ISLAMABAD, Jan 4 (EW): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday gave the last chance to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders including its chairman Imran Khan, Asad Umar and Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, to appear before it in the contempt proceedings case, warning arrest warrants against the three would be issued if they failed to comply with the order. The development came …
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (EW): The United States has reiterated that Pakistan has the right to defend itself from terrorism as the South Asian country suffered tremendously from terrorist attacks. US spokesperson commented on the matter as Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Pakistan may target TTP militants in Afghanistan if the Taliban-led government did not take any action …
KARACHI, Jan 3 (FD): Over 1.5 Lac victims of unprecedented floods in Sindh have still been homeless, citing sources ARY News reported on Tuesday. Sources said that 1.562 Lac flood victims in Sindh have been still displaced, six months after the deluge that inflicted huge losses to Pakistan’s economy and every walk of life. “Around 7.238436 flood-hit persons of …
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3 (EW): Defense Minister Khawaja Asif announced on Tuesday that the federal cabinet has approved the National Energy Conservation Plan — a policy aimed at saving energy. Briefing the media after a meeting of the federal cabinet, he said that the timings of wedding halls and markets across the country will be limited to 10pm and 8:30pm …
Keeping in view the current security situation in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) on Friday (today) to discuss the matters related to it. The meeting will take place at the Prime Minister’s House which will be attended by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (APP) : Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday dispelled the rumors related to default risks of the country and called for adopting export oriented policies for public and private sector to accelerate export led growth. He made these remarks while chairing a roundtable meeting titled Conducive Business Environment. The meeting was …
IISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (EW) : The meeting between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation and Speaker of the National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf ended inconclusively on Thursday as the latter refused to accept en masse resignations of the PTI members of the National Assembly (MNAs). On the other hand, the PTI delegation demanded the speaker accept the collective resignations. The …
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (AFP): The US government’s two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 delayed a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as thousands …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (EW): The Border Health Services of Pakistan has directed authorities at all international airports to ensure strict implementation of the Covid screening of inbound passengers amid rising cases of new variants in parts of the world. In a letter dated Dec 28, the department said that passengers travelling to Pakistan from foreign countries should be strictly …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (EW): – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday postponed the local government elections scheduled for December 31 in Islamabad. The announcement came following a change in the union councils of the federal capital. The Commission announced the decsion regarding local bodies elections and cancelled the schedule. A five-member bench of the Election Commission heard …
