Friday, March 17th, 2017
Ronaldinho, James to play exhibition games in Pakistan
KARACHI, MAR 17, (DNA) -Brazil s Ronaldinho, England s David James and Dutch star George Boateng will be among seven top former players to feature in exhibition games in Pakistan in July. The games are part of plans to build on the “comfort zone” from the successful staging of the Pakistan Super League cricket final in Lahore earlier this month. Pakistan had been mostly off limits for foreign sports teams since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team s bus in 2009. The former players are being brought to the country byRead More
Pakistan takes up issue of missing keepers of Nizamuddin shrine
ISLAMABAD, MAR 17, (DNA) – Reacting to an Indian request to recover missing top clerics at the shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said all concerned agencies are looking into the matter. It should be mentioned here that two Indian clerics, including the head keeper of New Delhi’s Nizamuddin Dargah, went missing in Pakistan. Pakistani government has received a request from New Delhi to recover the missing clerics. According to Indian media reports, Syed Asif Ali Nizami, 80, and his nephew, Nazim Ali Nizami, 65, went toRead More
Two FC men, six terrorists killed in Khyber Agency Attack
KHYBER AGENCY, MAR 17, (DNA) -Two Frontier Corps were killed and six terrorists were killed in a cross border attack in Khyber Agency on Friday. According to details, terrorists from Afghanistan attacked a FC checkpost in Khyber Agency along the Pak-Afghan border due to which two soldiers were killed and four others sustained injuries. Frontier Corps gave a befitting reply to the attack, killing six terrorists. It should be noted that a Frontier Corps man was also killed and another sustained injuries when two suicide attackers targeted a F.C. trainingRead More
Blasphemous content: Facebook agrees to send delegation to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, MAR 17, (DNA) – Facebook administration has agreed to send a delegation to help the government deal with blasphemous content on the social media, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said. According to Radio Pakistan, the spokesman said that the Facebook administration has nominated a focal person for maintaining constant contact with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Will Pakistan ban Facebook over blasphemous content? The spokesman further said the government has received a written reply from Facebook stating that they are fully aware of Pakistan’s concerns over blasphemousRead More