Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
Telecommunication is a dynamic sector, says President Mamnoon
ISLAMABAD, 19 JULY (DNA) – President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said that the government’s vision for the telecommunication sector is nationally available, affordable and quality telecommunication services that are provided through open, competitive, and well managed markets, for the benefit of the economy and society. The President said this while talking to Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Mr. Houlin Zhao who along with a delegation called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman was also present on the occasion. President Mamnoon stated thatRead More
Thai-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement on cards: envoy
LAHORE, 19 JULY (DNA) – Thailand and Pakistan are holding talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which is likely to be signed by the end of this year. Thailand Ambassador Suchart Liengsaengthong disclosed this in a meeting with LCCI Vice President Nasir Saeed here at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Former LCCI Senior Vice President Mian Nauman Kabir, Executive Committee Members Amjad Ali Jawa, Mian Abdul Razzaq, Raja Adeel Ashfaq, Asad Noor Paganwala, Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim, Shahzad Ahmed, Tariq Mahmood and others were also present. The AmbassadorRead More
Chandelier upkeep project at Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum signed with China
ISLAMABAD, JUL 19 (DNA) – Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong and Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui signed the Implementation Agreement of Chandelier Maintenance Project at Mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Islamabad. Ambassador Sun Weidong said that the Chandelier was presented by Government of China in 1970s. It is the only gift presented by a foreign country at the Mausoleum and has become the historical witness and important icon of the China-Pakistan friendship.
Waseem Akhtar, Anees Qaimkhani detained in Dr Asim case
KARACHI (DNA) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders Waseem Akhtar, Rauf Siddique and Pak Sarzameen Party’s Anees Qaimkhani have been taken into custody after an anti-terrorism court dismissed their bail pleas in a case registered against Dr Asim Hussain and others for treating and sheltering terrorists at Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi. Meanwhile, Abdul Qadir Patel of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) escaped from the courtroom. The accused were earlier given protective bail by the SHC in the case. Karachi‘s mayor nominee Waseem Akhtar declared his detention ‘unconstitutional and unlawful‘. He vowed to file a formal appealRead More
MQM leader Shoaib Bukhari passes away
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and former MPA Advocate Shoaib Bukhari passed away here on Tuesday after a long spell of illness. His namaz-i-janaza will be performed in Liaquatabad area, family sources said. MQM leader Shoaib Bukhari was elected MPA several times since 1992 and was a member of MQM’s Rabita Committee. He was sent to jail in various cases during his political career. At that time of devastating earthquakes in northern areas of the country, Bukhari headed MQM’s welfare organisation — Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation MQM leader Mustafa Azizabadi inRead More
Maoist rebel blasts kill 10 policemen in Indian hills
NEW DELHI: Maoist rebels in India killed 10 police after luring them into a hilly, forested area sewn with booby traps and setting off the bombs, officials said on Tuesday, in what was one of the deadliest attacks this year. Members of an elite police unit were acting on a tip-off that a group of rebels had gathered at the top of a hill in the remote south of Bihar state when they found themselves trapped at lower ground late on Monday, the state’s director general of police, P.K. Thakur,Read More