Thursday, December 29th, 2016
Pakistan will announce strategy if India violates Indus Waters Treaty: FO
ISLAMABAD, DEC 29, (DNA) – Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said Pakistan was closely watching the evolving situation of Indian water aggression and it would announce its strategy in case of any violation of Indus Waters Treaty. “Pakistan has emphatically stated that Indus Waters Treaty cannot be altered or suspended unilaterally,” he said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad while underlining that no country could abrogate the treaty. He said we will assess India’s activities within the framework of the Indus Waters Treaty. Nafees Zakaria said that arbitration mechanismRead More
FBR raids Ansari Sugar Mills in Tando Muhammad Khan
HYDERABAD, DEC 29, (DNA) – Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) team raided the office of Ansari Sugar Mills in Tando Muhammad Khan on Thursday. The FBR team rummaged through the sales tax and income tax records of the company and took the records in its custody, the sources said. The team found irregularities in the tax records of the company and a special team has been formed for further investigation, the sources informed.=DNA ==============
Russia announces ceasefire in Syria from midnight
ANKARA, DEC 29, (DNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire between Syrian opposition groups and the Syrian government starting at midnight on Thursday. The Kremlin statement came after Moscow, Iran and Turkey said they were ready to broker a peace deal in the nearly six-year-old Syrian war. The Syrian army announced a nationwide halt to fighting but said Daesh and ex-Nusra Front militants and all groups linked to them would be excluded from the deal. It did not say which unnamed groups would be excluded. Several rebel officials told ReutersRead More
Groundbreaking ceremony held for third Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital
KARACHI, DEC 29, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the third Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital in DHA City. While addressing the ceremony Khan recalled how difficult it was for him when his mother was battling cancer and the expenses faced for treatment abroad. He shared how difficult it was to raise the funds for the first hospital and lauded the efforts of all those who helped realize that dream. Khan recalled how according to him, the Punjab government tried to establish aRead More
PM Nawaz writes letter to Sushma Swaraj, wishes her speedy recovery
DEC 29, (DNA) -Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday wrote a letter to Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and wished her speedy recovery, following her kidney transplant surgery earlier this month. The letter by PM Nawaz Sharif is being referred to as a goodwill gesture. The premier also expressed wish for talks between the two neighbouring countries to resolve bilateral issues, according to Indian media reports. Swaraj went through a kidney transplant on December 10 after facing acute kidney failure. The Indian External Affairs Minister also has been diabetic sinceRead More
Pakistan winning war against terrorism: British magazine
DEC 29, (DNA) – Pakistan is making impressive strides in its war against terrorism leading to a significant drop in violence during the last three years, a British magazine said on Thursday. The report published by The Spectator noted that operation Zarb-e-Azb and the operation in Karachi had led to Pakistan being safer today than ever since the US-led 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. “Violence has not just dropped a bit. It is down by three quarters in the last two years. The country is safer than at any point since George W. BushRead More