MINA, SEPT 01 (DNA) – Saudi Arabia on Friday reported no major security incidents or health scares at this year’s pilgrimage, as the Muslim faithful embarked on the last leg of the five-day Hajj. The “Stoning of the Devil” ritual in the western city of Mina that started at dawn was the scene of a 2015 stampede that killed 2,300 pilgrims in the worst crisis ever to hit the annual pilgrimage. 2.35 million Muslims are participating in the latest pilgrimage to Makkah, the holiest site in Islam, including 1.75 millionRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 01 (DNA) – Faulty investigation on the part of National Accountability Bureau, as well as lack of substantial evidence and witnesses presented before the court, resulted in Asif Ali Zardari’s acquittal in the last NAB reference, the written verdict, issued late Friday, for the case says. The written verdict reveals that conflicting statements of witnesses also weakened the prosecution’s case. Justice Khalid Mehmood Ranjha accepted the documents requesting acquittal of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairperson on August 26. Zardari’s real records of bank account and offshore companiesRead More

LAHORE, SEPT 01 (DNA) – Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif on Friday thanked Chinese government, via a tweet, for refuting corruption allegations leveled against him by a private channel. Deputy Chief of Mission at Chinese Embassy, Lijian Zhao had tweeted that the Chinese company Jiangsu Yabaite Technology Co. Ltd. was not working in Pakistan. He said that the company was punished for cheating the government and making fake letters. He further said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transparent. Shehbaz said that this is a magnificent vindication forRead More

RAWALPINDI, SEPT 01 (DNA) – “It was surprising that they were never questioned regarding the case,” the court pondered. “After Bhutto’s assassination, Zardari became president and Rehman Malik became interior minister,” the ATC said in its 46-page long verdict released on Friday. “Zardari and Malik were not subjected to criminal investigation,” the order observed. Earlier, on Thursday the ATC announced the verdict, sentencing two police officers to 17 years imprisonment for being “negligent” while acquitting the five suspects belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)—who were indicted in 2008. The court alsoRead More

PARIS, SEPT 01 (DNA): Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated with religious zeal and fervours by the Pakistani Community living in France. says a press release received here today from Paris. In his message to the community on the auspicious occasion, Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque said that Eid ul Azha was an important festival celebrated in memory of the supreme sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) and his complete submission to the will of Allah. The Ambassador said that best way for all Muslims to celebrate this festival is toRead More