Sunday, February 11th, 2018
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui appointed as new MQM Chief
KARACHI, FEB 11 (DNA) – Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has been appointed as new convener of MQM after the party removed Farooq Sattar from his office. In his first directive for the supporters, Khalid Maqbool urged the party workers to withdrawn their support for the former party chief Farooq Sattar, who had called them to the party’s PIB headquarters, and follow the directives of the new leader. Earlier in a press conference, Coordination Committee presented a ‘charge-sheet’ against the party Convenor Farooq Sattar and announced his removal as party head. The party took thisRead More
71 dead, no survivors in Russian passenger plane crash
MOSCOW: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital’s Domodedovo airport, killing everyone on board. The Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow.
Rabita Committee sacks Dr Farooq Sattar as MQMP convener
KARACHI, FEB 11 (DNA) – Coordination committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQMP) has sacked Dr Farooq Sattar as convener of the political party on Sunday, a day after the rift was reported to have been resolved. Convener Kanwar Naveed Jamil addressed the media today in the metropolis and announced that Dr Sattar was relieved of his position as convener, effective immediately. He complained that Dr Sattar’s mistake caused MQM’s resigtration to be cancelled by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). He said that senior members and workers of theRead More
Imran Khan’s offer to Chaudhry Nisar
ISLAMABAD, FEB 11 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday invited former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to join his party’s fold. In his informal conversation with newsmen here, Khan said it would be better if Nisar joins Tehreek-e-Insaf, promising his support to the former interior minister even he chooses to contest the next election as an independent candidate. “At times, one has to have a bigger heart in politics,” he said. The PTI chairman once again rejected the possibility of an alliance with Pakistan Peoples Party. “AllianceRead More
Bringing polio cases to lowest in history an achievement: Saira
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (DNA): Federal Health Minister Saira Afzal Tarar said the present elected government took the challenge of widespread polio outbreak head on when it took office in 2013 and with all out effort today the country reported 8 cases at the end of 2017 and no case this year. Like loadshedding, terrorism, law and order in Karachi we surmounted the Polio challenge with bold decisions, commitment and good governance. Pakistan was the target of criticism for polio spread. Today it is quoted as example of how political willRead More
Foreign security experts endorse security measures for PSL 3
KARACHI, Feb 11 (DNA): The international security consultants on Sunday expressed satisfaction over the security plan mapped out for Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition final in the metropolis, following a full-dress security rehearsal of the match. The security experts had earlier arrived in the city to review the security arrangements. Addressing a press conference, England’s security expert Reg Dickason said that the security arrangements were satisfactory to hold the league’s final in the city on March 5. He said he was briefed about the arrangements by officials and found the security measures upRead More