August 2019 Blog Posts (12)

Nearly 2 million, mostly Muslims face statelessness as India publishes citizenship list

NEW DEHLI: 31,AUGUST,2019: Nearly two million people in northeast India were left facing statelessness on Saturday after the state of Assam published a citizenship list aimed at weeding out "foreign infiltrators", in a process the central government wants to replicate nationwide. 

A total of 31.1 million people were included in a final National…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 31, 2019 at 3:50am — No Comments

Pak ready for conditional bilateral dialogue with India: Qureshi

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has offered initiation of ‘conditional’ dialogue with New Delhi during an interview with a foreign news agency. 

He maintained that Pakistan has no objection to holding bilateral talks with India; however any mediator facilitating the process of dialogue would be…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 31, 2019 at 3:34am — No Comments

PM Imran effective steps taken for promotion of renewable energy

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan appreciated effective measures adopted for promotion of renewable energy under a new policy.

He expressed these views while chairing a high-level meeting in Islamabad regarding the new policy being formulated on renewable energy.

The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Energy…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 31, 2019 at 3:13am — No Comments

Lodhi warns of serious humanitarian crisis in the curfew-bound disputed territory

Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi on Friday said that as things stand in Indian occupied Kashmir causing bigger humanitarian crisis. 

While Lodhi commenting during an interview with the Saudi-based Al-Arabiya television channel as the military lockdown of the occupied valley entered its 27th day…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 31, 2019 at 3:00am — No Comments

Ten Day Alaska Cruise From San Francisco

My wife Yasmeen and I returned from a 10-day Alaska cruise over the weekend. We left from Pier 27 in San Francisco aboard the cruise ship named Grand Princess on Pakistan's Independence Day and came back on August 24, 2019. The ship sailed almost full with about 3,000 passengers and 1,100 crew. It was a fun-filled cruise with excellent food and entertainment with ports of call at Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway in …

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Added by Riaz Haq on August 27, 2019 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Feces can be turned into Drinking Water and electricity by this technology

Bill Gates is on a mission to reinvent the way huge swaths of the world's population go to the bathroom.And he credits his time at the helm of Microsoft for giving him the "bullheadedness" to do it, according to a recent interview with psychologist Steven Pinker.

Through his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 27, 2019 at 5:37am — No Comments

Sindhi News Website

According Sindhi News site onlineindusnews.com have in Sindhi language, news updates, give reports and  awareness to you and present the world news for you. Its news site team…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 24, 2019 at 4:14am — No Comments

Pakistan ranks 4th among world's fastest growing freelance market with 47pc growth

Pakistan has been ranked as 4th fastest growing freelance market with 47% growth in freelance earning during the second quarter as compared to the same period of last year.

According to the global payment platform Payoneer’s Global Gig Economy Index, published in Forbes, Pakistan was among the top freelance markets leaving…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 24, 2019 at 4:13am — 2 Comments

Apple CEO warns Trump about China tariffs, Samsung competition

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had spoken with Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the impact of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition from South Korean company Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. 

Trump said Cook “made a good case” that tariffs could hurt Apple, given that Samsung’s products…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on August 19, 2019 at 2:51am — No Comments

Indian Occupied Kashmir Under Total Extended Lockdown On Eid ul Azha

Indian military has kept Occupied Kashmir under extended and inhumane lockdown on the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha to prevent protests against New Delhi's reckless decision to scrap Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The lockdown is being enforced by over 700,000 Indian troops deployed in Jammu and Kashmir.  People are imprisoned in their homes for several days in a row. There…

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Added by Riaz Haq on August 12, 2019 at 5:38pm — 19 Comments

Pakistan Digital Gig Economy Growth Among World's Fastest

Pakistan's digital gig economy growth is the fastest in Asia and fourth fastest in the world, according to digital payments platform Payoneer.…

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Added by Riaz Haq on August 11, 2019 at 9:30pm — 23 Comments

Modi's Kashmir Blunder: Wider Implications For India, Pakistan and the World

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reckless decision to unilaterally abrogate Article 370 of the Indian constitution has sent shockwaves across South Asia and the rest of the world. The immediate effect of this action is on Indian Occupied Kashmir which has lost its status as a state and stands divided into union territories directly ruled from New Delhi. It has wider implications for India's federal, secular and democratic constitutional structure.  It has sent alarm bells ringing…

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Added by Riaz Haq on August 10, 2019 at 8:00pm — 63 Comments

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    Pakistani Student Enrollment in US Universities Hits All Time High

    Pakistani student enrollment in America's institutions of higher learning rose 16% last year, outpacing the record 12% growth in the number of international students hosted by the country. This puts Pakistan among eight sources in the top 20 countries with the largest increases in US enrollment. India saw the biggest increase at 35%, followed by Ghana 32%, Bangladesh and…

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    Agriculture, Caste, Religion and Happiness in South Asia

    Pakistan's agriculture sector GDP grew at a rate of 5.2% in the October-December 2023 quarter, according to the government figures. This is a rare bright spot in the overall national economy that showed just 1% growth during the quarter. Strong performance of the farm sector gives the much needed boost for about …

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