WASHINGTON, DEC 21, (DNA) – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month. Obama used a 1950s-era law called the Outer Continental Shelf Act that allows presidents to limit areas from mineral leasing and drilling. Environmental groups said that meant Trump’s incoming administration would have to go court if it sought to reverse the move. The ban affects 115 millionRead More

KARACHI, DEC 21, (DNA) – Corps Commander Karachi Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza met Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday. During the meeting strategies to continue operation against terrorism were discussed, a spokesman confirmed. It was discussed that law and order had improved due to the Karachi Operation. On Tuesday, Corps Commander Karachi met Sindh Governor Justice (Retd) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui. During the meeting the ongoing operation in Karachi, and law and order situation in the province came under discussion, a Governor House spokesman said. The governor said that sacrificesRead More

LAHORE, DEC 21, (DNA) – A speeding truck hit a motorbike on Wednesday at Raiwand Road killing two students. According to police, three students of a private university were riding a motorbike at Raiwand Road when a truck hit them from the back and ran over them. Two of them Shahnawaz and Sabir died on the spot, while a third Rashid was critically injured. The injured has been transferred to the Jinnah Hospital. Among those killed, one student is from Sheikhupura, while the other is from Gujranwala. Police arrested the driver.=DNARead More