Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), paid a visit to Hazrat Saad ibn Abi Waqqas’ (RA) mausoleum on Thursday in Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. While on a week-long personal vacation to China, the former prime minister performed Fateha at the sacred tomb of […]
The purported illicit hiring practices at the lower house of parliament’s secretariat have been brought to the attention of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Sources claim that the National Assembly Secretariat has received a letter from the NAB requesting information about appointments made to its office between March 2018 and March 2024. The letter requests […]
viewers of historical dramas will recognize Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington from Netflix’s Bridgerton, while viewers of Derry Girls will associate her with Claire Devlin. The Irish actress has showed her emotions in an interview with Teen Vogue, expressing her solidarity for the Palestinian people who are stranded in the Gaza Strip due to continuous […]
To stay relevant, Lara Dutta appears to have borrowed a page from the Bollywood playbook that is now doing the rounds. In an uncommon political statement, the star told Zoom that she agreed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on Muslims made during a rally in Rajasthan. When asked about Modi’s speech in Rajasthan, according […]
K-Electric (KE) has been given approval to invest Rs392 billion over seven years to upgrade its energy delivery network by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra). KE said that if the investment plan was accepted without any reductions, there would be a rise of Rs1.9 per unit in the transmission rate and Rs1.3 per […]
This week’s visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Pakistan brought attention to a significant gas pipeline agreement between the two neighbors that has been delayed by geopolitical concerns and international sanctions. In a joint statement issued after the visit, the two countries reaffirmed the significance of working together in the energy sector, particularly commerce […]
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has been requested by the families of those jailed since the May 9 rallies to form a full bench to consider the cases of their loved ones, many of whom have been in military detention for almost a year. Additionally, they urged General Asim Munir, the Chief […]
The suggestion was extended during the business community’s meeting with PM Shehbaz Sharif, who is on a day-long visit to Karachi. The visit is Shehbaz’s first to Karachi since assuming the prime minister’s office in early March. During the meeting, prominent businessman Arif Habib credited the prime minister for restoring investors’ confidence in stabilization measures […]
According to a US human rights study, Pakistan “rarely” took genuine action to find and prosecute officials who may have violated human rights. The report also noted that these concerns included extrajudicial murders, enforced disappearances, and torture, as The News reported on Wednesday. The US State Department’s “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” indicates […]
Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, made his first visit to the island nation in sixteen years on Wednesday and declared that his country is prepared to fortify its relations with Sri Lanka and other Asian nations. During the visit, the two nations are expected to sign five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), the second such round since […]
