Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Cotton crop harvesting should be completed till May 31
LAHORE, MAY 23: Secretary Punjab Agriculture Department, Muhammad Mehmood has said that harvesting of cotton crop should be completed till 31st of this month. In a statement issued from Lahore, he said that cotton 2025 machine can help to take crop from one place to other following the safety standards.
Pakistan, Cuba sign MoU for cooperation in literature
ISLAMABAD, MAY 23 (DNA) – First ever Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in literature was signed between the Government of Pakistan and Republic of Cuba on Tuesday by Engineer Aamir Hasan, Federal Secretary National History and Literary Heritage Division and H.E Mr. Gabrel Tiel Capote, the Ambassador of Republic of Cuba on behalf of their respective governments at National History and Literary Heritage Division, Islamabad on May 22, 2018. Advisor to the Prime Minister Irfan Siddiqui witnessed the signing ceremony.
Historic Fata-KP merger bill smoothly sails through National Assembly
ISLAMABAD, MAY 24 (DNA) -In a landmark development, the National Assembly on Thursday approved a much-awaited constitutional amendment bill regarding the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the majority. The 31st amendment bill was tabled by Law Minister Mahmood Bashir Virk in a historic session called after a parliamentary committee agreed upon the draft of the bill despite resistance from Jamat-e-Uleman Islam-F and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party. A session of the parliamentary leaders headed by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was held on Wednesday, where the leadersRead More
I wanted to do Sanjay Dutt’s role in ‘Sanju’: Aamir Khan
MUMBAI, MAY 24 (DNA) – Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan says he was offered to play the role of late Sunil Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju, the upcoming biopic on actor Sanjay Dutt, but he refused it only because he wanted to essay the title character. Asked if he was offered to play the role of Sunil Dutt, he said, “He (Hirani) approached me with the script and I loved it. He wanted me to play Dutt saab’s role. It is a fantastic role and the story is largely on the father-sonRead More
Cyber Alert: DG ISPR warns about scammers using ISPR’s name with malicious intent
RAWALPINDI, MAY 24 (DNA) – Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor has alerted his countryfolk about a cyber attack that fraudulently uses ISPR’s identity to spread fake information and for phishing purposes. In a tweet from his personal account, Gen Asif Ghafoor said that this new cyber attack is being used for phishing purposes and that despite its name, it has nothing to do with ISPR. DG ISPR said, A malicious email is sent from [email protected] using name of ISPR. It is clarified that this is aRead More
‘Disenchanted’ PTI founding member Fauzia Kasuri parts ways with party
ISLAMABAD, MAY 24 (DNA) – Fauzia Kasuri, one of the founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), tendered her resignation to the party head and other members on Wednesday. “It should come as no surprise to you that I have decided to leave the PTI,” the letter reads which was submitted by Kasuri. Thanking the party chairman Imran Khan for providing her a platform to develop her political career on, she said that since 2013, she had become increasingly disenchanted by the direction the party had taken and no longerRead More