per cent across all sections.


PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday said that it had cut its expenditures by Rs95 billion in the new budget and managed to arrest the ever increasing expenses.
Talking to reporters at the post-budget briefing, Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra said that it was imperative to arrest growing government expenditures.
“In the first phase, provincial government has cut expenditures by Rs95 billion. Such expenses will be further curtailed in future,” he added.
Taimur Jhagra says revenue estimates for next fiscal year 39 per cent higher than that of current one
Mr Jhagra said that government expenses were pitched at Rs855 billion in the Rs900 billion total outlay, leaving surplus of Rs45 billion. He said that revenue estimates of 2019-20 were 39 per cent higher than the Rs648 billion for the current year.
He said that government allocated Rs536 billion for current expenditures while development outlay was projected at Rs319 billion.
He said that Rs236 billion of the development outlay would be spent in settled districts while Rs83 billion was allocated for tribal districts.
The minister said that government was expanding Sehat Isnaf Card scheme to the entire province.
“Universal health coverage for the whole of province is a big achievement,” he said.
He added that government was considering rolling out health coverage on the basis of national identity cards and the health scheme would cover 35 million population of the province.
Mr Jhagra said that development funds for tribal districts would be utilised for social sectors, infrastructure and economic development and quick impact projects.
He said that the government would give stipends to girl students from the region, where female enrolment ratio was the lowest.
He said that government successfully managed to control expenditures as it was imperative in the current economic conditions.
He said that government was taking steps to increasing its revenue, which would lead it to self-sufficiency.
He said that government revenues were projected at Rs900 billion in the budget and the province would receive Rs533
billion from federal government including federal tax assignment of Rs453 billion.
“Straight transfers have been pitched at Rs25.6 billion while net hydel profit proceeds amount to Rs55.7 billion, including arrears amounting to Rs34.5 billion,” he said.
The minister said that irregular payment of net hydel profit not only resulted into problems for the province but also an issue for the centre to make large payments. He said that monthly installments of net hydel profit amounted to Rs2 billion.
Mr Jhagra said that some of the province’s dues in connection with net hydel profit dated back to even 1990s.
He said that the share of province in net hydel profit amounted to Rs129 billion as per the AGN Kazi formula. He said that only Prime Minister Imran Khan could resolve that problem of the province. He said that province tax and non-tax revenue was pitched at Rs53.4 billion while foreign assistance projected at Rs82 billion.
The minister said that the budget of merged districts was increased to Rs162 billion from Rs55 billion. He said that government allocated Rs1.1 billion funds for least developed districts of the province.
Mr Jhgra said that for the provincial capital, government decided to extend Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar to semi-urban and rural areas of the city and also launch second shift and Sunday service as well.
He said that tertiary care hospitals would also receive equipment and infrastructure worth Rs7 billion.
The minister said that they did no impose new taxes rather reduced the existing ones.
Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2019


Qatar’s deputy FM, Amir Abdollahian meet to discuss growing relations
(MENAFN) A Qatari Foreign Ministry meeting led by the nation’s Deputy Foreign Minister for local Affairs Mohammad bin Abdul Aziz al-Khalifi gathered on Saturday afternoon with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.
They had discussions around two-sided relations and concerns of joint interest in addition to ways to grow ties among Tehran and Doha in all sectors, the Iranian Foreign Ministry website mentioned in a report.
Throughout the gathering, Amir Abdollahian highlighted the need to implement deals inked by Iran and Qatar throughout Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi’s trip to Doha as well as also throughout the Qatari emir’s trip to Tehran.
The Qatari deputy foreign minister extended compliments from the foreign minister of his nation to Amir Abdollahian.
Al-Khalifi also stated that Qatar is determined to grow ties with Iran.
The trip comes as Iran and U.S. are looking to regain the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive
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UPDATE: The total number of cases has now risen to 293 in Delhi. This includes 182 positive cases from Markaz Nizamuddin, the Government of Delhi said.
Delhi has recorded 219 novel coronavirus cases of which 108 have been related to the Markaz Nizamuddin incident, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Out of the total number of cases, 29 others had links to those who had come from abroad, he added.
He added that in total there have been four deaths in the national capital. Of these, two had links to the Tabhighi Jamaat event.
Giving a further breakdown, Kejriwal said that 202 people were in stable condition. Six people have so far been discharged, while one had relocated. Kejriwal said that one patient was now on ventilator, while five others were on oxygen.
Kejriwal said that the virus had not yet started actively begun spreading in Delhi. he however added that those who had attended the Markaz event are still being tested. If some of these people test positive, Kejriwal said, that Delhi would have to re-evaluate the situation.
"It is possible that in the coming days the numbers in Delhi might rise," he warned.
Even as people are being urged to stay home and observe social distancing amid the lockown, not everyone has the same luxury. The Chief Minister also announced that Rs 5000 each would be transferred to the accounts of auto, taxi, e-rickshaw, RTV and Gramin Sewa drivers and all those plying public service vehicles.
"This might take between a week and 10 days to implement," Kejriwal added.
Across India, about 2000 people have so far tested positive for the virus. the death toll has crossed 50 as of Thursday.


