NEAR BAGHOUZ (DNA) – Exhausted families trudged out of the Islamic State group s last bastion in eastern Syria Tuesday, as Kurdish-led forces boxed holdout jihadists into an ever-shrinking pocket.Hundreds fled at night but hundreds more during the day as plumes of grey smoke billowed into the sky over Baghouz, where diehard IS fighters are making their last stand.The extremist group declared a cross-border “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq in 2014, but various military campaigns have chipped it down to a fragment on the Iraqi border.After a pause of more than a week to allow out civilians, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared a last push to retake the pocket from the extremists on Saturday.Aided by the warplanes and artillery of a US-led coalition, the Kurdish-led alliance has pressed into a patch of less than four square kilometres (one square mile)
Pak- Afghan Parliamentary diplomacy to strengthen relations: Asad Qaiser
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (DNA): Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has saidparliamentary diplomacy between Pakistan and Afghanistan will helpstrengthen relations and remove misunderstandings between the twoneighboring countries.He was talking to Afghan Ambassador Designate to Pakistan ShukrullahAtif Mashal who called on him in Islamabad.He said parliamentarians of both the countries can play a pivotal rolein bringing the two nations close to each other. He said Pak-Afghantrade will benefit both the countries.
Gen Raheel Sharif calls on PM Imran Khan
General Raheel Sharif (Retired), Commander-In-Chief of Islamic Alliance against Terrorism, KSA called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office.
New Japanese ambassador-designate pledges to cement bilateral ties
ISLAMABAD, FEB 12 (DNA)- Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador Designate of Japan to Pakistan, has said that Pakistan and Japan have enjoyed friendly relations and his job is to further strengthen the strong bilateral as well as people-to-people relations.He expressed these views in his message on Tuesday.Kuninori MATSUDA is a career diplomat. He was born in April 1959 Born in Fukui, Japan.His CV is as under:= Education: 1982 March: Graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1984 June: Graduated from Defense Language Institute, USA.Mr. Kuninori jointed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1982.
Arrest warrant of Shaukat Yousafzai KPK Minister issued
ISLAMABAD, The anti terrorist court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant of kPK minister Shaukat Yousafzai.His warrant were issued in PTV attack case.He did not attend the court despite repeated notices.
Kyrgyz ambassador meets Chairman Senate
Important details about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s Pakistan visit
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS), is scheduled to land in Islamabad on Sunday for an overnight stay, would be staying in the Prime Minister’s House while other members of his huge entourage would be lodged in local hotels and the Punjab House.
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Ashiana scam: NAB files supplementary reference against Shehbaz Sharif
LAHORE (DNA News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has Tuesday filed a supplementary reference against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif in Ashiana Housing case.Thirteen persons have been nominated in the reference – filed in an accountability court of Lahore – including Shehbaz Sharif, Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hassan Fawad.It was maintained in the reference that Shehbaz Sharif issued illegal orders and stopped the bidding process of Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC).
Asad Umar presides over meeting of ECC in Islamabad
SLAMABAD (DNA News) – Finance Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday in Islamabad is presiding over a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet to examine a six-point agenda.Reportedly, the ECC will analyse financial affairs of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and approve a plan for enhancing production of cotton during this Kharif.Besides, the meeting will review and approve a course of action for issuing petroleum products’ marketing licenses.The meeting is also expected to observe the progress in implementation of decisions taken in its previous meeting.
Cummins recognised for stepping up in bleak year for Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – In the bleakest of years for Australian cricket, fast bowler Pat Cummins has been a beacon of hope, answering the nation’s call for leaders to emerge during the ball-tampering exile of Steve Smith and David Warner.On Monday, Cummins’s efforts to drag Australia back to respectability were recognised as he claimed a maiden Allan Border Medal as the country’s leading cricketer.Taking 44 wickets across all formats through the voting period from Jan. 9, 2018 – Jan. 7, 2019, Cummins edged out spinner Nathan Lyon, becoming the first bowler to win the award since fellow paceman Mitchell Johnson in 2014.It was not just Cummins’s bags of wickets that soothed fans left aghast by the Newlands ball-tampering scandal.He showed himself to be more than a handy tail-end slogger as he smashed two half-centuries against South Africa and India, including a defiant 50 in Johannesburg as his team laboured in shame after the Cape Town test
