Monday, October 22nd, 2018
Uzair Baloch not in our custody, says DG Rangers Sindh
KARACHI: (DNA) – Director General (DG) Sindh Rangers, Major General Muhammed Saeed has praised Sindh police, saying very good officers were serving in the police department. “The case of Lyari gangster Uzair Baloch is running in military court. He is not in our custody,” DG Rangers said on Monday. “The way target killing was carried out in Karachi, it did not happen in any other city,” he added. About raid at Omni group office, Major General Saeed said it was carried out on information about presence of arms there. RangersRead More
NHA generates millions through auction of 110 vehicles
LAHORE (DNA) – The National Highway Authority (NHA) has so far auctioned 110 vehicles for Rs129.49 million as per the instructions of Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed. According to a statement, the NHA Lahore office Monday auctioned 24 vehicles and collected Rs34.99 million. A large number of buyers participated in this process of auction while NHA Member Administration Ali Sher Mehsud and Member Central Zone Naveed Iqbal Wahlah were also present on the occasion. The NHA also auctioned 62 of its vehicles in Islamabad office through open auctionRead More
Utility stores employees decline to end Islamabad sit-in
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22 (DNA): Employees of utility stores have declined to end their sit-in at Islamabad’s D-chowk, even after Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Naeemul Haque assured them that their demands will be met. The protesters are demanding that the privatisation of utility stores should be stopped, and permanent status for contractual employees. Haque had assured the protesters that all their demands will be met. He promised to issues health cards to employees, and said that the government will not fire anyone. However, the protesters said that they will not end theirRead More
Elections in IHK, Afghanistan under Indian-US patronage not solutions to problems: JI
LAHORE, Oct 22 (DNA): Secretary General, Jamaat e Islami, Liaqat Baloch, has said that bogus elections in Held Kashmir and Afghanistan under the patronage of India and the US were not the solution of the problems there. Talking to the media at a wedding, he said that the people of Kashmir must be allowed the right of self determination and the Afghans should be given the right to decide their future by their free will. He said that the brutalities of the occupation troops in held Kashmir had crossed al limitsRead More
Senate of Pakistan to host Asian Parliamentary delegates’ meeting at Gwadar
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – The Senate of Pakistan is all set to achieve yet another milestone in its endeavors of Asian connectivity with Gwadar as its centre stage. The Senate, as the House of Federation, is hosting a wide array of Asian Parliamentary representatives at Gwadar, the future hub of Asian trade, in connection with Committee meetings of Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) from October 29 to 31. The Committee meetings will host Parliamentary delegates from 26 Asian Countries including Secretary General Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and will deliberate on matters of mutualRead More
Experts stress hydro-diplomacy to prevent Pak-India water war
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22 (DNA): Urging Pakistan and India to solve water issues through hydro-diplomacy and in accordance with Indus Waters Treaty, former diplomats and water experts enunciated the fears of war between the two countries if the matters pertaining to water sharing of the mutual rivers were not resolved placidly. They were speaking at the book launch ceremony of the book Hydro-Diplomacy: Preventing Water War Between Nuclear-Armed Pakistan and India authored by Ashfaq Mahmood, former federal secretary, Water and Power, and published by IPS Press – the publishing arm of theRead More