In the early morning at a flower farm in Kenya, freshly harvested roses, with dewdrops clinging to their petals, were ready to be shipped. In 48 hours, they would be put onto the shelves of the Hunan Gaoqiao Grand Market, Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province half a world away. At the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on …
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, has accused a group of judges and military generals of derailing Pakistan’s progress by imposing an “inexperienced” leader on the country. Speaking to the media at the Expo Centre in Lahore, Iqbal said, “Pakistan was on the development path when a few judges and generals imposed an amateur on the country.” …
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman launched a scathing critique of the government on Saturday, stating that while some may appear to be in control, the real power lies elsewhere. Addressing a traders’ convention in Peshawar, Fazlur Rehman expressed concerns over the fragile economic situation in Pakistan, asserting that the country’s governance and sovereignty are being undermined. “The …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday paid tribute to an officer who embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire in Tirah Valley’s Bagh area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Khyber district, the Prime Minister’s office said in a notification on Sunday. According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) today, an exchange of fire took place between security …
ISLAMABAD: To mark National Minorities Day, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed support and solidarity with Pakistan’s religious minorities on Sunday, vowing to protect their rights and ensure their well-being in the country. The government declared August 11 as National Minorities Day in 2009. The date coincides with the historic speech delivered by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali …
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub said on Saturday every institution, including the military, should operate within their constitutional limits. Talking to the media outside an Anti-Terrorism Court here, he said the military, Frontier Corps, and intelligence agencies were institutions of the state while politicians are responsible for politics according to the Constitution. Mr Ayub …
LAHORE: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, who also heads Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Aain, believes that what happened on May 9 last year is being blown out of proportion. Mr Achakzai suggested that the current government should resign and a national government, to be led by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, formed to take the country forward and conduct fresh elections. “Pakistan’s history …
At least 100 Palestinians were killed on Saturday by Israeli airstrikes at a school serving as shelters for displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, Palestinian medical and security sources said. They told Xinhua that the fatal victims included women and children and were transferred to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. The Israeli warplanes targeted the Al-Tabi’in School in the …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, calling it “an open aggression and barbarity which had no precedent in history.” “Israel has crossed all limits in its open aggression,” the prime minister said in a statement after the early morning attack claimed over 100 lives. The …
Arshad Nadeem, the Olympic gold medallist from the Paris Games, is set to arrive in Pakistan tonight. A grand reception, including a Punjab Police band, awaits him at Lahore Airport at around 1am. Lahore Police have decided to provide Nadeem with a historic VVIP protocol. Over 150 police officers and personnel will be deployed for his security, with an elite …