Post Views: 6 KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a one-to-one meeting with CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah at the Chief Minister’s House in Karachi. Both leaders discussed issues relating to development works in the province. PM Shehbaz Sharif has vowed to work for the country along with the students and youth to provide them […]
PAKISTAN
CJP Qazi Faez Isa returns unnecessary protocol vehicles
Post Views: 2 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa returned the protocol of the Chief Justice on Thursday. According to the Supreme Court sources, only two protocol vehicles are left in CJP Qazi Faez Isa’s motorcade. Furthermore, sources said that CJP’s car stopped at all signals on its way back from […]
Charge against Imran Khan is for not returning cipher copy, IHC told
Post Views: 2 ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard the PTI founder Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s appeals against their conviction in the cipher case on Thursday. A division bench of IHC, comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, conducted the hearing. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) prosecutor retired […]
Punjab Police notification entitles CM Maryam to wear uniform
Post Views: 1 LAHORE: Controversy sparked over Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s wearing of Punjab Police uniform during her appearance as the chief guest at a passing out parade of female police officers at Police Training School, Chung in Lahore. After the criticism intensified, the provincial police department Friday issued a statement clarifying that as […]
Rain hits Islamabad, Lahore in line with PMD forecast for continued rainfall
Post Views: 4 LAHORE: People are enjoying pleasant weather as rain fell in Islamabad and in different areas of Lahore, such as Thokar Niaz Beg, Allama Iqbal Town, Township, Faisal Town, and various other places on Friday afternoon. There were also reports of power cuts in different parts of the city at the same time. […]
Pakistan in ‘contact with US’ on energy requirements, FO says
Post Views: 2 ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Friday said Pakistan was in contact with the United States regarding the country’s requirements for energy. Addressing her weekly media briefing in Islamabad, the spokesperson said she had seen the US’s statement on Pakistan’s willingness to get energy from Iran. Earlier this week, a […]
Nawaz Sharif set to ‘retake helm of PML-N’
Post Views: 0 LAHORE: In a major development, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab chapter President Rana Sanaullah on Friday announced that Nawaz Sharif would retake the ruling party’s driving seat. His remarks came as the PML-N supremo got “clean chit” from the courts and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in multiple cases lodged against him. During […]
PTI says US report on ‘human rights violations’ in Pakistan ‘hangs our heads in shame’
Post Views: 1 After the “2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices” issued by the US State Department highlighted alleged violations of fundamental rights, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesperson Raoof Hasan backed the findings related to the country saying, “Our heads hang in shame” after reading the report. Hasan, while addressing a press conference along with PTI […]
German envoy called out for ‘lecture’ on civil rights by pro-Palestinian protesters
Post Views: 0 Pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the speech of German Ambassador to Pakistan Alfred Grannas when he took the podium to speak at the Asma Jahangir Conference 2024 in Lahore on Saturday. The German envoy was called out by the representatives of the Progressive Students’ Collective when he began his speech during the annual conference, […]
Sessions judge kidnapped by armed men near Tank-DI Khan border: police
Post Views: 4 District and Sessions Judge Shakirullah Marwat posted in South Waziristan was kidnapped by armed men near border area of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said on Saturday. DI Khan Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohammad Adnan confirmed the incident, which took place in a village named Bagwal in […]