Monday, October 29th, 2018
President Arif Alvi, Erdogan attend inauguration of Grand Int’l Airport in Istanbul
ISTANBUL: (DNA) – President Arif Alvi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the inauguration ceremony of Grand International Airport in Istanbul on Monday. President Arif Alvi is in Turkey on three-day official visit on the invitation of Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
ADB affirms support to stand by BISP in social sector reforms and poverty reduction endeavors
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – A delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday held a meeting with Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) team. According to a statement released by BISP, the ADB delegation Ms. Xiaohong Yang, the country director for Pakistan Resident Mission, discussed the output of different projects based on the prescribed performance indicators and ADB’s portfolio review. While briefing on the status of Cash transfer, it was shared that at present ADB supports 847, 349 BISP beneficiaries which are around 16% of total beneficiaries, who receive quarterly cash grant.Read More
China expresses desire to include friendly country into CPEC project: Report
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – – China has reportedly offered and desired to bring Iran into the loop of China Pakistan Economic Corridor Project. As per the media report, Top Chinese diplomat in Pakistan has underlined his country’s enthusiasm to cooperate with Iran and Afghanistan within the framework of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “China is interested in the partnership of the friendly states and neighbors of Pakistan, specially Iran, in the CPEC project,” Chinese Ambassador to Islamabad Yao Jing said during a press conference in Islamabad on Monday. Yao Jing underscored that theRead More
Shehbaz’s name for PAC chairman unacceptable: PTI
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership on Monday said that the name of Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman was not acceptable saying the PML-N president is booked in NAB cases. A parliamentary party meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to ask the opposition for another name instead of Shehbaz Sharif. Sources said that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will ask the opposition in this regard. Sources privy to the PTI said that the meeting decided that the PML-NRead More
Japanese princess gives up royal status to marry commoner
TOKYO (DNA) – : Princess Ayako married commoner Kei Moriya on Monday at a traditional ceremony at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine, to become the latest female royal to leave Japan’s imperial family. The 28-year-old princess, the third daughter of Emperor Akihito’s late cousin Prince Takamado, tied the knot with Kei Moriya, a 32-year-old employee of shipping company Nippon Yusen. The princess wore a many-layered court kimono and molded hairdo typical of the imperial aristocracy, while the groom wore a black tuxedo with grey trousers for the ceremony at the shrine dedicatedRead More
Israeli minister in unprecedented visit to UAE mosque
ABU DHABI (DNA) – : Israeli minister Miri Regev on Monday shared a video on Facebook of her touring a famed mosque in the United Arab Emirates, in an unprecedented visit by a cabinet member. The culture and sport minister, known for controversial comments about Arabs, was dressed in a red abaya with a white scarf covering her hair at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. “I toured the site,” Regev told the camera, in Hebrew, surrounded by a group of people in traditional Emirati dress. “This is the firstRead More