Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
Sarmad Ali, Naz Afreen elected as President, Secy General of APNS
CENTRELINE magazine, a sister concern of Daily Islamabad POST elected as Member of the Executive Committee for the second time; the newly elected Executive Committee appreciated the performance of the Election Commission. The members gave standing ovation to Mr. Hameed Haroon KARACHI (DNA) -The Annual Meeting of the APNS General Council held on March 24, 2021 at APNS House, Karachi unanimously elected Sarmad Ali as President, Jamil Ather as Senior Vice President, Shahab Zuberi as Vice President, Ms. Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani as Secretary General, Mohsin Bilal as Joint Secretary andRead More
Islamist party becomes surprise kingmaker after Israel vote
Israel’s election brought a surprise when a conservative Islamist party crossed the threshold to enter parliament and its leader emerged on Wednesday as a possible kingmaker. Mansour Abbas and his Raam party — unlike other Arab political groups before it — have not ruled out joining an Israeli government. “We are prepared to engage” with either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp or his rivals, Abbas told Israeli radio while stressing that “I’m not in anyone’s pocket”. On Wednesday, the party was on track to win five seats in Israel’s 120-member Knesset, withRead More
Interior ministry decides not to renew Nawaz’s passport, offers him special documents for return to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, MAR 24 – The government has decided not to renew the passport of former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif who is currently absconding in London. However, the ministry of interior has offered him special documents to return to the country, it emerged on Wednesday. The interior ministry stated this in response to a query by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made on February 19 regarding the “request for issuance of new diplomatic passport by the former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif”. Nawaz’s passport had expired in FebruaryRead More
APNS annual meeting held in Karachi
KARACHI, MAR 24 – /DNA/ – Annual Meeting of the APNS General Council held on March 24, 2021 at APNS House, Karachi unanimously elected Sarmad Ali as President, Jamil Ather as Senior Vice President, Shahab Zuberi as Vice President, Ms. Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani as Secretary General, Mohsin Bilal as Joint Secretary and Owais Khushnood as Finance Secretary of the Society. Earlier, the General Council elected un-opposed the Executive Committee for 2021-22. The AGM was held under the chairmanship of Hameed Haroon, President, at the lawns of the APNS House completelyRead More
Two foreigners swallow cocaine capsules worth Rs49m, arrested
KARACHI, MAR 24 (DNA) – Customs officials thwarted a bid to smuggle over two kilogrammes of cocaine worth around Rs49 million into the country. The officials said two Nigerian nationals, who arrived at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi from Nigeria on board a Qatar Airways flight, were found to have swallowed plastic capsules when they were subjected to an x-ray examination. Subsequently, the officials said both men were taken into custody and an FIR was registered against them. After obtaining their physical remand from a relevant court, the two wereRead More
Erdoğan re-elected as chairman of ruling AK Party
ANKARA, MAR 24 – Turkey‘s president on Wednesday was unanimously re-elected as the leader of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party at a congress in the capital Ankara. After being nominated by top party officials, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected chairman for a seventh term at the party’s 7th Ordinary Grand Congress. Out of 1,431 ballots, Erdoğan got 1,428 valid votes, and there were three spoiled ballots, according to Ali Ihsan Yavuz, the party’s deputy chair. Speaking after the vote, Erdoğan thanked his fellow party members for deeming him worthy of the post. Separately, the party alsoRead More