ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the appointment of Lt Gen Muhammad Munir Afsar as the chairman of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for three years. The appointment of the first-ever serving three-star general as Nadra chairman was initially made by the caretaker government led by prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on October 2. The appointment has now been officially endorsed …
ISLAMABAD: In a recent reshuffle, the federal government has replaced Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, with Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, a BS-20 officer currently posted in Punjab. According to the notifications issued by the Establishment Division, Dr Akbar Nasir Khan was posted to the Establishment Division “with immediate effect and until further orders”. Khan had been …
ISLAMABAD: PTI central leader Asad Qaiser has advised his party’s chief minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to snap all ties with the federal government as the Centre will not accept any of his demands. The advice came a day after KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur met Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Peshawar and discussed a joint strategy to fight terrorism. “This is …
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s former MNA Aliya Hamza Malik and social media activist Sanam Javed were reportedly rearrested on Friday in a new case of May 9 riots before their release from Kot Lakhpat jail following bail in Shadman police station attack case. This time, sources said, the PTI’s both women had been implicated in a case of torching Kamar Mashani police station …
ISLAMABAD: Retired Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, a former chief justice, was on Saturday appointed the head of the inquiry commission that will investigate charges of interference into judicial independence by the intelligence apparatus. On Tuesday, six Islamabad High Court judges — out of a total strength of eight — wrote a startling letter to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) members, regarding attempts …
GUJRANWALA: A Gujranwala anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced 51 convicts to five-year prison terms in a case pertaining to the attack on Gujranwala cantonment following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on May 9 last year. More than 100 civilians are under trial for their alleged role in attacks on army installations during the riots that followed Imran’s arrest on May …
PESHAWAR: Reflecting the emergence of a working relationship between the political rivals who rule in the Centre and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, against the backdrop of surging terrorist attacks in the region, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur received Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi here on Thursday. During the meeting, CM Gandapur said KP had suffered the most during the war against …
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent bid to avoid a retrial in the cipher case, the counsel for former prime minister Imran Khan and foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday endorsed the cross-examination of key witnesses by state-appointed counsel. The move comes as a surprise, as it contradicts the stance earlier adopted by the PTI legal team, which has maintained that the …
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday said disinformation and fake news are the problems of entire world which should be controlled. During a meeting with the political counselor of the British High Commission, Zoe Ware, the minister said the biggest challenge on social media was fake news. Referring to the restrictions on social media platform …
KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday expressed hope for reaching a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of the fiscal year (June 30), adding that there have not been any final discussions with the Fund yet. The $3 billion standby arrangement with the global lender expires on April 11, and the two sides …