In a bid to gather more support against Prime Minister Imran Khan and in favour of a no-confidence motion against him, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif meets Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Chief Sirajul Haq on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after their meeting, Shehbaz said that he had appealed to Haq to support the opposition’s no-confidence motion. Read … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Karachi, will be opened by the end of next year. Sharing pictures of the construction site in a tweet on Wednesday, he said it would be bigger than Shaukat Khanum cancer hospitals in Lahore and Peshawar. Read more: SKMT Karachi … Read more
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari has said that if “we fail to remove this selected [Prime Minister Imran Khan] today, our future generations will not forgive us. InshaAllah, we will throw this selected soon.” He was addressing the culmination of the Awami long march at D-chowk Islamabad led by Chairman PPP Bilawal … Read more
Pressure mounts on the government as the opposition has submitted the no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly Secretariat, Bol News reported on Tuesday. Read more: Aleem Khan group joins Tareen group as opposition vies for no-trust numbers More than 100 members of the opposition parties have signed the motion, Bol News … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the concerned authorities to immediately de-seal the Monal restaurant in the capital. Read more: SC rejects plea against IHC orders to seal Monal Restaurant Monal Restaurant had been built on the Margalla Hills National Park area, and in January, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had ordered … Read more
Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Tuesday the government had done landmark legislation for the protection of the rights of women. Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday, he commended the efforts of the Ministry of Human Rights in this regard, said Radio Pakistan. Read more: International Women’s Day being observed in … Read more
International Women’s Day is being observed in Pakistan and across the world today with an aim is to promote gender equality and celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year’s theme of the day is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.” Read more: Everyone has equal right to mark International … Read more
Senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that all matters related to the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan have been settled. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, he said, “All matters related to a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been settled. We have enough numbers for it.” “The PML-N … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, on Friday, appeared before the Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad in a case about a 2014 attack on the parliament house and Pakistan Television. President Alvi drove to the premises of the ATC himself without any security or protocol along with PM’s Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan. Read more: Arif Alvi emphasises … Read more
Condemnations pour in after at least 30 people lost their lives and dozens of others wounded in a massive blast at a mosque in Peshawar on Friday. The blast in the Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar happened moments before Friday prayers, witnesses said. “I saw a man firing at two policemen before he entered the … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the Australian cricket team to Pakistan, visiting the country after 24 years, saying he “looked forward to a highly competitive and interesting series.” “I welcome the Australian cricket team to Pakistan after an absence of 24 yrs,” said the premier on Twitter. I welcome the Australian cricket team to Pakistan … Read more
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has invited the Indian cricket team to play Pakistan. He was speaking to the media along with Governor Sindh Imran Ismail at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday, as the Pakistani team faces the Australian cricket team. He expressed his interest in seeing the Indian cricket team playing thrilling … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday registered 953 new Covid-19 cases and 11 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Friday. The NCOC, the country’s department leading the campaign against the pandemic, said that the overall tally rose to 1,512,707 cases, including 1,451,665 recoveries. The number of active cases dropped to 30,794 in … Read more
Foreign Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is also leading the Sindh Huqooq (Rights) March against the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said on Friday that the rally in Sindh would not stop till the end of ‘Zardari mafia’ from the province. Taking to Twitter, FM also thanked the people of Umerkot … Read more
LAHORE: District and Sessions Judge Dera Ghazi Khan Abdul Rahim said that all pending cases of the District and Overseas Pakistanis Committee would be resolved on a priority basis. He expressed his views during a meeting with Commissioner Overseas Pakistanis Commission Punjab Syed Khadim Abbas at his office on Thursday. Director Legal OPC Raja Muhammad … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday conducted a hearing regarding the appointment of legal counsel for Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and gave another chance to India to provide legal support to their ex-army employee. Read more: Kulbhushan’s arrest proved Indian hand behind terrorism in Pakistan: Fawad A larger bench of the IHC, comprising … Read more
Special Assistant to PM on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill accused the opposition of trying to destabilize the country through a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The PTI leader took to Twitter on Thursday and said, “The opposition is not trying to bring a no-confidence motion [against PM] but a no-stability motion in the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The exports from the country witnessed an increase of 25.88 per cent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding months of last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. Read more: Pakistan’s exports to China setting records this year: official According to PBS data, … Read more
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary said the arrest of serving Indian officer Kulbhushan Jadhav on this day six years ago in Balochistan had once again proved that India had been behind terrorism in Pakistan. Read more: Former Indian agent exposes presence of RAW in Pakistan On Thursday, in a tweet, he said that … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that “demands” Russia “immediately” withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow’s invasion by a vast majority of the world’s nations. However, Pakistan along with China abstained. Read more: Imran Khan invites Russian businessmen to invest in diverse sectors of Pakistan After … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The new mandate for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) must be based on respect for the war-torn country’s sovereignty and conducted with the consent of the Afghan government — recognized or not — to promote stability and improve people’s lives, Pakistan told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Read more: … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the father slain Noor Mukadam, Shaukat Mukadam and the prosecution on the petition of Zahir Jaffer employee Jan Muhammad against his ten years sentence in the rape and murder case of his daughter. Read more: Zahir Jaffer sentenced to death in Noor Mukadam murder case … Read more
Foreign Office has said that the Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts of Pakistan’s Embassy in Algeria have been hacked. In a tweet, a Foreign Office spokesperson said that all messages being posted through these accounts were not from Pakistan Embassy in Algeria. The Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of the Embassy of Pakistan in Algeria … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said the opposition and some of its like-minded in media were extremely disturbed over the relief given to the masses in the fuel and electricity prices despite the global inflation. “It is strange that the opposition and its sympathizers in the media are furious over … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday said the government, under its flagship initiative of the Kamyab Pakistan Programme, would disburse interest-free loans worth Rs 407 billion among youth, women, and farmers in the next two years. In a series of tweets, Farrukh said the government would give a subsidy … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan said the FBR successfully knocked down a February revenue target of Rs441 billion, posting a robust growth of 28.5 per cent. In his tweets on Wednesday, he said the government can subsidize petrol, diesel, and electricity and give relief to the people because of this performance of the FBR. FBR has … Read more
Shareen Jokhi, widow of Nazim Jokhio who was killed allegedly at the farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam Awais Jokhio, on Tuesday moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking security and expeditious trial of her husband’s murder. Read more: Court seeks final investigation report in Nazim Jokhio murder case Nazim was found murdered on November 3, … Read more
Sindh High Court on Tuesday extended the status quo about a recommendation made by the provincial universities and boards department for a third-time appointment of Dr Asim Hussain as chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission (SHEC). Read more: Dr Asim Hussain’s likely third term as SHEC head challenged in high court The provincial government … Read more
