ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – In the first phase of a top-level reshuffle of the federal bureaucracy, Prime Minister Imran Khan selected mostly competent and honest officers, but ignored his pledge to post the right person in the right job, senior civil servants told. Encouragingly for civil servants considered close to former rulers, the prime minister has prioritized their integrity and performance over past associations with his political opponents, they said. Ejaz Muneer, the newly-appointed Secretary Establishment, and Asad Hayauddin, posted as Secretary Petroleum, closely served the Sharifs. Nonetheless, Khan opted toRead More

WASHINGTON, (DNA) – US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said. He was 81. McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona for over three decades, had been battling glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, discovered by his doctors in July 2017, and had not been at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. He also had surgery for an intestinal infection in April ofRead More

QUETTA, (DNA) – Dr Ameer Muhammad Khan Jogezai on Saturday evening refused Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) offer of Balochistan governorship. In a video message, he said that he was thankful to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) for putting their faith in him. He said that there has been no case registered against him since 2005. Dr Jogezai’s refusal comes after the PTI leadership decided to appoint Dr Ameer Muhammad Khan Jogezai as the new Balochistan governor. Dr Jogezai is a paediatrician by profession and has also servedRead More