President to travel in 1st class, PM, services chiefs in business class – Pakistan
• Austerity measures introduced to cut cost on foreign trips• Cabinet members except foreign and commerce ministers restricted to three annual visits, exemptions apply• MNAs, senior bureaucrats allowed business class ISLAMABAD: The cash-strapped federal government on Monday issued a travel advisory for the president, prime minister, chief justice, services chiefs, and bureaucrats among others binding […]
PIA plane back from Muscat after engine replaced – Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777 plane, which made an emergency landing at Muscat International Airport due to engine failure 13 days ago, returned home on Monday after its engine was replaced with another one. The engine was replaced with one removed from another Boeing 777 plane grounded at Jinnah International Airport. The […]
LHC asks CEC to look into petition of Elahi family – Pakistan
• Police accused of stopping their nomination papers from being filed for PP-32 by-poll• ECP notifies appellate tribunals for Senate polls LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/GUJRAT: Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh of the Lahore High Court asked the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to look into a petition by PTI president and his family members accusing police of not letting their […]
President urges US, UAE to invest in stock market – Pakistan
US Ambassador Donald Blome calls on President Asif Zardari at the Aiwan-i-Sadr, in Islamabad.—APP ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday emphasised the need for boosting trade ties with the US and the United Arab Emirates and invited businessmen of the two countries to invest in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). According to the Presidency, the […]
Bishop hails PSL 9 talent, names Pakistan as formidable T20 World Cup contenders
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Renowned former West Indies cricketer and commentator Ian Bishop has showered praise on the talent displayed during the recently concluded Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine. Speaking on his social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Bishop expressed his admiration for the skills exhibited by players in the tournament, suggesting that Pakistan […]
PTI endorses Amnesty’s call for restoration of X – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has fully endorsed Amnesty International’s demand for the immediate restoration of social media platform X, stating that Pakistan has become a laughing stock in the international community due to the unjustified blockage of social media and the chain of oppression against its own citizens. A party spokesperson said that the government’s […]
PTI faces nomination roadblocks for by-polls
LAHORE: Despite clinching victories in the February 8 elections across the central and provincial landscapes, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates are facing roadblocks in submitting their nomination papers for the upcoming by-elections. Hammad Azhar, the acting president and general secretary of PTI Central Punjab, took to social media platform X on Monday to express his […]
X already banned when new govt took over: Information Minister Tarar – Pakistan
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Monday acknowledged that social media platform X was already banned when the new government took over the reins from thee caretaker setup, saying there was no official notification for the clampdown. Access to X has been disrupted in many areas of Pakistan since February 17, when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat […]
In meeting with President Zardari, US Ambassador Blome reassures continued support of Pakistan in fighting terrorism – Pakistan
United States Ambassador Donald Blome on Monday reassured President Asif Ali Zardari that the US continued to stand with Pakistan in the fight against terrorism amidst a recent rise in militancy in the country. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities in the past year, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan after the banned […]
Pakistan carried out intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan, FO confirms – Pakistan
The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed that Pakistan carried out “intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations” inside the border regions of Afghanistan, hours after Kabul said airstrikes conducted on its soil had killed eight people. A press release from the FO said the prime targets of the operation conducted in the morning earlier today were terrorists belonging […]