Sindh minister wants ban on inter-provincial transport

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Monday demanded to ban inter-provincial transport including air and rail from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid a sharp increase of COVID-19 cases. Coronavirus can rapidly increase in Sindh if people continue to commute from Punjab and KP, Ghani said […]

LHC extends interim bail of Capt (r) Safdar

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday extended interim pre-arrest bail of Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, till April 15, in an assets beyond means inquiry. The court extended the bail after a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) […]

Hammad to replace Hafeez as Finance Minister

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to replace Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh from the portfolio of Finance Ministry on account of rising inflation in the country. Federal Information Minister and Senator Shibli Faraz while ratifying removal of Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh said that Finance Minister […]

Rs40b applications received for low cost housing loan

ISLAMABAD-Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Reza Baqir on Sunday said that under the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, the banks have so far received applications worth of over Rs40 billion for construction of low cost housing. Speaking at National Bank of Pakistan’s telethon on low […]

MQM-P reiterates demand of separate province

KARACHI   –  Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui reiterated the party’s demand of separate province for people belonging to urban part of Sindh and said that new provinces should be formed across the country on basis of population. Addressing a public gathering […]

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