Category: Pakistan

As monsoon rains continue to fall all over the country this week, citizens are facing major issues, including unannounced power outages and water clogged streets. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (MET) has predicted heavy rainfall and thunder Thursday (today) and Friday in most parts of the country because of unusual weather developments on the east and […]

In Balochistan, 73.7 per cent of adolescent girls and boys are suffering from anaemia [a medical condition caused by iron-deficiency], according to the National Nutrition Survey 2018. The findings of the survey were presented by Dr Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta during a ceremony in Quetta today. The survey also revealed that 61.3pc of women of reproductive age were […]

Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal on Thursday said that relations between Pakistan and the United States “have returned to normal” following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Washington. “Relations between Pakistan and the US have been reestablished,” he said in a weekly press briefing, hours after the premier’s return from the US. “Even the American […]

PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday lashed out at the government during a public gathering — held to mark the first anniversary of 2018’s general elections — saying that the incumbent government had “ruined” the economy in the first year of its tenure. He was addressing a public meeting at Motorway Chowk on Ring Road […]

Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that Pakistan will send its “first person to space” in 2022. “Proud to announce that selection process for the first Pakistani to be sent to space shall begin from Feb 2020,” he shared. “Fifty people will be shortlisted — list will then come down to […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has denied permission to the opposition to hold a rally on The Mall on Thursday (today). The PML-N had written to the deputy commissioner seeking permission to hold a public meeting on The Mall on July 25 to observe ‘black day’. The PML-N said it was observing the day on July […]

Maryam Nawaz, a vice president of the PML-N, has expressed grave concern that her father, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is being “held captive in the hands of his enemies who are toying with his life”. During a press conference held on Wednesday in Model Town, Lahore, the PML-N leader said that in her meeting […]

Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, who accompanied Prime Minister Imran Khan on his three-day official trip to Washington, met United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and the country’s top military leadership during his visit. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, in a series of tweets on Wednesday, gave an update on the […]

A delegation comprising members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its allies on Wednesday met Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence in Islamabad to convince an angry opposition to withdraw their no-confidence resolution against Senate chairman. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani and Leader of the House in the Senate […]

A court in Gujranwala on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for 14 days. Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge Syed Ali Imran ordered the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) to complete its investigation and present a formal chalan in court on August 7. The court said that Saeed should also be […]