Sunday, September 8th, 2019
Govt promoting ‘ease of doing business’ culture: Dr Firdous
SIALKOT, SEPT 08 (DNA) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the government was successfully promoting the culture of ‘Ease of Doing Business’ for establishing a strong industrial based national economy and increasing exports as well. Addressing a press conference at Anwaar Club Sialkot, she said the textile sector had been playing a role of backbone in strengthening the national economy. The SAPM said Prime Minister Imran Khan had focused on the promotion of textile sector by providing a specialRead More
Woman constable slapped by lawyer decides to step down from her post
SHEIKHUPURA, SEPT 08 (DNA) – The lady police constable, who had been slapped by a lawyer after she told him to not park his car at a checkpoint, on Sunday decided to resign from her post. According to a statement issued on Sunday, lady police constable Faiza said that she is being mentally tortured by the influential lawyer who slapped her. Faiza said she joined police force to serve people but she knew she will not get justice after being slapped. “I am being mentally tortured,” she said. The ladyRead More
Hong Kong protesters appeal to Trump for help before clashes erupt in evening
HONG KONG, SEPT 08 (DNA) — Thousands of Hong Kong protesters on Sunday (Sept 8) sang the Star Spangled Banner and called on US President Donald Trump to “liberate” the Chinese-ruled city, before violence broke out in the latest in a three-month series of clashes and unrest. The protest started peacefully but fell into a now familiar pattern of barricades, window smashing and street fires, this time in the smartest banking and shopping district of the former British colony, as evening fell. Police moved in with running battles with stone-throwing protestersRead More
President Alvi briefs Foreign Minister Wang Yi about Kashmir situation
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 08 (DNA) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, called on President Arif Alvi at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. President Arif Alvi warmly welcomed Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Pakistan and felicitated him on the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. He reiterated that China was Pakistan’s closest friend, staunch partner and iron brother. President Arif Alvi briefed Foreign Minister Wang Yi on India’s unilateral and illegal actions of 5 August which were aimed at changing the internationally recognized disputed status ofRead More
Pakistan to hold talks with FATF in Bangkok today
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Pakistan’s economic team on Sunday is scheduled to hold a face-to-face meeting with the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Asia Pacific Group (APG) in Bangkok for a final evaluation of its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) report. Talks will be held with the FATF from September 8-10. The team will submit replies to 125 questions of the APG, which had been summoned in order to take Pakistan out of the grey list. A session of cross-questioning would also be held during the talksRead More
Pakistan rejects Indian attempts to portray ‘normalcy’ in IOJ&K
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 8 (DNA) -Pakistan has categorically rejected Indian attempts, including the recent briefing by the Indian National Security Advisor, seeking to portray a totally false impression of normalcy in Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir. Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir continues to be the largest prison in the world with the heaviest deployment of Indian occupation forces since the coercive, unilateral and illegal Indian actions of 5 August 2019 aimed at altering the internationally recognized disputed status of IOJ&K and changing its demographic structure to preempt the results of a UNRead More