Barrick Gold Corporation and the governments of Pakistan and Balochistan have reached an agreement on a framework that provides for the reconstitution of the Reko Diq project in Balochistan province. In this regard, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Sunday congratulated the nation and people of Balochistan on the settlement, which according to him is … Read more
National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser has summoned the session of the lower house of parliament on March 25, a notification issued by the NA Secretariat today said. This will be the 41st session of the NA, which will convene at 11am. NA speaker has rejected the opposition’s request of summoning the session on March … Read more
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that legal action against dissident MNAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been initiated. He was addressing the media alongside Planning Minister Asad Umar and Energy Minister Hammad Azhar in Islamabad. Fawad said that the government rejects ‘deals’ to appease disgruntled party members. Read more: PTI MNAs staying … Read more
Sindh Government Information Minister Saeed Ghani said the disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs have come to the Sindh House of their own will and warned the government to refrain from launching an attack on the building. The media talk came right after some videos which showed some hidden disgruntled PTI MNAs at Sindh House, Islamabad, … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan ordered surveillance of Sindh House after receiving digital evidence of the presence of Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs there, Bol News reported on Thursday. The government had got cautioned on the matter after Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi had claimed that 10-12 government lawmakers were in “safe custody” of the opposition. … Read more
Senate Opposition Leader Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani on Thursday said that the MNAs of his and other opposition parties have taken refuge at Sindh House for their safety, claiming that it was done at their request. While addressing media in Islamabad, Gillani refuted allegations that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was involved in horse-trading at … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday came down heavily on the opposition alliance pursuing the scandalous “Changa Manga” politics and said the coming days will prove to be defining moments in Pakistan’s history. “As I have invited people in Islamabad on March 27 [for a rally], the nation should come out to tell that … Read more
Several areas of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) were shaken by an earthquake of magnitude 5.2, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported on Thursday. According to GFZ, the quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (kms) beneath the epicentre near GB around 6:30pm on Wednesday. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones, … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday said the huge public support would make his government sail through the current political situation. The premier expressed these views in a meeting with the members of the national assembly (MNAs). Read more: PM Imran Khan says opposition’s no-trust motion will doom Those who called on the PM … Read more
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday restrained the Sindh government and director colleges from interfering in a cricket academy being run by Pakistan national cricket team’s former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed in Karachi’s North Nazimabad area. The restraining order was passed by a division bench headed by Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi on a constitutional petition … Read more
LAHORE: Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has called for imposing a transport emergency in all major cities including Lahore to control smog and air pollution, saying that there should be a complete ban on unnecessary vehicles coming on the roads on weekends. She was addressing a seminar on “Effects of Smog on … Read more
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Monday said the government will implement the uniform national curriculum from grades VI to VIII this year and from grades IX to XII next year. “The uniform curriculum was implemented from Grade I to Grade V last year while its scope would be extended from Grade VI to XII … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) registrar office on Monday fixed the hearing of a pending petition seeking a restraining order against federal minister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar and his brother provincial minister Hashim Jawan Bakht on charges of accumulating illegal assets. Earlier, LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti allowed an application of the petitioner seeking … Read more
Dr Muhammad Zaman has been awarded as the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) best young researcher. He is one of the world’s youngest sociologists, having written three books, book chapters, and 35 research articles in top-ranked journals worldwide. He not only received his Ph.D. and post-doctoral degrees from world-class universities at the age of 28 but … Read more
LAHORE: A special court on Thursday dismissed an application of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking a day-to-day hearing of the money laundering case against Leader of Opposition in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif and others. Shehbaz and his son Hamza appeared before the court on the expiry of their pre-arrest bails in the case. … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) announced to initiate disqualification process against four MPAs of Sindh who had voted in favour of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate in the senate election. Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, and PTI parliamentary leader in the assembly, Khurram Sherzaman, announced this while talking to media persons … Read more
Liaquat Khattak, the brother of Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, and his son Ahad Khattak of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have formally joined Jamiat-e-Ulema (JUI-F) on Thursday. Both leaders made the announcement in Islamabad, after which Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman addressed a press conference. Pervez Khattak’s brother Liaquat Khattak and nephew Ahad Khattak … Read more
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has demanded a probe into a drone accident with his sister, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, and termed it as a ‘warning’ for him and his father, Asif Ali Zardari. PPP leader Aseefa Bhutto was injured after being hit by a drone camera when she was present at PPP’s … Read more
ISLAMABAD: To hear the petition challenging the 25th constitutional amendment resulting in merger of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Wednesday has decided to constitute a larger bench. The apex court’s three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial conducted the hearing of plea … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has been elected as the Senator from Sindh on the seat that fell vacant after disqualification of PTI’s Faisal Vawda. Khuhro got 99 votes while two votes got rejected in the 168-member provincial assembly. PPP has 99 members in the legislature while the opposition parties together … Read more
Lashing out at the opposition after submission of the no-confidence motion, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said the move will be political death for the opposition, and it is something he had prayed for long. He claimed the people of Sindh wanted to get freedom from the ‘Zardari daku’ who has looted the country’s wealth … Read more
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday ordered the Sindh government to depute lady police commandos at all girls’ hostels of public sector universities and colleges of the province for protection of life and dignity of female students. The order came on identical petitions filed by vice-chancellors (VCs) of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has refused to remove Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar even as the pressure on the government escalates following the scenario created after Aleem Khan joined the group of estranged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members led by Jahangir Khan Tareen and opposition made progress on the no-confidence motion against the premier. … Read more
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill said ‘Khan is ready to compete’ after the opposition submitted the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan in the national assembly (NA) secretariat today. Read more: No place for a corrupt system in Naya Pakistan: Shahbaz Gill Sharing a tweet minutes after … Read more
Pakistan is fully committed to the promotion and protection of women’s rights, both nationally and internationally, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Tuesday. In a special message on International Women’s Day, the FO said through various policy measures and legislation, Pakistan continued to make utmost efforts for women empowerment and their equal … Read more
A group of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers led by Abdul Aleem Khan, a former Punjab minister, has joined the group of PTI estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen, commonly known as JKT. The decision was announced during a presser after the lawmakers from both groups met at Tareen’s Lahore residence on Monday. Read more: PML-N offers … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the puppet [Prime Minister] Imran Khan is harming the people of Pakistan even at the end of his rule by starting a dispute with Europe. “Pakistan has billions of dollars worth of trade with Europe. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis work and live … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday gave another chance to the former chief justice (CJ) of Gilgit-Baltistan, Rana Shamim, for submission of his affidavit till April 4. Notably, on March 1, the ex-judge had filed an intra-court appeal in the IHC , challenging his indictment in the affidavit case. The former judge claimed … Read more
