Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday left for Bucharest on his official visits to Romania and Spain, Radio Pakistan reported. During the first leg of his visit, the FM will stay in Bucharest till tomorrow at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart, Bogdan Aurescu. Read more: Border fencing issue: Qureshi says positive response … Read more
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to strike the people as Pakistan has reported 1,572 cases during the last 24 hours which is the first time since October 2, 2021, that the country has recorded more than 1,500 positive cases in a single day. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), some 49,658 … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The delimitation committee set up by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday released the preliminary list of delimitation of constituencies for local government (LG) elections in Islamabad. According to the list, 100 Neighborhood Councils have been created in the federal capital with four wards in each of them. Read more: 205,000 EVMs … Read more
ISLAMABAD: On the second day of visit to South Punjab, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation, Senator Dr Sania Nishtar, inaugurated the Ehsaas Nashonuma Centre at the District Headquarter (DHQ) Hospital in Khanewal. Currently, Ehsaas Nashonuma Centres are operational in two districts of South Punjab including Khanewal and Rajanpur including four of … Read more
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in Punjab Assembly Syed Hassan Murtaza on Saturday held the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government responsible for the loss of 21 lives in Murree. In a statement issued on Saturday, Hassan Murtaza questioned why preemptive measures were not taken to provide safety to the tourists if 100,000 vehicles had entered … Read more
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that hundreds of people thronged Murree in a short span owing to which it was humanely impossible to manage such huge influx. Addressing a press conference in Lahore alongside Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Saturday, the information minister restated that all high-altitude areas, not just Murree, are … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed grief over the Murree tragedy, which has claimed at least 16 lives until now, and said unprecedented snowfall and rush of people caught the administration ‘unprepared’. The premier took to his Twitter account on Saturday and wrote, “Shocked and upset at tragic deaths of tourists on road to Murree. … Read more
The leaders of the opposition parties, including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and others criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government and held it responsible for the loss of precious lives in Murree. Read more: Emergency declared in Murree after at least 16 die trapped in vehicles amid snowfall Opposition Leader in the … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz said the staggering revelations against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) scrutiny report in the foreign funding case has removed the mask from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s face. Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Thursday, Maryam said it is the first time in … Read more
With fears of a fifth coronavirus wave on the horizon due to the Omicron variant, President Dr Arif Alvi announced on Thursday that he has tested positive for Covid-19 again . Read more: WHO warns of ‘very high’ Omicron risk Taking to Twitter, the president shared that he had tested positive for Covid-19, once again. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman, reprimanded National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman for skipping the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and said he wants to evade parliamentary accountability. Read more: No accountability in the Bureau ; The enigmatic case of NAB’s recovered money Speaking to the … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah claimed on Thursday that all matters pertaining to the ineligibility and conviction of party supremo Nawaz Sharif will be resolved in 10-11 days following his return to Pakistan. While addressing the media in Lahore, Sanaullah said Nawaz was awarded death sentences twice in the past and also … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called for immediate and robust national and international action to curb illicit financial flows from the developing world to financial safe-havens. He was addressing the 7th international seminar of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission on “Combating Corruption – A Pre-Requisite for the full … Read more
The United Nations (UN) has lauded Pakistan for the successful completion of the first-ever smart card registration of Afghan refugees. The campaign, supported by UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was launched on April 15 last year and ended on December 31. The documentation renewal and information verification exercise, officially known as DRIVE, also provided … Read more
LAHORE: Several areas in Lahore have plunged into darkness due to power outages after the first winter rain in the city which started early Wednesday morning. The areas facing power outages since morning include Gulberg, Cantt, Mughalpura, Sant Nagar (Civil Secretariat), Shad Bagh, Harbanspura, Shahdara Bagh, Johar Town, Garden Town, Chauburji, Thokar Niaz Baig, Raiwind, … Read more
After the leak of of another audio of Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill alleged that the former prime minister’s daughter is “continuously” attacking the freedom of media. Addressing journalists in Islamabad on Wednesday, SAPM Gill claimed that none of the journalists’ … Read more
LAHORE: A day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released is scrutiny report in the foreign funding case, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari alleged that the document has “exposed” Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “ugly corrupt face”. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the PPP chairman claimed that PM Imran had taken an … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday suspended notifications of Sindh government for appointments of 21,000 government employees from grades 1 to 15 through tests conducted by the Institute of Business Administration (IBA)-Sukkur. Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) Deputy Convener Kanwar Jamil and the party’s other lawmakers had challenged the appointments through tests conducted by … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed to improve connectivity on the western side to uplift the backward and neglected areas of the country. The premier inaugurated 293km-long Hakla-Dera Ismail motorway at a ceremony in Islamabad today. While addressing the ceremony, Prime Minister Imran Khan said connecting the tribal areas and Balochistan with road infrastructure … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed 42 per cent increase in terrorist attacks in 2021 compared to the previous year as the developments in Afghanistan had already started influencing its militant landscape and security. A total of 207 reported incursions in the year claimed 335 lives, an increase of 52 per cent from those killed in such attacks … Read more
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) to improve the police’s monitoring system after the police failed to arrest a suspect whose bail pleas were dismissed by different courts but he is still at large for the past two years. A two-member bench of the top court headed … Read more
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood claims Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has evolved a strategy to reorganise the party in Punjab to win the forthcoming local government (LG) elections. Read more: Body of parliamentary parties formed to create consensus on LG bill, Pervaiz tells Shafqat In an interview with a private news television (TV) channel, the minister … Read more
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) Hasaan Khawar said on Monday that only a neutral observer could resolve water issues between Sindh and Punjab as the problem was not being resolved due to non-cooperation of the former. While addressing a press conference along with Punjab Irrigation Minister Mohsin Leghhari on Monday, the SACM said … Read more
Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Monday claimed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has completed work on road projects spanning 2,000kms. Taking to his Twitter account, the minister wrote that the incumbent government started work on an additional 6,118kms of roads network. Read more: Is PTI taking credit of old projects? … Read more
Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab on Monday urged the Karachittes to follow the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs) as the government does not want to be strict due to rapidly rising Covid-19 cases. He was addressing the media in Karachi on Monday after attending the meeting of the coronavirus task force chaired by Sindh Chief Minister … Read more
Despite the defeat in the first phase of local government (LG) elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Defence Minister Pervez Khattak claims Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is still the most popular party in the province and largest in the country. Addressing the tehsil convention of PTI in Nowshera on Monday, the minister said KP is still a … Read more
As the country braces for the fifth wave of coronavirus and the rise in Omicron cases, Pakistan on Monday reported 708 Covid cases—the highest since October. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), some 45,643 tests were conducted across the country during the last 24 hours. Out of them, 708 samples returned positive … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has underlined the need of making joint efforts to overcome incidents of sexual crime and corruption in society. He was speaking during the second part of online dialogue with global Muslim scholars organised by the National Rehmatul Lilalameen Authority under the theme “Riyasat-e-Madina, Islam, Society, and Ethical Revival.” The prominent scholars … Read more
