Shahid Khaqan Abbasi quits as party senior vice president By: Web Desk on February 1, 2023Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a PML-N veteran, has resigned as the party’s senior vice president as the division within the ruling party widens in the wake of recent developments. Shehbaz Sharif reportedly has not accepted Abbasi’s resignation, according to reports in the local media. The premier is scheduled to meet with the disgruntled leader today. According […]
TTP attacks Mianwali police station, a day after hitting Peshawar mosque By: Web Desk on February 1, 2023The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan attacked a police station in Mianwali, a city in Punjab near KP, a day after killing about 100 people in a horrifying Peshawar attack. A group of roughly two dozen heavily armed militants attempted to storm Makerwal police using high-tech weapons, but Punjab police claimed to have stopped the attack at […]
Iran threatens Pakistan with $18bn penalty for delay in pipeline project By: Web Desk on February 1, 2023Iranian authorities have threatened Pakistan with a $18 billion fine if the multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline project is not completed despite US sanctions. According to The News, citing a Ministry of Energy official, Tehran has given Pakistan a deadline of February-March 2024 to build a portion of the Iran-Pakistan gas line project on its territory or […]
OIC condemns Holy Qur’an’s desecration; calls for joint action to stop recurrence By: APP on January 31, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation convened an open-ended Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on Tuesday to express the organization’s common stance against the recent desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Held at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, the meeting also discussed the possible actions that the OIC […]
IMF to negotiate with Pakistan today in Islamabad By: Web Desk on January 31, 2023The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have begun negotiations in Islamabad. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and a delegation from the IMF met. Nathan Porter, the IMF’s mission chief in Pakistan, is in charge of the group. The ninth review mission’s progress is being examined at the meeting. Up until February 2, 2023, technical discussions […]
Turkey’s opposition pledges to undo Erdogan’s legacy By: AFP on January 30, 2023Turkey’s opposition vowed on Monday to undo President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade legacy of Islamic-rooted rule and expand democratic freedoms if they take power in crucial May 14 elections. The six parties united against Erdogan also pledged to decide on February 13 on a joint candidate in the presidential vote — widely seen as Turkey’s […]
Suzuki hikes motorcycle prices By: Web Desk on January 26, 2023Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd has increased the prices of all motorcycle models ranging from Rs20,000 to 25,000, which will be effective from February 1. The new rates for GD110 S, GS150, GSX125 and GR150 are Rs264,000, Rs286,000, Rs384,000 and Rs410,000 respectively. The company had stopped the new booking of bikes from January 20 for […]
Pompeo says US averted nuclear war between India, Pakistan By: AFP on January 25, 2023WASHINGTON: Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote in a book published Tuesday that India and Pakistan came close to nuclear war in 2019 and that US intervention prevented escalation. “I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over into a nuclear conflagration in February 2019,” the likely future […]
IESCO notifies power suspension programme By: APP on January 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Wednesday issued a power suspension programme for Thursday for various areas of its region due to necessary maintenance and routine development work. According to IESCO Spokesman, the power supply of different feeders and grid stations would remain suspended for the period from 09:00 AM to 02:00 PM, Islamabad […]
Police also arrest Fawad Chaudhry’s brother from Jhelum By: Web Desk on January 25, 2023Police also detained the brother of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry while he was leading a protest in Jhelum against the arrest of his brother and PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry. After arresting Fawad Ch, police also arrested his brother Faraz Chaudhry, who was leading a protest against his brother’s capture in Jhelum on Wednesday. PTI workers […]