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ISLAMABAD:(APS)May 6, 2017-Pakistan to respond instantly and in a befitting way in case of any  violation of its border. Talking to media in Sialkot on Saturday, he said Pakistan is deeply monitoring its borders situation and is ready to protect its territorial boundaries. The Defence Minister stressed the need to promote mutual cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan for eliminating terrorism. ... Read More »

He was talking to media persons in Islamabad today after performing groundbreaking of Islamabad metro bus link to be constructed between Peshawar Morr and New Islamabad International Airport. He said all ongoing projects are being completed in shortest possible time. The Prime Minister said his government is giving top priority to mega communications and infrastructure projects to encourage foreign investors ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)May 6, 2017- Pakistan and Turkey mutually agreed on extending their mutual cooperation in different arenas particularly to enhance their competitiveness in civil aviation. It was decided in a meeting between Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan and Ambassador of Turkey in Pakistan S. Babur Girjin here in Islamabad on Friday. Besides, Secretary Aviation Division Irfan ... Read More »

Chaudhry Ahsan Premee Associated Press Service May 5,2017,Islamabad Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said in opening remarks during his weekly press briefing that Indian occupation forces in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) in their unabated acts of state terrorism martyred twenty five Kashmiris including six young boys and two women in occupied Kashmir in the month of April. According to data ... Read More »

US Embassy spokesperson   Fleur Cowan is shaking hand with Chaudhry M.Ahsan Premee Chief editor  Associated Press Service (APS) and President Editorial Journalists during visit National Press Club Islamabad on 03-05-2017. ISLAMABAD: (APS) May 3,2017. US Embassy spokesperson   Fleur Cowan said that Press freedom is critical to any democracy because it help ensure government accountability to the help, to achieve this, ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)May 3,2017: Journalists and media workers across the country have warned the government that any attempt to muffle the Press Freedom in the country will be dealt with a strong resistance from the journalists’ community. “We will go to any length to protect the freedom of expression and speech if the government takes any action against the Dawn newspaper, its ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS) May 2,2017- The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has dedicated the Press Freedom Day to “Dawn” newspaper for upholding the principles of journalism and refusing to succumb under any government pressure to reveal the source of its story. The Press Freedom Day is observed all over the world on May 3 to raise awareness of the importance of ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)May 1, 2017: As the Pakistani Parliamentary delegation prepared to leave Kabul after a hectic three-day tour to the Afghan Capital, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan called Speaker of the National  Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on telephone, thanking him for his bold decision of taking the first step to break the ice between the two neighbouring countries, message received from ... Read More »

RAIWIND: (APS) April 30,2017– The high-level meeting at Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s residence in Jati Umra has ended and PM’ message to his team is that there should be no confrontation between the institutions, reported APS News. PM had called a meeting of senior party leaders including Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Principal Secretary ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD: (APS) April 30,2017– Former Principal Information Officer Rao Tehsin has on Sunday announced that he’ll challenge his sacking in the court. Rao Tehsin had been removed as a result of the recommendations by the Dawn Leaks inquiry committee, reported APS News. Talking to a private tv channel, Rao Tehsin said that he had never been a part of anything ... Read More »

RAWALPINDI:(APS)- April 30, 2017: General Qamar Javed Bajwa,Chief of Army Staff( COAS visited Line of Control(LOC) at Haji Pir Sector. He was briefed on situation along LOC, Cease Fire Violatons  and operational readiness of the formation. COAS appreciated the operational preparedness and high morale of troops. He said that Indian aggression and frustration vents at the people of IOK and ... Read More »

KARACHI:(APS) April 30, 2017- Imran Khan has said that Sharif brothers are not democratic people.  Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in Karachi on Sunday told reporters that the person who allegedly bribed him with Rs10 billion to withdraw from the Panamagate case lives in Lahore. The PTI chief ─ who is in Karachi to rally against the shortage of ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)April 30, 2017-Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has said that “Labour Day” is celebrated all over the world on the 1st of May every year to honour the workers for their long and arduous struggle. The Day provides us an opportunity to recognize and pay tributes to the contributions the workers have made to progress, prosperity and well- being ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD (APS) April 29, 2017-– In the recent development of Dawn Leaks probe, the government of Pakistan has ordered action against Daily Dawn, reporter Cyril Almeida and editor Zaffar Abbas. In a notification issued by the government, role of Daily Dawn has been referred to All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) for necessary disciplinary action as by the findings of the ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)April 29, 2017-The Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday issued directives to remove Syed Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to the prime minister on foreign affairs, from his post for his alleged role in ‘Dawn leaks’, saying that a notification in this regard will be issued shortly. The directive came after an inquiry committee probing a story published by Dawn on October ... Read More »

OKARA: (APS)April 29, 2017-Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said PML-N government is committed to bring significant improvement in the lives of the people. Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating a gas provision project in Okara on Saturday evening, he said Okara will be linked with motorway soon to make it at par with other developed parts of the country. ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)April 29, 2017-Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday afternoon slammed what he said was ‘unnecessary noise’ surrounding the directives issued by the PM’s Office earlier in the day in relation to an investigation into a story published in Dawn, saying that a formal notification has yet to be issued in this regard. He further said the final notification ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS) April 29,2017—The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has rejected the Federal Government’s direction to the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) asking the later to take  ‘’disciplinary action’’  against Dawn newspaper. ‘’ We totally reject this direction because the dismissal of the Information Minister, Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and Principal Information Officer, is a vindication of the version ... Read More »

RAWALPINDI (APS)April 29, 2017 – Only a few minutes after the government removed Tariq Fatemi from his post through a notification issued by Secretary to the Prime Minister over Dawn leaks case, Pakistan Army on Saturday rejected the notice terming it ‘incomplete’. According to Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the notification issued over Dawn ... Read More »

ISLAMABAD:(APS)April 28,2017-The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has called a meeting on May 16 to examine a reference filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry proposing the ouster of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry. The reference proposes the deposition of Chaudhry, whose capacity to head the national accountability watchdog was questioned during the Panamagate hearings. The ... Read More »