Month: June 2021

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram met the President of the UN Security Council for the month of June, Sven Jurgenson of Estonia, Tuesday and handed him a letter from Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reminding the 15-member body of its responsibility to settle the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UNSC resolutions, […]

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought report from ministries of interior and information technology regarding the implementation of decision to form a mechanism for stopping the uploading of blasphemous material on the social media. Justice Aamer Farooq of IHC heard the case regarding the implementation of verdict dated March 31, 2017. The court […]

ISLAMABAD: Three-fers from pacers Usman Shinwari and Khurram Shahzad delivered Quetta Gladiators’ second win of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 as the Sarfaraz Ahmed-led side defeated Lahore Qalandars by 18 runs with 12 balls spare at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi on late Tuesday. Qalandars were rooted out for 140 and never seemed […]

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday once again instructed the 25 lawyers to submit their answers to the bench in contempt of court case related to an attack on IHC building during the protest. The court said the lawyers who had already submitted comments could refile it with amendments till next date. Justice Miangul […]

ISLAMABAD:Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication in collaboration with Huawei Technologies Pakistan have launched much awaited ‘1000 Government Employee Training Programme. Federal Secretary of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Huawei Middle East VP, Spacelee, CTO Huawei Enterprise Solutions Middle East, Faisal Ameer Malik along with senior managers and directors from […]

ISLAMABAD:National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has imposed Rs. 20 million fines on 37,583 motorists during campaign against illegal use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) and high-intensity discharge (HID) lights on motorways and highways across the country. Furthermore, 3592 vehicles were sent back from Toll Plazas, however 11610 LED / HID lights were taken off […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Member National Assembly (MNA) Mansoor Hayat Khan and Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Ammar Siddique called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Wednesday. Special Assistant to PM on Political Affairs Malik Amir Dogar was also present in the meeting during which matters relating to the constituencies including the progress […]

ISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on Thatha water supply scheme reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari and other co-accused till June 28. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the graft reference connected with fake accounts scam filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The court granted one-day exemption from the […]