Sunday, January 1st, 2023
PTI to form strong govt in 2023 through elections: Imran Khan
LAHORE, JAN 01 (DNA) — As the new year has arrived, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has pledged that his party to form a strong government through elections in 2023. In a series of tweets, mentioning the best and worst times of 2022, Imran Khan shared, “A government with one of the best econ performances was removed through a conspiracy triggered by supreme self-interest, and Pakistan was handed over to a bunch of criminals.” They ran the economy to the ground, gave themselves NRO2 and through NAB law amendsRead More
Four terrorists killed, one soldier martyred in Bannu IBO
RAWALPINDI, JAN 01 (DNA) — Four terrorists were killed in an Intelligence Based Operation conducted by security forces in Jani Khel area of Bannu district. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan Army troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and conducted the successful operation. The killed terrorists remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent citizens. Weapon and ammunition was also recovered from the killed terrorists. However, during intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Muhammad Wasim having fought gallantly, embraced martordom. Sanitization of the area isRead More
Faez Isa to succeed CJP Bandial as 14 judges set to retire in 2023
ISLAMABAD, JAN 01 (DNA) — One judge of the Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court (LHC) each and 12 district and sessions judges from the district courts of the country are going to retire this year. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial will retire on September 16, 2023 after attaining the age of 65 years. Following his retirement, Justice Qazi Faez Isa will take over as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on September 17, 2023. Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid of Lahore High Court (LHC) will retireRead More
Blast outside Kabul’s military airport, multiple casualties: interior ministry
Kabul, JAN 1: An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said. “Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred and injured,” spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor told Reuters, adding that investigations were underway. He did not specify the nature or target of the explosion. Local residents said a loud explosion was heard before 8am in the vicinity of the military side of the heavily fortified airport.Read More
Aerial firing on New Year’s Eve in Karachi injures 37, including 2 toddlers
Karachi: At least 37 people were injured in aerial firing on New Year’s Eve in Karachi, police and hospital officials said on Sunday. The injured include four women and two infants. Karachi police also arrested 19 suspects in connection with the firing. “New year’s [eve] aerial firing [injury] incidents reported at medicolegal centres of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) and Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) are 36, including four females, their ages between 1.5 and 61 years.” The breakdown of the victims is: Eighteen injured men wereRead More
Chinese brands shine as Pakistan made around 20 million phones in 2022
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (DNA): In 2022, with the leading role of Chinese manufacturing companies, Pakistan has locally assembled/manufactured about 20 million mobile phones in the country, which outnumbered phones imported from other countries. Gowder Pro on Sunday quoting Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)’s data, stated that between January and November, the locally assembled/manufactured phones include 11.5 million 2G sets while the number of smartphones is 8.2 million. On average, manufacturing per month during the first 11 months of the year is 1.8 million phones; thus, the inclusion of December data willRead More