Internet Fraud Losses Doubled in 2009
From Nigerian “millionaire” plans to “FBI agent” schemes, millions of dollars have been lost to scams on the Internet. Last year saw reported losses from Internet fraud more than double, rising from $264.6 million in 2008 to $559.7 million in 2009. –JCL
Wait, before you go…
Reported losses from Internet fraud more than doubled in 2009, with scams that falsely used the FBI’s name generating the most complaints, the law enforcement agency said on Friday.
The total dollar loss rose to $559.7 million last year from $264.6 million in 2008, based on amounts reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.
The number of complaints received increased 22 percent to 336,655 from 275,284.
Schemes in which scammers pretended to be affiliated with the FBI to gain information from victims accounted for 16.6 percent of all complaints received.
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Rising to the challenge
Alexandria senior Toby Helgeson already has almost as many at-bats as he did all of last season for the Cardinals baseball team, and he’s making the most of them.
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Kuwait Backs UN Efforts To Transform Global Education - Minister
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) PARIS, June 29 (KUNA) -- Kuwait on Wednesday said it supports the mission of the United Nations' (UN) cultural agency UNESCO to transform the education sector around the world, citing classroom development as a national priority.
The bulk of Kuwait's national development plans often revolves around the 'goal' of educational development, the country's education minister Dr. Ali Al-Mudhaf told a UNESCO-hosted summit in the French capital Paris, highlighting such gatherings as a 'valuable' opportunity to hammer out joint plans on the matter.
Addressing more than 140 of his counterparts from around the world, he said his country plans to set in motion a raft of education reforms aiming to build an all-inclusive and complete education system, one that caters to the needs of students of all levels and capabilities, he underlined.
Describing education as the 'greatest tool' to boost human capital, UN chief Antonio Guterres threw his weight behind the talks and UNESCO's mission to achieve quality universal education by the year 2030.
Echoing the UN chief's remarks, UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay emphasized that the world should strive for 'exemplary' education given the challenges in today's world, saying that that the right to learn should be inalienable for everybody. (Pick up previous)
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With the 2023 NFL regular-season schedule released Thursday night, we know when and where all of the Miami Dolphins’ 17 games will take place for the second season under head coach Mike McDaniel.
Along with that, the NFL also released some information on preseason matchups.
The Dolphins will open their preseason with a matchup with the Atlanta Falcons. Their second game will come against the Houston Texans. And, the preseason finale will be against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
However, the only date we know is that the game against the Texans will take place on Saturday, August 19.


