ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 (DNA): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday inaugurated the Pakistan-China Friendship Tunnels, which have been constructed by China over the Attabad Lake in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hunza valley.It has been rebuilt to restore the part of the road that had submerged causing creation of a lake known as Attabad Lake due to landsliding in January 2010.The seven-kilometer long five tunnels are part of 24-kilometer long portion of the reconstructed Karakorum Highway.  Two big bridges and 78 small bridges have also been constructed on the rebuilt road.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday demanded “third-party independent inquiries on mega corruption scams in Punjab” and invited all federal agencies (Rangers and NAB) to begin crackdowns against corruption in Punjab and “even in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” where his own party rules.“Agencies should come to Punjab, and even KP to clean what we have been unable to.”“But it is more important than even to cleanse Punjab because the biggest scams will be found there,” said Imran. Imran Khan went on to say that these mega corruption scandals hadRead More

ISLAMABAD: Instead of sending cases of juvenile terrorism suspects, detained at internment centres, to military courts, the federal government has asked for proof of their age before making the final decision.The government’s interest in determining the age of the suspects is a result of a recent Peshawar High Court (PHC) decision, in which the death sentence awarded to juvenile Haider Ali by a military court was suspended.The order against Ali’s conviction was issued by a bench consisting of Justice Mussarat Hilali and Justice Younas Taheem, on the petition of theRead More