Another major reshuffle in the federal cabinet is on the cards as Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. The first information minister of the PTI government is set to get the high-profile portfolio back; it emerged on Sunday. Sources privy to the development told Express-News. That Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed the federal […]
ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday night, various reports surfaced claiming actor Meera had been admitted to a psychiatric facility in New York. When she reached out for a comment, her mother confirmed that the claims were true. According to Shafqat Zahra, the Baaji star had not only been admitted to a psychiatric facility but was taken there by […]
Cricketer Hasan Ali and his wife Samyah Khan are now proud parents of a baby girl. The bowler took to social media and announced the birth of his daughter. Ali wrote, “Allahumduillah! Allah has blessed us with the baby girl. Welcome to our family, my princess.” He further added, “I wish this little angel has […]
LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has requested the Lahore High Court (LHC) to dismiss the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) “frivolous and vexatious” plea to cancel her bail in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case while also imposing “special costs” on the top graft buster. Maryam Nawaz is regarded as the de facto chief of the country’s biggest opposition […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Islamabad on a two-day official visit to Pakistan on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi received his Russian counterpart and his delegation at the Islamabad airport. During the two-day visit, the Russian dignitary will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and participate in the delegation-level […]
Punjabi folk singer Shaukat Ali has passed away in Lahore at the age of 78. He had been undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in the city for almost a month. His son Ameer Shaukat Ali had said in a video posted a few days earlier that his father was being treated by the […]
ISLAMABAD: The PTI-led federal government has decided to set up anti-rape crisis cells in every district to curb the growing incidents of sexual assault in the country. An Anti-Rape Ordinance Implementation Committee will oversee these cells. According to a notification, the Federal Ministry of Law on Friday constituted the 42-member Anti-Rape Ordinance Implementation Committee to […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, for the first time in eight months, has registered more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus as a third wave of the COVID-19 washes over the country. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) shared that Pakistan carried out 42,418 tests in the last 24 hours, out of which 4,368 were positive. The new […]
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on Pakistan to build an environment of trust for better ties. “As a neighboring country, India desires cordial relations with the people of Pakistan. For this, an environment of trust, devoid of terror and hostility, is imperative,” Mr. Modi said in a message to Prime Minister […]
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has hired a top Amazon executive to head its payments business in India, two sources told Reuters, as the messenger service gears up to expand in the booming sector. Manesh Mahatmas, who has worked at Amazon Pay for nearly seven years, is due to join WhatsApp’s payment service soon, one of the […]