(MENAFN) Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, has cautioned that terrorism and extremism remain major issues in the Middle East.
Amirabdollahian made the statements during a meeting with Csaba Krösi, the president of the United Nations General Assembly's 77th session, on Tuesday.
The Iranian FM emphasized the Islamic Republic's importance of the UN General Assembly, expressing optimism that the current session will give a chance to share perspectives on world peace and security concerns.
He went on to say that the Middle East is still dealing with terrorism and extremism as the key challenges, which have been compounded by events in Afghanistan, and that the country has become a cause of concern for regional states.
In his remarks, the top diplomat pointed to Iran's attempts in managing dust storms, encouraging neighboring countries to collaborate in this regard because it is a phenomenon that endangers the health of millions of people. He also expressed optimism that the UN General Assembly will recognize dust storms as a global concern.
Krösi, for his part, commended Iran's attitude in this year's session, believing that the Islamic Republic may play an important role in boosting collaboration among UNGA member nations.
Concerning the UN Security Council's inability to assess numerous international matters, he stated that the UNGA member nations expect the global organization to play a more active role, particularly in dealing with security challenges.
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Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi receives Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister
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Abu Dhabi, Rabi'I 22, 1439, Dec 10, 2017, SPA -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received today Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Taro Kono.
During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed welcomed Minister Kono and his accompanying delegation, and discussed means to enhance the friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries.
The two sides discussed means to boost bilateral ties to serve the common interests of the two friendly nations across various fields, especially in the trade and investment, and education. They also reviewed a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern.
18:32 LOCAL TIME 15:32 GMT
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FedEx Cuts Costs And Raises Fees As Demand Slumps
Shipping and logistics company Federal Express (FDX) has announced that it is cutting costs
and increasing the fees it charges as it seeks to achieve $2.7 billion U.S. in savings.
Specifically, FedEx said that it plans to eliminate flights, cancel infrastructure projects, and close
offices as demand for its services wanes coming out of the pandemic, and amid a tight global
The Memphis, Tennessee company is also raising its shipping rates to boost its revenue going
The measures come a week after FedEx withdrew its annual guidance and issued preliminary
financial results that were short of Wall Street expectations.
The announcement of the cost cutting measures were made along with FedEx's latest quarterly
print. The company reported earnings of $3.44 U.S. a share, matching the preliminary figure it
issued last week. Revenue in the quarter ended August 31 totalled $23.2 billion U.S.
Going forward, FedEx said it will reduce flight frequencies and park many of its cargo jets. The
company will also close package sorting facilities and corporate offices.
FedEx also plans to raise delivery rates across its express, ground and home delivery
operations by an average of 6.9% starting in January 2023.
FedEx stock endured its worst one-day decline in more than 40 years last week after the
company pulled its guidance, citing weakness in Europe and Asia.
Year-to-date, FedEx's stock is down 40% at $154.54 U.S. per share.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will address the nation next week on a range of issues.
This as Ramaphosa expresses great concern about the country’s pandemic-hit economy and about avoiding a “second-wave” of Covid-19 cases, and corruption.
The president was answering questions in a virtual conference with the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef).
In opening remarks, Ramaphosa confirmed the government was intensifying its Covid-19 response, including strengthening contact tracing. He said the country could see “sudden surges” and the government was working at avoiding a second wave of infections.
The second issue is the economic recovery. Ramaphosa said the pandemic has had a “devastating” effect on the economy, and cited news on Tuesday of the 51% downscale of the economy.
He said the government was working with stakeholders to see how to develop a recovery strategy. He also said there will be a strategy on increasing new jobs.
The third area of focus is the issue of corruption. He said the “silver lining” to come out of the Covid-19 PPE corruption was that there will be transparency when it comes to contracts. The government will put in place measures to make this happen.
He said the government is looking at strengthening corruption-busiting measures in general.
The president also spoke of gender-based violence, saying the government is looking how best to fight it. He also said racism was still “rearing its ugly head”.
Ramaphosa said he will make ministers available for questions and answers from the media, especially since the economy has been in a poor state of late.
The president, meanwhile, said there was “action that we need to take” to advance the rights of journalists, especially when it came to harassment against reporters.
Sanef said it has raised more than R3 million after the jobs bloodbath in the media sector, and the forum has paid R5 000 to more than 200 recipients.
Its chairperson, Sbu Ngalwa, told Ramaphosa that journalists were still falling victim to harassment while carrying out their jobs, recently seen during the protests at Clicks outlets by members of the EFF.
Ngalwa said the forum is working on a memorandum which would instruct police on how to deal with journalists who are on the frontline.
He extended condolences to members of the media who have died from Covid-19.
– Kerushun Pillay
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DECA club, fire department team together to fill the boot
The West Fargo High School DECA Club and the West Fargo FIre Department are pooling their physical resources to conduct a special fundraising campaign this weekend.
Members of both organizations will be working to “Fill the Boot” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Friday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 2, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the West Fargo Sun Mart entryway at 1100 13th Ave. E.
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The UN office in Palestine has said that over 1.3 million Palestinian children in territories occupied by Israel are facing challenges as a result of the occupation as they head back to school for the new academic year, a press release issued yesterday said.
“Over 1.3 million Palestinian children from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip will go back to school… Children in the West Bank and Gaza face challenges that many children across the world cannot imagine,” the press release said.
“Since the beginning of the year, 20 children were killed in the West Bank, compared to 12 during the same period last year,” the UN said, adding: “Currently, there are 56 outstanding demolition orders against schools where at least 6,400 children are taught in the West Bank including East Jerusalem.”
The UN said that the UN recorded 115 education-related violations against schools and children in the first half of 2022 in the West Bank. “Nearly 8,000 students have been impacted, increasing the risk they will drop out of school.”
In Gaza, the UN said that 17 children lost their lives during the latest Israeli offensive in early July.
“Schools are overcrowded, with 65 per cent of schools operating on double shifts,” the press release stated, adding: “The conditions in Gaza for children, including having lived through four escalations in hostilities during their lifetime, increase the need for specialised psychosocial support services.”
Despite the many challenges faced, the press release said, the youth literacy rate of Palestinians is over 99 per cent and 93.8 per cent of children who graduate from primary school go on to a secondary education.


