Ishaq Dar takes oath as senator By: webdesk on September 27, 2022PML-N leader and former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday took oath as senator amid protest by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath. During the ceremony, PTI senators gathered near the rostrum and chanted slogans. Some of the leaders were also carrying placards and posters. Dar reached Pakistan on Monday along with […]
Pak army helicopter crashes in Harnai Balochistan, 6 martyred By: webdesk on September 26, 2022RAWALPINDI: Six personnel of Pak Army were martyred in a helicopter crash in Balochistan’s Harnai, quoting Inter-Services Public Relations. According to ISPR, the helicopter crashed in Harnai, last night and as a result six of army personnel including two pilots were martyred. The helicopter was on the flying mission in Harnai, when it crashed. The […]
IHC rejects PTI’s plea challenging PPC’s sedition section By: webdesk on September 24, 2022ISLAMABAD: IHC rejects PTI’s plea challenging PPC’s sedition section. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari’s petition, challenging the section 124A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), pertaining to the offence of sedition on Saturday. According to details, a single bench of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah dismissed the […]
‘All hell to break loose’ without debt relief deal: PM Shehbaz By: APP/ Web Desk on September 23, 2022‘All hell to break loose’ without debt relief deal Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday made an urgent appeal for “substantial” debt relief from rich nations as catastrophic floods exacerbated by climate change displaced millions of people in the country. In an interview with Bloomberg Television in New York, he said Pakistan had high debt […]
Contempt case: Imran Khan apologizes before IHC By: Web Desk on September 22, 2022Contempt case: Imran Khan apologizes before IHC As the hearing for the contempt of court case against Imran Khan began on Thursday, the chairman of the PTI, unexpectedly apologized before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for his controversial comments about Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry during a rally in Islamabad on August 20. […]
US President Joe Biden urges world to help Pakistan after cataclysmic floods By: webdesk on September 22, 2022US President Joe Biden urges world to help Pakistan after cataclysmic floods. United States President Joe Biden on Thursday highlighted the devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan and asked the international community to help flood-hit Pakistan. The recent unprecedented monsoon rains triggered floods across the country that have caused massive devastation. More than 1500 people […]
Malaria, Gastro take 10 more lives in flood-hit Sindh By: Web Desk on September 21, 2022It appears that there will be no end to the epidemic of infectious illness mortality in Sindh’s flood-affected villages like Khairpur Nathan Shah, where three more youngsters succumbed to gastroenteritis and Malaria on Wednesday. Two people passed away from gastroenteritis, two from pyrexia of undetermined origin (PUO), which is characterised by a fever and a […]
Gastroenteritis, malaria kill 9 more people in Pakistan floods aftermath By: Reuters on September 20, 2022KARACHI: Gastroenteritis, malaria kill 9 more people in Pakistan floods aftermath. At least nine people died on Monday of infectious and water-borne diseases that have attacked tens of thousands of people in flood-hit Pakistan, government data showed, taking the toll from such causes to 318. The death toll from the deluge itself has touched 1,559, […]
Cattle, livestock face starvation after Pakistan’s floods wipe out feed supply By: Reuters on September 20, 2022Cattle, livestock face starvation after Pakistan’s floods wipe out feed supply: Faced with a shortage of fodder due to floods, cattle farmers in villages in Pakistan’s Sindh province said on Monday that they were struggling to keep their remaining livestock alive. The catastrophic floods have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan and damaged crops that were […]
IHC quashes terrorism charges against PTI Chairman Imran Khan By: webdesk on September 19, 2022The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the authorities to remove sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) from the case against Imran Khan for threatening a female judge. A two-member bench, headed by IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Athar Minallah had reserved the verdict on PTI’s plea. “I am repeatedly asking you that during the […]