LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced nationwide protests while condemning Sunday’s by-elections held across the country, branding them as fraudulent. In a joint press conference held on Monday at the PTI Central Secretariat, PTI Secretary General and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Omar Ayub Khan, alongside Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza, vehemently criticised …
ISLAMABAD: PTI Senator Shibli Faraz was appointed the new opposition leader in the Senate on Monday. Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan had nominated Faraz for the position last week and he was widely seen to take the role with the endorsement of 21 senators. According to a notification issued by the Senate Secretariat Faraz was appointed under Rule 16 …
NAROWAL: During the by-elections for PP 54 in Narowal on Sunday, one person died after being struck on the head with a stick in election-related violence. Clashes were reported between the workers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) at over two dozen polling stations. The PML-N had fielded Ahmed Iqbal for the by-poll while Owais Qasim was …
ISLAMABAD: ROEDAD Khan, a veteran bureaucrat who witnessed history from multiple perches and served several rulers — from General Ayub Khan to Nawaz Sharif — passed away on Sunday at the age of 101. Born in Mardan in pre-partition India, Mr Khan had celebrated his 100th birthday on September 23, last year. His passing was announced by prominent politician and relative, Mushahid …
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has stated that the process of privatising PIA will be finalised by the end of June or early July, with Islamabad airport potentially following suit shortly after. “The government has no business being in business,” the minister declared at a Saturday afternoon news briefing, explaining the government’s plan to divest from state-owned enterprises (SOEs). “We …
ISLAMABAD: In the run-up to the finalisation of the federal budget for 2024-25, the Ministry of Finance has asked all ministries, divisions, departments, and self-governing entities to surrender by May 15 the funds that they think cannot be utilised within the current fiscal year, ending June 30, 2024. Under the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) of 2019, all entities established …
BEIJING: The GSI, first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in 2022, has kept evolving in the context of a deteriorated global security situation with growing uncertainties and intense major-power rivalry. By staying committed to the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, the GSI not only provides Chinese wisdom on …
BEIJING: China on Sunday released a set of geologic atlases of the global moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million, which are the first complete high-definition lunar geologic atlases in the world, providing basic map data for future lunar research and exploration. This set of geologic atlases, available in Chinese and English, includes the Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe …
ISLAMABAD: Polling for 21 national and provincial assembly seats concluded a 5pm on Sunday with strict security arrangements made by the federal government to ensure a smooth voting process. The government approved the deployment of the civil armed forces and Pakistan Army troops during the polling process. The civil armed forces and army troops will provide second- and third-tier security …
PESHAWAR: KP government’s spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that Afghan nationals living legally in Pakistan should not be “harassed or expelled”, warning that any action in this regard could sour relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The government launched the first round of repatriation of what it called “undocumented aliens” in November last year. No official data has been released as …