LAHORE, DEC 11 (DNA): Ambassador of Romania Nicolaie GOIA said on Monday that there is a lot of room for promotion of trade between Pakistan and Romania for which private sectors of the both countries should intensify business to business (b2b) contacts and Romanian Embassy is ready to extend full cooperation in this regard. He was talking to the LCCI Senior Vice President Khawaja Khawar Rasheed, Vice President Zeshan Khalil and Executive Committee members at Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Romanian Ambassador said that to boost the existing trade volume, some extra ordinary efforts are required.Read More

ISLAMABAD, DEC 11 (DNA) –Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Ali Alizada has said that both Heydar Aliyev and Muhammad Ali Jinnah laid the foundation of their countries and national youth strategies were the central part of their state policy. Ambassador noted that after regaining its independence, over the past 25 years, Azerbaijan has been successfully developing in all fields and the youth also play an important role in the development of the country. The ambassador expressed these words while speaking at a seminar held at CIIT. Ambassador noted that after regaining itsRead More

ISLAMABAD, DEC 11 (DNA) – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s plea to seek removal of terrorism charges in four cases against him. ATC Judge Shahrukh Arjumand heard the cases filed against Khan allegedly for inciting his party workers to violence, inflicting losses to state properties including the state television building, the parliament, and injuring Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asmatullah Junejo during Islamabad sit-ins back in 2014. At the outset of court proceedings, Khan’s counsel Babar Awan presentedRead More

DEC 11 (DNA) – Masood Ahmed Barkati, who edited children’s magazine Hamdard Naunehal for around 65 years, passed away after a protracted illness on Sunday. He was 87. His friends and family members said Masood Ahmed Barkati, a prolific writer of children’s literature who wrote 20 books, was ill and died on Sunday evening. He had been editing the magazine for the past 65 years without missing a single issue. Most critics said such a long period for someone to edit a publication might be a record in itself in the world.Read More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – As an accountability court on Monday resumed hearing a corruption reference against Ishaq Dar, the former finance minister’s lawyer requested the court not declare his client an absconder following submission of a new medical report in court today. The court last week had reserved its verdict on declaring Dar an absconder. The announcement of the court’s verdict was delayed after the ex-minister’s counsel requested the court to defer the matter until the PML-N leader’s medical reports arrived from London. Ishaq Dar has repeatedly failed to join the trialRead More