Pakistan Expresses "Meaningful" support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day

Pakistan is observing Kash­mir Solidarity Day on Friday with public rallies being observed across the country to express wholehearted support of the Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under United Nations resolutions.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Imran Khan will address a public gathering at Kotli in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier, President Arif Alvi also addressed a session of the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad.

Solidarity walks have also been arranged in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and in the four provincial capitals and human chains will be formed at Kohala and other important points linking Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, according to Radio Pakistan.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi led a rally in the capital on the Srinigar Highway along with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. Talking to reporters during the procession, Qureshi said the media's role in raising voice for Kashmiris was becoming more important by the day.

Addressing the Kashmiris through the media, he assured that the Pakistani nation stood by them in their struggle for self-determination.

"We understand that you are suffering from oppression and facing difficulties," Qureshi said. "You will be successful because you are with the truth."

The foreign minister said that India has "always tried to break people's courage [...] but it will fail" in its attempts to oppress the Kashmiris.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah participates in a walk held in Karachi on Kashmir Solidarity Day. — DawnNewsTV
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also participated in a solidarity walk held in Karachi along with other provincial ministers and government officials. The walk started from the People's Secretariat and will conclude at the Jinnah's mausoleum. The Sindh chief minister condemned Indian brutality in occupied Kashmir and said that the "world's conscience should wake up".

"Indian has imposed the world's longest curfew in Kashmir," he was quoted as saying by the CM House.

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Pakistan Expresses "Meaningful" support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day

Pakistan is observing Kash­mir Solidarity Day on Friday with public rallies being observed across the country to express wholehearted support of the Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under United Nations resolutions.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Imran Khan will address a public gathering at Kotli in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier, President Arif Alvi also addressed a session of the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad.

Solidarity walks have also been arranged in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and in the four provincial capitals and human chains will be formed at Kohala and other important points linking Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, according to Radio Pakistan.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi led a rally in the capital on the Srinigar Highway along with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. Talking to reporters during the procession, Qureshi said the media's role in raising voice for Kashmiris was becoming more important by the day.

Addressing the Kashmiris through the media, he assured that the Pakistani nation stood by them in their struggle for self-determination.

"We understand that you are suffering from oppression and facing difficulties," Qureshi said. "You will be successful because you are with the truth."

The foreign minister said that India has "always tried to break people's courage [...] but it will fail" in its attempts to oppress the Kashmiris.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah participates in a walk held in Karachi on Kashmir Solidarity Day. — DawnNewsTV
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also participated in a solidarity walk held in Karachi along with other provincial ministers and government officials. The walk started from the People's Secretariat and will conclude at the Jinnah's mausoleum. The Sindh chief minister condemned Indian brutality in occupied Kashmir and said that the "world's conscience should wake up".

"Indian has imposed the world's longest curfew in Kashmir," he was quoted as saying by the CM House.

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Rawalpindi: PAK vs SA 2nd Test Match, Day 02

The second Test match between Pakistan and South Africa is underway at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan won the toss earlier in the day and decided to bat first against the Proteas.

When the play resumed on the second day, both skipper Babar Azam and Fawad Alam lose their wickets without making any major contribution to the score.

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Notion about Covid-19 vaccine "Sinopharm" is rejected by The Ministry of NHS

The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) rejected a perception that Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine was not safe for people over 60 years of age.

“Some people have misinterpreted the guidelines of the vaccine. The fact is that it is a research-based recommendation that people over 60 years of age should not be vaccinated. The clinical trial of vaccine was held on people from 18 to 60 years of age; so as per protocols, people of the same age group should be vaccinated. It does not mean that the vaccine is not safe for people of over 60 years of age. They can be vaccinated once the company releases data regarding clinical trial on them,” NHS ministry’s spokesperson Sajid Shah said while talking to Dawn.

