Monday, January 1st, 2018
Quetta: Seven people including FC officer, policemen injured in twin blasts
QUETTA, JAN 01 (DNA) – At least seven people have sustained severe wounds in two separate blasts at Chaman’s Mall Road (Monday). According to details, the first explosion took place outside an under construction building of DPO office and when the officers gathered for investigation, the second bomb exploded. The incident injured seven people including two policemen and one Frontier Corps (FC) officer who were immediately taken to the hospital for medical assistance. Moreover, the security forces cordoned off the entire area and launched a probe into the matter.
Sharif brothers won’t get NRO, says Sheikh Rasheed
RAWALPINDI (DNA) – Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has on Monday said that Sharif brothers will not get a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) even if they visit all Arab countries. Sheikh Rasheed said that the nation will soon come to know about the future, and advised to wait. Member National Assembly (MNA) Jamshed Dasti said that accountability of dishonest people is going on in the country, and the offenders must not get parliament’s support. Corrupt politicians should be hanged, he demanded. Dasti talked to media outside theRead More
Palestinian authority president warns Israel to rethink ‘aggressive policies’
JERUSALEM, JAN 01 (DNA) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has warned Israel to rethink its “aggressive policies” and “apartheid system” before it is too late. “We will not accept the status quo. We will not accept the apartheid system. We will not accept occupation without cost, and you [Israel] must rethink your aggressive policies and actions against our people, our land and our holy places before it is too late,” he said on Sunday. He was speaking on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the establishment of Fatah,Read More
SC may interrogate Tareen about trust’s links with Swiss banks: report
LONDON: (DNA) – UK lawyers have told disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jehangir Tareen that the Supreme Court (SC) may ask him questions about his offshore trust’s links with the Swiss accounts and banks. According to the report, Tareen has been advised that if that happens, he will have to give a full disclosure which will end up revealing more assets and accounts. Evidence confirming the links exists already exists, as the trust deed was signed and executed in Geneva. On December 15, the SC disqualified Jahangir Tareen from holding public office,Read More
Pakistan hands over list of Indian prisoners
ISLAMABAD, JAN 01 (DNA) – The Government of Pakistan today handed over a list of 457 Indian prisoners (58 civil + 399 fishermen) in Pakistan, to the High Commission of India in Islamabad. This step is consistent with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and India, signed on 21 May 2008, under which both countries are required to exchange lists of prisoners in each other’s custody twice a year, on 1 January and 1 July, respectively. Pakistan will release 146 fishermen on 08 January 2018.Read More
FO rejects Indian objection to Palestinian envoy’s appearance with JuD chief in rally
ISLAMABAD, JAN 01 (DNA) – In response to Indian reaction over Palestinian envoy joining Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed at a rally, Pakistan has said that the public meeting was a demonstration of Pakistan’s strong sentiments in support of the Palestinian cause and that UN proscription does not limit an individual’s freedom of expression. Pictures of the Palestinian ambassador to Pakistan, Walid Abu Ali, sharing the stage with Saeed and addressing the rally at Liaqat Bagh in Rawalpindi were circulated on social media on Friday. The rally was organisedRead More