Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
US rejects Pakistan’s claims of suspending military-intelligence cooperation
WASHINGTON, JAN 10 (DNA) – After Pakistan Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan announced to suspend military and intelligence cooperation with the US, the latter has denied such reports. The defence minister on Tuesday speaking at a meeting entitled “Contours of Security Environment in Pakistan” said that the cooperation with the US had been ended, adding that there was need to discuss every matter with the US on table. The minister, however, added that, the supply lines for NATO troops in Afghanistan will not be closed. On the other hand, USRead More
SC to hear PTI petitions tomorrow seeking probe into PPP, PML-N foreign funding
ISLAMABAD, JAN 10 (DNA) – The Supreme Court is to take up petitions filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for hearing tomorrow (Thursday) seeking action against two mainstream political parties, PML-N and PPP, for receiving party funding from ‘illegal’ foreign sources. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar dismissed the preliminary objections that were raised by Supreme Court registrar and set Jan 11 for hearing the petitions. The SC registrar raised objections that the concerned forums had not been approached and returned the petitions filed by PTI lawmakers Asad Umar andRead More