ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM), since the inception of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, has distributed 2,043 ordinary manual wheelchairs. Apart from this, 344 customised manual wheelchairs have also been distributed since July 2021 amongst the applicants. These details were shared in response to a question of a lawmaker during the proceedings of the last session of … Read more
LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Central Punjab President Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday said that the party’s long march towards Islamabad in February would weigh heavily on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, and claimed it would achieve its goal. Read more: IMF has taken control of SBP: Pervaiz Ashraf He expressed these … Read more
LAHORE: Supreme Court (SC) senior judge, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, has supported the idea of conducting examinations for the appointment of judges in the superior courts like it is followed in the recruitment of civil and additional sessions judges. Addressing the lawyers at Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and Punjab Bar Council (PBC) on … Read more
In recognition of her services for marginalised communities in Pakistan, Google on Saturday dedicated a doodle to social activist, architect, and urban planner Perween Rahman on her 65th birth anniversary. Read more: Google Doodle honours Moin Akhter on his 71st birthday Rahman was murdered on March 13, 2013, in Orangi Town. On December 17, a … Read more
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed that the current year was a year of economic recovery for Pakistan while the next one would be of prosperity. Read more: FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi urges opposition to ‘unite’ for South Punjab province Talking to the media in Multan on Saturday, FM Qureshi said that in the … Read more
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said the Sharif family had not denied the disclosure in the former Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) chief justice Rana Shamim case that the affidavit was prepared in Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s office on its instructions. In a tweet, the minister said, “Rana Shamim and the … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore police remained clueless about who had killed four members of a family brutally in the Kahna area on January 19. Read more: Lahore police retrieve house of citizen from land grabbers Doctor Naheed Mubarik, her three children, including 22-year old Taumor Sibtain, 17- year old Mah Noor, and eight-year-old Jannat Fatima were found dead … Read more
At least three people were killed while several others were injured in a blast in Lahore’s Anarkali area on Thursday. The casualties have been shifted to the Mayo Hospital while five of them are reported to be in critical condition. Read more: Johar Town bomb blast: Four accused handed down death sentence on nine counts … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday indicted former Gilgit-Baltistan chief justice Rana Shamim in contempt of court case. The court, however, deferred the framing of charges against journalist Ansar Abbasi and Jang Group owner Mir Shakeelur Rehman. Read more: IHC to indict former judge Rana Shamim, others on January 7 In a ‘leaked’ affidavit, … Read more
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry has termed 2022, a year for the revival of Pakistani Cinema. Read more: Pakistani dramas can be played in Azerbaijan with translation: Fawad In a tweet that he posted on Thursday, he said 10 films will be made in the public-private sector under the newly established film division … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said that the rule of law and constitution is the priority of the government. He stated this while addressing the oath-taking ceremony of Sangla Hill Bar Association (SHBA) officials at Governor House in Lahore. SHBA President Arfat Zulfiqar, Vice President Tarir Mahmood Pannu, Secretary Amer Hussain Kalon, Senior Member … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday granted a huge relief to singer Meesha Shafi and annulled the stay order issued by a sessions court in Rs2 billion defamation suit filed by her against fellow singer Ali Zafar. A single-member bench of LHC comprising Justice Asim Hafeez delivered the verdict on Shafi’s petition and … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Punjab Police for lodging a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of a woman who passed away 16 years ago. A citizen named Muhammad Akbar filed a petition in LHC, challenging the registration of a case against him on the complaint … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar has summoned a meeting of the investigation committee probing the Murree incident on Wednesday. The meeting to be chaired by the chief minister will be held at the CM House today. Read more: Hotel owners blame local administration for Murree tragedy On January 8, many tourists who flocked to … Read more
As the number of Covid-19 cases continued to rise in the country at a rapid pace, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday imposed new restrictions from January 20, Bol News reported. Read more: ‘The idea that Omicron is less lethal & will lead to an end to the pandemic is incorrect’ According … Read more
The premises of the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned into a battlefield on Tuesday after the parents of a girl who married on her free will refused to return with them. Earlier, Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmad Khan took up Yaseen’s petition seeking the recovery of his wife. During the hearing, the police produced Saman Ghaffar … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday ruled that in the absence of a positive forensic report and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test, the sole statement of a child victim is sufficient to convict a rapist. Justice Amjad Rafique gave these remarks as he dismissed an appeal against the conviction of a suspect, Kamran, accused … Read more
Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar on Tuesday said that it had become essential for the government to introduce a law to make the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) autonomous to stop political infiltration. The Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry and Energy Minister Hammad Azhar addressed a presser after the cabinet meeting. The energy minister said … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to Member National Assembly (MNA) Noor Alam Khan for censuring the party and its leadership in the National Assembly (NA) session last week. PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) President Pervez Khattak issued the notice to the lawmaker and directed him to submit his response by January 24. … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in the Punjab Assembly and Central Punjab Secretary General Syed Hassan Murtaza on Tuesday said that those talking about the presidential form of government cannot be Pakistan’s well-wishers. He said that the failure of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is the failure of the selected, and selectors, not … Read more
In the wake of increasing street crime cases, the Karachi police claimed to have gunned down four suspects and injured five others in five separate ‘police encounters’. According to details, an alleged police encounter took place in Gulshan-e-Maymar, off Superhighway near the tomb of Bilal Shah Mazari. The police officials claimed recovery of weapons from … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz claimed that the statements of the federal ministers were depicting that the end of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was near. She was speaking to the media after attending a hearing in Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday. Maryam said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) once again sought … Read more
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced to take out a protest march in Karachi on January 30 against the Local Government (Amendment) Act 2021 of the Sindh government. The march will start from Tibet Centre and culminate at the Chief Minister’s House in the metropolis, he told this while addressing … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday granted bail to a suspect who was arrested for allegedly smuggling 3.5kilogrammes (kgs) hashish. The suspect, Muhammad Saqib, was booked in Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the apex court granted him bail against the surety bonds worth Rs 200,000. During the hearing, the court expressed displeasure over … Read more
Pakistan on Monday disbursed aid of $0.1 million along with the first salary to the widow of slain Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a mob in December last year in Sialkot. Kumara, a factory manager, was assaulted to death and later his body was torched by a mob over false charges … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday called the Russian President Vladimir Putin to appreciate his stance on the limitations of freedom of speech. PM Khan wrote on his Twitter, “Just spoke to President Putin primarily to express my appreciation for his emphatic statement that freedom of speech could not be a pretext to abuse … Read more
Pakistan has condemned the increasing harassment, illegal arrests, and registration of fake criminal cases against journalists and civil society activists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a statement by Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. The statement added that Saturday’s reported attack on the Kashmir Press Club reflects India’s entrenched use of brute … Read more
Iranian authorities on Sunday returned 38 illegal Pakistani migrants, after arresting them from the Pak-Iran border, to Levies Force, Bol news reported quoting sources on Sunday. The sources said that they were attempting to reach European countries via Iran for better job opportunities. Read more: UN lauds Pakistan on completion of maiden smart card registration … Read more
