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Pakistan High Court made his decision against Imran Khan

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Diplomat Times(ISLAMABAD) –
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah said on Monday that former prime minister Imran Khan’s disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was only to the extent of the seat he was notified on.

The IHC CJ’s remarks came while hearing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s petition against the ECP’s decision to disqualify him in the Toshakhana (gift depository) reference.

Two days earlier, the ex-premier had approached the IHC, requesting them to declare the ECP’s decision null and void.

During today’s hearing, the IHC asked about the Registrar’s Office objections to the petition. Imran’s lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar informed the court that there were objections regarding Imran’s biometrics and certification of the submitted documents.

Chief Justice Minallah then inquired why the petitioner was in a “rush” for the petition to be heard. To this, the lawyer stated that the PTI chief had to contest elections on a seat in Kurram on October 30, but was now facing problems due to the ECP’s disqualification.

When asked about the section under which the electoral watchdog disqualified Imran, Ali Zafar replied that action was taken under Article 63(1) of the Constitution.

Justice Minallah maintained that Imran was only disqualified to the extent of the seat he was notified on. He furthered that there was no need for hasten the process of hearing the plea, and that the case would be heard once the verdict’s certified copies were presented.

Barrister Zafar again contended that there was an election in Kurram on October 30, in which the party has to participate. CJ Minallah remarked that there was “no problem” with the PTI contesting this election.

The lawyer argued that the IHC should suspend the ECP’s decision.

He maintained that the ECP’s verdict was reserved, then announced and then the commission claimed that the decision “was not signed”.

“Nothing is going to happen in three days,” CJ Minallah said, advising the petitioner to be patient. The court stated that in the past, fake court orders of the IHC were issued and action was taken against them.

Barrister Zafar said that in the prohibited funding case against the PTI, the ECP had changed its decision and that risk still lingered with the current disqualification case.

Justice Minallah highlighted that it “takes some time to issue a decision”, adding that at time it takes the IHC some time to issue notices too.

He furthered that the petitioner had not received a certified copy of the verdict and did not have reason to be in a rush.

“We are in a rush because the stigma is politically damaging,” Imran’s lawyer reiterated.

Virat Kohli of India celebrates winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan

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Diplomat Times (Melbourne) – Former skipper Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 83 as India pulled off a miracle four-wicket victory over Pakistan in a final over thriller at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Melbourne.

Not for the first time – and unlikely to be the last – former skipper Virat Kohli turned back the clock with a brilliant individual knock of 82 from just 53 deliveries that saved the day for India.

Kohli came to the crease in the second over when KL Rahul (4) was undone by Naseem Shah (1/23) and things looked forlorn for India when a fired-up Haris Rauf (2/36) reduced them to 31/3 after the batting Powerplay.But Kohli kept his nerve and, just like he has done so many times previously, expertly guided India home in front of a crowd in excess of 90,000 at the MCG in Melbourne.

Final over thriller has packed crowd on the edge of their seats

India never looked like winning it, but with Kohli and Hardik Pandya at the crease there was always an outside chance they could pull a rabbit out of the hat.There was 31 needed from the last two overs and Kohli hit Rauf for two massive sixes on the final two deliveries of the penultimate over to make the equation 16 from the final six balls.

It was Ravichandran Ashwin who hit the winning for India, sending the final ball of the 20th over to the boundary. As soon as the result of the match was sealed, the entire Indian camp ran into the ground, hugging Virat Kohli.India captain Rohit Sharma event lifted Virat on his shoulders, lauding him for the manner in which he led the team to victory.

Kim Kardashian couldn’t land In Vegas For Birthday

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Diplomat Times (Los Angeles) – Kim kept her 42nd birthday bash going on a ‘party bus’ after they had to return Kylie Jenner’s private jet to Los Angeles.

