Saturday, June 8th, 2019
Modi requests Pakistan to use its airspace for Bishkek visit
NEW DELHI, JUNE 08 (DNA) – The Indian government has requested Pakistan to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft to fly over Pakistani airspace on June 13. According to sources, Pakistan has received a formal request sent by the Indian High Commission in this regard. Modi is scheduled to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan next week. Pakistani airspace on its eastern border with India will remain closed until June 14, a civil aviation official said on May 29, the latest extension months after a standoffRead More
Govt eliminated reservations about CPEC projects in Balochistan: Suri
QUETTA, JUNE 08 (DNA) – Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has said Prime Minister Imran Khan led government has eliminated reservations of political parties about CPEC projects in Balochistan. Addressing the traders’ community at Quetta Chamber of Small Traders in Quetta on Saturday, he said that the government has started construction work on western route of China Pakistan Economic Corridor at a cost of 75 billion rupees. He said enhancement of exports is the top most priority of incumbent government. Qasim Suri said that projects of establishment ofRead More
Former MQM senator Allama Abbas Kumaili passes away
KARACHI, JUNE 08 (DNA) – Chief of Jafria Alliance Pakistan (JAP) and former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) senator Allama Abbas Kumaili passed away in Karachi on Saturday. Eminent religious scholar was being treated for his cardiac complications at a private hospital in the Soldier Bazaar area. Kumaili preached constructive and positive harmony among different religious schools of thought by using Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen’s (MWM) platform. MWM council expressed their condolences on the passing of esteemed scholar holding him as a national asset. MWM leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas expressed grief overRead More
Nawaz Sharif advises Maryam to join APC in anti-govt movement
LAHORE, JUNE 08 (DNA) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and former premier Nawaz Sharif has advised PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz to participate in the All Parties Conference (APC) anti-government movement for the restoration of judiciary. Nawaz Sharif expressed that his heart cries for poor people who are dying in this tsunami of inflation. He said that Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif’s return will give a shut up call to many who claimed he has fled the country. He further asserted that relief was not found in the countryRead More
Ponting warns Australia of bouncers at Oval against India
LONDON (DNA) – Australia’s assistant coach Ricky Ponting expects India to select an extra fast bowler on Sunday to exploit the holders’ vulnerability to short-pitched deliveries seen in their scrappy win over the West Indies in the World Cup. The Caribbean pace battery terrorised Australia’s top order at Trent Bridge, reducing them to 38-4 in the eighth over, with Oshane Thomas hitting Usman Khawaja on the helmet in an illustration of the top order’s obvious discomfort. Steve Smith added 72 and Nathan Coulter-Nile hit 92 to help Australia build aRead More
FBR to collect bank accounts data for action against tax evaders
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – In its latest move to catch tax evaders, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued strict directives to the concerned departments for collecting all the relevant information about wealthy tax evaders. Specifically, the data of account holders with deposits of Rs500,000 or more [in their bank accounts] will be examined, and a stern action will be taken against those account holders who have not filed their tax returns despite of having the same amount in their accounts. Moreover, an investigation will be done if any accountRead More