LAHORE: (DNA) –  History has been made, as Yousaf Saleem became the first blind judge in Pakistan after taking oath of civil judge here on Tuesday. Yousaf was among 21 candidates who were sworn in for the post of civil judges today. While Yousaf became the first blind judge in Pakistan, there are numerous examples of visually-impaired judges in other countries. Saleem, who was earlier dropped for being blind, had been reconsidered and recommended for the position of the civil judge after intervention by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) MianRead More

KARACHI, (DNA) – A prominent banker, Hussain Lawai, former head of Summit Bank, was stopped by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials from leaving the country from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport allegedly in connection with suspicious bank transaction worth billions of rupees. Lawai did not say why he was stopped from leaving the country but confirmed that he was barred from going abroad. He said he is unaware as why he was stopped from flying abroad and was directed to approach the FIA, Karachi office for recording statement and facingRead More

LAHORE, (DNA) – Pakistan Muslim League’s (PML-N) leader and candidate against Ch Nisar from NA-59 Engineer Qamrul-ul-Islam and Saaf Pani’s ex-chief executive officer Waseem Ajmal on Tuesday were sent on physical remand until July 9. The suspects were produced before the National Accountabulity Bureau (NAB) court. During the hearing, NAB adopted stance that the accused are involved in corruption worth millions of rupees. The court was requested to approve the physical remand of the suspects. Qamarul Islam’s lawyer opposed the plea and said that NAB’s entire operation is only basedRead More

LAHORE, (DNA) – Acting Chinese Consul General in Lahore Wang Daxue called on Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Dr. Hassan Askari in Lahore. Matters of mutual interest, promotion of Pak-China relations and China Pakistan Economic Corridor projects came under discussion during the meeting. Speaking on this occasion, the Caretaker Chief Minister said that Pak-China friendship is a bright example of peace, love and cooperation in the world. He said that CPEC has changed the economic game of the region. Wang Daxue said that Pak-China friendship and bilateral economic cooperation are strengtheningRead More

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Pakistan has presented a strong case before Paris meeting of global anti-terror financing watchdog, a move which might pave the way for the country to get its inclusion in the terror financing list averted, commonly known as FATF Grey List. But a few officials attending the Paris meetings still say that the threat of grey-listing Islamabad is not over yet as the final call would come up by the end of this week. In the last FATF Plenary and Working Group meetings in February 2018, the US,Read More