Category: Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has made it compulsory for its cabin crew to take a breathalyser test to know how much alcohol they have in their blood before they are permitted to board the flight. In a directive issued by the PIA’s medical division, which has come into effect immediately, all […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Dr Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan as deputy chairman of the Planning Commission for next three years after his retirement on August 1 (today). Dr Khan, an officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, was appointed to the commission as its deputy chairman on August 3, 2019. He was given the […]

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain has said that although Pakistan is doing it in order to meet the requirements of the Finan­cial Action Task Force (FATF), money laundering and terror financing are not in the interest of the country. “The FATF is a new weapon to pressurise countries to comply and recently the UAE has been […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister  (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, while updating the nation on the progress of the 330 MW Thar Block-2 power plant, said that the work on the project is in “full swing”. Taking to Twitter,  Bajwa, who is also the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic […]

The Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) of Pakistan will invest Rs1,370 billion for construction-related projects, Prime Minister Imran Khan was told in a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) for Housing, Construction, and Development. According to a press release issued on Friday, PM Imran, while chairing the weekly NCC meeting, said that the […]

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday announced it has further extended the deadline for businesses and the public to register their Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) with the authority. Under the new deadline, users can register their VPNs till September 30, 2020. The move was made on the recommendations of the Ministry of IT, Pakistan Software […]

The family of a high school exchange student from Pakistan who was killed in a Texas school shooting have started a foundation to honour her memory through providing university scholarships to low-income Pakistani women. Sabika Sheikh, 17, was killed in a May 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School near Houston that left 10 people […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan reiterated on Thursday that he would not give any (National Reconci­liation Ordinance) NRO-like concession to the opposition by accepting amendments it had proposed to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO-1999). “We will not be blackmailed by the opposition. We could have called a joint sitting of the parliament for the passage […]

ISLAMABAD: The wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court on Thursday accused the officers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of losing their credibility and ability to act independently. “Clearly, they are acting on instructions,” Sarina Isa alleged in a one-page statement issued to the media, highlighting how she personally delivered […]

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to request the federal government toimport 300,000 tons of wheat for it to control flour prices. The decision was made during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan here.Spokesman for the government Kamran Khan Bangash told reporters that the cabinet discussed the wheat flour issue. He […]