Musharraf’s ADC now Military Secretary of Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The ADC of former president Pervez Musarraf has been made the Military Secretary (MS) of President Asif Ali Zardari.
Lieutenant Colonel Adnan was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and has been appointed as the MS. He will resume his new office from August.
Sources said that the current MS Major General Mian Hilal has been transferred.
He was promoted to the rank of Major General and has been appointed as General Officer Commanding Bahawalpur.
More than 30 troops missing after Taliban attack: army
ISLAMABAD: More than 30 Pakistani troops were missing on Wednesday after an attack earlier in the week by Afghan Taliban on a border post, with the militants claiming to hold dozens of soldiers captive, the Pakistan Army said.
Major General Athar Abbas, spokesman for the Pakistan Army, confirmed the Monday attack and said 40 Frontier Corps troops were missing after the post on the border between the Mohmand and Bajaur agencies was overrun by Afghan Taliban.
Militants handed over five troops to the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, but the whereabouts of the other 35 was unknown, he said.—Reuters
No ticket for fake degree holders in future, says Nawaz
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the party would not issue election tickets to any fake degree holders in future.
A statement issued said that the PML-N chief advised the law makers holding fake degrees to voluntarily resign in order to save themselves from embarrassment.
No compromise would be made on the issue and no body would be allowed to make mockery of democracy and politics, said Sharif.
He said sacrifices would be made for the democratic norms in Pakistan.—DawnNews
