Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
Neelum-Jhelum power project: Allocation of Rs2.27b enhanced to Rs5.23b
LAHORE, OCT 31 (DNA) – The allocation of Rs2.27 billion for tackling environmental challenges in relation to the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project has been enhanced 130% to Rs5.23 billion, which will be spent on 22 development projects, said Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Lieutenant General (Retired) Muzammil Hussain. Hussain, accompanied by Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project chief executive officer, stated this in a meeting with Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, which was held to review the long-awaited commissioning of the power project. Attempts byRead More
Wife kills husband, 12 others with poisoned lassi in Muzaffargarh
MUZAFFARGARH, OCT 31 (DNA) – A woman who gave her husband poisoned milk ended up killing him and 12 of his family when the tainted liquid was turned into a yoghurt drink and served to him and his relatives, police said. The woman, who was forced by her family into an arranged marriage in September, has been arrested and charged with murder along with her alleged lover, senior police official Owais Ahmad told reporters in Muzaffargarh on Monday. Police said Asiya Bibi mixed poison into her husband’s milk last weekRead More
US takes back nine helicopters from Pakistan
WASHINGTON, OCT 31 (DNA) – Pakistan is trying to reacquire an unspecified number of helicopters from the United States for anti-narcotics operations after returning nine Huey II helicopters it had acquired in 2002, diplomatic sources said on Monday. Earlier in the day, Pakistan returned five of the nine helicopters it had received almost 15 years ago. The ministry of interior, which was using the aircraft, returned four of these nine rotary-wing helicopters on Oct 15. Pakistan had received a total of 12 aircraft — including three fixed-wing Cessna airplanes —Read More
Gabriel Tiel Capote: US curbs impeding Cuba development
Ambassador of Cuba talks to Centreline and Diplomatic News Agency (DNA) Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Please tell us about US embargoes on Cuba. What is the current situation? I think it is firstly necessary to explain how and when the blockade arises and the reasons why it was implemented. On January 1st, 1959, the revolutionary struggle against the Cuban dictatorial regime ended victoriously. The revolutionary movement led by Fidel Castro acceded to power. The measures adopted by the Revolutionary Government to recover the Cuban wealth andRead More
Court order to freeze Hassan, Hussain’s shares in six companies
ISLAMABAD, OCT 31 (DNA) – The accountability court on Tuesday has ordered to freeze Hassan and Hussain Nawaz’s shares in six companies. Hearing a case against deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s sons, the court on Tuesday ordered Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to freeze Hassan and Hussain’s shares in six companies. On Tuesday, a NAB prosecutor Afzal Qureshi submitted report pertaining to Hassan and Hussain’s shares in six companies. The case was adjourned till November 14. Non-bailable warrants of arrest were issued for Hassan and Hussain earlier thisRead More
ISIS threatens to attack Prince George in London
LONDON, OCT 31 (DNA) – In a chilling warning to the British royal family, ISIS-supporting extremists have threatened to attack Prince George at his London school. In a message allegedly posted by the extremists on Telegram alongside a photo of the future king entering his Battersea school warning, ‘Even the royal family will not be left alone.” It also featured a message in Arabic taken from a jihadi song, which translate as: ‘When war comes with the melody of bullets, we descend on disbelief, desiring retaliation.’ Reports said the British spies were now monitoringRead More