Friday, January 20th, 2017
PIA becomes first Pakistani airline to fly Boeing 737-800
ISLAMABAD, JAN 20, (DNA) – The two Boeing 737-800 aircraft obtained by Pakistan International Airlines on wet lease from a Turkish operator earlier this week are being put into operation from Friday (today). No other airline in Pakistan is currently using this aircraft, the national airline stated in a press release. The aircraft have been obtained for three months and two more similar aircraft are expected to join PIA’s fleet in the coming weeks, according to the press release. The decision has been taken so that the immediate shortage ofRead More
Sindh CM orders police to launch targeted operation against street criminals
JAN 20, (DNA) – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the provincial police department to launch a “decisive and result-oriented” operation targeted against street criminals and their supporters. The chief minister issued the directive while presiding over a meeting to review the security situation in the metropolis with a particular focus on street crimes. “This must be decisive and result oriented,” he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the chief minister’s spokesperson. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Rizwan Memon, IG Sindh ADRead More
Azerbaijan ambassador Ali Alizada meets CJCSC
RAWALPINDI, JAN 20 (DNA) -Mr. Ali Alizada, Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan, called on General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi. During the meeting, various facets of defence and security relationship between Pakistan and Azerbaijan came under discussion.
Azerbaijan, Pakistan enjoy excellent ties, says ambassador Alizada
ISLAMABAD,JAN 20 (DNA) – Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada has said Azerbaijan and Pakistan enjoy brotherly relations adding after restoration of our independence Pakistan became the third country which recognized the independece of Azerbaijan in 1991. He said Pakistan showed brotherly approach supporting Azerbaijan all these years, didn’t recognizing aggressor country Armenia as a state. The Azerbaijan ambassdor expressed these views while speaking at a seminar “ Black January: from martyrdom to independece of Azerbaijan”. The ambassador furtehr siad, during these years our relations increased to the strategic relations whichRead More
Four tortured bodies found in Karachi
KARACHI, JAN 20, (DNA) -The bodies of four people were found near link road in Steel Town in the city on Friday. According to Malir SSP Rao Anwar the deceased were blindfolded which shows they might have been murdered at a different spot and then thrown in an empty plot. The bodies bore torture marks, he added. There limbs had been cut off and they had been shot at a close range, he said. The bodies have been transferred to a morgue and no claimants have come for them. TheRead More
Saudi Ambassador Abdullah Marzouk Al – zahrani meets Army Chief, Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ
RAWALPINDI, JAN 20 (DNA) – Mr Abdullah Marzouk Al – zahrani, Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ today. Issues of bilateral relations including defence and training cooperation remained focus of the discussion. COAS reassured the Ambassador that Pakistan Army holds the defence of KSA at par with its own.=DNA ==============