Eight SAPMs appointed, notification issued
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed eight more special assistants. Notification for appointment of SAPMs has been issued. According to notification, eight leaders, including four PPP’s MNAs have been appointed as SAPMs. Prime Min...
COAS Bajwa’s tenure should be extended till election: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan while raising a question on appointment of New Army Chief by those with just 85 seats said that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa should be giv...
Nation remembers Major Aziz Bhatti on 57th martyrdom anniversary
LAHORE: 57th Martyrdom Anniversary of Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (Nishan-e-Haider) was observed. He was born in Hong Kong in 1928 and moved to Pakistan before independence in 1947, settling in Ladiyan village of district Gujrat. In 1950, he join...
Army continues to assist civil administration in flood relief efforts
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army’s all-out efforts to assist civil administration in rescuing flood affected continue across country. So far, 489 Army Aviation helicopters sorties have been flown to various areas for evacuation of stranded people. In l...
ECP announces date for by-polls in four Punjab constituencies
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to hold by-elections in four national and Punjab assemblies’ constituencies on October 9. Commission announced that polling in NA-157 Multan, PP-139 Sheikhupura, PP-241 Bahawalnagar and P...
WHO airlifts medical supplies amid evolving humanitarian crisis
Islamabad: Two shipments carrying much needed emergency medical supplies and equipment arrived in Karachi in response to critical shortages in country, ravaged by most extensive floods in recent history. Shipments contain 15.6 metric tonnes of choler...
Govt kickstarts digital flood dashboard to maintain aid track
Islamabad: Government launched ‘Digital Flood Dashboard’ of National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) in a bid to ensure transparency in relief and rehabilitation efforts in flood-hit areas. Minister for Planning and Development...
NEPRA’s authority to impose FPA challenged by Bahria Town in LHC
KARACHI: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench in a petition filed against the impugned Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) levied by the Electric Supply Companies in the bills issued to it for the month of August 2022 had suspended on 29-08-2022 the FPA f...
PTI leader says terrorism case against Imran Khan a ‘big joke’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar said that a terrorism case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan is a big joke. While talking to media here, Secretary General of PTI Asad Umar said that Imran Khan has not committed terro...
Zardari, Bilawal reaffirm strong Pakistan as envisaged by Quaid-e-Azam
KARACHI: Former President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Peoples’ Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari paid homage to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in their messages on 74th death anniversary of Father of the Nation. Quaid-e-Azam laid...
