ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr. Fehmida Mirza Wednesday sought resignation of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) President Lt Gen (R) Arif Hasan due to consistent poor performance of national athletes in different events, saying “he should step down immediately.” The minister was responding to a Calling Attention notice of Senators Mohsin Aziz and Mushtaq Ahmed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the country’s exports wherein he was told that during 2020-21, the value added exports had witnessed a surge of $3.8 billion. It was also told that owing to government’s investment friendly policies and incentives to the exporters, the non-traditional exports also increased by $2.7 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Wednesday apprised the Senate that reconstruction of IJP road would cost Rs 4.9 billion for which the work has already been started. Replying to various queries during Question Hour, he said that contract has also been awarded to National Logistic Cell (NLC) after floating […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Wednesday once again postpone the indictment of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and others in a reference pertaining to illegal award of an advertisement campaign of Universal Services Funds to a media firm. The court also conditionally withdrew the decision for declaring co-accused Farooq Awan as absconder after […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared the appointment of Secretary Worker Welfare Funds Syed Intikhab Alam as illegal and ordered to remove him from the post immediately. Justice Babar Sattar of IHC announced the decision in a petition challenging the appointment of Intikhab Alam. The petition was filed by Director WWF Naeem […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Wednesday informed the Senate that 1000 persons have already been recruited in Islamabad police and 1000 more were being recruited to enhance workforce of capital police. Replying to various supplementary questions during question hour, the minister said street crimes ratio had been decreased more […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in Senate Dr Shahzad Waseem on Wednesday said there would be a number of opportunities to do politics but being patriot Pakistanis, there should be no politics on national issues and foreign policy. Responding to points raised by Sherry Rehman and other senators in Senate, he said the incumbent leadership […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The price of 24 karat per tola gold increased by Rs400 per tola and was trade at Rs113, 700 on Wednesday against its sale at Rs113, 300 in the local market the previous day, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat also increased by Rs344 and was sold […]
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