LAHORE: Federal Minister for Energy Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Sunday said the government had no plans to end the policy of solar net-metering. The minister’s remarks came in the wake of media reports, claiming that the government was scrapping the policy and replacing it with a new gross-metering mechanism. Net metering allows consumers to sell excess electricity produced by …
LAHORE: Amid a low voter turnout in the by-election in NA-148 Multan on Sunday, the PPP’s Syed Ali Qasim Gilani is likely to win against Barrister Taimur Altaf Mahay who contested the by-poll from the platform of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). According to initial results, Ali Qasim Gilani, the son of former prime minister and current Senate Chairman Yusuf Raza Gilani, …
LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accused incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan of “backstabbing” him in 2013 by carrying out protest rallies despite initially assuring him of his cooperation post-elections. Addressing a meeting of the PML-N’s Central Working Committee (CWC) in Lahore, Nawaz said that upon assuming power in 2013, the first thing he did was go and visit Imran at …
LAHORE: A special flight carrying the first batch of Pakistan students from Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek landed at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport late on Saturday after several foreigners were subjected to mob violence last night. Kyrgyz police said they had mobilised forces in the Central Asian nation’s capital yesterday to quell the violence, in which hundreds of Kyrgyz men …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa food department has purchased around 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat from growers in the province in the first phase of the ongoing procurement drive. Last month, the provincial government announced that it would procure 300,000 tonnes of wheat from the local farmers. A senior government official told Dawn that the food department had decided to purchase wheat from local growers …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the federal and Punjab governments’ recent move to amend the defamation law, terming it a fascist and draconian step to stifle dissenting voices and curb media freedom. In a joint statement issued on Friday, PFUJ President Afzal Butt and Secretary General Arshad Ansari said the federal and Punjab governments are bent …
ISLAMABAD: Member of the National Assembly Ali Pervaiz took oath as minister of state on Friday. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to Mr Pervaiz at a ceremony held at Aiwan-i-Sadr. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, parliamentarians and other officials. Mr Pervaiz was elected MNA from NA-119 constituency of Lahore …
ISLAMABAD: Reacting to various ‘irresponsible’ statements being made by the likes of Indian PM Narendra Modi and other politicians across the border, the Foreign Office on Friday said they reflected an unhealthy and entrenched obsession with Pakistan and revealed a deliberate intent to exploit hyper-nationalism for electoral gains. “These also signify a desperate attempt to deflect attention from mounting domestic …
RAWALPINDI: PTI founder Imran Khan on Friday said he was writing a letter to Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir for the sake of the country and its current issues. According to a transcript of his talk with the media today in Adiala Jail, posted by the PTI on its X account, Imran said: “I will write a letter …
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub on Friday stated that any talks with “Form-47 parties”, referring to the PPP, PML-N and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), would be dependent on the return of the PTI’s “stolen seats” and the quashing of cases against party founder Imran Khan. Since the aftermath of the February 8 general elections, …