LONDON, SEPT 24 (DNA) – Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to return to Pakistan to face NAB references, he made this decision after consultation with senior leadership of PML-N on Sunday. Nawaz will travel on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-786, which is scheduled to land in Pakistan at 7am. Senator Mushahidullah Khan has confirmed that Nawaz is returning home. Sources said Nawaz had decided to return after meeting his brother, Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif. The former PM had left for London to accompany his wife Kulsoom Nawaz,Read More

RAWALPINDI, SEPT 24 (DNA) – A day after another civilian was killed in Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC), Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan will be defended at all costs. On Sunday, Pakistan summoned acting Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh to condemn the ceasefire violations, causing the death of Pakistani civilians. “We have taken the oath to defend our motherland whatever [is the] cost or sacrifices,” the Inter-Services Public Relations quoted the COAS as saying. “We have been, we are and weRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 24 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Sunday called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to seek a new mandate and immediately call for fresh elections. Addressing media at his residence, the PTI chairman said it was bizarre that the Abbasi said that he still considers Nawaz Sharif as his prime minister, which implies that he does not respect the Supreme Court’s verdict. Furthermore, he deplored that a bill was pass to bring back a disqualified person to head a political party. “These kind of billsRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 24 (DNA) – Today the European Union and WWF-Pakistan joined hands to promote action on climate change by celebrating Climate Diplomacy Day in Islamabad. The event brought together people from all walks of life to become part of the exchanges taking place worldwide in exploring opportunities through the transition to low carbon economies while ensuring equitable access to sustainable development. The event started with the participants cycling from the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on a designated route as a symbolic gesture to raise awareness toRead More

Physical observation and practical experience tell the real story. If anyone wants to know factual mechanics of growth in China, a quality trip is a dire need of hour. I feel myself fortunate to have journeyed various parts of China especially northeast areas and Beijing. Applying the doctrine of seeing is believing, I got apprised in true sense that China’s development is not a cosmetic one rather an outcome of long and strenuous struggle made by all successive governments. 12-day tour that encompassed visits of Changchun, capital of Jilin provinceRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 24 (DNA) – The Acting Director General (SA & SAARC) summoned the acting Indian Deputy High Commissioner, and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces in Kotli/Nikial Sub Sector on 22 September 2017, resulting in the shahadat of a 22 years old girl, Tashiba, resident of village Balakot, and injuries to 2 others, including a female.  (Despite calls for restraint, India continues to indulge in ceasefire violations. In 2017 to date, Indian forces have carried out 873 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control andRead More