ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has left for Russia on Thursday to attend the 16th meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at Sochi, Russia, from 30 November to 01 December, 2017, on the invitation of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. D.A. Medvedev. This is the first SCO Heads of Government meeting that Pakistan will participate in after assumption of full membership in June this year. The meeting is mandated to focus on the strategy, prospectsRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday has adjourned the hearing of petitions against Nawaz Sharif, owning a political party despite disqualification, for indefinite time as no one from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attended it. A three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza conducted the hearing during which, CEC remarked to Niaz Inqalabi Advocate, “What can we do in this matter? as the Election Act Bill 2017 is already challenged in Supreme Court (SC).” The advocate argued a party cannot remain registeredRead More

PESHAWAR (DNA) – The protest of students from the University of Peshawar continues on third day against the administration for increasing fees, inadequate facilities in hostels and transport issues. According to details, students are staging sit-in in front of the administration block and raising slogans against the management. The students have claimed that no university representative has yet come for negotiations. The pupils have said that it is not possible for them to continue their studies with such high dues that are being charged by the university.

PESHAWAR: (DNA) – A drone struck on the Pak-Afghan border killing two suspected militants, local and intelligence officials said. The strike took place pre-dawn on the Kurram Agency border with Afghanistan. However, Pakistani officials said that it was unclear whether the drone had struck in Pakistani territory. Local sources said there were reports of two deaths and said the area where the incident had taken place was Pesho Ghar. “We are assessing the situation” an official of the political administration said. The drone is suspected to have targeted a hideout ofRead More

LAHORE: (DNA) – Qatar’s former premier Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani held separate meetings with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif after arriving in Lahore on Wednesday with a 13-member delegation. The member of the Qatari royal family was also accompanied by former chairman of Ehtesab Bureau Saifur Rehman Khan, who reportedly has business links in Qatar and is the Sharif family’s close aide. During the meeting with Sharif at Jati Umra, multiple business deals and opportunities were discussed at length, according to sources. The Pakistan-QatarRead More