Exports increase by 3.75% during July-August on September 3, 2022The exports from the country witnessed an increase of 3.75 percent during the first two months of the current fiscal year (2022-23) as compared to the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Friday. According to PBS data, the exports from the country were recorded at $4.759 billion during July-August (2022-23) […]
Pregnant wife axed to death by husband for honor on April 14, 2017TANDLIANWALA: A pregnant wife has been axed to death by her husband for honor in Tandlianwala. Amin, husband, was having doubts on the character of his wife Najma, due to which spat took place between couple often. Amin became furious and axed his wife to death. Later the neighbors caught Amin and handed him over […]
Dr Tariq Fazal launches monsoon tree plantation campaign on August 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, on Monday, launched the monsoon tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling here at the green-belt of Saidpur Village. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that plantation of trees and their preservation was a perpetual charity and the […]
Sartaj asked to brief Senate on US lawmakers remarks on July 16, 2016ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani officially asked Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz to appear before the upcoming 250th Senate session and make a statement on the US Congress members’ remarks against Pakistan. “Such callous remarks on various occasions by some US lawmakers have become a routine,” he said in his letter to the […]
Bilawal vows to make Valley of Benazir in Kashmir on July 16, 2016MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has said that if people of Azad Jammu Kashmir would elect his party in the upcoming Kashmiri election, he would make a ‘Valley of Benazir’ in the state. “If the valley would look like Benazir, it would be like a mother,” he said, referring to his late […]
PTI stands with democracy, constitution, says Sarwar on July 16, 2016LAHORE: Former Punjab governor and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) provincial leader Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that the government’s ‘involvement’ in corruption poses a real threat to democracy. Addressing an event, he said that people would come out on streets against the fraudulent policies of the government as the Pakistan Muslim League-N and its government were […]
Sartaj says phenomenon of terrorism become complex on July 16, 2016ULAANBAATAR: Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said that despite international efforts to counter terrorism over the past 15 years, the phenomenon has become more complex and gruesome with home grown terrorists, foreign fighters, and lone wolf attacks by radicalised youth. Addressing retreat session of the 11th ASEM Summit here in Mongolia, he […]
Crackdown on Kashmiri newspapers condemned on July 16, 2016LAHORE: SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam has condemned the crackdown on two newspapers in Indian-held Jammu Kashmir and demanded to lift all restriction on news media. According to SAFMA, two of its member newspapers in Jammu Kashmir have been raided by police and seized their printed copies and arrested their employees – a clear act […]
NAB raids Sindhs education department, seizes records on July 15, 2016 KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB), conducting a raid on Education Department at Sindh Secretariat, has taken all records of additional recruitments in its possession. A team of NAB officials raided the office of Sindh Education Department’s secretary and acquired details of 15 thousand recruitments made in 2011-12, in which 1,300 additional appointments were in […]
Mushshak aircrafts among Pak-Turkey defence deals on July 15, 2016 RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and Turkey are likely to sign three important deals in the defence production sector in near future, as both the countries are going to finalise the deal for trainer jet aircrafts, Super Mushshak. A spokesman of the Ministry for Defence Production Durya Amir said that the deal is in the last stages […]