ISLAMABAD : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday strongly condemned the murder of social activist and journalist Shaheena Shaheen and said that killer will be taken to the logical end. The information minister in a tweet said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government strongly believes in freedom of expression and the incident will be thoroughly investigated. Protection of journalists is the responsibility of the government and we will fulfil this duty, he added. Shibli Faraz said that government stand by the affected family and the accusedRead More

MUZAFFARABAD, SEPT 6 (DNA) – The AJK President Sardar Masood Khan has urged medical fraternity particularly the physicians of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir to voice their concern over the worst health crisis in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “The people in the IIOJK are faced with the worst health crisis of their history as the Indian occupation forces use pellet guns as a mean of crowed control maiming, blinding, and injuring them”, he asserted. He was addressing a gathering of over 500 doctors and senior health consultants fromRead More

RAWALPINDI, SEPT 6 (DNA) – Investiture ceremony held at GHQ Rawalpindi. General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) was the Chief Guest on the occasion. COAS conferred military awards to Army personnel for acts of gallantry during various operations. Families of Shuhada / Ghazis, senior serving Military Officers / Soldiers also attended the ceremony. 40 officers were awarded SITARA-I-IMTIAZ (MILITARY), 24 officers / soldiers were awarded TAMGHA-E-BISALAT and a soldier was awarded UNITED NATIONS (UN) Medal. Medals of Shuhada were received by their family members. DNA ==========

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday that the Sindh government will not knock down illegal dwellings along Karachi’s drains until their occupants are provided with alternative places to reside. Addressing a rally of party workers at KDA Chowrangi, he said the government will clean stormwater drains but won’t render people living in illegal structures around nullahs homeless and stressed the need for taking care of the affectees of the anti-encroachment drive. Mr. Bhutto-Zardari was of the view that the Green Line project played havoc with the city’s drainageRead More

A guest speaker in the Mid Career Management Course calimed that the only solution to the problems of Pakistan is the implementation of Shariah. A participant to the course asked the guest speaker which Shariah as the sectarian divide has delved deep into our society. The participant further stated that if you want to undo Pakistan without an effort it would be through announcement of implementation of Shariah in Pakistan and the sectarian violence would erupt at once as every sect would ask for its own version of Shariah. IslamRead More