Monday, January 16th, 2017
General Joseph L. Votel, Commander US meets General Zubair Mahmood at Joint Staff Headquarters
RAWALPINDI, JAN 16: General Joseph L. Votel, Commander US CENTCOM, called on General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi. Matters of mutual interest with emphasis on geo-strategic environment were discussed during the meeting Commander CENTCOM acknowledged the role played by the Pakistan Armed Forces in fighting the menace of terrorism.=DNA ===============
PM forms committee for clearance of Indian movies
ISLAMABAD, JAN 16, (DNA) -Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday formed a special committee for the clearance of Indian movies to be screened in the country. According to sources, the committee would include Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Advisor to Prime Minister Irfan Siddiqui, Film Censor Board chairman Mubashir Hasan and a representative from an intelligence agency. They said that Secretary Commerce Azmat Ranjha would serve as the Secretary of the committee which would be responsible regarding the clearance of Indian movies to be screened throughoutRead More
Saudi to launch $30-50bn renewable energy programme soon: minister
Saudi Arabia will launch in coming weeks a renewable energy programme that is expected to involve investment ranging between $30 to $50 billion by 2023, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday. Falih, speaking at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi, said Riyadh would in the next few weeks start the first round of bidding for projects under the programme, which would produce 10 gigawatts of power. In addition to that programme, Riyadh is in the early stages of feasibility and design studies for its first two commercialRead More
Pakistan supports Afghan-led peace process, says General Bajwa
RAWALPINDI, JAN 16, (DNA) – General Joseph L Votel, Commander United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ today. Matters of mutual professional interest with special focus on security situation in Afghanistan were discussed. COAS highlighted the importance Pakistan accords to its relations with US, particularly cooperation in counter-terrorism and regional stability. COAS said that Pakistan supports and looks forward to an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process. With reference to recent terrorist incidents in Afghanistan and follow upRead More
Pakistan to respond with full force in case of Indian surgical strikes: Asif
JAN 16, (DNA) -Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday reiterated in the Senate that Pakistan’s armed forces would respond with full force if India tried to carry out any surgical strikes inside Pakistan. Asif, in a fiery speech, said that if India dared to carry out surgical strikes inside Pakistan, a befitting response would be meted out, making India forget any claims of false strikes. He also said that India’s past claims of surgical strikes were found to be baseless and false. Asif claimed that the Kashmiri struggle for freedom,Read More
Milk from only 2 out of 200 companies safe for drinking
ISLAMABAD, JAN 16, (DNA) -Only two out of 200 milk companies surveyed by government officials have been declared safe to drink. The figures were revealed on Monday by officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan Standards and Quality Control during a briefing to Standing Committee of the Senate. The officials said that in October last year, they had been given the task of checking the quality of milk. Of them they found only one company in Karachi delivering safe milk to consumers. The committee asked officials to submitRead More