RAWALPINDI (DNA ) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday visited Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra. In a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the COAS was briefed about ongoing projects during the visit. On the occasion, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa lauded achievements of PAF and PAC towards attaining self-reliance and international standards in all its projects.

  LAHORE, DEC   (DNA) – Day after hundreds of fully-suited lawyers stormed a cardiac hospital in Lahore which left at least three patients dead, Rangers has been deputed at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) to control law and order situation. On Dec 11, Punjab Home Department had approved the deployment of Rangers at key locations of the province including the PIC to maintain the law and order situation of Lahore. The para-military force has taken the charge on the buildings and started performing their duty. It is pertinent here to mentionRead More

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari was released from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) sub-jail on Thursday, a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) approved his bail on medical grounds. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto arrived at PIMS to take Zardari from the hospital to Zardari House in Islamabad. According to sources, the former president will be flown to Karachi tonight (Thursday) where he will be treated at a private hospital in Clifton. Zardari’s CT scan, angiography and angioplasty will beRead More

    ISLAMABAD, DEC   (DNA) – Day after the clash between lawyers and doctors, medical services at all departments of Lahore’s biggest hospital, Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) except coronary care unit (CCU) on Thursday have remained suspended.   According to details, the hospital management has postponed all the tests and operations while work at emergency ward and out-patient department (OPD) has also been stopped. Doctors and paramedics went on strike in various hospitals in Punjab against the attack on PIC.   Young Doctors Association (YDA) and other doctor organizations protested againstRead More

  ISLAMABAD, DEC   (DNA) – The Interior ministry wants FIA employees to be paid more. It has asked the federal government for more money through a summary sent to the prime minister. In the summary, the ministry’s secretary says FIA employees are paid far less than officers in NAB, which makes it difficult for them to attract honest and competent officers. The FIA is the “prime investigation agency of the federal government, which conducts investigations in the field of economic crime, money laundering, cybercrime, combating terrorism, human and drug trafficking,Read More

  ISLAMABAD, DEC   (DNA) – President Arif Alvi says Indian claims of being secular have been vociferously belied by the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill-2019 recently passed in Indian parliament. Talking to High Commissioner-designate of Pakistan to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui in Islamabad on Thursday, he said minorities in India especially Muslims are unsafe and under the sharp razor of discrimination. The President directed all High Commissioners/Ambassadors to highlight the true perspective of Kashmir issue and serious human rights violations at the hands of Indian forces. The President said that bothRead More