MPAs accuse govt of submitting wrong answers in PAMembers Provincial Assembly (MPAs) rebuked the government on Friday accusing the treasury for giving wrong answers to the queries of lawmakers in the House. During the assembly session, MPAs from both...
Much headway achieved over standing committees: Barrister MurtazaThe Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Information, Law and Anticorruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that much headway had been achieved in forming standing committees of the Sindh Assembly. Keepi...
Best architect, designers and artists of Pakistan to be recognised at Governor’s HouseThe winners of the inaugural Architecture Design Art (ADA) Awards 2018-2019 will be announced at a Gala Night today (Saturday) at the Governor's House. The ADA awards are an opportunity for Pakistan's...
Court reserves verdict on Ayyan Ali’s appealA customs court in Rawalpindi on Friday reserved its verdict on three appeals filed by model Ayyan Ali accused of currency smuggling. During the hearing, the prosecutor requested the court to declare...
Sindh govt pulls ban on high-rise buildings, directs SBCASindh government has directed Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to implement orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding lifting of ban on construction of high-rise and multi-story buildin...
Federal cabinet grants NOC to Gen (r) RaheelThe federal government has granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to former chief of army staff General (r) Raheel Sharif, a private TV channel reported on Friday. According to the report, the decis...
Pakistan exported $1.6m human hair in five years, NA toldPakistan exported human hair worth 1.6 million US dollars in past five years; the National Assembly was informed on Friday. According to a statement of the Ministry of Commerce in the lower house, 1,0...
KMC gears up to remove encroachments from Hill ParkThe anti-encroachment personnel of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) have finalized their preparations for removal of encroachments from the city's Hill Park on Friday. The KMC staff and poli...
CDA officials who granted illegal lease extension to Fecto held accountableCement factory Fecto that quarries limestone and is nestled in the Margalla Hills National Park area was granted an extension of lease illegally by the Capital Development Authority. However, in a fre...
PN visits Oman to participate in the 9th Thamar Al Tayyib ExercisePakistan Navy Task Group comprising Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Shahjahan, Pakistan Navy submarine Saad, two Fast Attack Crafts (Missiles) ie PNS Quwwat and PNS Azmat and a Maritime Patrol Aircraft visit...
LHC issues notices on petition against hike in medicine pricesThe Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notices to the federal and the provincial governments and Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on a petition challenging the recent hike in prices...
SHC grants FIA time to submit reply on Memon’s petitionThe Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday granted more time to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for submitting reply on incarcerated Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Memon who petitioned for...
Senior CDA officials tight-lipped after their degrees found fakeThe Capital Development Authority (CDA) top brass officers have been tight-lipped after the Higher Education Commission (HEC) instructed the civic agency to submit their employees' degrees for cross v...
KP appoints first woman DSP in counter-terrorism departmentThe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government on Friday appointed the first female police officer in the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). Bano, a grade 17 officer, is the first woman to be appointed as D...
PM’s fake envoy caught red-handed in LondonA fake envoy to prime minister was caught red-handed in London while representing the government of Pakistan at a ceremony organised to sign an agreement with the Sikh community. Hamid Kidwai, who pos...
Man sentenced to death for raping medical studentA special Lahore court set up to deal with gender-based violence on Friday sentenced to death a man for the rape of a female medical student. Announcing the court's first sexual violence-related verdi...