DESPARDES — As many as 108 women fell victim to ‘honor killings’ — a heinous human rights violation — in Sindh over the past year, according to a police report released on Friday. The report, compiled by the police, recorded statistics from January 31, 2019 to January 30, 2020, according to Dawn. According to theContinue reading “Crime Against Women in Sindh: 132 Murdered, 108 ‘Killed for Honor’ in 2019 Alone”
Monthly Archives: January 2020
US Envoy Visits ‘Charming Pakistan’ Show at Lahore Art Council, Urges People-to-People Contact to Improve Bilateral Ties
DESPARDES — USA wants people-to-people contact to further strengthen bilateral relations with Pakistan and explore opportunities in arts, literature and other cultural dimensions. Its Consul General in Lahore Ms Catherine Rodriguez on Thursday visited Lahore Art Council and met with Lahore Art Council (LAC) Board of Governors (BoG) Chairperson Moneeza Hashmi — the daughter ofContinue reading “US Envoy Visits ‘Charming Pakistan’ Show at Lahore Art Council, Urges People-to-People Contact to Improve Bilateral Ties”
“You May Start a War, But We Will Be the Ones to End It”: DG ISPR Before Bowing Out
DESPARDES — Pakistan military’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor will pass on the baton to his successor Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar on February 1 and take charge as the General Officer Commanding Okara. On Thursday, the poker-faced General who belongs to the Infantry, addressed his last presser as the ISPR chiefContinue reading ““You May Start a War, But We Will Be the Ones to End It”: DG ISPR Before Bowing Out”
Iranian Factory Makes U.S. and Israeli Flags to Burn
KHOMEIN, Iran (Reuters) – Business is booming at Iran’s largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn. At the factory in the town of Khomein, southwest of the capital Tehran, young men and women print the flags by hand then hang them up to dry. The factory producesContinue reading “Iranian Factory Makes U.S. and Israeli Flags to Burn”
February Lookup: Turkey’s Erdogan to Visit Islamabad, PM Khan to Visit Malaysia
DESPARDES — President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to travel to Islamabad next month with a high-powered delegation comprising senior officials as well as businessmen. PM Khan and President Erdogan were to meet in December in Kuala Lumpur along with leaders from Iran, Qatar and Indonesia to further their joint agenda of launchingContinue reading “February Lookup: Turkey’s Erdogan to Visit Islamabad, PM Khan to Visit Malaysia”
The Crisis That Shattered India’s Economic Dreams: Bloomberg
DESPARDES — ‘India Situation’ now appears to be adding another chapter — the story of an economy in distress, a banking system in pain and consumers too worried about job cuts and rising costs to spend. An unfinished residential housing complex in New Delhi dubbed Wish Town — a sprawling 1,063-acre property development billed inContinue reading “The Crisis That Shattered India’s Economic Dreams: Bloomberg”
Apes (‘Non-Human Person’) Find Peace Through Painting in Florida Retirement Center
One of the apes worked alongside Clint Eastwood, others acted in the remake of sci-fi classic “Planet of the Apes” ‘Ape art’ created by the orangutans and chimpanzees that live at the Center For Great Apes (CGA) is sold in a gift shop and at a silent auction in a fundraising event. Fifty-three chimpanzees andContinue reading “Apes (‘Non-Human Person’) Find Peace Through Painting in Florida Retirement Center”
Bangladesh Textile Export Success Attracting Pakistani Firms
Bangladesh has invited PM Khan to D8 Summit which it is hosting in capital Dhaka in the third week of April. The developing-8 nations group includes: Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Iran, Nigeria, Egypt and Bangladesh. DESPARDES — Bangladesh is no longer an agrarian economy. It has evolved from producing only basic necessities to manufacturing value-added productsContinue reading “Bangladesh Textile Export Success Attracting Pakistani Firms”
SITUATION in INDIA: Sweetest Song Tell of Saddest Thought (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM — I’ll be telegraphic: For weeks now, I’ve been sharing with a young Indian friend Z — granular news on the situation in India — as the world sees them, and there have been no word, no sharings from his side, only Silence. Silence. Silence. Earlier, we have been sharing “all the newsContinue reading “SITUATION in INDIA: Sweetest Song Tell of Saddest Thought (Video)”