Pakistan to send astronaut into space

e said the collaboration of Pakistan and India in the fields of science and technology could prove fruitful for the region. Fawad said Pakistan was the second in Asia after the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which had sent its rocket into the space in 1963.The Pakistan Space Science Education Centre was playing an important role for the promotion of space sciences in the country, he added. Last year, Pakistan launched two indigenously-built satellites into the orbit, using a Chinese launch vehicle.The satellites were launched onboard the Chinese Long March (LM-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre located at the Gobi desert, China, The Express Tribune reported.One of them was a remote sensing satellite a dual-purpose Earth observational and optical satellite. The second test satellite launched was a PAK-TES-1A to enhance satellite manufacture capabilities in the country. Sindh riot arrestsPolice in Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday registered three cases against 218 rioters for vandalising properties, including a temple, after a school principal from the minority Hindu community was booked on charges of alleged blasphemy, according to media reports. Widespread protests erupted in Ghotki district on Sunday after an FIR was filed against the principal of Sindh Public School on the complaint of Abdul Aziz Rajput, a student's father who claimed that the teacher had committed blasphemy by his anti-Islam remarks.Following the riots, protesters demanded the police to arrest the principal, who was identified as Notan Mal. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/novemdecem

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