Category: Pakistan

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday completely rejected baseless reports which appeared in a section of the Indian media and were attributed to “intelligence sources”, saying they ought to be treated with the contempt they deserve. The reports in question had insinuated the presence of alleged militant training camps in Narowal near the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib. “Pakistan’s […]

LAHORE: A group of Sikh pilgrims reached here on Sunday from London through a PIA flight to visit their sacred places in Sheikhupura, Nankana and Narowal districts and attend Baba Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary celebrations. Soon after landing, the 178-member group left for Gurdwara Janam Asthan Nankana Sahib and Gurdwara Sucha Sauda in Sheikhupura […]

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended a presidential notification of the appointment of two Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members and directed that the matter be solved by the parliament. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that the matter should be solved quickly as the chief election commissioner was about to retire. Incumbent […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the “largest ever needs-based” scholarship programme on Monday. Addressing the launching ceremony, the prime minister said that the programme will bring a big change in the society. He said that the best way to reduce poverty is provision of opportunities to students from poor families. He regretted that a colonial-era […]

ISLAMABAD: The water directorate of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) has been supplying uninterrupted water to the participants of Azadi March. The supply is being made from three tubewells and four tankers. However, a significant quantity of water is being wasted at the site. An official of the water directorate said water from the tubewells […]

KARACHI: A lawmaker belonging to the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party demanded the resignation of Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed for the Tezgam train tragedy that left 74 passengers dead in Rahim Yar Khan as his party colleagues in the house agreed. “This tragedy has gravely affected Sindh, my Mirpurkhas district in particular, as most of […]

ISLAMABAD: The government has no intention to hold talks with the opposition before expiry of the two-day deadline on Sunday (tomorrow) set by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan. This was stated by federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood, a member of the […]

LAHORE/RAHIM YAR KHAN: An initial investigation conducted by a Pakistan Railways’ team claims that the main reason behind Thursday’s Tezgam inferno was the gas leak and subsequent explosion of two cylinders and there was no evidence short-circuit, as claimed by some witnesses. “It has been established that the fire erupted just after some passengers started […]

MULTAN: As mourning relatives buried some of the 73 people who were killed in the  near Rahim Yar Khan, officials said on Friday that forensic experts would carry out DNA tests to identify most of the victims. Ironically, but mercifully without causing any casualties, a similar incident happened on Friday in which one carriage of […]

Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, heading the government team tasked with negotiating with the opposition parties over the ongoing Islamabad sit-in, has warned the opposition against breaching the agreement under which the ongoing protest was allowed. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Saturday alongside other members of the committee, he said that action will be […]