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IHC unseats Islamabad mayor as CDA chairman

December 29, 2017 News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) removed on Friday the capital’s mayor, Sheikh Ansar Aziz, as the head and executive member of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). Justice Athar Minallah made the decision after concluding several petitions filed by citizens of the federal capital against the mayor’s appointment as the executive member and then chairman of the CDA. The IHC, in its judgment, suspended the notification of Aziz’s appointment as the executive member of the authority, following which he was given the ‘part-time’ charge of the CDA supremo. Justice Minallah directed…

Ayesha Gulalai reveals name of her new political party

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 News Desk

LAHORE: Member of National Assembly (MNA) and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Ayesha Gulalai has revealed the name of her new political party, which she announced to form earlier this month. Gulalai recently met PTI leader Seema Anwar in Lahore, a video of the occasion shows, in which she said her new political party will be called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Gulalai or PTI-G. During the meeting, Gulalai asked for a list of angry PTI female members from Anwar and extended an offer to her to join her new party, which Seema turned…

Senator Siraj Ul Haq to address Pakistani Community in Oslo on Sunday

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 News Desk

Report by Mohammad Tariq Chief of Jamaat e Islami, the well known religio-political party of Pakistan Mr Siraj ul Haq is on his way to Norway on weekend. He is invited by Islamic Culture Center Norway to address a public gathering on Sunday (Dec 31, 2017). The topic of lecture of the leading Pakistani conservative figure is “International Scenario and Pakistan”. Senator Siraj ul Haq is an elected chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, the social, religious and political party in Pakistan which aims are to establish Islamic laws in the country. He…

Spreading soft image of Pakistan through learning “Tie-Dye” in Ukraine

December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 News Desk

Mrs. Seema Athar, wife of Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Ukraine, Maj. Gen (r) Athar Abbas conducted the master class of " Tie and Dye" exhibiting various designs and their techniques.

Kyiv, Ukraine (Bureau Report) Pakistan Embassy in Ukraine has arranged a class for learning traditional techniques of Tie-Dye. It is important to mention that the process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment and binding with string or rubber bands, followed by application of dye(s). Mrs. Seema Athar, wife of Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Ukraine, Maj. Gen (r) Athar Abbas conducted the master class of ” Tie and Dye” exhibiting various designs and their techniques. The class was attended by large number of ladies…

Pakistan maintains a position of neutrality in resolving Ukraine Crisis, Says Pak’s Envoy

December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 News Desk

OT's Diplomatic Correspondent Yasir Aziz with Pakistan Ambassador to Ukraine Athar Abbas

Report by Yasir Aziz Pakistan’s out-going Ambassador to Ukraine has said, Pakistan maintains a position of neutrality in resolving Ukraine Crisis. Overseas Tribune’s (OT) Warsaw-Poland based ‘Diplomatic correspondent’ Mr. Yasir Aziz had an honor to meet with the out-going Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Ukraine, H.E. Maj. Gen. (r) Athar Abbas at his residence in the capital city of Ukraine- Kyiv early this month. The interview was OT’s new series of Program – ‘The diplomatic correspondent’. The interview lasted for over 30 minutes during which the bilateral relations…

Turkey dismisses over 2,700 in post-coup purges

December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 News Desk

ANKARA: The Turkish government on Sunday ordered the sacking of more than 2,700 people working in public institutions over their alleged links to “terror” groups, in the latest round of purges since last year’s failed coup. In a separate emergency decree, the country’s defence procurement agency was ordered to answer to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instead of the defence ministry in a move widely viewed as a further expansion of his powers. Turkey’s intelligence service (MIT) also came under Mr Erdogan’s control in August. A total of 2,756 people, including…

Rupee’s fall drives food prices higher

December 25, 2017 News Desk

PRICES of food items have started rising in the wake of a recent fall in the rupee’s value, though the price hike has somewhat remained subdued as the depreciation is not accompanied by supply constraints. However, a sharper rise has been noticed in prices of imported food items. From tea, coffee, milk powder, chocolates and cheese to pulses, spices and pickles, a large number of imported food items have become costlier by five to 10 per cent, wholesale traders at Jodia Bazaar say. Locally produced foodstuff has also depicted a…

