ISLAMABAD: Even though youth make the largest chunk of Pakistan’s population and registered voters in 18 to 29 years legion form the largest of all age cohorts, youth voter turnout remains abysmally low in Pakistan, said the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) in a statement on Tuesday. Read more: ECP begins preparations … Read more
SRINAGAR: Thousands of Kashmiris defied the biting winter cold to attend the funerals on Friday of two men martyred in a fake encounter, heralding a widespread shutdown in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The pair — who police said had died in “crossfire” on Monday in a gunfight with suspected separatists — … Read more
SHANGHAI: China on Thursday held a subdued version of its annual “Single’s Day” shopping spree, shorn of the usual boasting on sales volume as the country’s chastened e-commerce sector kept a lower profile, amid a government crackdown on platforms such as those operated by Alibaba. The world’s biggest shopping festival has for years been accompanied … Read more
NEW YORK: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offloaded company shares worth $5 billion, days after setting off a Twitter poll – in which millions voted – asking whether he should sell 10 per cent of his huge stake in the electric carmaker. The zany billionaire, the world’s richest man with a net worth of around … Read more
KARACHI: Premium solar energy solutions by BEL are now in the historical city of Lahore, a statement said. Beacon Energy Limited inaugurated its flagship office in DHA Lahore, where now one can have a live review of the product and free consultations for the walk-in clients. “We as a team feel privileged in providing our customers … Read more
THE HAGUE: The EU’s drug watchdog said on Wednesday it expects to decide within two months whether to approve Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children aged six to 11. The move comes despite several countries including France and Germany advising against use of the jab in people under 30 due to a small risk of heart … Read more
Netflix has clearly become a big part of our lives (trust our dark circles!) especially during the lockdown and as the platform continues to be the biggest streaming service with over 208 million subscribers, here’s what everyone’s been loving! Squid Game You’re probably living under a rock if you haven’t heard about Squid … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has said that various economic indicators clearly show that Pakistan’s progress by all accounts is on the rise. “Numbers never lie,” the adviser said in a tweet, while indicating progress in various sectors of the economy, including agriculture, manufacturing, exports and tax collection. … Read more
ATTOCK: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the law minister to urgently get vacated various stay orders obtained by the sugar mill-owners from courts against the government. Addressing a public gathering after the foundation-laying of a 200-bed mother and child hospital, the prime minister said closure of sugarcane crushing by three sugar mills in Sindh … Read more
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar-led PTI government in Punjab transferred the top brass of police in the province on Thursday for ‘mishandling the protest, rally and sit-in’ of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Several regional police officers (RPOs) and district police officers (DPOs) were also changed. Punjab government posted Punjab’s additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmad … Read more
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to facilitate overseas Pakistanis, Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked to appoint BS-19 facilitation officers in 39 federal ministries and divisions. The premier also pleaded for setting up special sections and desks in 34 attached departments of 13 ministries, said a press release issued by the PM media wing on Wednesday. … Read more
LAHORE: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mufakhar Adeel, the prime suspect facing charges of murdering his childhood friend and former Assistant Advocate General (AAG) Punjab Shahbaz Tatla, has been dismissed from service. According to an Establishment Division’s notification, the Secretary Establishment Division dismissed the former SSP after an investigation against him. “Consequent upon finalization of … Read more
LAHORE: Authorities released hundreds of detained supporters of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Tuesday after a deal was struck with the group to end clashes that martyred 11 policemen. The group was protesting over the detention of its leader Saad Rizvi, arrested in April when the group was outlawed by authorities and was demanding … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to announce a ‘Mega Relief Package’ for direct facilitation to more than 10 million citizens bearing brunt of the global inflation. Speaking to the media after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) core committee meeting on Monday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said, “Two major agendas including a mega … Read more
With Pakistan’s back-to-back wins, Babar Azam’s record-breaking spree also continues in the T20 World Cup as the skipper recently broke Virat Kohli’s record to become the fastest captain to reach the milestone of 1,000 runs in T20Is. On October 29, Pakistan registered its third win against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup after they chased 148 … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has said the Pakistan’s services sector’s relevance in exports is likely to be underestimated in the available data, as approximately $1.5 billion of exports (roughly 50 per cent of the total services exports) are not reported. “This is because some of the exporters are small freelancers who register their receipts as … Read more
Condemnations poured in from across the country on Friday after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) put a ban on Bol News transmission without any notification late last night. PEMRA claimed that the Bol News had allegedly violated the ban on the media coverage of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Bol News management declared PEMRA’s … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The government was working to provide maximum relief to the local industries and taking steps to increase their production and to promote industrial sector in the country, an official said. Addressing the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Regional Awards ceremony 2021, federal secretary of the Ministry of Industries and Production Jawad Rafique Malik said that … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has convened a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the overall law and order situation in the province, a day after the government decided to treat the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as a militant outfit. According to Bol News, the meeting will review all the steps taken for the … Read more
TEHRAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is in Iran on a two-day official meeting, has termed terrorist organizations in Afghanistan a threat to global peace, urging the Taliban-led Afghan government to ensure the country does not become a safe haven for such elements. Addressing a ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s close neighbours in Tehran Qureshi … Read more
Pakistanis and Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world are observing ‘Black Day’ on Wednesday to register their protest against the illegal occupation of the territory by India on this day in 1947. Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People’s Political Party Engineer Hilal Ahmad War, in his statement in … Read more
LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Director Operations of the Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) in Lahore Babur Bakht Qureshi is in hot waters over his alleged misuse of authority. Qureshi since taking charge of his post has faced controversy one after another. Under his supervision, various FIRs have been registered against journalists including Amir Mir, Imran … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has termed the ban on video-sharing website TikTok a violation of the rights enshrined in the Constitution. While hearing a petition challenging the ban on Monday, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) why it had blocked TikTok and why the court should not give … Read more
A day before the Balochistan assembly was to convene voting for a no-confidence motion against Jam Kamal, he resigned on Sunday as the chief minister, insisting that “he would rather leave respectfully” instead of being a “part of a monetary agenda and bad governance formulation.” With the exit of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader, … Read more
BEIJING: Authorities in China cancelled hundreds of flights, closed schools and ramped up mass testing on Thursday to try and stamp out a new Covid-19 outbreak linked to a group of tourists. Beijing has maintained a relentless zero-Covid approach with strict border closures and targeted lockdowns, even as other countries tentatively try to ease restrictions. Domestic … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa reiterated on Monday that Pakistan seeks to maintain traditional “bilateral engagements” with Washington and hopes for an “enduring relationship with the United States”. “Pakistan desires to maintain the tradition of bilateral engagement and wishes for an enduring relationship with the United States,” General Bajwa … Read more
KABUL: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a schoolgirl, has urged Afghanistan’s new rulers to let girls return to school. It has been one month since the Taliban, which seized power in August, excluded girls from returning to secondary school while ordering boys back to class. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid is confident that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will not only complete its tenure and but it will also form the next government. Talking to the media on Sunday, the minister criticised the opposition for discussing the military in public. He said that the opposition parties were in a state of … Read more
