ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman has rejected the budget presented by the finance minister last week, saying it was made by the government of one province and from another century. The federal budget is normally a vision statement that lays out development priorities for the entire federation, but this one […]
LAHORE: Punjab’s Overseas Pakistanis Commission, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, has decided to set up overseas police stations to redress the grievances of overseas Pakistanis immediately. Addressing the meeting here on Saturday, the chief minister directed the inspector general police to immediately implement the programme of establishing overseas police stations. After […]
It is my pleasure to share a few words on the occasion of the National Day of France. Bastille Day on the 14th of July embodies the spirit of the French Revolution and the universal motto that defined the French people’s values: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. In the testing times the world is going through, […]
MUZAFFARABAD – Two bombs on Saturday recovered from a private school in Bagh and defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS). Bagh Superintendent Police (SP) Kamran Mughal told APP that one bomb was planted in a classroom while other was in staff room, which were defused by the BDS called from Rawalakot. The SP said […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif Saturday said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) should remain confined to its objectives as a responsible anti-corruption watchdog. In a statement, the chief minister urged the accountability bureau to function responsibly. He said that the government wants an effective accountability mechanism in place in the country, […]
KALABAT: A senior UN official has urged Pakistan to resolve the status of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan whose registration cards have expired or who remain unregistered. While Europe has grappled with the exodus of people from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan hosts the world’s largest long-term refugee population, according […]
KARACHI – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Anees Qaimkhani in a case against Dr Asim Hussain on charges of providing medical aid to terrorists. Anees Qaimkhani, Rauf Siddiqui, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Qadir Patel and others are also nominated in the […]
ISLAMABAD – Shahbaz Taseer, son of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, was not recovered by the security forces neither any military operation conducted, a private TV channel quoted a report by the Ministry of Interior Affairs as saying. The channel reported that the report was presented to Minister for Interior Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan […]
FAISLABAD – State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Wednesday criticized Pakistani cricket team over its heart breaking performance in the Twenty 20 World Cup. The minister termed that team skipper Shahid Afridi and a few other players are ‘used cartridges’. He lamented that Umer Akmal and other players could not hit […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police have operationalised police communication system having the complete data of daily registered crime cases, record of criminals from the day of their arrest and release and departmental history of all police officials and employees. The Islamabad Capital Territory Police Communication System (ICTPOLCOM) have been completed in only 47 days as the […]
ISLAMABAD: The import of mobile phone rose to $753.223 million during the fiscal year 2015-16 compared to the import of $722.622 million during same period of last year thus showing a growth of 4.23 per cent. On year-on-year basis, the mobile phone import, however decreased by 4.12 per cent in June 2016 as compared to […]
ABBOTTABAD: The Department of Livestock and Dairy Development Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has executed fumigation around the cattle markets in all districts of Hazara division for controlling the possible outbreak of Cango. Director Livestock Dr. Abdul WaheedAlvi said here on Monday that the all the sacrificial animals that have been brought to cattle markets in Battagram, Manshera, […]
MARDAN: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday arrived at Mardan Medical Complex to inquire the health of those injured in the twin blasts at Mardan district courts on early Friday morning. At least 13 people were martyred while 60 others injured when two bomb blasts hit District Kacheri, according to rescue emergency […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defence Production and Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Hussain on Saturday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his government were determined to bring economic stability in Pakistan and have a peaceful neighbourhood. While addressing the representatives of over 120,000 Pakistanis based in South Africa at the High Commission of Pakistan, […]
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