Moneeza Hashmi, daughter of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, deported from India

LAHORE: The daughter of revered Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was deported for India after being invited to speak at a conference in New Delhi. Moneeza Hashmi, 72, was listed as a speaker at the 15th Asia Media Summit in Delhi between May 10 and 12. She, however, was denied permission to join the summit, nor was she given any explanation, India media reported.Information & Broadcasting Ministry and Prasar Bharti say they are not aware of any such incident, according to News18.It quoted Faiz Foundation Trust saying when Ms Hashmi reached the hotel she was told that there was no booking in her name. She was later informed by the director of AIBD (Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development) that she wouldn’t be allowed to speak.AIBD Director, Chang Jin allegedly told her “We were just informed that you cannot attend the conference” and apologized to her.Hashmi was supposed to speak on May 10 (Thursday) at the 4pm session on ‘Should all good stories be commercially successful?’ along with three other speakers.In a tweet marked to the Prime Ministers Office, India and Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, Hashmi’s son Ali Hashmi wrote “This is your Shining India? My 72 year old mother, daughter of Faiz, denied permission to participate in conference after being officially invited. Shame.”Muneeza Hashmi wrote a short note to a friend today stating:“Thank you for your and other friends support. I leave it to your judgement to deal with this matter. We the Faiz Family and Faiz Foundation will continue to work for peace between our two countries. As Faiz would say لمبی ہے غم کی شام مگر شام ھی تو ہے (lambi hai gham ki shaam magar shaam hi to hai),” thecitizen.in reported. 

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Spectacular cultural performance of Pakistani students at Tsinghua University

BEIJING: Pakistani students presented a spectacular cultural performance and served Pakistani food on an international cultural day at Tsinghua University.An international cultural day was celebrated at Tsinghua University where Pakistani students have presented traditional folk music and dances along with traditional foodsA large number of local and international students, Pakistani community and officials from Pakistan embassy visited Pakistani booth and witnessed culture and customs of different regions of the country and enjoyed their traditional food. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Deputy Chief of the Mission, Pakistan embassy in Beijing said the Pakistani students are doing their best to present our culture among different countries which would help to better understanding of our culture and traditions. She appreciated the students’ efforts to present our culture in the greatest way.Education attaché Suleman Mahsud, said Pakistani students are the largest community in China, their efforts to present our culture and traditional foods are marvellous.Muhammad Fahad, a PhD student of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University said: “our purpose is to present Pakistani positive image to international students”.The members of the Pakistan Students Association Tsinghua University (PASA) Abdul Ghaffar Memon stated “Today we are offering free Biryani, Kheer and other traditional food to our guests that they would understand how rich we are in our customs”Abbas Haider, another PhD student and organizer said: “Our traditional Khattak, Luddi and Bhangra dances are very famous in our university”Pakistan was among 100 different countries and regions who participated in the event.

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Nawaz Sharif has endorsed Narendra Modi's narrative: Sherry Rehman

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and PML-N founder Nawaz Sharif has endorsed the anti-Pakistan narrative of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to his controversial statement about the Mumbai terror attacks, said Senator Sherry Rehman on Sunday. “Questions are being raised about Pakistan at the international level owing to Nawaz Sharif’s statement,” Sherry Rehman told media persons in Islamabad. “We have strong reservations with Nawaz Sharif’s narrative. Why didn’t he tell that India had failed to cooperate with Pakistan about the Mumbai terror attacks?” she said. The PPP leader called for Nawaz Sharif to take back his statement and issue a clarification. “Nawaz Sharif thinks he is exempted from everything,” he said."Is Nawaz Sharif a political analyst who is giving such statements? We reject his statement."“Pakistan is a peaceful democratic country and our party will fight the case of Pakistan at the international level,” she said. Ms Rehman said that Pakistan too wanted to take the Mumbai attacks trial to its logical conclusion but it was impossible without cooperation from India. She said that Pakistan had become a target of powerful international forces. To  a question, he said that there was no sacred cow for the PPP in Pakistan. "There is need to appoint a permanent foreign minister to present Pakistan's stance  at the world's stage," she said. Nawaz Sharif, she said, was behaving like a think-tank. 

