Islamabad and Punjab have agreed to stop military deployment
Following an improvement in the law and order situation, Islamabad and the Punjab administration decided to end the military presence on Saturday. In the public interest, the Chief Commissioner’s office wrote to the Ministry of Interior, requesting that notifications of military deployments issued on May 10 be removed. According toContinue Reading
The judgement on Asad Umar’s bail application in the Section 144 violation case has been reserved by an Islamabad court.
On Saturday, a federal court in Islamabad deferred its decision on a petition submitted by PTI leader Asad Umar for the confirmation of his bail in the case launched against him for breaching Section 144 in Islamabad. After hearing arguments from the PTI leader’s counsel and the prosecution side, JudgeContinue Reading
Murad Ali Shah announces the Sindh budget of Rs2,244 billion
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah presented a Rs2,244 billion budget to the Sindh Assembly on Saturday, promising that the PPP will restore stability to the country. With an allocation of Rs150 billion for those devastated by the disastrous floods in August last year, he stated that the province government’sContinue Reading
Sindh has announced a salary increase of up to 35% and a pension increase of 17.5 percent.
The Sindh government upped government employee pay and hiked the minimum wage on Saturday. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah announced a 35% pay increase for government employees in Grades 1-16, and a 30% pay increase for those in Grades 17-22. He also proposed a 17.5 percent rise in pensionContinue Reading
Islamabad and Punjab have decided to end military deployment
Islamabad and the Punjab administration decided on Saturday to end the military deployment following an improvement in the law and order situation. The Chief Commissioner’s office wrote to the Ministry of Interior, demanding that notifications of military deployments made on May 10 be withdrawn in the public interest. According toContinue Reading
On the first anniversary of Aamir Liaquat’s death, we remember him
Dr. Bushra Iqbal, the ex-wife of late televangelist and religious scholar Aamir Liaquat Hussain, mourned him on his first death anniversary on Friday. Bushra addressed her feelings on Twitter, claiming that the agony was as fresh as it was on June 9, 2022, the day Hussain died. “Punishment for thoseContinue Reading
In the matter of phoney bank accounts, Asif Zardari and Faryal Talpur have received relief
ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur have received legal relief in the matter of fraudulent bank accounts. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has received four references connected to the bogus bank accounts case against Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal TalpurContinue Reading
Swat and surrounding regions are jolted by an earthquake
On Friday, earthquake tremors were detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district and surrounding regions. The magnitude of the earthquake was 4.4 on the Richter scale, the depth was 124 km underground, and the epicentre was near the border region of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, according to the Seismological Centre. TheContinue Reading
Ali Muhammad Khan was imprisoned again after his release.
Ali Muhammad Khan, the head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was detained again on Friday, two days after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) granted his release. Mr Khan was also named in a corruption investigation, according to police. Mr Khan had previously been ordered released by the PHC after beingContinue Reading
“PML-N can work with Jahangir Tareen’s party to adjust seats”
ISLAMABAD: In the next general elections, Jahangir Tareen’s newly formed Istikham-e-Pakistan party can help the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) gain seats, according to Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. As soon as he arrived at the Parliament House for the National Assembly’s Budget Session, Khawaja Asif ruled out any threat Tareen’s politicalContinue Reading