By Sajjad Hussain Shah The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday announced by-elections on March 16 for 33 National Assembly (NA) seats. The seats were vacated after NA Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf swiftly moved to accept the resignations of PTI lawmakers and AML chief Sheikh Rashid, pending since April […]
Month: January 2023
ISLAMABAD -UNS: A delegation of nine Pakistani students accompanied by a supervisor will be visiting Japan from February 1 to February 7, 2023 on the invitation by the Government of Japan under the Japan-SAARC Network Program of People-to-People Exchange known as JENESYS. The students delegation comprises of five undergraduate students […]
LAHORE -UNS: A petition to stop the sale of cigarettes and vapes to people under the age of 18 was filed in the Lahore High Court by Barrister Ahmad Pansuta and Shiza Qureshi Advocate. It was stated in the petition that under the Smoking Ordinance, cigarettes and vapes cannot be […]
LAHORE UNS: President Dr Arif Alvi believes that the government will be “playing with fire” if it resorts to arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan — as speculations are rife after PTI Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry’s arrest. In a conversation with senior journalists on Thursday, the president, in response […]
The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) General Council has removed Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as party president, appointing his brother Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain in his place. The meeting of the general council was held at the Muslim League House, Lahore, and it was attended by party leaders and lawmakers from Punjab, Balochistan, […]
PESHAWAR -UNS: A 15-member cabinet was sworn in as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker cabinet on Thursday, hours after KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali issued a notification formally appointing them for the roles. The development follows the Election Commission of Pakistan’s recommendation to the KP government to hold elections between April […]
KABUL: More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing. “162 people have died due to cold […]
KARACHI -UNS: The Pakistani rupee plunged to a record low of Rs255.43 against the dollar in the inter bank market on Thursday, sliding Rs24.54 or 9.61 per cent from yesterday’s close, after the removal of an unofficial price cap on the exchange rate. It was the largest single-day decline in […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Radio Pakistan has been progressing expeditiously in multiple domains for enhancement of the efficiency and effectiveness of its broadcasts as well as well being of the human resource. The activities to revamp the state broadcaster are being pursued vigorously in the forms of up gradation of infrastructure, including […]
BAMBAI – India has invited Pakistan’s foreign minister to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) that it is hosting in May, Indian media reported on Wednesday, signalling a possible thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. The invitation came days after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for talks […]