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Nisar blames India for stalled Mumbai attacks trial

ISLAMABAD: Senior PML-N leader and former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said a trial into the Mumbai terror attacks was stalled due of lack of cooperation from India. “Pakistan was subjected to heavy criticism over the Mumbai attacks,” Nisar said, in the backdrops of Nawaz Sharif’s recent interview. The former minister that India had used the Mumbai attacks to malign Pakistan. “I am privy to all aspects of the case as I was the interior minister,” he said.The probe into the case was being conducted by Federal Investigation Agency which comes under the Ministry of Interior.Nisar also blamed India for his aggressive behavior and refusing to cooperate during the investigation into the case. “The lack of cooperation by India was the biggest hurdle in the investigation. India wasn’t interested in a transparent investigation,” he said.The attack occurred in India, where 90 per cent of the proofs were present but India refused to share those with Pakistan, Nisar remarked.“We kept on requesting India to cooperate in the case. We have always cooperated with India over information sharing pertaining to all incidents of terrorism,” Nisar added. “India always shows aggression when it comes to incidents such as that of Kulbushan Jadhav,” he said, referring to the Indian spy facing a death sentence in Pakistan. Nisar further said that India wasn’t even willing to cooperate with the investigation committee formed by the Pakistani courts. “The committee wasn't even allowed to travel to India at first.”With regards to Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, who India claims to be the sole attacker of the incident to be captured alive, Nisar said he was the sole eyewitness of the attacks. “The Pakistani investigation team wasn't allowed to ask questions from Ajmal.”India announced his death sentence and 'removed' him, Nisar said, alleging that the death sentence process was hurried so that the facts are never brought before the world.All of Pakistan’s requests, letters, and announcements regarding the Mumbai attacks have been recorded, which are safe with the FIA, he added. 

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Army chief expresses grief on demise of national hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajawa has expressed  grief over the death of hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)."COAS expresses his grief on sad demise of renowned national hockey legend Olympian Mansoor Ahmed. Shares loss with the bereaved family," said the ISPR Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor in a tweet on Sunday.Pakistan’s world renowned field hockey goalkeeper Mansoor Ahmed passed away after a prolonged illness in Karachi on Saturday. He was 49 years of age.Mansoor was suffering from complications stemming from a pacemaker and stents implanted in his heart.He has been a sporting icon in Pakistan since  helping the country win the 1994 World Cup in Sydney while brilliantly averting a penalty stroke against the Netherlands in the final.Mansoor played 338 international matches during a career spanning from 1986 to 2000. He participated in three consecutive World Cups and won the 1994 World Cup Hockey Championship (World Cup).He won bronze in the 1992 Olympic, silver in 1990 World Cup Hockey Championship and Gold medal in 1994. Played three Asian Games and won gold in 1990 Beijing (China) Games.Mansoor earned 12 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronzes medals in various international hockey tournaments during his 14-year illustrious career.He was declared All Asian Stars Hockey Team member in 1996 and also declared World Eleven Hockey team member in 1994. His glories made him rise above the sky by becoming world's best goalkeeper, declared by FIH in 1994. Mansoor stood four times best goalkeeper of the tournament and was the flag carrier of the Pakistani Contingent in 1996 Atlanta (USA) Olympics.

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US refuses to share info on diplomat's bid to fly out of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities barred a US diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him, local media reported.The move came a day after Pakistan said it would restrict the movements of all American diplomats in the country in response to Washington’s similar restrictions on Pakistani embassy diplomats.A spokesman for the US embassy in Islamabad declined to comment on the media reports, and a US State Department spokesperson in Washington would neither confirm nor deny them.“For the privacy and security of those involved, we cannot disclose the diplomat’s current location,” the State Department spokesperson said.The latest blow to relations came on Saturday, when Pakistani authorities banned US military attache Colonel Joseph Emanuel Hall from leaving.A day earlier, an Islamabad court had ruled his diplomatic immunity may not apply in the April 7 traffic accident in which the US attache’s vehicle hit a motorcycle, killing the 22-year-old driver. As a result, a US Air Force C130 flown in to Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base outside Islamabad was forced to leave without him on Friday.Separately, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said it would apply travel restrictions to all U.S. diplomatic staff similar to those applied by Washington, according to a notification sent to the US Embassy on Friday and obtained by Reuters.The new US rules require diplomats to obtain permission to travel more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) from their stations. The US State Department on Saturday confirmed the new restrictions on its employees in Pakistan but declined further comment.“We are in regular communication with our Pakistani counterparts. We do not discuss details of diplomatic conversations,” the spokesperson said.US-Pakistani relations have deteriorated significantly since the beginning of the year, when Trump abruptly announced in a tweet a cutoff of military aid, which he said treated the United States with “nothing but lies and deceit” for 15 years.

