RAWALPINDI: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said over 600 million saplings would be planted during the spring plantation campaign this year. He said the government has set a plantation target of one billion trees for all the provinces this year. The SAPM said the government has issued … Read more
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday said that the opposition will not achieve its dream of in-house change against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan. While talking to the media in Rawalpindi, the minister said that the opposition can bring a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. However, he predicted, that the opposition would fall … Read more
President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday approved the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2022 under article 75 of the Constitution. The bill, generally known as ‘mini-budget’ and drew ire of the opposition, was passed in the National Assembly (NA) on January 13. صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی نے آئین کے آرٹیکل 75 کے تحت فنانس (سپلیمنٹری) بل، … Read more
KARACHI: The police on Saturday morning nabbed a suspect in an injured condition nominated in over 100 cases of heinous crimes. According to the police officials, the suspect, identified as Ilyas alias Sonu, was booked from Sukkan in the Malir district of Karachi. The police officials said the criminal record of the suspect compiled from … Read more
KARACHI: Reiterating that Pakistanis were being punished for the mismanagement of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani announced that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will stage a protest against it on February 27. Read more: JI following MQM-P’s footsteps by following divisiveness for political gains: Saeed Ghani While talking to the media … Read more
LAHORE: To mitigate environmental pollution, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to ensure plantation at the rooftops of multi-storey buildings while directing action against the violators. A single-member bench of LHC comprising Justice Shahid Karim issued this order on the petitions of Haroon Farooq and others. The petitioners had … Read more
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday served contempt of court notice to singer Zoheb Hassan on violation of its interim order passed in September last year. The notice read: “Despite interim order that no defamatory and scandalous allegations be made by the defendant upon the plaintiff, such material has been posted on Facebook of the … Read more
KARACHI: The public announcement regarding the successful first-ever clinical trial of the Chinese medicine, Jinhua Qinggan Granules (JHQG), manufactured by Juxiechang Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd will be made on January 17 at 11am at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi. ICCBS Director and COMSTECH Coordinator General Prof Dr M Iqbal … Read more
Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on Thursday opined that the schools should be the absolute last to close after all other activities, particularly social, amid rising cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the country. Raas took to Twitter and shared his opinion on the queries related to the closure of educational institutions. Read more: … Read more
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday cherished the reunion of two brothers who were separated during partition in 1947 but finally reunited after 75 long years at Kartarpur Corridor. Read more: India refuses to allow PIA to operate special flights for Hindu pilgrims Sharing a post on his Twitter handle, the minister wrote, “Kartarpur … Read more
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said that the opposition parties coming out on the roads had done nothing for the country. Addressing the media in Islamabad on Thursday ahead of the National Assembly (NA) session this evening, he asked, “what the people who are coming out on the roads have … Read more
Pakistan has welcomed the joint statement by the P-5 on ‘Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races’, Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said on Thursday. Five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) including the United States (US), Russia, Britain, France, and China, in a joint statement, condemned the use of nuclear … Read more
Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA), Shehbaz Sharif, and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, said the ‘Mehngai march’ (march against inflation) to Islamabad on March 23 has become inevitable. While speaking to the media after meeting the PDM chief, who also heads Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), in Islamabad on Wednesday, the opposition … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday welcomed the United Nations (UN) initiative of launching a $5 billion funding appeal for Afghanistan to shore up collapsing basic services there. The prime minister took to his official Twitter handle and said, “We welcome this UN initiative which has followed Pak-initiated special OIC FMs meeting’s pledged support.” We … Read more
Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) saved Pakistan’s economy from bankruptcy as it was left by Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N). While addressing in the National Assembly (NA) session on Wednesday, the minister said that the entire world was declaring that Pakistan’s economy was steering towards bankruptcy. However, he added, the incumbent … Read more
“The curriculum taught in universities and other educational institutions and the books recommended to students should teach them tolerance.” These views were expressed by former Senator Javed Jabbar in a guest speaker session titled ‘Intolerance and its impact on youth and Pakistani Society. How to tackle the menace of narrow-mindedness, bigotry, and white-collar crime in … Read more
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that the federal cabinet has approved to approach Lahore High Court (LHC) against Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif. The minister was speaking to the media after a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister … Read more
Senate of New Jersey, a northeastern state in the United States (US), has unanimously passed a resolution condemning the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as genocide. The resolution was sponsored by Senator Stephen M Sweeney which will now be referred to the US president and vice-president. The resolution read that the Sikh genocide began on … Read more
Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan (MQM-P) Deputy Convener Kanwar Naveed said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) always tried to occupy Karachi instead of winning people’s hearts. Addressing a press conference against Sindh Local Government Amendment Act, 2021, in Karachi on Tuesday, Naveed announced to challenge the new town system in Karachi in court. Read more: Sindh govt … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the federal cabinet, with a 17-point agenda including the briefing on the Murree tragedy, is being presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Prime Minister Office in the capital. According to Bol News, the cabinet is also reviewing the political and economic situation in the country. It will also … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday said that 39 more cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 emerged when 53 samples were tested during the last two days, taking the tally of the new variant in the province to 367. Apart from this, he said that 940 new cases of Covid-19 were … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday emphasised the urgency to swiftly devise an institutional mechanism for channeling humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan to avert a looming humanitarian catastrophe. The army chief met expressed his reservations during a meeting with the Military Adviser to the Minister of Defence Kingdom of Saudi … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party on Monday announced to kick-off Kissan March against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government on January 21. The announcement was made by PPP Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza along with Central Punjab Kissan Wing President Inayat Ali Shah and party leaders including Neelum Jabbar Chaudhry, Tanveer Mohal, and Ahsan Rizvi … Read more
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Air Marshal Arshad Malik on Monday said that the national flag carrier reduced per aircraft employees ratio to 260 from 550 in 2017 as part of reforms. Read more: PIA inches closer to full international flights In a statement, he said that the best international airlines maintain their … Read more
In another act of state terrorism, the Indian troops martyred another two Kashmiri youth in Kulgam district of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Monday, Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported. After the latest killings by Indian troops, the tally of extra-judicial killings in the occupied valley has reached 13 in the first 10 … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz claimed to have received information that the actual toll in the Murree tragedy was higher than the 22 deaths reported by the authorities and accused the government of hiding it. Talking to the media in Lahore after visiting a bereaved family … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif on Sunday asserted that the supporters and voters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government are also accepting failure of the government. Addressing the party’s workers convention in Sialkot, Khawaja Asif claimed that there are chances of elections and the incumbent government ‘can go at any time’.’ “The … Read more
After widespread criticism, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar conducted an aerial inspection of disaster-hit Murree on Sunday. He was accompanied by Punjab Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja, Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Information and Special Initiatives Hasaan Khawar, the chief secretary, Punjab Police Inspector General (IG), and other officials. Read more: Army … Read more
