Tue, 21-Oct-2025

‘Miani Hor’ declares as Pakistan’s third marine protected area

‘Miani Hor’

QUETTA: The Balochistan cabinet has officially designated ‘Miani Hor’ as Pakistan’s third Marine Protected Area (MPA). According to a statement from World Wide Fund (WWF) Pakistan, this significant step follows the earlier declarations of Astola Island as the country’s first MPA in 2017, and Churna Island as the second in 2024. These coastal regions are … Read more

PML-N MPA Rana Abdul Manan arrested from Muzaffargarh

PML-N MPA

MULTAN: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Rana Abdul Manan Sajid was arrested from Muzaffargarh.

According to the police, Rana Abdul Manan Sajid has been arrested on bail.

According to the police, a case was registered against PML-N MPA Rana Abdul Manan for torturing Assistant Commissioner Jatoi.

The police said the Lahore High Court Multan Bench rejected the MPA’s interim bail, after which the police arrested Rana Abdul Manan.

It should be noted that a case of alleged torture on Assistant Commissioner Jatoi was registered against Muslim League-Nawaz MPA Abdul Mannan and others on the intervening night of May 18 and 19.

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Former PTI MPA from Lahore announces to quit party 

MPA
  • Sarfraz Khokhar elected as MPA from PP 173 in 2018.
  • He said policy of PTI is not in the interest of the country.
  • He said PTI’s narrative is harmful to country’s interest.

LAHORE: Former Member of the Punjab Assembly(MPA) of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Lahore Malik Sarfraz Hussain Khokhar, has announced to quit the party.

Sarfraz Hussain Khokhar was elected as MPA from PP 173 on the Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket in 2018.

He said in the video statement that he is leaving the party due to the policy of PTI. He said the policy of PTI is not in the interest of the country.

He said that despite the violent incidents of May 9, the party is sticking to its aggressive narrative against state institutions.

Sarfraz Hussain Khokhar said that PTI’s narrative is harmful to the country’s interest therefore he announced to leave PTI.

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Former PML-N MPA Chaudhry Saqlain joins PTI

Former PML
  • He announced this during meeting with Chairman PTI.
  • Chaudhry Muhammad Saqlain joined PTI along with his colleagues.
  • Imran Khan welcomed Chaudhry Muhammad Saqlain for joining the party .

LAHORE: Former Member of Punjab Assembly (MPA) from Jhelum Chaudhry Muhammad Saqlain on Tuesday joined Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI).

He announced this during meeting with Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and  former prime minister Imran Khan.

Chaudhry Muhammad Saqlain joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf along with his colleagues.

PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry, Central Vice President Ejaz Chaudhry and Chaudhry Shehbaz were present on this occasion.

Chaudhry Muhammad Saqlain expressed full confidence in the leadership of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

Former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan welcomed Chaudhry Muhammad Saqlain for joining the party .

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PTI MPAs in Sindh Assembly protest against Azam Swati’s arrest

Quetta Azam Swati

PTI MPAs in Sindh Assembly staged a protest against Swati’s arrest They raised slogans and staged a walkout from the House SHC has barred registering more cases against Swati KARACHI: PTI MPAs in Sindh Assembly staged a protest against the arrest of Senator Azam Swati and called for his release, Bol News reported. Azam Swati’s … Read more

PTI Sindh MPAs submit resignations to Imran Khan

PTI Sindh MPAs

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPAs in Sindh Assembly have submitted their resignations to Chairman Imran Khan, BOL News reported. A delegation of PTI Sindh MPAs headed by PTI Sindh President Ali Zaidi called on the former prime minister at his residence in Zaman Park, Lahore. Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Shaikh and … Read more

PML-N MPA Faisal Niazi joins PTI

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) suffered another blow as MPA Faisal Niazi officially resigned from his seat. Speaker Punjab Assembly Pervaiz Elahi accepted the resignation of PML-N MPA Faisal Niazi. He has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after recently meeting chairman Imran Khan. The Assembly Secretariat has also issued the notification of Faisal Niazi’s … Read more

Lahore at the mercy of mercenaries?

mercenaries

LAHORE: The killing of a senior crime reporter in broad daylight in the second largest city of the country, Lahore, has left everybody in a state of shock. The latest targeted killing of journalist Husnain Shah near the Lahore Press Club, one of the busiest places in the city, has not just rung alarm bells … Read more

331 parliamentarians including 102 of NA yet to submit financial statements to ECP

ISLAMABAD: A total of 331 members of the parliament and four provincial assemblies have not yet submitted a yearly copy of statement of assets and liabilities including assets and liabilities of their spouse (s) and dependent children with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as was required under Section 137 of the Elections Act 2017. … Read more

Indian minister wants roads to be smooth like Katrina Kaif’s cheeks

An Indian state minister has recently received a lot of flak for wanting the country’s roads to be as smooth as ‘Katrina Kaif’s cheeks’. Read more: Katrina Kaif reveals she was once ‘conscious’ of her appearance Rajendra Singh Gudha is a newly appointed state minister of Rajasthan, made these remarks while listening to problems faced … Read more

Asad Khohkar given portfolio of housing, urban development

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislator Asad Ali Khohkar, who was notified on Tuesday as the provincial minister, has been given the portfolio of Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering on Friday. Khohkar whose oath-taking ceremony was previously delayed because of the murder of his brother Mubashar Khohkar last week was confirmed on Tuesday as … Read more

