Sunday, May 29th, 2016
Serving humanity mission of PML-N govt: Marvi Memon
FAISALABAD, 29 MAY, (DNA) – Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memon on Sunday said the PML N government believed in serving the humanity. “We are committed to conduct a comprehensive poverty survey of deserving families under the (BISP) in addition to making arrangements for provision of reasonable sustenance to them during our tenure”, she said while addressing a gathering of local bodies representatives, notables and beneficiaries of the BISP at Ghausia Park here. She said the PML N’s policy was to provide the best possible facilities to theRead More
Special prayers offered at churches for PM early recovery
LAHORE, 29 MAY, (DNA) – Special prayers were held in several churches of provincial capital on Sunday for health of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. The worshippers prayed for early recovery of the prime minister and for the prosperity of the country. In this connection, Pastor Anwar Fazal alongwith Pastor Shaukat Fazal, Pastor Munwar Fazal, Sister Nida Anwar and Pastor Imran conducted prayer for the early recovery of the prime minister in the Sunday Service at Eternal Life Church, Kot lakhpat. A large number of Christian men, women and childrenRead More
PPP condemns Bhutto bashing by PML-N ministers
KARACHI, 29 MAY, (DNA) – Media Cell Bilawal House has condemned some Federal Ministers for trying to outsmart each other over Bhutto-bashing and posing themselves as replacement at a moment when their leader and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was awaiting for an open-heart surgery amid prayers by opponents including PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and others. Federal Ministers Pervaiz Rashid, Khawaja Saad Rafiq and Abid Sher Ali targeted Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in their speeches yesterday and portrayed themselves as if it were they who train the fish how toRead More
Pakistan officially confirms Afghan Taliban chief killing
ISLAMABAD, 29 MAY, (DNA) – Pakistan on Sunday officially confirmed the man died in a recent U.S. drone strike in Balochistan was Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. Akhtar Mansoor, who had been living in Pakistan as Muhammad Wali, was killed in the drone strike in Noshki district as he crossed the border from Iran on May 21, officials said. “It has now been formally confirmed that the man who was killed in the U.S. drone attack in Balochistan was the former chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Afghanistan, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor”Read More
American officials charged for drone strike killing Taliban leader
QUETTA, 29 MAY, (DNA) – America officials were charged in a case against the US drone attack in Balochistan that killed the Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, on May 21, police said on Sunday. Muhammad Qasim, brother of the cab driver, Muhammad Azam, who died in the strike in Noshki district registered the First-Information Report. The report called for action against the American officials. No official was mentioned by name in the FIA, police said, adding that action has been sought against those Americans who had admitted the droneRead More
Imran Khan holding sit-ins to destroy economy: Rashid
MUZAFFARABAD, 29 MAY, (DNA) – Federal minister for information Pervaiz Rashid on Sunday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan wants to destroy economy by inciting the people to take part in sit-ins. Talking to media in Muzaffarabad, Pervaiz Rashid lashed out at Imran Khan and said that he conspired against the democratic government in thenery first year of its tenure by staging sit-in in Islamabad. We want to bring happiness and prosperity in the country but Imran Khan only wants to spread anarchy, he added. He said PTI’sRead More