Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Washington willing to give Islamabad information to strike terrorist targets: Tillerson
WASHINGTON, NOV 01 (DNA) – The United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Pakistan is willing to target terrorists if provided information and Washington plans to give Islamabad the opportunity to do so. Tillerson talks tough to ‘incredibly important’ Pakistan During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, on Monday night, Tillerson told Congress that the Pakistani government understands that “they will be one of the greatest beneficiaries of a successful peace process in Afghanistan.” He further stated that Pakistan had two very unstable borders, one with AfghanistanRead More
NAB summons Chaudhry Brothers in graft case on Nov 6
LAHORE, NOV 01 (DNA) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned erstwhile Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and his cousin former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi – familiarly called as Chaudhry brothers – on November 6 in a graft case for possessing assets beyond their known sources of income. The anti-corruption watchdog’s Lahore chapter has issued notices to Chaudhry brothers to submit the assets’ details. The duo has been summoned in a case pertaining to misuse of their authority, framed against them back in 2000 before they joined handsRead More
WhatsApp ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature is now available to everyone: Here’s how to use it
NOV 01 (DNA) – WhatsApp has finally announced a much-awaited feature rolling out ‘Delete for Everyone’ option that allows its over one billion users revoke their messages in case they sent those to a wrong person or a group. “Starting today you can now delete messages you sent by mistake, whether to one person or an entire group,” WhatsApp said in a statement. WhatsApp has over 1.2 billion users worldwide and the feature was much anticipated among the users. Here’s how it works. Tap and hold on the message, chooseRead More
Accountability court summons Ishaq Dar’s sons
ISLAMABAD, NOV 01 (DNA) –The accountability court hearing a National Accountability reference against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar pertaining to his assets beyond means has summed his sons. Dar, who is currently in London, is also likely to return to Pakistan on November 2 to appear before the court on Thursday. The court on Monday had issued bailable arrest warrants for Dar after he failed to appear before the court in connection with a NAB reference pertaining to his assets beyond means. Interestingly, both Sharif and Dar first headed to SaudiRead More
Experts warn of health risks as smog intensifies in Punjab
LAHORE, NOV 01 (DNA) -Several cities in Punjab including Lahore’s air has registered a sharp deterioration in quality as smog continues to thicken. As per details emerging, diseases are spreading at rapid pace due to plummeting air quality. Air pollution must not exceed 80 microgram per cubic meter as per standard measures but the same has exceeded 200 microgram per cubic meter in multiple areas of Lahore. Experts have warned against condensing of smog in days to come as farmers burn paddy straw in Punjab. Lahore High Court has alsoRead More
8 killed as truck driver plows through bike path in New York ‘act of terror’
NEW YORK, NOV 01 (DNA) – A pickup driver killed eight people in New York on Tuesday, mowing down cyclists and pedestrians, before striking a school bus in the city’s first deadly attack blamed on terror since September 11, 2001. Eleven others were seriously hurt when the truck driver struck in broad daylight just blocks from the 9/11 Memorial, on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, close to schools as children and their parents geared up to celebrate Halloween. What we know so far 8 killed, 11 wounded in truckRead More