Friday, December 25th, 2020
Erdogan says Turkey would like better ties with Israel, but terms its Palestine policy ‘unacceptable’
ANKARA, DEC 25 – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey would like to have better ties with Israel, but criticised Israeli policy toward Palestinians as “unacceptable” and a “red line” for Ankara, adding that intelligence talks resumed between the two sides. The two countries have had a bitter falling out in recent years, despite strong commercial ties, expelling ambassadors in 2018. Ankara has repeatedly condemned Israel’s occupation in the West Bank and its treatment of Palestinians. Speaking to reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Erdogan said TurkeyRead More
2023 elections to be held according to new census results: Governor Sindh
KARACHI, DEC 25 (DNA) – Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has said that the 2023 elections will be held in accordance with the results of a new census. Talking to media persons, Governor Sindh said that the issue regarding MQM’s protest is that local body elections are near and a census cannot be held in just one month. However, he noted that MQM-P leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui’s demand for a census in urban areas is legitimate. He said that preparations for the new census would begin in 2022 and the 2023 electionsRead More
Sindh contributes $164 bn in national GDP: CM Murad
KARACHI, DEC 25 (DNA) – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Sindh being the second largest province of Pakistan and Karachi being its provincial capital is the economic and industrial hub of the country, contributing $164 billion of GDP as reported in 2019. This he said while speaking at 26th Annual General Body Meeting of Pakistan Engineering Council here at NED University of Engineering & Technology on Friday. He said that he graduated from NED University, Karachi in 1986. “Being a part of the most prestigious, professionalRead More
Islamabad United announces Johan Botha as new head coach for PSL 6
KARACHI: Islamabad United on Friday announced that South African-Australian cricketer Johan Botha has been appointed the franchise’s head coach for the upcoming sixth season Pakistan Super League (PSL). The appointment of Botha — who had previously worked as the fielding coach for the franchise in the series’ second iteration — was a delight for the two-time PSL champions Islamabad United, who said they “are excited” about it. The South African cricketer was also the head coach of Multan Sultans for the PSL’s season 4 in 2019, where his team finishedRead More
Maulana Ajmal has revealed that Nawaz Sharif sent him to Israel: Gill
LAHORE, DEC 25 (DNA) – Dr Shahbaz Gill, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan for political communication, said Friday that JUI-F leader Maulana Ajmal Qadri has revealed that Nawaz Sharif had sent him to Israel. In his tweet, the SAPM added that after Maryam Safdar’s confession on Twitter that Nawaz Sharif sent two delegations to Israel, Maulana Ajmal Qadri has also admitted that the he was part of one such delegation. He wrote that the nation now asks Maryam Safdar, an expert in lies, deceit, fraud and corruption, that whyRead More
PDM’s revolution has frozen in cold weather, taunts Fawad Ch
ISLAMABAD, DEC 25 (DNA) – Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, while taunting Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), said on Friday the weather is so cold that the revolution has frozen. The federal minister took to Twitter and said PDM will hold long march, tender resignations and stage sit-in once the revolution is de-frozen. Earlier, Fawad Chaudhry tweeted, “Happy Birthday #QuaideAzam we lost your dream of progressive and modern Pakistan in the midst of Governance chaos,Extremism and historical errors, Geography also took its revenge, we will not loose hope andRead More