ANKARA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that Turkish investors would benefit from investing in Pakistan, DNA reported.
Mr Sharif said this during a three-day visit to Turkey on the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to promote trade and economic ties between the two countries.The prime minister said that Pakistan enjoyed brotherly relations with Turkey. He also expressed his desire to further economic relations with Turkey.
Turkey will benefit from investing in Pakistan, says PM
2013 – The year of Presidential Elections in Azerbaijan
By Waheed Hussain
October 9, 2013 is marked as a day of presidential elections in Azerbaijan. As per Constitution the electioneering starts 60 days before the election take place. Accordingly, the campaign of candidates starts 23 days and finishing 24 hours before elections.The Azerbaijani Government has taken series of initiatives that serve to ensure free, transparent and fair elections.
Chinese firms ready to invest in energy sector
ISLAMABAD – Many Chinese companies have shown interest to explore Pakistan’s energy sector for making investment in hydro, solar and wind energy projects and help it in overcoming its energy problems, said Luo Sang, Vice Secretary of Sichuan Chamber of International Commerce during a meeting with Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Zubair Ahmad Malik, President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry was also present at the occasion.
Blair, Sheen to face off in court
Selma Blair wants to sue Charlie Sheen. The actress has threatened the Hollywood star with a retaliation lawsuit after she was fired from his sitcom Anger Management. The pair were costars on the program before the 41-year-old actress was kicked off the show – and it is said she will take legal action if she isn’t paid the $1.2 million she believes she is owed. Selma is demanding the payout to cover the episodes she would have made is she hadn’t have been fired from the show.
Selma was reportedly kicked off the sitcom after she complained about Sheen, claiming the crew had to wait while he was in his trailer learning lines.
However, an insider defended Charlie’s actions because – whereas Selma was in less than half of the scenes for each episode – he would have to learn over 44 pages of dialogue. “When you work 12 hours a day and have dates, it’s hard to memorize all the lines for tomorrow,” a source said. While Selma is threatening to press on with her claim of wrongful termination based on retaliation, it is said she was already going to be phased out to make the show less dull. ”One of our primary characters, Selma Blair, who played Kate, was written out because [the show] was not about our relationship, and the problem was too many people were still excited about the Two and a Half [Men] character and thinking the Anger Management character was a little dull,” Charlie previously said.
Mine collapse kills 27 in Afghanistan
KABUL: A coal mine collapse killed at least 27 miners in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, with rescue efforts underway to save about 12 workers trapped underground. Emergency teams rushed to the scene after the mine collapsed in a remote area of Samangan province on Saturday, and bodies were being brought out of the accident site. “We have 27 miners who died while they were working in an underground coal mine in Abkhorak coal mine in Ruyi Du Ab district,” said Mohammad Sediq Azizi, the Samangan governor’s spokesman.
One security man killed in IED attack in North Waziristan
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least one security man was killed and another was injured when a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeted their vehicle near Miramshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan, DNA reported.
China welcomes US-Russia deal on Syria weapons
BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Sunday welcomed the deal between the United States and Russia to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons, which headed off the prospect of US strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “The Chinese side welcomes the general agreement between the US and Russia. This agreement will enable tensions in Syria to be eased,” Wang said at a meeting with his visiting French counterpart, Laurent Fabius.
Another female officer shot dead in Afghanistan: police
KABUL: An official says gunmen have shot and wounded a top female police officer in Afghanistan’s south, months after her predecessor was killed. The shooting Sunday morning in Helmand’s province’s Lashkar Gah district was the latest in a series of attacks on prominent Afghan women. Provincial government spokesman Omar Zawak says two attackers on a motorbike shot a 35-year-old police officer, who he identified only as Negar, in the right shoulder outside her home.
Washington to ‘encourage’ Pak-India ‘high-level discussions’
WASHINGTON: As Indian and Pakistani prime ministers prepare to meet, the United States has said it will welcome “any and all high-level discussions” between the two countries. Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh are slated to meet in New York later this month while attending the UN General Assembly. The two leaders will also have separate meetings with US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Four arrested in Lahore rape case
LAHORE: Police teams investigating the rape of a five-year-old girl took four suspects into custody for interrogation on Saturday with the help of CCTV footage and other clues. The victim was still not completely stable and was under treatment at the Services Hospital. Lahore police chief Chaudhry Shafique Ahmad told DNA that no prime suspect had been identified yet. He said a couple of suspects picked up on Friday were released on Saturday after being declared innocent.
