Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi’s dismembered body parts found: Report
Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s body parts have been found, a media report claimed on Tuesday. Khashoggi’s dismembered body parts were found in the garden of the Saudi consul general’s home. Khashoggi’s body was ‘cut up’ and his face was ‘disfigured’, the British media outlet claimed. The report about Jamal Khashoggi’s body parts being found comes after Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan contradicted Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the writer/journalist was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank. Erdogan also said he wantsRead More
PM Imran ranked among world’s most influential Muslims
KARACHI: (DNA) – Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been featured among the top 50 of World’s Most Influential Muslims’ list of 2019. According to the list titled ‘World’s Most Influential Muslims’, PM Khan has secured the 29th spot in the prestigious list, prepared annually by the Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. The list also contains three other Pakistanis, which are; Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, who is on the 6th; Haji Muhammad Abdul-Wahhab, emir of Tablighi Jamaat on 14th; and Maulana Tariq Jameel, religious scholar on the 40thRead More
6th round of Pak-Lithuania Bilateral Political consultations held in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The sixth round of Pakistan-Lithuania Bilateral Political Consultations was held in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Pakistan side was led by Additional Secretary (Europe) Zaheer Janjua, while the Lithuania delegation was headed by Ambassador Eduardas Borisovas, Director Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two sides reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations and identified opportunities and possibilities for further cooperation, especially in the spheres of trade, investment, education, culture, parliamentary exchanges and people-to-people contacts. They discussed mutual collaboration at international fora,Read More
President for coordinated system among NADRA, other ministries for online visa services
ISLAMABAD (DNA): President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday stressed coordination among the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior and NADRA for formulating a system of online visa services for foreigners intending to visit Pakistan. Talking to Chairman NADRA Usman Y. Mobin who briefed him about the ongoing projects and future initiatives of the organization here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said the step would facilitate investors and tourists to visit Pakistan. The President called upon NADRA to continue work for the improving online voting system and to remove difficulties and bottlenecks. HeRead More
Australian HC Margaret Adamson opens art exhibition
LAHORE, (DNA) – Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson today opened an exhibition at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Art Gallery of the National College of Arts Lahore, to celebrate the success of five Pakistani artists whose works will appear in a major Australian exhibition. The prestigious Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) will this year show works by Pakistan’s Aisha Khalid, Ali Kazim, Naiza Khan, Rasheed Araeen and Waqas Khan.“Pakistan has every reason to be proud of these five wonderful artists,” Ms Adamson said. “Their works will be appearing in anRead More
Bangladesh publisher arrested on defamation charges
DHAKA, (DNA) – A prominent lawyer and newspaper publisher who is tied to Bangladesh’s political opposition was denied bail on Tuesday after his arrest on defamation charges, heightening concerns about a crackdown on dissent ahead of national elections. Police arrested Mainul Hosein late on Monday in a raid on an opposition leader’s home in the capital, said Mahbub Alam, a joint commissioner of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Hosein is the publisher of the English-language New Nation daily and heads its editorial board. Magistrate Kaisarul Islam gave no explanationRead More