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The body of an elderly man is discovered in the Zulfiqar lake of Band-e-Amir National Park, according to the Taliban police officials in Bamyan province.
According to the newsletter, which was released yesterday, Monday, the 16th of May, some cash, a cellphone, and several packets of tablets were discovered with the body during the initial investigation.
The man's identity remains unclear, according to local Taliban officials, who said the body was brought to the center of Bamyan for further investigations.
There were no signs of beatings on the body, according to the Taliban.
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Dhaka, June 27 (IANS) Bangladeshi Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that dope test will be made mandatory to students for university admission.
The minister on Sunday told a press conference on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking that a law is being formulated for the dope test to be conducted on students for university admission, Xinhua news agency reported.
'Medical tests including the dope test will be done at the time of their admission,' the minister was quoted as saying by the Bangladeshi news agency UNB.
In answering a question, the minister said, 'We have already started dope test of police members when the prime minister announced zero tolerance against drug abuse.'
A proposal has also been sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on introducing dope test before appointment of government officials and employees, according to him.
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Gov. Mukhtar Yero, who gave the warning in Kaduna while inaugurating the event, said the government would sanction the councils as the administration would not tolerate laxity from any of its officials.
He directed the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Gambo Lawal to take note of the absentee local councils.
The governor noted that the festival was meant to promote culture, peace and transformation in the state.
He therefore stressed the need for the people to uphold their indigenous culture, “rather than borrow foreign cultures with their attendant negative consequences on the society”.
The governor announced that groups and individuals that excelled during the festival would be rewarded.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the five-day festival has its theme as “Culture, Peace and National Transformation”.
Yero explained that the festival was part of the state government’s efforts at ensuring peace, economic development and transformation.
The governor noted the important role of tourism in national development and reiterated the state government’s commitment towards investing in the sector. (NAN)


Paul Ryan: Congress doesn’t have to choose between shutdown and border wall … MARKETWATCH
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday Congress doesn’t have to choose between shutting down the government and border security, including the wall President Donald Trump wants.
Trump threatened Wednesday
night to shut the government down if lawmakers approve money for the wall.
Ryan told reporters in Oregon that the House has already approved some money for the wall, and also said he expects Congress will need "more time" past Sept.
30 to fund the government.


