NATO eyes post-Trump reset as Afghanistan call looms

Brussels-NATO defence ministers meet Wednesday for their first talks since US President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump with a vow to soothe tensions between Washington and its closest partners.  Key on the agenda at the two-day virtual conference is the future of NATO’s […]

ECP allows Yousaf Raza Gillani to contest Senate polls

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday has approved nomination papers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and joint candidate of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for Senate elections, Yousaf Raza Gillani. While announcing the reserved verdict, the returning officer has rejected the objections raised by Pakistan […]

Sindh govt bans use of CNG, LPG in public transport

The Sindh government has banned the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel in all public service vehicles (PSVs) across the province. The letter from Sindh Transport Department to traffic and motorway police and other concerned agencies states that […]

NAB committed to eradicate corruption

ISLAMABAD   –  A delegation of victims of Lasani Chicken and Chicks and Lasani Oil Traders met Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau at NAB Headquarters on Wednesday. During the meeting, the victims informed Chairman NAB that Anis-ur-Rehman, Chief Executive of Lasani Chicken & Chicks and Lasani Traders […]

Pakistan suffered from market manipulations by hoarders: PM

| Imran Khan addresses Governing Council of International Fund for Agricultural Development | Proposes five-point agenda to end hunger from the world | We will perish or survive together ISLAMABAD   –  Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday described agriculture as “central to human survival”, and proposed a five-point agenda […]

Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases

Rawalpindi   –  Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said that the business of Information Technology industry in Pakistan had been damaged seriously by decisions of courts in 2014. He said while addressing an international media workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University. He added the erroneous […]

PPP says victory in by-polls a referendum against govt

ISLAMABAD    –  Pakistan People’s Party yesterday said victory of the PPP candidates in Sindh bye-elections was a referendum against federal government. Former president Asif Ali Zardari felicitated Jiyalas (diehard workers) on victory in two bye-elections in Sindh and said that PPP will write history […]

IHC suspends FDE’s order

ISLAMABAD   –  The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday suspended Federal Directorate of Education’s order of repatriation of deputationist teachers from Islamabad to other provinces. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice (CJ) of IHC Justice Athar Minallah halted the repatriation of the teachers and directed the […]

Secrecy for Senate, NA elections not perpetual, notes SC

| CJP asks what will happen if a party gets votes disproportionate to MPs | ECP will be responsible if party position in assemblies not reflected in Senate: Justice Ijaz ISLAMABAD   –  The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday noted that secrecy for the elections of the Senate […]

PML-N’s Mushahid Ullah Khan passes away

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan passed away in Islamabad on Wednesday. He was 68. According to former Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair, Mushahid Ullah Khan had been ill for a long time and was under treatment at a hospital in Islamabad […]

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