International Women s Day being observed
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The day is being observed in Pakistan as well with different seminars, conferences and events.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – International Women’s Day is being observed worldwide today (Monday) to acknowledge the outstanding contributions by women in different fields across the globe.
This year’s theme for the International Women’s Day is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”.
Besides celebrating women’s achievements, the day also aims to raise awareness about women’s equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity and raise funds for female-focused charities.
The United Nations first celebrated International Women’s Day during International Women’s Year in 1975. By 1977, the UN and its member states declared March 8 as an official day for women’s rights and world peace.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday held a detailed meeting with Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and DG Inter Services Intelligence Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed to discuss internal and.
Understanding the ceasefire
March 5, 2021
Amidst the massive national focus on the legal and political events in the run-up to the Senate elections, something of import happened on the Pakistan-India front that has the potential to open up space for a low-level engagement between Islamabad and New Delhi.
The announcement of a ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC), which was originally signed in 2003, is the first significant step forward in a bilateral relationship that has been on a steep decline ever since Indian Prime Minister Modi swept to power in his second term.
Another way of gauging the importance of this engagement is to juxtapose it in the context of Modi’s unilateral annexation of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir as well as the post-Pulwama military stand-off that could have spiraled into a full-fledged war with Pakistan.
Pakistan opposition leader Maryam Nawaz
Pak Army Chief, ISI chief should not have met Imran Khan after Senate battering : Maryam Nawaz ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 22:55 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): Pakistan opposition leader Maryam Nawaz on Friday said the country s military leadership should not have been seen with Prime Minister Imran Khan, a day after he suffered an embarrassing upset in the Senate election.
Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president accused Imran Khan of dragging the institutions into politics after he met with Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, Dawn reported.
Bajwa had met Imran at Prime Minister House on Thursday. Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was also present during the meeting.