Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has once again invited the opposition parties to sit with the government on electoral and other reforms. Talking to the media persons outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said that a joint session of the parliament had been summoned tomorrow to get … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Senior Vice-President Punjab Saleem Baryar, also a close aide and confidant of the Chaudhry brothers, has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). According to details, Baryar met Senator Saifullah Niazi, former information minister Firdous Ashiq Awan and PTI Central Punjab President Senator Ijaz Chaudhry and joined the party in their presence recently, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday warned that India was pursuing the dangerous policy of promoting Islamophobia that would destroy the country one day for sure. India would lead itself to destruction by promoting hatred for Muslims, said President Alvi on Twitter. “India is taking a big risk. With this Islamophobic hatred, India will … Read more
LAHORE: Amid criticism from the opposition and concerns by the country’s top court, the PTI-led federal government and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) confirmed a one-month ceasefire recently. Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on November 8 announced that the Taliban government in Afghanistan facilitated the talks between the two sides. “The government of Pakistan … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislator Aneeza Fatima on Tuesday submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly against the non-availability and shortage of gas and demanded that the federal government should ensure the availability of gas in every household by all means. “The non-availability of natural gas speaks volumes about the incapability and numbness of … Read more
LAHORE: PML-N Senior Vice-President and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the statement by a former chief judge of the apex court Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Shamim further exposed how Imran Khan was brought into power through “an organized and institutionalized rigging” in the 2018 elections. Addressing a press conference on Monday with senior PML-N … Read more
LAHORE: The country’s political dynamics have been on a roller coaster ride ever since the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) launched its long march, protests and sit-ins, demanding the ouster of the French ambassador from Pakistan and the release of its detained leader Saad Rizvi. The violent TLP protests across Punjab and other areas during the last … Read more
Work on four SEZs at advance stage: official ISLAMABAD: Work on four of the total nine Special Economic Zones (SEZs) along with Gwadar Free Zone under the auspices of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are at an advanced stage, an official said on Monday. –HAMZA HABIB Read more FBR organises AML/CFT training sessions ISLAMABAD: The … Read more
The United States has refused to give any “specific reaction” to Pakistan’s talks with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) adding that the two countries still had “alignment of interest” on Afghanistan. During a US State Department press briefing on Wednesday, Spokesperson Ned Price said, “If we [the US] have a specific reaction on the Pakistani … Read more
