Sunday, January 29th, 2017
DSP’s daughter ‘shot’ dead mysteriously in Shikarpur
SHIKARPUR, JAN 29, (DNA) – The daughter of a District Superintendent Police (DSP) was on Sunday found dead with gunshot wound sunder mysterious circumstances. However, the situation turned after her father Anwar made the bizarre statement that his daughter was killed by ghosts and their house was haunted. According to our correspondent, another daughter of the DSP named Kianat was also killed under mysterious circumstances three days ago. The family was observing the three-day mourning period when another daughter was also found dead under similar circumstances. She was rushed to hospital inRead More
Germany’s Finance Minister admits ‘mistakes’ in refugee policy
JAN 29, (DNA) – Germany made mistakes with an open-door policy that saw more than a million migrants enter Germany over the past two years, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble acknowledged on Sunday, but he said Berlin was trying to learn from those missteps. “We have tried to improve what got away from us in 2015,” Schaeuble told the newspaper Welt am Sonntag. “We politicians are human; we also make mistakes. But one can at least learn from them.” Schaeuble is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats, who haveRead More
Palestinian president to visit Pakistan on Jan 30: Foreign Office
ISLAMABAD, JAN 29, (DNA) – President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will arrive here on Monday on a three-day visit. President Abbas will be accompanied by a seventeen-member delegation including five ministers. It would be his third visit to Pakistan as he had previously been to Pakistan in 2005 and 2013. During the visit the Palestinian President will have one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif followed by delegation level talks, according to a press release of the Foreign Office on Sunday. The President of Palestine and theRead More
Tennis: Federer wins Nadal thriller to clinch 18th Slam
MELBOURNE, JAN 29, (DNA) – Roger Federer was in tears as he won a thrilling, five-set Australian Open final against his great rival Rafael Nadal to clinch a record-extending 18th Grand Slam title on Sunday. Federer won 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in three hours 38 minutes on Rod Laver Arena to move four major titles ahead of Nadal and Pete Sampras on the all-time winners´ list. The Swiss marvel also became the oldest man in the post-1968 Open era to win a major final since Australia´s Ken Rosewall at theRead More
‘Hara Punjab Bhara Punjab’ campaign starts in Lahore
LAHORE, JAN 29, (DNA) – Under Punjab’s Agricultural Department, ‘Hara Punjab Bhara Punjab’ campaign has been initiated from Lahore. The motive behind this campaign is to provide awareness to masses about agriculture and to streamline the importance of the field. Provincial minister for Agriculture Naeem Akhtar Bhabha and Secretary Agriculture Captain (redt) Muhammad Mehmood are taking keen interest in the matter. The duo said that Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif is making efforts in this regard and trying to induce restoration of subsidy on fertilizer. The CM Punjab said to PrimeRead More
Imran says he will accept SC decision in Panama Leaks case
SAHIWAL, JAN 29, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that they will accept Supreme Court’s decision in Panama Leaks case. However, he added that the alleged corruption of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will not be accepted. Addressing a rally in Sahiwal, Imran Khan said that country’s biggest problem is the corruption of politicians, adding that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police was free from political pressure. He said that instead of finding new gas reserves in the country, the government was importing gas from Qatar. Imran Khan said thatRead More