Make decisions public, Justice Isa tells JCP on July 29, 2022Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday demanded that the decisions made by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) related to the appointment of judges be made public, a private TV channel reported. In a letter written to the JCP members and Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who is also the chairman of the body, Justice […]
Monsoon rains leave 14 dead, 27 injured across country on July 26, 2022Heavy monsoon showers and strong winds have wreaked havoc across the country with 14 casualties reported within a span of 24 hours on Monday as images and videos of raging flood waters in urban and non-urban areas alike going viral, a private TV channel reported. Authorities also confirmed that as many as 27 people were […]
Dua Zahra case: court seeks Zaheer Ahmed’s call records on July 7, 2022The judicial magistrate (East) on Wednesday directed authorities to present the phone call records of the period April 15 to 19 of Zaheer Ahmed, the boy who allegedly kidnapped and married teenager Dua Zahra, a private TV channel reported. Dua Zahra was reported missing by her parents in mid-April. She was later found to have […]
Former minister Babar Ghauri arrested from Karachi airport on July 5, 2022Former federal minister Babar Khan Ghauri was arrested from the Jinnah International Airport in the port city on Monday after he returned to Pakistan, a private TV channel reported The police arrested Ghauri after it was alerted about his return to the country. The police said they arrested the former federal minister as corruption and […]
CEC takes notice as PTI accuses PML-N of poll code violations on June 22, 2022PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday claimed that the PML-N-led Punjab government was violating the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) code of conduct ahead of the by-elections on 20 seats of the provincial assembly, prompting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja to take notice, a private TV channel reported. The 20 seats had […]
Pakistan to default if subsidies not abolished till July on June 14, 2022Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said Monday that if the government does not abolish the subsidies on petroleum products, then the country will default. Speaking to a private TV channel, the finance minister said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has insisted on abolishing the subsidies on petroleum products. In a bid to bring economic stability and […]
Shujaat vows to help govt steer country out of crisis on June 12, 2022PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has reaffirmed his support to the coalition government led by PML-N, saying that it was need of the hour to work together to steer the country out of crisis, a private TV channel reported. The development comes after JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, an ally of the ruling alliance, called […]
‘Powerful quarters’ disturbed due to political, financial crises on June 12, 2022Former prime minister Imran Khan Saturday said that the ‘powerful quarters’ are disturbed due to the ongoing political and economic crisis, a private TV channel reported. In conversation with journalists and anchorpersons on Saturday, the PTI chairman said the only way to ensure the ongoing crisis is resolved is for the government to hold elections. […]
Cash-strapped govt increases subsidies on June 11, 2022In a surprising move, the cash-strapped PML-N coalition government has decided to increase the overall allocation for subsidies by 2.5% from the Rs682 billion in the fiscal year 2021-22 to Rs699 billion in the fiscal year 2022-23. This, however, is still less than half of what was spent in the outgoing fiscal year. A closer […]
PAC orders NAB officers, families to declare assets on June 8, 2022The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday ordered National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officers and their family members to declare their assets, a private TV channel reported. PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan issued the directives during a meeting which was attended by NAB officials, including acting chairman Zahir Shah. The committee asked NAB officers, their spouses, […]