KARACHI: Almost a dozen Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) workers storming the office of a private TV channel did not seem to affect the normal life of the metropolitan and the city returned to its hustle bustle on Tuesday. Late on Monday, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had directed DG Rangers and Sindh Inspector General […]
ISLAMABAD: The Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi, in occupied Kashmir has said that therepeated lies spread by India cannot change the disputed nature ofJammu and Kashmir. Aasiya Andrabi was reacting to the Indian Foreign Secretary,Vikas Swaroop’s statement that Jammu and Kashmir is India’sintegralpart,reported Kashmir Media Service. Aasiya Andrabi in a statement issued in Srinagar said, […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways is introducing the latest digitalised technology in trains and railway stations to facilitate passengers. The PR sources informed APP on Sunday, the department was going to set up Wi-Fi hotspots at all divisional level railway stations and in all passenger trains as hotspots will provide fast internet connectivity to passengers free […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold by-election in PS-14 Jacobabad-II on June 22. The ECP has also appointed the District Returning Officer (DRO), Returning Officer (RO) and Assistant Returning Officer (AROs) for holding Jacobabad bye Election. According to a notification, Regional Election Commissioner, Larkana, Noor Muhammad Mari has been appointed District Returning […]
Islamabad: The United Nations strongly condemned the increasing number of so-called ‘honour’ killings and urged the Pakistani Government to prevent such killings and to bring those responsible to justice. UN resident coordinator Neil Buhne said in a statement that hundreds of women and girls are killed in Pakistan every year to protect family’s or […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani met with Chair of the Armed Services Committee at the Capitol Hill Senator John McCain her on Thursday. Senator McCain had recently led a congressional delegation to Pakistan and the region. Other members accompanying McCain included senators Lindsey Graham, Joe Donnelly and Ben […]
ISTANBUL: Turkey plans to modernise F-16 jets of the Pakistan Air Foce, an initiative that will cost Islamabad $75 million, said a senior official of the Turkey-Asia Pacific Councils of Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) here on Saturday. Both countries have struck a deal in an aviation project under which Istanbul will modernise Pakistan’s air […]
KARACHI: A grave digger in Karachi that was caught up last summers when the heat wave killed more than 1,300 people, has hired a digger to dig elongated trenches that have a space to bury 100 people each. Baloch is 28 years old and he works along with his other three brothers in Karachi cemetery […]
RAWALPINDI: Chief of General Staff (CGS) CzechRepublic Armed Forces General Josef Becvaron Tuesday called on Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at General Headquarters. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest including regional security situation and measures to enhance defence cooperation between both the countries were discussed, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has said that if people cannot speak the truth in the courts they should not expect justice from the courts. “Justice system is based on truth. People bring fake witnesses and conceal the truth as a result real culprits are exonerated,” he said while presiding over a three-member bench of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established a control room under the supervision of the Director General (Election) to receive polling day complaints, if any. As per schedule, the by-election in the constituencies PS-22 Naushero Feroze-IV, PS-106 Karachi-XVIII and PS-117 Karachi-XXIX would be held on June 2. The complaints can be registered from […]
New Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, has remarked that war cannot be a solution to the issues present between Pakistan and India. Addressing a ceremony in New Delhi, he said that there still remained some outstanding issues between India and Pakistan, which needed to be resolved at the earliest. “For this, both […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was pursuing negative politics, which would encourage terrorists and discourage investors in Pakistan. He was talking to newsmen after addressing “A Session on Peace Journalism,” arranged jointly by the Lahore Press Club (LPC), Bahawalpur Press […]
ورجینیا الیکٹرانکس کے نئے تفریحی پلیٹ فارم کی تفصیلات اور مستقبل کے منصوبوں پر خصوصی رپورٹ
ISLAMABAD – Lt-Gen (r) Muhammad Alam Khattak was appointed as the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. According to the private TV channel, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has signed a summary, approving the appointment of Khattak as the new governor. Khattak will resign from the post of Defence Secretary after his appointment as the governor […]
LAHORE – Pakistan-India Dosti Bus service has been a lull of almost three days. A bus carrying 22 passengers left Lahore for India via Wahga border on Wednesday. The bus service was suspended temporarily in the wake of violence in Indian state Haryana was restored on Wednesday. Sources said that the Samjhota Express would too […]
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Chairman has congratulated Pakistani journalist and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on winning the Oscar Award for the second time. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Monday won the best documentary short award at the 88th Academy Awards for ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’, a film […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Wednesday said that Pakistan was looking forward to the visit of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (March 25-26), as it would further strengthen bilateral relations. While Talking to Ambassador of Iran Mehdi Honardoost, the minister said that Pakistan and Iran, being brotherly neighbouring countries, were […]
SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Saturday that Pakistan’s defence was in very strong hands and the government successfully purged the northern and Tribal Areas of militancy, extremism and terrorism during Operation Zarb-e-Azb. Addressing a meeting of lawyers at the Sialkot District Bar Association (DBA), the minister hailed the sacrifices and professional […]
LAHORE: Abduction of children in Punjab’s provincial capital continued as in the last few hours, two new cases of kidnapping have been reported from different areas of the city. According to the details, ten-year-old Shoaib Kashif was reported missing from Nashtar Colony for two days while Tooba, aged 11, was kidnapped from Railway Colony. Tooba […]
KARACHI: With effect from December 1st, 2016, all old design bank notes will cease to be legal tender as per the Federal Government’s Gazette notification, dated June 4th, 2015. Under the light of this notice, all old design bank notes of Rs 10, 50, 100 and 1,000 will be phased out. In fact, the Rs.5 […]
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