ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – An army major was martyred on Wednesday in an exchange of fire during a search operation at a terrorist hideout in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted. The martyred 28-year-old army general belonged to Khushab, Punjab, and has left behind a widow and an infant. The deceased’s funeral prayer was held at Dera Ismail Khan, and was attended by Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa and other high-ranking officials, including Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Nazir Butt. InRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – A top Chinese official has expressed concern over the prevailing political instability in Pakistan that could negatively impact the pace of the projects started under the ambitious USD 50 billion CPECBSE -4.45 % initiative, according to a media report. The Chinese delegation expressed weariness during the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) meeting held here yesterday. The meeting was co-chaired by Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, who is also Minister for Planning and Development Reforms and Wang Xiaotao, Vice Chairman of National Development andRead More

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday allowed a petition challenging Election (Amendment) Act, 2017 dismissing registrar office’s reservations to contact concerned forums. During an in-chamber appeal, the CJP directed concerned authorities to set up hearings pertaining to the appeal filed against the approval of Election (Amendment) Act, 2017 by Awami Muslim League [AML] chief Sheikh Rasheed, Pakistan People’s Party Member National Assembly Jamshad Dasti and nine others. The registrar office had previously expressed reservations against all 12 requests, upon which the petitioners requested for an in-chamber hearingRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the Murree Arts Council organized screening of Japanese films at the auditorium of Murree Arts Council on 22-23 November 2017. Two Japanese films “A Tale of Samurai Cooking” and “Thermae Romae” with their English sub-titles were showcased. The Embassy of Japan has been holding Japanese film festivals in various cities of Pakistan since many decades to provide an opportunity for the people to learn various aspects of Japanese traditions, culture, lifestyle and society.  This year marks the 65th anniversary ofRead More

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – The federal government might opt for ‘option b’ to disperse the protesters of a sit-in at Faizabad interchange before Eid Milad-un-Nabi as it is running short of options to handle the situation peacefully. The protesters, who have brought routine life in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi to a standstill for over two weeks, are demanding the resignation of Law Minister Zahid Hamid for changing the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat clause. The government wants to disperse the protestors before 12th Rabbi-ul-Awwal, which falls on December 1 (Friday), over fears that more publicRead More

“In the past few years – mainly after the announcement of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in 2015 – there has been an unprecedented surge in the number of students wanting to learn Chinese,” said Misbah Rasheed, a Chinese language instructor at the Islamabad-based National University of Modern Languages (NUML). “Prior to CPEC we had some 200 students learning Chinese. Now we have over 2,000 in our different programs,” Rasheed told. Rasheed said the university established a Chinese language department in the 1970s solely for the purpose of familiarizingRead More