With a majestic height of 6,962 meters (22,841 feet) above sea level, Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in South America and the tallest mountain outside of Asia. Two Pakistani mountaineers, Abdul Joshi and Saad Munawar, recently achieved a spectacular achievement by conquering this mountain. A major turning point in their mountaineering careers was reached […]
One well-known member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has been proposed as a possible Punjab chief minister candidate. Following a meeting when PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif announced Maryam’s nomination at the home of PML-Q Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, this decision was taken. Shehbaz Sharif highlighted that Nawaz Sharif, the previous prime […]
Sources within the ECP said that the MWM failed to submit the list of reserved seats for women under Section 104 of the Election Act, and the submission deadline has already passed. Furthermore, it was revealed that political parties are allowed to submit the list of reserved seats until the deadline for the submission of […]
Pakistan’s legal tobacco sector is in dire need of help as high tobacco product tariffs have resulted in sharp declines in output and huge tax losses. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reports that the growing price differential between legal and illegal cigarettes, mainly as a result of higher excise duty, has caused a 40% decline […]
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari stated on Tuesday that his party will assist the incoming administration on a “issue to issue basis” and in the event of significant votes, like the prime minister’s election, but he would not be joining the federal cabinet. Following a two-day meeting chaired by former president Asif Ali Zardari, the PPP’s […]
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) plans to redirect the Swat River at the Mohmand Dam, which is currently under construction, in April of this year. The project’s diversion system is gradually being completed in line with the schedule. On Tuesday, Wapda Chairman Engineer Lt-Gen (retd) Sajjad Ghani paid a visit to the Mohmand […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has joined the growing list of nations requesting that Pakistan follow legal channels to address the issues surrounding the election that took place last week. The UN chief urged Pakistani authorities and political figures to avoid taking actions that might inflame tensions and to use established legal channels to settle the […]
After the party emerged as the largest in the province, there had been days of discussion over who would be the party’s nomination for chief minister. On Tuesday, Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), suggested Ali Amin Khan Gandapur to be the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking to reporters at Adiala jail […]
According to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Majlis-e-Wahdat-Muslimeen (MWM) would create governments in Punjab and the Center on orders from Imran Khan, the party’s founder. PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan told the media in Islamabad on Tuesday that the former prime minister had instructed the party to form a coalition with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) […]
Roger Waters, an English artist and member of Pink Floyd, demanded on Tuesday that Imran Khan, the former prime minister, be freed from his “false imprisonment.” As a musician from England, I fervently believe in fair play. He penned a note addressed to “the military rulers of Pakistan and their masters in Washington,” saying, “What […]
