The president of the United Nations General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, has appealed to the UN’s 193 member nations to take “concrete actions” to promote peace during next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. “As president of the General Assembly at its 76th session, I solemnly appeal to all member states to demonstrate their commitment to the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar on Friday regretted that opposition parties always switched over to delivering ‘traditional speeches’ after they ended their arguments on the national economy just to criticize the government in an attempt to mislead the public. Responding to PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal’s criticism on economic policies of the incumbent government, the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a total of 3,772 references in different accountability courts since its inception. According to performance report of NAB issued here, the accountability courts issued decisions on 2,508 references. Right now some 1,264 corruption references of Rs 1335.019 billion were being heard in various accountability courts of the country. National […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Punjab Minister for Auqaf Pir Saeedul Hassan on Friday inaugurated the 197th urs of Hazrat Turat Murad Shah while performing traditional chadar on the shrine of the saint. Secretary Auqaf Punjab Jawad Akram, DG Tahir Raza Bokhari, Zonal administrator and other officers were also present. The minister with officers offered Fateha and prayed for […]
Read MoreLAHORE: A farewell ceremony was held on Friday at the Lahore High Court (LHC) in the honour of Justice Ayesha A Malik on her elevation as a Supreme Court judge. The ceremony was held at the LHC’s judges lounge, wherein LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti, Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, Justice Shujaat Ali Khan, […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan on Friday said that provision of top quality facilities to all citizens was vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He was visiting the site of under construction Mother and Child Block Ganga Ram Hospital here, while Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid accompanied him. […]
Read MoreGWADAR: President Dr Arif Alvi Friday said Pakistan was determined to benefit from sea resources and blue economy. Addressing officers and Jawans of the security forces here, he said the Gwadar Port was not only important in the context of economy but also had significance for defence. He underlined the need for improving condition of […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar condoled the death of three children in a fire at Chungi Amar Sadhu and sought a report from the commissioner Lahore. He directed to provide the best medical facilities to the injured and conveyed his heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family.
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