Monday, March 29th, 2021
NAB absolutely determined to logical conclusion of mega corruption cases
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAR 29 – National Accountability Bureau Chairman Justice (RETD) Javed Iqbal Monday chaired a high-level meeting at NAB headquarters to review the overall performance of NAB. Speaking on the occasion, chairman NAB said that NAB is absolutely determined to logical conclusion of money laundering, mega corruption and whitecollar crimes cases in a very transparent way and on merit as per law so that the corrupt elements could be brought to justice where law will take its own course of action in accordance with the law. The meeting wasRead More
‘Holi’ Celebrated In Attock City
By FAISAL MUNIR / DNA ATTOCK: The Hindu and Sikh communities celebrated ‘Holi’ a festival ofcolours to welcome spring here on Monday at Valmeci Mandir. The festival is celebrated every year in February or March andsignifies new beginnings leaving behind winter and welcoming spring. In this regard, a special gathering was held at Valmeci Temple ofAttock. Special sermons were delivered, preaching love and peace whileprayers were offered for prosperity of Pakistan. Sweets and meals weredistributed among all community members. Talking to media persons on this occasion, Pandit Sarwan Kumar saidthatRead More
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lesson the crime and reform criminal: Provincial Minister
DNAATTOCK: Provincial Minister for Prisons Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan Mondaysaid, Punishment is not for the revenge, but to lesson the crime andreform the criminal. The motto of PTI’s government is to make prisoners useful members ofthe society and for the purpose reforms are being made in prisonsacross the Punjab. Addressing a press conference in Attock , Chohan said that regularmeetings of high officials of prisons are held to ensure betterfacilities to the prisoners and to reform their lives. 29000 prisoners are imprisoned in 43 prisons across the provincecompleting their sentenceRead More
FM Qureshi meets Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of 9th Ministerial Conference
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAR 29 – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of the Asia – Istanbul Process in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, today. During the meeting, the two Foreign Ministers discussed myriad dimensions of bilateral relations — including political and diplomatic engagement, economic cooperation, defence ties, and collaboration in education and cultural fields. Views were also exchanged on the regional situation. Recalling Turkish Foreign Minister’s visit to Pakistan in January 2021, Foreign Minister QureshiRead More
EU chiefs to visit Turkey on April 6 to meet Erdoğan
The presidents of the European Council and the European Commission will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey on April 6 in Turkey, an EU spokesman said on Monday, in the latest sign of improving bilateral ties. The EU did not give further details of the trip by Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen. But the visit is part of a relaunch of relations approved by EU leaders last week after Turkey moved to calm a dispute over hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey, an EU candidate country, has not held a formal summit with EU leaders since May 2018, when Erdoğan met the previous Council and Commission chiefs, DonaldRead More
Masood asks Biden’s administration to help end plights of Kashmiris
MUZAFFARABAD, MAR 29 (DNA) – The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President, Sardar Masood Khan has called upon the new US administration to play its role in ending plights of the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK). “The least the US can do is to ask India to cease and reverse illicit transfer of the Indian Hindu population to the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) and stop killing unarmed Kashmiris in the occupied territory,” the President said in an interview to a national periodical. He asserted that WashingtonRead More