OIC Group at UN slams acts of desecration of holy Quran in Sweden, Netherlands on January 26, 2023UNITED NATIONS: An Ambassadorial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States, convened by Pakistan, Wednesday condemned the recent abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as well as in the Netherlands. In a statement, the meeting said those vile acts were recent manifestations of Islamophobia. The meeting, which was […]
No backchannel diplomacy with India: Hina on January 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday told the Senate that there was no backchannel diplomacy going on with India. Responding to a supplementary question of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Senator Faisal Javed at the floor of the upper house of the parliament, she said since the government had come into power, […]
Govt taking measures for solarization of tubewells, implementation of farmers package: PM on January 20, 2023LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said the government was taking measures for converting agriculture tubewells on solar energy and for implementation of farmers package. He was chairing a review meeting regarding solarization of tubewells and for implementation of the farmers package. He said the conversion of tubewells on solar energy would reduce the per […]
Court postpones indictment of Gill till Feb 2 on January 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: A local court on Friday once again postponed the indictment of PTI’s leader Shehbaz Gill and others in a sedition case and served notices to respondents on the acquittal plea of the accused. Additional District and Session Judge Tahir Abbas Sapra heard the sedition case against PTI’s leader. Gill’s lawyer said that the appointment […]
SC stops PPSC from using term of disable for special persons on January 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday stopped the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) to use the term of disable for the special persons and said that state was responsible to protect their basis rights. An eight pages judgment was issued by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah in a case regarding quota of minorities and special […]
WB terms reports on delaying loans for Pakistan as “unfounded” on January 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Thursday termed the media reports on delaying approval of loans for Pakistan as unfounded and baseless saying that it was not delaying approval of any loan for the country. “The press reports that refer to a World Bank decision to delay approval of potential Bank operations in Pakistan are unfounded”, […]
IHC rejects Swati’s request to serve contempt notice on January 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected a request of Senator Azam Swati seeking to serve contempt of court notice to CDA for conducting an operation against his farm house. The court also clubbed the petition of Azam Swati’s son with the main case while rejecting his request for initiating contempt proceedings against […]
Talks with India not possible until revocation of J&K’s status: PM Office on January 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: The spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has consistently maintained that Pakistan and India must resolve their bilateral issues, especially the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir, through dialogue and peaceful means. The statement came in reference to PM Shehbaz Sharif’s interview with Al Arabiya channel, […]
Barrick Gold sets 2028 as target for first production from Reko Diq on January 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: Barrick Gold Corporation Chief Executive Mark Bristow said that the company had set 2028 as the target for starting the first production from the giant copper-gold mine Reko Diq in Balochistan. It was also planning to complete the Reko Diq feasibility study update by the end of 2024, said Mark Bristow in a news […]
16 new Corona cases reported in last 24 hours: NIH on January 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 16 new Coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours across the country. As per data shared by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the case positivity ratio was 0.44 percent while 14 patients were in critical condition. No death was reported from the Coronavirus in the […]