ISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday filed a progress report to Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding the scrutiny of funding of three political parties. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking scrutiny of funding of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulam-e-Islam […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan on Tuesday said the Senate did not have any housing society but parliamentarians had their quota in private housing schemes. Responding to a supplementary question, raised by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Senator Fida Muhammad Khan, he made it clear that the Senate had not developed any housing […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A relief fund for the earthquake victims of Turkiye was formally established under the direction of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday. A notification in this regard was issued by the Office of the Controller General of Accounts. The fund “G-12166” was created under the title “PM’s Relief Fund for Turkiye Earthquake victims’. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Caretaker Minister for Industry, Commerce and Revenue Adnan Jalil on Tuesday met the ambassadors of Uzbekistan, Indonesia, and the Philippines in Islamabad. Matters of mutual interest were discussed in detail in these meetings. On this occasion, the caretaker provincial minister invited the ambassadors to invest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and assured full cooperation from […]
Read MoreTOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua/reporter):– Household spending in Japan fell 1.3 percent in December last year, as spending by people on residential expenses including maintenance declined, the government said in a report on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, spending by households occupied by two or more people dropped for the second […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan telephoned his Turkish counterpart in Washington DC and expressed his heartfelt sympathies and deep condolences over the loss of precious lives and massive destruction caused by the devastating earthquake. In his telephonic conversation with Ambassador Hasan Murat Mercan, Masood Khan said that he was shocked and saddened […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organisation, Mushaal Hussein Mullick lashed out at the UN and world powers for their failure to resolve the decades-long Kashmir issue and said that the unresolved Kashmir dispute would remain a stigma on the face of the world body. Speaking at a seminar organised by Shaheed Bhutto Foundation and […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the deaths and losses as a result of the terrible earthquake in Turkiye and Syria. In her statement, expressing sympathy and regret to the governments and people of Turkiye and Syria she said the two countries are great friends of Pakistan and supported […]
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