ISLAMABAD: Faisal Karim Kundi, the special assistant to the prime minister for poverty alleviation and social safety, claimed on Sunday that the PDM-led administration had prevented...
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep grief over the death of a senior member of the royal family of Qatar Sheikh Muhammad bin...
ISLAMABAD: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Vice Chairman, Ghulam Ahmed Gulzar said that India has turned illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir into an abattoir where Indian...
Rana Sanaullah, the interior minister, today officially launched the Islamabad Dolphin Force. Speaking to the police personnel present, the Minister stated that the establishment of this...
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Office in Islamabad, expressed optimism that the situation in Ukraine would soon be resolved through negotiations. Pakistan is prepared to contribute to efforts to encourage such a dialogue and put an end to this bloodshed. At her weekly news briefing on Friday in Islamabad, she responded to a question by saying, “Pakistan and Russia are friends. We have a very solid relationship.” She stated that Pakistan will continue to communicate with Russia and that Islamabad is concerned about the suffering of civilians on both sides of the conflict. In response to a different query, the spokesperson stated that Pakistan had voiced its concerns on the use of Afghan soil for carrying out terrorist activities inside Pakistan to the Afghan interim authorities at level. She said Pakistan expects that Afghanistan will adhere to its commitments it made with the international community to not allowing any...
Islamabad: The country’s defence minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, has advocated for the creation of a national action plan for water conservation. On Friday, he said Pakistan is endowed with an abundance of water and natural resources, but that they must be used properly and sparingly. He was speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad. He advised us to take concrete steps to stop water waste and to start a campaign in this regard. According to Khawaja Asif, the curriculum should also include strategies for water conservation and reducing water waste. He said the government also faced resistance from different sections of the society in implementing its energy conservation plan as it is...
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday strongly condemned yet another incident of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, vowing to launch a...
ISLAMABAD: According to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the country has all the necessary components to boost its information technology (IT) exports to $25 billion in...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday telephoned President Dr Arif Alvi and enquired about his health. The prime minister wished an early recovery to President...
Islamabad: The trial of those responsible for the violence on May 9 should not start in military courts without first telling the Supreme Court (SC), according to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial. He said this as the six member bench, which also included Justices Ijazul Ahsan, Munib Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, and Ayesha A. Malik, commenced hearing a series of appeals contesting the military trials of civilians. At the hearing this morning. According to petitioner Aitzaz Ahsan’s attorney, Latif Khosa, everything that was happening in the nation at the time during the rule of former military dictator Ziaul Haq. “You can’t compare the present era with the era of Ziaul Haq. This is not Ziaul Haq’s era...
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