Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The first audit report has reported irregularities and corruption to the tune of Rs270 billion in 40 government departments and ministries under its tenure, down from the previously reported figure of Rs15.67 trillion in the audit year 2018-19. According to Geo News, the Auditor General of Pakistan prepared the report for 2019-20 after conducting […]

In a strong reaction to Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan’s remarks about fake licenses of pilots, PALPA President Chaudhry Salman Saturday said the federal minister’s statements had jeopardized the jobs of the Pakistani pilots across the world. “We reserve the right to file a defamation suit against the aviation minister,” Chaudhry said, addressing a press […]

ISLAMABAD: At least 150 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots were grounded over “dubious licenses”, the national flag-carrier said Thursday, a day after the preliminary report of the Karachi plane crash blamed the pilots and the air traffic control (ATC) for the incident. A PIA spokesperson said pilots who get their licenses verified would be allowed […]

Pakistan was appalled over US State Department’s Annual Country Report on Terrorism for 2019 over being “selective in its characterisation of Pakistan’s efforts for countering terrorism and terrorist financing”. The Foreign Office, in a statement, on Thursday called the report “self-contradictory”, saying that it recognises the degraded threat of Al-Qaeda in the region but failed […]

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan has been disappointed with veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez’s on making his second test report which showed negative results regarding COVID-19, a day after he was tested positive under the board’s testing arrangement. Wasim, in a YouTube video with Waheed Khan’s Cricket Baaz channel, said that Hafeez’s handling of […]

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday announced that it is further reducing the policy rate of the country by 1%, bringing it to 7%. The rate cut is the fifth since the coronavirus pandemic hit the global economy, with the total reduction being 625 basis points. According to a press release issued by […]

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday noted with concern reports of persistent unannounced power outages in Karachi as well as the alleged overbilling of consumers. According to a statement by Nepra, K-Electric has been directed to submit a detailed report on the matter. Consumers have been directed to register their complaints at […]

Employees of multinational companies are “trained to lie with fluency”, Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda has said. Speaking in ARY News’ programme “Off The Record”, Vawda said: “Multinational [companies] train people in the art of lying […] Those who have worked there present lies like the truth.” When asked whether the accusations Vawda made were […]

KARACHI: MQM-P lawmaker Sadaqat Hussain’s sister and brother-in-law were left injured in a  firing incident in the port city’s Orangi Town on Monday, police said. The police said both the injured have been shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.  It was not confirmed that the firing incident took place outside the residence of MQM-P’s Sindh MPA. […]

KARACHI: A man claiming to be the grandson of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on Monday. Local media reported that Aslam Jinnah was suffering from a prolonged illness. Funeral prayers of the 70-year-old man who claimed he was Jinnah;s grandson, were offered at Jama Masjid Habibia, Anda Mor in Karachi. Aslam was laid to […]