Pakistan mulls reopening marriage halls, parks, tourism sector as COVID-19 cases decline

Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar announced on Tuesday that the federal government is discussing with the provinces to open up tourist spots, restaurants and marriage halls in the country with the relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs). “Started consultations at National Command and Operations Centre with provinces on review and possible revision of […]

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SC allows govt to suspend cellular services under special circumstances

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday allowed the government to suspend cellular services under specific or special circumstances. A hearing of the Ministry of Information and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) petitions against mobile phone companies was held at the court today. The apex court decided that the government can suspend cellular services […]

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COAS meets retired, serving senior military officers to discuss regional security

LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff  (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met retired and senior serving military officers and took their opinion on the security situation of the region, said the Inter Services Public Relations on Tuesday. The meeting held at the Corps Headquarters Lahore was attended by General (r) Jehangir Karamat, General (r) Ahsan Saleem […]

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Sindh, Centre trade barbs on wheat price hike

The tussle between the Centre and the Sindh government intensified on Monday when Federal Minister for Information Senator Shibli Faraz accused the provincial authorities of the present surge in flour prices in the country. Addressing a press conference along with Minister for Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam, the information minister stated that in the market, […]

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Govt approves hiring of former PTI social media team member at information ministry

ISLAMABAD: Imran Ghazali, a former member of the ruling PTI’s social media team, has been appointed at a top position in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, according to a notification issued Monday by the Establishment Division. According to the notification, Ghazali has been hired at the Management Pay-II (MP-II) pay scale, which is equal […]

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Pakistan should again offer India chance to appoint legal counsel for Jadhav: IHC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should once again offer India a chance to appoint legal counsel for RAW spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered on Monday. A two-member bench of the IHC headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the petition to appoint a lawyer for Jadhav, who, according to the Foreign Office, is a […]

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Sharif Group’s CFO arrested on ‘solid evidence’, court told

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday has informed the court that it arrested the Chief Financial Officer of the Sharif Group of Companies Mohammad Usman in the light of witnesses’ statements and alleged evidence pertaining to money laundering activities. In February this year, NAB teams had raided the offices of the Sharif family-owned […]

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With a heavy hand, India rides out occupied Kashmir’s year of disquiet

The scars of last summer remain in Soura, an enclave that became a symbol of occupied Kashmir’s resistance to India’s central government a year ago on Wednesday. Coils of concertina wire, remnants of makeshift road blocks, lie close to the broken tar of roads dug up to keep the security forces of Prime Minister Narendra […]

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Kashmiris have completely rejected India’s move to annex IOK, says FM Qureshi during LoC visit

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday that all Kashmiris have rejected outright India’s decision to annex occupied Kashmir on August 5 last year, stressing that while New Delhi has been able to suppress Kashmiris’ voices, their “minds remain free”. His remarks came during a visit to the Chirikot sector along the Line of […]

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Former pope Benedict seriously ill, ‘suffering from shingles’: report

Former Pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, is seriously ill, a German newspaper reported on Monday. The newspaper, Passauer Neue Presse, cited Benedict’s biographer, German author Peter Seewald, who met the 93-year-old emeritus pope at the Vatican on Saturday. A Vatican spokesperson had no comment on the report […]

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