ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday announced the Roshan Economy Electricity Package to provide additional electricity to the industrial and agricultural sectors at a subsidized rate of Rs 22.98 per unit for the next three years. The package, set to be implemented from November 2025 to October 2028, will reduce the existing power […]
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NADRA, Gulberg Town to establish Karachi’s biggest Mega Centre
KARACHI: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and the Town Municipal Corporation (TMC) Gulberg Town have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish Karachi’s largest Mega Centre in Gulberg Town. Officials from both NADRA and Gulberg Town signed the MoU during a ceremony held on Thursday. Read More: NADRA introduces ‘Pak Identity App’ […]
Pakistan still using Euro-II emission standards
ISLAMABAD / GILGIT: A parliamentary committee on Wednesday expressed serious concern over Pakistan’s outdated Euro-II vehicle emission standards, terming them a glaring example of the country’s environmental oversight failures. During a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, lawmakers were told that Pakistan’s National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) still […]
Govt offers to shift Imran Khan to Banigala
ISLAMABAD: Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Wednesday offered to shift PTI founder Imran Khan from Adiala Jail to his Banigala residence, provided the PTI submits a written application requesting the move. Speaking on Asma Shirazi’s talk show on Hum News, the minister said that if declared a sub-jail, Banigala would allow PTI […]
Babar Azam returns to Pakistan T20I squad for South Africa, tri-series
LAHORE: Former captain Babar Azam has been recalled to Pakistan’s T20I squad as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced squads for the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe. The National Selection Committee named a 15-member squad for the T20I series against South Africa, to be played in Rawalpindi and Lahore from […]
PTI chairman Barrister Gohar confirms Raoof Hasan ‘arrested’
On Monday, PTI Senator Shibli Faraz accused the Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICT) of surrounding the PTI secretariat and arresting PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar and party spokesperson Rauf Hasan. Faraz reported that a significant police presence, including female officers, was deployed outside the PTI secretariat. He asserted that both Barrister Gohar and Rauf Hasan […]
PM urges nation to rise against social evils
HAFIZABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday said that unless a nation stood united against corruption, injustices and sex crimes, these forms of evils would continue to bulge, resulting in the degeneration of a society.Addressing a mammoth crowd here, the prime minister said that a true leader would not bow or please anyone at the sake of […]
PM Imran Khan says next three months will be essential for his govt
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan stated on Thursday that the next three months are critical for his government and that they must deal with an increase in inflation during that time. He claims that the existing government’s largest failing is the former administration’s lack of responsibility, claiming that despite all proof, they were able to […]
Clear early signs of fifth COVID-19 wave starting in country: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Chief and Planning Minister Asad Umar on Sunday said that there are clear evidences that a fifth wave of COVID-19 has started in the country. The minister took to his official twitter and stated that “Clear evidence now of a beginning of another covid wave which […]
Contempt laws do not protect a retired judge
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday dismissed a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against Maryam Nawaz and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi declaring the case as non-maintainable. The petitioner had pleaded that the PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz and ex-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbadi had tried to scandalise the judiciary through their statements against ex-chief justice Saqib […]