Category: Pakistan

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Thursday the province has detected 2,430 new coronavirus cases and at least 31 deaths from the respiratory disease, bringing the total number of infections and death toll to 89,225 and 1,437, respectively. In a statement issued here from the CM House, Shah said the new cases were […]

ISLAMABAD: Establishment of national parks is a ‘big step’ for future generations, said Prime Minister Imran Khan, stressing on the importance of involving the local youth in their maintenance to ensure parks are preserved. The prime minister said this at a ceremony held at the PM House today (Thursday), where Adviser to the Prime Minister […]

KARACHI: Officials from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sindh’s Excise Department will meet today in a bid to sort out the ongoing tax collection dispute between the provincial government and the Centre. On Wednesday, Sindh had announced to officially halt tax collections for the federal government, a day after Chief Minister Murad Ali […]

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former foreign minister Khawaja Asif on Friday in a case pertaining to the Kent View Housing Society in his hometown, Sialkot, reported Geo News. The NAB had initially asked the PML-N leader to appear before it on June 26, however, Kh Asif’s attorney had informed the Bureau […]

LAHORE: A “smart” lockdown imposed in the provincial capital’s various coronavirus hotspots  has been extended till July 15, a notification issued Tuesday by the Punjab government’s Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department read. According to the notification, the government of Punjab “is pleased to extend the applicability of the order […] dated 15.06.2020 till 12:00am Wednesday, […]

Pakistan Army appointed its first female Lieutenant General after promoting Nigar Johar to the rank, said the Inter-Services Public Relations in a statement on Tuesday. According to ISPR, Nigar Johar also holds the accolade for becoming the first Surgeon General of the Pakistan Army. She hails from the Panj Pir area of Swabi district in […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he had reached out to UN chief  Antonio Guterres and other world leaders over New Delhi’s move to issue domicile certificates for 25,000 Indian nationals in occupied Kashmir “First India’s attempt at illegal annexation of IOJK and now its attempts to alter IOJK’s demographic structure including by […]

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday clarified that the province had allocated one of the lowest funds for vehicle procurement in the budget 2020-21, providing statistics that Sindh was only behind Balochistan in spending on cars in the last four years. Speaking in Geo News’ programme “Capital Talk”, CM Shah said: “During the […]

KARACHI: Power outages continued to affect daily life in the port city on Saturday as Karachi’s power supplier K-Electric’s promise of ending load-shedding within “48 hours” failed to come into affect. Areas in the city experienced 8 to 12 hours of persistent power outages, adding to the misery of residents already suffering from the sweltering […]

OKARA: A local police officer was suspended after a woman accused him of assault and rape, authorities said Sunday. In this regard, District Police Officer (DPO) Omer Saeed Malik ordered an official inquiry and formed a committee to probe the allegations. A spokesperson for Okara police said the committee would carry out the investigation and […]