Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the issue of rejected votes due to double stamping in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) local body elections came to the fore again. In a tweet on Wednesday, he said that the same had emerged in the judicial commission report on the 2013 elections. پختونخوا کےبلدیاتی انتخابات میں دوہرے نشان … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Wednesday said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had destroyed the national institutions by introducing wrong policies and it was still preaching ‘Marxism.’ Chaudhry took to Twitter and said PPP’s senior leader Raza Rabbani was of the view that no airline other than Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) should … Read more
The former prime minister and senior PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani claimed on Wednesday that all political parties were united against the PTI government, Bol News reported. Speaking to the media in Multan, Gilani said that the long march against the government, approved by the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, will begin from Karachi on … Read more
NICOSIA: UN peacekeepers in Cyprus said Tuesday that twin three-year-old girls lost in the buffer zone dividing the Mediterranean island were safe after they were separated from their parents in no man’s land. The family, reportedly from Pakistan, were said to have attempted to cross over from the north to the south through the UN-patrolled … Read more
LAHORE: “There is a grave need for moving away from the metrics that emphasize the quantity of research papers produced towards the weight of one quality paper, which either solves or contributes meaningfully to solving a problem, being far better than the weight of dozens of papers which do not develop a body of knowledge,” … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz announced on Tuesday that the opposition was in contact with everyone in a bid to send the current government home. Speaking to the media today, he reiterated that the opposition’s goal was only one, to send the current government home. رابطے سب کے ساتھ ہیں کیونکہ حدف ایک … Read more
President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif claimed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan was not upset with his political meetings but with the destruction of the country. Speaking to the media in Lahore today, he said that how the current government was borrowing loans was unprecedented. Read more: Shehbaz Sharif calls Rs2.52 hike … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch Pakistan’s first instant payment system ‘Raast’ developed by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday. In a tweet, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said the programme aims at facilitating digital payments amongst people. He said under the programme, users will be able to send … Read more
After the Lahore High Court (LHC) acquits the brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch after serving less than six years in prison, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that “we as a nation should be ashamed of such a system.” Read more: Prime suspect in Model Qandeel Baloch murder case acquitted … Read more
MADRID: Another relative of a teenage girl thought to have been murdered in Italy last year by her Pakistani family was arrested Monday in Spain, Spanish and Italian police said. Spanish police arrested a cousin of 18-year-old Saman Abbas at an apartment near Barcelona in a joint operation carried out with Italian police, a spokesman … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday turned down the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government plea, seeking a new date for holding local government elections’ second phase in the province. The apex court two-member bench heard the petition moved by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) Abbottabad bench order. During … Read more
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday allowed more time to the Karachi commissioner and deputy commissioners of different deputy commissioners of Karach division to submit their replies on petitions filed by Khuwaja Izharul Hassan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM) and others regarding the issuance of domicile and permanent resident certificates (PRCs) to non-residents of the … Read more
Senator Sherry Rehman criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday and condemned “his statement against 18th amendment and parliamentary democracy” during an exclusive CNN interview. Read more: Senator Sherry Rehman says ‘We can’t have rule by tantrum’ Taking to Twitter, the senior PPP leader and party’s vice-president said, “Prime minister’s statement against 18th amendment and parliamentary … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi strongly condemned the killing of six people, including a policeman, in Nawabshah by influential people of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The people had lost their lives in a dispute between the people of Bhand and Zardari castes, according to APP. Read more: ‘PPP, PML-N playing against each other for … Read more
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid said that all those involved in the Mian Channu mob lynching incident would be brought to justice as none were allowed to take the law into their hands. Strongly condemning the incident in a statement, he said that police were carrying out operations to arrest the perpetrators, whereas the culprits … Read more
Iranian Interior Minister Dr Ahmad Vahidi arrived in Pakistan on Monday on a day-long visit to Pakistan at the invitation of his Pakistani Counterpart Sheikh Rashid who also received him today. During his stay in Pakistan, the Iranian interior minister will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan and other high-level officials. https://twitter.com/appcsocialmedia/status/1493087470698868736 In a statement earlier, … Read more
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF) on Friday announced a full scholarship for higher education in any country of the world, including Pakistan, for the brave daughter Muskan Khan, who spoke the word of truth in front of Hindu extremists in India. Read more: Depriving Indian Muslim girls of education grave violation of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed non-resident envoys of New Zealand, Mexico, Ghana, and Uganda Friday presented their credentials to President Dr Arif Alvi at a ceremony. After presenting the credentials, the High Commissioners-designate of New Zealand, Michael Wehi Mailetonga Walsh, and Uganda, Muhammad Tezikuba Kisambira, and the Ambassadors-designate of the United Mexican States, Guillermo Alejandro Puente … Read more
QUETTA: In partnership with the provincial government, ChildLife Foundation has successfully covered every district in Balochistan through its Emergency Room and Telemedicine Satellite Centers. According to a statement issued by ChildLife Foundation, ChildLife has treated over 67,000 children in its state-of-the-art pediatric Emergency Room in Balochistan’s largest teaching hospital in Quetta. The latest life-saving equipment … Read more
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has said that with the efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan, more than 40 million families will be able to get free treatment up to Rs1 million with National Health Card. الحمداللہ!فیصل آباد میں قومی صحت کارڈ سے پہلی بچی کی پیدائش سعید اللہ خان کے … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan desires to have cordial relations with all the other countries without becoming part of any camp. Read more: Foreign Office holds Kashmir Solidarity Day art exhibition Addressing the ninth Orange Festival in Taxila on Friday, FM Qureshi said that Pakistan’s relations with China had further strengthened. … Read more
Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari said on Friday that Hindutva fascism was growing under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime. Read more: World should raise voice against mistreatment of Indian Muslims: Ashrafi Sharing a YouTube link of a video on Twitter earlier today, in which allegedly some Hindu extremists in India were throwing … Read more
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Friday claimed that Pakistan set a new record with 2.24 million Covid-19 vaccinations in a day. Read more: Asad Umar reminds public coronavirus still exists Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), a military-run body that oversees the pandemic response, … Read more
Pakistani-American writer Usman T. Malik has won the 2022 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for a first book of fantasy, for his story collection Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan (Kitab (Pvt) Ltd.) Read more: Book Review: Babar Azam – The Rising Star The awards committee also named … Read more
ISLAMABAD: While undergoing a crucial treatment for a life-threatening brain condition at a hospital in north China’s Tianjin, a Pakistani student communicated to his family back home that “I’m okay, please don’t worry.” Coming from a mountainous northern area in Pakistan, Ali Husnain had big dreams in his eyes to achieve new heights of success, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Thursday telephones the grieved families of 18 soldiers who had martyred in different terrorist attacks in the country. The president paid tribute to the sacrifices of the martyred soldiers and prayed for strength to their families to bear the loss. He said the whole nation was proud of and owed … Read more
Special Assistant on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill reiterated on Thursday that corrupt leaders would have to face accountability and return the plundered amount. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, he said both the PML-N and the PPP had got together to save the looted amount. He, however, said Prime Minister Imran Khan would not sit … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan was pursuing a proactive foreign policy with a focus on the global agenda. Addressing a seminar on Multidimensional Diplomacy for Durable Peace, Inclusive Growth and Shared Development, in Islamabad on Thursday, he said Pakistan had the resilience and experience to deal with the challenges ahead. Read more: … Read more