Kim Kardashian wasn’t about to let a little thing like not being able to land a plane ruin her 42nd birthday! The reality star and makeup mogul took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Oct. 22 to reveal she was taking sister Kylie Jenner’s private jet to Las Vegas to ring in her big day when wind conditions forced her to turn around and land back in Los Angeles. Of course, Kim looked absolutely incredible while making the announcement.

Rocking a glittering silver bikini top, matching joggers and a wide, diamond-encrusted choker, ala Aaliyah, Kim was all smiles despite the inclement weather. And, according to her captions, the plan was to have a birthday dinner at celeb hotspot Carbone and then catch Usher in concert at his Vegas residency. However, the always resourceful mother-of-four made lemonade out of lemons and continued to celebrate herself by taking the shindig mobile on a “party bus” and stopping by In & Out to grab some of their famous burgers.

Kim was celebrating her latest orbit around the sun as a single gal, with her romance with Pete Davidson hitting the skids in August. Meanwhile, her ex Kanye West, whom she filed for divorce from in 2020, reacted to his Kim’s recent reveal that she had sex with Pete in front of a fireplace. The “Gold Digger” rapper went on another inflammatory tirade when he stopped by the Drink Champs podcast on Sunday, Oct. 16, and during it, he brought up Kim’s episode of The Kardashians where she dished on intimate details about her former romance with the comedian. As fans know, Kanye’s rants can be unclear at times, but it also appeared he was connecting the attention around the fireplace anecdote to “Jewish Zionists.”

Xi Jinping elected General Secretary of Communist party of China

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Diplomat Times (Beijing) –

Xi Jinping was elected general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the committee’s first plenary session held on Sunday, according to the communique of the plenary session.

The session, presided over by Xi, was attended by 203 members of the 20th CPC Central Committee and 168 alternate members. Xi was also named chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the session.

The members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee elected at the session are Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi.

Zhao and Wang were members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee. Li Qiang, Cai and Li Xi have served as Party chiefs of municipal CPC committees in Shanghai, Beijing and the Provincial CPC committee of Guangdong Province since 2017. Ding has been director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee since 2017.

Analysts said the new central leadership of the Party with a strong core leadership, demonstrated solid unity, which is a key advantage and essential element for the Party to handle complex challenges and accomplish new great missions in the future, and to withstand “dangerous storms” in a turbulent world together.

Also elected at the first plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee were members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the session, which endorsed the members of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat nominated by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.The session named the members of the Central Military Commission, with Zhang Youxia and He Weidong as vice chairmen. The session approved the secretary, deputy secretaries and members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) elected at the first plenary session of the 20th CCDI.

Why China is growing it’s media influence in Indonesia

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Why China is growing it’s media influence in Indonesia

Jakarta, INDONESIA (DT) – China has expanded its media influence globally to support its growing clout in the world.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, is also a target of Beijing media propaganda due to the former’s strategic location for China’s Belt and Road Initiatives.

Around the world, the Chinese government is dispersing its version of information through content-sharing deals under media partnership, censorship and training of foreign journalists.

China adopts the above strategies to amplify narratives in line with the Chinese Communist Party’s interests, especially in countries where Beijing has high stakes.

Indonesia is no exception and here, China is using at least three media strategies.

Inviting journalists to China and cooperating with Indonesian media


Additionally, in the past few years, China has actively invited foreign journalists to the country to supply them with its own version of information.

In 2019, the Indonesian Journalists Association attended the Belt Road Initiative Journalists Forum conference organized by CCP-affiliated All China Journalist Association (ACJA).

Supported by the China Communications University and China International Radio, the cooperation covers journalist exchange, journalist training, joint reporting and academic activities.

Upon returning, one journalist from Lombok wrote a piece on local newspaper, praising China and its press freedom.

In the same year, following increased protests on China’s repression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Indonesian journalists, along with leaders of the country’s Muslim organisations were invited to China on a choreographed tour to Xinjiang, in which they were taken to only limited parts of the Uyghur camps.

