DNA ISLAMABAD: International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) will distribute relief cheque to 97 people affected by the flood. The event was held at Tehsil Matta Chinar Marki of Swat۔ The deserving people were helped with the support of “The BC Muslim Association”.PresidentThe BC Muslim Association  Muhammad Assad Gondal ,Human Development expert Sajid Hussain Tanoli, Ex MPA Syed Jahfer Shah,  bacha said ,SP Khankhail,and other political and social personalities participated in the event. The honored guests along with Country Head(IDRF) Yasir Khan distributed relief cheque to the deserving people. OnRead More

DNA Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) delegation headed by President Saqib Rafiq along with Group Leader Sohail Altaf, Senior Vice President Muhammad Hamza Sarosh, Vice President Faisal Shahzad and Former President Syed Asad Mashadi, Former Vice President Shahraiz Malik attended a meeting with Station Commander Brig Salman Nazar at Station Headquarters Rawalpindi. Imran Gulzar, CEO Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) and Zaki Haider Naqvi CEO, Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB), among others were also present on the occasion. Matters related to the property tax, encroachment issues, traffic congestion, parking,Read More

ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (DNA): A local court on Friday extended the pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) head Imran Khan till February 27 and sought a written statement in an FIR regarding the protest after the decision of ECP in toshakhana case and attack on PML-N’s leader Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha. Additional District and Session Judge Zafar Iqbal heard the case against Imran Khan. Dr. Baber Awan submitted the medical report of Imran Khan and requested the judge to grant him a one-time exemption from attendance. The court notedRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 10: /DNA/ – The Pak-Afghan Chaman border has seen rampant turbulence and chaos in the past few months. Cross-border firing incidents and prolonged closure have not only disrupted the peace on both sides but also impeded business and public mobility, thus remain a chief cause of acrimony between two sides. The need to cooperate and resolve these cross-border issues reverberated at the 2nd Pak-Afghan Tribal Stakeholders Conference in Quetta, Pakistan, hosted by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) in collaboration with Afghanistan based Organization for EconomicRead More

ISSI organizes in-house session with  heads of mission of African countries Staff Report ISLAMABAD, The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized an organised an in-house session with heads of mission of African countries in Islamabad. The session, which held under the chair of ISSI Director General Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, was attended by Dean of the African Corps and Ambassador of Morocco Mohammed Karmoune, High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa Mthuthuzeli Madikiza, Ambassador of Sudan Salih Mohammed AhmedRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 10: /DNA/ – Brigadier Tughral Yamin (retd), senior research fellow, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and former director and associate dean, Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), National University of Science & Technology (NUST) called upon President Dr Arif Alvi and presented him with his book International Peacekeeping: Perspectives from Pakistan recently published by IPS Press, the publishing arm of the Institute. Dr Yamin apprised the president on the occasion that ever since Pakistan started participating in the UN peacekeeping operations in 1960, it has earned the reputation ofRead More