Monday, January 2nd, 2017
France to boost trade ties with Pakistan
Rawalpindi: Pakistani business community and traders should ensure maximum exports to France and other European Union countries through France by taking full advantage of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status. Pakistan has great potential to expand business relations with France. The bilateral trade volume needed to be enhanced. This was stated by Philippe Fouet head of economic department at France embassy in Pakistan during his visit to the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) here on Monday. While talking to the RCCI President Raja Amer Iqbal heRead More
Muslim taxi driver attacked in England
DERBY, January 02 (DNA): A 50-year-old Muslim man named Shahid Iqbal was beaten in the city of Derby, England, by a couple who appears to be English. According to Iqbal, woman passenger in his taxi grabbed the steering wheel while refusing to pay a fare of 7 pounds. In fact, the woman asked him to give £80 for her domestic needs which he declined immediately. Just when he tried to call the police, woman bit his arm and slapped him on the face. Iqbal told that he was beatenRead More
Orange Line metro case: Judge recuses himself, hearing adjourned for unspecified period
ISLAMABAD, JAN 02, (DNA) – Hearing for the Orange Line metro project adjourned for an unspecified time as one of the judges in the bench, Justice Hani Muslim recused himself from the case citing ‘personal reasons’. On Saturday, Justice Amir Hani Muslim also backed out of a bench hearing the Panama Leaks case. A five-member bench headed by the former Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali began hearing the Orange Line metro case, after the Punjab government filed an appeal in the apex court over a Lahore High Court decision, asking themRead More
Cartwright to debut, O’Keefe in as second spinner in third Pakistan Test
JAN 02, (DNA) – All-rounder Hilton Cartwright will make his debut for Australia in the dead rubber third test against Pakistan in Sydney on Tuesday, with left-armer Steve O’Keefe returning to the side as a second spinner alongside Nathan Lyon. Cartwright, who has a batting average close to 45 in first class cricket, can also bowl medium pace and replaces Nic Maddinson in the side after the left-hander scored just 27 runs in his four innings in the series. Captain Smith said 24-year-old batting all-rounder Cartwright had improved his bowling considerablyRead More
Sindh CM Murad chairs 18th apex committee session
KARACHI, JAN 02, (DNA) – The 18th apex committee session led by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah began on Monday. Sindh Police IG A.D. Khawaja, Corps Commander Karachi Lieutenant General Shahid Baig and Director General Rangers Major General Mohammad Saeed also took part in the meeting. Senior ministers including Nisar Khuhro, Maula Bakhsh Chandio and Murtaza Wahab are also attending the session.=DNA =============
Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif arrives in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah
JAN 02, (DNA) – Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General (retd) Raheel Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday where he will perform Umrah. General (retd) Raheel Sharif is in Saudi Arabia on a special invitation by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz.