Imran Khan, who was ousted through a vote of no-confidence in April last year, has made multiple privileges about his government’s exclusion. He had since spoken about foreign intrigues, allegedly instigated by the United States, with claims of connivance on the now ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition in the Centre and Gen (retd) Bajwa — who retired as…
The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday reinstated Parvez Elahi as Punjab Chief Minister after the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader signed an undertaking that he will not dissolve the assembly after restoration. The high court also restored the cabinet which was disbanded last night after Punjab Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman identified Elahi as the chief minister. The court…
Pakistan on Friday summoned Afghanistan’s charged’ affairs in Islamabad and “strongly condemned” the recent unprovoked cross-border shelling by its forces. “Pakistan’s strong blame over recent incidents of senseless cross-border shelling by Afghan Border Security Forces in the Chaman-Spain Boldak area, resulting in loss of life, injuries and damage to property, was conveyed,” a statement issued by…
YouTube service was disrupted in parts of Pakistan on Tuesday evening ahead of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s address at a party power show in Peshawar, according to NetBlocks — an organization that tracks internet outages. NetBlocks noted that the disruption came despite the Islamabad High Court lifting the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s ban on…
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government had decided to raise salaries of the Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel by 15 per cent like other civil armed forces. Prime Minister Imran Khan had given his approval in that regard on February 18, he said in a statement. The ASF employees…
ISLAMABAD: To enhance the ability of Pakistani enterprises’ capacity to produce, distribute and sell products and services more efficiently than competitors, the Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) till 2025. Priority sectors have been identified under the STPF after studying the international demand trends, on the one hand, and the…
BEIJING: China stands ready to work with Pakistan to promote the high-quality development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) so that it will drive growth and benefit people’s livelihood and play a bigger role in promoting regional connectivity and economic integration, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a pilot project of…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14 (APP): Pakistan is looking forward to welcoming the foreign ministers to Islamabad for the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers on Afghanistan on December 19, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Tuesday. The foreign minister, in a tweet, extended a welcome to the foreign…
Pakistani model and actor Iffat Omar has hilariously mocked PM Imran Khan for his recent statement. Taking to Twitter the Noor ul Ain actor shared PM’s statement and wrote in Punjabi and Urdu that read, “For God’s sake, someone listens to him, For God’s sake give him something, Oh, how oppressed, innocent, helpless, weak man. He is…
The Sindh government has decided to impose an immediate lockdown till August 8 as the province continues to battle the dangerous surge in COVID-19 infections, Geo News reported Friday. It goes into effect tomorrow (Saturday). This was decided in a meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah of the coronavirus task force which was attended…