ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday urged Pakistan’s diplomatic missions in different states to play their proactive role in the promotion of economic diplomacy. “Under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s focus is shifting from geopolitics to geo-economics,” he said chairing a high-level meeting on economic diplomacy in Islamabad. Read more: … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the proposed mini-budget of the government would leave Pakistan’s economy dependent on external support. “I again tell the conscientious government members and allies that mini-budget is a cup of poison, stay away from it. Mini-budget amounts to stabbing a knife into Pakistan and its … Read more
ISLAMABAD: As work on the western alignment of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is in full swing, the incumbent government has initiated eleven new road projects under the project. According to official sources in the CPEC Authority, two new road projects worth Rs314 billion were added to the CPEC in the meeting of the … Read more
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday first ordered removal of Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Barrister Murtaza Wahab from his office for making inappropriate remarks about the judiciary while assisting an apex court bench in a matter relating to illegal use of Gutter Baghicha (GB) land and then recalled its order after he … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Senator Shaukat Tarin on Monday took oath as federal minister at a ceremony in Aiwan-e-Sadr in the capital. President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath while many federal ministers and senior officials attended the ceremony. Read more: No new taxes to be introduced in mini-budget: Shaukat Tarin Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain … Read more
PESHAWAR: Coronavirus booster vaccination of fully immunised people has started from today (Monday) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to details, people who have received vaccine shots six months ago, are eligible for the booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Read more: AstraZeneca vaccine booster effective against Omicron, study finds About 13 million people, half of the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The 14th death anniversary of former prime minister and slain Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is being observed today. During her campaign for the 2008 general elections, Benazir, along with 23 people, was assassinated in a suicide bombing and shooting incident, on December 27, 2007, in Liaquat National Bagh, Rawalpindi. Read more: … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks opened on a bearish note as the KSE-100 index witnessed a decline of 86.39 points, or 0.20 per cent, in the first hour of trading on Monday. The local bourse closed in the negative zone on Friday, as higher trade deficits, reports of $55 billion external debt repayments, $7.1 billion current … Read more
SARGODHA: Central leader of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Maulana Muhammad Akram Tufani on Sunday passed away at the age of 98 in Sargodha, Bol news channel reported. Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nabuwwat’s district president Qari Abdul Waheed confirmed the news of death of Maulana Akram Tufani. Read more: Physician Dr Tahir Shamsi passes away in Karachi … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Senator Abdul Rehman Malik on Sunday appealed to the Afghanistan interior minister to arrest the Tehreek e Taliban (TTP) leader Ikramullah Mehsud and hand him over to Pakistan. “I appeal to the Haqqani Network and Afghanistan interior minister to arrest Ikramullah and hand him over to us, because we need … Read more
QUETTA: Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri on Sunday vowed to end deprivations of people of Balochistan. Qasim Khan Suri said this while addressing media in Quetta. “I will become a voice of Balochistan in the centre. I will try to fetch as much resources from the federal government for Balochistan as possible,” he … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Retweeting a Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif’s tweet of December 2018, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Sunday said the gas crisis in Pakistan started in 2009 and intensified every year. “This year the global gas crisis is severe and companies are not able … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Rain and snow is expected in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa, Potohar region, central and south Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during the next twelve hours. However fog and smog is likely to prevail in few plain areas of Punjab. Read more: Karachi, other parts of country likely to receive winter rain over weekend Temperature of some … Read more
LAKKI MARWAT: Dead body of a US national woman of Pakistani origin has been found in Wargarh area of Lakki Marwat, within the limits of Darra Peezu police station, Bol news channel reported. Police sources said the woman had married a man in Hangu, Rizwan Habib, who already had a wife. The sources said the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed satisfaction over his government’s strict policy of protecting the natural habitat of wildlife. The prime minister shared a video of snow leopards on his twitter handle, saying that he had received more videos of the leopards shot this year. “MashaAllah the numbers (of leopards) are increasing due to … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Saturday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) ‘Naya Pakistan’ and claimed that “some elements do not wish to have a powerful prime minister” in the country. Addressing party workers in Lahore, Khawaja Saad Rafique said that some elements prefer not to have a powerful prime minister in Pakistan, even when he … Read more
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill on Saturday claimed that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif knew he would be deported from the United Kingdom (UK) soon after the rejection of his visa extension plea, and therefore, he was using it as his political decision to return home. Read more: Shahbaz … Read more
BEIJING: Pakistan has received 48 garbage trucks and sprinklers manufactured by Gansu Construction Investment Heavy Industry Technology (GCIHIT) from China. The batch was delivered from China’s Lanzhou city to Karachi on Friday as part of the Korangi end-to-end urban solid waste collection and transportation procurement project in the city. Read more: SSWMB signs MoUs with KATI, … Read more
