Monday, June 12th, 2017
KP to construct 130 bomb proof check posts along tribal belt
PESHAWAR, JUN 12: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has expedited construction of 130 bomb proof check posts in the districts bordering tribal belt to check militants’ infiltration from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Twelve check posts featuring basements, bunkers and bomb and rocket proof walls have already been completed. According to the government, these check posts would be converted into full-fledged police stations after the merger of FATA in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.=DNA ==============
Nehal Hashmi expelled from PML-N
ISLAMABAD, JUN 12 (DNA) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday issued orders to exclude Senator Nehal Hashmi from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), it has been reported. As per media reports, the prime minister took the decision to expel Hashmi based on the recommendations of a five-member disciplinary committee headed by PML-N’s parliamentary leader Raja Zafarul Haq. The committee jointly reached the conclusion that Hashmi’s incendiary speech was irresponsible and in violation of the party’s discipline, Haq added. In a video that surfaced on media recently, Hashmi couldRead More
Gulf crisis threatens Qatar Airways transit business
DUBAI: Qatar Airways has made Doha a global hub in just a few years, but barring it from Gulf states’ airspace threatens its position as a major transcontinental carrier, experts say. Along with its Gulf peers — Dubai’s Emirates Airlines and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad — Qatar’s national carrier has captured a sizable portion of transit travel, capitalising on the Gulf’s central geographic location. But political differences between Qatar and neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as well as Egypt, exploded last week into a full-blown regional crisis,Read More
Heydar Alieyev Foundation distributes aid packages among the needy
ABBOTTABAD, JUNE 12 (DNA) – In regard with the holy month of Ramadan, aid packages of Heydar Aliyev Foundation were distributed among the needy and poor families of a number of villages in Abbottabad area. The Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan Murtaza Javed Abbasi and the Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada addressed the ceremony at Ghambirr village, Abbottabad. Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada noted that throughout the history peoples of Azerbaijan and Pakistan have communicated with each other, worked together, shared their grief and rejoiced at their success together.Read More
Indian troops initiates unprovoked firing on civil population along LOC: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, JUN 12 (DNA) – Indian troops initiated unprovoked heavy weapons including mortar firing targeting Civil population along LOC in Jandrot and Hot spring sector today . 2 citizens Waqar younas age 18 years and Asad Ali age 19 years resident of Bhabra village embraced shahadat while 3 were injured due to Indian firing . Injured include Muhammad Shahbaz age 30 years resident of Bhabra village, Shumaila khurshid age 35 years and Hafsa Shabbir age 14 years resident of Chakrali village. Pak Army effectively responded on posts firing on civilians.Read More
Couple detained for smuggling at Lahore airport
LAHORE, JUN 12 (DNA) – The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Monday recovered six kilogrammes of heroin and ice from a couple trying to smuggle the illegal drugs to Saudi Arabia. “The drugs were recovered during a search prior to M. Anwar and his wife boarded a foreign airline to travel to Jeddah to perform Umrah,” ASF personnel revealed. The couple has been taken into custody by the security forces.=DNA =============