Thursday, July 18th, 2019
NAB arrests former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
LAHORE, (DNA) – Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday from the outskirts of Lahore. He is the latest political leader and the second premier from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to be arrested. Abbasi was arrested for his involvement in the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) scandal, said a statement released by the accountability bureau. NAB escorted the PML-N leader to its local Lahore office. Authorities intercepted Abbasi’s vehicle at Lahore toll plaza when he was on his way to meet PML-N President ShehbazRead More
Verdicts due in Morocco trial for killing of Scandinavian hikers
SALé, MOROCCO: (DNA) – Verdicts are expected on Thursday for 24 suspected militants accused over the murder of two Scandinavian women beheaded while on a hiking trip in Morocco. Winding up an 11-week-long trial in an anti-terrorist court in Sale, near the capital Rabat, the defendants are to make their final statements before judges withdraw. Verdicts are expected to be announced later the same day in the case that has shocked the North African country. “We expect sentences that match the cruelty of the crime,” lawyer Khaled El Fataoui, speaking for theRead More
President Arif Alvi chairs a briefing on Pakistan civil awards
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) – Merit and transparency should be maintained at all levels of the nomination process of Pakistan Civil Awards, said President Dr. Arif Alvi, at a presentation on Pakistan Civil Awards by Secretary Cabinet, at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad on Thursday. Secretary Cabinet briefed the President on order of civil awards, eligibility of the candidates, criteria for conferment of the awards, and the multilayered procedure of processing of civil awards. Highest care is taken to nominate people, who have rendered meritorious services for the society and country, heRead More
Relations with Pakistan deep-rooted, says Egyptian ambassador
DNA REPORT A number of mega projects have been launched under the new leadership since 2014; projects that aim to improve Egypt’s economy and represent a new stage in its development. Some of these mega projects include constructing a new administrative capital, which is located 45 kilometers East of Cairo. ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) – Ambassador of Egypt Ahmed Fadel Yacoub has said relations between Egypt and Pakistan are historical and deeply-rooted. These relations go back even before the establishment of Pakistan. Qaid Azam “Mohamad Ali Jinnah” paid aRead More
UK’s Johnson suggests EU would bear some blame for no-deal Brexit
LONDON: (DNA) – Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister, suggested on Wednesday that the EU would bear some responsibility if he took his country out of the bloc without a divorce deal. The former London mayor has based his campaign to replace Theresa May on a promise to deliver Brexit as planned on October 31, with or without an agreement with Brussels. In a final campaign event in London ahead of the announcement of the winner next week, Johnson said that he would seek to negotiate newRead More
A Prosperous China Says ‘Men Preferred,’ and Women Lose
TIANJIN, (DNA) — Bella Wang barely noticed the section on the application inquiring whether she was married or had children. Employers in China routinely ask women such questions, and she had encountered them before in job interviews. It was a surprise, though, after she accepted a position as a manager at the company, a big language-training business in the northern city of Tianjin, when she was told the job came with a condition. As a married woman without children, she would have to sign a “special agreement” promising not toRead More