PTI groups clash at Quaid day event

December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 News Desk

LAHORE: Internal rifts in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf resulted in a clash between the activists belonging to two groups within the party at a ceremony, forcing the leadership to leave the venue here on Sunday. It all began when supporters of Punjab chapter president Aleem Khan resorted to sloganeering against Lahore chapter chief Waleed Iqbal for not inviting Mr Khan to the Quaid-i-Azam Day ceremony held at the Aiwan-i-Iqbal. Iqbal was organiser of the event. As some of Mr Khan’s activists attempted to reach the stage, the rivals intervened, ensuing a…

Six dead in suicide attack near Afghan spy agency compound: officials

December 25, 2017 News Desk

Afghan Security Personnel keep watch near the site of suicide attack - AFP

A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul on Monday, killing six civilians, officials said. The attacker struck at a time when workers were arriving at their offices. It comes a week after militants stormed a National Directorate of Security (NDS) training centre in the Afghan capital. Interior Ministry Spokesman Najib Danish told AFP six civilians in a car were killed when the attacker detonated himself. “Six people were martyred and three others were wounded,” Danish said. “They were hit when…

Hafiz Saeed opens MML office in NA-120

December 25, 2017 News Desk

LAHORE: Notwithstanding the opposition by the interior ministry to entry of offshoots of proscribed entities into the national political arena, Jamaatud Dawa Emir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed opened an office of a subsidiary of the JuD here on Sunday. The JuD chief visited different areas of National Assembly constituency NA-120, the Lahore seat the Sharifs had never lost since their debut in politics in 1985 here. He inaugurated an office of the Milli Muslim League (MML), the political face of the JuD, on Mohni Road and listened to civic problems of…

Lashkari Raisani switches loyalty from PML-N to BNP

December 24, 2017 News Desk

In a blow to the PML-N, Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani — former senator and the ruling party’s leader from Balochistan — joined the Balochistan National Party (BNP) on Sunday evening. Along with Raisani, a large number of other political workers also parted ways with PML-N and joined the BNP. “Balochistan has always been ignored and deprived [of its due rights] by rulers,” Raisani told the supporters gathered on Sariab Road. He vowed to continue his political struggle for the “acquisition of usurped rights of people of Balochistan”. “Balochistan has been turned into a…

3 FC personnel martyred in IED explosion in North Waziristan

December 24, 2017December 24, 2017 News Desk

At least three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel lost their lives in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in North Waziristan’s Ghulam Khan area on Sunday. The FC personnel were on routine patrol when an IED targeting their vehicle exploded, sources within the political administration told DawnNews. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the IED exploded as an FC bomb disposal team was undertaking a routine search and clearance operation in the area. The martyred FC soldiers were identified by ISPR as Naik Inayatullah Khattak, Sepoy Mohsin Ali Turi and Sepoy Sifatullah. According…

Sharif reluctant to publicly name Shahbaz as party’s PM candidate

December 24, 2017December 24, 2017 News Desk

LAHORE: Two days after TV channels flashed the news that former premier Nawaz Sharif had named Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif as the party’s nominee for the office of prime minister in 2018 general elections, the elder Sharif is said to be reluctant to publicly nominate his younger brother for the coveted office as he wants to keep his cards close to his chest till the last minute, it emerged on Saturday. While Shahbaz Sharif’s camp in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has been running a vigorous campaign to see their leader nominated…

‘Pakistan not in habit of taking notices from anyone, let alone US’: Rabbani slams Pence’s remarks

December 24, 2017 News Desk

Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani, in response to a warning from United States (US) Vice President (VP) Mike Pence to Islamabad earlier this week, made it clear that Pakistan is not in the habit of “taking notices” from anyone. Pence, while addressing US troops at the Bagram military base in Kabul, had said that Pakistan has allegedly provided safe haven to terrorists for too long but those days are over now, as US President Donald Trump has now “put Pakistan on notice”. “Two days ago, Pence had the gall, the audacity to say…

Protest in front of Islamabad’s Press Club against terrorism in Pakistan

December 19, 2017 News Desk

Islamabad (Bureau Report) A group of civil society on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Islamabad Press Club for condemning the recent terrorist attack on a church in Quetta. The group was headed by Dr Syed Bashir Hussain, an activist of the society in the capital of Pakistan. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against terrorism. The protesters said, those involved in terrorist activities can never be Muslims. Attacking on the innocent people , mosques, churches and other places of worship even don’t deserve to…