Category انٹرنیشنل

نیویارک(فارن ڈیسک/ وقت نیوز) امریکی ریاست پینسلوانیا میں مل کریک سکول زون کے 500 اساتذہ میں 41 سینٹی میٹر لمبے بیس بال بیٹ تقسیم کئے گئے ۔غیر ملکی میڈیا کے مطابق علاقے کے حکام میں سے ولئیم ہال کے مطابق کسی ممکنہ حملے کے دوران اپنے اور طالبعلموں کا دفاع کرسکنے کے لئے یہ بیٹ ایک آخری حل کے طور پر استعمال لئے جائیں گے ۔ولئیم ہال نے کہا کہ افسوس کے ساتھ کہنا پڑتا ہے کہ ہم ایک ایسی دنیا میں جی رہے ہیں کہ جہاں خود کو اور اپنے بچوں کو بچانے کے لئے ہمیں ایسی چیزوں کی ضرورت پڑسکتی ہے ۔

انٹرنیشنل ڈیسک(ایمرا نیوز)امریکا کی جانب سے اقوام متحدہ کی سلامتی کونسل میں شام میں کیمیائی حملے کی تحقیقات سے متعلق قرارداد پیش کی گئی جسے روس نے ویٹو کردیا۔

سلامتی کونسل میں پیش کی گئی قرارداد کی 12 ممالک نے حمایت کرتے ہوئے امریکا کا ساتھ دیا ، بولیویا نے روس کا ساتھ دیتے ہوئے مخالفت میں ووٹ دیا جب کہ چین نے معاملے کو خود سے دور رکھتے ہوئے ووٹ دینے سے گریز کیا۔

قرارداد کی منظوری کے بعد ہی شام میں کیمیائی حملے کی نئے سرے سے تحقیقات کا آغاز ہوتا۔ ادھر سعودی ولی عہد شہزادہ محمد بن سلمان نے کہا ہے کہ شام میں فوجی کارروائی میں سعودی عرب بھی شامل ہوسکتا ہے

قاہرہ(فارن ڈیسک/ وقت نیوز)مصر میں قبطی مسیحیوں کے کلیساں پر حملے کرنے کے الزام میں داعش کے چھتیں مشتبہ اراکین کو سزائے موت سنادی گئی ہے ۔اپریل دو ہزار سترہ میں قبطی مسیحیوں کی دو مختلف عبادت گاہوں پر کئے گئے خودکش حملوں میں چھیالیس افراد ہلاک ہوگئے تھے ۔اسی طرح ایک حملہ گزشتہ برس دسمبر میں بھی کیا گیا تھا ،جس میں اٹھائیس افراد مارے گئے تھے ۔ان تینوں حملوں کی ذمہ داری داعش نے قبول کرلی تھی ۔

برسلز(انٹرنیشنل ڈیسک/ وقت نیوز)منی کے ڈوئچے بینک کے سی ای او جان کرائین کو برطرف کردیا گیا ہے ۔اس جرمن بینک کے مشاروتی بورڈ نے رات گئے ہوئی ووٹنگ میں کرائین کے ایک نائب کر سٹیان زیونگ کو نیا سربراہ چن لیا ۔ڈوئچے بینک کو گزشتہ مسلسل تین برسوں سے مالی نقصان اٹھانا پڑرہا ہے ،جس کے باعث اس بینک کی ساکھ بھی متاثر ہوئی ہے ۔

ٹوکیو(انٹرنیشنل ڈیسک/ میڈیا 92 نیوز)جاپان کے مغربی حصے میں زلزلے کے جھٹکے محسوس کیے گئے ہیں جس کے نتیجے میں 3 افراد زخمی ہو گئے ۔جاپانی میڈیا کے مطابق زلزلے سے ہیروشیما شہر سے 60 میل دور ہو نشو جزیرہ متاثر ہوا ہے ۔زلزلہ پیما مرکز کے مطابق جاپان میں آنے والے اس زلزلے کی شدت 6 اعشاریہ 1 ریکارڈ کی گئی ہے ،زلزلے کی وجہ سے پیش آنے والے مختلف حادثات کے نتیجے میں 3 افراد زخمی ہوئے ہیں جنہیں طبی امداد کے لیے مقامی ہسپتال منتقل کیا گیا ہے ۔

(ویب ڈیسک/میڈیا 92نیوز)اگر آپ کی بینائی بہت اچھی ہو تو ہر صبح اپنی پتلیوں کو روزانہ چھونے کا معمول سننے میں تو کچھ زیادہ اچھا نہیں لگتا۔ مگر ایک خاتون کو لگتا تھا کہ کچھ عجیب کرنے کا بہت زیادہ شوق تھا اور وہ ہر صبح آئی لینس کو آنکھوں میں لگانا نہیں بھولتی تھیں۔ مگر وہ ایک چیز اور سب سے زیادہ ضروری چیز ضرور بھول جاتیں، وہ تھا کانٹیکٹ لینسز کو آنکھوں سے نکالنا۔

