Saturday, February 24th, 2018
Pakistan wants peaceful relations with its neighbours: Khawaja Asif
SIALKOT, FEB 24 (DNA) – Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that Pakistan has ever wanted to have peaceful relations with its neighbours, but they are not giving positive response to its peace initiatives. He was addressing party workers’ convention at Mianapura here late Friday evening. He said that Pakistan would continue its role for establishing peace in world and weeding out terrorism, militancy, insurgency and extremism from Pakistan by securing its eastern and western borders. Khawaja Asif said that there was no doubt that the defenceRead More
Serena Hotels, Australian HC and PCB organize women cricket cup
ISLAMABAD, FEB 24 (DNA) -The Australian High Commission (AHC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with the support of Serena Hotels today hosted the 3rd PCB-AHC Girls’ Cricket Cup at Murghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad. The PCB-AHC Girls’ Cup 2018 involved teams from four schools: Special Education School for Girls with Hearing Impairment H-9; Islamabad Model School for Girls F-7/2 Islamabad; Islamabad Model School for Girls G-7/2 Islamabad and Islamabad Model School for Girls G-11/1 Islamabad. The girls attended a five-day coaching clinic in the lead-up to the competition conducted byRead More
US snubs Pakistan while commends Indian role in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, FEB 24 (DNA) – The Trump administration has hailed India’s role in Afghanistan’s development and pledging additional uplift assistance to in the impoverished country. A Pentagon spokesperson on Thursday told journalists in Washington: “India has been very supportive, and they’ve pledged additional developmental aid in Afghanistan . They’ve been willing to help with aviation maintenance,” Dana White believed President Donald Trump’s new South Asia policy offered Pakistan an opportunity to cooperate with the US on stabilising Afghanistan . “Pakistan has an opportunity to do more with respect to regional security. It’s an opportunity and we would welcomeRead More
When giving your child quality education only costed Rs10
During the 1950s, I was studying in a missionary school (St Patrick’s). Many people in position of power have studied from the same school, such as a president, a prime minister, many army officers, government ministers and the famous Indian politician LK Advani. I still remember how the school fee at that time was only Rs10. But one day, in 1956 or thereabouts, the fee structure was changed. For some boys, the fee remained at Rs10, for some (like my brother and I) it was raised to Rs25, while theRead More
Three consecutive suicide blasts rock Afghanistan
KABUL, FEB 24 (DNA) – Three consecutive suicide blasts rocked Helmand province in South of Afghanistan leaving at least eleven people dead or wounded, according to the local officials. Two of the suicide blasts took place in the vicinity of Nad-e-Ali district while one suicide blast took place in Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of Helmand. The provincial government media office in a statement said the first blast took place close to the compound of the Afghan intelligence agency in 2nd police district of Lashkargah city after a suicide bomber detonated aRead More
IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz issued show cause notice over derogatory remarks against Army, ISI
ISLAMABAD, FEB 24 (DNA) – The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has issued a show cause notice to Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for making “unwarranted comments about some important constitutional institutions” while passing an interim order in the Faizabad sit-in case. “You knowing and purposely while adjudicating upon Writ Petition No. 3914 of 2017 made unnecessary and unwarranted comments about some important constitutional institutions,” says the notice issued under an order passed by the SJC . The SJC has required submission of Justice Siddiqui’s response within 14 days, soRead More