“However, it needs to be understood that the vaccine is only being administered to frontline healthcare workers — who generally retire at the age of 60 from public sector hospitals and the same protocol is being used for private hospitals. People over 65 years of age will be vaccinated in the second phase for which even registration of such people has not yet started,” Mr Shah said.

The guidelines of Sinopharm, available with Dawn, state that people over 60 years of age, those who take a high dose of steroid, undergoing cancer treatment, received Corona plasma, fever, AIDS, lactating mothers and pregnant women should not be vaccinated.

Over 1,500 new Covid-19 cases, 31 deaths reported

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan, while talking to media persons, said a discussion was going on that Sinopharm’s vaccine was not safe for the people over 60 years of age. “Since people over 60 years of age were hardly vaccinated during the clinical trial, it was decided not to vaccinate them. There is nothing unusual in it and such people will be allowed to get vaccine once the company issues data regarding people of higher age group. However, there is no age limit for AstraZeneca’s vaccine which will be administered to the people over 60 years of age,” he said.

China has donated half a million doses of Sinopharm which are being administered to frontline healthcare workers. Moreover, Covax, an international alliance, has announced giving 17 million free doses of AstraZeneca till June this year and its supply will start in the third week of this month.

According to data of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 1,508 Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours. While 277 ventilators were occupied across the country on Thursday, the number of active cases reached 32,889.

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Notion about Covid-19 vaccine "Sinopharm" is rejected by The Ministry of NHS

The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) rejected a perception that Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine was not safe for people over 60 years of age.

“Some people have misinterpreted the guidelines of the vaccine. The fact is that it is a research-based recommendation that people over 60 years of age should not be vaccinated. The clinical trial of vaccine was held on people from 18 to 60 years of age; so as per protocols, people of the same age group should be vaccinated. It does not mean that the vaccine is not safe for people of over 60 years of age. They can be vaccinated once the company releases data regarding clinical trial on them,” NHS ministry’s spokesperson Sajid Shah said while talking to Dawn.

“However, it needs to be understood that the vaccine is only being administered to frontline healthcare workers — who generally retire at the age of 60 from public sector hospitals and the same protocol is being used for private hospitals. People over 65 years of age will be vaccinated in the second phase for which even registration of such people has not yet started,” Mr Shah said.

The guidelines of Sinopharm, available with Dawn, state that people over 60 years of age, those who take a high dose of steroid, undergoing cancer treatment, received Corona plasma, fever, AIDS, lactating mothers and pregnant women should not be vaccinated.

Over 1,500 new Covid-19 cases, 31 deaths reported

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan, while talking to media persons, said a discussion was going on that Sinopharm’s vaccine was not safe for the people over 60 years of age. “Since people over 60 years of age were hardly vaccinated during the clinical trial, it was decided not to vaccinate them. There is nothing unusual in it and such people will be allowed to get vaccine once the company issues data regarding people of higher age group. However, there is no age limit for AstraZeneca’s vaccine which will be administered to the people over 60 years of age,” he said.

China has donated half a million doses of Sinopharm which are being administered to frontline healthcare workers. Moreover, Covax, an international alliance, has announced giving 17 million free doses of AstraZeneca till June this year and its supply will start in the third week of this month.

According to data of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 1,508 Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours. While 277 ventilators were occupied across the country on Thursday, the number of active cases reached 32,889.

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“America is back” US President Joe Biden declared to end support for the conflict in Yemen.

In his first foreign policy speech, US President Joe Biden declared “America is back” on the global stage and announced to end support for the conflict in Yemen.

While promising a new era after the scattershot foreign policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump, he signalled aggressive approaches to China and Russia and urged Myanmar's military leaders to halt their coup.

"American leadership must meet this new moment of advancing authoritarianism, including the growing ambitions of China to rival the United States and the determination of Russia to damage and disrupt our democracy. We must meet the new moment ... accelerating global challenges from the pandemic to the climate crisis to nuclear proliferation," said Biden.

