Friday, May 13th, 2016
PM postpones visit to parliament
ISLAMABAD, 13 MAY (DNA) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif postponed his decision of visiting the assembly today to answer questions posed by the opposition over allegations by the Panama Papers. He will visit the parliament on Monday. The opposition maintains that the prime minister is trying to avoid a confrontation and is not up for accountability. The government however claims that the opposition is only playing politics under the garb of fighting corruption. Earlier, the prime minister had said that the opposition is not making efforts to tackle corruption. “TheyRead More
KCCI optimistic about resolution of EOBI’s dues’ issue
KARACHI, 13 MAY (DNA) – The leadership of Businessmen Group & Office Bearers of the Karachi Chamber have said that KCCI has been in constant touch with the concerned authority to resolve the issue pertaining to EOBI’s abrupt demand to submit outstanding dues of the past three years at revised rate which will hopefully be resolved as per aspirations of the business and industrial community. Meanwhile, Chairman Businessmen Group & Former President KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli, Vice Chairmen BMG and Former Presidents KCCI Tahir Khaliq, Zubair Motiwala, Haroon Farooki andRead More
43 deportees from Saudi Arabia arrive in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, 13 MAY (DNA) – As many as forty three Pakistanis have reached the federal capital on Friday after they were deported by Saudi Arabia. The deportees lost their passports while residing in Saudi. Separately, three passengers were offloaded from a Brazil-bound flight after they were found possessing insufficient funds for travelling and other expenses there. Bilal Ahmed, Muhammad Imran and Arsalan Yaqub did not have hotel bookings either. Another passenger travelling to Malaysia, Abdul Rauf was offloaded as well. On the other hand, at least 500 Pakistani illegal immigrantsRead More