ISLAMABAD:Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday inaugurated the new building of Noon police station and assured to provide maximum resources to Islamabad police for effective policing. A smartly turned out contingent of Islamabad police presented guard of honor to the Interior Minister on his arrival at police station following which he unveiled the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday demanded United Nations Human Rights Council and other human rights organisations for an immediate and impartial inquiry into what he called the ‘custodial killing’ of iconic Kashmiri Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani. Speaking to media after attending funeral prayers in absentia offered for the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Australian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg on Thursday exchanged views on the latest developments in Afghanistan as well as on bilateral relations. During the telephonic conversation, the Austrian Foreign Minister thanked Pakistan for its support in facilitating transit of Austrian nationals and others from Afghanistan. Sharing Pakistan’s perspective, the Foreign […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday constituted a sub-committee to hold negotiation with journalist bodies for evolving consensus on the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). Presiding over to the panel, Member of National Assembly of PML-N Javed Latif assigned the sub-committee with task to hold regular consultation with the journalist […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Thursday said completion of Sialkot-Kharian Motorway would reduce time between the two cities and create thousands of employment opportunities. The 69 km motorway, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Imran Khan, would cost Rs 27.32 billion and it would reduce the traveling between […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:People who got fully vaccinated against the infectious coronavirus disease are nearly 50 per cent less likely to experience long Covid than unvaccinated people who get infected with the virus, according to a large-scale study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The study, led by King’s College London, found that of more than 1.2 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have besieged the Hyderpora residence of veteran Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Gilani, to prevent people from paying tributes to him. According to reporter, Syed Ali Gilani, who was under continued house arrest at his Hyderpora residence in Srinagar, passed away on Wednesday evening. The occupation authorities […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday served notices to Ministry of Housing and Works and Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) in a petition against allotment of plots in sectors F-14 and F-15. Chief Justice Athar Minallah, hearing the case, ordered to club the petition with another case pertaining to allotments of plots to […]
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