KARACHI: The long-awaited second phase of local government elections in Sindh is under way in 16 districts today (Sunday), including Karachi and Hyderabad. Polling began at 8am and will continue till 5pm. Television reports showed turnout being low amid single-digit morning temperatures. Turnout improved as the day progressed. Three hours […]
Year: 2023
POKHARA: Over 44 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, an aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country’s worst crash in nearly five years. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight, carrying 72 people from […]
RAWALPINDI -UNS: The Punjab assembly was dissolved on Saturday, 48 hours after Chief Minister Parvez Elahi advised Punjab Governor Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman to dissolve provincial assembly. The provincial cabinet was also dissolved in addition to the assembly. CM Elahi, the leader of the house in the province legislature, and Hamza Shahbaz, […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be “tested” through a confidence vote in a tit-for-tat move similar to the one he himself had faced as the premier in April. In an appearance on Hum News show Hum Meher Bokhari Kay Sath, […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday announced that it would ask Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to secure a vote of confidence in the National Assembly (NA). The decison comes in the wake of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) reservations against the federal government over the issue of delimitation of constituencies ahead […]
TEHRAN -Reuters/UNS : Iran has executed a British-Iranian national who once served as its deputy defence minister, its judiciary reported on Saturday, defying calls from London for his release after he was handed the death sentence on charges of spying for Britain. Britain, which had declared the case against Alireza […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: After acute economic crises the country may face shortage of petroleum products.Due to the decrease in the import of petrol, Pakistan State Oil(PSO) started emergency measures to manage the petroleum products supply in the country. The country’s’ state owned company PSO has limited the supply of petrol across […]
ISLAMABAD :At the invitation of President of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend the Forum’s Annual Meeting from 16-20 January 2023 in Davos, Switzerland. The Foreign Minister will be accompanied by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar. The Foreign Minister […]
Rana Tassaddiq ISLAMABAD : Provincial Accounts Committee (PAC)are also comprised of their elected members of the Provincial Assembly. Chairmanship of such committees is also given to the leader of opposition to avoid undue favoritism. PAC can prove its value and justification only by implementing its orders. Role of media in […]
By Our Correspondent KARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday announced to hold the local government (LG) polls on January 15. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon announced that the LG election will be conducted on January 15, 2023, in Karachi, Hyderabad and Dadu as per the schedule announced by the Election […]
