Thursday, June 7th, 2018
Veteran politician Rasool Bux Palijo passes away in Karachi
KARACHI, JUNE 07 (DNA) – Awami Tehreek Chief and senior politician Rasool Bux Palijo passed away early Thursday morning at Karachi’s South City Hospital. The 88-year-old renowned scholar had been hospitalised for pneumonia. He will be laid to rest in his ancestral area Mungar Khan Palijo near Jungshahi in Thatta. A human rights lawyer and Sindh leftist leader, Palijo founded Sindh Awami Tehreek in the 1970s before it was renamed to Awami Tehreek. Although he started his political career from “Hari Tehreek” – a movement for the rights of peasantsRead More
Australian Air Chief visits Wagah check-post, Lahore
LAHORE, JUN 07 (DNA) – Australian Air Chief Marshal Mark Donald Binskin visited Wagah check-post in Lahore on Thursday and met with the personnel of Pakistan Rangers deployed there.
US Secretary of State Pompeo telephones Army Chief Qamar Bajwa
WASHINGTON, JUNE 07 (DNA) – In a latest development to strengthen ties between two countries, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday spoke with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, said a statement issued from the office of the US spokesperson Heather Nauert. According to the statement, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a phone conversation, discussing various matters, including strategy in South Asia. The discussion was focused to advance Pak-US bilateral relations, said statement.Read More
Prof Hasan Askari named Punjab caretaker CM
LAHORE, JUNE 07 (DNA) – Noted defence and political analyst Prof Hasan Askari has been named as the caretaker chief minister for Punjab, the Election Commission of Pakistan said in an announcement on Thursday. ECP Additional Secretary Akhtar Nazir announced the decision in a press conference in Islamabad. Nazir said the decision to appoint Askari was taken unanimously. Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif had nominated Admiral (retd) Mohammad Zakaullah and Justice (retd) Mohammad Sahir Ali, whereas the then Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly Mahmoodur Rasheed had proposedRead More
Dutch firm’s Rs300mln egg processing plant likely to start by yearend
KARACHI, JUNE 06 (DNA) – Dutch company Frisian Egg is setting up more than Rs300 million worth of Pakistan’s first and biggest egg processing plant, in collaboration with a local partner, which is expected to begin production by this yearend. “Establishment of Barkat Frisian Pasteurised egg plant in collaboration with Dutch company in Bin Qasim industrial park is a sign of trust of international companies on Pakistan’s economy,” Chairperson Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) Naheed Memon said during a meeting with the company’s officials. A SBI’s statement said local partnerRead More