Qureshi says Pakistan to invite FMs of Muslim countries in Islamabad next year By: APP on June 5, 2021MULTAN: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi has said that Pakistan would invite foreign ministers of all Muslim countries in Islamabad in March next year to present the case of Indian occupied Kashmir for their active role to get the issue resolved. Addressing a public meeting on his arrival at Multan, he said […]
Khawaja Saad, others under NAB scanner By: APP/ Web Desk on June 5, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has authorised filing inquiries against former Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq and others for inflicting losses to the national exchequer. The EBM presided over by NAB Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal has approved the filing of numerous inquiries against various personalities […]
Govt to bring environmental revolution: Fawad By: APP on June 5, 2021ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) government will bring an environmental revolution through forestation, restoration and large-scale tree plantation in the country. In his World Environment Day message he said, for the first time in Pakistan, tree plantation and environmental friendly policies were being promoted at a […]
Pakistan, Egypt’s Sky Guards-1 air defence exercise concludes at Cairo By: APP on June 4, 2021RAWALPINDI: The first-ever Pakistan-Egypt two weeks long joint air defence exercise – Sky Guards-1 – concluded at Cairo, according to a news release of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). Army Air Defence Command Commander Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan witnessed the final phase of live firing exercise and closing ceremony of the Pakistan-Egypt […]
Fawad points out neglect, severe damages to Pakistan’s ecosystem By: APP on June 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said that it was a great honour for Pakistan to host the World Environment Day with the theme of ecosystem restoration on Saturday. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony of two-day photographic exhibition in Pak-China Friendship Centre, he said that it was a recognition of […]
Sahiba says Azerbaijan to continue to support Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir By: APP on June 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: Azerbaijan Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova called on President Dr Arif Alvi at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, and said that her country would continue to support Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir at all fora. She emphasized the need for increasing interactions between the two countries at economic, political, cultural and strategic levels. She underlined the need for promoting cultural […]
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emanuel, the couple that cheated death in blasphemy case By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emanuel, the couple accused of blasphemy and reportedly passing derogatory comments about Islam have been acquitted and freed after being jailed for seven years. Who are they? The poor Christian family hails from Gojra, a city in the Punjab district of Pakistan. Shagufta and Shafqat, a married couple in their thirties have […]
PPP says President’s House becomes ‘ordinance factory’ By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: PPP parliamentary leader in Senate Senator Sherry Rehman has said that Higher Education Commission Ordinance is not being laid in the Senate nor is it becoming a bill. “What is the purpose of this parliament if they want to run the country through ordinances,” she questioned. “This is extremely worrying. Our rights and responsibilities […]
NAB chairman says corruption breeds injustice, poverty; undermines norms By: APP on June 3, 2021ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal has said that the corruption breeds injustice, poverty, undermines social, economic norms of societies and sullied the countries around the world. In a statement, he said that NAB being the focal agency of Pakistan under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was determined to weed out […]
“Koi Bhooka Na Soye” network being extended to other cities: Senate By: APP on June 3, 2021ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Thursday notified the Senate that the “Koi Bhooka Na Soye” network was being extended to other cities of the country including Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Quetta and Karachi. The programme has been launched under Pakistan Bait-ul Mal (PBM). He said that under the project, […]