جی ہاں ایک برطانوی خاتون نے ڈاکٹروں کو اپنی اس عادت سے حیران ہی کردیا۔

67 سالہ روپل نامی ڈاکٹر نے بتایا کہ ہم یہ دیکھ کر حیران رہ گئے کہ سترہ کانٹیکٹ لینسز ایک دوسرے کے اوپر چڑھے ہوئے تھے اور جب انہیں اتارا گیا تو معلوم ہوا کہ مزید دس لینسز بھی موجود ہیں، یعنی 27 آئی لینس اس خاتون کی آنکھ پر موجود تھے، اور وہ لگتا تھا کہ انہیں بھول چکی تھیں۔ ان کے بقول ‘ یہ تمام لینس ایک دوسرے میں پھنسے ہوئے تھے اور ہم واقعی حیران رہ گئے کیونکہ مریضہ نے ان کا کوئی نوٹس ہی نہیں لیا حالانکہ اسے بہت زیادہ خارش کی شکایت تھی’۔

اس مریضہ کے آنکھوں میں موتیا کی سرجری ہونا تھی مگر اس سے قبل ڈاکٹروں نے اتنے زیادہ آئی لینس دریافت کیے تو آپریشن کو ملتوی کردیا۔ یہ خاتون 35 سال سے ڈسپوز ایبل لینسز کا استعمال کررہی تھیں مگر کبھی ڈاکٹروں کے پاس جاکر آنکھوں کا معائنہ نہیں کرایا، بلکہ وہ اس مسئلے کو آنکھیں خشک ہونے اور بڑھاپے کا نتیجہ سمجھتی تھیں :-

PESHAWAR:( MEDIA92NEWS)Acting Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court Waqar Ahmad Seth on Friday ordered the transfer of the Kohat medical student Asma Rani murder case, including the bail petitions of her suspected killers, to an anti-terrorism court in Peshawar from Kohat.

The orders were issued on the petition of Asma’s brother, Mohammad Irfan, who claimed that the suspected killers belonged to an influential family of Kohat and therefore, it was impossible for him and his family to pursue the case there.

Justice Waqar ordered that the case and bail petitions of the arrested suspects be transferred to the ATC No 1, Peshawar, which should take them up on Apr 16.

The petitioner said the suspects had brutally gunned down his sister on Jan 27.

The prime suspect in the case, Mujahidullah, had along with his brother, Sadiqullah, allegedly opened fire at Asma Rani after she turned down his marriage proposal.

The prime suspect later fled to the UAE but was arrested after the Interpol issued his red notices on the request of Pakistani government.

He was shifted to Pakistan last month.

Asma had named Mujahidullah as her killer in dying declaration.

Last month, the high court had ordered the transfer of the bail petitions of suspects to the court of Peshawar’s district and sessions judge.

However, as the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act were included in the FIR of the killing, the petitions weren’t heard by the sessions court prompting the petitioner to again move the high court for the transfer of the case to the ATC.

Ghulam Mohiuddin Malik, lawyer for the petitioner, said his client’s sister was a student of third year at the International Medical College, Abbottabad, and on the day of her killing, she had come to Kohat to spend weekend.

He said the suspects were the permanent residents of Kohat and belonged to influential political family as one of their close relative was the district president of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, whereas another was an MNA.

The lawyer said several relatives of the suspects were practicing lawyers and they were also having acquaintance with several other leading lawyers in the city.

He said the petitioner tried to engage a counsel in Kohat but no one accepted his case.

The lawyer said the accused were mighty, influential and possessing great strength in the local area.

“On every hearing, they (suspects) are hostile and come to the court with a large number of supporters putting petitioner and his relatives under pressure. They’ve been creating hostile atmosphere and threatening life of the petitioner,” he said.

After the Asma killing, the Kohat police had arrested the co-accused, Sadiqullah, and reportedly seized a 30-bore pistol used in the crime.

They later held another suspect, Shahzeb, who had allegedly helped Mujahidullah flee to Saudi Arabia.

The police claimed that on Shahzeb’s pointation, they had recovered a motorcycle used in the crime and vehicle used by Mujahidullah to flee.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)(MEDIA92NEWS)on Saturday successfully conducted a mock exercise involving landing a passenger plane at the New Islamabad International Airport.

The flight — which carried members of PIA staff and their families — was aimed at testing the successful landing of a plane and the handling of the passengers by PIA staff, crew, customs, Airport Security Force, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and other relevant agencies.

Flight PK-9001 departed from Benazir International Airport at 1pm and landed at the new airport around 1.30pm.

