ISLAMABAD – Chief of Staff Qatar Armed Forces Major General Ghanim bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s House here on Tuesday. Matters relating to bilateral interest were discussed in the meeting. The prime minister said that Qatar was very important country in the region and Pakistan has […]
Archives for August 2015
Reham to neither contest election on PTI ticket nor attend party events: Imran
ISLAMABAD – Responding to critics of his wife in a series of tweets, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan clarified early on Tuesday morning that his wife – Reham Khan – will neither contest elections on a party ticket nor will attend any party events. In a series of tweets, the PTI chairman expressed ‘disgust’ […]
39 killed in Khyber,Waziristan air strikes
BANNU: At least 39 militants were killed and an ammunition dump destroyed on Monday in air strikes on their hideouts in Waziristan, the military said. The strikes targeted hideouts in the Gharlamai and Shawal areas of the lawless North Waziristan Agency, where the army has been waging an offensive against Taliban militants since June […]
Justice Khawaja takes oath as 23rd CJP
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday administered the oath of office as new Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to Justice Jawwad S Khawaja. The ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr and attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Federal Ministers Ishaq Dar and Pervaiz Rashid. The ceremony was also attended by judges, Senate […]
Pakistan International Airline begins Haj operation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airline’s Haj Operation commenced on Monday with flights departing from Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Islamabad for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Prime minister’s Special Assistant on Aviation Shujaat Azeem and senior officials of the PIA bid farewell to the intending pilgrims of the airline’s first flight from the capital. Meanwhile the intending […]
CDA chief reviews progress of Park Enclave work
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal and Member Administration and Estate Amer Ali Ahmed on Monday visited the Park Enclave housing project to review the ongoing development work. The Planning, Land and Engineering Wing of the Capital Development Authority briefed participants at the occasion. While reviewing progress about the ongoing construction on […]
Egypts Sisi approves anti-terrorism law creating special courts
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and protects its enforcers in the face of a two-year-long Islamist insurgency that aims to topple his government. The law has come under fire from human rights groups who accuse Sisi, who as military chief deposed a freely elected […]
When it comes to war in space, US has the edge
Quietly and without most people noticing, the world’s leading space powers – the United States, China and Russia – have been deploying new and more sophisticated weaponry in space. Earth’s orbit is looking more and more like the planet’s surface – heavily armed and primed for war. A growing number of “inspection” satellites lurk […]
Myanmars Suu Kyi meets ousted leader ahead of showdown in parliament
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar’s ousted ruling party chief Shwe Mann met Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday as the country’s political leaders manoeuvred ahead of a showdown in parliament days after he was sacked by President Thein Sein. The president removed Shwe Mann and his allies from the leadership of the Union Solidarity and […]
Altaf urges Nawaz to pluck up courage to raise Kashmir issue
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday regretted that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not uttered a single word over the Kashmir issue during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the latter time and again raised the Mumbai attack. Addressing an iftar-cum-dinner gathering hosted by Mohibban-e-Pakistan in Saudi Arabia and other […]