Thursday, July 9th, 2015
PM departs Norway for SCO, BRICS summits in Russia
OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday left Oslo for Ufa, Russia to attend the 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and the 7th BRICS summit. Nawaz is expected to meet with participating leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during the two-day visit. Foreign Office has also confirmed that Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan would be meeting in Russian city Ufa on July 10. “This meeting would have positive impact on bilateral ties, on international level and on regional level,”Read More
NAB arrests PTI provincial minister, 10 others
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Provincial Minister for Mines and Minerals Ziaullah Afridi was arrested on corruption charges on Thursday following a proceeding by the Ehtesab Commission in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The commission claims that the minister was involved in misuse of power for non-transparent leasing of contracts pertaining to land. The charges against him also include illegal recruitment and transfers allegedly made by the minister. In another proceeding by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), former minister and secretary for mines and minerals Nawabzada Mehmood Zeb and Shah Wali respectively, Bannu CommissionerRead More
24 militants including former TTP spokesperson killed in US strike
PESHAWAR: Former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid and 24 other militants were killed in a US drone strike on Thursday. As per reports, Shahidullah Shahid was killed in a US drone strike in Nangarhar province, across the border in Afghanistan.The identity of other militants killed in the strike is yet to be ascertained. Last year, Shahidullah Shahid hailing from Aurakzai Agency parted ways with the TTP and announced his decision to join Islamic State in a video posted online and sent to journalists. Pakistani militants are said to be sheltering inRead More