Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Chinese Military Plane crashes in training exercise
BEIJING, JAN 30 (DNA) – A Chinese military plane crashed in the southwest province of Guizhou during a training exercise on Monday. Footage from the scene shows the burning wreckage – however it’s not clear if there were any casualties. The plane went down in Zhengchang Town, in the county of Suiyang, reported The Beijing News citing a government office. The incident was confirmed by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force on Chinese social media site Weibo. Dramatic footage shows the plane before it goes down. Emergency services were filmedRead More
Six of a family dead in Khurram Agency landmine blast
PESHAWAR, JAN 30 (DNA) – At least six people were killed and one injured in a landmine blast in Khurram Agency on Tuesday. Political administration said that the blast took place in the area of Maqabl, killing six people including three women. It said that the explosive device went off near a car. All the deceased have been identified as members of a family. Security forces have cordoned off the area, while rescue officials have also reached the spot. In October 2017, four security personnel of Frontier Constabulary (FC) were killed andRead More
Accountability court reserves verdict in Avenfield reference against Sharifs
ISLAMABAD, JAN 30 (DNA) – An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday reserved its verdict in the Avenfield flats reference ─ one of the three that had been filed against members of the Sharif family by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Panama Papers order. Accountability court judge Mohammad Bashir reserved the verdict after hearing arguments presented by the NAB prosecutor general and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer. The former premier, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Muhammad Safdar wereRead More