ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced the introduction of an electronic voting system to ensure utmost transparency in the election process. Talking to media in Islamabad, the premier said a mechanism will also be brought in for overseas Pakistanis so that they, too, can participate in the polling to elect their representatives. NADRA’s data […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday presented clear evidence of Indian terrorism in the country and warned that staying silent is no more an option. “Today we have irrefutable facts that we will present before the nation and the international community through this dossier,” said the foreign minister in a press conference along with Director General Inter-Services […]
Military officials will brief lawmakers of both upper and lower houses of parliament on matters related to national security in Islamabad on Wednesday. The official statement issued by the National Assembly on Monday said NA Speaker. Asad Qaisar has convened a meeting of parliamentary leaders. For a briefing on the prevailing national security situation in […]
;ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has tested positive for the novel coronavirus; while he was on the campaign trail for the upcoming polls in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). According to family sources, the PPP leader has reached Islamabad from G-B and has quarantined himself for 15 days. Kaira […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan granted bail to Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman on Monday. He was held in detention for more than 200 days by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case related to the purchase of a property more than 30 years ago. The senior-most executive journalist of Pakistan’s largest media group […]
ISLAMABAD: The PTI government has been left with no other option but to seek rollover of $4 billion deposit loans obtained from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) for another year in order to avoid dwindling of foreign exchange reserves, it was learnt. Top official sources confirmed that Pakistan decided to […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday Pakistan could not afford to go for another coronavirus lockdown despite officials monitoring the pandemic warning that the second wave of COVID-19 has already hit the country. Addressing a Cabinet meeting here in the federal capital, PM Imran Khan said the provincial governments needed to ensure the implementation of […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday summoned a National Coordination Committee meeting tomorrow to discuss the growing trend of COVID-19 infections in the country. According to sources the premier will be briefed by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on the coronavirus situation. The development comes hours after Federal Minister for Planning and […]
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Monday clarified that schools and educational institutions across Pakistan are not closing despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the country. “Rumours again afloat regarding school closures. It is again clarified that educational institutions are NOT being closed,” he announced via a tweet. He stated that the government […]
Pakistan on Saturday categorically rejected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s insinuation of Pakistan’s involvement in Pulwama attack by alluding to recent remarks made by Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry in the National Assembly. “This is a brazen attempt to twist the remarks of the federal minister, who was referring to the befitting response given […]
