Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
ANF busts Int’l Drug Gang, Frees Innocent Family: Mohsin Naqvi
DNA Lahore: Nine members of an international drug gang, who framed an innocent family by swapping their bag tags at the airport, have been arrested by ANF. Moreover, on the directions of Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Mohsin Naqvi, tireless efforts of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) team led to the release and return of 5 members of the innocent family, who were detained in Saudi Arabia. Interior and Narcotics Control Minister visited the residence of the family and met with them. He was accompanied by DG Anti-Narcotics Force MajorRead More
Ethiopian Embassy pavilion attracts impressive influx of visitors at PTM 2025
KARACHI, FEB 2: /DNA/ – A large number of people of the Islamic Republic has visited the Tourism Pavilion of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) at the three-day Pakistan Travel Mart 2025 which has concluded here in Karachi on Sunday. The Ethiopian Embassy pavilion was inaugurated by Minister of Sindh for Culture, Tourism, Antiquities and Archives H.E. Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, while H.E. Muhammad Kamran Tessori has the honor to formally open the Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony on the occasion. During the three-day PTM, the exquisite tourism andRead More
Int’l conference to address neglected tropical diseases
ISLAMABAD, FEB 02 (DNA) — The International Conference on health, titled “Transforming Global Health: Tackling Neglected Diseases Through Training and Research,” will be held here from February 17-19. The conference is being organized by COMSTECH in collaboration with ICESCO and supported by leading partners including the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (UK), Centre de Virologie de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales (CVMIT), and the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APNA). According to an official of COMSTECH, the event is aimed at tackling the growing burden of neglectedRead More
PIAF demands withdrawal of hike in oil prices to facilitate industry
DNA LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Sunday demanded of the authorities to withdraw the decisions of continuous raises in oil products prices, as the move would hurt the economic growth in the country. PIAF Chairman Faheemur Rehman Saigol, in a joint statement along with senior vice chairman Nasrullah Mughal and vice chairman Tahir Manzoor Chaudhary said the federal government has increased the rate of petrol by Re1 to Rs257.13 per litre for the next 15 days. According to a notification issued by Ministry of Finance,Read More
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 14
POLTAVA, UKRAINE, Feb 2 (AFP/APP):Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight and early Saturday, killing 14 people, Kyiv said. Ukraine also accused Moscow earlier of striking a boarding school sheltering civilians in the Ukrainian-occupied town of Sudzha in Moscow’s Kursk region, where Kyiv launched a major cross-border assault last August. The Ukrainian army said four people had died in the attack, with dozens more rescued as rescuers cleared the rubble. Fighting in the nearly three-year war has shown no signs of de-escalating, despite USRead More
Trump tariff deadline looms, Canada told levies coming Tuesday
PALM BEACH, UNITED STATES, FEB 2 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump is due to unleash fresh tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China — with Ottawa informed that levies will begin within days. The US government has told Ottawa to expect 25 percent across-the-board tariffs on its exports starting Tuesday, with the exception of energy products like oil, a Canadian government source told AFP. Those would face a 10 percent rate, added the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly. Trump has threatenedRead More