Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Entering the most difficult phase of operation: COAS
PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Shareef said Tuesday that the state is entering the most difficult phase of the military operation, while speaking at a special provincial Apex committee meeting held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The meeting laid special focus on the return of Temporary Displaced Persons (TDPs), with further discussion on the current progress of ongoing military operations and intelligence-based operations (IBO) being conducted across the urban centers of the country. “We are in the most difficult phase of the operation after successfully evicting terrorists from theirRead More
Supreme Court stays execution of 3 APS attack facilitators
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of three men convicted by military courts for their involvement in the Army Public School attack. The three men — Mohammad Zubair, Ali Rehman and Taj Mohammad — were convicted of facilitating and abetting the deadly attack in Dec 2014 that killed over 140, mostly children. A two-member bench comprising Justice Dost Muhammad and Justice Qazi Faez Isa ordered a stay on the implementation of the military court decision. The families of the convicts had challenged the military court verdict throughRead More
Queen Máxima urges Pakistan govt to improve financial lot of the poor
ISLAMABAD, FEB 09 (DNA) – –Queen Máxima of the Netherlands arrived in Pakistan on a three-day visit today in her role as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).She is visiting Pakistan in support of the implementation of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy. Pakistan launched this strategy in May 2015, in order to increase access to and usage of financial services by all Pakistanis, including those who traditionally marginalized in the formal financial system. “Financial inclusion gives people the means to access savings, insurance andRead More