Voting Rights to Expats On Saturday, President Arif Alvi announced an ordinance to grant voting rights to expats (overseas Pakistanis) and permit the use of electronic voting machines in the general elections. Second Election (Amendment) Ordinance Through Second Election (Amendment) Ordinance; the President amended the sections 94(1) & 103 of Election Act 2017. “The Commission […]
May 10 is the 98th birthday anniversary of Heydar Aliyev, the national leader, who made an exceptional contribution to the history of the country and played a great role in the formation of Azerbaijani statehood. In May-June 1993, when, as a result of a crisis in the government, the country was on the verge of […]
In a press conference held in Lahore Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Punjab (SACM) Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan offered her point clarifying the misconception that arouse after she held Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf accountable for the poor quality of fruit on her visit to Ramazan Bazar. She said she had visited the Bazaar […]
QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked Governor Balochistan Justice (retd) Amanullah Yasinzai to resign, saying that “this does not in any way reflect on your competence; it is just that the transformed political challenges Pakistan faces at present require change.” “I intend to appoint a new governor in Balochistan and would, therefore, request you to resign;” […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided that it will not be a part of the process to pass a resolution in the National Assembly NA for the expulsion of the French ambassador, it emerged on Tuesday. The government is set to table the resolution in the lower house of the parliament today. But the PPP […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday it’s “time to end” America’s longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Where they have spent two decades in a bloody, largely fruitless battle against the Taliban. Dubbed the “forever war,” the US military onslaught in Afghanistan began in response to September 11, 2001. Terrorist attacks against […]
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: Former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani filed an intra-court appeal against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision regarding the Senate chairman’s election. On March 12, the ruling PTI-backed candidates grabbed the Senate’s top slots in a “controversial contest” marred by the discovery of “spy cameras” in the polling booths. The former premier moved the IHC against the rejection […]
President of Pakistan Arif Alvi and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak has tested positive for coronavirus, almost 10 days after Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for the virus. Taking to Twitter, the president announced that his coronavirus test came positive and said a prayer for all those who have been affected by the virus. President […]