Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Refusals and misconceptions have been hampering the polio eradication drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as five more cases have been reported from various parts of the province. The cournty-wide tally for the first six months of the year 2019 has reached 32 as compared to 12 cases in 2018 and only eight in year 2017. […]

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Thursday congratulated all coalition partners over the approval of the provincial budget for the next financial year by the provincial assembly. He said the government was determined to fully protect rights of the province and it would not make any compromise on it. The chief minister […]

KARACHI: City Mayor Wasim Akhtar presented on Thursday a Rs26.438 billion surplus budget of the municipal administration for the financial year 2019-20 in a meeting of the Council of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. The budget outlay is Rs26,449 million, with the expenditures estimated as Rs26,438m, targeting a Rs10.937m surplus. The KMC has proposed an allocation of […]

ISLAMABAD: Directors of the Omni group on Thursday filed applications in the accountability court seeking acquittal in the fake bank account case as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sought time to respond to these pleas. Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik resumed proceedings in the case which was transferred from a banking court in Karachi to the […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the multi-party conference (MPC) organised by opposition parties was a last-ditch effort by them to provide cover to their corrupt past. “The declaration issued after 10-hour-long meeting covers almost everything but there is no mention of eradicating corruption from the […]

All six of the points raised by Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) have been thoroughly discussed and agreed upon by the government, Minister of Defence Pervez Khattak said on Thursday while addressing a joint press conference with BNP-M Chairman Akhtar Mengal at the Parliament House. The announcement will ease the government’s concerns ahead of the crucial […]

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday summoned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Secretary Ikramullah Khan after two independent candidates contesting from South Waziristan were arrested ahead of the upcoming elections in tribal areas. The secretary has been ordered to appear before the ECP in person at 11am on June 28. Muhammad lqbal, […]

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed the Rs1.217 trillion deficit-free budget for the financial year 2019-20 as the house decided to present the finance bill stuffed with various taxes on Thursday (today). The budget was passed after a thorough discussion by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. The debate lasted for a week […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday said that the interim relief of the wage board award would be notified within a few days. Addressing the standing committee of the National Assembly on information in Parliament, Dr Awan said the interim wage board award had been formulated […]

ISLAMABAD: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Reza Baqir called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday when the value of US dollar against the rupee touched an all-time high. The SBP governor discussed various issues with the prime minister, who also spent a marathon session with lawmakers belonging to the ruling party’s […]