ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for extending him warm congratulations on his re-election as the President of Pakistan. While replying to President Xi’s letter, the president expressed his commitment to working closely with the Chinese President to deepen practical cooperation, strengthen the all-weather partnership, and foster a shared community for the benefit of the …
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said on Friday that an air ambulance service would be launched soon in the province. The chief minister took the decision while chairing a meeting on the Air Ambulance Project in Lahore. Maryam also allowed the use of the helicopter attached to her office for emergency shifting of patients, aiming to bolster medical response in …
LAHORE: As the PPP leadership continues to hold its card over the candidates for Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa governors, it has largely become a one-horse race in the former though a senior party leader indicated that a surprise nominee should not be ruled out in both the provinces. With presidential elections sorted out, something that the PPP wanted to deal with …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub Khan alleged on Friday that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja was ‘swayed’ with promises of ambassadorship in return for favours by the incumbent government. Speaking to the media alongside PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and former speaker National Assembly (NA) Asad Qaiser, Ayub claimed that CEC was promised future posting as …
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Donald Blome on Friday met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues, a statement said. According to the Acting US Mission Spokesperson Thomas Montgomery, Blome and Shehbaz discussed various issues including partnering with the government of Pakistan on regional security, US support for continued economic reforms with and through the IMF, …
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called upon Pakistan to reopen discussions on the National Finance Commission (NFC) award, seeking to address the ongoing imbalance in the distribution of fiscal resources between federal and provincial governments. During the opening round of discussions for a $1.1 billion loan tranche, Nathan Porter, the IMF Mission Chief to Pakistan, raised concerns …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) secured four Senate seats, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) each won one seat, Express News reported.Elections were held on one Senate seat from Islamabad, two from Sindh and three from Balochistan. A total of 301 members of the National Assembly cast their votes. Yousaf Raza Gilani, the joint candidate of the …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) allowed four PTI lawyers on Thursday to meet with party founder Imran Khan at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir heard the petition against the two-week ban on meetings with Adiala inmates including Imran, where the jail superintendent informed the court about receiving several requests for meetings with the former premier. He added …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was informed on Thursday that intelligence agencies have access to phone recording system through the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The counsel for telecom operators appeared before the high court as it heard pleas against the leaked audios of former premier Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and ex-CJP Saqib Nisar’s son. The case was heard by IHC’s …
ISLAMABAD: A day after the Punjab government banned the entry of visitors in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail owing to ‘security concerns’, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought a reply from the jail superintendent on the notification issued by the government that banned meetings with the prisoners for two weeks. The petition filed by PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat was taken up …