LAHORE: An adamant opposition kicked off its final showdown at Lahore’s Minar-i-Pakistan today (Sunday) as the ‘first phase’ of its anti-government campaign, under the 11-party alliance named the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), came to a close. The alliance is expected to announce the second phase of its campaign at today’s rally. The public meeting came […]
ISLAMABAD: British airline Virgin Atlantic commenced its operations in Pakistan on Friday, becoming the latest international airline to start serving passengers in the country. The first flight arrived in Islamabad earlier today and was received on the tarmac by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Bukhari and British High Commissioner Christian Turner. Speaking […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Hafeez Shaikh as the federal minister for finance, while Sheikh Rashid was handed the interior ministry portfolio in yet another cabinet shakeup. Rashid has been replaced by Azam Swati as the railway’s minister while retired Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah; who earlier held the interior ministry portfolio; has been appointed as […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan asks Opposition to put rallies for another 2-3 months in view of rising coronavirus cases. Says people do not wear masks when they participate in gatherings. Following the rally in Multan, hospitals have a 64% bed occupancy rate. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday urged the Opposition to put off political […]
ISLAMABAD: India is once again preparing to destroy peace in the region by starting a false flag operation against Pakistan in a bid to divert attention from internal and external pressures that it faced following its embarrassing defeat in Ladakh and Do Kalam. According to credible sources, India is preparing for an attack on the […]
The Pakistan Democratic Movement on Wednesday accused the government of flooding Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan ground and declared that despite the move, it will not be stopped from holding a rally there on December 13. Lahore Rally PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, flanked by PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, addressed a […]
The premier is on a day-long visit to Sialkot where he will be performing groundbreaking of various development projects worth Rs17 billion under the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program. Addressing an event organized by the Sialkot business community following the inauguration of Air Sial – the third private airline of Pakistan – the premier […]
ISLAMABAD: As the country grapples with rising COVID-19 cases amid the second wave of coronavirus, Pakistan records the highest single-day deaths on Tuesday with 89 new fatalities over the past 24 hours, revealed the data issued by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC). As of today, Pakistan reported 2,885 new infections during the past […]
Pakistan, like many other countries around the world, is experiencing its second wave of Covid-19 infections. The number of new cases recorded on November 24, 2020, was 3009 as compared to August 31, 2020, when the number of new reported cases was 313. With these statistics, it is incumbent upon public health experts to provide […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday proposed a 10 point agenda for urgent action to avert an economic collapse in a number of developing countries due to the Covid-19, warning that without economic security, conflicts and disputes would persist and proliferate across the world. The prime minister joined nearly 100 world leaders at a two-day […]
