Sunday, September 23rd, 2018
UNODC’ s awareness drive on human trafficking, migrant smuggling
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 23 (DNA) – UNODC Country Office in Pakistan in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency is rolling out nation-wide public awareness campaign against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and the Smuggling of Migrants (SOM). The campaign is supported by the Australian Department of Home Affairs, the U.S. Department of State and the European Union under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (GLO.ACT). The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness on the risks, issues and challenges associated with humanRead More
Funeral Prayer of Shaheed soldiers offered
RAWALPINDI, (DNA) – Funeral Prayer of Shaheed soldiers, who embraced Shahadat in an operation in North Wazirastan yesterday was held at Rawalpindi. Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, attended the frneral prayer. Bodies being sent to respective native towns for burial with full military honour.
PTI appointed Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto party president in Sindh
ISLAMABAD, SEPT (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf has appointed Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto as President of party in Sindh, on Sunday.
Mexico president-elect says will not fight with Trump
MEXICO CITY, (DNA) – Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he does not want to fight with US President Donald Trump on immigration. Trump’s hardline approach on the subject has ramped up tensions and riled Mexicans, who he previously claimed would pay for the construction of a wall between the two countries. But the leftist Lopez Obrador told reporters in the border state of Sonora on Saturday that angry exchanges were not the answer. “We are not going to fight with the US government, we are not going toRead More
US wants to cause insecurity in Iran but will not succeed: Rouhani
DUBAI: (DNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States of being a “bully” that wants to create insecurity in the Islamic Republic, a day after an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, including 12 members of the country´s elite Revolutionary Guards. Speaking before leaving Tehran to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Rouhani accused U. S. -backed Gulf Arab states of providing financial and military support for anti-government ethnic Arab groups. “The small puppet countries in the region are backed by America, andRead More
Buzdar faces challenge of becoming an effective CM
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – The Punjab Chief Minister, Usman Buzdar, is a simple man, who admits that he lacks administrative experience but assures his visitors that he would improve with every passing day. Background interactions with those closely watching Buzdar, the Punjab chief minister has become extra careful after the Pakpattan DPO episode which has seriously jolted his government as well as the ruling PTI within days of their coming into power. “There is now hardly any political interference on part of the chief minister and his secretariat,” a source said,Read More