KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Managing Director Imran Maniyar claimed that the company had devised a new plan to address the continuing gas shortage in Karachi to be implemented from December 27. In a video message, he assured that the new plan would improve the gas pressure in Karachi from Monday but added, it … Read more
The Pakistani nation is celebrating the 145th birth anniversary of ‘father of the nation’ Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah today (Saturday), with renewed commitment to work hard for the progress and prosperity of the country. The national flag is being hoisted at all public and private buildings across the country. Read more: Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad poster is … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to dissolve all the sub-organisations of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its parliamentarian boards, after dissatisfaction over their performance in the recently held first phase of local bodies elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “All the members have been removed … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday stressed sincere efforts to avert a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The army chief made the statement while speaking to the outgoing Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Geoffrey Shaw in Rawalpindi on Friday, said the media wing of armed forces, Inter-Services Public … Read more
ISLAMABAD: As the opposition grills the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over gas shortages in the country, Energy Minister Hammad Azhar has claimed that efforts were being made to improve the supply of gas in the system. Read more: Despite buying expensive LNG, govt failed to ensure gas supply: Sherry Rehman Addressing a news conference in … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice-President Sherry Rehman on Friday claimed that the ongoing gas crisis would continue till next summer in the country due to the government’s mismanagement. Read more: Despite buying expensive LNG, govt failed to ensure gas supply: Sherry Rehman In a tweet, the senator said the government bought gas at record-high … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a roadmap from the Punjab government for the recruitment and training of Arabic language teachers for imparting compulsory education of the Quran in schools. A two-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed was hearing a petition seeking enforcement of Punjab Compulsory Teaching of Holy Quran Act … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former Senate chairman Senator Raza Rabbani questioned the government’s eagerness on Friday to support the Afghan Taliban when they “did not even recognise the border”. Read more: Afghan Taliban stop Pakistan army from fencing international border Addressing a Senate session in Islamabad, Rabbani asked the government to take … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said that the minorities, especially Christians, were playing a crucial role in the national development and prosperity. Read more: Christmas Polo Cup 2021: Crescent Digital Prints, Remington Pharma win openers “Pakistan’s movement was, in fact, a movement for the protection of rights of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said that the medicinal hemp project would give Pakistan a chance to enter the multi-million dollar industry. In a tweet, he said the medicinal hemp project he had started when he was heading the ministry of science was a reality now. Read more: Science ministry … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has urged overseas Pakistanis to invest in Pakistan as the country is fast emerging as Asia’s premier investment and trade hub. Read more: President urges doctors to avoid prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily Speaking to a delegation of US-based overseas Pakistanis, led by President Aspire Pakistan Hassan Syed in Islamabad, President Alvi emphasised … Read more
LAHORE: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that former president “Asif Ali Zardari starts making pompous remarks whenever he gets bail.” Chaudhry made the statement while reacting to Zardari’s claim he made a couple of days ago without naming anyone that he was asked for his help and share some formula. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Two people were killed and two others injured after a powerful explosion ripped through an Indian court building on Thursday, police said. Read more: PTI MNA Alamgir Khan’s father among victims of Shershah blast Footage showed police officers carrying the injured out of the building and asking others to leave the premises after … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday extended a stay order against the show-cause notices of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) issued to several sugar mills owned by politicians of the ruling and opposition parties, for alleged violation of laws in a bid to monopolise the commodity. SW Sugar Mills, Gojra Samundari Sugar … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted the first rainfall of the winter season in Karachi, Quetta and many other cities of the country over the weekend. According to a notification issued by the PMD, after a long dry period, a strong westerly weather system is likely to enter western/upper parts of the country … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday inaugurated Technopolis, a Special Technology Zone in Lahore spread over 700 acres, and called it “a step to boost the country’s exports in the technology sector.” The special technology zone had been established under Lahore Knowledge Park Company that had attracted a huge investment to increase the country’s … Read more
KARACHI: The provincial metropolis has been facing a shortage of female medico-legal officers (MLOs) as only five are working in public hospitals of the city, Bol News reported on Thursday. Read more: Minor girl dies in exchange of fire between security guard, robbers There are 30 vacancies for female MLOs in designated hospitals of Karachi, but … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks opened on a bullish note as the KSE-100 index witnessed an increase of 215.28 points, or 0.49 per cent, in the first hour of trading on Thursday. The Pakistan equity market witnessed a lacklustre session on Wednesday in the absence of any positive trigger, while investors’ interest was low, as participants … Read more
