PM Abbasi receives Canadian delegation, discusses bilateral matters on April 5, 2018ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday received a delegation of Canadian Parliamentarians at Prime Minister’s Office. The prime minister welcomed the delegation to Pakistan and expressed the hope that the visit would further strengthen the existing Pak-Canada friendly relations and would provide momentum to the efforts aimed at forging greater cooperation in all […]
CJP hears Lithuanian woman’s plea, orders meeting with daughters on April 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Monday conducted hearing of a Lithuanian woman’s plea for recovery of three daughters who are said to be in illegal custody of her ex-husband. Lithuanian national Maimouna Liskauskaite had filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday requesting recovery of daughters, Maryam, […]
ECP bars parties from self-advertising via govt projects on April 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday barred political parties and politicians from ‘self-advertising’ through government project or via use of money from the national exchequer. According to the ECP, there is a ‘total ban’ on inserting personal images, party logos or names on advertisements of government projects till the general elections 2018. […]
JI Islamabad youth president gunned down on March 9, 2018ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) youth president from UC 48 Saraye Kharbooza was killed when unidentified assailant(s) opened fire at him on Friday. According to the autopsy report, the slain, identified as Imdad-ul-Haq, was shot from a distance of six-feet. Police sources confirmed that the postmortem examination has been concluded and that the security forces are searching […]
PM Abbasi chairs NEC meeting to review govt progress on March 7, 2018ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday chaired National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at PM office, in which enhancement of sanctioning powers of development fora of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and FATA was approved. During the meeting, it was announced that sanctioning limit for Development Working Party (DWP) of the three regions […]
COAS inaugurates work on Turbat-Bulaeda road in Balochistan on March 5, 2018AWARAN: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Awaran district on Monday to inaugurate work for Turbat-Bulaeda road, while also groundbreaking into the construction of Cadet College Awaran (CCA) at Jhao. On arrival at Jhao, COAS was briefed by General Officer Commanding Major General Zaki Manj on recent security measures as well as […]
Imran Khan welcomes Ashraf Ghani’s offer to hold talks with Taliban on March 2, 2018LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s offer to hold peace talks with the Taliban. Speaking to Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal on telephone, Khan lauded Ghani’s offer and said that a resolution to Afghan crisis is only possible through peace talks. Khan added that a peaceful Afghanistan […]
Another PML-N MNA jumps ship to join PTI on March 2, 2018FAISALABAD: Days after a PML-N MNA quit party in favour of a move to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), MNA from Faisalabad Dr Nisar Ahmed Jutt also announced his move to PTI on Friday. The lawmaker announced his move to tehreek insaf during a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and leader Jahangir Tareen. Lauding Dr Nisar […]
Pakistan, Russia vow to strengthen bilateral relations on March 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The 12th meeting of Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on strategic stability was held on Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, Pakistan was represented by United Nations & Economic Coordination Ambassador Special Secretary Tasnim Aslam, while the Russian delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Ryabkov. The […]
Safdar demands notice against Tareen’s stone cutting project on March 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (r) Safdar has on Friday demanded action from WAPDA Chairman against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) former Secretary General Jahangir Khan Tareen over his stone cutting project near Mansehra. Talking to media outside the Accountability court in Islamabad, Safdar alleged that Jahangir Tareen had been extracting Granite stone […]