Day: June 23, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday ordered strict action against the officials of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over failure to decide on repeated complaints of harassment by a woman. The prime minister directed the Director General FIA to immediately suspend the involved FIA officials to ensure a transparent inquiry, the Prime Minister’s Office said. […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali believes that middle-order players should be given proper chances and a freehand in order to succeed in the game. Asif, who has featured in 20 ODIs and 29 Twenty20 Internationals (T20s) for Pakistan, said the team management should give a fair chance to players while also claiming that he […]

ISLAMABAD: While expressing serious reservations over the so-called all-party meeting in New Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir National Front (JKNF) has said that Kashmiris have no expectations whatsoever from the shameless lot of pro-Indian political leaders who have a long history of betraying their own people. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, JKNF spokesman Shafiq-ur-Rehman […]

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on Tuesday rejected a concerted campaign that has been started by vested groups to discredit the remarkable effort made by the Government to devise a Single National Curriculum (SNC) for all schools in Pakistan. While responding some of the falsehoods being spread, such as SNC discriminates against […]

ISLAMABAD: A musical event ‘Full Strawberry SuperMoon’ will be organized here on June 24 at rooftop theatre of National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa. Talking to reporter, Executive Director Lok Virsa, Talha Ali said the two hours show would entertain music lovers whereas strict Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) would be observed […]

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government would construct around 49 new dams with an estimated cost of Rs 6.451 billion during the financial year 2021-22 to irrigate thousands of acres land in the province. According to official source, these dams would reduce water scarcity and improve ground level water in respective areas. The development of new dams was […]

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday postponed the indictment of accused including former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani and summoned him in person in reference pertaining to award of a media campaign contract against the law. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the graft reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against […]

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is ready to be a partner for peace in Afghanistan with the United States, but will not allow US military bases on its soil, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said in an opinion piece published in a leading American newspaper on Tuesday. “We simply cannot afford this. We have already paid too heavy […]