Thursday, October 26th, 2017
Gen Qamar witnesses multinational air exercise in Sargodha
SARGODHA, OCT 26 (DNA) – General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited PAF Base Mushaf Sargodha and witnessed ongoing multinational exercise ACES meet 2017 at Air Power Centre of Exlence (ACE). Other than Pakistan, contigents of Royal Saudi Airforce and Turkish Airforce are participating in exercise where as 8 countries are participating as observers in 2 weeks long exercise started on 16 October. COAS was briefed on ACE training facility and the scope of exercise which is aimed at projecting mutual cooperation between the Air Forces andRead More
Resounding win for PTI in Peshawar by election
PESHAWAR, OCT 26 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Arbab Amir is leading the race in the by-poll for Peshawar’s NA-4 constituency. According to unofficial results from 233 polling stations, Amir is leading with 40,057 votes as compared to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N’s) Nasir Khan with 21,736 votes. Awami National Party’s Khushdil Khan clinched 21,654, whereas PPP’s Asad Gulzar secured 11,584. Meanwhile, PTI chief Imran Khan congratulated the party candidate. Polling concluded peacefully without any major untoward incident in the seat that fell vacant after the demise of PTI MNA GulzarRead More
China releases activist who supported Hong Kong democracy
A Chinese activist, who was imprisoned after she spoke out about women’s rights and Hong Kong’s democracy movement, has been released after serving three years in jail, her lawyer said on Thursday. Su Changlan, a 47-year-old primary school teacher was first detained in southern Guangdong province on October 26, 2014 after making comments on social media in support of democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong. “Su Changlan has returned home after her release,” lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan said in a statement on Twitter. Liu has previously claimed thatRead More
Chairman NAB rejects the notion of unjust arrest of Sharjeel Memon
ISLAMABAD, OCT 26 (DNA) – Chairman NAB Justice (Retd.) Javed Iqbal severely reacted to political point scoring with regard to Sharjeel Memon’s arrest and condemned the propoganda. After Sharjeel Memon was arrested, Senior leadership in PPP including Khurshid Shah, Started criticising NAB for its “bias” against PPP. Opposition leader Khursheed Shah said Wednesday that the arrest of Sharjeel Memon stained the image of NAB itself. While criticising the detention, he said that those who have non-bailable arrest warrants get bail within an hour. Khurshid Shah had also suspected as toRead More
The terrorist-extremist organization “IRPT” is the focus of international anti-terrorist structures
DUSHANBE, OCT 26 (DNA) – The XVI Meeting of heads of special services, security agencies, and law enforcement agencies, partners of the FSB of Russia had been in Krasnodar (Russia) on October 4, 2017, where the key issues discussed measures to strengthen international cooperation in the field of countering terrorist threats. Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS SCO) Sysoev E.S mentioned in his speech the activities of the terrorist-extremist organization /TEO/ “Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan”, the “Islamic State”, “JabhatRead More
ECP concludes contempt case against Imran Khan after apology
ISLAMABAD, OCT 26 (DNA) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) concluded the contempt proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday after the PTI chief submitted an unconditional apology over his remarks to the election body. Imran Khan arrived at the ECP today to attend the contempt proceedings underway against him. The PTI chief reached the ECP premises in an extensive protocol. A large number of party workers and supporters were present at the ECP before his arrival including PTI Secretary General Jehangir Tareen, party spokesperson Naeem-ul-Haque, andRead More