Following a meeting with the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Lahore districts administration on late Sunday allowed the Imran Khan-led party to stage an election rally in Punjab’s capital city on Monday (today), well-placed sources said. The sources, privy to the matter, said that the meeting was held at the direction of Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Raza …
ISLAMABAD: Mar 13 (EW): The federal government has made the 466-page record of Toshakhana (gift depository) from 2002 to 2023 public by uploading it on the official website of the Cabinet Division. The move was made on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The recipients of the gifts from foreign dignitaries include former presidents, prime ministers, federal ministers …
ISLAMABAD, Mar. 13 (INP): China-Pakistan joint AI medical diagnosis lab in Islamabad has been put into operation, China Economic Net (CEN) reported. The lab, located in the Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital, will provide free cervical cancer screening to 10,000 Pakistani women in its first phase of operation. “It can also be used in the early diagnosis of other high …
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar vowed on Thursday that he and his team were “absolutely committed” to completing the current $7bn Extended Fund Facility programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), once again stressing that Pakistan was close to signing the staff-level agreement. The government is in a race against time to implement measures to reach an agreement with …
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan along with other party leaders were booked in a case on Thursday following yesterday’s clashes at the former ruling party’s rally, which claimed the life of one PTI worker. The first information report (FIR) – a copy of which is available with the Express Tribune – was registered at the Race Course police station under …
The US State Department has urged Pakistan to “continue working” with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), especially on reforms that will improve the country’s business environment, highlighting that it would help Pakistan attract “high-quality investment”. State Department spokesperson Ned Price made the remarks in response to a query at a weekly press briefing on Wednesday. “We encourage Pakistan to …
LAHORE, Marc 9 (EW): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Wednesday told its workers to return to their homes “peacefully” after police arrested several people for violating CrPC Section 144. The party workers and supporters were taken into custody from the Zaman Park area where PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s residence is located, after the Punjab Home Department imposed Section 144 — …
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Marches were held in several parts of the country on Wednesday in connection with International Women’s Day in which women belonging to different walks of life raised their voices for equal rights, an end to patriarchal violence and increased representation of women in all levels of decision-making. In Islamabad, despite police baton charges, roads blocked with containers and …
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahad bin Mansour Alsaud formally launched the $100-million Saudi-Pakistan Tech House (SPTH) in Pakistan on Monday, with the aim to create over 1,000 jobs at a total project value of $100 million in the IT sector over the next five years, according to a statement. The SPTH launch event was organised by the Saudi embassy in …
LAHORE, Mar 8 (EW): Police have arrested several PTI workers who turned up on Mall Road to participate in the rally the party claims to have been taking out in ‘favour of the judiciary’. Police also baton-charged the people after the PTI workers thronged Canal Road and set up a temporary bridge. The road leading to Zaman Park from …
