Monday, October 29th, 2018
SC suspends notification of Islamabad IG’s transfer
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday suspended notification of transfer of Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IG) Jan Mohammad. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has taken suo motu notice of the transfer. The apex court also directed federal govt to submit detailed reply in this regard till October 31. “IG Police serves under interior minister”, remarked CJP. Earlier today, CJP Justice Saqib Nisar on Monday took suo motu notice of alleged transfer of Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IG) Jan Mohammad over not picking phone of aRead More
IG Islamabad removed on PM Imran Khan’s orders, AG informs SC
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – : Attorney General of Pakistan has said that IG Islamabad was removed on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Babar Azam No.1 T20I batsman in the world
DUBAI: (DNA) – Scores of 68*, 45 and 50 in the Twenty20 Internationals against Australia have lifted Babar Azam to the top spot among batsmen in the ICC Men’s T20I Rankings. Azam topped the run-scorers’ chart with 163 runs from three outings, scoring at a strike rate of 117.26, as Pakistan swept Australia 3-0. That lifted him from No.5 to No.1, and pushed down Aaron Finch by a spot and compatriot Fakhar Zaman down to fifth spot, a fall of three places. The other big mover among the batsmen wasRead More
British High Commissioner calls on foreign minister Qureshi
ISLAMABAD (DNA) : British High Commissioner Thomas Drew called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday. The Foreign Minister called for strengthening the trade and economic relations and people to people contacts between the two countries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Mohammad Faisal said in a tweet posted on his twitter account.
CJP takes notice of IGP Islamabad transfer
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of transfer of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Islamabad, Jan Muhammad allegedly after refusing to take action on the complaint of Federal Minister Azam Swati’s son and failing to pick calls from the minister. The chief justice directed the interior secretary and the attorney general to appear before the court and explain the actual situation in this regard. “I have heard the transfer was done on some minister’s order. The interior secretary should inform us why heRead More
6 injured in suicide blast targeting Afghan Election Commission office in Kabul
KABUL, (DNA) – A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a vehicle as it entered the head office of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday, wounding at least six people, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which comes as ballot boxes from around the war-torn country are delivered to the IEC’s heavily fortified compound in the Afghan capital following chaotic legislative elections. “The explosion happened 20 metres from the vehicle of the IEC employees,” Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid told. FourRead More