In light of the agreement for supporting the no-confidence motion against ex-prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to reward Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) with three ministries in Sindh government and administratorships of two urban centres including Karachi. Sources told Bol News that MQM-P will get ministries of information technology … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday announced that the flour price in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will be made equal to subsidised price of the commodity in Punjab. The premier said the Punjab government, where his son is the chief minister, will soon announce a reduction in the flour price, and they would ensure same … Read more
Farhat Shahzadi alias Farah Khan and her husband Jameel Gujjar have decided to return to Pakistan on May 10 to challenge the authority of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of probing money-laundering charges against them, Bol News reported on Saturday. According to the sources, Farah Khan, a close friend of ex-premier Imran Khan’s wife Bushra … Read more
The PML-N-led coalition government has appointed Ashtar Ausaf as the new Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) while WAPDA Chairman Lieutenant General (retd) Muzammil Hussain has resigned from his post. New AGP The post had fallen vacant after the resignation of Khalid Jawed Khan who was serving in the key post during the PTI government. The … Read more
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday challenged the decision of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the revocation of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) in the top court. The petitioner has sought the Supreme Court (SC) to repeal the order of IHC of April 6. Read more: IHC strikes down ‘unconstitutional’ PECA amendment … Read more
Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Sheikh Rashid has issued the warning to resolve the issues before May 31 as he fears that PTI’s long march could go ‘out of control’ and things could turn bloody. He also offered Imran Khan of communication with the Pakistan Army if he is assigned the duty. He was talking … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, along with Begum Samina Alvi, on Tuesday met and exchanged Eid greetings with a large number of people belonging to different walks of life. Members of the parliament, ambassadors, civil society representatives, staff members of the President House, their families, and a large number of people belonging to various fields … Read more
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa spent Eid ul Fitr with troops in Dungi, Kotli along the Line of Control (LoC), Director General (DG) ISPR said in a tweet. COAS Bajwa shared Eid festivities with officers & personnel. He offered Eid prayers with troops and made special prayers for the security, peace & … Read more
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday said that the government is trying its level best to control the prices of essential commodities and people will soon hear good news. Talking to the media in Karachi, he said that the prices of wheat flour and sugar available at the utility stores have already been reduced, while … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday lashed out at the incumbent government for dividing the nation after the country did not celebrate Eid ul Fitr in unison. Fawad said this in context to separate Eids celebrated in the country. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government had announced Eid ul Fitr on … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday wished Eid ul Fitr to Pakistanis in the country and abroad. He had offered Eid prayer at his residence, Bani Gala, in Islamabad. Later, the PTI chairman Imran Khan took to his Twitter account where he extended his Eid wish to compatriots. Eid Mubarak … Read more
On the occasion of Eid ul Fitr, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday termed the prevailing economic challenges to the nation as ‘critical’ and expressed his resolve to overcome them with the support of coalition partners in the government. Addressing the party workers and people at Raiwind after offering Eid ul Fitr prayer, the … Read more
With religious zeal and zest, most part of Pakistan is celebrating Eid ul Fitr today, first in two years without any covid-19 strictures. The religious festive occasion is being celebrated in all parts of the country except Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), which had celebrated the occasion on Monday after sighting the moon of Shawwal. Men and … Read more
Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday received a telephone call from Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu, who felicitated him on assuming office as FM of Pakistan. The Turkish foreign minister also congratulated FM Bilawal on Eid-ul-Fitr. They also discussed further strengthening of close fraternal cooperation between both countries. FM Bilawal thanked his counterpart Mevlüt … Read more
PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry on Monday claimed that the government is planning a massive smear campaign against Imran Khan. In a video message, Fawad said fake audios and videos will be used to target Imran Khan’s character. “In the same manner, a woman was paid to write a book in 2018,” he added. … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday formed an 11-member coordination committee for its long march toward Islamabad in the end of May. PTI Punjab Information Secretary Musarrat Jamshed Cheema in a statement said that an 11-member committee has been constituted. She shared that PTI Vice-President Shah Mahmood Qureshi will head the committee while Raja Yassir Humayun … Read more
An application for registration of an FIR has been filed in Faisalabad against PML-N leaders including Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif on blasphemy charges. The application has been submitted at Madina Town police station in Faisalabad in which Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif, and PML-N Vice President Maryam … Read more
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday accused Imran Khan of illegally retaining gifts from Toshakhana including a BMW vehicle worth Rs150 million and a pistol gifted by a foreign dignitary. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, the information minister said Imran Khan has failed to prove a single penny of corruption and … Read more
President Dr Arif Alvi has rejected a petition of Dr Humayun Iqbal for setting aside the orders of conducting a de novo inquiry against him and upheld the major penalty of termination of service imposed upon the accused by the Anti-Harassment Committee and Syndicate of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZALMU), Islamabad. The … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and deposed prime minister Imran Khan warned the government that the country will spiral toward violence if the government booked or resorted to the use of power on people participating in the long march on Islamabad. Addressing the media in Islamabad on Sunday, he said staging peaceful protests is their constitutional … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said the date for a long march towards Islamabad will be disclosed in the last week of May. عوام آ رہی ہے اس ظلم کو مٹانے کے لئے pic.twitter.com/gxE8EJODjP — Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) April 30, 2022 In a video message, Imran Khan said the decision … Read more
President Dr. Arif Alvi visited the Chinese Embassy today and offered his heartfelt condolences over the loss of precious lives of Chinese nationals in the recent terrorist attack in Karachi. Talking to the Charge d’ Affaires Pang Chunxue and officers of the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, the president said the entire Pakistani nation is in … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday said Hamza Shehbaz cannot be accepted as the chief minister as the election never took place and Usman Buzdar’s resignation was rejected by the governor. Talking to the media after the oath-taking ceremony of Hamza Shehbaz as the Punjab Chief Minister, he raised the point, “How … Read more
Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema on Saturday said he is not permitting the issuance of notification of the appointment of Hamza Shehbaz as the chief minister. Taking to his Twitter account, Cheema wrote, “As the governor, I am not allowing the notification of the appointment of any unconstitutional fake chief minister.” میں بطور گورنر کسی … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said he and his wife are being specifically targeted through ‘fake news’ after the opposition failed at its political narrative. While meeting a high-level delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) at his residence in Islamabad, the former prime minister said he is being targeted through fake … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) officials have roundly condemned the story regarding the divorce between Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi. Ex-SAPM on political communication Shahbaz Gill shared a screenshot of the headline of a news story about the divorce of Imran Khan. The headline said that Bushra Bibi, Khan’s third wife, has filed for a divorce. آج … Read more
A civil court on Thursday ordered release of PTI MNAs on post-arrest bails who were apprehended in the Sindh House attack case. Both MNAs were arrested on Tuesday after the cancellation of their interim bails by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Inamullah presided over the post-arrest bail pleas of PTI lawmakers. … Read more
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday disposed of the case pertaining to corruption in the Malam Jabba contract as NAB submitted it found no corruption. A two-member bench comprising Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Rooh ul Amin presided over the case regarding inquiries of multiple corruption scandals against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government. National Accountability … Read more
