ISLAMABAD, NOV 01 (DNA) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written a letter to the Islamabad airport’s security chief and manager seeking access to the flight on which deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif is returning to Pakistan on Thursday. The Airport Security Force’s (ASF) chief security officer at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) manager have been requested to provide the graft-buster’s officials access to flight PK-786. The letter, a copy of which is available, read that an accountability court had already issued bailableRead More

PARIS, NOV 01 (DNA) – Federal Minister for Education Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman met with Mr. Qian Tang, ADG UNESCO (Education at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris today and thank him for his support to Pakistan in various UNESCO related Projects. Mr. Qian Tang said that Pakistan in an important Country of the region and UNESCO will support Pakistan efforts to promote education in the country.

RAWALPINDI, NOV 01 (DNA) – Pakistan Rangers Punjab, in coordination with police and intelligence agencies, on Wednesday arrested 16 suspected terrorists, their facilitators and smugglers and recovered huge cache of weapons and drugs in separate raids across the province. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the arrests were made through intelligence based operations, patrolling and snap checking in DG Khan, Attock, Islamabad and Lahore as part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. Different calibre of weapons including AK-47 and 7mm guns, 4.5 kilogramme of explosives, 100Read More

ISLAMABAD, NOV 01 (DNA) – Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday held informal consultations regarding the regional situation where it was mutually agreed that lasting peace in Afghanistan is imperative. According to a Foreign Office statement, the first round of the discourse took place at the level of director generals of the ministries of foreign affairs. Both sides agreed to join hands to ensure peace and stability of the war-torn neighbouring Afghanistan. The Pakistani side was led by DG Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan  while Iran was spearheaded by Director General RasoulRead More

ISLAMABAD, NOV 01 (DNA) – Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) is committed to make the Capital City environment-friendly and one of the most beautiful cities of the world. The elected representatives of the all union councils of Islamabad have the abilities to play their role in Clean and Green Islamabad campaign. The elected representatives of Islamabad would ensure availability of best sanitation facilities in their areas. Mayor of Islamabad and Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA), Sheikh Anser Aziz expressed these views on the eve of inaugural ceremony of Clean and GreenRead More

KARACHI, NOV 01 (DNA) –  Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar announced on Wednesday that his party would stage its November 5 rally despite the authorities refraining it from doing so. “We had sought permission for staging a rally outside the Mazar-e-Quaid 15 days prior to the event,” Sattar told reporters in Karachi. “However, two days before the rally, the authorities notified us that we can’t stage a protest outside the Mazar-e-Quaid because the Grand Democratic Alliance was staging a rally there on the same day,” he added. “WeRead More