Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Ravi Bopara says he will travel to Pakistan for PSL final
KARACHI, MAR 03, (DNA) – Karachi Kings all-rounder Ravi Bopara on Friday said he would travel to Pakistan for Pakistan Super League (PSL) final match. The England player could not finally decide it till last night when he was asked, However, he seems to have eventually decided to play PSL 2017 final in Lahore. “If we win tonight I will travel to Lahore for the final,” he wrote on his micro blogging account. Bopara was player of the tournament in the first edition of PSL in 2016. Karachi Kings areRead More
PSL final in curfew-like situation will not lead to revival of cricket: Imran
ISLAMABAD, MAR 03, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that hosting the final of the Pakistan Super League under curfew-like situation will not lead to the revival of the cricket in the country. Imran Khan questioned whether the objective of the PSL will be achieved by hosting the event under such circumstances. He was of the opinion that it will rather be counter-productive and will instead force international teams away from the country. “What impression are we giving to the world by holding the event under suchRead More
India likely to attend IWT talks in Pakistan
NEW DELHI, MAR 03, (DNA) – India has announced that it will participate in the meeting of Permanent Indus Commission after Pakistan forwarded the invitation to India to resolve the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) dispute. the meeting is scheduled to be held in Lahore this month. The Permanent Indus Commission is a bilateral commission of officials from India and Pakistan, created to implement and manage goals of the Indus Waters Treaty. The agreement covers six rivers – the three eastern rivers of Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and their tributaries and the threeRead More
With rocketing population, Pakistan to conduct first census in 19 years
MAR 03, (DNA) -Fast-growing Pakistan will conduct its first census in 19 years in March, the statistics bureau said on Thursday, hoping to end years of wrangling by politicians concerned about how a survey would affect the makeup of their local electorates. Changes could be significant in a country where 60 per cent of the population is under the age of 30. In 2015, the World Bank estimated Pakistan’s population at 188.9 million but the country still uses the official 1998 figure of 134.7 million. The population has exploded sinceRead More
Admiral Muhammad ZakaUllah, Chief of the Naval Staff meets General Bajwa at GHQ
RAWALPINDI, MAR 03, (DNA) – Admiral Muhammad ZakaUllah, Chief of the Naval Staff called on Chief of Army Staff General QamarJaved Bajwa at GHQ today. Matters of professional interest including cooperation between the two Services in ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad and overall military operations were discussed. COAS congratulated CNS on successful conduct of recently concluded Naval Exercise AMAN-2017 which was not only an acknowledgment of Pakistan Navy’s standing as a Service in international maritime security regime, but also a national landmark.
PM Nawaz reached North Waziristan to inaugurate Kurram Tangi Dam
ISLAMABAD, MAR 03, (DNA) -Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit North Waziristan today (Friday) to lay foundation stone of Kurram Tangi Dam. Kurram Tangi Dam would have a water storage capacity of 1.2 million acre-feet (MAF) in addition to generating 83.4 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Sources said that Kurram Tangi Dam would be completed in two phases. The first phase of the project will be completed in about three years.