Besides inviting journalists to China, Chinese media entities have also established ties with their Indonesian counterparts to support its content-sharing strategies. This strategy enables Chinese state media contents to circulate widely, reaching Indonesian audiences through local media.

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International Literacy Awards 2022

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International Literacy Awards 2022

New York – The Literacy Awards — established by the Library of Congress and Rubenstein — were first conferred in 2013 to honor and support organizations working to promote literacy both in the United States and abroad. The awards encourage the continuing development of innovative methods for promoting literacy and the dissemination of the most successful practices.

The awards are intended to draw public attention to the importance of literacy and the need to promote literacy and encourage reading. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will make the final selection of the prize winners with recommendations from an advisory board of literacy experts.

Three prizes will be awarded in 2022:

The David M. Rubenstein Prize ($150,000) is awarded for an outstanding and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels. The prize is awarded to an organization based either in the United States or abroad that has demonstrated exceptional and sustained depth in its commitment to the advancement of literacy.
The American Prize ($50,000) is awarded for a significant and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels or the national awareness of the importance of literacy. The prize is awarded to an organization that is based in the United States.
The International Prize ($50,000) is awarded for a significant and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels in a country other than the United States. The prize is awarded to an organization that is based either in the United States or abroad.
Up to 15 additional organizations will be honored for their successful practices in various areas of literacy promotion.

The application rules and a downloadable application form may be accessed here. Applications must be received by 11:59 PM ET on March 4, 2022.

The Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program is administered by the Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office, a unit of the Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement at the Library of Congress.

 

Liz Truss resigns as Britain’s Prime Minister after a 45 days tenure

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Prime Minister Liz Truss has just resigned after being in office for just 45 days — the shortest tenure of any UK PM. The previous record holder, George Canning, died in office after serving 119 days back in 1827. So, yeah. Not great.

Some facts, She is lucky or unlucky : 

  • Two days after Truss becomes PM, Queen Elizabeth II dies.
  • Less than one month into the job, Truss introduces radical fiscal policies, which promptly crash the pound, causing it to fall to a historic low.
  • Truss damages Britain’s economic standing on a global level and brings the country to the brink of a recession, and prompting the Bank of England and the IMF to intervene.
  • On Oct. 20, Truss resigns after 45 days in office, breaking a new record for the shortest tenure of a PM. The UK will soon be onto its third prime minister of 2022.

Trump calls GOP Senate hopeful Joe O’Dea ‘stupid’ over 2024 White House remarks

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Former President Donald Trump blasted Colorado GOP Senate hopeful Joe O’Dea as “stupid” after the candidate suggested the ex-commander-in-chief shouldn’t run for the White House again.

O’Dea also said on CNN Sunday he would “actively campaign against” Trump if he threw his hat in the ring for 2024, which the 45th president didn’t take kindly to Monday with Election Day less than a month away.

Republicans are looking to knock off Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet who has served in the US Senate since 2009.

“There’s this RINO [Republican in Name Only] character in the Great State of Colorado, Joe O’Dea that is running against the incumbent Democrat for the United States Senate, who is having a good old time saying that he wants to ‘distance’ himself from President Trump, and other slightly nasty things,” Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social.

“He should look at the Economy, Inflation, Energy Independence, defeating ISIS, the Strongest EVER Border, Great Trade Deals, & much more, before he speaks. MAGA doesn’t Vote for stupid people with big mouths,” said Trump.

O’Dea didn’t back down Monday, stating he’s his “own man.”

“I’m a construction guy, not a politician,” O’Dea said in his statement, according to CNN.

“President Trump is entitled to his opinion but I’m my own man and I’ll call it like I see it.

“Another Biden, Trump election will tear this country apart. DeSantis, Scott, Pompeo or Haley would be better choices,” he said in reference to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina US Sen. Tim Scott, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former US Ambassador Nikki Haley.

“These elections should be focused on Joe Biden’s failures – supercharged inflation, a broken border, rampant crime, a war on American energy – not a rehash of 2020. America needs to move forward.”

