Friday, December 16th, 2016
National Census to start from 15 March 2017
ISLAMABAD (DNA) -CCI agreed on Friday to start census on the 15th march 2017 . House listing and census operation may be carried out in one go . census may be held in two phases, each phase may be carried out in all the province’s simultaneously. CCI approved national forest policy in principle and directed the minister of climate change to sit with the provincial governments to ensure no encroachment on provincial powers is made . The national forest policy will enable the federal government to provide technical and financialRead More
Foreign Office summons Indian DHM JP SINGH
The Director General (SA & SAARC), Dr. Mohammad Faisal, summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. J.P. Singh today (16 December 2016) and strongly condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations and targeting of a school van, on 16 December 2016, by the Indian occupation Forces on the LoC, in Nikial sector, resulting in shahadat of 1 innocent civilian and injuries to 4 school children. He stated that the deliberate targeting of civilians, villages and civilian transport and a school van is condemnable and contrary to human dignity as well as internationalRead More
“They went to school and never came back” – nation remembers APS martyrs on second anniversary
KARACHI, DEC 16, (DNA) – The brazen militant attack on Army Public School, Peshawar, in December 2014 brings back haunted memories of the deadliest day that claimed over 150 innocent lives, mostly children, and nation remembers the martyrs in mourning on second anniversary of the attack. More than 150 lives were lost in the Peshawar school massacre of December 16, 2014, the deadliest extremist attack in Pakistan’s history. Two year on, those who survived now study in the same rooms where they huddled in terror as their classmates fell around them.Read More
APS attack: France stands in solidarity with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (DNA) -Two years to this day, on 16th December 2014, the Army Public School (APS) of Peshawar was targeted by a vicious terrorist attack that claimed over 140 lives, mostly young students. On this sad occasion, the Ambassador of France in Pakistan and all the French Embassy staff present once again their sincere condolences to the families of the victims. Our hearts and minds are with them. France stands alongside the Pakistani people and its government in their fight against all acts of terrorism.
Pakistan aims to build comprehensive relations with Trump administration
WASHINGTON, DEC 16, (DNA) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi conducted a media briefing on his current visit to the US at the Pakistani Embassy on Thursday. In his opening remarks, Fatemi said that the primary purpose of his current official visit to the US was twofold, to touch base with the outgoing US Administration by reviewing progress in the current bilateral relations and forge links with the new US Administration that will assume office in Jan, 2017. Fatemi highlighted the tremendous sacrifices renderedRead More