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SC registrar’s services were withdrawn following Justice Isa’s letter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 […]
Imran Khan claims five policemen be killed in Zaman Park operation
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Wednesday alleged that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government was planning to conduct an operation inside Zaman Park “either today or tomorrow.” Addressing the nation via a video link, the PTI chief claimed that two squads had been formed to infiltrate his supporters and create chaos during which faceless […]
Court suspends Imran’s arrest warrants in judge threatening case
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s non-boilable arrest warrants in the case against him for intimidating a judge were suspended till March 20 by a court in the federal capital. Additional District and Sessions Judge Faizan Gillani adjourned the warrants and directed Khan — who was ousted as the prime minister in April last […]
Caretaker CM KP formally launches digital census
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammed Azam Khan has officially launched a digital census in the province as part of the 7th national census in the country. In this connection, a ceremony was held here at Chief Minister House Peshawar on Wednesday which was also attended by the authorities of the Pakistan Bureau of […]
‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’: Zulfi Bukhari, Fayyaz Chohan ‘voluntarily’ surrender to police
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Zulfi Bukhari and Fayyaz Ul Hassan Chohan “voluntarily” surrendered themselves to police on the third day of the “Jail Bharo Tehreek (court arrest movement)” from Committee Chowk, Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed and PTI leader Aamir Kayani, along with more than a few other leaders, reached the […]
Is president empowered to proclaim election date ‘unilaterally’?
President Arif Alvi proclaimed Monday that elections would take place in April, announcing that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab governors — Haji Ghulam Ali and Baligh Ur Rehman — and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) were not fulfilling their constitutional duties to declare the date for polls in both provinces. The president asserts that he […]
Ministers decide to give up salaries amid economic crisis
total of 12 federal ministers and three state ministers have decided to give up their salaries and work on voluntary basis due to the deteriorating economic crisis in the country. The ministers themselves proposed to Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif that they will work without pay. The Premier has approved the request and respected their […]
It’s our foreign policy to support the world: FM
Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Monday that it is foreign policy of Pakistan to support the world in difficult times. He was addressing the 42nd Diplomatic Course event in Islamabad when said that Pakistan is willing strong ties with the international community and underscored that the world helped Pakistan in its hour of […]