The flight was scheduled to take off at 12:30pm but was delayed as the boarding process of some PIA pilots and their families took longer than expected.

Flight pattern for PK-9001 — DawnNews TV
The employees’ families, travelling in private cars, were issued special passes and directed to reach the airport by 8:45am, while others were taken to the lounges by PIA employees.

Wheelchairs were arranged for disabled and sick passengers who were boarded on the plane with the help of ambo-lifters.

PIA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Musharraf Rasool Cyan oversaw the exercise.

The airport will be inaugurated formally on April 20 for regular international and domestic flights. The operation of the old Benazir Bhutto International Airport will be transferred to the new airport between April 19 and April 20.

The “Y” shaped new airport is spread over 19 square kilometres with 15 jetties (passenger boarding bridges), including facilities to accommodate two double-decker Airbus A380s, the world’s largest airplane, 15 remote bays and seven remote bays for small aircraft such as ATRs.

It will be the biggest international airport of the country in terms of landing and passenger handling facilities.

For the 15 bays, the same number of lounges have been built to avoid mixing of passengers. The new airport has two runways, each 3.5 km long.

The construction work on the new airport started in April 2007.

The new airport will have five level security systems for baggage check, a food court, mini-cinema, children’s play area and car parking for 2,200 to 2,500 vehicles. Besides the public car parking, a separate car parking has been built for the airport staff.

Five conveyor belts for international arrivals and three for domestic arrivals have been made to facilitate passengers. Passenger lounges are decorated with truck art works.

In its earlier plan, the airport was to have nine bays for parking of aircraft, but the number was later increased to 15.

The airport also has the provision for extensions if required.

China( MEDIA92NEWS)said on Friday it is ready to pay “any cost” in a trade war after US President Donald Trump threatened an additional $100 billion in tit-for-tat tariffs on Beijing.

“If the US side disregards opposition from China and the international community and insists on carrying out unilateralism and trade protectionism, the Chinese side will take them on until the end at any cost,” the commerce ministry said in a statement on its website.

“We don’t want a trade war but we aren’t afraid of fighting one.”

The US on Tuesday published a list of $50 billion in Chinese exports set to be hit by US tariffs because of Beijing’s alleged theft of intellectual property and technology.
China retaliated on Wednesday by announcing plans to impose levies on $50 billion worth of major US exports such as soybeans, cars and small aircraft.

On Thursday, Trump responded to Beijing’s countermeasures by doubling down.

“Rather than remedy its misconduct, China has chosen to harm our farmers and manufacturers,” Trump said in a defiant statement.

“In light of China’s unfair retaliation,” Trump said he had instructed trade officials to “consider whether $100 billion of additional tariffs would be appropriate”.

Trump said he was still open to talks, but only if they were aimed at achieving “free, fair, and reciprocal trade”.

China on Thursday formally launched a World Trade Organization challenge against Trump’s first round of proposed tariffs.

In the text released by the WTO, China’s delegation requested “consultations” with Washington “concerning the proposed tariffs (and) measures that the United States accords to certain goods in various sectors including machinery, electronics, etc. originating in China”.

A “request for consultations” is the first step in a full-blown legal challenge at the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body.

Beijing has also unveiled plans for painful import duties targeting politically-sensitive US exports, including soybeans, aircraft and autos.

‘Dumbest possible way’
None of the tariffs have yet come into effect, but the world’s two largest economies are in a game of chicken that could inflict collateral damage on the global economy.

The prospect of a trade war has sent markets around the world on a rollercoaster ride, with traders seemingly unable to decide if the threat is real or bluster.

As news spread of Trump’s latest threat, stock futures trading pointed to the Dow Jones Industrial Average opening over 400 points down.

This dispute — ostensibly over Beijing’s alleged theft of intellectual property and technology — is just one front in the ongoing trade tussle.

Trump has also threatened to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which would include China.

China responded with proposed tariffs on fresh fruit, pork and recycled aluminium, which accounted for $3 billion of US exports last year.

The United States has dominated the global economy for much of the last century, but this fight comes as China — with its population of 1.4 billion — is starting to challenge US hegemony.

And Beijing has the economic equivalent of a nuclear weapon, holding more than one trillion dollars’ worth of US debt.

Offloading just a portion of that debt could spook bond markets and send America’s cost of borrowing soaring.

Trump repeatedly said during his election campaign that he would get tough with Beijing, but Thursday’s announcement was greeted with barely concealed horror in some circles, even among his own Republican Party.

“Hopefully the President is just blowing off steam again but, if he’s even half-serious, this is nuts,” said Republican Senator Ben Sasse.

“China is guilty of many things, but the President has no actual plan to win right now. He’s threatening to light American agriculture on fire.”

“Let’s absolutely take on Chinese bad behavior, but with a plan that punishes them instead of us. This is the dumbest possible way to do this.”