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Four ‘terrorists’ killed in Balochistan sanitisation operations: ISPR

SIBI, DEC 22 (DNA) – The Frontier Corps (FC) on Friday conducted a sanitisation operation in Balochistan’s Sibbi area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The operation was conducted to cleanse the mountainous region of the presence of terrorists. According to the ISPR, two terrorists who were involved in threatening locals, were killed in an exchange of fire during the operation. In a different sanitisation operation, carried out in Gandimgozi Kaur, FC troops killed two terrorists in a hide out and recovered arms and ammunition from their den, the ISPRRead More


Fire erupts at towel factory in New Karachi

KARACHI, DEC 22 (DNA) – At least four fire tenders are busy in dousing the massive fire that broke out at a towel factory near Saba Cinema in New Karachi on early today (Friday). According to the workers, the blaze was erupted at night as when they arrived at the factory, it has already gutted half part of the three-storey building. The rescue officials said that cloth worth millions of rupees has been turned into ashes due to the fire while they are trying hard to extinguish the fire. However,Read More


London flats: NAB summons Sharif family’s TV interviews record

ISLAMABAD, DEC 22 (DNA) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned record of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz’s interviews on television channels from Press Information Department. The bureau has also demanded to provide copy of Nawaz Sharif’s National Assembly speech till December 26. The request has been made following probe against the former PM and his family regarding Avenfield Properties in London. Earlier, accountability court recorded the statement of prosecution witnesses Yasir Bashir in Azizia Steel Mills reference and Shakil AnjumRead More


Trump ‘put Pakistan on notice’, US VP Pence tells troops

KABUL, DEC 22 (DNA) – US Vice President Mike Pence aimed a jab at Pakistan — reiterating word for word Trump s warning that it must stop offering cross-border safe havens to Taliban factions and armed jihadist groups fighting US troops and their Afghan allies. Mike Pence has outlined President Donald Trump s strategy in Afghanistan during a surprise trip to Bagram Air Base on Thursday. Pence said that Trump has “put Pakistan on notice” and that the country has much to lose if it continues to harbor terrorists. Pence told hundredsRead More


Pakistan pledges continued support to people of Palestine: Maleeha

UNITED NATIONS, DEC 22 (DNA) – Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Thursday said that our support to the Palestinian people remains unwavering despite the kind of threats that we have received in recent days. In her address at the UNGA, Maleeha Lodhi said that Pakistan co-sponsored this resolution and will vote in favour of this landmark resolution to reject the US decision. “Pakistan stands firmly behind the Palestinian people and their just cause”, she said. She said that support to the Palestinian cause andRead More