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Pakistanis remarkably tolerant, least racist: Survey -

WASHINGTON, May 18 (APP): Pakistanis are among the most racially tolerant people in the world, despite having less economic development and being located in the region housing some of the least racially tolerant populations, findings of a survey reveal. According to World Values Survey, which has been measuring global attitudes and opinions for decades, only 6.5 percent of Pakistanis object to a neighbor of a different race. In only three of 81 surveyed countries by Swedish economists, more than 40 percent of respondents said they would not want a neighbor of a different race, a report in The Washington Post said citing conclusions of the survey.

Pakistan stresses dialogue, development in terrorist-hit areas to combat scourge of terrorism -

UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (APP): Pakistan Friday called for sharper focus on dialogue and development in terrorist-hit areas, while maintaining military pressure as part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of terrorism. “When terrorists defy the writ of the state, kill civilians, spread terror, they have to be stopped; stopped by the use of force; stopped militarily,” Ambassador Masood Khan told more than 100 delegates attending a Pakistan-sponsored seminar at U.N. Headquarters in New York. “There is absolutely no doubt about that,” the Pakistani envoy said of using military means against terrorists. “But,” he added, “by killing the terrorists, we do not defeat terrorism. To eliminate terrorism, we have to go into the causes and deconstruct the mindset that launches them into terrorism.”

Outgoing Pakistan ambassador Sherry Rehman urges trade, end to drone strikes -

WASHINGTON, May 18 (APP): Pakistan's outgoing ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has said the Pakistan and the United States have improved their ties considerably from a low-point in 2011 but asked Washington to end drone strikes in the tribal areas in order to help put the relationship on sustained upward trajectory. In a farewell speech to a gathering of senior American officials and Pakistani-Americans, Ms. Rehman who resigned from her post this week after May 11 election, also called for using trade as the engine for enhanced bilateral partnership.

Pak to become Chinese Beidou navigation system's fourth overseas user -

BEIJING, May 18 (APP): China's Beidou navigation system is set to increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, with Pakistan expected to become its fourth overseas customer later this month.Huang Lei, international business director of Beijing BDStar Navigation, which helps promote Beidou, or Compass, in the international market, told China Daily the company will build a network of stations in Pakistan to enhance the location accuracy of Beidou. These continuously operational reference stations will be built after the two countries sign a cooperation agreement, which will see Pakistan follow in the footsteps of Thailand, Laos and Brunei in becoming a Beidou customer.

Pakistani artist’s large-scale installation atop Metropolitan Museum’s Roof Garden opens -

NEW YORK, May 17 (APP): Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi’s large-scale site-specific work atop New York’s Metropolitan Museum’s Roof Garden opened Thursday in the presence of a big gathering of art lovers. Qureshi, 41, is known worldwide for his unique style of combining the motifs, symbolism, and ornamental techniques of Islamic art with modern conceptual approaches. The exhibition, Entitled The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, the project represents the artist’s emotional response to violence occurring across the globe in recent decades and his earnest hope for regeneration and lasting peace in the aftermath of man-made disasters. Using the nearly 8,000-square-foot open-air space as his canvas, Qureshi edhas worked areas of his spilled and splattered red acrylic paint into patterns of lush ornamental leaves that evoke the luxuriant walled gardens that are ubiquitous in miniatures of the Mughal court; they also echo the spectacular verdant foliage of Central Park surrounding the Roof Garden.

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Recent spot-fixing scandal has tarnished cricket’s image further: ex-players

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): Former Pakistan cricketers feel that the recent spot-fixing scandal that has rocked ongoing Indian Premier has tarnished the image of the game of cricket. Erstwhile skipper Zaheer Abbas in an interview on Friday said that he was shocked by the scandal involving Indian Test player, Sreesanth and two others—Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. “What worries me is that this apparently is just the tip of the iceberg as far as corruption in cricket is concerned. There have always been fears that the IPL was a soft target for bookmakers but no one took this seriously,” he said.

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UN chief welcomes commission probing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (APP): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the establishment by Myanmar of a 27-member Commission to investigate the recent violence in the country’s state of Rakhine, according to his spokesperson. The move was announced Yangon by President Thein Sein, who earlier rejected UN calls for an independent inquiry.“This Commission is comprised of a representative cross-section of national figures in the country,” the secretary-general spokesperson said in a statement.

“It could make important contributions to restoring peace and harmony in the state and in creating a conducive environment for a more inclusive way forward to tackle the underlying causes of the violence, including the condition of the Muslim communities in Rakhine.”
Recent tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the western state of Rakhine left at least a dozen civilians dead and hundreds of homes destroyed, as well as at least 64,000 people displaced. In a report after a recent visit to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation, said the situation in Rakhine state was serious, and called for a probe into the targeting of Rohingya Muslims by government forces during the clashes, Ban’s spokesperson added that the Commission will “be integral to any reconciliation process” and the United Nations is ready to provide assistance in a “constructive spirit to Myanmar’s reform and reconciliation efforts, and to help that country overcome its imminent challenges.”

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