Saturday, January 30th, 2021
PM grieved over death of JI leader Hafiz Salman Butt

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (DNA): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed grief over the death of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Hafiz Salman Butt. “On the passing away of JI’s Hafiz Salman Butt my condolences and prayers go to his family,” the Prime Minister wrote in his tweet. Hafiz Salman Butt died of heart attack at the age of 65.
Fazl says next govt to abolish NAB

PESHAWAR, Jan 30 (DNA): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Fazlur Rehman said Saturday the next government would abolish the office of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Speaking to the media in Peshawar, he said the NAB was only pursuing four to five people to comply with government political vendetta. He said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government’s ‘incompetence’ had brought a bad name to the country. He said that writ of the government was nowhere to be seen as there was decay in all spheres of life. “PIA’sRead More
Govt committed to making Punjab narcotics-free: Dr Firdous

LAHORE, Jan 30: Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the government is committed to making Punjab narcotics-free province. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, she said that the government was making sincere efforts to make the country conducive for the younger generation, where they could utilise their capabilities in a useful way in the larger national interest. Dr Firdous said that on the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, rehabilitation centres were being set up for the drug addicts inRead More
Govt fails to introduce police reforms: JI Emir

LAHORE, Jan 30 (DNA): Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has said the government has badly failed to introduce police reforms and take measures to ensure provision of quick justice to masses. The prime minister, he said while presiding over a meeting of party leadership here at Mansoora on Saturday, had claimed to end corruption in 90 days after coming into power but the corruption culture continued to plague the country and he was putting the blame on past governments. The prime minister at least now must understand the problems would notRead More
Government has possessed zero tolerance against the corrupt : Amin Aslam

DNA ATTOCK: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam on Saturday said that the government has possessed zero tolerance against the corrupt and corrupt practices as well. He expressed these views while talking to journalists at his residence in village Shamsabad. He said that in education department, recruitment on lower grade seats has been done in violation of rules as an education officer has recruited some of his blood relations in three schools. He said that the government has directed DC Attock to look into theRead More
Despite new Biden administration, US-China friction could remain high

ANKARA – Chinese-US relations during the Donald Trump years went from bad to worse, but experts believe friction could climb even higher under new President Joe Biden. Besides an ongoing trade war, conflict of interests continue over a range of issues including human rights abuses against China’s minority Uighurs, the status of Taiwan, national security legislation in Hong Kong, and military expansion in the South China Sea. Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a Pakistani senator for the capital Islamabad, said there would be no drastic change in the US perception of China asRead More