ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has stated that peace in Afghanistan is in the best interests of the whole world, and that Pakistan would continue to play a positive role in this respect. In a statement issued in advance of the impending meeting of the OIC Council ofContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD – Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), met on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday to discuss the last preparations and arrangements for the OIC nations’ special meeting of foreign ministers. The 17th Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign MinistersContinue Reading
Seventy-three Karachi police officers were suspended on Friday throughout the city’s 43 police stations for completing tasks in plainclothes and as members of special police parties. Three sub-inspectors, nine assistant sub-inspectors, 15 head constables, and 46 constables have been suspended and ordered to report to the Special Security Unit. TheContinue Reading
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered school closures from December 23 to January 4, therefore nullifying the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) decision to have winter breaks at educational institutions beginning the last week of January 2022. During the pollution case hearing, the LHC issued aContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD – Fawad Chaudhry, the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, said on Tuesday that Pakistan is the cheapest country in South Asia, with only the price of tea being greater than the rest of the country’s goods. He told a news conference following a federal cabinet meeting in IslamabadContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (APP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has authorised a $200 million loan to help Punjab province create an irrigation system that would help raise agricultural output and food security. The project loan, which is in Japanese yen, will be used to fund the building of the Greater ThalContinue Reading
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke at the inaugural ceremony of the government’s Naya Pakistan Health Card programme in Lahore on Monday, stating that it will be available to residents on January 1st. According to the premier, in order to honour God, one must serve humanity, and that “most peopleContinue Reading
KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) revealed Monday that gene-sequencing has discovered Pakistan’s first-ever instance of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus in a patient with no travel history. The existence of the COVID-19 Omicron variation in the first patient was confirmed by gene sequencing at AKUH, according toContinue Reading
Prime Minister Imran Khan said he had taken note of the Gwadar fishermen’s “quite genuine” requests and that he will take tough action against illegal trawler fishing in the area. Locals in Gwadar responded to the prime minister’s tweet with a series of rallies, taking to the streets to demandContinue Reading
MIANWALI – PM Imran Khan on Saturday laid the groundwork for 23 development projects in the health, education, and road sectors totaling around Rs 36 billion for the improvement of Mianwali, and also inaugurated three completed projects worth Rs 5.4 billion. “God willing, when we finish our five years, MianwaliContinue Reading
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