LAHORE, FEB 14, (DNA) – Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a crucial corps commander meeting at General Headquarters Rawalpindi. During the meeting, the army chief was briefed about the suicide blast at Mall Road, Lahore. The Army Chief also approved the combing operation inside South Punjab during the meeting. He let it be known that the Punjab Government should be taken into confidence over the combing operation in South Punjab. It was also decided in the Corps Commander’s meeting that strict action would be taken against all those outfitsRead More

LAHORE, FEB 14, (DNA) – The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered holding of Central Superior Services (CSS) exam in Urdu language from 2018. On a petition filed by Advocate Saif Ur Rehman, the court ruled that the exams should be conducted in Urdu language in line with the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The court remarked that due to paucity of time, it was not able to implement the order for CSS exam in 2017, however the examination should be conducted in Urdu from next year. ItRead More

BEIJING, FEB 14, (DNA) -China on Tuesday highly commended the tremendous efforts made by Pakistan to fight terrorism and offered to further enhance its cooperation with Pakistan to completely wipe out this menace. “We highly appreciate the tremendous efforts made by Pakistan to fight terrorism and extremism and stand ready to further enhance cooperation with Pakistan in this regard,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang remarked during a regular press briefing here. When asked to comment on suicide bomb blast that caused heavy casualties and injuries during a public rallyRead More

LAHORE, FEB 14, (DNA) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday visited martyred Captain Ahmed Mobin’s home and consoled his family. The prime minister also hugged the children of the martyred officer, reported Dunya News. The Lahore blast last night had cost Pakistan two of its most senior police officers. Today, PM visited Captain Mobin’s family. Mobin was the head of Lahore traffic police. Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif were also along with the PM on this visit. PM prayed forRead More

LAHORE, FEB 14, (DNA) -According to the documents recently obtained, former President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had given tips at dinners and luncheons on foreign visits worth Rs 11.4 million. The documents reveal that during 2006 and 2009 when the inflation was at the highest throughout the world and the state budgets repeatedly claimed that the non-developmental budget was being cut down, Pervez Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz spent 114,000 US dollars in tips. Shoaib Nizami said that there was one instance where 3000 pounds were given inRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 14, (DNA) – Pakistan calls upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to refrain from any step that undermines the prospects of regional peace and stability as the latest missile test is a violation of the UN Security Council Resolutions, Foreign Office said here Tuesday. Pakistan has consistently supported a nuclear weapons free Korean Peninsula, as agreed by all parties. It called upon the DPRK to refrain from actions which run counter to the objective of reaching a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the issue within the frameworkRead More