IHC Chief Justice summons high level meeting

ISLAMABAD:Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah had summoned a high level meeting on February 22, about the pending cases related to taxes. The registrar office of IHC had also sought the details of pending cases in connection of the meeting. Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Attorney General […]

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Chairman NEPRA visits Pak-Matiari Converter Station Lahore

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Tauseef H. Farooqi along with Authority professionals visited Pakistan’s first ever High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission Line, Matiari-Lahore Converter Station at Lahore. The transmission line is first of its kind in Pakistan having transmission capacity of 4,000 megawatts (MW) at ±660 kV from south to north, […]

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Cabinet standing committee on law approves various proposals

LAHORE:The cabinet standing committee on legislative business, led by Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Muhammad Basharat Raja, Friday approved a number of issues after consideration. Provincial Minister for Public Prosecution Chaudhry Zaheeruddin and secretaries concerned also attended the meeting. The cabinet committee okayed the draft of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act 2021. […]

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World’s leading organisations commend NAB’s awareness strategy: NAB Chairman

ISLAMABAD:Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Javed Iqbal on Friday said the NAB’s people awareness strategy about the ill effects of corruption has been appreciated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other reputed leading national and international organizations which is an honor for Pakistan due to the Bureau’s efforts. Chairing a meeting to review awareness […]

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Omar for timely completion of foreign-funded projects in Punjab

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Omar Ayub Khan on Friday emphasized on timely completion of foreign-funded projects in the Punjab and its implementation. Federal Minister for Economic Affair, Omar Ayub Khan chaired the meeting of National Coordination Committee on Foreign-Funded Projects (NCC-FFP) and reviewed the projects being implemented by the Government of Punjab, said a […]

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Qadri says his ‘letter on Hijab Day’ being misinterpreted for ‘point-scoring’

ISLAMABAD:Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Minister Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri has said that some politicians were misinterpreting his letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan for marking Hijab Day on March 8, just for ‘point-scoring’. Such elements had in fact resorted to negative propaganda for political mileage without even going through the contents of the […]

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Molvi Bashir expresses concern over upsurge in arbitrary arrests in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD:In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference General Secretary Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani has expressed his deep concern over the recent upsurge in arbitrary arrests and frequent raids on political activists by a so-called State Investigation Agency (SIA) and other intelligence agencies. Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani in a statement issued […]

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