Thursday, October 25th, 2018
All trains to stop for 10 mins at Raiwand station during Tableeghi Ijtima: Pak Railways
LAHORE, (DNA) – Pakistan Railway has announced that all trains including green line will stop for ten minutes at Raiwind station on the occasion of Tableeghi Ijtima in Raiwind. According to spokesman of the department, trains will continue this practice from first to fifteenth of the next month.
Turkish ambassador inaugurates food festival
ISLAMABAD, OCT 25 (DNA) – The Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan, Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, inaugurated the Turkish Food Festival at the Islamabad Serena Hotel with a press conference, where guests had the opportunity to meet the renowned chefs from Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul. Serena Hotels as part of its Cultural Diplomacy initiatives has invited Serdar Ongel, Sous Chef, Davut Kutlugun, Chef de Partie, and Servet Kanat, Pastry Chef de Partie, from Ciragan Palace to bring the flavours of Istanbul to Islamabad. The eight-day festival will be held in the ZamanaRead More
In change of tack, Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi’s murder “premeditated”
DUBAI/ISTANBUL: (DNA) – Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate was premeditated, reversing previous official statements that the killing was unintended. The death of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has sparked global outrage and mushroomed into a crisis for the world’s top oil exporter and strategic ally of the West. Saudi officials initially denied having anything to do with Khashoggi’s disappearance after he entered the consulate onRead More
Pak Army ready, resolute in defending motherland: COAS
RAWALPINDI, (DNA) – General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited troops on Line of Control (LOC) at Sarpir and Pandu Sectors. COAS appreciated operational readiness and high state of morale. COAS said that Pakistan Army is fully invested in peace and stability of the region. However, we are ready and resolute in defending the motherland against any misadventure. Kashmir remains the core unresolved agenda and we standby the Kashmiris in their just historical stance.
Foreign Secretary lodges strong protest with Dutch Ambassador
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua called Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Foreign Office and lodged a strong protest on the blasphemous tweets by Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders. The Foreign Secretary conveyed deep concern and disappointment of the government and people of Pakistan on continued and deliberate malicious attempts of the Dutch Parliamentarian to hurt the sentiments of hundreds of millions across the world. The Foreign Secretary underscored that such acts cannot be allowed with impunity under the pretext of freedom of expression. These discriminatory incidents spread hateRead More
Afghan envoy says PIA misplaced his luggage twice this week
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Thursday claimed that his luggage had been misplaced by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) twice this week as he travelled from Islamabad to Kabul. Expressing his annoyance in a tweet, Zakhilwal said: “Second time in a row in a week my suitcase goes missing on Islamabad-Kabul PIA flight and then ends up in UK. Could it be just coincidental mismanagement?” PIA spokesperson Mashood Tajwar said that a complaint has been lodged by the passenger and the matter is being investigated.