Freedom of Press in Pakistan, If and Buts
Posted in News3 mn read Pakistan has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, Pakistan has slipped twelve places in the world rankings regarding freedom of press.
3 mn read Pakistan has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, Pakistan has slipped twelve places in the world rankings regarding freedom of press.
4 mn read Afghanistan is under war from last 40 years. Taliban, globally recognized as a terrorist organization is now has come to the power and once again making lives difficult for each Afghan. In 1996, Taliban captured Afghanistan and tried creating dominance through violence and threats. But now, according to Taliban’s spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid, they are capable of forming a stable administration and is working on it. Meanwhile, the group is thirsting to be acknowledged in international politics, their actions are not speaking the same. Recently, the news of ban on education for girls outraged number of organizations and NGOs working across the world. Regressive mindset, partial behavior and fearful environment is pushing Afghan people to go back in 1996, when it all started.
3 mn read It is very unusual in the history of the country that many newly elected cabinet members are facing cases against them, which include money laundering, drugs cases and corruption cases. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is working on these cases.
4 mn read Indian Intelligence agencies arrested one of India’s most wanted terrorists in UAE. The accused is said to be involved in 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 innocent people and injured 713, after 12 coordinated blasts on March 12, 1993. In a successful operation held by Indian agencies abroad, terrorist Abu Bakar involved in explosive and arms training in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, transporting RDX used in the serial blasts and planning, conspiracy at Dawood Ibrahim’s home in Dubai, according to the information.
3 mn read Recently Indian administration banned 16 YouTube channels for spreading false news. According to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 16 YouTube channels and 1 Facebook account is on banned list. 6 YouTube channels are claimed to belong Pakistan. This is not the first time, central administration took this decision. Earlier, 22 YouTube channels and 3 twitter accounts were banned for the similar reason that collected viewership in millions. The present banned channels are said to have cumulative viewership of more than 680 million. In a brief statement, it is explained that due to spreading of fake news and passing wrong comments on international affairs was misleading people.
4 mn read At least four people, including three Chinese teachers, have been killed and four others injured in a suicide attack near the Chinese language center on the campus of Karachi University on Tuesday March 26, 2022, suicide blast was carried out by a woman.
3 mn read Along with street and traffic lights, one can also have a sight of beggars on Indian streets. Indian administration recently came up with exact numbers of beggars around different states of India. Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot stepped forward with figures in reply to Lok Sabha and disclosed that about 4 Lakh beggars are in India. According to the data, 4,13,670 beggars are living in India, out of which 2,21,673 are males and 1,91,1997 are females. Mentioned briefly, states like West Bengal, Assam and Manipur exceeds number of female beggars comparatively. And as per 2011 census, West Bengal tops the list followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
5 mn read After successful ‘vote of no confidence’ Imran Khan has been removed from the power and the opposition party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) along with allied parties formed the coalition government in the country. The National Assembly has elected PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif as the new Leader of the House (PM), after which Shahbaz Sharif has become the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan.
3 mn read Sex education in India is still a taboo that does not really concern higher authorities including parents. A report released by an international organization, ‘Youth Coalition for sexual and reproductive rights’ about sex education in India, disclosed that most of the private and public schools affiliated state boards of secondary education does not include any kind of sexuality education in their curriculum. Administration did initiate and introduced, ‘Adolescent Education Program’ in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in 2007 but was not supported by 12 other state administrations and made difficult to get it implemented. Surprisingly, the reason was given of ‘inappropriate content’ and that it will increase ‘risky behavior’ among young students and adolescents.
3 mn read Inflation is rising in India as the year began. Central administration and Reserve Bank of India cannot deny the present situation but need to be concerned about it. The growth in fuel prices and now in vegetable rates are bothering people. The recent prediction done by Reserve Bank of India during Monetary policy committee meeting about short-term inflation seems opposite considering current scenario in the country. Experts are blaming few reasons for this including sudden war between Russia-Ukraine. Positive estimation about inflation is also pointed as one of the reasons behind sudden high inflation in Indian market.