Sunday, May 1st, 2016
PTI leaders seek clarification of PM’s offshore companies
LAHORE, May 01 (DNA): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen on Sunday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had left four days to give clarification for offshore companies revealed by Panama Papers. “I myself have sent money abroad but through legal channels and I have clarified all my accounts. Now it is Mian Sahib’s turn,” he said while talking to media at Zaman Park in Lahore during preparation for PTI public gathering today and making political ground suitable for Chairman PTI Imran Khan. He said the important thing was that howRead More
Govt to overcome gas loadshedding in next two years: Minister
ISLAMABAD, May 01 (DNA): Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the government is importing Liquefied Natural Gas as per country s requirement to cater to the consumers demand. Talking to media after having a meeting with All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) in Lahore, he said that gas pipelines are being upgraded to ensure smooth supplies. The Minister said 450 mmcfd LNG was being added in the SNGPL system that increased gas availability by 43 percent. He said government will overcome gas loadshedding during next two years. He saidRead More
CM says Sharif family has voluntarily offered for accountability
LAHORE, May 01 (DNA) – Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that those with written-off loans are also holding offshore companies. Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, Shehbaz Sharif said that every corrupt leader would be presented before judiciary. He said that Shehbaz Sharif would never get tired but Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan would step back. The minister also termed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as a ‘kid’ and alleged that a mega corruption accusation had already been surfaced against his father AsifRead More
Taliban’s deadliest attack derails Pakistani efforts for Afghan peace
BEIJING, May 01 (DNA) – The Afghan Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul on April 19 that killed 64 people and injured nearly 375 has thwarted fresh efforts by Pakistan to broker peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent group, Chinese media has reported. Pakistan’s efforts had initially convinced the Taliban to send a delegation of key political negotiators from their office in Qatar primarily for a meeting with Afghan officials. However, Kabul refused to meet with them as the lethal attack changed the mood in the war-torn country.Read More
Talks underway with U.S. to end deadlock in F-16 sale: FO
ISLAMABAD, May 01 (DNA) – Pakistan officials have said the country is involved in discussions with the United States to get F-16 fighter planes though the Obama administration was forced to halt the financial aid to Pakistan to purchase the aircraft. Despite the U.S. administration’s support on F-16s for Pakistan, American lawmakers at a recent meeting of a subcommittee of the Congress foreign affairs panel objected to using taxpayers’money to fund the sale, according to reports. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had stopped funding theRead More