NA, Senate body green-light services chiefs’ tenure bills on January 8, 2020The National Assembly on Tuesday passed three separate bills to amend Pakistan Army Act, 1952, Pakistan Air Force Act, 1953, and Pakistan Navy Ordinance, 1961, allowing for extension in the tenures of three services chiefs. Minister for Defence Pervaiz Khan Khattak presented the bills in the Lower House. The three bills introduced in the House […]
Maryam meets ailing father at hospital after govt grants permission on October 24, 2019Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz met her father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, at Lahore’s Services Hospital Wednesday night after a request sent by the PML-N to the Punjab Home Department for special permission was approved. Reports said Maryam was also admitted to the Services Hospital after she met her ailing father. Maryam […]
Kashmiris to observe shutter-down strike today on August 6, 2019In a protest against Indian atrocities and abrogation of Article 370 by the New Delhi’s government, a complete shutter-down strike will be observed across Azad Jammu and Kashmir today (Tuesday). The AJK government also announced to hold mass protest against India on Tuesday. According to the details, political parties, lawyers, traders and civil society will […]
Benazir assassination case convict reinstated as SSP on October 11, 2017LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday appointed Khurram Shahzad, an accused in Benazir Bhutto murder case, as a senior superintendent of police (SSP) of the Special Branch, while the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) termed the appointment-cum-promotion a conspiracy by Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif to save the murderers. PPP central spokesman and Information Secretary Chaudhry Manzoor […]
Process for election of new prime minister kicks off on July 31, 2017ISLAMABAD: The parliament will meet on Tuesday (tomorrow) to elect a new prime minister after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif following an investigation into corruption allegations against his family. The ruling party named Sharif’s younger brother Shahbaz as his successor over the weekend, but he must first enter parliament by contesting the seat left […]
LHC suspends notification of Punjab IG appointment on July 19, 2017LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Tuesday suspended the notification issued earlier by the Punjab government appointing acting Punjab Police Inspection General Captain (r) Usman Khattak as the permanent police chief of the province. The chief justice on July 3 had given the federal and the Punjab governments 15 […]
Govt slammed for forcing students to act as ushers for VVIP visit on July 7, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has slammed the government for “humiliating” female medical students and “forcing” them to act as ushers for a VVIP visit to a coal power project in Qadarabad. Nabila Hakim of the PTI Friday filed a resolution against the incident at the Punjab Assembly Secretariat and demanded a probe into the “malevolent” […]
NA body passes landmark bills for child protection on July 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday passed a landmark bills for better care, protection and rehabilitation of children, including the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Child Protection Bill, 2017 and Juvenile Justice System 2017 Bill. The committee passed both the bills under the chair of Babar Nawan Khan after through consideration. […]
Dastis medical report says he wasnt tortured in jail on July 2, 2017LAHORE: The medical reports of Awami Raj Party MNA Jamshed Ahmed Dasti submitted before the Lahore High court (LHC) on Saturday revealed that no marks of violence on the body of the MNA was found during his medical examination. The judges of the anti-terrorism courts of Dera Ghazi Khan and Sargodha submitted their separate reports […]
India bars Sikh pilgrims from entering Pakistan on June 29, 2017LAHORE: India has reportedly refused to allow dozens of Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan to observe the death anniversary of Ranjeet Singh starting from today (Thursday). Thousands of Sikh pilgrims visit Pakistan each year on the end of June to mark the death anniversary of Ranjeet Sindh. However, this year Indian authorities have barred dozens […]