Traffic police announces three-day traffic plan for Muharram

KARACHI:The Karachi traffic police on Monday issued a traffic plan for the 8th, 9th and 10th Muharram-ul-Haram. A traffic police spokesman said that on the directives of the DIGP Traffic, the traffic police had made arrangements for the three Muharram days falling on August 17th, August18th and August19 this year. As per the plan, on […]

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CJ administers oath to Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar as SC judge

ISLAMABAD:Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice (CJ) Gulzar Ahmed Monday administered oath of the office to Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, judge of Sindh High Court, as judge of the SC. The SC judges, attorney general for Pakistan, senior lawyers and law officers attended the ceremony. The SC registrar conducted proceedings of the oath taking ceremony. The […]

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Farrukh asks Nawaz to return country, face trial in corruption cases

ISLAMABAD:Minister for State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Monday asked Nawaz Sharif to return home and face trial in corruption cases. Talking to a private news channel, he said Nawaz Sharif was declared absconder and fugitive by the country’s court in corruption cases. He said, Nawaz Sharif spoke lies and submitted fake medical reports […]

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DEPD Secy for enhancing rehabilitation facilities

KARACHI:Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) Pervaiz Ahmed Sehar has said that it was our prime duty to focus on vocational training, education and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and we were striving hard to achieve our targets. This he said while presiding over a meeting here in his office on Monday. […]

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Pakistan suffered a lot due to Afghan war: Shibli

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Science and Technology, Shibli Faraz on Monday said that Pakistan had to face economic, social and cultural difficulties due to Afghan war. Pakistan’s frontier region had suffered a lot because of a long volatile situation in the Afghan region, he said while talking to a private television channel. After the withdrawal of American […]

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UN chief urges Taliban to show restraint, protect women’s right; UNSC set to meet Monday

As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the the group and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.” A statement issued to the UN press corps on Sunday said that Guterres is following with deep concern the rapid turn […]

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NA body recommends to withdraw POA president’s services

ISLAMABAD:The National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) on Monday unanimously recommended that the services of Arif Hassan, President, Pakistan Olympics Association (POA) might be withdrawn without any delay because of poor performance and his controversial election. A meeting of the Committee was held here in the Parliament House under the chair of […]

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