LAHORE: Islamabad’s local administration has decided to request the interior ministry to include Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr Tahirul Qadri’s name in the Exit Control List (ECL), sources claimed on Sunday. The decision has been made in light of a report prepared by the administration with reference to the cases registered against Qadri accusing […]
LAHORE: Aaghaz-e-Dosti has appealed to the authorities to recover the disappeared human rights activist Raza Mehmood Khan, who went missing on December 2. Raza Khan was last seen at the end of a talk he organised on the issue of terrorism at Lowkey Lokai earlier this month. since then, there has been no trace of him […]
LAHORE: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has urged the judiciary to avoid making decisions that do not fall under its jurisdiction. While addressing the death ceremony of Khawaja Saad Rafique’s father on Sunday, Hashmi said the courts are making decisions which transgress their powers. The statement came almost a day after Chief Justice Saqib Nisar had said […]
Quetta: This year, Madeeha Gill had bought five new dresses for Christmas celebrations. She wore one of those dresses to the prayer service at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church on December 17. “She returned home draped in a coffin,” her father Barkat Gil says, with tears in his eyes. He recalls that he had dropped […]
ISLAMABAD: State Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Sunday that the Speakers conference had projected a softer image of Pakistan, besides conveying the message that countries in the regional were united in their fight against terrorism. The minister congratulated the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ayaz Sadiq, for his efforts in convening the conference where speakers […]
Corruption is curse which is also root cause of all ills being faced by Pakistan today. Corruption is the major impediment in road to progress and prosperity. NAB was established to eradicate corruption from the country, to recover looted from corrupt and deposit it in the national exchequer. NAB is Pakistan’s apex Anti Corruption Organization […]
Addressing the participants of the inauguration ceremony, Bilawal asked whether they wanted metro bus services, tree plantation drives, or hospitals that offer free treatment. Bilawal said a cardiology unit was needed at the health facility to cater to the needs of residents of the city as well as of surrounding areas. He said earlier there […]
ISLAMABAD: Owing to the negligence of authorities concerned in enforcement of laws, the superior judiciary had to take multiple suo motu notices and pass appropriate orders in year 2017, which too were not implemented in true letter and spirit. In 2017, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar took 34 suo motu notices over […]
ISLAMABAD: Indian saboteur Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother and sister have landed at Islamabad airport on Monday. The female family members of the Indian spy landed at Islamabad airport and were received by Pakistan foreign ministry’s officials. They will go to Indian High Commissioner’s Officer from the airport and then go to Foreign Office amid high security. […]
LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has visited the Christ Church Rawalpindi to join Christians in Christmas celebrations. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), General Bajwa wished “Merry Christmas” to the entire Christian community in Pakistan. At this occasion, the congregation welcomed the army chief and thanked for sharing […]
LAHORE: Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said the meeting of convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav with his family was a “gesture of compassion” from Pakistan’s side and it had nothing to do with the “consular access”. The spokesperson was talking to media after the meeting of Jadhav with his mother and wife in Islamabad […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Armed Forces pay tribute to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on his 141st birthday, said the Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor Bajwa on Monday. Quoting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, DG ISPR said that the Quaid’s vision of “human values, social justice, equality and […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Monday inaugurated a newly established air base, PAF Base Bholari, in the Bholari area of Thatta, Sindh. Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said the establishment of PAF’s new operational air base would play a key role in safeguarding the China-Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of state for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum in her message on the eve of Christmas has said that the members of Christian community were proud and praiseworthy citizens of Pakistan. She said that Islam enjoined its followers to respect other religions and their rites. She said that love, devotion […]
LAHORE: Supreme Court (SC) has on Tuesday stopped the admissions at private medical colleges across the country and stated that strong action will be taken against any university found violating the orders, reported Daily Times. Hearing the case on private medical colleges’ high fees, Chief Justice of Pakistan said that if any college was found […]
LAHORE: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that his team is looking forward to giving the New Zealand (NZ) side a tough time in its upcoming tour to NZ starting from January 6. Addressing the media in Qaddafi Stadium Lahore on Tuesday, the skipper said: “Despite facing injuries, Pakistan would put up a good fight […]
LAHORE: Sindh government, on Tuesday, announced that December 27 would be a public holiday to observe late Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto’s 10th death anniversary. This announcement is in connection to the plans of PPP to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the party leader who embraced martyrdom on December 27, 2007 while returning […]
ISLAMABAD: As Indian convicted spy held a 40-minute meeting with his wife and mother in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday said Kulbhushan Jadhav was the real face of Indian terrorism in Pakistan. Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad JP Singh and other embassy officials were also present during Jadhav’s meeting with wife Chetankul and mother Avanti […]
ISLAMABAD: FATA youth Jirga once again demands merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at a press conference here at national press club in Islamabad. The FATA youth Jirga decided to start a petition campaigning front of country whole press clubs to convince masses in government and out of government on FATA reforms of merger with […]
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of office to MNA Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan as Minister of State in a special ceremony held at the Awian-e-Sadr, Islamabad on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Federal Ministers, Ministers of State, Parliamentarians and Senior Government officials also attended the oath taking ceremony. The authorities had decided […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday criticized the verdict in Panama Papers case and questioned his disqualification by the Supreme Court. “Where have you heard that a leader is disqualified because he did not receive a salary from his son?” Nawaz asked in his address to a convention […]
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