Pak’s top court hints at nationalising private schools
Islamabad, Feb 11: Expressing concern over education becoming a business in Pakistan, the Supreme Court on Monday said that private schools are not a money-making industry and hinted at directing the government to take control of such educational institutes. A three-member bench comprising Justices Gulzar Ahmed, Faisal Arbab and Ijazul Ahsan made the remarks during […]
New political leadership is key to re-imagine State Politics
Understanding conflict is important for both instrumental and intrinsic reasons in formulating an effective state policy to address it. Instrumentally, we need to understand the processes by which violent conflict breaks out because destructive conflict have impact on socio- political, cultural, ethnic and economic integrity of the state. Moreover, the physical, economic, and psychological insecurity […]
Iran slams US as huge crowds mark 40 years since revolution
Tehran, Feb 11: Iran’s president on Monday blasted a US “conspiracy” against the country as vast crowds marked 40 years since the Islamic revolution at a time of heightened tensions with Washington. “The presence of people today on the streets all over Islamic Iran… means that the enemy will never reach its evil objectives,” President […]
Artifacts of Globalization
The globalization fills in so many gaps of varied sizes and shapes and connects us to the real world, the being is transcended and enormous results are produced. Globalization has at least two major impacts- the theoretical and the empirical. Once we realize the essence of the ontology’s and the semantic web artifacts, we begin […]
SC to hear in July Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots
New Delhi, Feb 11: The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear in July a plea of Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar listed the matter for hearing in July. Zakia, […]
Ready-made garment shop gutted in fire at Chandilora
‘Loss estimated to be worth lacs’
BY: Mushtaq Ul Hassan Tangmarg, Feb 11: A Ready-made garment shop was gutted in a mysterious fire incident at Chandilora Tangmarg on Sunday night. According to local reports, the shop namely “Life Style”, owned by Mohammad Ashraf Teeli S/o Mohammad Ramzan Teeli R/o Ziran, caught fire at around 10:30 pm on Sunday. Witnesses told Kashmir […]
Pakistan players make big leaps in T20I rankings
Karachi: A number of Pakistan cricketers climbed upwards in the latest Men’s T20I Player Rankings released by the International Cricket Council on Monday. Babar Azam retained the number one spot in the batsmen’s rankings, after scoring 151 runs in the recently concluded T20 series against South Africa. Hussain Talat gained 19 places to reach 56th […]
Govt all set to extend insurance cover to poultry farms
Will encourage investment in the sector: Dr Samoon
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 11: To encourage investment in the poultry sector by the entrepreneurs in the trade, the J&K government is all set to extend insurance cover to the poultry farms in the state. The decision was taken here at a high-level meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep and Fisheries department Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon. […]
Peoples Conference committed to end corruption: Vakil
“More than 100 Congress workers join PC in Jammu”
Srinagar, Feb 11, 2019: In a significant development, more than 100 Congress workers joined Peoples Conference in presence of senior PC leader & ex-minister Abdul Gani Vakil, said a party release. Welcoming the new entrants at a function held in Jammu, Peoples Conference senior leader Abdul Gani Vakil appealed to the people to forge unity […]
Trump defends ‘executive time’ after schedule leak
Washington, Feb 11: Donald Trump pushed back Sunday at the suggestion he spends much of his work day taking it easy, as the White House kept up the hunt for the person behind an embarrassing leak of the president’s schedule. According to details published last week by Axios, 60 percent of Trump’s work life is […]