In another cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Power Tabish Gauhar was given additional charge as prime minister’s aide on petroleum, replacing Nadeem Babar, who had been asked to step down last week. “The prime minister has been pleased to re-designate Mr Tabish Gauhar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Pakistan would continue to support a peaceful and stable Afghanistan through a political instead of a military solution to the conflict. In his address at the 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) Ministerial Conference in the Tajik capital, the foreign minister called for a united approach by […]
Refugees are at risk of being forgotten as governments grapple with the financial fallout from Covid-19, a senior humanitarian has warned. Khaled Khalifa, the UNHCR’s regional representative to GCC countries and senior adviser for Islamic philanthropy, cautioned that charity groups are instead having to rely on donations from the private sector and individuals. Addressing the […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has nullified the verdict of an accountability court that declared the wife of Shehbaz Sharif, Nusrat Shehbaz, a proclaimed offender in the Sharif family money laundering case. Lahore High Court’s (LHC) division bench headed by Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar on Tuesday set aside the trial court’s order, after Nusrat’s […]
Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Thursday said that peace in Afghanistan was imperative for regional economic development and connectivity. He said that peace in Afghanistan would bring prosperity in Afghanistan and the region. The Speaker said that Pakistan would stand firm with an indigenous Afghan owned peace process. He expressed these views while talking […]
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali raided busiest chowks and checked the implementation on wearing face mask and punish the people those were travelling without face mask and stood them with the walls for few minutes. He emphasized on the use of masks to avoid the dangers of coronavirus and directed that precautions be taken seriously. The […]