Monday, May 7, 2018 7 Pakistan’s interior minister woundedLahore, Pakistan immediately after the shooting, inIqbal was returninggun from a attack akistan’s Interior Minister officials said. meeting with a Christian group, Ahsan Iqbal was wounded Iqbal, a senior member of the though in his constituency there inP an apparent assassination ruling Pakistan Muslim League- are other minority groups. attempt on Sunday, officials said, Nawaz (PML-N) party and a “We are not sure whether it an incident likely to heighten staunch ally of ousted premier has got anything to do with the political tensions ahead of general Nawaz Sharif, is one of the most motive. We will know only after elections expected in late July. senior figures in government and investigation of the attacker,” said Junior interior minister Talal PML-N. the government official. Chaudhry said Iqbal was hit by a Pakistan’s Prime Minister Militant attacks in Pakistan bullet in his arm in the attack in Shahid Khaqan Abbasi “strongly have fallen sharply over the past Narowal district, his constituency condemned” the attack on Iqbal few years, but Islamist militants in central Punjab province. and called for an immediate report continue to pose a threat and “The minister luckily survived. into the incident by the chief of carry out assassinations. Thank God he is out of danger,” police in the vast Punjab province. In the past politically motivated Chaudhry said. A senior government source attacks have also been a feature of The attacker was arrested said early information suggested political life in Pakistan. (Reuters) Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s Interior Minister (file pic) Cars swept downstream as heavy rain lashes Ankara Public Invitation Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is pleased to invite the General Public of the Kingdom of Bahrain to visit its Stakeholder Exhibition Meeting, for its landmark More than 160 cars and 25 businesses were damaged in the floods Line 6 Expansion Project (the Project), which will be Ankara Tuna, told local media it was submerged by climbing on top torrential flood has swept a “natural disaster like never of a car caught in the flood, held on Monday May 14, 2018 from 9 am till 7 pm at through a district in the before”. and was seen crouching on the Awal Ballroom in the Gulf Hotel Bahrain. TurkishA capital of Ankara, Four people were injured bonnet and riding the vehicle sending vehicles downstream in the floods, which damaged downstream. Alba will conduct this exhibition to disseminate and damaging local businesses. more than 160 cars and 25 The Turkish Red Crescent, The rain was expected to last businesses, Turkish Social a humanitarian organisation, information relating to the Environmental & Social for three hours on Saturday Security Minister Julide said a team of volunteers were impacts of the Project as well as its mitigation afternoon (local time), but Sarieroglu said. cooking soup for people and instead came down in nine Footage showed cars and crews in the area. Sarieroglu and management. minutes, causing flooding in trucks being swept away in said the Government was Ankara’s Mamak district. fast-moving floodwaters. working to assess and alleviate Expected to begin production by January 1st 2019, Ankara’s Mayor, Mustafa One man escaped being the damage. (abc) this Project will boost the smelter’s per-annum production of aluminium by 540,000 metric tonnes, Paris anti-Macron protest sees bringing its total production capacity to 1.5 million thousands take to streets metric tonnes per year. Paris cheered on by drummers police on Tuesday, hijacking a ens of thousands of and marching bands in an demonstration called by labour demonstrators have taken anti-celebration of Macron’s unions. toT the streets in Paris to protest time in office organised by a Saturday’s demonstration, against the stream of economic member of the hard-left France under a large police presence, LINE 6 reforms brought in by French Unbowed movement. comes almost a year to the President Emmanuel Macron The carnivalesque day since 40-year-old Macron since coming to power a year atmosphere follows a tense won the presidential race on اﻟﺨﻂ اﻟﺴﺎدس ago. May Day rally in Paris, when a centrist platform and with Protesters bearing “Stop hundreds of masked and a pledge to shake-up rigid Macron” banners and chanting hooded anarchists torched institutions and revitalise the “one year is enough” were cars and hurled rocks at economy. (abc).