Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (APP): National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday lauded international community’s cooperation in Geneva Conference for raising handsome donations for rehabilitation of the people affected by floods in Pakistan. In a statement, the speaker said international community’s aid for rehabilitation of […]

BEIJING, Jan 10 (APP): After three gloomy years of cross-border tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the year 2023 is expected to witness a boom in the tourism sectors of Pakistan and China. The current year, named as Pakistan-China Year of Tourism Exchanges, may witness […]

ISLAMABAD, JAN 09 (Online): Election Commission (EC) while rejecting MQM petition with regard to Local Bodies (LB) polls in Karachi and Hyderabad has ordered to hold LB polls on January 15. A 3-member bench of EC presided over by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar […]

ISLAMABAD, JAN 09 (Online): Election Commission (EC) has dismissed petition seeking disqualification of Finance Minister (FM) Senator Ishaq Dar. PTI parliamentary leader in Senate. Senator Shahzad Wasim had filed petition praying the EC to declare Senator Ishaq Dar seat vacant. The EC while announcing decision […]

MUZAFFARGARH, Jan 09 (APP): The Punjab government appointed a district coordinator for interfaith and religious harmony across the province on Monday. Muhammad Akmal Karim Chishti has been appointed as a coordinator in the Muzaffargarh district for dealing the interfaith and religious affairs. The prime purpose […]

ISLAMABAD – January 8 (ONLINE) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday left for Geneva to co-host international ‘resilient Pakistan’ conference along with Secretary General of the United Nations (UN). “Leaving for Geneva today to co-host International Conference on Resilient Pakistan along with UN Secretary General. […]

LAHORE – January 8 (ONLINE) Former Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has been invited by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) to join either party, local media reported Sunday. Private media channel while citing sources reported that PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujat had […]

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD – January 8 (ONLINE) Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the ‘establishment’ has not learned from the past and that ‘political engineering’ may be carried out to break his party away. “I fear that unfortunately, our establishment has not learnt […]

LAHORE – January 8 (ONLINE) Jamat-e-Islami emir Siraj-ul-Haq said Sunday country’s rulers were not ready to change their lifestyle and to quit their perks and protocol. “The whole world is celebrating New Year and Pakistanis are downtrodden with woes,” Siraj said while addressing a workers’ […]

LAHORE – January 8 (ONLINE) Punjab Chief Minister Chuadhry Parvez Elahi said Sunday the provincial government had doubled the daily wheat quota for flour mills to ensure sufficient provision of wheat. In a statement issued here Sunday, the CM said sale points across the province […]