Friday, June 1st, 2018
King, Crown prince receive Yemeni President
JEDDAH, JUNE 01 (DNA) – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, separately received Yemeni President Abedrabbu Mansour Hadi in Jeddah, late Wednesday. They discussed various regional and international issues. The meeting was attended by Prince Faisal Bin Bandar, emir of Riyadh; Prince Mansour Bin Saud, Prince Fahd Bin Sultan, emir of Tabuk; Prince Khaled Bin Saad; Prince Faisal Bin Khaled, emir of Asir, and other princes and senior officials. The Crown Prince and President Hadi discussedRead More
ECP appoints Yousuf Khan Khattak as main RO in Sindh
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 01 (DNA) – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has appointed provincial Election Commissioner Sindh Mohammad Yousuf Khan Khattak as main Returning officer in Sindh for reserved and non-Muslim seats in the province. According to a statement in Karachi on Friday, the provincial Election Commissioner advised all parties taking part in general elections 2018 to submit priority list of their candidates for reserved and non-muslim seats to returning officers concerned.
Ayaz Amir, Hassan Askari, Izhar Yaqoob PTI nominees for Punjab caretaker CM slot: Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 01 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said the party has proposed names of senior journalist Ayaz Amir, Professor Hassan Askar and Izhar Yaqoob for the slot of Punjab’s care taker chief minister. He expressed the hope that opposition and the government would reach a consensus by Sunday. Earlier, opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rashid said the party has put forth the names of former bureaucrat and columnist Orya Maqbool Jan and Izhar Yaqoob. Speaking to the media outside the Punjab Assembly,Read More
Eight injured in blast at Peshawar’s Akbar Medical Centre
PESHAWAR, JUN 01 (DNA) – At least eight people were injured as a blast rocked Peshawar’s Akbar Medical Centre on Friday. According to sources, the injured, three of whom are in critical condition, have been moved to Lady Reading Hospital. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police has reached the incident site while bomb disposal unit has also been called in. The police cordoned off the area. The medical centre is situated in a busy area of the city. The nature of the blast has not been ascertained yet. This is a developing storyRead More
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi given guard of honor as government completes term
ISLAMABAD, JUN 01 (DNA) – Contingent of Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force and the Pakistan Navty gave a honor guard on Friday to outgoing prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the Prime Minister House after his government completed its five-year constitutional term on Friday. Khaqan Abbasi bade farewell to the staff of the Prime Minister House hours before Interim Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk was sworn in. Abbasi assumed the office last year when his predecessor Mian Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan over corruptionRead More
SC allows disqualified Khawaja Asif to contest elections
ISLAMABAD, JUN 01 (DNA) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared Khawaja Asif’s disqualification for life null and void. The ruling over Asif’s review petition against his disqualification by the Islamabad High Court would allow him to contest the upcoming general election. The judgement over the former foreign minister was announced by a three-judge bench headed by Justice Umar Atta Bandial. Asif had stated in his review petition that he could not add details of his foreign bank account in his nomination papers inadvertently. In its short orderRead More