Thursday, August 18th, 2016
Eleven militants killed in Khyber Agency airstrikes: ISPR

PESHAWAR: At least 11 militants were killed as a result of a joint aerial and ground operation in different parts Khyber Agency, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. A statement issued by the ISPR said eight militant hideouts were also destroyed during the operation, which was conducted in Babar Kachkol, Toor Sapar and adjoining areas of Khyber Agency. This claim, however, could not be independently verified as journalists do not have access to most parts of the restive agency. Khyber and North Waziristan are among Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribalRead More
PM to “forcefully” highlight Kashmir issue at UNGA session: FO

ISLAMABAD, 18 AUG (DNA – Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will “forcefully” present Pakistan’s stance on the state-terrorism in Indian-held Kashmir at the upcoming session of UN General Assembly in New York next month, the Foreign Office said Thursday. “The Prime Minister is going to take this issue very forcefully at the UN platform,” Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said in a weekly press briefing, here at Foreign Office. The Spokesman said Pakistan always raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the annual UNGA session and mentioned Nawaz Sharif’s speech duringRead More
Amir Khan inaugurates water, power facilities in Tharparkar

THARPARKAR, 18 AUG (DNA) – Pakistani-origin British boxer, Amir Khan has inaugurated a potable water supplying facility and announced construction of a healthcare facility for the residents of drought-hit area, reported Thursday. Khan visited Tharparkar along with his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, where they were welcomed by the locals. According to Additional Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Hussain Baloch, the Bolton star had promised the government of support in its efforts to better lives of those living in Tharparkar. While talking to the media, Khan appreciated provincial government’s efforts to provide as manyRead More
President Xi calls for advancing belt and road initiative

BEIJING, August 18 (DNA): Chinese President Xi Jinping on has called for steady advance of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative to benefit people along the routes.The Belt and Road Initiative should help promote policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and mutual understanding among the people, Xi said at a symposium on the initiative held in Beijing. Priority areas for the initiative include building a platform to advance cooperation as well as a green, healthy, intelligent and peaceful Silk Road, Xi said.
‘Turn over Malik Fahad murder case to Sindh police,’ Shah challenges Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Thursday challenged Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar to turn over the Malik Fahad murder case to the Sindh police, saying it would be solved within a week. Former Senate chairman Mohammad Mian Soomro’s nephew Malik Fahad was killed in an armed clash on Monday while attempting to mediate between two parties. Khursheed Shah lambasted Nisar’s ‘Safe Cities’ project which was launched in the capital in June, furious that a murder took place despite the much-lauded project and thousands ofRead More
UN offers to send fact-finding missions to Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has offered to send fact-finding missions to both India-held Kashmir (IHK) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the Foreign Office (FO) spokesman said Thursday. FO Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said Pakistan was open to the idea of UN high commissioner visiting AJK. “AJK is an area open to everyone and is frequented by foreign tourists and members of the diplomatic community in Pakistan, including representatives of the United Nations,” Zakaria said. “The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) hasRead More