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At least five tourists dead as bridge collapses in Neelum Valley

MUZAFFARABAD: At least five  people were killed and dozens others were still  missing after bridge over a nullah collapsed in Neelum Valley in Azad Kashmir on Sunday.Rescuers said four bodies have been recovered while search for other  people was underway.TV channels reported that tourists, women and children among them, were taking pictures at the dilapidated bridge over Nullah Jagran when it collapsed.Rescue workers said death toll might rise as the tourists were swept  away  by fast moving current.Deputy Commissioner Neelum, Raja Shahid Mahmood, said the bridge was overcrowded when it collapsed. He said six people have been rescued so far. Three bodies retrieved by the rescuers have been identified as Shahzeb, Abdur Rehman and Muhammad Zubai, all students of college in Faisalabad. Most of them who fell into water had come from Punjab's Faisalabad, Lahore and Sargodha cities.

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Red alert after intel reports warn of attack on new Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued red alert after intel reports warned of attack on Islamabad International Airport (IIAP), according to a report published in Daily Jang on Sunday.The security agencies informed the aviation authorities over looming threats after a suicide attack in Attock. Three people were killed and 18 others injured in a suicide attack on a van at Dhoke Gama in Attock district on Thursday.Under the new directives, passengers can only bring one person along with them and a new trouble shooting has been established to address operational issues at the airport.Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi opened the IIAP on May 03 after long delays amid reports that the new facility was opened prematurely. 

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Nawaz Sharif is modern-day Mir Jafar: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman (PTI) Imran Khan on Sunday took an exception to ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's remarks about Mumbai attacks which he made in an interview with a leading English daily, calling him modern-day Mir Jafar.In a string of tweets, the former cricket hero also repeated a slew of corruption allegations against his political nemesis."Nawaz Sharif is the modern-day Mir Jafar, who collaborated with the British to enslave his nation for personal gains. Nawaz speaking Modi's language against Pak State simply to protect his ill-gotten Rs 300b stashed in his sons companies abroad," said he.He said Sharif is not only willing to destroy all institutions, including army, NAB and Supreme Court, but also the future of the country in order to protect his wrondoings."The big question is: Why, when he was in power for over 4 yrs, & his puppet is still holding power today, he did not speak out and take action?," he said in another tweet.

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CJP Nisar stops PIA from changing livery

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has stopped Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from changing the national carrier's livery.Last month, PIA introduced a new livery with its logo and design to include a painting of the Markhor, the national animal, which inhabits the mountainous regions of Pakistan.

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Ex-NICL chairman Ayaz KHan Niazi arrested on SC orders

ISLAMABAD:Former chairman of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) was arrested from the Supreme Court for his alleged involvement in multi-billion scam on Sunday, according to Geo News.He was taken into custody on the orders of a Supreme Court's division bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar and also comprising Justice Muhsir Alam.The court was told that the suspect has been on bail in Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cases.It was argued  the bail now stands ineffective since the cases have been transferred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).The court said the suspect could be arrested if he has no bail.  The bench also ordered the authorities to arrest Habib Waraich, an other suspect in the corruption scandal.The apex court also directed the NAB courts of Karachi and Lahore to decide on the cases within two months.As many as 11 people including Ayaz Khan Niazi, Salman Ghani, Qasim Dadabhoi and late Pakistan People's Party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim are accused of corruption in the NICL case..

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Imran addresses supporters at Karachi rally

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan promised that Karachi would become a great city. “People in Karachi are politically aware and mature. All major movements use to begin from Karachi,” he said, adding that Karachi was rightly called a mini Pakistan and the country’s financial capital. “When Karachi rises, Pakistan rises. So Karachi and Pakistan are inter-linked,” he said, adding that he would unveil his 10 points for Karachi. “I want to tell the people of Karachi than think big and dream big,” he said. “There were far greater players than him. But he always dreamed for big things and that is why I tasted success,” he said.The PTI chief said that he was ridiculed after his first Test appearance. “I worked hard and return as Pakistan’s best all-rounder in four years,” he said. “When I was made captain, my dream to win the World Cup, beat Indian in India, beat England in England. And I achieved them all. And then I thought about building a cancer hospital and a university.”“When I set up a political party, I was made fun of. And finally a day came, when people started coming to my jalsas.”

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