The national power utility ZESCO has bemoaned the increasing levels of vandalism to its infrastructure on the Copperbelt.
ZESCO Head of Security, Hamulundu Kapika has revealed that the power utility company lost over K 9 million last year alone through vandalism of its various infrastructure on the Copperbelt.
Speaking in Kitwe yesterday during the Kitwe District Public Sensitization meeting, Mr. Kapika said the increased vandalism of the company’s infrastructure is affecting the effective provision of power to its customers in the province.
He said the vandalism of power cables does not only affect the company but the customers also both the residential and industrial customers.
He said the company has since embarked on a sensitization programme against vandalism on the Copperbelt in order to change the trend.
“The levels of vandalism has increased on the Copperbelt, a situation that has forced us to embark on a community sensitization program which has so far been conducted in Mufulira, Chingola and Kitwe, last year alone, the company lost K9 million due to vandalism which affected the operations of the power utility company,” Mr. Kapika said.
And ZESCO Copperbelt Senior Regional Director, Tom Daka said the power utility company is concerned with the continued vandalism of its cables by members of the community in all parts of the province which is affecting power supply.
Mr. Daka said vandalism has proved to be a huge challenge because members of the community have continued the illicit activity despite numerous sensitization efforts.
He said the utility company has since resorted to intensifying sensitization programs in collaboration with the Zambia police.
He was optimist that the scourge will be addressed if perpetrators are brought to book.


The dengue fever keeps spreading across the country and the number of people being infected continue to increase at high pace. So far, more than 9000 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been recorded according to the health authorities.
Sindh province has recorded about 2,567 against 2,287 two days earlier.1,790 cases have been enumerated on the side of Baluchistan province while 2,606 people diagnosed by the virus have been noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
The country’s capital, Islamabad has not been spared by this outbreak, with 2,256 cases confirmed.
For their part, the health authorities deployed several measures to fight against this plague and awareness campaigns are being organised for the safety of the population.


Congress will retain power at Centre
Former Union Minister and Congress candidate Vincent H Pala exuded confidence that his party will win the upcoming elections and retain power at the Centre again.
"There are several politicians who had earlier tried and failed in their attempts of bringing down the Congress by spreading false propaganda but they will fail again," Mr Pala said who is seeking his mandate from Shillong parliamentary constutiuency in Meghalaya.
Attacking the BJP for its Hindutva campaign to woo voters, the former Union Minister said, "Policies, research and the development work done by a party are more important than religion, name calling and criticism which is often used by several parties to lure voters."
Mr Pala also stated that India has the largest number of youth voters currently and they will be the ones who will shape the future of the country.
He also admitted that the current generation of young voters are not satisfied with the politicians and added that the party is well aware of the situation and is working on several policies to solve their problems.
On allegations of corruption against the Congress, Mr Pala said that the party was the one which implemented the Right to Information (RTI) for everyone to find out the truth and added that the party had nothing to hide.
Moreover, he also assured farmers that FDI in Retail will be beneficial for them and help them financially by removing the threat of the middlemen.
(Posted on 03-04-2014)


Research carried out earlier this month has demonstrated the growing importance being placed on physical activity during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Sport England commissioned Savanta ComRes to carry out the research which showed that almost two thirds of adults consider exercise to be more important than ever. It also demonstrated a positive response around the impact of exercise on mental health.
“It’s heartening to see that for many the importance of activity has increased – and in particular that they see the benefit to their mental as well as physical health and wellbeing.”Tim Hollingsworth, Sport England Chief Executive
You can read the full article on the Sport England website here.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 27. A resident from the
Tovuz district was injured by a mine explosion, the regional press
service group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ganja told
The incident occurred this morning in the district's village of
According to the ministry, the police department of the Tovuz
district received information that a resident of the village
Abdulla Aleskerov was blown up by a mine.
In turn, police officers immediately arrived at the scene of the
accident and the victim was taken to the hospital.
According to the ministry, his left leg was injured.
Following the liberation of its lands, Azerbaijan from Nov. 2020
started carrying out operations on clearing its lands of mines,
booby traps, and various weapons left behind by the Armenian
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April 6 Youth Movement "Ahmed Maher Front" has expressed its rejection of Egypt's new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi, as it includes a number of ministers from the former Mubarak regime.
"How will those ministers achieve the goals of a revolution that was against their regime," said the group's founder Ahmed Maher in a press statement on Wednesday.
The appointments included figures who were once members in the policies committee in the Mubarak National Democratic Party such as the new minister of information Dorreya Sharaf El-Din.
Maher also demanded that the presidency announce the recently-formed Cabinet's plan to achieve transparency.
The political activist said that the April 6 Youth Movement will monitor the performance of the Cabinet and will expose any attempts that compromise the Egyptian revolution's goals.


Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube has condemned the arrest of advocate Fadzayi Mahere, Hopewell Chinono and Job Sikhala.
In a statement issued by Ncube on social media, the violation is more wicked because the state used a law that was scrapped off.
“The three were charged under a law that was struck down by the constitutional court in 2014”, he added.
He further added that instead of persecuting the three, the state was supposed to assure the public it will investigate the matter and if found guilty bring to the law the offender.
Moreover Ncube said the state is responsible for the safety of its citizens but the Zimbabwean government is doing the opposite which is intimidating it’s citizens.
“Images of Hopewell and others in leg irons is meant to intimidate those who dare to ask uncomfortable questions of the state”, said Ncube.


ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Thursday said the government was well aware about the problems of the people as it was striving to resolve them at the earliest.
Talking to a private news channel, he said the government was making its all out efforts to reduce inflation in the country and people would be witnessed that prices of routine used commodities would more decrease in days to come.
The SAPM said the COVID-19, heavy rains, floods and locust were main causes of inflation in the country, adding the government was moving on right direction and it would overcome on all the challenges through wisdom and people’s cooperation.
Usman Dar said the present government was successful to reduce current account deficit, increasing exports and foreign remittances, enhancing foreign reserves and strengthening Pakistani rupee as well.
He said the opposition political parties could not topple the government because they had not such capacity and 11 parties were failed to bring the people on roads against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, adding People were showing full confidence on the honest leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and recent results of Gilgit Baltistan general elections were one of the example in that regard.
The opposition parties had lost people confidence by doing massive corruption and money laundering during their governments, he added.
Replying to a question, he said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was just spreading coronavirus among the people but the government was not afraid from their political gatherings.
The government would complete its constitutional tenure, he added.


That’s the feedback from hospitality businesses across the region as holiday crowds continue to build into the New Year.
Alpine Shire Council’s economic and community development manager Elaine Burridge said the Christmas holidays were a key driver in the region’s economy.
“Anecdotally there were already people setting up camp along the rivers, moving into the accommodation houses in the lead up to Christmas,” she said.
“Whether that was just the way the holidays fall this year and they planned to leave at the end of the Boxing Day weekend I’m not sure.
“But what we do know is that there are 12,000 accommodation beds in the shire, not including the ski fields, and every one of those will be taken in the two weeks across the New Year.
“It’s the biggest time of the year.”


LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that composite development will be the main focus of the provincial budget 2021-22.
In a statement issued on Thursday, he said that parliamentarians have been consulted to determine the regional needs and attention is given to benefit the people through public welfare schemes.
Buzdar said that a separate development package has been devised for every district and disclosed that megaprojects will be initiated under the public-private partnership to provide additional facilities to the citizens by expediting the development process.
The public-private partnership will be encouraged in different sectors to promote investment; he added and announced to provide every area with its rights. New projects will be started along with the completion of ongoing schemes, Buzdar said.
The chief minister said the upcoming budget will depict the aspirations of the people and the government will work to facilitate the people according to the available resources. Meanwhile, steps will be taken to overcome unnecessary expenditures, he said and vowed to increase resources for giving relief to the general public.
He further said the development program will be realistic and public needs will be prioritized. Development of south Punjab will be given due attention, he stated.
The CM said the new budget will start a new era of development and the development of the social sector will be given particular attention. The budget will depict public aspirations and resources will be allocated for the development of backward areas, he added.
More funds will be allocated for the social sector, he announced and regretted the farmers remained victim to the exploited system in the past. The PTI government has protected farmers’ rights and the growers of wheat and sugarcane crops received the full reward of their hard work, he added.
Buzdar announced to earmark record funds for the agriculture sector as it is a priority area. Meanwhile, unnecessary expenditures will be curtailed to provide additional resources for public welfare, he maintained.
The chief minister said that provision of additional resources will help to minimize public problems and the government will also ensure financial discipline in public sector departments. A culture of austerity will be promoted at every level. It is the need of the hour that government expenditures should be minimised. However, customary practices are needed to be avoided to increase resources, the CM concluded.
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Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles piloted flights from Charlotte, North Carolina, to New York and back.
It was their first time together in the cockpit since they had to ditch their stricken plane in the Hudson River, saving the more than 150 people on board.
At a news conference at LaGuardia Airport, Capt Sullenberger said the Miracle on the Hudson "happened at a time when people needed to know that good could still be done in the world".
Charlotte-to-New York passenger Wyatt Smith said everyone cheered and clapped when boarding.
He said he felt "honoured and safe" that "Sully" was the pilot on the US Airways flight.


