Sunday, July 18th, 2021
Pakistan to run two special trains on Eidul Azha
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Railways has decided to run two special trains from Karachi and Rawalpindi on Eidul Azha this year. The Pakistan Railways has decided to run two special trains from Karachi and Rawalpindi on Eidul Azha this year. “The first train will leave from Karachi on July 19 [Monday] at 1pm,” a Railways spokesperson said. “The train will make stops in Hyderabad, Rohri, Rahim Yar Khan, Khanpur, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Faisalabad, Sangla Hill, Wazirabad and Lal Moosa.” It will reach Rawalpindi the next day at around 2:35pm. The second trainRead More
Indonesian envoy discusses Batik promotion in Pakistan
DNA ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Indonesia Adam Tugio had afternoon tea with Mohsin Qamar, CEO Batik Studio Fashion Store in Marriott Hotel. During discussion, they exchanged ideas on how the Embassy and Batik Studio Fashion Store can work together to promote Indonesian intangible cultural heritage of Batik through exhibitions and competition to design Batik with Pakistani motives later this year.
PM Imran plans on making AJK a new province, claims Maryam
ISLAMABAD – PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan plans on making Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) a new province of Pakistan, insisting that “a decision has already been taken in this regard.” AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider had raised similar concerns during a session of the AJK Legislative Assembly last month, and remarked that the region would not become a province until “the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir decides to do so through vote.” In her address to a public meeting in DhirkotRead More
Former Sindh CM Mumtaz Ali Bhutto passes away in Karachi
KARACHI – Former Sindh chief minister Mumtaz Ali Bhutto passed away on Sunday at his Karachi residence. He was 94 years old. His spokesperson Ibrahim Abro, while confirming his death, said he had been ill for some time. He added that Bhutto’s body will be taken to Larkana for the funeral. A cousin and close aide of PPP founder and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Mumtaz Bhutto had parted ways with the PPP to form his own party — the Sindh National Front (SNF) — in 1989. He hasRead More
Taxi drivers interrogated, FIR registered in abduction case of Afghan envoy’s daughter: Sheikh Rashid
ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday said that the taxi drivers who drove the daughter of Afghan ambassador before her brief abduction in Islamabad on Friday have been interrogated and a first information report has been registered. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the interior minister said: “I want to inform the international media that the police is investigating the report of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter issue … and we have registered a case on her request under [sections] 34 (common intent), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intentRead More
Kyrgyzstan basketball team arrives in Northern Cyprus for friendly match
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (AA)-Kyrgyzstan’s national basketball team arrived in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Sunday for a friendly match next week. Erhan Arikli, deputy prime minister and economy and energy minister of TRNC, told reporters at Ercan International Airport in Lefkosa that the Kyrgyz and Northern Cyprus teams will play two games on July 19 and on July 21. He said the matches with friendly and brotherly state of Kyrgyzstan will break the “sports embargo” applied to the TRNC for many years. The TRNC willRead More