O’Dea panned Trump on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday for not doing enough to calm the violence on Jan. 6, 2021 and stressed the country has to move forward with a handful of “really great Republicans” who could retake the White House in two years.

Big Breaking about Chinese President House arrest ; on Social media

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • BJP’s Subramanian Swamy tweeted about Xi Jinping’s house arrest rumours

  • Some on social media accounts claimed Li Qiaoming has been made China’s President
  • There has been no official confirmation of the news yet

Diplomat Times (Beijing) – There is speculation that Chinese President Xi Jinping is presently under house arrest in Beijing, with many on social media platforms claiming that a new President has been appointed. The allegations come mere days after Xi attended the SCO summit in Samarkand alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders. The manner in which Xi Jinping has shaped his foreign policy has left many in his own party in the lurch. He wanted to run his country and the world with the policy of suppression. The Hong Kong riots sought to exercise muscle power against the freedom of ordinary people. He became unloved by the people of his country while trying to increase his prestige. Muslim people of that country Above the inhumane torture, the action taken with Taiwan in the present time is suicidal. But we have not seen any results in the current Russia Ukraine war. We can guess that the war in Ukraine is moving towards dire consequences. The young soldiers that Xi Jinping has incited for war have no combat experience. the past. The way China was killed by India in the Galvan conflict, P.L.A.There was dissatisfaction in this. Xi Jinping did not give minimum respect to the soldiers.

BJP’s Subramanian Swamy tweeted about Xi Jinping’s house arrest rumors viral .

https://twitter.com/Swamy39/status/1573544718507868160?t=OaHbOyZDrDO-0wFsg004Ow&s=19

Inexperienced Chinese soldier lost his life due to extreme cold on the Indian border. Xi Jinping has been unable to measure India’s strength. Xi Jinping has no trade policy. Imperialist policy was replaced by commercial policy. EO wanted to take over the poor countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka by showing the greed of loans. Xi Jinping was under the suspicion of all countries in the world due to the corona situation. Xi Jinping did not think about how to get out of the country’s economic situation. But he has repeatedly encouraged North Korea against America…. So Xi Jinping himself is responsible for this situation today.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba

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  • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro KulebaOn the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba in New York on Wednesday (21 September 2022)

Diplomat Times (New York) – Secretary General of NATO said the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people in defending their country against Russia’s war of aggression are an inspiration to the world. He stressed that, as President Putin escalates the war, it is even more important that NATO and Allies continue to step up support for Ukraine, in order to uphold its right oelf-defence, enshrined in the UN Charter. Mr Stoltenberg made clear that the partial mobilisation announced by President Putin demonstrates “the war is not going according to plan,” and his nuclear rhetoric was “dangerous and reckless.”

The Secretary General also met the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nathan to discuss international developments and the partnership between NATO and the UAE.

Mr Stoltenberg met Ms Vjosa Osmani of Kosovo to address the current political and security situation in Kosovo. He stressed that the NATO-led KFOR mission remains vigilant and committed to implementing its UN mandate. He also reaffirmed NATO’s support to the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

On Thursday (21 September 2022), the Secretary General met the Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa Al-Khadimi to address regional developments and NATO’s partnership with Iraq. Mr Stoltenberg stated that NATO’s training mission in Iraq (NMI) remains committed to advising the brave Iraqi security forces as they ensure that the terrorist group ISIS does not return.

The Secretary General also met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. They discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine, as well as the recent flare-up of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Secretary General welcomed the dialogue between the two sides and called for sustainable de-escalation.

The Secretary General is also taking part in the transatlantic dinner hosted by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

On Tuesday (20 September 2022), the Secretary General met the Moldovan President Maia Sandu to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and NATO’s support for our partner Moldova. He also met the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, to discuss regional and world developments, the partnership between NATO and Colombia, as well as efforts to address the shared challenge of climate change.