KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Saaed Ghani on Tuesday dismissed the reservations of the opposition members over the Sindh Local Bodies Act claiming that they are yet to read the bill “properly”. Speaking at a press conference, the minister said that the no powers have been altered from the 2013 local bodies Act, adding that it … Read more
DUBAI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday lauded the signings of as many as six Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) between the Sindh government and the United Arab Emirates in different sectors on the sidelines of the Dubai Expo 2020. Speaking at the event, the PPP chairman said that the Sindh is open … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Sheikh alleged on Tuesday that the federal ministers and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan are spreading divisive ethnic politics in the province for vested political interests. While speaking to the media, Sheikh said: “Because they don’t have any leader neither any vision they have retorted to ethnic politics. The federal government … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday left for Dubai for a three-day visit. The PPP leader will visit the ongoing Dubai expo to meet and speak with the foreign investors. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab will also be with him during the brief visit. The … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday lauded services and sacrifices of Sindh Rangers for maintaining law and order resulting in significant decline in terrorism and crime rate over the years and providing a secure environment for socio-economic activities. In his visit to the Karachi Corps headquarters, the Pakistan Army … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday received the confidential affidavit of the former Gilgit Baltistan chief justice Rana Shamim, confirmed sources within the judiciary privy to developments. The IHC registrar received the affidavit via a DHL courier from London, the registrar has further sealed the letter. The document will be presented before the court … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemns unwarranted, gratuitous and provocative comments made by the Indian defence minister that questioned established historical facts, levelled unfounded allegations in the context of terrorism, and hurled threats against Pakistan. Foreign Office, in a statement, said that it is the ruling party BJP’s special forte to misrepresent history, resort to revisionism and … Read more
LAHORE: Allama Tahirul Qadri-led Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will fully participate in the local bodies polls, confirmed the party’s secretary general – Khurram Nawaz Gandapur – while speaking to Bol News. He said that he directed the party organisers across the province to make preparations in this regard. “We will not leave any seat vacant … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Monday remarked that state institutions cannot do real estate businesses as it opens the room for clash of interests. While hearing a plea against the real estate business conducted by the ministries and the institutions, the IHC asked the Attorney General of Pakistan to complete his … Read more
KARACHI: An alleged target killer group responsible for assassinating Sindh Bar Council General Secretary Irfan Maher was arrested by a Counter Terrorism Team on Sunday, police confirmed. Additional IG Karachi Raja Umar in his press conference said that a CTD and police team arrested two suspected target killers from interior Sindh. The Police claimed that … Read more
PESHAWAR: Jamat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on Sunday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has destroyed Peshawar city and his party if given chance in the upcoming local bodies polls will turn the city into Istanbul. The JI chief said that the city that gave Rehman Baba and Rahim Ullah Yousuzai has now only dirty puddle … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that Imran Khan’s fresh witch hunt against Shehbaz Sharif through FIA is another attempt to imprison Shehbaz Sharif on fictitious cases so that he wouldn’t expose this imposed government’s corruption, incompetence and incapacity. At a press conference in Islamabad, Marriyum said ever since being … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that the recently passed Sindh local bodies bill was drafted after consultation with the opposition members hence it is completely illogical and in comprehensible to see them raising their reservations over it. Speaking to the media, the chief minister said that the Sindh Governor Imran … Read more
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Sunday that the party can not afford to wait more hence it will start a movement all over the province as time for decision has arrived in Sindh. Speaking in a media talk at Karachi, the minister said that the government reserves … Read more
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo on Sunday appreciated Prime Minister Imran Khan’s assurances to Baloch people of addressing their legitimate demands put forwarded in days long sit-in at the Gwadar. Bijenjo said that the Gwadar movement’s demands are based on based human rights and are included in the incumbent government’s policies, adding … Read more
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday expressed his gratitude to the people of Pakistan for staging nationwide protests against increase in prices of petroleum products and food. He said that on my appeal to protest against price-hike, the people of Pakistan staged demonstrations across the country and hence pronounced their verdict … Read more
ISLAMABAD: On directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) held a public meeting to address tax payers’ issues at its headquarters on Friday. The FBR chairperson, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, assured the tax payers that the institutions is leaving no stone unturned to resolve the issues of active tax payers … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday imposed a fine on Pakistan People Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his party aides on violating the code of conduct ahead of the local bodies election in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Khurshid Shah, Murad Ali Shah, Saeed Ghani, Qadir Patel and Nisar Ahmad … Read more
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of artwork of Noor Mukadam was organised at the art gallery of Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) on Friday. The exhibition showcased that the deceased was a prolific painter who had been painting different aspects of life, but her real forte remained towards calligraphy. The attendees were told that the late … Read more
ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) took special measures to reach out the transgender persons, a marginalised segment of society, across the country. In a bid to enhance the registration of transgender persons and create awareness, NADRA has launched a countrywide campaign “Trans-Rights are Human Rights”. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Jamat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday appealed to the Islamic world to come forward to help the Afghan Taliban in nation-building. The JI chief, in a meeting at Al-Khidmat Foundation head office with Hilal-e-Ahmar Afghanistan chief Maulvi Matiul Haq Khalis, said that a looming food crisis in the neighbouring country was on the cards. … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal along with the party workers and leaders ‘symbolically inaugurated’ Karachi’s Green Line bus service on Thursday. Speaking in a press conference, the PML-N stalwart said that those used to call Metro Bus as ‘Jangla Bus Service‘ are now coming to Karachi to inaugurate it to secure credit, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that the use of power is not a solution to address extremism. Speaking at the 115th National Management Course, he said that today’s youth has accessibility of diverse content through mobile phones that can pave way for extremism and radicalisation. He said that through Rehmatul-ul-Alimeen Authority his … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani – who is under the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) custody in assets beyond income case. Speaker Sindh Assembly was arrested by NAB from Islamabad. The court sent him to jail on judicial remand till December 23. He … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah, while hearing plea to probe former chief justice Saqib Nisar for his remarks heard in his alleged audio clip, remarked that court action is not possible unless the plaintiffs bring evidence to support their claim. President Sindh High Court Bar Salahuddin and Syed Hyder Imam … Read more
KARACHI: Tremors were felt in different areas of Karachi after an earthquake of 4.1 magnitude hit the metropolis on Wednesday night. The epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km north from the Defence area of the city. The tremors were observed in different areas of the city including Defence, Korangi, Landhi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulshan-e-Hadid, II Chundrigarh, … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday suspended the federal government’s notification to increase its share in the provincial bureaucracy. Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi stayed the notification while hearing a petition challenging the existence of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and the deployment of its members in the provinces. Several officers of the Punjab Provincial … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A session court on Wednesday ordered Noor Mukadam’s father to record his statement in the next hearing before the court (December 15). The defence lawyers completed cross-examination of two witnesses on Wednesday hearing, including spot witness in the trial ASI Zubair Mazhar. The defence lawyers also questioned Dr Sara, who had conduct post-mortem of … Read more
