Monday, January 30th, 2017
Austria to ban face veil in public places
VIENNA, JAN 30, (DNA) -Austria plans to ban the Muslim face veil in public places, the centrist coalition government said on Monday as it announced a package of policies aimed at countering the growing appeal of the far-right Freedom Party. The FPO has topped opinion polls for months, boosted by Europe’s migrant crisis and the influx of large numbers of often Muslim asylum seekers, and last month its candidate came close to winning Austria’s presidential election. With a parliamentary election due next year, Chancellor Christian Kern of the center-left SocialRead More
Bhutto tried to mediate Arab-Israel war: CIA document
JAN 30, (DNA) – Former president of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had tried to mediate the Arab-Israel war, according to the declassified document of United States’ Central Intelligence Agency. According to the document, Bhutto visited the Arab countries as a mediator to end the war. He did so on request of the then US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger. The document states Bhutto had visited the Arab countries, Iran and Turkey, but did not get a positive response from the then king of Saudi Arabia, Shah Faisal, and other leadersRead More
Brave driver risks life to save 15 school children
MIRPURKHAS, JAN 30, (DNA) – A fire-brigade driver is being hailed as a hero after he intentionally crashed his own vehicle to save 15 school children from a fatal accident in Mirpur Khas. According to details, a qingqi rickshaw carrying school children, suddenly drove in front of a fire tender on the road. Muhammad Yaqoob, the driver of fire tender, demonstrated mental alertness and crashed his own vehicle into pavement to save children. The fire-brigade vehicle turned turtle and driver Muhammad Yaqoob and firefighters Abdul Rashid and Ibrahim Sheedi sustainedRead More
Infrastructure projects backbone for growing economy: PM
ISLAMABAD, JAN 30, (DNA) – Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday said the infrastructure projects were the backbone of a growing economy and essential for facilitating masses. He was chairing a high-level meeting which reviewed the progress of new Islamabad international airport project and its allied infrastructure. Secretary Aviation Division Irfan Elahi informed that 95 per cent work on the airport terminal building had been completed and during March this year all civil works would be completed. Thereafter, the facility would undergo extensive testing to conform with the international standardsRead More
Regulatory authority recommends Rs 4.15/litre hike in petrol price
ISLAMABAD, JAN 30, (DNA) – Regulatory authority has recommended the Ministry of Petroleum to hike prices of petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs 4.15/ litre and Rs 4.30/ litre among those of other petroleum products on Monday. In a summary forwarded to the ministry by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), it has been recommended that kerosene oil price be hiked by Rs 16.70/litre, light-speed diesel by Rs 12.15/litre and that of HOBC by Rs 12.50/litre. Currently, price of petrol is stagnated at Rs 68.04/ litre, that of high-speed dieselRead More
Passport office in each district by the end of March: Ch Nisar
ISLAMABAD, JAN 30, (DNA) – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed that the opening of passport executive office in Islamabad is a good news and offices in Gujranwala, Peshawar and Quetta will be also be inaugurated soon. He told a press conference in Islamabad while professing that only 94 passport offices were set up throughout the country in last 69 years while our government opened 74 offices within the last one year and three months. Interior Minister also vowed during the press conference that there will be noRead More