Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
Pakistan has lucrative business climate, minister tells Uzbek delegation
RAWALPINDI, APR 18 (DNA) – : The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has organized Pak-Uzbek networking session at a local hotel in Rawalpindi here on Wednesday. Minister of State for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal was the chief guest on the occasion. Khodjaev Jamshid Minister of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan also attended the session who was heading a ten member trade delegation including Shamil Burnashev Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Uzbekistan on Investments , Adham Ikramov Chairman of CCI of Uzbekistan, Bahadir Alihanov Deputy Chairman of theRead More
New airport to be made operational on May 03
ISLAMABAD, APR 18 (DNA) – The New Islamabad International Airport will now be operational on May 03. The Airport was to be made operational on April 20. The Civil Aviation Authority officials have said that due to some issues the airport now will be made operational on May 03.=DNA =================
China to build nuclear power plant in Iran
TEHRAN, APR 18 (DNA) – Tehran and Beijing have held talks on nuclear cooperation on China building small nuclear plant in Iran , the head of Majlis (Parliament) nuclear commission said. Commenting on his presence in Iran-China joint nuclear cooperation conference, Mojtaba Zonnuri said the conference was hosted by China and participated by representatives of P5+1 countries. The conference was very fruitful and both sides presented their opinions, he added. ‘We also visited Chinese nuclear plants,’ he said. He went on to say that the issue of constructing the nuclear plant in Iran wasRead More
PTI issues notices to 20 MPAs over ‘horse-trading’ in Senate polls
ISLAMABAD, APR 18 (DNA) – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to expel its lawmakers for “selling their votes” in Senate elections if they fail to satisfy the show cause notices issued to them, party’s Chairman Imran Khan said Wednesday. During a presser, the PTI chief said that the party had taken a strict action against those who sold votes. He said that 20 of PTI MPAs had received Rs 40 million each for selling their loyalties in the Senate election. He said that names of all those MPAs wouldRead More
Court dismisses Shaukat Tareen petition
ISLAMABAD, APR 18 (DNA) – The Hon’ble Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Tuesday dismissed a petition of former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin seeking acquittal in NAB’s Reference pertaining to the corruption in Rental Power Project (RPP) case. Senior Advocate Mr. Salman Aslam Butt, former Attorney General had argued the case on behalf of Mr. Shaukat Tareen whereas the case on behalf of NAB was contested by Sardar Muzaffar Ahmed Khan, Deputy Prosecutor General NAB Rawalpindi / Islamabad. A Divisional Bench of IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin AkhtarRead More
Pakistan Afghanistan tribal elders jirga to be held to de escalate border tensions
PESHAWAR, APR 18 (DNA) – Afghan and Pakistani will meet next week to work out a joint mechanism to de-escalate border tensions between the neighbours. Tribal elders from southeastern Khost province and Pakistan tribal region of Parachinarm as well as senior military commanders will attend the meeting on Sunday. The decision came at a jirga in lower Kurram on Tuesday. Political Agent Baseer Khan, Commander 73 Brigade Brig Akhtar Haleem, lawmaker Sajid Hussain Turi and elders of various tribes participated in the jirga. The jirga voiced its concern over aRead More