Monday, June 4th, 2018
World media publishing reports about pre-poll rigging: Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 04 (DNA) – Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday stated that international media was telecasting reports pertaining to pre-poll rigging in general elections 2018. He made these remarks during meeting with members of FATA Youth Jirga. Nawaz termed merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) biggest event in country’s history since 1947. “This development will revolutionize the lives of tribal people. We are making efforts to organize general elections in tribal areas on July-25”, stated supremo. “You have been deprived of right to voteRead More
Reham Khan lands into serious trouble
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 04 (DNA) – Reham Khan’s former husband Ijaz Rehman, former cricketer Wasim Akram along with two other political figures have sent her a defamation notice citing “defamatory and malicious” content in her upcoming autobiography. A “pre-action defamation protocol” letter, addressed to Reham Khan by a law firm representing Ijaz Rehman, Wasim Akram, Imran Khan’s close aide Zulfi Bukhari, and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Anila Khawaja, claims that the manuscript of her purported autobiography titled ‘Reham Khan’ contains a “litany of malicious, false, incorrect, highly misleading, callous, wanton, tortious, prejudicial, damaging, libelous andRead More
Sadpara of Pakistan joins French mountaineer for “Beyond Mount Everest Expedition”
PARIS, JUN 04 (DNA) – The veteran French mountaineer Marc Batard, 66 years, has enlisted Muhammad Ali Sadpara, the famous Pakistani mountaineer along with Mr. Pasang Nuru Sherpa of Nepal to undertake a five-year mountaineering program, “Beyond Mount Everest”. Under the project, the trio plan to scale Nanga Parbat in 2019 and K-2 in 2021, while Mount Everest in 2022 to mark the 70th Birthday of Mr. Marc Batard. Mr. Batard met with Mr. Moin ul Haque the Ambassador of Pakistan to France in Paris, recently and briefed him aboutRead More
Additional Attorney General sacked from his post: Report
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 04 (DNA) – President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday removed Rana Waqar from his post as the additional attorney general. As per garnered details, the Law Ministry issued a notification for removing Rana Waqar from his position. The president practised Section 2 of the Central Law Officers Ordinance and excused Rana from his post. Rana was appointed the additional attorney general Islamabad in September 2014 and had been working in the position for almost four years. He graduated from Harvard University with a Masters in Law degree. He also worked asRead More
Estonia set to announce free public transport countrywide
TALLIN, JUNE 04 (DNA) – In a major move for public welfare, Estonia is offering free public transport without time restrictions to all its citizens. The move to free public transportation builds on an ambitious scheme already in place in the capital, Tallinn, where public transit on the city’s buses, trams, trolley buses and trains was made fare-free for city residents back in 2013. Now, the government is rolling out free bus travel across the country. It will still be the largest national free public transportation scheme in the world. It’sRead More
Pakistan to retaliate if India targets civilian population: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI, JUNE 04 (DNA) – DG ISPR spokesman Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said that Pakistan army would be compelled to retaliate if India targeted civilian population. “DG MO has given an undertaking about respecting the 2003 ceasefire agreement and Pakistan army is committed to uphold it. But we will give a befitting response if Indian army hits our civilian population,” Asif Ghafoor briefed media at GHQ. “India should decide how it wants to proceed. We are two nuclear powers and there is no space for war,” he said. “If our jobRead More