Thursday, December 27th, 2018
38th Pakistan Army shooting competition concludes
JHELUM , DEC 27 (DNA) – 38th Pakistan Army Rifle Association (PARA) Central Meet, the National level shooting competition concluded at Army Firing Ranges near Jhelum. A total of 28 teams from three services, Civil Armed Forces, police and civilians participated. Special feature of the meet was participation by War Wounded officers and soldiers who had overcome various levels of combat disabilities. Team of Pakistan Army scored maximum points to become champion in Inter Services Firing Competition. Inspector General Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) Lieutenant General Sher Afghun awarded prizes toRead More
UK, Pakistan sign prisoner transfer agreement
ISLAMABAD, DEC 27 (DNA) – A UK-Pakistan Prisoner Transfer Agreement was signed today by the British High Commissioner Thomas Drew and Pakistan Interior Secretary Major (R) Azam Suleman Khan. The agreement will give prisoners the opportunity to serve their sentence closer to home and allows them to prepare for their reintegration into their home community when they are eventually released from prison. The agreement was approved in principle during the visit to Pakistan of British Home Secretary the Rt Hon. S ajid Javid MP in September. It restores and updatesRead More
Govt, opposition agree over amends in NAB law
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – The government and the opposition have agreed over amendments in the existing accountability law, quoting sources, reported on Thursday. The Ministry of Law has prepared a draft of the amendments in the existing National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, according to sources. The amended law suggests restrictions on the blanket powers of the Chairman NAB, sources said. The new text of the law also proposes withdrawal of the plea bargain powers from the NAB and it will be deemed in future as part of the acceptance of offence,Read More
Nation remembers Benazir Bhutto on her 11th death anniversary
LARKANA: (DNA) – Eleventh death anniversary of first ever female prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto is being observed on Thursday , main ceremony will be held in Garhi Khuda Baksh Bhutto. The renowned leader was assassinated after addressing an electoral rally at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007. A large number of party leaders and workers from all over the country have reached Garhi Khuda Baksh, ancestral village of Bhutto family, to attend the ceremony with regard to the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. Fool-proof security arrangements areRead More