Balochistan Budget 2021-22: Balochistan Announces Rs584.1 Billion Budget Amid Opposition Protests

Balochistan Budget 2021-22: Baluchistan Announcec Rs584.1 Billion Budget Amid Opposition Protests

Balochistan presented a budget of Rs584.1 billion on Friday, with a huge amount of Rs237.2 billion allocated for development and a deficit of Rs84.6 billion as a result of the protest by the Opposition. Several members from the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, Balochistan National Party-Mengal and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and independent members have been camping outside … Read more

PTI MPA Haleem Adil Sheikh booked under terrorism charges

Haleem Adil Sheikh

A terrorism case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf MPA and Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh. According to the details, Police said that a case on the complaint of the Sindh government has been registered at Memon Goth PS under terrorism charges, aerial firing and creating a … Read more

Provincial ministers actually trying to divert attention from issue: Ali Zaidi

Baby Zardari should focus on fixing the situation in Karachi: Ali Zaidi

Federal Minister Ali Zaidi says the provincial minister is trying unsuccessfully to divert attention from the real issue, Uzair Baloch has been in the custody of law enforcement agencies for years. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”ali-zaidi-claims-meddling-of-jit-report-on-uzair-baloch”] According to the details, in a statement issued on the social networking website Twitter, Federal Minister Ali Zaidi said that the … Read more

40 PTI leaders tested positive for coronavirus, says Report

40 PTI leaders tested positive for coronavirus, says Report

Forty members of PTI have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to the details, many members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have tested positive for COVID-19 while two have died. The sources said that 15 members of the national assembly (MNAs) have been infected by coronavirus, while many members of the provincial assemblies (MPAs) of … Read more

Attack on MQM’s MPA Sadaqat Hussain in Karachi

Attack on MQM's MPA Sadaqat Hussain in Karachi

Unidentified attackers opened fire outside the house of MQM Sindh Assembly member Sadaqat Hussain. According to the details, firing has been reported outside the MPA’s house in Orangi Town. The sources said that two people were injured in the incident and police arrived on the scene, getting more details. MQM leader Faisal Subzwari wrote on … Read more

MPA Imdad Pitafi tested positive for Coronavirus

Imdad Pitafi

Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) of Pakistan Peoples Party Imdad Ali Pitafi has been tested positive for Coronavirus today (Jun 15). According to the details, the politician’s son and 16 other family members have also infected by COVID-19. Everyone, including the MPA have quarantined themselves. It is to be noted that coronavirus cases are increasing … Read more

UNVEILED: Relatives offered money to declare deceased as COVID-19 patients

Khawaja Izharul Hassan

Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) and Senior Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), Khawaja Izharul Hassan, has revealed that relatives were being offered money to declared the deceased people as COVID-19 patients. Khawaja Izharul Hassan, while speaking on the floor of Sindh Assembly, revealed that relatives of deceased persons in Badin  offered money to … Read more

Attack on MQM’s MPA Nasir Qureshi in Hyderabad

Nasir Qureshi

MPA Nasir Qureshi, a member of Sindh Assembly of MQM Pakistan, has been attacked in Hyderabad. MQM Pakistan leader Faisal Sabzwari said in a statement on social networking site, Twitter that the car of Nasir Qureshi, a member of Sindh Assembly of MQM Pakistan from Hyderabad, had been attacked upon some time ago. Faisal Sabzwari … Read more

PTI MPA Shaheen Raza passes away due to COVID-19

PTI MPA

Pakistan Tehreek Insaf PTI MPA Shaheen Raza has passed away today due to coronavirus. She was admitted to hospital yesterday. According to the details, Pakistan Tehreek Insaf MPA Shaheen Raza has passed away today due to coronavirus.  It emerged that Ms Raza had contracted COVID-19 after paying a visit to a field hospital a few … Read more

CM Punjab urges assembly members to be vigilant about hoarders

cm punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar urged assembly members to be vigilant about  hoarders in their respective districts. As per details Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has written a letter to lawmakers and urged them to keep an eye on hoarding and profiteers in their respective districts and remain in contact with administration. Chief … Read more

MPA Syed Abdul Rasheed tests positive for Coronavirus

MPA

Member of the Provincial Assembly from Sindh MPA Syed Abdul Rasheed, on Friday has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement released by his political party, the Jamat-e-Islami. A spokesperson for the party told the media on Friday morning that MPA Rasheed was tested for the virus at a private hospital in … Read more

ECP asks parliamentarians to submit assets’ details by midnight

Election Commission of Pakistan

Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reminded the members of parliament and members of the provincial assemblies to submit the details of their assets by midnight tonight. According to the sources, the offices of supreme electoral body of the country will remain open till 12 a.m. to facilitate the lawmakers. Spokesperson of ECP said … Read more

‘I was touched inappropriately by people at events’, Hareem Shah

Hareem Shah Calls Sexual Harassers ‘Shameless’

Hareem Shah, whose Tik Tok video shot in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) went viral, said that sexual harassment is simply unacceptable. Pakistani Tik Tok starlet revealed that she was mobbed by a large number of people at events and was touched inappropriately by few people. She called such people ‘shameless’. Whether you’re a … Read more