Month: April 2023

Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq becomes PM of Azad Kashmir

Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq has been unanimously elected as the 15th Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in a sudden and unexpected turn of events on Thursday. Chaudhry obtained 48 votes out of a 52-strong house – the biggest mandate in the history of scenic valley’s legislative assembly.  The development took place after the disqualification […]

Govt releases Rs129bn for development projects under PSDP

Despite financial constraints and disruptions caused by super floods last year, the government has released Rs 129 billion for development projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the fourth quarter of (2022-23). The Water Resource Division and Higher Education Commission (HEC) have been given top priority in the PSDP. In the last quarter of […]

Sherry Rehman named among the 100 most influential people of 2023 by TIME

American news magazine, TIME, has named Climate Change Minister Senator Sherry Rehman has been named among the “100 Most Influential People of 2023”. The list unveiled a day earlier includes names of the most influential people from across the world who fall under the six categories — artists, icons, pioneers, leaders, titans, and innovators. Rehman’s profile […]

‘White paper’: PTI terms govt’s one-year performance as ‘dark period’

As the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — a multi-party ruling alliance — completed its one year in regime on April 9 (today), the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the former ruling party, issued a ‘white paper’ on the incumbent government’s “one-year dark period”. In its white paper, the PTI — whose regime was toppled on April 9 last year through a […]

SC registrar’s services were withdrawn following Justice Isa’s letter

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has uninvolved Supreme Court Registrar Ishrat Ali from his post after a hard-hitting letter from Justice Qazi Faez Isa, asking the authorities to remove him from office. The decision was taken during a special federal cabinet meeting — held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif — at the Prime […]

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