Tag: Pakistan

US Congressman expresses solidarity with Sindhi community as Pak crackdown on minorities
10Mar By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US Congressman expresses solidarity with Sindhi community as Pak crackdown on minorities

US Congressman Adam Schiff has condemned the human rights abuses in Pakistan’s Sindh province, including disappearances, torture, forced conversions and extrajudicial killings.While supporting the Sindhi Foundation’s ‘Long Walk for Freedom, Nature, and Love’, Schiff said that he hopes the long walk “can raise awareness for these crimes and bring peace and justice to Sindh”.“I am so pleased to be able to offer a few words of encouragement and support for the long walk for freedom, nature and love. I have had the honour of getting to know more about the Sindhi people and their peaceful and inclusive culture,” he said.He also expressed concern over the “trends of human rights abuses in Sindh province, including disappearances, torture, forced conversions and extrajudicial killings”.According ...
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Pakistan opposition leaders meet to plan anti-govt march
8Mar By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Pakistan opposition leaders meet to plan anti-govt march

Just a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan secured a victory in the trust vote in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) sprung into action and convened an important meeting on Sunday to discuss plans related to the anti-government long march.According to PML-N spokesperson Maryam Aurangzeb, the meeting was convened at the party office in Chak Shehzad at 1:30 pm on Sunday.Party vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif attended the meeting, whereas, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former finance minister Ishaq Dar joined the meeting virtually from London.Leader of Opposition Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz also participated from Lahore virtually.The meeting reviewed the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan while Opposition leaders also expected to fo...
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Pakistan tightens security in Balochistan to protect CPEC projects
27Feb By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Pakistan tightens security in Balochistan to protect CPEC projects

Pakistan military has increased the security in Balochistan province amid a rise in attacks on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.“We have raised two division-size security settlements which are dedicated to providing security to CPEC, besides that, we have increased the number of paramilitary troops’ units from one to two in the province to ensure security,” said Major General Babar Iftikhar, Director General of the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations.The security for the CPEC has been beefed up directly and indirectly by providing more security to CPEC projects and enhancing security in the whole province to ensure smooth work at CPEC projects after recent attacks on the facility.Though Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan with ample natural res...
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India takes on Turkey, Pak & OIC over remarks on J&K at Human Rights Council
25Feb By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

India takes on Turkey, Pak & OIC over remarks on J&K at Human Rights Council

At the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), India launched a scathing attack against Pakistan, Turkey and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for their remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, and reiterated that both Union Territories, Ladakh and J&K, are an integral part of India.Terming Turkey’s remarks regarding the situation in Kashmir and the implementation of UN resolutions as “completely unacceptable,” India said it is “ironical for a country which has trampled upon its own civil society to pass unjustified comments on other’s internal matters”.India also rejected the factually incorrect and unwarranted references to India in the OIC statement.Exercising the Right of Reply, Seema Pujani, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of India said Turkey should p...
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Exiled dissidents protest outside FATF headquarters to urge blacklisting Pakistan
21Feb By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Exiled dissidents protest outside FATF headquarters to urge blacklisting Pakistan

As Financial Action Task Force (FATF) prepares to decide Pakistan’s fate, exiled dissidents from Pakistan, Tibet and Hong Kong gathered outside the headquarters of the financial watchdog in Paris on Saturday urging it to blacklist Pakistan and deliver on its mandate of stopping terror financing and sponsoring from Pakistan.The members of the FATF are meeting from February 22-25 to review Pakistan’s status, which is already on the grey list of the global anti-money laundering and terror financing watchdog.While Pakistan has been repeatedly adopting the tactic of showcasing taking action against terror financing by placing senior terror group leaders under arrest ahead of FATF plenaries, these UN listed entities, like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (now rebranded as Jamat ud Dawa -JuD) and Jaish e Moha...
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Toolkit used by Greta intended to target India, its interests: Fake news watchdog
16Feb By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Toolkit used by Greta intended to target India, its interests: Fake news watchdog

