Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
Top official of Italian multinational oil and gas company meets PM Imran
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Luca Vignati – Executive Vice President Central Asia Region of ENI, Italian multinational oil and gas company, on Tuesday. Prime Minister said his government is committed to provide an enabling environment to all the investors to take advantage of the existing opportunities in various sectors including E&P (Exploration and Production) sector. Mr. Luca Vignati was accompanied by Mr. Angelo Ligrone, Managing Director ENI Pakistan Ltd, Mr. Kamran Ajmal Mian and Mr. Shaheen Chugtai. Mr. Luca Vignati briefed the Prime Minister about ENI’sRead More
FIA bars Hamza Shahbaz from travelling abroad, places him on ECL
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday barred Punjab Assembly lawmaker Hamza Shahbaz from travelling abroad. Hamza Shahbaz was travelling to Doha via Qatar Airlines flight 620. The FIA sources have confirmed that Hamza was offloaded at the airport. The FIA placed Hamza’s name in the Exit Control List (ECL) upon the request of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Reacting to this, Hamza said that he was going London to meet his brother. He said that he got to know that he was blacklisted only when he reachedRead More
Japan to provide scholarships to Pakistan’s federal government officers
ISLAMABAD, DEC 11 (DNA) – Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) has announced to provide twenty fully-funded scholarships to Pakistan for the officers of the federal government of Pakistan to study at the universities in Japan under the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS). Through this scholarship, 18 scholars for Master’s program (2 years) and 2 scholars for Doctoral program (3 years) will be selected from the federal government officers of Pakistan. The newly announced fully-funded scholarship program will commence from the summer of 2019. To enlighten about this scholarshipRead More
Kh Saad Rafique, brother Salman Rafique arrested in Paragon Housing scam
LAHORE, (DNA) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique after their bail pleas were rejected by the Lahore High Court on Tuesday. Both of them were facing NAB inquiry in Paragon Housing Society scam. A division bench of the Lahore High Court on November 06 extended interim bail granted to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders and directed the anti-graft body to decide their application for transfer of inquiry out of Lahore at the earliest. As hearing resumed, the court askedRead More
SC turns down Sindh govt’s plea to stop anti-encroachment drive
KARACHI, (DNA) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down the Sindh government’s plea to stop the ongoing anti-encroachment operation in the port city and directed the federal, provincial and municipal authorities to sit together to work out a plan for provision of alternate places to the people affected by the operation. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, a bench of the top court was hearing a petition filed by the Sindh government at its Karachi registry. The provincial government moved the petition seeking directives for theRead More
Ukrainian female sniper wins beauty contest
KIEV, DEC 11 (DNA) – A Ukranian girl who grew up to become a teenage sniper in eastern Ukraine conflict has now gone on to win a beauty contest. Olga Shishkina, a 21-year-old, had signed up to fight for pro-Putin forces. Shishkina says she had to fight for acceptance after initially being suspected as a Ukrainian spy. However, she became one of the rebels’ deadliest killers, once picking off a target from almost 4,000 feet away. “I don’t think that they might have children, a mother, family. This is war. This way itRead More