News in brief
Dawn.com, Lahore
In what would be seen in political circles as a message to bitter foe Imran Khan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that his government would complete its five-year constitutional term and that general elections would be held in the country in 2018 as scheduled.
“The new elections will be held in 2018 and by that time not only our government will have completed its term but also various uplift projects in energy and infrastructure development will have become completed,” he said.
2 Tamil students shot dead
PTI, Colombo
Two Tamil students were today gunned down by police in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated former war-zone Northern Province’s Jaffna city, prompting authorities to arrest and suspend five policemen.
The two students of the Jaffna University were shot dead early morning at a police checkpoint at Kokuvil, Kulappidy junction in Jaffna, nearly 400 kilometres north of Colombo.
Pakistan to get new army chief
PTI, Islamabad
The Pakistan government will appoint a new army chief within a week or 10 days to replace incumbent General Raheel Sharif who is poised to retire by end of November, a senior minister has said.
“The government has not yet decided (as to who will be the new army chief) but is likely to announce his name in week or ten days’ time,” Associated Press of Pakistan quoted State Minister for Capital Administration Tariq Fazl Chaudhry as saying.