Trump angered European and Asian leaders with tariffs, fracturing of global alliances, and threats to withdraw US troops. He did little to push back against a wave of authoritarianism in some countries.

After a Trump-inspired mob attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6, protesting Biden's election win, foreign allies and rivals alike expressed doubts about the health of American democracy.

Biden's speech on Thursday was a full-throated attempt to vanquish those doubts, and convince Americans of the value of a forceful international approach.

"Investing in our diplomacy isn't something we do just because it's the right thing to do for the world," he said. "We do it in order to live in peace, security and prosperity. We do it because it's in our own naked self-interest."

Biden's choice of the State Department as venue for his first big diplomatic address was an important symbol of the value he places in career diplomats, who Trump largely saw as opponents.

"American alliances are our greatest asset. And leading with diplomacy means standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies and key partners once again," Biden said.

Biden in his early days has attempted to repair what he has called the damage to America's standing around the world, rolling back Trump policies. He is working to revive the Iran deal, and renewed US membership in the Paris accord and the World Health Organization.

He challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I made it clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days of the United States rolling over in the face of Russia's aggressive actions, interfering with our elections, cyberattacks, poisoning its citizens, are over," he said.

Trump had initially sought a warm relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping but differences over trade, Hong Kong and what the US military calls Beijing's destabilizing and aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea prompted a rift.

China, which is expanding its military and working to grow its influence around the world, is perhaps Biden's biggest international challenge as he begins his presidency. He called Beijing "our most serious competitor."

"We'll confront China's economic abuses, counter its aggressive, coercive action to push back on China's attack on human rights, intellectual property and global governance. But we're ready to work with Beijing when it's in America's interest to do so," he said.

Not all US allies may be happy at the sharp turn in US foreign policy, including Poland, where Trump once pledged to deploy US troops, or a host of nations that have criticized heavy-handed intervention by Washington in the past.

"We are a country that does big things. American diplomacy makes it happen and our administration is ready to take up the mantle and lead once again," said Biden.

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Pakistan is observing kashmir solidarity day

Pakistan is observing Kashmir Solidarity Day today with renewed commitment to bring the issue to the limelight and express support of the nation to the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under the UN resolutions.

The events will be organised in a novel manner. The aim will be to and highlight the facade behind India's so-called democracy prevailing in Delhi that ripped off the special status of Kashmir on August 5, 2019.

The day was first observed back in 1991 when the entire political leadership of the country unanimously expressed solidarity with the Kashmiri brethren.

Indian forces had unleashed the worst human rights abuses and violence on the innocent Kashmiri people in its aftermath, keeping around eight million people hostage under military siege.

Prime Minister Imran Khan will address a public gathering at Kotli in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), while the Opposition alliance will also hold a rally in Muzaffarabad.

One minute of silence will be observed at 10:00am across the country. Solidarity walks will be arranged in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and four provincial headquarters.

Human chains will be formed at Kohala, Mangla, Holar and Azad Pattan points, linking Pakistan and AJK. Besides different parts of Pakistan, Kashmir solidarity rallies will also be held in the rest of the world.

The Pakistan government has announced a public holiday today.

President, PM urge world to hold India accountable for its crimes
President Arif Alvi and PM Imran Khan have called upon the international community to hold India accountable for its crimes against humanity in Indian Kashmir.

In his message, the president said the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of Kashmiri people is key to durable peace in South Asia.

Calling self-determination one of the fundamental rights codified in the United Nations Charter, he said the denial of this right and subjugation of Kashmiris is the very negation of human dignity.

In his message, PM Imran said Pakistan will remain unshakable in its solidarity with the Kashmiri people until they realise their inalienable right to self-determination.

He reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolute support for the Kashmiri, who continue to be subjected to an inhuman military siege and communications blockade since August 5, 2019.

The prime minister demanded India give access to the international human rights organisations, as well as the international media to investigate the grave human rights situation in the occupied territory.

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