ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday approved the Civil Servants (E&D) Rules-2020 under the government’s policy of institutional reforms to improve the performance of bureaucracy and state institutions. According to a senior official of the Prime Minister Office (PMO); the aim of these rules is to ensure transparent and effective internal accountability of bureaucrats […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday decided to declare former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield references. Justice Aamer Farooq said the court will pass a short order regarding the proclamation of the convicted former premier and will also issue show-cause notices to the sureties. Nawaz, who […]
The government hopes to procure the Covid-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Dr. Faisal Sultan told the media on Tuesday. Dr. Sultan was responding to a question during a press conference alongside Information Minister Shibli Faraz after a federal cabinet meeting. He further said that the federal […]
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that she is not afraid of being arrested. As she has imprisoned twice before without committing any crime. She was speaking to journalists before leaving Lahore for Multan to attend the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rally. Despite the PTI-led government’s efforts to stop public gatherings because of the […]
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning India’s illegal action of revoking Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s (IIOJK) autonomous status and steps to change the demography of the Muslim-majority region. “In a Resolution adopted unanimously by the 47th Session of the OIC in Niamey today, the Council of Foreign […]
The positivity rate of coronavirus tests in Peshawar has exceeded 19 percent and is the highest in the country; the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Friday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital has a positivity rate of 19.65pc, the forum was told in a meeting today. Peshawar is followed by Karachi, where the […]
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. The news comes just a day before the engagement of Bilawal’s sister, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, to a Dubai-based businessman and several days before the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) next rally in Multan scheduled for November 30. I have tested positive […]
The Foreign Office (FO) said the Indian government had escalated its anti-Pakistan campaign — marked by false narratives, concocted evidence, and orchestration of false flag operations — after Islamabad made public a dossier containing “irrefutable proof” of Indian sponsorship of terrorism in the country. The statement was issued in response to media queries regarding the […]
A meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) is informed today that new cases due to Covid-19 in Pakistan have doubled in the last two weeks while the positivity ratio had increased to 7.46 percent in the last 24 hours. According to the government’s database for tracking the spread of coronavirus in the […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday warned that the government may be compelled to enforce a “complete lockdown” across Pakistan is coronavirus cases continue to rise at the same rate, blaming Opposition for holding jalsas and endangering people’s lives as a result. Pakistan’s second COVID 19 spike data is of concern: Increase in Covid […]
