ISLAMABAD, JUL 29 (DNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has invited PM-elect Imran Khan to visit Kabul. “The Afghan president telephoned Imran and congratulated him over his victory in the 2018 General Election,” PTI leader Naeem ul Haque said while addressing the media in Islamabad. “Ghani told Imran that Pakistan and Afghanistan have historic relations and invited him for a tour of the country,” the PTI leader added. Haque further said that the PTI chief informed the Afghan president that he will visit Kabul once he assumes power. Further, theRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUL 29 (DNA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has welcomed the successful holding of general elections in Pakistan which witnessed a large voters’ turnout. In a statement received here Sunday, the UAE ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation expressed hope for further cooperation between Pakistan and UAE in line with the close friendship ties and robust historical relations binding the two friendly countries.  “The UAE wishes the new Pakistani government success and looks forward to developing bilateral relations across all domains,” it added.=DNA ===============

KARACHI, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA-elect from Karachi  Najeeb Haroon has said he will not take “any official salary” and other “perks provided to an MNA” in order to lower cost of governance which Imran Khan promised in his victory speech. Haroon used his Twitter account to urge his fellow PTI MPs elect to do the same. ” Once I win my NA256 constituency, I WILL NOT take any official salary or other official perks provided to a MNA. I do this for the people of Karachi,” he said onRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeemul Haq on Sunday said Imran Khan would prefer a people’s ceremony of oath taking where thousands can watch him take the oath as prime minister of Pakistan, days after PTI emerged a leading party in Wednesday polls. “Perhaps D Chowk area may be the right place to do it,” he said in Twitter post. Haq said he would keep updating the people on any decision that is made by the party regarding oath taking ceremony for his leader. saying that security arrangments wouldRead More

LAHORE (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have started head to head efforts for support of successful independent candidates for forming government in Punjab. As many as 149 seats are required to have dominance in Punjab assembly while PML-N has secured 129 seats and PTI took 123 seats in recently held general elections. Besides PML-N, PTI and independent candidates, the other key players in the battle ground include PML-Q with 7 seats, PPP with 6 seats while BAP, Functional League and PAR has one seat each.Read More

ISLAMABAD:  (DNA) – The country’s premier intelligence agency has requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to expunge several paragraphs from an order of its judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui who last week asked the army chief and the top spymaster to stop meddling in affairs of other departments. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) through the Ministry of Defence secretary and the Federation through the Ministry of Interior on Friday approached the IHC against Justice Siddiqui’s July 18 order. Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmed filed the appeal that said a single-judgeRead More