KALLAR SYEDAN (RAWALPINDI):(APP): Minister for Interior and Narcotic Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said that the Interior Ministry was ready to probe Panama Leaks through Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Talking to media here, Nisar Ali Khan asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to point out any FIA officer of his choice, for […]
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Nisar offers Imran probe of Panama Leaks through FIA
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Passenger dies aboard Dubai-bound Qantas flight
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – A passenger has died aboard a Qantas jet bound for Dubai, the airline said Saturday, with the man reportedly suffering from a heart attack mid-air. Flight QF9, which was travelling from Melbourne Friday, was diverted to Muscat, Oman for the medical emergency but was unable to land in time to save the […]
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Religious Ministry plans reconstitution of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Government is working on a plan to reconstitute Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to legalise its functioning and to resolve conflicts of crescent sighting. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has been in the process of re-nomination of Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee members, said official sources on Saturday. They said incumbent Ruet-e-Hilal Committee […]
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Demos in Pulwama against desecration of graveyard
ISLAMABAD, (APP): People staged forceful protests in Karimabad area of Pulwama district, Indian occupied Kashmir against the desecration of a martyrs’ graveyard by unknown persons. The residents of Karimabad saw vandalized epitaphs and tombstones of scores of graves of martyrs at the Martyrs Graveyard on Friday morning. Locals said that it was handiwork of Indian […]
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Pakistan has turned tide against terrorism: Maleeha
NEW YORK, (APP): Defeating terrorism, growing the economy and building a peaceful neighborhood are among Pakistan’s top priorities, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told a group of students and faculty members from the US Army War College on Friday. Among these priorities she also emphasized addressing two key external challenges, promoting peace and security in Afghanistan and […]
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Panama pledges to work with France to fight money-laundering
PANAMA CITY, (APP/AFP) – Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela assured his French counterpart Francois Hollande in a phone call Friday his country was committed to cooperating in the fight against money-laundering, his office said. Varela, whose government is reeling from the so-called Panama Papers leaks, spoke with Hollande after France announced it was putting his […]