Sunday, September 2nd, 2018
Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills three
KABUL, (DNA) – Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: A helicopter crash in northern Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least three people including a foreign pilot, Afghan officials said. The aircraft crashed due to “technical problems” shortly after taking off in Dehdadi district in Balkh province, Nazer Khuda Pamiri, deputy commander of Afghan forces in northern Afghanistan, told. Ten people were on board the helicopter at the time of the accident. It was transporting Afghan security forces from a military base in Dehdadi to the volatile northwestern province of Faryab. “Three people were killedRead More
Govt committed to make Pakistan a green country: PM
HARIPUR, SEPT 02 (DNA) – Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran has said government is committed to achieve target of 10 billion trees all over Pakistan. He said this while talking to media in Haripur after planting a tree. Imran Khan further said we have determined to make Pakistan a Green Pakistan and soon this target shall be achieved. He said, global warming has badly affected most parts of the world. Pakistan is also affected therefore by planting more and more tree we can cope with challenges of global warming. TheRead More
DG ISPR thanks Pakistan media for highlighting martyrs’ sacrifices
RAWALPINDI, (DNA) – Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor on Sunday thanked Pakistani media for highlighting the sacrifices of martyrs for the sake of the motherland. In a tweet, the DG ISPR while hailing the Pakistani media said that it had played a key role in informing the nation. The DG ISPR also shared a video on his official twitter handle ahead of Pakistan’sDefence Day in which prominent anchorpersons can be seen paying tribute to martyrs and expressing love for the country. In the backgroundRead More
Afghanistan terms issue at Jalalabad consulate as misunderstanding
ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (DNA): Afghan authorities met Pakistani officials over the issue of security and intervention by provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat in Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad and said that the issue was a simple misunderstanding and would be resolved soon. During the meeting the authorities discussed the possible suggestions for security of the Consulate building. While speaking about the issue spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry, said Governor’s intervention was a misunderstanding which caused concern among staff at the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad however, soon theRead More
PM Imran Khan launches tree plantation campaign
HARIPUR, (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan will formally launch the “10 Billion Tree Tsunami” by planting a sapling in District Haripur. 1.5 Million saplings will be planted today in major cities of Pakistan. Government Departments, Military forces, NGOs, students and a large number of citizens are participating in todays plantation drive.
N. Korea-Japan summit must help resolve abduction issue: Abe
TOKYO, (DNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said any summit he holds with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un must tackle abducted citizens, an issue that has bedevilled relations between the two countries for decades. North Korea kidnapped scores of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s to help Pyongyang train its spies, a sore point that Tokyo says has never been adequately addressed. “In the end, I have to meet Chairman Kim Jong Un,” Abe told the Sankei Shimbun daily in an interview published on Sunday, adding he wishedRead More