The federal capital’s Red Zone has been sealed with containers after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) requested security in advance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-(PTI) Insaaf’s protest in front of Election Commission offices across the country. IG Islamabad met with officials from the Election Commission at the Election Commission’s CentralContinue Reading
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has abolished the need for Ph.D.-qualified faculty members to establish the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) programme in colleges or universities.The concession was made to address a nursing shortage in the country’s hospitals. Previously, for the introduction of MS/MPhil/equivalent degree programmes, such schools wereContinue Reading
“Pakistan vehemently condemned the so-called public notice, which advised students not to pursue further study in Pakistan and warned them that if they did, they would be refused jobs.”Islamabad: Pakistan condemned on Monday a ‘public notice’ issued by India’s higher education agencies encouraging its students not to seek studies inContinue Reading
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was ordered by a single bench to complete the matter within a month.Islamabad: The ruling requiring the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to resolve the foreign financing case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) within 30 days was suspended Monday by a two-judge panel of theContinue Reading
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders to prohibit the Federal Government from issuing Nawaz Sharif a Diplomatic Passport. According to the circumstances, the Islamabad High Court determined that Naeem Haider’s appeal was inadmissible and fined him 5,000 rupees. The IHC directedContinue Reading
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif stated that China is Pakistan’s most important ally and has supported the country since its inception. While inaugurating the Metro Bus Service from Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad International Airport, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel by Metro BusContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chairman of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and the head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), said on Wednesday that the ruling of National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri should be declared null and void on a priority basis, and MNAs should be givenContinue Reading
LAHORE, Pakistan – Following the barbed-wire encirclement of the Punjab Assembly, the opposition met at a local hotel and approved a motion electing Hamza Shahbaz as symbolic Punjab Chief Minister (CM) with 199 votes. Maryam Nawaz, the Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, had declared that she would goContinue Reading
The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Umer Ata Bandial, has arrived at the Supreme Court, and the whole court staff has been summoned. After Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Suri rejected a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, citing Article 5 of the Constitution, the CJPContinue Reading
On Friday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced that the federal government has ousted Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar from his position and appointed Omer Sarfraz Cheema in his stead. The announcement came just hours before a crucial session of the National Assembly on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s no-confidence motion, asContinue Reading
