Saturday, October 10th, 2020
FM Qureshi urges opposition to postpone protest owing to COVID-19 pandemic
MULTAN, Oct 10 (DNA): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday urged the opposition parties to postpone their protest owing to the second wave of the novel coronavirus in the country. Talking to journalists in Multan, FM Qureshi underscored the need for adopting precautionary measures to keep the people safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. There was no threat to democracy or the government from the opposition’s rallies, he said and added that there was no unity in the ranks of the opposition. FM Qureshi urged the opposition to review theirRead More
Pakistan Democratic Movement announces final schedule of public rallies
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (DNA): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday announced the schedule of PML-N workers’ conventions and opposition alliance countrywide rallies under a banner of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). She said that the PDM’s first rally will take place on October 16 in Gujranwala. The second rally will be held in Karachi on October 18, in Quetta on October 25 and PDM will hold its fourth rally on November 22 in Peshawar. Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the opposition alliance will hold fifty rally in Multan onRead More
NAB Rawalpindi playing prominent role in contributing towards the overall performance of NAB
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 10 – Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB has said that NAB Rawalpindi is flagship Regional Bureau of NAB which has played a prominent role in contributing towards the overall performance of NAB. He said that NAB’s top most priority is on cases of mega corruption cases, money laundering, misuse of authority, assets beyond known sources of income, embezzlement of state funds, cheating the public at large, housing/cooperative scams and Modarba/Masharka scandals etc. Since NAB’s inception, one of NAB’s major achievements has been the recovery of around Rs. 466/- billion of ill-gottenRead More
Azerbaijan FM briefs Turkish counterpart about latest meeting with Armenia
DNA BAKU, OCT 10 – A telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. During the telephone conversation, Minister Jeyhun Bayramov briefed his Turkish counterpart about the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia held in Moscow with the mediation of the Russian Foreign Minister. The Minister noted that a temporary truce had been declared between Azerbaijan and Armenia for humanitarian purposes, and that the occupying countryRead More
Experts urge provincial govts to take measure to protect ‘guest birds’
ISLAMABAD, OCT 10 (DNA) – The experts have urged the federal government to avoid construction projects in the two islands Bundaal and Bundu that are habitats of the local biodiversity and the habitats of the migratory birds too. Under the Ramsar Convention and Convention on Biological Diversity and many other international and multilateral treaties signed by the Pakistan government, we need to fulfil our national and international commitments that are more important for us as a nation than obliging a few influential elites. Speaking at a webinar on “Migratory Birds:Read More
Ring Road project will be a game changer for Rawalpindi: RCCI
RAWALPINDI, OCT 10 (DNA) – A briefing session on the Ring Road project was held at the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), which was attended by a large number of representatives of trade associations of the city and officials and members of the Chamber of Commerce. M Abdullah, Deputy Project Director, Punjab Management Unit (PMU) gave a detailed presentation. He was accompanied by environment specialist, Adeel Pervez and financial expert Zeeshan Amin. RCCI President Nasir Mirza said that the Ring Road project would be a game changer forRead More