Monday, November 6th, 2017
Pakistan welcomes US role to resolve conflict with India: Asif
ISLAMABAD, NOV 06 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday welcomed the role of the United States to resolve the tensions between Pakistan India. The foreign minister was addressing a session regarding Pakistan-US dialogue at the fourth meeting of Track 2-1.5 dialogue. He added that there is need to tackle water issues. Raising objections to the US policy on South Asia, Asif said that Pakistan desired a peaceful Afghanistan. He said that drugs production and lawlessness on the rise in the neighbouring country, adding that Pakistan could not beRead More
Nawaz calls for high level meeting with PML-N top leadership today
ISLAMABAD, NOV 06 (DNA) – Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday, called for an all-important Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders conference at Punjab house. Political figures including Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Raja Zafarul Haq, amongst others are to attend this top-level huddle. Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif are to meet personally prior to this meeting making this the first time since the London huddle with PM Abbasi that the Sharif brothers will come face-to-face with each other. The duo will discuss the current political scenario and the aftermath ofRead More
What are Paradise Papers? A brief guide to second largest leak
As the inclusion of former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the ‘Paradise Papers’ hit headlines on Monday, the masses begin to show curiosity about it. Here is a brief exposé of the leaked papers. The Paradise Papers are the second largest leak investigated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reveals how two firms; Bermuda’s Appleby and Singapore’s Asiaciti Trust, help the global rich and powerful move their money abroad. The leak comprises a cache of 13.4 million documents. It reveals the names of businesses tycoons, heads of state, global figures inRead More
Army chief visits Iran, will meet civilian & military leadership: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, NOV 05 (DNA) In a major development in Pakistan-Iran relations, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday arrived in Tehran on an official visit, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The army chief will meet Iran’s civilian and military leadership during the visit, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet on Sunday. Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost in this connection met Gen Bajwa at the GHQ on Tuesday. A statement of the ISPR said the two discussed “visits and exchanges inRead More
Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border
RIYADH, NOV 06 (DNA) – A Saudi prince was killed on Sunday when a helicopter crashed near the kingdom’s southern border with war-torn Yemen. The media announced the death of Prince Mansour bin Moqren, the deputy governor of Asir province. It said the helicopter had several officials on board, and did not reveal the cause of the crash. The crash comes after Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile near Riyadh’s international airport after it was fired from Yemen, in an escalation of the kingdom’s war againstRead More
NAB Lahore summons Chaudhry Brothers, Dar’s family today
LAHORE, NOV 06 (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 Monday in a graft case for possessing assets beyond their known sources of income The anti-corruption watchdog’s Lahore chapter had issued notices to Chaudhry brothers to appear before its investigators along with the details of their assets. The duo has been summoned in a case pertaining to misuse of their authorities, framed against themRead More