Footage has emerged on Chinese social media appearing to show protesters clashing with police in hazmat suits at a factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou.
Some people appear to be hurt in the videos, which took place outside the world’s biggest iPhone factory.
One employee who recently started working at the plant has told the BBC workers were protesting because Foxconn had “changed the contract they promised”.
Manufacturer Foxconn said it would work with staff and local government to prevent further violence.
In its statement, the firm said some workers had doubts about pay but that the firm would fulfil pay based on contracts.
It also described as “patently untrue” rumours that new recruits were being asked to share dormitories with workers who were Covid-positive.
Read more on the story here.


(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Algeria, Jan. 17 (Petra) -- Jordan and Algeria, on Wednesday signed the minutes of the eighth session of Joint Jordanian-Algerian Committee, in addition to seven agreements of cooperation in the fields of industry, mining, trade, public works, transport, youth, sports and culture.
The minutes were signed by Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Yarub Qudah and Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Youcef Yousfi.
Qudah hailed the deep-rooted relations between Jordan and Algeria and said the Kingdom has a firm will to activate mechanisms of cooperation between public and private institutions in both countries, with the aim of providing broad prospects for strengthening bilateral relations to achieve common interests, and intensifying contacts and consultations between senior officials of both countries.
He also stressed the importance of maintaining constant meetings of the Joint Committee and the sectoral committees, as well as following up on the implementation of agreements concluded between the two parties in all fields.
Jordan is looking forward to activating and boosting economic cooperation with Algeria in the light of the opportunities available in both countries.
Minister Yousfi lauded his country's relations with Jordan and underlined the importance of enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries in all economic, scientific, natural and human resources fields.
Both countries signed agreements and memoranda of understanding in the fields of consumer protection, combat of fraud, control of goods and services, industrial zones, health, roads and bridges and shipping.
17/1/2018 - 08:34:44 PM
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TIRINKOT (PAN): Residents of the central Uruzgan province said Sunday that they had detected a positive change in the behavior of local police who had completed a training programme.
“Before, police would misbehave with people during searches, but now we can feel change in their attitude,” a Tirinkot resident, Qudratullah, said.
He said the better behavior of the police had improved the relationship between the police and the public.
By contrast, a resident of Khas Uruzgan district said that poorly trained policemen in his district had caused problems. He said policemen who had completed the course were noticeably better at dealing with ordinary people.
But a resident of Tirinkot, Shahid, said police commanders should be trained, because their behavior had an impact on subordinates.
“In the past, police behavior was not good with people when they would arrest an accused person, but now they have changed,” said human rights activist Abdull Ghafar Stanikzai.
So far 2,000 policemen have completed training at the provincial police training centre, local officials said, adding that the training was focused on police interaction with the public.
The governor, Mohammad Omar Sherzad, said police had a key role in society. He urged police to be polite.
Col. Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, the provincial police chief, said there had been many such changes in police behavior and training since he took charge.


Koalane said it is not the first time the municipality’s office has had a confirmed Covid-19 case.
He says to date at least 18 of its employees have tested positive for the virus. He adds, however, that in the last month 16 of those employees who tested positive have returned to work. He adds they have tested negative for the virus after recovering.
He added that no death due to the virus was reported in the municipality’s office.
Meanwhile, Koalane says that contact tracing will take place while immediate contacts have been asked to self-isolate, as they will be screened and tested for the virus.


