By Mehtab Haider in The News,, November 18, 2015 ISLAMABAD: China’s Ambassador in Pakistan Sun Weidong said that Beijing would continue increasing financial support for Pakistan in phased manner in order to create win-win situation for both the countries. While confirming Pakistan’s request to China for inclusion of $14 billion Diamer Bhasha dam into China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan and China were converting from…
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ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has signed a contract worth Rs4.8 billion with China Railway First Group (CRFG) for the construction of a project colony and allied infrastructure for Dasu Hydropower project. The contract includes construction of project offices, residential houses, hostels, rest house, hospital, community centre, parks, and playground and is expected to be completed in about two years, said a press release. Dasu Hydropower Project General Manager Wapda Haji Muhammad…
By Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2015. ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Raheel Sharif departed for Washington, DC, on Sunday to kick off a five-day visit that has generated a lot of interest in both Pakistan and the United States. This is the second time Gen Raheel has visited the US this year and comes just a month after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Washington where he met US President Barack Obama. He…
by SALEEM SHAHID in Dawn, November 16, 2015 QUETTA: Nawab Brahamdagh Bugti, President of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), has invited various parties, including the outlawed Baloch pro-independence groups, and their leaders for negotiations to sort out their differences. In a statement received here from Geneva on Sunday, he said unity was the only way to guarantee resolution of issues. Mr Bugti suggested that the meeting of the parties and leaders should be held in Switzerland,…
REPORT in Dawn, November 16th, 2015 ISLAMABAD: A lack of progress on the National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism in the wake of the Army Public School massacre was just one of many reasons behind the civil-military tensions that boiled over last week. In background conversations with Dawn, military officials and civilian leaders offered their own interpretations for the reasons behind a public spat between the government and the army. Sources say that there…
report in The News, October 23, 2015 PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban have rejected reports that they have made an alliance with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and made it clear that they don’t establish links or make alliances with groups operating outside Afghanistan. Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid stressed that it wasn’t the policy of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to interfere in the affairs of other countries or carry out joint activities with any…
The writer is Executive Director of Zcomms in Islamabad. The rising activities of the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) are posing a serious threat to the regional security in the Subcontinent. Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif’s recent address in London is an eye-opener. “Daesh is a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda”, the army chief disclosed in his address at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), adding that some elements in Islamabad wanted to join up with…
KHAR: The Levies force on Saturday foiled a sabotage bid and defused a missile planted near their checkpost in Mamond tehsil here on Saturday. A local administration official said that the Levies personnel spotted the missile planted along the boundary wall of the checkpost in Omari area. He said that a Levies team along with bomb disposal squad personnel reached the spot and defused the missile. According to the official, at least seven personnel of…
ISLAMABAD: The arrest of Moazzam Ali Khan from the Azizabad area of Karachi in Dr Imran Farooq’s murder case is set to create more problems for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) which is already going through testing times ever since the Rangers’ raid on its Nine Zero headquarters, the arrest of its office bearers along with some convicted criminals and last but not least, the controversial videotape of Saulat Mirza. Moazzam Ali Khan, one of…
TURBAT: At least 13 suspected militants, including assailants accused of killing 20 labourers in Turbat, were shot dead on Monday morning during an operation conducted by Frontier Corps, Express News reported. On April 11, more than 20 gunmen stormed a makeshift camp on the edge of Turbat city in Kech district and methodically killed the labourers after identifying they were from Punjab and Sindh. Acting on a tip-off, the security force raided Turbat’s Gogdan area…
KARACHI: Five alleged terrorists were killed during an action by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Karachi. SP Raja Umer Khattab said CTD team launched action against terrorists in Khairabad area of Orangi Town, where it engaged in exchange of fire with the militants. He said at least five accused were killed during the action. Huge cache of arms and explosives were seized from the possession of the terrorists. www.thenews.com.pk/article-181282-Five-alleged-terrorists-killed-in-Orangi-Town