KHUSHAB, SEPT 16 (DNA) – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday urged the voters in Lahore to support judiciary, while referring to NA-120 by-polls which are scheduled to be held on Sunday. Referring to the Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Nawaz Sharif from holding public office on the basis of Constitution’s article’s 62 and 63, he said that “voters in Lahore must decide if they support the judiciary or not”. Addressing party workers in Khushab, Imran claimed that the “lies of the Sharif clan have come toRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 16 (DNA) – Spokesman of former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that the duty of ministers should not be to just give statements but to find solutions of problems at hand. He questioned that isn’t Pakistan’s internal security better than what it was in June, 2013. “This was not possible due to foreign funding or pressure but due to Allah’s blessings and joint efforts,” former interior minister’s spokesman said. He further said that federal and provincial governments, Army, police and all other agencies were involvedRead More

LAHORE, SEPT 16 (DNA) – None of the contenders of the NA-120 by-poll will able to vote in Sunday’s election. This is because none of these contestant are registered in the NA-120 constituency. The vote of contender for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Begum Kulsoom Nawaz is registered in NA-119 while that of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s contestant Yasmin Rashid is registered in NA-128 The vote of Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Faisal Mir is not registered in NA-120 either. The vote of Jamat-e-Islami (JI) contestant Zia-ud-Din Ansari is registered in NA-119 while thatRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 16 (DNA) – Federal Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an emblem of historic ties between the two countries and they will jointly foil conspiracies against the project. He was talking to Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Sun Weidong who called on him at the Ministry of Interior. Iqbal said Pak-China relations are based on mutual goodwill and long-term cooperation in economic and defence sectors. During the meeting, it was decided to impart training to the law enforcement agencies on modern to make themRead More

WASHINGTON, SEPT 16 (DNA) – The high-level talks that were held between Pakistan and India over Indus Water Treaty remained unsuccessful at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington. India could not clear Pakistan’s reservations in the two-day negotiations regarding Kishanganga (330 megawatts) and Ratle (850 megawatts) hydroelectric power plants that it is building. Pakistani delegation, headed by Secretary Water Resources Division Arif Ahmed Khan, demanded the World Bank to form arbitration court panel according to the agreement. Secretary Water and Power Yousaf Naseem Khokhar, Indus Water High CommissionerRead More