Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
Panama Leaks case: JIT summons PM Nawaz’s children
ISLAMABAD, JUN 27 (DNA) – Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on Tuesday has summoned all the three children of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif in the first week of July. According to the details, Hassan Nawaz has been called on July 3, Hussain Nawaz will appear on July 4 while Maryam Nawaz will attend hearing on July 5 at 11:am. On the other hand, JIT will meet today at Federal Judicial Academy after a day off to review the records and statements recorded by different parties. Earlier, the team hadRead More
Multan: Army chief visits oil-tanker victims at Nishtar Hospital
MULTAN, JUN 27 (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday visited the victims of Ahmedpur East oil-tanker incident victims. He also met the families of the deceased. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) department of the Pakistan army, General Bajwa was also briefed on the occasion by Nishtar Hospital vice chancellor and the in-charge of Burn unit about the treatment of the injured. Later on, army chief also met the families of the deceased at Multan Garrison. He said on this occasion that suchRead More
Families affected by oil tanker fire express gratitude to PM
BAHAWALPUR, JUN 27 (DNA) – The families affected by the tragic incident of oil tanker fire on Monday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif for being with them in their hour of grief. The prime minister, who cut short his private visit to London after getting the report of the incident that caused 140 deaths besides critical injuries to several others, landed in Bahawalpur and after a briefing, visited the Victoria Hospital. The families said they were consoled to find the primeRead More
Pakistan community offers Namaz-e-Eid ul Fitr at the Embassy
PARIS, JUN 28 (DNA) – The Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque offered Eid-ul-Fitr prayers with large number of Pakistani community in the Embassy of Pakistan to France here in Paris. Special arrangements were made by the Embassy to facilitate the Community member to offer Eid prayers along with their families with simplicity keeping in view the recent tragic incidents of Quetta, Parachinar and Bahawalpur which resulted in loss of precious lives. Special prayers were offered for the victims of Quetta, Parachinar and Bahawalpur Later, the Ambassador gotRead More
Unscheduled loadshedding mars Eid festivities in Karachi
KARACHI, JUN 27 (DNA) – Despite tall claims of K-Electric that there would be no power outages in the city during Eid holidays, residents of Karachi suffered from long hours of unscheduled load shedding on the first day of Eidul Fitr. Long hours of loadshedding ruined the plans of people to celebrate Eid in befitting manner as they spent the day at their homes. The power outage also caused shortage of water in different areas of the city.=DNA
JIT once more summons PM’s cousin on July 2
ISLAMABAD, JUN 27 (DNA) – The joint investigation team (JIT) has once again summoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s cousin Tariq Shafi to appear before it. The investigation team, constituted by the Supreme Court to probe businesses and financial dealings of Sharif family, issued summons to the PM’s cousin Shafi to appear before it at 12 noon on July 2. The summons, signed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) member of the JIT Irfan Mangi, were issued on June 23. Shafi, on two previous occasions, appeared before the team of investigators onRead More