Friday, November 3rd, 2017
FIA arrested 388 notorious human traffickers
SIALKOT, NOV 03 (DNA) – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested as many as 388 notorious human traffickers including 15 proclaimed offenders (POs), besides, arresting as many as 274 accused persons deported from different countries during the last month (October) of this year. Khalid Anees (FIA Divisional Deputy Director) told the newsmen that the FIA also recovered Rs.23.3 million from these accused, which they had taken from local people for sending them abroad illegally after showing them the golden dreams of their lucid future in abroad. He said that onRead More
Dr Farooq Sattar announces ‘historic’ rally on Sunday
KARACHI, NOV 03 (DNA) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan chief Dr Farooq Sattar has claimed on Friday to organise a historic political rally in Karachi on November 5th (Sunday). While talking to the media in Liquatabad area, Dr Sattar said that the census count did not include more than 10 million people of Karachi and the conspiracy eventually aims at giving lesser representation to Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan in assemblies. Dr Sattar accused certain elements of usurping the rights of the political party and said that the leaders were onceRead More
Asif Zardari voices people’s concerns: Suhail Anwar Sial
LARKANA, NOV 03 (DNA) – In a ceremony related to distribution of threshers and Rotavators among farmers and settlers in Larkana, Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Sial said that Nawaz Sharif complains that former president Asif Zardari has altered his rhetoric but in reality, Mr. Asif Zardari is just voicing people’s concerns. Reverting back to the objective of the ceremony, Suhail Anwar Sial said that a new agricultural policy will be formed from December 1 with cooperation from farmers and settlers on the instructions of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.Read More
British High Commissioner calls on COAS, discusses regional security
RAWALPINDI: British High Commissioner in Islamabad Thomas Drew on Friday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters (GHQ). According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the matters of mutual interest and regional security were discussed in the meeting. Earlier this week, Drew travelled to Afghanistan, where he held meetings with Afghan officials including President Ashraf Ghani. The British high commissioner’s official Twitter account described his meeting with Ghani as positive and constructive. Drew had previously called onRead More
China says CPEC won’t be affected by change of govt in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, NOV 03 (DNA) – A senior Chinese diplomat says the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be completed irrespective of who is at the helm in Islamabad. “China and Pakistan are determined to complete the CPEC projects in time and no power can dismantle the landmark project. CPEC is a major part of One Belt One Road (OBOR) enterprise and is considered a flagship project of this revolutionary initiative”, said Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Division Director on Asian Affairs Liu Pengfei during a briefing for a Pakistani media delegation.Read More
Pak-China relations to get further boost, says Zhao Lijian
Islamabad, Nov. 3 (DNA): Sino-Pak multifaceted brotherly relationship will get further boost, following the historical decisions made by the recently concluded 19th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC), said Zhao Lijian, Charge d’ Affairs of the Chinese Embassy here on Friday. The 19th National Congress of the CPC while reviewing the party’s constitution made the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) a part of it. Since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a pilot, major and flagship project of the BRI, it will have a positive and lasting impactRead More