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 […]
Sindh schools to promote students without exams
New academic session in Sindh will start from August 1 In light with the verdicts made by the sub-committee of the steering committee, the Sindh School Education and Literacy Department has proclaimed that the students of grades I to III will be promoted to the next classes without taking their examinations. The sub-committee of the […]
Peshawar attack: COAS vows to root out the menace of radicalism
After the deadly Peshawar blast that slayed at least 100 people, of which 97 were police officers, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir Friday vowed that the nation would work together for rooting out the menace of terrorism. In the deadliest attack Pakistan has witnessed in several years, a suicide bomber in a police uniform infiltrated the […]
Government ‘not behind’ Fawad Chaudhry’s arrest: Marriyum
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday denied the engrossment of the government behind the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry. She provided the interpretation by saying, “We have the same power as the PTI held while in power, but we will not use it for politic victimization.” “Some people are attempting to […]
Punjab Assembly dissolved as the governor abstains from signing the summary
Following Punjab Governor Baligh ur Rehman’s verdict to abstain from signing the summary sent by Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, Punjab Assembly was dissolved on Saturday, Geo News reported citing sources. CM Elahi sent the summary of dissolution on Thursday, and as per the constitution, the assembly dissolves within 48 hours regardless of the governor’s decision. “I have decided […]
Imran Khan should return to parliament: Shujaat Hussain
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan should come back to the parliament, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said Tuesday. The PTI resigned in masse after Imran Khan was voted out in April, and since then, has not reverted to the National Assembly despite the Supreme Court asking it to do so. […]
PTI lawmakers to verify ‘in-person submissions with NA speaker’
Forward of the PTI decision to dissolve assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the party’s parliamentarians will be submitting their written resignations to the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in person. Sources told Geo News that the decision of PTI’s National Assembly members came in their bid to also concurrently request confirmation of their resignations. The […]