Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Armenia suffers heavy loss
Azerbaijan’s defence ministry meanwhile said its forces had “captured new footholds” and President Ilham Aliyev claimed that his forces took the village of Madagiz STEPANAKERT (DNA) -: Amid fierce clashes, Armenia leaders said it was facing a ‘historic threat’ as the country reported heavy losses during the long-sought dispute at Nagorno-Karabakh region. Yerevan’s defence ministry claimed separatist forces in Karabakh had repelled a massive attack by Azerbaijan, seven days after fighting erupted again in the decades-old dispute over the ethnic-Armenian breakaway province, but the Azerbaijan forces rejected this claimRead More
PTA blocks thousands of anti-Islam, anti-Pakistan internet URLs: report
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked thousands of anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan URLs on internet in the country, according to a report issued by the internet regulator. In its report to parliament, the PTA said it had identified at least 59,712 anti-Islam URLs on the websites. Of them, 46, 431 have been blocked. According to the report, Pakistan’s internet regulator has also blocked 16,703 URLs over sectarian “hate speech”. The PTA said it had identified 20,041 URLs which had the content against “defence of Pakistan” and of them, itRead More
Nawaz trying to ‘blackmail’ Pakistan and its institutions to get relief in corruption cases: Shibli
ISLAMABAD – Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Sunday accused former prime minister Nawaz Sharif of “blackmailing Pakistan and its institutions” in order to get relief from the corruption cases against him. “You (Nawaz) were elected by this country thrice and now you are going against it just because you want relief from your cases? You are blinded, you want to take revenge from the masses. You want to blackmail Pakistan and its institutions. This will not happen,” Faraz said in a press conference. The information minister further said that theRead More
Maryam Nawaz held meeting with an Indian at Khokhar Palace: Shahbaz Gill
ISLAMABAD, Oct 04 (DNA): Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan for political communication Shahbaz Gill on Sunday claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz held a meeting with an Indian at Khokhar Palace in Lahore. He claimed that the PML-N vice president kept waiting at the same place after the press conference and after the signal, she reached the meeting place. The SAPM said that the narrative of Maryam Nawaz and her father former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is against the country, thereforeRead More
Sheikh Rasheed to inspect KCR coaches on Monday
ISLAMABAD, Oct 04 (DNA): Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed will visit Railway Carriage Factory Islamabad on Monday where he will inspect manufacturing of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) coaches. As per details, Sheikh Rasheed will also address the workers working in the carriage factory. The railways’ spokesperson said the minister would hold a press conference during the carriage factory visit. In a major development, the federal and Sindh governments on Saturday agreed to run local trains on a 12-kilometer track in Karachi on a trial basis in the nextRead More
Security forces kill 2 terrorists in North Waziristan: Army
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (DNA): Pakistani military said on Sunday that two hardcore terrorists were killed in the country’s northwest tribal district of North Waziristan. A statement from the army’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations, said that the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, killing two hardcore terrorists and arresting another. This is the second operation against the terrorists in North Waziristan district in three days. The army said on Friday night that two hardcore terrorists were killed while another was captured afterRead More