Monday, February 14th, 2022
Muhammad Naeem appointed as Deputy Commissioner Attock
BY FAISAL MUNIR / DNACORRESPONDENT ATTOCK, 14 Feb: The Punjab government has appointed Deputy Secretary to the Chief Minister’s Office Muhammad Naeem as Deputy Commissioner Attock.Who have taken charge and started fulfilling their responsibilities. Muhammad Naeem is a highly reputed officer. He has also served as Deputy Commissioner in Sindh Province.
Opposition makes futile efforts: Sheikh Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Monday said that the opposition parties were wasting their time by doing futile exercise to present ‘no confidence motion’ in the Senate. Opposition parties have no strategy, he said while talking to a private news channel. Interior minister said they were doing media politics only, Pakistan Muslim League Q is our partner in the government and will not leave the coalition with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He said opposition parties had not that much strength to move for ‘no confidence motion’.Read More
New dams to double water storage capacity, address issue of climate change: PM
ISLAMABAD, Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said the new under construction mega dams would eventually double water storage capacity of the country and help address issues related to the climate change. Speaking at a seminar on hydro power development, he said China had constructed 5000 dams but Pakistan had only two dams, built in the 1960s. “Due to this negligence, Pakistan suffered losses. As Pakistan is using imported fuel for electricity generation, whenever petrol prices go up in the international market, electricity prices also rise in Pakistan, thus enhancingRead More
Ukraine demands meeting with Russia over troop buildup
Kyiv, Feb 14: Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting with Russia and dozens of other European states to explain Moscow’s buildup of troops along the ex-Soviet state’s frontier. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said late Sunday that Russia had ignored Kyiv’s formal request to explain why Moscow had positioned more than 100,000 troops and advanced weapons around Ukraine. The 1990 Vienna Document requires the 57 members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to share information about their military forces and notify each other about majorRead More
President Alvi pays tribute to security forces
Islamabad, 14 Feb: /DNA/ – Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, called on President Dr Arif Alvi, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. They discussed the national security and regional situation during the meeting. He briefed the President about the professional preparedness and measures being taken by the security forces against the terrorist elements. The COAS reiterated the resolve that the Armed Forces were committed to eliminate militants and miscreants from the country. Talking to the COAS, the President paid rich tribute to the security forces who laid downRead More
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clashes
Israeli forces have shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian in West Bank clashes during what Israel on Monday described as an operation to demolish the home of a ‘terrorist’ suspected of a recent attack. The Palestinian health ministry said Mohammad Abu Salah was killed in the village of Silat al-Harithiya near the flashpoint town of Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel’s army in a statement said its troops along with border police had entered the village “to demolish the floor of the residence in which the terrorist Mohammad Jaradat resided”.Read More