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UN officials familiar with rules for listing terrorists said the stalled proposal can be escalated to the Security Council for an open discussion and vote.
Beijing will then be forced to “defend its defence of a well-known terrorist in full public view” as open Security Council proceedings are telecast live, they said.
Apart from civilians, the new visa policy will also be applicable to Pakistani journalists. The scribes will be issued visas for three months, ARY News reported quoting the US embassy spokesperson.
Soon after it was proven that it was indeed F-16 used by Pakistan forces on Wednesday, with officials from Indian Navy, Indian Army and Indian Air Force presenting a part of the AMRAAM missile which is fitted on F-16 as evidence of the engagement of the aircraft by PAF during a press briefing, the country tried to sell a new fabrication.
Pakistan fired 28,849 artillery shells into Afghanistan between 2012 and 2017, resulting in deaths of at least 82 people and injuring 187 others.
The Afghan government announced on Saturday that the first shipment of the Afghan goods will head to India through Chabahar Port on Sunday.
The Major General slamming the government of Pakistan said that the state should not allow terrorists to use their border areas to organise anti-security moves against Iran.
Air India on Thursday resumed flights to Iraq after a 30 year gap, when a plane carrying Shiite pilgrims landed in the city of Najaf.
“This is the first time in the last 30 years” that a plane has come from India to Iraq, said Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit, India’s ambassador to Iraq, at the international airport that serves the Shiite holy city.
“We are very fortunate that the holy city of Najaf has been chosen as the first destination”, he added, noting that attempts to restore direct air links had been ongoing for some time.
Flights were prevented by years of conflict in Iraq and sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s regime after his invasion of Kuwait, as well as by the extended chaos that came in the wake of the former dictator’s 2003 downfall.
The plane started its journey in Lucknow, the capital of India’s Uttar Pradesh state, and upon landing the crew and pilgrims were welcomed by Iraqi officials.
Shiite pilgrims from around the world come to Najaf, some 150 kilometres (90 miles) south of Baghdad, to visit the tomb of Imam Ali, Prophet Mohammed’s son-in-law and founder of Shiite Islam.
Solomatin added that Russia continued to render assistance in ensuring the work of 10 checkpoint for refugees, adding that 221,883 people have returned to their homes by February 10.
ISLAMABAD: Suman Kumari has become the first Hindu woman in Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge, according to a media report.
Suman, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district.
She passed her LLB. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist University, Dawn reported.
According to Pawan Kumar Bodan, her father, Suman wants to provide free legal assistance to the poor in Qambar-Shahdadkot.
“Suman has opted for a challenging profession, but I am sure she will go places through hard work and honesty,” the father said.
Her father is an eye specialist while Suman’s elder sister is a software engineer and another sister is a chartered accountant.
Suman is a fan of singers Lata Mangeshkar and Atif Aslam.
This is not the first time that a person from the Hindu community has been appointed as a judge. The first judge from the Hindu community was Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who served as the acting chief justice for brief periods between 2005 and 2007.
Hindus make up nearly 2 per cent of Pakistan’s total population and Hinduism remains the second largest religion in Pakistan after Islam.
“Students from India, Egypt, Ghana, Russia, Turkey, not only live together but learn to understand each other and work together, by truly overcoming language and cultural barriers,” said Mr. Andrey Shevlyakov, CEO of Rosatom South Asia.
