Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Pakistan expells Bangladeshi diplomat Moushumi Rahman
ISLAMABAD, Jan 06 (DNA): Pakistan has ordered a senior Bangladeshi diplomat to leave the country in what appears to a tit-for-tat move nearly two weeks after Bangladesh had asked Pakistan to withdraw a diplomat.Sources said Wednesday that Pakistan had asked Bangladesh to recall Political Counsellor Moushumi Rahman and head of Chancery at the Bangladesh mission in Islamabad.
Police arrests 4 TTP men planning suicide attack
KARACHI: Four men affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested in Karachi’s posh Defence Housing Authority Phase 1 neighbourhood on Wednesday, Karachi-South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Dr Jamil Ahmed said. Acting on a tip-off from a credible source who claimed that the men were planning a suicide attack, the DIG said police conducted an operation in the area to arrest the four, namely Hanif alias ‘Nadeem Kala’, Ashraf Ali alias ‘Bhaloo’, Rehmat Shah and Zahid Hussain. Police recovered a shopping bag containing ball bearings, suicide jackets and 4Read More
Court indicts Mishi Khan in fraud case
RAWALPINDI: Actress and TV anchor Mishi Khan was indicted in a case of criminal breach of trust by an additional district and sessions court here on Wednesday. In July 2015, Dr Afshan had hired Mishi to run an advertising campaign for her clinic and had paid her Rs450,000 via cheque. Dr Afshan contended the actress had taken the cheque but did not do the campaign. A First Information Report was filed against the actress in Rawalpindi’s New Town police station. Civil judge Kashif Javed Wednesday indicted the actress for criminalRead More
Foreign Office Women body rejects corruption allegations
ISLAMABAD (DNA) -Distortion of Facts Relating to Philanthropic Activities ofvPakistan Foreign Office Women’s Association (PFOWA) by Anchor Mr. Rauf Klasra in a Live Programme on ARY News Channel It would be recalled that TV anchor Mr. Rauf Klasra, in a programme aired on ARY News channel on 24th November 2015, had tried to cast aspersions on the philanthropic activities of Pakistan Foreign Office Women’s Association (PFOWA). The allegations were rejected by PFOWA as baseless and unfounded, in a press release issued on 25 November 2015.