Month: August 2017

Petition filed in IHC to put Nawaz Sharif, his children and others on Exit Control List

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nawaz shareef

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday accepted for hearing a petition calling for the names of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members to be added to the Exit Control List (ECL), and will hold its first hearing of the case on Monday. The petition, filed by lawyer Raees Abdulwahid, asks that the names of Nawaz Sharif, his children, Hassan, Hussain and Maryam, son-in-law Capt Safdar, and former finance minister Ishaq Dar be placed on the ECL and their accounts frozen. The petition comes days after the…

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Pakistan Mango & Food Festival held in Ankara

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  With the aim of further popularizing Pakistani mangoes in Turkey and facilitating their availability in the Turkish market, the Embassy of Pakistan organized a “Pakistan Mango & Food Festival” on Wednesday evening.  The event was also part of the celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence as well as the 70th Year of Pakistan-Turkey Diplomatic relations.   Key political figures, representatives from the food and beverages industry, fruit importers, diplomats and media representatives tasted the juiciness and aroma of Pakistani mangoes. The “Pakistan Mango & Food Festival” included a wide-range…

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Musharraf conditionally readies to return Pakistan, Says SG of APML

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All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Secretary General Dr Muhammad Amjad here Wednesdaywhile addressing a press conference said that party Chairman, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is ready to face accountability and we request judges of Supreme Court to form a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe assets of Gen Musharraf. With Iftikhar Chaudhry heading Supreme Court of Pakistan, public lost faith in judiciary and some controversial decisions were pronounced. After apex Supreme Court rendered judgment in panama case, faith in judiciary has gone restored and Gen Musharraf is ready to face a…

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Trump grudgingly signs Russia sanctions

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United States President Donald Trump reluctantly signed off on new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, bowing to domestic pressure and putting efforts to improve ties with the Kremlin in peril. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the sanctions amounted to “full-fledged economic war on Russia” and demonstrates Trump’s “total weakness… in the most humiliating way.” “It ends hopes for improving our relations with the new US administration,” Medvedev boldly declared on his Facebook page. Trump signed the legislation behind closed doors, after failed White House efforts to scupper or…

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What brings PTI chief to a remote town?

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SAHIWAL: At a time when Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf faced the media onslaught after ‘startling revelations’ by its MNA Ms Ayesha Gulalai on Tuesday evening, the party chairman who skipped the all-important National Assembly session the same day, travelled all the way to Pakpattan in the dark of night. Mr Khan has been a regular visitor to the ancient town for the last two years. The visits, however, are kept private. Escorted by his personal guards, Khan usually visits the town at night, pays homage to saint Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar by visiting…

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وفاقی کابینہ میں 5 نئے وزرا شامل کرنے کا فیصلہ

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shahid khaqan meets nawaz and shahbaz

وفاقی کابینہ میں توسیع کا فیصلہ کرلیا گیا،نواز شریف نے ہدایت کی ہے کہ نئی کابینہ میں 5نئے چہرے شامل کیے جائیں اور جنوبی پنجاب و چھوٹے صوبوں سے لوگ لیے جائیں۔ میاں نوازشریف کی زیرصدارت مری میں مسلم لیگ (ن) کی قیادت کا غیر رسمی مشاورتی اجلاس آج ایک بار پھر جاری ہے جس میں وزیراعظم شاہد خان عباسی اور شہبازشریف سمیت سینئر لیگی قیادت شریک ہے جب کہ اجلاس میں وفاقی کابینہ کی تشکیل پر غور کیاجارہا ہے۔ ذرائع کے مطابق اجلاس میں سابق وزیراعظم نواز شریف نے…

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الزام لگانے والوں کو50کروڑ ہرجانے کا نوٹس دوں گا، امیر مقام

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مسلم لیگ ن کے رہنما امیرمقام نے کہا ہے کہ عائشہ گلالئی کو کروڑوں روپے دینے کے الزام میں کوئی صداقت نہیں،عائشہ سے میری کوئی ملاقات نہیں ہوئی،الزام لگانے والوں کو پچاس کروڑ ہرجانے کا نوٹس دوں گا۔ اسلام آباد میں پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب میں ن لیگی رہنما کا کہنا تھا کہ میڈیا کے ذریعے عائشہ گلالئی کے پی ٹی آئی چھوڑنے کا علم ہوا ،مجھے ان لوگوں کے الزامات پر انتہائی افسوس ہوا، مجھ پر الزام لگایا گیا کہ میں نے عائشہ گلالئی سے عمران خان کے خلاف بیان دلوایا اورگورنرہاؤس…

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شریف خاندان کا فیصلے پر نظر ثانی اپیل دائر کرنے کا فیصلہ

