Monday, June 22nd, 2015
France denounces Taliban attack on Afghan parliament
PARIS, June 22 (DNA): France condemned the Taliban’s attack on Afghanistan parliament and reiterated its support to promote democracy in Kabul, a government official said on Monday.At an electronic press briefing, Romain Nadal, the French foreign ministry’s spokesman, stressed Paris’ solidarity with Afghan authorities and people in their fight against terrorism.
Death toll in Karachi heatwave rises to 211
KARACHI, 22 JUNE (DNA) – Karachi is still in the grip of devastating heatwave as the death toll has risen to two hundred and eleven over the past forty-eight hours. According to Joint Executive Director of Jinnah Post Medical Center Seemi Jamali, most of the victims were men aged fifty or more. PM expresses deep grief over deaths in Karachi Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the deaths caused by severe heat in Karachi. In a statement, he said those hospitalized should be given bestRead More
Interior Ministry to carry out registration of all NGOs
ISLAMABAD, 22 JUNE (DNA) – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said registration, monitoring and security clearance of all NGOs (Non-Governmental Organization) would now be done by the Interior Ministry. Talking to media in Islamabad on Monday, he said the decision has been taken by the Prime Minister in the light of a report prepared by a Committee headed by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Syed Tariq Fatemi. The Minister said the registration of NGOs would be now online in a transparent manner. He said there would beRead More
Kabul: District of Kundoz fall to Taliban, forces kill 57
KABUL, 22 JUNE (DNA) – Afghan forces have killed 57 insurgents in newest military operations across the country, Ministry of Defense announced on Monday. A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense states that security forces killed these militants in Qarabagh District of Ghazni province, Nijrab District of Kapisa, Surab, Dehrawoud and Charchino districts of Urozgan, Gizab and Gujran districts of Daikundi, Naish and Panjwai districts of Kandahar and Kajaki and Khanashin districts of Helmand province in past 24 hours. The statement further states that two soldiers from Afghan NationalRead More
Pull factors’ can help re-integrate Afghans returning from Pakistan: Sartaj
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday suggested that with the support of the international community, United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) should assist the Afghan government in creating pull factors inside Afghanistan which would be helpful in the re-integration of Afghans returning from Pakistan.The message was conveyed to visiting UNHCR chief António Guterres by Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz during their meeting in Islamabad.
Heatwave devastates Karachi, other parts of Sindh; at least 136 dead
KARACHI: Despite the Met office’s academic conclusion about Karachi’s weather sliding down a notch, a devastating heatwave gripping Sindh for several days has taken a toll of at least 136 people in the province — 132 only in the metropolis. Most of them were pronounced dead at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), officials said on Sunday.They said 85 of the people who had suffered heatstroke were either brought dead or died in JPMC. Thirty people died in the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) on Saturday night and Sunday, nine inRead More