Day: July 17, 2021

ISLAMABAD:England’s limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan wants to give opportunities to fringe players and tweak their usual plans in this week’s Twenty20 series against Pakistan saying they were treating as their “last chance” to look at options ahead of October’s T20 World Cup. The ICC requires teams to submit a provisional squad for world events a […]

TASHKENT: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Friday that strengthening of regional connectivity and revival of the historic Silk Road were the main themes of two-day conference on regional connectivity held at Uzbekistan capital Tashkent. Talking to the media persons here,he said that in the past the Silk Road was major […]

ISLAMABAD:The National Assembly on Friday passed two government resolutions and adopted three resolutions seeking extension of as many ordinances. The House adopted three resolutions seeking 120-day extension to as many ordinances including the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021; the Higher Education Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 and the Higher […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill on Friday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan was exposing the terrorist ideology of Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in front of Indian media in Tashkent. In a tweet, he said some people while standing in Azad Jammu and Kashmir were […]

ISLAMABAD:The Afghan Peace Conference, scheduled to be held in Islamabad from July 17-19 has been postponed, the Foreign Office confirmed on Friday. The Foreign Office said the conference had been postponed until after Eid Al Azha. “The new dates of the conference will be announced later,” the FO said.

ISLAMABAD:Senior Hurriyat leader, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other human rights organizations to put pressure on India to release all illegally detained Hurriyat leaders and activists before Eid-ul-Azha. Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori in a statement issued in Srinagar expressed concern over the Kashmiri political […]

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Interior Shaukat Ali on Friday informed the National Assembly that ministry had suspended around 39 employees of NADRA for their alleged involvement in issuing fake CNICs in Sindh province. Responding to a calling attention notice regarding issuance of bogus Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) in the Sindh by National Database and […]

ISLAMABAD:WAPDA is executing second rehabilitation project of Warsak Hydel Power Station to regain its generation capacity, which has decreased to 193 MW from 243 MW due to aging factor of the electro-mechanical equipment. Official Sources told that the rehabilitation works were planned to be carried out with an approved PC-I to cost Rs.22.25 billion with […]