ISLAMABAD: Markhor and the blind dolphin, who were on the verge of extinction in the country, have returned successfully, said on Wednesday the adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam. “Although there is no credible data for each species in the country, some species are being monitored. The Markhor and the […]
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday reserved its ruling in a case filed against a provincial legislator of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement related to the alleged distribution of compact discs (CDs) containing anti-state speeches. MPA Shiraz Waheed; Naeem Shamshad; Mohammad Shoaib Saeed Danish; Mubeen, Pakistani alias; M. Nabeel; Waqas; Ali Hasan, aka Guddu and Syed
ISLAMABAD: Inflation rose 11.4 percent year-on-year in September, the Pakistan Statistical Office (PBS) reported Wednesday. Inflation, measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased 0.77{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} during the previous month after PBS revised its calculation methodology. According to the new base year (2015-16), September inflation was 11.37 percent, compared to 10.49 percent in the previous month.
MIRPUR: The president of the Popular Party of Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, asks about the health of an earthquake victim at the District Headquarters Hospital on Wednesday. MUZAFFARABAD: The president of the Party of Peoples of Pakistan (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, urged on Wednesday the government of Pakistan to put more emphasis on the right to self-determination
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet has been informed that the federal government is leading provincial governments in repairing complaints from citizens received in the Prime Minister's Citizen Portal of Pakistan. The cabinet was recently informed that so far 1,173 million users had registered on the portal with 100,300 internal users, 103,000 Pakistanis abroad and 4,000 foreigners. Data
ISLAMABAD: The session of the National Assembly, which was scheduled to continue until Friday, was extended on Wednesday a few minutes after the start of the session, as the opposition claimed that the measure aimed to avoid the election for the vacant position of the vice president . Syed Fakhar Imam, ruling member of Tehreek-i-Insaf
ISLAMABAD: The president of the court, Asif Saeed Khosa, questioned on Wednesday how "prison rules" could determine the imprisonment of those convicted for life, that is, 25 years. "On what basis has it been written under Rule 140 and 198 (b) of the Pakistan Prison Rules that the life of the convicted person will be
MUZAFFARABAD: A woman was killed and three other civilians were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in ceasefire violations not caused by the Indian army from the other side of the control line (LoC) during the last 24 hours, they said Wednesday authorities. Bombings of Indian troops began in the Samahni sector of the
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will make an official visit to China from October 7 to 8 with the main agenda of "reactivation" of the stagnant projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). "The elimination of all bottlenecks in CPEC projects and their timely completion is the top priority of the government," the prime minister
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled on Wednesday over a prolonged battle for funds amounting to £ 35 million by issuing a ruling in favor of the Nizam of Hyderabad and against Pakistan, which claimed funds that had not been touched in a London bank account . for 70 years. Read: British court
