Wednesday, June 17th, 2020
BNP-M chief Akhtar Mengal part ways with PTI
Mengal says he will remain a part of the NA and will continue to attend seassions and raise issues. KARACHI, JUNE 17 – Balochistan National-Mengal Party (BNP-M) chief Akhtar Mengal has announced that he and his party are withdrawing support for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, media reported on Wednesday. As per details, Mengal announced the decision during the National Assembly session. He said they had waited for two years but no one bothered to pay attention to their demands. “We are not a colony. We should be considered as citizens,” he added.Read More
Filling stations, small traders should not be targeted: Mian Zahid Hussain
KARACHI, JUNE 17 / DNA / = President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, FPCCI’s Businessmen Panel Sr. Vice Chairman, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday said for the very first time in the history of Pakistan, all mafia gangs have targeted masses with a renewed force. Business mafia groups are attacking masses facing coronavirus, lockdown and economic meltdown are being attacked from every side while there is no system to effectively check the plunder, he said. Mian Zahid Hussain saidRead More
Chairman NAB reviews comprehensive strategy regarding COVID-19
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 17 (DNA) – Justice Javed Iqbal Chairman NAB chaired a meeting at NAB Headquarters. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman NAB, Prosecutor General Accountability, Director General, Operations, DG NAB Headquarters, DG Human Resource Development, DG Training and Research, DG Awareness and Prevention and other senior officers of NAB while Director Generals of all Regional Bureaus attended the meeting via video link. The participants of the meeting maintained six feet social distance among themselves. The meeting reviewed already devised comprehensive strategy regarding COVID-19. The meeting was toldRead More
Easypaisa Makes Ordering Food Convenient with Eat Mubarak
Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading digital payments platform, has partnered with Eat Mubarak to expand the already diverse range of offerings available to its customers. Easypaisa users can now conveniently order food from their favourite restaurants through the Easypaisa Mobile App. The feature is aimed to provide ease of access and freedom to people while using Easypaisa as it continues to broaden the number of services which can be availed directly through the App. The Easypaisa App has become a one-stop solution for an enormous array of financial transactions particularly during theRead More
The Forgotten Lockdown (Ten months of confinement in Jammu and Kashmir)
By Moin ul Haque The entire world is in the grip of Coronavirus. Lockdowns, curfews, social distancing are being employed to contain the pandemic. The normal way of life of billions of people is impacted. Educational institutions and businesses are closed, hospitals for normal patients are inaccessible, international travel is suspended, and people are being forced to stay indoors. Governments around the world are facing critique from their public for these strict measures. In western democracies, questions of fundamental freedoms and human rights have been raised. Even in these extraordinaryRead More
13 Taliban insurgents killed in clashes with Afghan security forces
KABUL, JUNE 17 (DNA) – At least 13 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded in clashes with Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, police confirmed. Jamal Nasir Barikzai, a spokesman for Kandahar police said that the Taliban fighters attacked security outposts in Zherai and Takhta pul districts of the province on Tuesday which faced resistance by Afghan forces. The militants stormed a security outpost in Zherai at around midnight Tuesday, in which at least 8 insurgents were killed and three others injured, Barikzai said. HeRead More