KARACHI (DNA) – Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Thursday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has taken difficult decisions to improve country’s economy.Addressing a press conference in Karachi along with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, he said that Pakistan is facing difficult economic conditions as the country’s foreign deposits have decreased to US$10 billion.
Nawaz Sharif permits PML-N to stage protest against govt: sources
LAHORE (DNA) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif has on Thursday permitted party leaders to stage protest against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.Sources privy to Dunya News have revealed the development that occurred during PML-N leaders’ meeting with their supreme leader at the Kot Lakhpat Jail today.
Paragon Housing scam: Saad Rafique, brother judicial remand extended till May 30
LAHORE (DNA)– An accountability court in Lahore on Thursday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Salman Rafique till May 30 in the Paragon Housing Society case.Reportedly, Saad Rafique could not appear for the hearing today as his defense counsel informed the court that he is in Islamabad. However, his brother was produced in the court.Meanwhile, a heavy contingent of police was deployed around the court to prevent party workers from disrupting law and order situation during his appearance.On May 2, the court had extended their judicial remand till May 16 in the same case.
Indian troops martyr five youth in occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR (DNA): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred five Kashmiri youth in Pulwama and Baramulla districts.
The troops martyred three youth, Naseer Pandit, Umar Mir and Khalid Ahmed, and destroyed a residential house during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Dalipora area of Pulwama district in wee hours, today. Another youth identified as Rayees Ahmed Dar was martyred and his brother, Younis Ahmed Dar, was injured in the firing of the troops in the area.
Peshawar: Doctors boycott OPDs after brawl with health minister
PESHAWAR (DNA) – The doctors have announced to boycott outpatient departments (OPDs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) after a brawl between KP Health Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan, Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH)’s Board of Governors (BoG) Chairman Dr Nausherwan Khan Burki and doctors at the KTH, Dunya News reported on Wednesday.
High hopes as Kekra-1 wildcat well drilling completes near Karachi coast
KARACHI (DNA) – Offshore drilling, through a joint venture of four oil giants, near Karachi coast on Indus G-Block (Kekra-1) has been completed after four months of hard work.The process spudded the Kekra-1 well to the depth of 5,470 m at a cost of Rs14 billion.Currently, ExxonMobil, ENI, Oil and Gas Development Company, and Pakistan Petroleum Limited are conducting the drill stem test (DST) to determine the real size of the oil and gas reserves in the Kekra-1 well, located around 280 km away from Karachi.
Sheikh Al Sudais: Targeting oil facilities and installations is terrorist act rejected by Islamic Law
RIYADH(DNA) – -The President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz Al Sudais denounced the malicious aggression on the two pumping stations of Aramco in the two provinces of Dawadmi and Afif in Riyadh.His Excellency considered the blatant aggression, the targeting and the despicable terrorist act by that corrupt group as a failed attempt to undermine the security grace enjoyed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a futile attempt to undermine the country’s capabilities carried out by a group sunk into corruption and misguidance.
Zardari seeks pre-arrest bail in Harish and Company case
ISLAMABAD (DNA News) – Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday filed a pre-arrest bail application in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking its directives for barring the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting him in an ongoing investigation into M/s Harish and Company scam.The Combined Investigation Team (CIT) of the NAB Rawalpindi has summoned Zardari on May 16 for recording his statement in the case.
FPCCI and UBG welcome Tax Amnesty Scheme
LAHORE May 15 ( ) Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and United Business Group (UBG) Wednesday unanimously highly welcomed tax-amnesty scheme announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan and termed it a very positive step of the government to bring tax evaders under tax net by exposing their undocumented and undeclared properties and wealth within country and abroad.FPCCI President Engineer Daroo Khan Achakzai and founder chairman Pak-Us Business Council and veteran trade leader Iftikhar Ali Malik here today discussed this amnesty scheme in details in regard of its benefits to economy of the country.
Electricity suspended as rain, gusty winds trip Guddu power plant
KARACHI (DNA) – Several parts of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan on Wednesday suffered a massive power breakdown after all high transmission lines of Guddu Thermal Power Plant tripped due to gusty winds and rains.According to the concerned authorities, the work is underway to restore the power supply to the affected cities.
