Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Bomb explodes outside US Embassy in Beijing, suspect injured: report
BEIJING, (DNA) – A small bomb was detonated outside the U.S. Embassy compound in Beijing on Thursday, the embassy told The Wall Street Journal. The bomber, a 26-year-old man, was injured in the incident, police said. The police statement identified the man only by his surname, Jiang, and said he was from the city of Tongliao in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. The blast occurred around 1 p.m. local time and could be heard from blocks away. Witnesses told they felt tremors, and later saw police examining a vehicle outside theRead More
List of proposed Ministers of PTI unveiled
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – A list of proposed PTI ministers is in circulation, which is re produced here for the interest of readers. The list will more or less remain the same after compilation of final results. Since the list was prepared before the elections therefore there may be slight changes. Especially in Punjab where Shah Mahmood Qureshi is reported to have lost provincial assembly seat. Yasim Rashid has also lost the elction therfroe she will not be a candiate for Speakership anymore.
‘Imran is capable of realising Pakistan’s fabulous potential’: British journalist Peter Obourne
The local as well as international media have been waiting with bated breath for the poll results in Pakistan ever since the conduction of general elections nationwide on Wednesday. In what seems like a sweeping victory for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, many globally-recognised journalists, intellectuals and writers believe it is only Khan who can turn around the fate of Pakistan. British journalist Peter Obourne believes how Imran Khan is the one man who can lift Pakistan from the deep dungeons to progressiveness, in a similar fashion as heRead More
Pakistan Election 2018: Imran Khan in strong position to become next prime minister
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Pakistani cricket hero-turned-politician Imran Khan led in partial results of a general election on Thursday, as the party of his jailed chief rival, ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, rejected the count as “blatantly” rigged. With just 30 percent of the total vote counted, the Election Commission of Pakistan had Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party leading in 113 of 272 contested National Assembly constituencies. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was ahead in 66 constituencies, and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), led by the son of assassinated two-time primeRead More
PTI tipped for victory as majority election results announced
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is leading on 111 National Assembly seats whereas Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has managed to take 68 seats so far in general election 2018. According to unofficial results of majority constituencies, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) stands at third position with 38 seats while 19 seats have been claimed by independent candidates. In Punjab, the preliminary results show PTI has taken 131 seats with PML-N holding 124 provincial seats. Independent candidates have bagged 28 seats so far. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI stood on top slotRead More