Author Archives: Dunya

Khawaja Asif arrives back home

Speculations died down, when Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday confirmed that he is back home. “Just landed back Alhamdolillah… Ab tera kaya bane ga kaliya,” Khawaja Asif said on Twitter, using famous dialogue from Indian film “Sholay” to poke fun at PTI Chairman Imran Khan. oon after news came that Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has been sacked to ...

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New earthquake rocks Italy

A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more buildings brought down but no deaths immediately reported. The quake, which measured 6.6 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was bigger than one on Aug. 24 that killed almost 300 people. Many people have ...

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Pakistan Strongly Condemns Missile Launched At City Of Makkah

Pakistan strongly condemned the missile launched by Houthi militias aimed at attacking the holy city of Makkah, which hosts the Muslim world’s most sacred center Khana-e-Kaa’ba. Foreign Office said that it is a matter of deep concern and anguish for the government and the people of Pakistan that such an attempt has been made to target the holiest place. He ...

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Four Civilians Were Injured As Unprovoked Indian Firing

Four civilians injured as unprovoked Indian firing continues at working boundary in Harpar, Chuprar, Pukhlian and Shakargarh sectors According to ISPR, intermittent exchange of fire continues at working boundary in Harpar, Chuprar, Pukhlian and Shakargarh sectors since yesterday. Pakistani troops are effectively targeting Indian posts. ISPR termed the Indian claim of hitting and being able to destroy any Pakistani post ...

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Seventy-five percent of internet use in 2017 will be mobile

Seventy-five percent of internet use will be mobile in 2017, up slightly from this year, as a growing number of consumers around the world access the web on smartphones and tablets, media buying agency Zenith forecast this week. Zenith previously estimated that 71 percent of internet consumption would be mobile in 2016. Sixty percent of global internet advertising dollars will ...

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Saudi led raid kills 60 at Yemen security site, prison

Arab coalition warplanes bombed a security complex near the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, killing 60 people including inmates of a prison on the site, a regional official, relatives and medical sources said on Sunday. The prison in the city’s al-Zaydiyah district was holding 84 inmates when it was struck three times late on Saturday, Hashem al-Azizi, deputy governor of ...

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Five killed in gun attack on Karachi majlis

The gun attack took place in a residential area near a police station in Nazimabad No 4 area of the city. A Rangers station is located merely half a kilometer from the attack site. According to police, two gunmen riding a bike entered a street in Nazimabad and attacked a majlis (Shia religious gathering) which was under way in a ...

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Pakistan-West Indies 3rd Test Begins From Tomorrow

The third and final cricket test between Pakistan and West Indies begins from tomorrow in sharjah. Pakistan have already won the series, after taking a 2-nil lead with their victory in abu dhabi, but the final test in sharjah presents them with an opportunity to set some benchmarks. No team has ever won all nine matches of a tour in ...

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PML-N Govt. To Complete Its Constitutional Term

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the PML-N government will complete its constitutional term, and will also win the next elections on the basis of its performance. Addressing a public gathering in Phool Nagar this afternoon, he said he is not a person to be influenced or scared by the tactics of the political opponents. Nawaz Sharif said the government ...

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Pervaiz Rashid fired over security meeting leak

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has been asked to step down from his office over lapse on his part regarding publication of a news story related to the meetings of the national security committee and national action plan. According to a statement issued by prime minister’s office, an inquiry committee, including senior officers of isi, mi, and ib, is being formed ...

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