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supreme court of pakistan

شریف خاندان نے پاناما کیس میں سپریم کورٹ کے فیصلے پر نظر ثانی کی اپیل دائر کرنے کا فیصلہ کرلیا ۔ تین سے چار روز میں سپریم کورٹ میں نظر ثانی اپیل دائر کی جائے گی۔ پچھلا فیصلہ کرنے والے بینچ کے ارکان کو نئے فل کورٹ بینچ میں شامل نہ کرنے کی درخواست کا بھی امکان۔ ذرائع کے مطابق شریف خاندان کی جانب سے نظر ثانی اپیل کے ساتھ الگ سے ایک آئینی پٹیشن بھی سپریم کورٹ میں دائر کی جائے گی۔ آئینی پٹیشن میں پاناما کیس کے بینچ…

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کشمیریوں کی نسل کشی پر عالمی برادری خاموش کیوں ہے، مسعود خان

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sardar masood khan

   صدر آزاد جموں و کشمیر سردار مسعود خان نے کہا کہ مقبوضہ کشمیر میں انسانیت کے خلاف جرائم اور کشمیریوں کی نسل کشی پر عالمی برادری خاموش کیوں ہے۔ وہاں پیلٹ گن کے ذریعے کشمیری نوجوانوں کو بصارت سے محروم کیا جا رہا ہے۔ اپنی ہی سرزمین پر ہمارے بہن بھائی محفوظ نہیں۔ ہندوستان اور عالمی برادری کشمیریوں کو کمزور نہ سمجھیں وہ آزادی حاصل کر کے رہیں گے۔ ان خیالات کا اظہار انہوں نے گزشتہ روز یہاں ایرانی سفارتخانہ کے شعبہ ثقافت اور رضویہ فائونڈیشن کے زیراہتمام منعقدہ…

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مقبوضہ کشمیر میں حملہ، بھارتی میجر اور ایک سپاہی ہلاک

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indian soldier died in kashmir

مقبوضہ کشمیر میں بھارتی فوج پر حملے میں میجر اور ایک سپاہی ہلاک ہوگیا۔ بھارتی میڈیا کے مطابق مقبوضہ کشمیر کے علاقے شوپیاں میں بھارتی فوج پر حملے ہوا ہے، اس دوران فائرنگ کے تبادلے میں ایک بھارتی میجر اور سپاہی ہلاک جبکہ ایک فوجی زخمی ہوگیا۔ بھارتی میڈیا کے مطابق حملےحریت پسندوں کے چھپنے کی اطلاع پرشوپیاں پر سرچ آپریشن جاری تھا کہ اس دوران مسلح افراد نے حملہ کردیا ۔ حملے کے بعد زخمیوں کو سری نگر کے آرمی اسپتال منتقل کیا گیا جہاں پر میجر اور سپاہی ہلاک ہوگئے۔ حکام کے مطابق…

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COAS, Afghan envoy discuss border management in wake of Herat attack

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Afghan envoy discuss border management

A day after a deadly attack on a mosque in Herat province, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal has discussed security situation and border management with army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, a statement issued by the army’s media wing said. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the envoy, who called on the chief of army staff (COAS) at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi on Wednesday also shared matters of mutual interest. Gen Qamar also expressed his grief over loss of innocent lives in the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.…

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PTI issues ‘legal’ notice to Gulalai, demands apology for allegations

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The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday issued a “legal notice” to former party member Ayesha Gulalai, demanding she apologise for her allegations against PTI Chairman Imran Khan a day earlier and resign from the National Assembly, or pay Rs30 million in damages to the aggrieved parties. The legal notice was served by Advocate Ahsan Jawed on behalf of the party’s central media coordinator Jawed Bader. The notice presents two options to Gulalai ─ to either tender an “unconditional apology” to Khan and the PTI for her “baseless and indecent allegations” in a…

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World Bank allows India to construct controversial dams on Pakistani waters

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India to move ahead with two hydroelectric

The World Bank has allowed India to move ahead with two hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers, a decision taken at the conclusion of secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India on Indus Water Treaty. World Bank, which brokered the 1960 water treaty between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, said New Delhi is allowed to construct Kishanganga and Ratle dams with certain restrictions under the treaty. “The decision was taken in light of the reservations put forth by the Pakistani delegation,” the world lender said in a…

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‘Cabinet to take oath in one or two days,’ PM Abbasi says

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prime minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Incumbent Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a press conference on Wednesday said that the government’s incoming cabinet would take oath in a couple of days. “Consultations are underway and the cabinet will hopefully take oath in one to two days,” Abbasi said while speaking to journalists in Murree, following a high-level PML-N meeting chaired by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif. When asked about the PML-N’s candidate for the upcoming by-poll for the NA-120 constituency ─ a seat left vacant after Nawaz’s disqualification ─ Abbasi said that there was still time left…

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Are acid attacks becoming a commonality in the UK because they are treated as a minor offence?

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acid attacks

  Picture the following domestic scene: A woman hovering over a tawwa (stove), folding dough balls whilst the gas flame flickers gently under the cast iron. Behind her, a shadowy figure, wanting no blame and careful to hide their presence, opens up the cylindrical lever on the gas supply. Barely an instant passes before the light hits her eyes; eyes which will never be able to see themselves in a reflection in quite the same way. This was the old way, my mother tells me. This punishment for women, for what was perceived…

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