October, 2017
Iran Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost meets General Qamar Javed Bajwa
RAWALPINDI, OCT 31 (DNA) – Mr. Mehdi Honardoost, Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan visited General Headquarters and called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Focus of the discussion remained on regional security, Pak-Iran border management, visits and exchanges in defence realm. The visiting dignitary acknowledged and appreciated Pakistan Army’s contributions for peace and stability in the region and pledged to keep working for better relations between two brotherly countries.
PML-N decides Shehbaz to be PM if wins 2018 elections
KARACHI, OCT 31 (DNA) – The high-level huddle of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in London decided on Monday that if victorious in next year’s general elections, the party’s prime ministerial candidate will be Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif. According to sources, it was also decided in the meeting, chaired by PML-N President and former premier Nawaz Sharif and attended by Shehbaz and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, among others, that statements on party policy will now be given by the Sharif brothers and not their respective children — MaryamRead More
Nawaz desperate for NRO to avoid conviction, says Imran
ISLAMABAD, OCT 31 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has on Tuesday took to Twitter and said that ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is desperate for NRO to avoid conviction on money laundering and save his Rs300 billion stashed abroad from being frozen. PTI chairman maintained that London game plan is obvious now. Nawaz will retain control of Party and use it to malign the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), judiciary and military to pressure them for another NRO, he remarked. Imran Khan said Nawaz Sharif has no concernRead More
Iran holds air force drill in heart of its nuclear region
TEHRAN, OCT 31 (DNA) – Iran’s official says the Iranian air force is holding its annual military exercise to show off its ability to safeguard the country’s airspace. The drill is taking place near the central city of Isfahan, a region that is home to the country’s key nuclear facilities, including the Natanz uranium enrichment plant. Isfahan also has an air base that played a major role during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The military spokesman for the two-day drill, Gen. Masoud Rouzkhosh, says it aims to improve andRead More
IMF projects deficits of $320B for Mideast oil exporters
DUBAI, OCT 31 (DNA) – The Middle East’s oil producers are bracing for continued pressure from lower oil prices, with the International Monetary Fund projecting cumulative budget deficits of $320 billion over the next five years. Approximately half of that— or $160 billion— will be sustained by energy-rich Gulf Arab nations between 2018 and 2022. Still, it’s significantly lower than the cumulative deficit of $350 billion that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain have racked up since 2015. A global drop in oil prices sinceRead More
Legislator sued for calling Turkey leader ‘fascist dictator’
ANKARA, OCT 31 (DNA) – Turkish state television says a lawyer for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal complaint against an opposition legislator for calling the leader a “fascist dictator.” Lawmaker Bulent Tezcan, who is the spokesman for the main opposition party, made the comments in a town in northwest Turkey on Monday, to support a local mayor who was questioned by authorities for reportedly calling Erdogan a “dictator.” Erdogan’s lawyer filed a complaint on Tuesday, accusing Tezcan of insulting the president a crime that is punishable byRead More