Tuesday, February 6th, 2018
SC gives Talal Chaudhry one week to submit reply in contempt case
ISLAMABAD, FEB 06 (DNA) – The Supreme Court has given Pakistan Muslim League– Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry one-week to submit reply in contempt case. During a hearing on Tuesday pertaining to a suo motu notice on Chaudhry’s “contemptuous speeches”, a three-judge bench dismissed PML-N leader’s request for three weeks to engage counsel in the case. The hearing of the case has been adjourned till Tuesday. The top court had summoned the state minister for interior affairs on February 1 for his comments during a public gathering in Jaranwala inRead More
Norway, Pakistan Relations
Norway and Pakistan: A Comparison Norway and Pakistan have good and close relations, but are two very different countries. Norway is a country with a Christian-humanist heritage located in northern Europe and Pakistan is a mainly Muslim country in South Asia. The distance between the capitals, Oslo and Islamabad, is 5,300 km. The geographical area of Norway is 385,000 km2 and that of Pakistan about 882,000 km2. Norway has some 5.2 million inhabitants, whereas about 208 million people live in Pakistan. Norway is a rich developed country and Pakistan is a middle-income developing country. AccordingRead More
Sattar, Amir lead separate MQM-P sessions after differences over Senate tickets
KARACHI, FEB 06 (DNA) – Differences forced Muttahida Qaumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar and fellow party leader Amir Khan to lead two different party sessions to finalise the names for upcoming Senate polls. According to ARY News correspondent Rafay Hussain, a party session at MQM-P’s Bahadurabad office was underway when Amir Khan and some other leaders objected upon the nomination of Deputy Convener Kamran Tessori for Senate polls. Farooq Sattar, who was leading the session, left for his Peer Ilahi Bukhsh (PIB) Colony residence and asked all theRead More
World- Deadly terrorist attack on Russian Embassy in Kabul foiled: Sources
MOSCOW, FEB 06 (DNA) – An informed source told that a terrorist attack on the Russian Embassy in Kabul has been prevented. According to the source, a car with explosives has been found near the building of the Russian diplomatic mission. It contained some 1,000 kg of explosives in trotyl equivalent, the source said, citing preliminary data. At the same time, media reports have been suggesting that an attack using the vehicle, a Mazda, had occurred not far from the embassy. The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Embassy in KabulRead More
RAW’s nefarious plans against CPEC unveiled
ISLAMABAD, FEB 06 (DNA) – India may target the installations of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in a bid to sabotage the multi-billion project, a media report quoted Pakistan’s Interior Ministry as saying. The Ministry has informed the Gilgit-Baltistan’s Home Department that India has made a plan to attack the installations on Karakoram Highway. The Ministry has issued directives for making foolproof security arrangements to avoid any untoward incident. An official of the home department on condition of anonymity told the newspaper that the department had received a letter fromRead More