Monday, February 6th, 2023
Turkiye shaken by ‘biggest disaster’ since 1939 Erzincan earthquake
DNA ANKARA, Türkiye has experienced the “biggest disaster” in the last century after the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a strong earthquake hit southern provinces on Monday morning, claiming the lives of at least 912 people. “Tonight at 04:17, we were shaken by the biggest disaster since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake that we underwent in the last century,” Erdogan said in the capital Ankara. Erdogan’s remarks came after a 7.7 magnitude quake struck at 4.17 a.m. (0117GMT) and was centered in the Pazarcik district in Türkiye’sRead More
Journalists demand control of Attock Press Club
QAZI SHOAIB KHAN DNA ATTOCK (FEB-06): The journalistic community of occupied Press Club Attock have stressed upon the Care Taker Chief Minister Punjab Syed Mohsin Naqvi to get the building of Press Club Attock vacated from the clutches of district management Attock enabling them to continue their solidarity with their subjugated Kashmiri journalists of Jammu & Kashmir till their liberation from the Indian Government. This was said by the speakers who were addressing the journalist protest rally on atrocities of Kashmiri journalists held from Fawara Chowk Attock and disbursed beforeRead More
Govt reschedules APC to Feb 9
ISLAMABAD, FEB 6: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Monday that the all-parties conference (APC) convened by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take place on February 9 instead of 7. In a tweet, Marriyum said that the national leadership will formulate a joint strategy to combat terrorism and other challenges being faced by the country. The minister said that the National Action Plan would also be reviewed in the APC. Following last week’s deadly bombing in a Peshawar mosque, PM Shehbaz Sharif summoned an APC toRead More
Major earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria; hundreds dead, many trapped
DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA: A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble. The quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon. “We were shaken like a cradle. There were nine of us at home. Two sons of mine are still in the rubble, I’m waiting for them,” said one woman, her arm broken andRead More
Graduation ceremony of combat commanders’ course
DNA ISLAMABAD: The Graduation Ceremony of No 57 Combat Commanders’ Course was held at Airpower Centre of Excellence (ACE), today. Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan, SI(M), Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Air Defence), Pakistan Air Force was the Chief Guest at the occasion. While addressing the course participants, the Chief Guest said that combat training in PAF can be maintained at the highest pedestal of realism and responsiveness, only if we are cognizant of contemporary challenges and prepared to meet them in line with emerging modern concepts. He furtherRead More