44 martyred, 175 injured in Peshawar Police Lines mosque blast By: APP on January 30, 2023PESHAWAR: An apparently powerful suicide blast here at the mosque of Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines on Monday martyred some 44 worshipers, mostly policemen, and injured around 175 others during the Zuhr (afternoon) prayer. According to a police spokesman, the death toll rose to 44 with 12 more critically injured expired here at the Lady […]
Asif Zardari is behind the new conspiracy to kill me: Imran Khan By: webdesk on January 27, 2023Former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was among four people who were planning to kill him. “Now they have made a Plan C, and Asif Zardari is behind this. He has ample amount of corruption money, which he loots from the Sindh […]
No backchannel diplomacy with India: Hina By: APP/ Web Desk on January 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday told the Senate that there was no backchannel diplomacy going on with India. Responding to a supplementary question of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Senator Faisal Javed at the floor of the upper house of the parliament, she said since the government had come into power, […]
Fawad Chaudhry arrest: LHC summons IG Punjab, Islamabad By: webdesk on January 25, 2023The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday summoned the inspector generals of Islamabad and Punjab police after the authorities failed to produce Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry before it. The former federal minister was arrested by Islamabad police on Wednesday morning from outside his residence for “inciting violence against a constitutional institution”. The LHC […]
Minister suspects ‘foreign hand’ as power supply fully restored By: Web Desk on January 24, 2023Federal Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir has claimed that power has been fully restored across the country 22 hours after the national grid collapsed. Khurram Dastgir, speaking at a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday morning, said the government will also look into whether foreign hands were involved in the nationwide power outage. However, the […]
PM Shehbaz felicitates Mohsin Naqvi on becoming caretaker Punjab CM By: Web Desk on January 23, 2023Mohsin Naqvi, the CEO of City News Network (CNN), received congratulations from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday for being appointed interim Chief Minister of Punjab. The caretaker chief minister was chosen by the election commission in accordance with the Constitution and the law, the prime minister said while wishing Mohsin Naqvi. “We welcome the […]
Russia agrees to suspend debt service for Pakistan By: Web Desk on January 20, 2023The 8th Intergovernmental Commission (IGC), according to Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, will lay the groundwork for a “new relationship” between Russia and Pakistan in a variety of areas, including energy, economy, trade, technology, education, and business to business transactions. According to Ayaz Sadiq, during the three days of the IGC meeting in […]
WB terms reports on delaying loans for Pakistan as “unfounded” By: APP/ Web Desk on January 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Thursday termed the media reports on delaying approval of loans for Pakistan as unfounded and baseless saying that it was not delaying approval of any loan for the country. “The press reports that refer to a World Bank decision to delay approval of potential Bank operations in Pakistan are unfounded”, […]
KP governor dissolves provincial assembly on CM’s advice By: Web Desk on January 18, 2023Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali acting on the advice of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan dissolved the provincial assembly on Wednesday morning. The governor signed the summary on Wednesday and forwarded it to him by the chief minister on Tuesday night. “I, Haji Ghulam Ali, Governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under clause (1)of Article 112 […]
Advice for KP Assembly dissolution to be sent today By: webdesk on January 17, 2023Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced on Tuesday that the provincial assembly will be dissolved today. “I will send the advice for the dissolution of the assembly today,” CM Khan said while addressing the 86th meeting of the provincial cabinet and thanked all the ministers, government officials, opposition members, and bureaucracy. “We will form […]