Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
Govt to start receiving Haj applications from January 15
ISLAMABAD, DEC 27 (DNA) – The government will receive applications for next year’s Haj starting from January 15 until January 24, 2018, Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousuf announced in Islamabad on Wednesday. The Haj package for 2018 will cost Rs280,000 for northern region and Rs270,000 for southern region, the minister said, adding that Pakistan’s last year’s quota of 179,210 and the cost from last year’s package have been maintained. An additional Rs13,050 will have to be submitted for animal sacrifice, he said. The government hasRead More
Zardari criticized PML-N, rejects any talks of NRO in future
GARHI KHUDA BUX, DEC 27 (DNA) – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman former president Asif Ali Zardari criticizing PML-Nawaz by rejecting any talks of NRO in future, he said the party will not accept another deal because of trust both side. Speaking to the gathering at her slain wife Benazir Bhutto’s 10th anniversary, Asif Ali Zardari has said he was remain 12 years in jail but you could not bear difficulties and get rid off after singn NRO, so that it will not happen again in future politics he said.Read More
Benazir Bhutto was punished for fighting against dictatorship: PPP Chairman
GARHI KHUDA BUX, DEC 27 (DNA) – PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that her mother Benazir Bhutto was punished only for fighting against the dictatorship for true democracy; Mushraf pulled security and plotted the conspiracy of murder of PPP Chairperson. Addressing a huge Public rally before the Mausoleum of Bhuttos, Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said that Benazir wanted to demonstrate true picture of Islam a peaceful internationally, their party would lead such a legacy of her mother to the world. He said after the carnage in Rawalpindi andRead More
Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary observed in Larkana
LARKANA, DEC 27 (DNA) – Pakistan Peoples Party (Parliamentarian), Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) and PPP-Workers separately observed 10th death anniversary of slain PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto here at Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto on Wednesday. Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Co-Chairman former President Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto family members and the Party leaders visited mazars of Benazir Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and others all the day at Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto and laid floral wreaths at the graves of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, founder of PPP Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. They alsoRead More
China to become world’s biggest economy by 2032
BEIJING, DEC 27 (DNA) – Experts say the United States is set to lose its global economic dominance and will be replaced by China that will establish itself as the world’s biggest economy before 2032. A report released by the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research emphasized that China was already successfully moving ahead based on an economic growth that emerged in 2007. The report added that four other Asian nations India, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia would also join China it in the top 10 global economies. TheRead More
China lashes out at Germany for claiming it’s dodging cyber security talks
BEIJING, DEC 27 (DNA) – China’s foreign ministry lashed out at a German ambassador on Wednesday for claiming that Beijing failed to respond to requests to discuss bilateral cyber security issues. Ambassador Michael Clauss recently told that the two governments agreed in 2016 to set up a group to discuss cyber issues but it “has yet to see the light of day.” He had said that requests for a “meaningful dialogue” about Chinese curbs on virtual private networks (VPNs), which are used for encrypted communication and can evade Beijing’s webRead More