Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
Afridi to fly out 150 APS students for PSL
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi will fly out 150 Army Public School (APS) students to Dubai to watch the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), the all-rounder announced during a visit to the school on Tuesday. PSL, Pakistan’s franchise-based T20 league, starts next month from February 4 and will feature five teams: Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators. Afridi, one of the league’s icon players and captain of the Peshawar side, distributed his team’s official kit to 30 students hailing from differentRead More
Islamabad police arrested eight outlaws
ISLAMABAD, 26 JAN (DNA) – Islamabad Police have arrested eight outlaws from various areas of the city and recovered snatched cash, wine, hashish as well as weapons from them, a police spokesman said. According to details, Sihala police arrested two accused Khuram Iqbal, Waqas and recovered snatched cash as well as two pistols along with ammunition from their possession. Industrial-Area police arrested Zahid and recovered 1540 cans of beer from him.Karachi Company police arrested Rafaqat and recovered 10 liter wine from him. Anti-car lifting cell of Islamabad police apprehended accuseRead More
SECP introduces complaint drop box facilities
ISLAMABAD, 26 JAN (DNA) – To facilitate investors to lodge complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) swiftly, complaint drop boxes are being provided at Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi), National Clearing Company Limited, Central Depository Company (CDC). The wall mountable complaint boxes are being placed at these offices so that investors wishing to make complaints with the SECP can lodge their complaints using drop box facility. The complaints will be collected by the SECP representative every three days. It is pertinent to mentionRead More
Customs plea for confiscating Ayyan’s passport dismissed
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed customs authorities’ petition seeking court’s intervention to get passport of model Ayyan Ali back, citing lack of jurisdiction. Justice Athar Minallah of the IHC dismissed the petition observing that any decision of customs court in Rawalpindi should go to the relevant appellate court. On November 25, a court in Rawalpindi had directed customs officials to hand Ayyan’s passport back to her. The customs officials had challenged it before the IHC contending the order was not issued following due process of law. InRead More