(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) In yet another example, Dubai Civil Defence arrived at a fire accident spot and managed to put out a fire in record time.
A minor fire was reported in Dubai Marina by Twitter users on Friday afternoon and was brought under control within minutes.
Users went ahead and updated the current status of the fire being put out as well.
Fire department has arrived and tacking the fire.
- James Craven (@jamescraven28) Heavy smoke could be seen billowing form the building.
Fire breakout near Al Habtoor Hotel gardens.
- James Craven (@jamescraven28) "A minor fire broke out after tree waste were brunt, causing smoke. It hardly lasted for five minutes and brought under control," Dubai Civil Defence officials said.
Keep checking this space for more updates.
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HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Concerned Holyoke school teachers urged parents to support their efforts to improve the negative grades the state has given some schools in their city.
Holyoke teachers held a community rally Saturday to get their message across. The teachers referred to what they called the growing crisis facing Holyoke schools.
Teacher Diane Baez told 22News how parents can help their cause.
“Parents need to realize that much we need their support and their knowledge of what’s going on and they can be involved just as much as everyone else,” said Diane Baez.
Saturday’s event asking for more support from parents was attended by dozens of teachers and leaders of their union.


The Office of the Ombudsman says it is ready to complete investigations that the Office started in the previous financial year.
According to the Executive Secretary for the Office Alinafe Malunga, the Office has outstanding investigations including that of 2020 primary school selection to secondary and abuse of power in the parastatals and other public institutions which are yet to be concluded.
“We just want to make sure that the investigations which we have been undertaking in the past financial year have been completed, we have appending systematic investigations on local development funds, parastatals and 2020 primary school selection to secondary.
We also want to make sure that at least we resolve 1, 000 cases which are individual one of cases which against a decision to specific government entity,” said Malunga.
Malunga, who was speaking during an interface with Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee, added that another area of focus for the office will be training more hospital ombudsman this year.
“We also focus on the issue of the office ombudsman, strengthen the hospital ombudsman, we want to train more hospital ombudsman.
“Another area of interest we also want to make sure that we have increased our visibility by making a lot of public awareness or campaign so that we reach a lot of people including mobile clinics.”
The Office of the Ombudsman has been allocated K495 million in the 2021/2022 budget estimates of which according to Malunga is enough for the Office to carry out its duties.


Private sector wary about recent developments
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 23
Private sector associations have expressed their concern over the recent political developments in the country.
The three private sector associations — the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Nepal Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of Nepalese Industries — have issued a joint statement today expressing concern over current political developments.
Stating that the recent developments will not benefit the country’s economy, all three associations have urged the major political parties to take a restrained decision.
“No one should forget the fact that only political stability can lead to policy stability, create conducive environment to set up new industries, for new businesses to flourish, jobs to be created, new investment to be attracted and the economy as a whole to be able to move forward,” the joint statement reads.
At a time when the economy is being severely affected, the private sector is concerned that the consequences of the recent political issues could be even more serious.
The private sector has also stated that the political instability will further complicate matters and the country’s economy will be directly affected by these problems.
Stating that it will have a serious impact on the economy and the livelihood of the people, the private sector has suggested that the political parties should be serious in taking the country towards stability.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that the last budget of his present government will not be easy for the people. He said that people will have to think that the country needs to strengthen and move forward.
In an interview given to a news channel, PM Modi said, “It is a myth that people want freebies or discounts but some important steps will be taken to give better economy to the people.”
Defending GST, Prime Minister Modi said that the government has made economic policy according to the need and aspiration of the people. However in case of GST, the government is ready to make better changes so that the flaws that can be overcome.
For a long time, the Opposition has been raising the issue of employment. On this Prime Minister Modi was not able to present the better in this interview. Not only that, the PM also admitted that the country’s farmer is in crisis and the government is making efforts to resolve it.


MELAKA, Jan 2 — The Melaka government is ready to open more temporary evacuation centres (PPS) if the existing ones are full and there is an increase in the number of flood victims, said Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali.
He said the new PPS needed to be opened due to the standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance related to physical distancing, issued by the state Health Department.
“We have many schools and permission will be given to any school that needs to be used (as a PPS),” he told reporters after a visit to the PPS at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Merdeka, which houses 215 victims from 55 families, here today.
Sulaiman said that the state Health Department also conducted Covid-19 screening for flood victims who were housed at existing PPS, in an effort to curb the pandemic from spreading.
He also advised the public to abide by safety instructions during the period.
He said that various agencies, including the state Information Department (Japen), were mobilised to monitor, announce and share information regarding the disaster to the residents from time to time.
“I advise everyone (residents) to be on alert. If asked to evacuate, they definitely have to vacate the house. Hence, the Information Department (Japen) is always on the go, monitoring and sharing the latest information,” he said. — Bernama