Vintage and Classic Car Club’s 9th annual rally flagged off by governor on December 2, 2018Vintage and Classic Car Club of Pakistan’s (VCCCP) 9th Annual Rally was flagged off on Saturday by Sindh Governor Imran Ismail at the Governor House. Among the glittering, colourful lineup of vintage and classic cars was a display of two historic cars in the VCCP collection; a 1947 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith Hooper which was […]
PM Khan chairs meeting to discuss issues of the power sector on December 1, 2018ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss issues pertaining to the power sector, especially the progress made so far in the country-wide crackdown against power theft. The meeting, which was convened on Friday, also discussed future strategies to curtail the country’s sheer power loss. During the meeting, Power Division […]
Pakistan and EU to jointly combat terrorism on December 1, 2018Pakistan and European Union (EU), while reaffirming that terrorism continued to pose a threat to states and societies across the globe, reiterated their resolve to jointly combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Both countries held seventh round of Pakistan-EU Political Counter-Terrorism dialogue in Brussels, according to the Foreign Office (FO). The EU side […]
22 Indian fishermen arrested by PMSA for violating maritime boundaries on December 1, 2018Pakistani authorities on Friday arrested 22 Indian fishermen for illegal fishing in territorial waters of the country and seized their three boats. The arrests were made by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA). The PMSA spokesman said that the fishermen were arrested for fishing illegally in Pakistan’s territorial waters. He said that they were handed […]
Khursheed Shah involved in encroaching land owned by the Hindu community: Ramesh Kumar on December 1, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday resumed hearing a case regarding encroachment of the land owned by the Hindu community in Sindh. Minorities lawmaker Ramesh Kumar informed the bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar that Syed Khursheed Shah’s name was being taken in illegal encroachment of land owned by the […]
US lauds Pakistan’s gesture of opening Kartarpur corridor on December 1, 2018United States on Friday hailed Pakistan’s decision of opening Kartarpur corridor, terming it a big step towards confidence building between India and Pakistan. In a statement, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said Pakistan’s efforts to increase contact between the people of the two countries are commendable. He said normalisation of relations between Pakistan […]
CJP calls for across-the-board accountability on November 28, 2018Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has said that accountability should be for all without any discrimination and it should be transparent. “The nation pays its hard-earned money as taxes and we cannot allow people to loot it,” the chief justice said in an interview with a private TV channel on Tuesday. He […]
Ex-PM’s aide gets 9 years in jail for bank fraud on November 28, 2018An accountability court on Tuesday sentenced Mian Khurram Rasool, ex-media coordinator of the former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, to nine-year imprisonment in a case related to a bank fraud involving millions of rupees. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50 million on the convict. It had earlier on November 22 reserved the […]
Both curricular and extracurricular activities help groom a student: IIUI president on November 28, 2018International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) President Professor Dr Ahmed Yousif Al Draiweesh said on Tuesday that curricular and extracurricular activities are a sign of talented youth at any campus while, such activities were necessary for grooming of the students, he was addressing during the inaugural ceremony of Spectra 2018 held at Faculty Auditorium of Male […]
NPA unveils state-of-the-art security upgrades on November 28, 2018The National Police Academy (NPA) unveiled a state-of-the-art driving simulator, new classrooms and security upgrades to their facility on Tuesday. Together, these items will enable the NPA, Pakistan’s premier police training institution, to increase its training capacity and better develop the current and future leaders of the Police Service of Pakistan. The upgrades were unveiled […]