Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
Advocate General Punjab Jamal Sukhera resigns from position
LAHORE, FEB 26 (DNA) : Advocate General Punjab Ahmed Jamal Sukhera on Wednesday tendered his resignation to the province’s governor. Sukhera did not mention any specific reason behind his decision to resign. The AG Punjab addressed his resignation to Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar, expressing gratitude towards all the serving and former judges. “If there were any shortcomings, I apologise, and hope that these will be forgiven as concessions to human weakness. Like all good things have to come to an end, I consider that it is the right time toRead More
Malaysia’s Mahathir says he will return as prime minister if he has support
Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad called on Wednesday for a unity government without political parties after his shock resignation as prime minister sparked turmoil. Mahathir, the world’s oldest head of government, resigned on Monday (February 24) but was immediately named by the king as interim prime minister. In his first address since then, Mahathir apologised for the turmoil but said he was ready to return as prime minister full time if he had support. In the televised message he called to propose an independent government not aligned with any party, but onlyRead More
Pakistan cannot afford to lose its hard-won dividends of peace: experts
ISLAMABAD, FEB 26 (DNA) – The Islamabad Policy Research Institute organized the third Counter-Terrorism Moot on “Effects of War against Terrorism on Pakistan’s Economy & Measures for its Revival” in the capital. The CT Moot was chaired by Waqar Masood Khan, former Secretary Finance; and included Ihsan Ghani, former DG NACTA; as well as Wasim Saleem, Farhan Zahid and Dr. Faheem Aslam, Ms. Humaira Zia Mufti and Shabana Fayyaz were amongst the discussants. The speakers highlighted the toll exacted by the war on terror on the national economy covering multipleRead More
‘200 million Muslims in India being targeted after IOJK; world must act now’
ISLAMABAD, FEB 26 (DNA) : Prime Minister Imran Khan has on Wednesday urged the world community to act now as 200 million Muslims are being targeted in India after occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK). The premier tweeted, “Today in India we are seeing the Nazi-inspired RSS ideology take over a nuclear-armed state of over a billion people. Whenever a racist ideology based on hatred takes over, it leads to bloodshed.” “As I had predicted in my address to UN GA last year, once the genie is out of the bottleRead More
Pak summons Indian diplomat to lodge protest over ceasefire violations
ISLAMABAD, FEB 26 (DNA) – A senior diplomat from the High Commission of India was summoned to the Foreign Office, today, to register Pakistan’s strong protest at the ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nezapir Sector on 25th February, 2020. Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by Indian occupation forces, a 40 year old innocent civilian Muhammad Bashir s/o Nazar Din, resident of village Mandhar, sustained serious injuries. The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and Working Boundary have continuously been targetingRead More
Sindh Govt, EU, UNODC jointly launch counter-terrorism project
KARACHI, FEB 26 (DNA) – In their resolve to support the efforts of Government of Sindh to counter the threats of terrorism, the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Country Office Pakistan, have launched a 18 months technical assistance programme to strengthen the criminal justice to terrorism with a specific reference to Sindh Province. The project will improve the investigative processes and promote the use of forensic evidence during the prosecution stages of terrorism related cases. It will also strengthen the co-ordination between SindhRead More