Day: October 30, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned vandalization of mosques and the property of Muslims in Tripura, India, saying that the state machinery had failed to protect Muslims. The Foreign Office statement came on reports of the vandalization of several mosques, houses and shops of Muslims by radical Hindutva mobs in India’s State Tripura. “These senseless […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan said on Friday that the government had initiated a dialogue process with TLP leadership and the nation would get good news as government wanted a peaceful resolution of issues. Talking to a private news channel, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan and Interior Minister Sheikh […]

ISLAMABAD: The majority of authority members on Friday re-instituted administrative and revenue powers to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Chairman Farooq H Farooqi. “With immediate effect, the majority of the Authority members are pleased to recall the notification No. MON-01/2021/4141 dated October 25, 2021 and departments including Registrar, coordination, implementation, administration & Human […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Friday that during an important operation last night 32 activists of a banned outfit had been arrested. In a tweet, the minister said these people were spreading hatred through fake social media accounts. He said that big action against those spreading fake news and […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said Islam stresses upon affinity and harmony among the mankind and called upon the Ulema (religious leaders) to play a positive role in diffusing the ongoing tense situation in the country by promoting Islam’s true message of peace. The president expressed these views in a consultative meeting with […]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said a new dimension had already been added in the relations with Turkey during the tenure of the incumbent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Addressing a ceremony to celebrate 98th anniversary of Turkish Republic Day, he said Pakistan and Turkey had deep fraternal […]

ISLAMABAD: General Secretary and Director Operations of Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH), SanaUllah Ghumman Friday said that “No increase on tariff has been made in the past three years whereas the tobacco prices, which is hazardous remained stagnant.” Tobacco remained an alarming issue for the country and a leading cause for non-communicable diseases, said the […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday extended his felicitation to the government and people of Turkey celebrating the Republic Day on the day. On October 29, 1923, republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk officially declared the name of the nation and proclaimed the country’s status as a republic. Following a vote in the Grand National Assembly, […]