PTI, JUI-F mull strategies to strengthen opposition parties against govt
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf talked about bolstering the opposition parties’ platforms. PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and former speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser were reportedly present...
FO issues statement over Pakistan ambassador’s deportation from US
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Ahsan Wagan, was denied entry into the United States (US) and deported from Los Angeles Airport despite possessing a valid visa and the necessary documents. Foreign Office issued a statement over the...
Govt launches inquiry into Port Qasim land scandal
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a three-member inquiry committee to investigate the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) land scandal. Senator Faisal Vawda had alleged that valuable land belonging to Port Qasim Authority was leased at unde...
Fresh westerly wave to bring rainfall enters in country today
ISLAMABAD: Met office predicted that a weather system likely to enter northern parts of the country today, is expected to strengthen from 12th March and will persist till 16th March. The Met Office has forecast rain and snowfall over the hills in Is...
Maryam orders implementation of minimum wage across Punjab
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz ordered to ensure implementation of minimum wage across the province. She gave the order while presiding over a meeting which was attended by Minister for Labour Faisal Ayub Khokhar and others. The chief min...
Polio virus detected in sewage samples of 14 districts in country
ISLAMABAD: Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Pakistan's National Institute of Health has again confirmed detection of polio virus in sewerage lines in 14 districts of all four provinces of Pakistan. National Emergency Operations...
Govt taking steps to protect minorities' rights: Kh Asif
SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees protection of minorities' rights and the government is taking solid measures to ensure it. He was addressing a ceremony here. He said that every citizen liv...
District Central police cracks down on gambling den
Karachi: In a decisive operation, the Taimuria Police, led by SHO Taimuria, raided a gambling den in Peoples Colony, near Peela Hotel, and arrested eight individuals caught red-handed engaging in gambling activities. The police recovered a deck of c...
SC seeks daily progress report in Arshad Sharif murder case
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s constitutional bench ordered the government to submit a daily progress report in the case of the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. A six-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, he...
Senate Chairman issues production orders of PTI’s Ejaz, Aon for today
Islamabad: Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani issued production orders for PTI Senators Ejaz Chaudhry and Aon Abbas Buppi, instructing the authorities to ensure their presence in tomorrow’s Senate session. This was not the first production ord...
