ISLAMABAD, SEPT 23 (DNA) – National Accountability Bureau has sent court summons to the Sharif family’s London residence, asking the Sharif family members to appear before the court in a NAB reference. An accountability court has recently issued summon of Nawaz Sharif, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz and Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar to appear before it in the NAB reference. Earlier, NAB had pasted the court summons on the gate of the Sharif family’s Lahore residence. NAB had also sent the summons to London, asking the Pakistan High Commission officials toRead More

LAHORE: SEPT 23 (DNA) – The Punjab government on Saturday challenged the order of a single member bench of Lahore High Court asking the government to make public the report of the judicial commission into Model Town killings. The appeal states that as the matter is under review by a full bench of the high court, the decision of the single-bench should be dismissed. On Thursday, LHC Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi ordered the Punjab government to release the inquiry report into the 2014 incident — which had resulted in the killing of 14 and injuring ofRead More

SEPT 23 (DNA) – Pakistan Navy on Saturday successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile from air to sea level in North Arabian Sea. According to a Pakistan Navy spokesperson, Sea King Helicopter fired the missile in open sea, which successfully hit the target. Chief of Naval Staff Mohammad Zakaullah witnessed demonstration of the weapon firing. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief of Naval Staff said successful firing from Pakistan Navy’s Sea King helicopter is clear proof of war preparedness and professional skills of Pakistan Naval fleet. He expressed the determination thatRead More

LONDON, SEPT 23 (DNA) – Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday left for London amid the clamor for releasing Model Town probe report. CM Punjab’s departure has come at a time when the provincial government is being pressurized for release of Model Town incident report which claimed 14 lives of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers. Earlier today, PAT petitioned Lahore High Court (LHC) to initiate contempt proceedings against Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif and the provincial Chief Secretary over defiance to court orders for releasing the Model Town report.Read More

KHYBER AGENCY, SEPT 23 (DNA) – An army officer was martyred on Saturday in cross-border firing in Rajgal, Khyber Agency, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Lieutenant Arsalan, 22, was deployed as the officer commanding the newly-established border post in Rajgal, Khyber Agency when he was hit by militant firing from across the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Lt Arsalan was the only brother of three sisters. Earlier in May this year, at least 10 people, including women, children and a Frontier Corps (FC) man, were killed andRead More