Soft power and quick diplomacy: that is what we need, said former ambassador Maleeha Lodhi in her keynote speech at the second edition of the Adab Festival. Speaking at the Arts Council, Lodhi said that there wasn’t going to be much poetry in her speech, just diplomacy. “My perspective this evening is as a practitioner. […]
READ MORESoft power and quick diplomacy: that is what we need, said former ambassador Maliha Lodhi in her keynote speech at the second edition of the Adab Festival. Speaking at the Arts Council, Lodhi said that there wasn’t going to be much poetry in her speech, just diplomacy. “My perspective this evening is as a practitioner. […]
READ MOREAdabFest2020: Literary tours, writing workshops and interactive sessions
Abdul Gh Lone 31 January 2020 0 COMMENTSAfter a decade of organizing literature festivals together, Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi, decided to do things a little differently for the second Adab Festival which opened at Arts Council on Jan 31, 2020, Friday afternoon. The festival, which will run for three days, will have interactive sessions on mental health, special sessions with the […]
READ MOREJapanese coronavirus kits for Pakistan delayed over China flight suspensions
Abdul Gh Lone 31 January 2020 0 COMMENTSTesting kits that would detect the novel coronavirus were supposed to arrive in Pakistan by Friday night. The consignment has, however, been delayed as flights from China are on hold. The chief of the public health laboratory at the National Institute of Health Islamabad, Dr Muhammad Salman, lamented this while talking to SAMAA Digital on […]
READ MOREMobile phone accessories to cost more as coronavirus disrupts imports
Abdul Gh Lone 31 January 2020 0 COMMENTSPrices of earphones and other mobile accessories have started to surge following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that has disrupted Pakistan’s imports from China. The deadly virus has caused over 200 casualties and infected more than 7,000 people. As a result, the World Health Organisation has declared a worldwide health emergency over the epidemic. […]
READ MOREArmy sets up quarantine facility for students returning from China
Abdul Gh Lone 31 January 2020 0 COMMENTSThe Indian Army has swung into action to set up a quarantine facility near Manesar to handle the around 300 Indian students being evacuated from Wuhan in China, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak of coronavirus. After a screening at the airport, any individual suspected to be infected will be shifted to the isolation ward […]
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Gen Bajwa, Zalmay Khalilzad discuss Afghan reconciliation process
Abdul Gh Lone 31 January 2020 0 COMMENTSUS Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday held meetings with Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and expressed his gratitude for Pakistan’s facilitation of the Afghan peace process. According to a press release issued by the foreign office, Khalilzad — who arrived […]
READ MORENirbhaya’s mother: Hopes dashed but will fight till convicts are hanged
Abdul Gh Lone 31 January 2020 0 COMMENTSNirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi on Friday said she will continue her fight till the convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case are hanged, shortly after a Delhi court postponed the execution of death warrants till further order.
READ MOREA Delhi court on Friday postponed the execution of death warrants of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case till further order, as it did not agree with the Tihar jail authorities which had challenged the application of three condemned prisoners.
READ MOREA nervous New Zealand threw it away yet again as a perseverant India prevailed in the Super Over for the second successive time to take a 4-0 lead in the T20 International series on Friday. Needing just 11 runs off the last two overs with seven wickets in hand, New Zealand dug a hole for […]
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