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Sunday, July 22nd, 2018

 

KDA announces deductions of salary for Basha, Mohmand Dams

 KARACHI, July 22 (DNA): Director General KDA, Samiuddin Siddiqui has said that for the economical stability it is important to eradicate the energy challenges. “Due to not having a water storage facilities not only industries but agriculture are also badly affected,” he said in a statement Sunday. In this regards Supreme court has begin a fund collection for construction of Basha and  Mohmad Dams while Director General KDA also issued an order for participation in fund raising. According to order No: PA/Secy/KDA/2018/1460, for donation of construction of dams for water storage salary ofRead More


Pakistani Hajj authorities providing facilities to intending pilgrims: Rasheed

 MADINA MUNAWWARA, JUL 22 (DNA): Pakistani Hajj authorities in Saudi Arabia are making sure to provide all out facilities to the intending pilgrims from Pakistan. This was stated by Deputy Director Hajj Farooq Rasheed while talking to media in Madina Munawwara. He said an organized network has been established to provide various facilities to intending pilgrims and to redress their difficulties. On every residence of the pilgrims in Madina, assistants in green jackets have been deployed in two shifts to help resolve the complaints or problems on spot. The residences ofRead More


Kabul Airport blast: Death toll rises

KABUL – (DNA) – A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people at the entrance to Kabul international airport today, officials said, as scores gathered to welcome home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile. Senior government officials, political leaders and supporters were leaving the airport after greeting the powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and former warlord when the explosion happened. Dostum, clad in a Western suit and sunglasses and travelling in an armoured vehicle, was unharmed, said his spokesman Bashir Ahmad Tayanj. “We can confirm 10 people have beenRead More


IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui writes a new letter to CJP Saqib Nisar

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Siddiqui on Sunday requested Chief Justice Saqib Nisar to constitute a judicial commission to probe into the former’s allegations of certain institutions meddling in judicial work. In a letter written to the CJP , Justice Siddiqui said that a commission be formed with a retired or serving judge as its head. He added that the judge should not be someone who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order, instated by former military dictator Pervez Musharraf in 2007. In an address to the Rawalpindi BarRead More


Pakistan thrash Zimbabwe for ODI series sweep cricket

BULAWAYO: (DNA) – Pakistan completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe with a 131-run win on Sunday in the fifth and final match at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. On another record-setting day for the visitors, Fakhar Zaman became the fastest player in history to reach 1,000 career runs in one-day international cricket as Pakistan amassed 364 for 4. Zaman broke the previous record of 21 innings by reaching the mark in his 17th innings in the course of a fluent half century. His opening partner Imam-ul-Haq was also in theRead More


Imran Khan vows not be cowed down by terror threats

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said that he had addressed election rallies in Karak and Bannu on Saturday despite terror threats. “We are going everywhere to deliver our message. They had informed us in a written message that suicide attackers could target me in Karak and Bannu, but I risked my life since this election is a historic occasion for Pakistan,” Khan told media persons at Bagh-e-Jinnah in Karachi ahead of his party’s rally. His remarks came shortly after PTI candidate Ikramullah Gandapur died from injuries causedRead More