Friday, January 10th, 2020
President phones parents of two PAF officers martyred in Mianwali crash
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (DNA) – President Dr. Arif Alvi on Friday telephoned the father and mother of Squadron Leader Haris bin Khalid who embraced martyrdom when a PAF aircraft on a routine training mission crashed in Miawali on Tuesday. During the telephonic conversation, the President prayed for peace of the departed souls as well as for the fortitude of bereaved families, a press release issued by the President’s Media Office here said.=DNA ========
Japan’s Economic Cooperation to Pakistan in 2019
ISLAMABAD, JAN 10 (DNA) – At the beginning of the celebratory year of 2020, the year of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games, the Embassy of Japan expresses its wishes to work on further developing amicable relations betweenJapan and Pakistan in a wide range of fields. Especially, economic cooperation has played an important role in strengthening ties between the two countries. The total amount of Japan’s economic assistance to Pakistan up until March 2019 reached USD12.42 billion, starting from accepting Pakistani traineesback in 1954 (Technical assistance: USD556 million, Grant assistance:Read More
Pakistan asks UN to ‘act decisively’ to prevent a ‘disastrous war’ with India
Pakistan has asked the United Nations Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to “act decisively” to prevent a “disastrous war” between Pakistan and India. In a video shared by on Friday, Pakistan’s ambassador the UN while addressing the UNSC said: “Pakistan requests the Security Council and […] the secretary general to act decisively to prevent a disastrous war between Pakistan and India, to call for an end to the grave human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and to enable the Kashmiri people to exercise their rightRead More
Iran invites Boeing to probe Ukrainian plane crash that killed 176
Iran has invited Boeing to take part in the investigation into a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week at a time of soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, killing all 176 people on board, state media reported Friday. The move came after Western leaders said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a surface-to-air missile hours after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two US bases in Iraq to avenge the killing of its top general in an American airstrike. The ballistic missile attack on the basesRead More
Tayyaba torture case: SC sets aside extended three-year sentence against former judge, wife
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) has Friday set aside the extended three-year sentence against former additional district and sessions judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar in Tayyaba torture case. The verdict was authored by Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Yayha Afridi. The apex court maintained the one-year sentence against both convicts which was handed down by the trial court. The apex court exercised special powers under Article 187 and issued a notice to the former judge and his wife stating that theRead More
US envoy Alice Wells to arrive in Pakistan on January 19
ISLAMABAD – US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells will travel to Pakistan from January 19 to January 22. Alice’s tour to Pakistan will be a part of her 10-day visit to the region. The US envoy will hold meetings with senior government officials to deliberate upon the matters of mutual and regional interests. According to an official statement by US, Wells will also visit Sri Lanka and India before reaching Pakistan.