September, 2020
Nawaz Sharif calls important party meeting after Shahbaz’s arrest
LAHORE, Sep 28 (DNA): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has called an important online meeting of the party after his brother, and party President. Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Mian Shehbaz Sharif was arrested by NAB in Lahore after cancellation of his bail in assets beyond means and money laundering case on Monday. According to sources, after the arrest of PML-N President, Nawaz Sharif has been in contact with several party leaders and now, in view of the situation,Read More
PML-N, PPP leaders criticise arrest of Shehbaz Sharif
LAHORE, Sep 28 (DNA): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have strongly condemned the arrest of the Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif in the National Assembly and termed it as an attempt to dent APC’s decisions. Reacting to the news of her uncle’s arrest, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said Shehbaz was “arrested only because he refused to play in the hands of those who wanted to use him against his brother”. “He preferred standing behind prison bars than to stand against his brother,” she wrote onRead More
AJK President asks Fazal to help stop bloodshed, genocide in IOJK
DNA MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 28: Former Chairman Parliamentary Kashmir Committee on Kashmir and the chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman called on AJK President Sardar Masood Khan here on Monday. The whole spectrum of Kashmir issue, including Indian Army’s brutalities in occupied territory, systematic ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri people, mass demographic change in Muslim majority disputed state, India’s unlawful actions prejudicial to the UN resolutions and international laws figured during the meeting. Sardar Masood appealed to Maulana Fazlur Rehman to approach the leadership of Jamiyat Ulemae IslamRead More
US stepped up its tech war against China, placing sanctions on its biggest chipmaker
WASHINGTON, – The United States has imposed restrictions on exports to China’s biggest chip maker SMIC after concluding there is an “unacceptable risk” equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes. Suppliers of certain equipment to SMIC will now have to apply for individual export licenses, according to a letter from the Commerce Department dated Friday. The latest move marks a shift in U.S. policy from earlier this year, when applicants seeking “military end user” licenses to sell to SMIC were told by the Commerce Department that theRead More
FM Qureshi says visit of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah will open a new chapter in bilateral relations
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEPT 28 – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman, High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today. Welcoming Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and his delegation to Pakistan, the Foreign Minister expressed the hope that his visit will open a new chapter in bilateral relations. The Foreign Minister said that Dr. Abdullah Abdullah’s visit will greatly help to strengthen relations with Afghanistan and forge a common understanding on the Afghan peace process. The Foreign MinisterRead More
Police granted remand of accused involved in electric poles theft
KARACHI : A local court granted two days’ physical remand of an alleged thief, which was said to be involved in stealing electricity poles in the city. The police produced a man accused of stealing electricity poles, before the court of Judicial Magistrate West and sought physical remand of the accused. “The accused has been involved in theft of 56 electricity poles in the city,” police officials informed the court. “Police officials recovered as many as 56 stolen electricity poles on indication of the accused,” according to police. Police pleadedRead More