The Reuters report making the rounds on social media on 7,500 Pakistani Shias being deported from the UAE in the wake of Iran needs to be read with utmost caution, not consumed as a ready-made indictment. Even if it raises a legitimate consular question for Islamabad (as any Pakistani citizen returning without access to their […]
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Bilawal sets maximum age limit of 35 years for PYO workers
Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has set the maximum age limit at 35 years for office-bearers and workers of the Peoples Youth Organization (PYO) across the country. On the instructions of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, his Political Secretary Jameel Ahmed Soomro has, in the initial phase, invited applications from […]
Workers registered with Social Security to get Rs 10,000
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced that workers registered with Social Security who do not hold the Maryam Nawaz Rashan Card will also receive Rs 10,000 under the Ramazan Nighban Package. The Bank of Punjab has established a procedure for claiming the amount. Eligible workers have been sent a six-digit PIN code, which, […]
Memon accuses JI workers of entering Red Zone
Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, has said that Jamaat-e-Islami had already been informed that they would not be allowed to enter the red zone and were instructed to protest peacefully. Despite this, Jamaat-e-Islami workers entered the red zone and pelted stones. In a statement, he […]
KE marks completion of two-year line workers apprenticeship programme
K-Electric (KE) marked the successful completion of its two-year line workers Apprenticeship Programme with graduating apprentices presenting innovative, practical projects aimed at enhancing safety, efficiency, and theft detection within power distribution systems. The projects were displayed at KE’s Distribution Network Academy (DNA), where the apprenticeship programme and training sessions were also held. This was the […]
A New Warning
Three Chinese workers killed by a grenade-laden drone in Tajikistan’s Khatlon region would normally be filed away as another grim footnote in a long war on terror. But the location–and the method–point to something far more serious. For Islamabad, the attack landed uncomfortably close to home. In a statement that went beyond routine condemnation, Pakistan’s […]
ATCs grant physical remand of dozens of TLP workers
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad handed over on Friday more than 30 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers to the police for 14-day physical remand in connection with recent demonstrations by the religio-political party across Punjab. Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain accepted the investigation officer’s (IO) request for 14-day physical remand for identification parade. The detained […]
Seven killed in north Afghanistan as blast hits vehicle with oil workers
At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people. “Today at around 7am a blast took place in… Balkh on a bus which belonged to Hairatan oil […]
Unpaid wages top Qatar migrant worker complaints: UN
DOHA: Unpaid wages dominate a growing number of complaints by migrant workers in Qatar, the UN labour agency said Tuesday, 19 days from the start of the football World Cup. The International Labour Organization said the number of worker complaints more than doubled in a year to 34,425 with the launch of a new online […]
Imran Khan reiterates demand for early elections
MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday reiterated his demand for early elections in the country. Addressing the South Punjab PTI workers convention here, he said a special campaign was being launched to motivate the people and urged his party leaders to visit their constituencies for the purpose. He said he would give […]