ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi received Ambassador Dr. Brigitta Blaha of Austria for a farewell call at the Foreign Office. The Foreign Minister appreciated the Ambassador’s efforts in promoting Pakistan-Austria bilateral relations during her tenure in Pakistan. He emphasized on the need to augment trade and economic ties and greater people-to-people contacts between the two countries. The Austrian Ambassador reciprocated her government’s desire to further enhance cooperation between the two countries in all areas of mutual interest. She, in particular, emphasized on greater cooperation in theRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor Wasiq Malik on Tuesday gave concluding arguments and told the accountability court that NAB has acquired all the evidence in case against Nawaz Sharif pertaining to Al-Azizia reference. As the hearing went underway, NAB prosecutor stated that as many as 22 witnesses recorded their statements yesterday. He also submitted copies of verdicts of Supreme Court announced on April-20 and July-28. On the other hand, Nawaz Sharif’s legal counsel Khawaja Haris raised objections on the Malik’s statement. He told court that SC’sRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 30 (DNA) – Foreign Office Spokesperson says Russian authorities have granted visa to Fakhar-e-Alam, who is on a world tour. He landed at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city airport on Monday after expiry of his visa.

LAHORE (DNA) – Strict security arrangements have been made throughout the country especially in the major cities like Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Quetta following Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA). According to details, pillion riding has been banned in all major cities while biometric verification for the attendants of the procession has been made mandatory. The thoroughfares connected to the routes of the procession have been sealed while placing containers and are being monitored by CCTV cameras. Mobile phone service around the route of the processions allRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) : President Dr Arif Alvi and his Kyrgyz counterpart Sooronbay Jeenbekov Monday met in Istanbul, Turkey and exchanged views on the matters of bilateral and mutual interest. The two leaders agreed to enhance bilateral interaction and cooperation in diverse areas, a press release issued by the President’s Media Office here said. They also discussed the prospects of enhanced cooperation in the areas of trade, economy, investment, culture, education, science and technology, defense and parliamentary exchanges. The two leaders stressed the need of increasing the role of Shanghai CooperationRead More