PESHAWAR: Chairmanship of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has become a bone of contention and triggered a tug of war between senior PTI figures after it emerged that its political committee had voted to replace maverick Sher Afzal Khan Marwat with Sheikh Waqas Akram. A party insider told that PTI’s political committee met in Islamabad on Friday night under its chairman …
PESHAWAR: The newly-elected central president of Awami National Party, Senator Aimal Wali Khan, has said that he will protect 18th Amendment at all costs as it guarantees rights of Pakhtuns. Addressing the members of ANP central council at Bacha Khan Markaz here on Sunday soon after his election as president of the party, he said that 18th Amendment was part …
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf senior leader and former National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser says Lahore is reeling under martial law. Speaking to the media on Sunday during his visit to Lahore, he said the powers that be had unleashed violence on the party leaders and workers, trampling their basic human rights. “I am going back to Islamabad and I will tell …
PARIS: Over the past 60 years, China-France relations have long been at the forefront of China’s ties with major Western countries, setting a prime example for countries with different social systems to coexist in peace and pursue win-win cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a written speech on Sunday upon his arrival in Paris for a state visit to …
GWADAR: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh has said that Gwadar will play a key role in the economic development not only of Balochistan but also Pakistan in the near future, improving the standard of living of the people of coastal areas of Makran. Mr Sheikh, who arrived in Gwadar on a three-day visit, expressed these views while …
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday extended Pakistan’s support for Palestine’s admission as a full member of the UN, and resumption of the peace process for the realisation of a “viable, contiguous and sovereign” Palestinian state on pre-1967 borders. Dar, who doubles as the deputy prime minister and is also a senator, arrived in The Gambia on Wednesday to …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Sunday expressed the determination to further enhance and upgrade cooperation on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. This was expressed by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Zheng Jianbang, the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China. According to the Foreign Office (FO), the two met on the sidelines of the …
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the country had the potential to collect revenues of over Rs24 trillion against the annual tax target of Rs9.4tr. He said that around three times the annual revenue target was ‘going down the drain’ due to corruption, inefficiency, and negligence. This huge amount, he said, could be used to pay debts …
ISLAMABAD: Noting the importance of long-standing strategic and economic relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud reaffirmed the resolve to further enhance economic cooperation and Saudi investments in Pakistan. Mr Dar held a meeting with the Saudi foreign minister on the sidelines of …
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shahid Waheed, a senior judge of the Supreme Court, has highlighted the need for early hearing of the military court cases since the issues highlighted in the case involve lives and liberties of citizens. “All these cases be set down for hearing as soon as possible because the questions involved therein concern the lives and liberties of citizens,” …