A recent report by a fake news watchdog has revealed that the ‘toolkit’ used by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg regarding the farmers' protest was part of an elaborate design that was under play since 2007 and involved several shady companies in the US, fake foreign experts and even ghost entities to target India and its interests.DisInfo Lab, a fake news watchdog, said: "The name of one of the key players of our story came up in the toolkit dropped accidentally by Greta Thunberg. The toolkit had mentioned a foreign expert as resource point - Pieter Friedrich. It was startling. Pieter was part of a story we were already working on since about a month in the context of an info-war against India"."This elaborate design and planning that is underway since 2007 at least was driven by sing...
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Former PTI lawmaker confesses to accepting bribe ahead of Pak 2018 Senate polls
11Feb By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Former PTI lawmaker confesses to accepting bribe ahead of Pak 2018 Senate polls

Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar has confessed to taking bribe worth Rs 10 million before the Senate elections of 2018.This comes after a video went viral on social media on Tuesday that showed Imran Khan-led PTI lawmakers receiving bribes ahead of the 2018 senate elections. The video showed a couple of PTI Members of National Assembly (MNAs) taking money from Mohammad Ali Bacha, former MPA of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) before the Senate elections in 2018.In the video, stacks of currency are seen in the video atop a table in front of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PTI Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs).Speaking to the media, Mayar said that he took the money on the directives of then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, adding that the PTI-led ...
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Indian govt asks Twitter to remove 1,178 Pak-Khalistani handles over provocative content on farmers’ protest
9Feb By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Indian govt asks Twitter to remove 1,178 Pak-Khalistani handles over provocative content on farmers’ protest

Amid the ongoing farmers' protest in India, the Central government has directed Twitter to remove 1,178 Pakistani-Khalistani accounts spreading misinformation and provocative content on farmers agitation, according to sources.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday had said that there was a reason why the MEA reacted to the remarks of some celebrities in relation to protest by farmer unions and noted that they spoke "on matters on which they obviously didn't know very much".Jaishankar said that the 'toolkit' case, which is being probed by police, has revealed a lot."I think it has revealed a lot. We have to wait and see what comes out. You can see there was a reason why the foreign ministry reacted to the statements which some celebrities gave out on matters on which they obviou...
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Peace in Kashmir possible if Pak’s terrorist activities are curtailed: Experts
9Feb By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Peace in Kashmir possible if Pak’s terrorist activities are curtailed: Experts

In a webinar held on the 37th anniversary of diplomat Ravindra Mhatre’s killing and India’s fight against international terrorism, a panel of experts unanimously said that peace in Kashmir was a possibility only if Pakistan's actions were curtailed and if the international community played a proactive role in the process.Participating in the webinar, senior journalist Akhlaq Ahmed Usmani remarked that Pakistan sponsored-terrorism had hampered the peace situation in Kashmir Valley.Usmani asserted that such actions were strictly un-Islamic and had to be discussed by the international community to fix accountability on the sponsors.Shujaat Ali Qadri, President, Muslim Students Organisation (MSO), equated the killing of the diplomat as an "act of war against India" and highlighted the restrain...
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China’s illegal ‘profiteering’ in power sector leads to blackouts in Pakistan: Report
23Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, World

China’s illegal ‘profiteering’ in power sector leads to blackouts in Pakistan: Report

A recent report has claimed that the billions which China has invested in Pakistan’s power sector and all the deals made with Pakistan contributed to the recent nationwide blackout, which is likely to return in future.A report of the nine-member committee headed by Muhammad Ali, a former chairperson of the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) of April 2020 FM Shakil, in an opinion piece said the report has made startling revelations about widespread malpractice in the power sector.The report exposed the extent of Independent Power Producer (IPP) corruption, including among Chinese units installed under a government-to-government arrangement for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) related operation.The report traced 100 billion Pakistani rupees (USD 625 million) in annual...
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