Omar Sarfraz Cheema takes oath as Punjab Governor

Lahore, April 03 (Online): The newly-appointed Governor of the Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema has taken oath of his portfolio. The Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Muhammad Amir Bhutti administered oath to him during a simple but dignified ceremony at the Governor’s House in Lahore […]

Ayaz Sadiq chairs the NA session

ISLAMABAD April 03 (Online): Former Speaker National Assembly (NA), Ayyaz Sadiq took the Speaker chair to hold voting on no-confidence motion as Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasin Suri adjourned the NA session without holding vote on the no-confidence motion on Sunday. Ayaz Sadiq, the former […]

Deputy Speaker did not follow even “the order of day”

ISLMABAD April 03 (Online): Deputy Speaker National Assembly (NA) did not even follow the “the order of the day” issued by the Secretary National Assembly on Sunday. According to the order of the day, today was the deadline for voting on no-confidence motion against Prime […]

Russia ‘must answer for crimes’ in Ukraine: Macron

Paris, April 3 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Sunday the “unbearable” images of murdered civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and said Russian authorities “must answer for these crimes”. “On the streets, hundreds of civilians cowardly murdered,” Macron wrote on Twitter, in reference […]

UK PM calls Russian attacks on civilians ‘war crimes’

London, April 3 (AFP/APP):British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said Russian troops were guilty of war crimes in Ukraine after Kyiv retook control of areas around the capital and discovered mass graves and apparently executed civilians. “Russia’s despicable attacks against innocent civilians in Irpin […]

At least six dead in California shooting: police

San Francisco, April 3 (AFP/APP):At least six people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting in the California state capital of Sacramento early Sunday, police said. A video posted online showed people scuffling in the street, then starting to run as gunfire can […]

Sri Lanka ministers resign en masse as crisis deepens

Colombo, April 3 (AFP/APP): Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews. All 26 ministers aside from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa […]

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