National
May 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Special Aide to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said that on instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Palestine Solidarity Day will be observed all over Pakistan to express solidarity with oppressed people of Palestine on Friday in which Ulema-Mashaykh and religious scholars in Friday sermons will support and endorse Palestine s cause and condemn Israeli atrocities.
“Palestine Solidarity Day is being commemorated to call upon world leadership to play its part in ending persecution of Palestinians on a permanent basis so that an independent Palestinian state can be established with Al-Quds as its capital,” he said while addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
UAE expresses solidarity with India as Cyclone Tauktae kills dozens May 19, 2021
The powerful cyclone claimed at least 13 lives and left a trail of destruction in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region after it made landfall near Una in Gir Somnath district on Monday, bringing along with it very strong winds and heavy rainfall that damaged nearly 16,500 houses and uprooted over 40,000 trees. Courtesy photo
ABU DHABI/NEW DELHI The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with India over the victims of the severe cyclone Tauktae, which struck several regions in the country, and left dozens dead.
In a statement on Tuesday, the UAE’s foreign ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the government of India and to the families of the victims of this painful ordeal while wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.
The percentage of infection in Selangor is lower in comparison with other states such as Kelantan and Pahang, says Dr Dzulkefly.
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state government is concerned that the strict imposition of a full movement control order (MCO) will have adverse effects on the state and its people.
State Public Health, Unity, Women Empowerment and Family Committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud told a press conference on Wednesday (May 19) that livelihoods will be impacted in the event of a full MCO.
“People must be able to go to work,” said Dr Siti Mariah, adding that since MCO 3.0 was already in place, perhaps it could be tightened in certain locations.
WASHINGTON (Bernama): Thousands of people held protests in solidarity with Palestine in front of Israeli embassies across the United States on Tuesday (May 18).
In Washington, DC, hundreds of Palestinian and American demonstrators gathered at the embassy, protesting Israeli attacks and the Biden Administration s support for Tel Aviv.
Demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and banners that read: Free Palestine , Palestine belongs to Palestinians , and Resist.
In their protest of the Biden Administration, they also chanted: No more money for Israeli crimes.
Demonstrators also read aloud the names of babies killed in Gaza and displayed symbolic coffins draped in Palestinian flags.
Palestinian-American activist Mariam Abou-Ghazala and organisers of the demonstration said Palestinians were asking protesters to amplify their voices.