Sunday, July 28th, 2019
Dr Firdous lauds Ivanka Trump for showing interest in welfare of Pakistani women
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has expressed optimism that interest shown by Ivanka Trump in welfare projects of women in Pakistan will assist the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to empower womenfolk. In a series of tweets, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said the meeting of Ivanka Trump with Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari and offer of cooperation in women empowerment, human resource development, promotion of employment and support for Ehsaas program isRead More
Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown
MOSCOW (DNA) – Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent years against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power. The detentions came around a protest to demand that opposition members be allowed to run in a local election. Authorities had declared it illegal and sought to block participation, but thousands of people turned up anyway in one of the longest and most determined protests of recent times. Chants of “Russia without Putin”Read More
NPHS draw for houses in Kuchlak to be held tomorrow
QUETTA (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday (tomorrow) in Islamabad will perform a draw under the federal government’s Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS) to construct houses in Kuchlak, a town near Quetta in the province of Balochistan. According to details, PC-1 for the new housing scheme has been prepared in a bid to help the country’s long-neglected stratum move from katchi abadis or rental houses or apartments into swiftly constructed flats and high-rises. Sources familiar with the matter told the media that the plan in Kuchlak includes constructingRead More