ISLAMABAD: The National Bureau of Accountability (NAB) informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly on Thursday that a reference would be filed against bankers and the Privatization Commission (PC) officials for irregular investments. The PAC was examining the PC audit report for 2012-13. The audit report indicated "undue favors and irregular investments […]
KARACHI: In reporting on the increase in the salary of the "baseless" and "unfortunate" prime minister, the spokesman for the Prime Minister's office has clarified that there will be no increase in the official salary of the prime minister. The clarification was issued on Thursday in response to media reports alleging that the prime minister's
Spokesman of the Foreign Office Aisha Farooqui. – Online ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Ministry on Thursday categorically rejected rumors that the government intended to merge the region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with mainland Pakistan. "There is no such proposal under consideration," FO spokeswoman Aisha Farooqui said at the weekly press conference. Speculation about the
ISLAMABAD: Admitting on the floor of the National Assembly that the prevailing situation due to a lobster attack is "unprecedented and alarming," the Minister of National Food Security, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, hinted on Thursday that he declared a "national emergency" in The country to deal with the crisis. In response to the points of order
ISLAMABAD: With the continued expansion of the revenue deficit against the target for the second year in a row, Pakistan's beloved government Tehreek-i-Insaf for revenue reforms, the president of the Federal Revenue Board (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi, has had an indefinite license for medical reasons. Zaidi had resumed his position on January 21 after a two-week
The leader of the MNA and the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), Mohsin Dawar, said Thursday that the trend of declaring everyone as "traitors" should stop, calling it a "dangerous project" for the country. He was speaking at the National Assembly a day after he was released from jail, where he was arrested for a day.
By counting the hellish conditions of eight years spent in death row on charges of blasphemy, but also by the pain of exile from Pakistan, Aasia Bibi has broken her silence to give her first personal vision of a test that caused outrage international. Bibi, who belongs to the Christian minority community, was sentenced to
Kumkum Bhagya January 29, 2020 episode update written by: Prachi walked with Riya and saw Maya walking in the middle of the road. Avi tells Ran Birr that he must convey his heart to his favorite girl. Wednesday night, Prachi was looking for a file in the warehouse. But the room light is not on.
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet postponed Wednesday the decision on the increase in the price of gas for further consultations and resigned from the port charges of Rs195 million to the Turkish firm Karkey as part of a $ dispute settlement 1.2 billion The meeting, chaired by the prime minister's financial
The government is initiating a program to privatize a series of public institutions to make them profitable, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information, Firdous Ashiq Awan, told the media on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, flanked by the Minister of Privatization Mohammad Mian Soomro and the Secretary of the Privatization Commission
