Monday, January 2nd, 2023
PIA introduces new package for Umrah pilgrims
BEIJING: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced a special package to facilitate pilgrims travelling from China to Saudi Arabia for Umrah. As part of this new package, pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia from Beijing and Chengdu via PIA will be provided connecting flights from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia and back. However, Pakistani passengers have an additional perk: they can enjoy a stopover of over one week in Pakistan on their way back to China, a senior official said on Monday. The national flag carrier is currently operating weekly passenger flights on two routes.Read More
Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of war’s deadliest strikes
MOSCOW: Russia acknowledged on Monday that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes, drawing demands from nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing soldiers alongside an ammunition dump. Russia’s defence ministry said 63 soldiers had died in the fiery blast which destroyed a temporary barracks in a former vocational college in Makiivka, a twin city of the Russian-occupied regional capital of Donetsk. It said the accommodation had been hit by four rockets fired from US-made HIMARS launchers, claiming two rockets hadRead More
MQM’s re-unification; braking of BAP does not augur well for coalition govt
Prima facie MQM is being reunited only to contain the PTI in Sindh Ansar M Bhatti ISLAMABAD: The political climate of Pakistan appears to be taking a surprise turn after the MQM threat that it would part ways with the government if its demands were not met. The MQM is already enjoying a huge pie in the government despite the fact that its numerical strength is quite low. The party perhaps feels dejected ever since the name of its nominee for the slot of Sindh government was overturned by theRead More
Afghan Taliban react to Sanaullah’s TTP statement
DNA KABUL: Reacting to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s statement about targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts inside Afghanistan, the interim Taliban government Sunday said that it would not allow anyone to attack the Islamic Emirate and ask Pakistan to share its reservations with Kabul. The interior minister, in an interview with a Pakistani news channel, had said, “Islamabad may target the TTP in Afghanistan if Kabul does not take action to dismantle them”. “When these problems arise, we first ask Afghanistan, our brotherly Islamic nation, to eliminate their hideouts and handRead More
No mercy for outlaws, resolves NSC
PM says war against terrorism would be led by federal and provincial governments Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD, JAN 2: /DNA/ – The National Security Committee on Monday reiterated its resolve to have zero tolerance for terrorism in Pakistan and reaffirmed its determination to take on any and all entities that resort to violence. “This will be dealt with full force of the state. Pakistan’s security is uncompromisable and the full writ of the state will be maintained on every inch of Pakistan’s territory,” the Committee resolved, according to a press releaseRead More
Imran Khan changes his narratives like weather: Marriyum
DNA ISLAMABAD, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan consistently changed his narratives which were nothing but packs of lies to mislead the people. “Imran Khan has been changing his narratives like weather (since his ouster from power),” she said in a news statement while responding to the PTI chief’s remarks in the media. The minister said Imran Khan claimed that it came to his knowledge last summer that Shehbaz Sharif would become prime minister which was contrary to hisRead More