Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
UN Syria envoy to step down next month
UNITED NATIONS: (DNA) – The United Nations envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key post, setting back UN efforts to end the seven-year war in Syria “I will myself be moving on as of the last week of November,” Staffan de Mistura told the UN Security Council during a meeting on the crisis in Syria. The Italian-Swedish diplomat, who became the UN’s third Syria envoy in July 2014, said he was leaving for “purelyRead More
Nearly half the world lives on less than $5.50 a day
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Economic advances around the world mean that while fewer people live in extreme poverty, almost half the world’s population — 3.4 billion people — still struggles to meet basic needs, the World Bank said. Living on less than $3.20 per day reflects poverty lines in lower-middle-income countries, while $5.50 a day reflects standards in upper-middle-income countries, the World Bank said in its biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report, “Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle.” The World Bank remains committed to achieving the goal of ending extreme poverty, definedRead More
Democracy in the country is due to martyrs of Karsaz: Asif Ali Zardari
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians said that democracy which was restored after sacrifices of hundreds of martyrs is once again under threat. Asif Ali Zardari paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of Karsaz tragedy in a message on the anniversary of the disaster. On 17th October 2007 the caravan of democracy led by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was attacked at Karsaz in Karachi but hundreds of loyal democrats saved their leader but lost their own lives. Former President said that because ofRead More
SC gives 45 days to remove illegal billboards
LAHORE, (DNA) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) to remove illegal billboards across the country within 45 days. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar said huge billboards have been installed in the vicinity of cantonment, DHA and Railways area in Lahore. He added that the order had been passed in Karachi to remove huge billboards and the very same order will be applicable in Lahore in to clear the city of billboards. The chief justice, while warning against using public propertiesRead More
PM announces withdrawal of 5% duty on news print
ISLAMABAD, OCT 17 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed the confidence that the government will soon solve problems being faced by the country through its policies. He was talking to a delegation of representatives of Council of Newspapers Editors and Pakistan Broadcasters Association that called on him in Islamabad. The Prime Minister said the government wants to lessen problems of the common man. He said special emphasis is being laid on education, health and social sector. He said the government is in contact with friendly countries to overcomeRead More
Pakistan launches ‘active efforts’ to ascertain whereabouts of missing Iranian guards
ISLAMABAD, OCT 17 (DNA) – Foreign Minister of Iran Mr. Javad Zarif called Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today to discuss the situation arising following abduction of Iranian guards near the Pakistan-Iran border point of Mirjaveh, on 16 October 2018. FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed his serious concern on the incident. He also briefed Mr. Zarif about the active efforts launched by the Pakistan law enforcement agencies to ascertain the whereabouts of the missing Iranian guards, in coordination with the Iranian military and intelligence counterparts. It was noted that theRead More