Thursday, November 12th, 2020
UBG core committee meeting conveyed on Saturday
LAHORE Nov 12 (DNA ) : The United Business Forum ( UBG) has convened its high level core committee meeting here on Nov 14 Saturday to kick off second phase of the campaign for the annual election of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Talking to a select representatives of trade associations affiliated with FPCCI here Thursday Chairman UBG Iftikhar Ali Malik said that 27 senior trade leaders drawn across the country will sit together at core committee meeting to work out next strategy to sweep election withRead More
Prime Minister AJ&K Raja Farooq Haider Khan met COAS
Rawalpindi, 12 November 2020 : Mr Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), today. Matters of mutual interest particularly situation on Line of Control (LOC) and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJ&K) were discussed during the meeting. COAS reiterated Pakistan Army’s utmost support and commitment to Kashmir cause and people of Kashmir.
U19 Three-Day Tournament matches shifted to Islamabad, Rawalpindi from Lahore
Lahore : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today confirmed that the remaining fixtures of the National U19 Three-Day Tournament have been shifted from Lahore to Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to the change in weather conditions. The last three-round matches which were previously to be staged at the Gaddafi Stadium and LCCA Ground, will now be staged at Islamabad’s Shalimar Ground and Rawalpindi’s Ayub Park Ground and KRL Stadium. The tournament will resume on Friday with Sindh taking on Southern Punjab at the Country Club Ground Muridke. From Saturday, 14 November, Balochistan willRead More
The Charter of Democracy is a joke of democracy!
Political parties all over the world strive to bring democracy in the country by bringing democracy within themselves, but all our major political parties continue to sing the tune of democracy without having democracy within them. The situation of the two major political parties in the country, the PML-N and the PPP, is that the PPP is the fiefdom of the Bhutto family and the Nawaz league Sharif family. The PPP and the Nawaz League have never had internal elections since their inception, yet the tune of democracy is unleashed.Read More
Govt officials not satisfied with US embassy apology
DNA ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said on Thursday that apology of the embassy of America was not enough. The US should do more. She said the US embassy Tweet was against diplomatic norms. It may be mentioned here that the Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad came under intense after its social media team committed a diplomatic faux pas by retweeting a statement criticising the Pakistani government. The embassy later apologised and said its Twitter account “was accessed […] without authorisation.” Several Twitter usersRead More
IHC issues notice to NCOC over indoor wedding ban
ISLAMABAD : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued a notice to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19 on a petition challenging a ban on gatherings at wedding halls. A single bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah directed the official respondents named in the petition to submit their comments on the petition by November 18. Petitioner Mukhtar Abbas’s lawyer stated before the court that there is no rationale behind the NCOC’s notification imposing the ban on indoor wedding ceremonies from November 20. Justice Minallah questioned whetherRead More