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December, 2017

 

Terror attack on Egypt church leaves nine killed

CAIRO, DEC 28 (DNA) – A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the latest apparent jihadist attack on the country s Christian minority. Health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told that the gunman was shot dead after killing nine people and wounding others, including a police officer. But the interior ministry said in a statement that the assailant, a wanted jihadist implicated in attacks on police, had been wounded and arrested. The jihadist had been armed with an assault rifle, 150Read More


Zardari calls on PAT chief in Lahore, endorses Model Town massacre stance

LAHORE, DEC 29 (DNA) – Former president Asif Ali Zardari called on Dr Tahirul Qadri, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief on Friday and endorsed his stance on Model Town massacre. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Zardari convened a meeting with Dr Qadri in Lahore ahead of PAT chief’s call for all political parties to attend an all parties conference (APC) on December 30. During the meeting, Zardari thanked Dr Qadri for invitation to participate in the APC and deliberated over Model Town massacre and developments concerning it in detail. TheRead More


Suspected NDS facilitator arrested, heavy weapons seized in Balochistan IBOs

RAWALPINDI, DEC 29 (DNA) – FC Balochistan along with Intelligence agencies conducted IBOs in Musa colony and Sangan areas. An Afghan national, suspected of being a facilitator of the National Directorate of Security — Afghanistan’s premier intelligence agency — was apprehended during the operation, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported on Thursday. In Sangan, FC men recovered weapons and ammunition including explosives and communication equipment while in de-weaponising campaign residents of Sibbi, Talli and Dera Murad Jamali voluntarily deposited illegal weapons to the security forces.


Imran Khan equates Sharif’s slogan to ‘save democracy’ with ‘save corruption’

ISLAMABAD, DEC 29 (DNA) – Revealing the tip of corruption iceberg, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday said the corruption is the ‘sole ideology’ of Nawaz Sharif. Addressing a press conference, he said a handful number of people – which he called a mafia – have been plundering the public wealth for decades. Nawaz Sharif’s slogans for protecting democracy are catchphrases having no ideological significance. It’s not protection of  democracy but to obscure plundering of the public wealth, Khan underlined. He read out some documents which he saidRead More


International perceptions of Pakistan and how to improve its image

ISLAMABAD, DEC 29 (DNA) – ‘Diplomacy is no longer traditional, it is now a multi-track process and image building too has become multidimensional and cannot be expected to happen automatically, nor in isolation from what is transpiring at the global level. It is important that Government of Pakistan establish a dedicated Public Policy Division in its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.’  These were some of the salient points and recommendations of the panelists speaking at the Guest Talk on ‘Pakistan’s Image Building: International Perceptions of Pakistan & How to Improve itsRead More


Daulway carriage phase II from Manjhand to Sehwan would be started soon: CM Sindh

By Nazir Siyal LARKANA, DEC 28 (DNA) – Sindh Chief Minister, Murad Ali Shah on Thursday has said that Shaheed Benazir Bhutto had laid the foundation of Jamshoro to Sehwan single road and now same directives of Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to immediate dual carriageway completion to fasclitate the people of Sindh. Speaking to the media men at the residence of veteran PPP leader Nawab Sardar Khan Chandio in Kamber city, Chief Minister told that first phase groundbreaking of dual carriage project of Indus HighwayRead More