Sunday, November 6th, 2016
Retired judge to head leak probe: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: A retired high court judge will head the committee meant to establish the identity of the person who provided information regarding a high-level meeting of top civilian and military officials, held last month. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told a group of reporters on Saturday that the names of proposed members of the inquiry committee had been sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the committee would be formed early next week, private TV channels reported. The minister said that the committee would work in a free andRead More
Hillary to win US election, predicts Hina Khar
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar thinks Hillary Clinton will win the United States presidential election as she is considered more suitable, respected, experienced and sensible candidate for the slot, not only in the US but also in other countries of the world. Donald Trump will lose the election because of his extremism and hatred towards other religious communities—particularly the Muslims, she has predicted. “Though the contest for the US presidential elections appears to be neck and neck between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I am of the viewRead More
Court nod sought for sex change
LAHORE: Mother of a 24-year-old woman has approached the Lahore High Court seeking the court’s permission for her daughter to undergo a sex change surgery as advised by doctors. The mother of the woman, who belonged to Kasur, states in a writ petition that her daughter had started feeling physical changes in her body when she was 14. The petitioner says she began consulting gynecologists after her daughter complained of frequent pain and ‘gender disorder’ became unbearable for her. She said a doctor at the Fatima Memorial Hospital, a privateRead More
ASWJ general secretary , top Shia cleric detained in Karachi
Secretary general of the proscribed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) Taj Hanafi and All Pakistan Shia Action Committee Chief Allama Mirza Yusuf Husain were detained in Karachi, officials said Sunday. According to the Rangers, Hanafi was arrested from Karachi’s Nagan Chowrangi area on Sunday afternoon. An ASWJ spokesman also confirmed that Hanafi, who was to contest the Nov 24 NA-298 by-polls, had been arrested. All Pakistan Shia Action Committee chief Allama Mirza Yusuf Husain was apprehended from his residence in Karachi by police late Saturday night, a Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM)Read More
Oracle seals $9.3 bn NetSuite acquisition
WASHINGTON, (DNA) : US software giant Oracle said Saturday that it has sealed its $9.3 billion acquisition of cloud computing company NetSuite. Oracle said that a majority of shares — 53 percent — owned by eligible stockholders in the vote had been tendered. The acquisition is to be completed Monday, the company said in a statement. The takeover agreement was announced in late July at a price of $109 per share, but it attracted criticism because Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and his family own a major stake in NetSuiteRead More
Trump rushed off stage at rally amid attack fear
RENO, (DNA) : White House hopeful Donald Trump was bundled off stage by security officers Saturday after a gun scare during a campaign appearance in Reno, Nevada. The 70-year-old Republican tycoon reappeared several minutes later to cheers, declaring: “Nobody said it was going to be easy for us, but we will never be stopped, never ever be stopped. “I want to thank the Secret Service. These guys are fantastic. They don´t get enough credit. They don´t get enough credit. They are amazing people.” Just before the fracas, Trump could beRead More