Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sialkot Incident: AC Sialkot Sonia Sadaf Responds to Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan

Sialkot Incident

“This is not the proper way to talk” – cited Sadaf after the  incident Firdous Awan scolded the Sialkot Assistant Commissioner over “third class food items” being sold in Ramadan Bazar Firdous’ rant received heavy criticism from Social Media Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf … Read more

Maryam Nawaz slams Firdous Ashiq Awan over Sialkot Incident

Maryam Nawaz

The Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz Sharif has asked Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan to seek an apology from Assistant Commissioner (AC) Sialkot Sonia Sadaf over impolite behavior.

According to the details, Maryam Nawaz in her tweet while condemning the incident said in her tweet that, civil servants and bureaucrats reach on these posts by hard work and passing competitive exams, they are not selected.

Maryam Nawaz said, ‘Being a minister does not mean that you have a license to humiliate officers.’

Let it be known that in a video making rounds on the internet, Dr. Awan, upon seeing substandard food items being sold at one of the stalls, demanded the Assistant Commissioner (AC) Sialkot Sonia Sadaf to provide an explanation.

The latter, however, started arguing with the chief minister’s aide. Upon hearing her arguments, Dr Firdous lost her cool and started angrily censuring the AC for her comments and negligence.

In the video, Dr. Awan could be heard saying that she had visited the Ramadan Bazaar in every city of the province and found the situation in Sialkot to be the worst.

Upon being rebuked by the chief minister’s aide, Sonia Sadaf could be seen angrily leaving the bazaar.

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Maryam Nawaz Announces To Wage War Against Those Who ‘Steal Elections’

Maryam Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim Leagues Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz says that Imran Khan is not alone in looting the country, there are a gang of thieves behind him. Addressing an election rally of PML-N for by-polls in NA-75 constituency in Daska, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said that this is not just an election, … Read more

PTI Govt aims to promote ease of doing business says PM Imran

PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the Government of PTI is the first to have an industrialization policy after the 1960s. According to the details, Imran Khan was addressing the AirSial inauguration ceremony in Sialkot. Imran Khan called Sialkot’s business community the “most vibrant” one in the country. “First they made this private … Read more

Indian Man Arrested In Sialkot For Illegally Crossing Working Boundary

Indian Man Arrested In Sialkot For Illegally Crossing Working Boundary

Sialkot police arrested a citizen of the Indian state of Punjab for illegally crossing the working boundary and registered a case. Sialkot Cantt police said they arrested Harinder Singh, an Indian national who had entered Pakistan by crossing the working boundary illegally. He said that Harinder Singh belonged to Kamalpur area of ​​India and he … Read more

Govt imposes lockdown in Lahore from midnight to combat COVID-19

Govt to boost economic activities and generate employment opportunities

In the light of the directions of the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), the Punjab government has decided to impose lockdown in areas with potential Covid-19 hotspots in seven cities of the province to control the fast-growing number of coronavirus cases. The NCOC issued directions regarding lockdown in 20 cities across the country, including … Read more

Bride and family escapes on wedding day, groom lodged FIR

Sialkot groom

SIALKOT: Zeeshan claimed that his bride ran away with 2.5 millions on their wedding day. According to details, 24-year-old Zeeshan Shaukat from Daska, Sialkot, arrived along with his wedding party in Sargodha’s Chattha Town only to find the bride’s house locked and the family nowhere in sight. Dressed in traditional wedding attire, including a headdress … Read more

PTI govt to make sure gas supply to domestic consumers

Domestic Gas

SIALKOT: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said, Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the authorities concerned to supply gas to the domestic consumers even if it means discontinuing supply to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations. Addressing a press conference in Sialkot on Sunday (Dec 22), the … Read more

Chilgozay prices ascend to Rs7,500 per kilo

Chilgozay prices ascend to Rs7,500 per kilo

In Sialkot, dry fruit prices have soared and seem to be getting higher every day. Pine nuts or chilgozay are being sold at Rs7,500 per kilo. This is a Rs1,500 jump from the previous price of Rs6,000 per kilo. Pistachios and cashew nuts now cost Rs2,000 per kilo and peanuts–a national staple– have risen to … Read more

Light rain turns weather pleasant in twin cities

Light rain brought mercury down in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and turned the weather chilly. Islamabad and Rawalpindi observed delightful raining all over the cities here on Saturday. According to details, Snowfall over high mountains in northern areas of Pakistan including Babusar and Nanga Parbat covered the region. However, Babusar and Naran … Read more

Youth dies due to doctors’ negligence at private hospital in Sialkot

negligence

A youth has died in a private hospital at Commissioner Road of Sialkot, due to doctor’s alleged negligence, on Tuesday. According to details, youth died during his treatment in a private hospital located at the Commissioner road, Sialkot. Students of a nearby Government College staged protest against the alleged negligence of doctors. Bereaved family staged … Read more

Determined Pakistani travels to clean the country

Pakistani travels

Saifullah Kashmiri, a determined man, is visiting the important tourist locations across the country with an intention to clean them. According to details, 42 year old Saifullah is travelling the country on his motorbike to clean the locations and to pick up the garbage himself. Saifullah Kashmiri started his journey of cleaning Pakistan from Gwadar … Read more

Karbala teaches us to stand steadfastly against wickedness and tyranny: Dr. Fridous

Firdous Ashiq addresses Shuhad e Karbala conference today

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan says the lesson of Karbala is to stand steadfastly against wickedness and tyranny. Addressing Shuhada-e-Karbala Conference in Sialkot on Tuesday, she said the followers of Islam and Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) challenge oppression, believing that the final victory will be of … Read more