Sunday, June 18th, 2017
APTMA to keep mills shut next week in protest
LAHORE, JUNE 18 (DNA) – All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has decided to keep all the mills shut next week in protest, as the government is not providing the incentives that were promised to the industrialists. APTMA Chairman Aamir Fiaz expressed his views in a press conference and said the trade deficit has reached the highest level in country’s history due to poor policies of government and continuous increase in production costs. Gohar Ejaz, Vice Chairman Ali Pervez and APTMA Punjab Chairman Syed Ali Ahsan were also present alongRead More
Pakistan to appoint ad hoc judge in ICJ two months before hearing of Jadhav case
ISLAMABAD, JUN 18 (DNA) – Pakistan has decided to appoint an ad hoc judge in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) panel two months before the hearing of Khulbhushan Jadhav case. India will file the claim first in the case after which Pakistan will submit a reply to it in the court. This process will require six or more months. After ICJ halted Jadhav’s death sentence, Pakistan decided to provide a name of judge from its side who will be appointed only two months prior to the hearing. Pakistan’s AttorneyRead More
Two Pakistani diplomats go missing in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, JUN 18 (DNA) – Two Pakistani diplomats based in a consulate office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad have been missing since Friday. “Two officials of our Consulate General Jalalabad are missing since 16th June 2017 while commuting to Pakistan by road. The matter has been raised with the relevant Afghan authorities for their safety and recovery, at the earliest,” the Foreign Office said in a statement on Sunday. The Afghan authorities have informed that all efforts were in hand to probe the incident and three different investigatingRead More
Champions Trophy: London all set to host Pakistan-India mega final
LONDON, JUN 18 (DNA) – The game that always ‘stops two nations’ comes again to a third when title-holders India face Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final at London’s Oval ground on Sunday. And the question millions of cricket fans around the world, possibly even a billion, are all asking is ‘which Pakistan will turn up?’ Will it be the team of their opening group match at Edgbaston on June 4, a 124-run thrashing by arch-rivals India, where their inept bowling and batting were outdone only by woeful fielding inRead More