ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications of the National Assembly has been informed that 900,000 URLs have been blocked for reasons such as blasphemous and pornographic content and / or feelings against the state, the judiciary or the armed forces. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) informed the committee on Thursday that citizens […]
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Thursday rejected a request from the National Office of Accountability (NAB) seeking custody of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail and former managing director of the Sheikh of oil from the state of Pakistan, Sheikh Imranul Haq in the LNG terminal case and sent them
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government announced on Thursday the closure of all border crossings with Afghanistan from September 27 to 28 to strengthen security in view of the fourth presidential election held in the war-torn country on Saturday. Meanwhile, improved safety controls for pedestrians and commercial vehicles began on Thursday and the process will continue until
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi boycotted the speech of Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday at the meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers in New York. "I can't sit with the Kashmir killer," he told reporters after boycotting the speech. The foreign minister's spokesman had previously announced that Qureshi had submitted his presence
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Election Commission (ECP) will resume incidents involving foreign funding for Pakistani terrorist-e-Insaf (PTI) rulings next week. Election regulators ordered PTI's advice to appear before the Special Committee investigated. ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Election Commission (ECP) will resume incidents involving foreign funding for Pakistani terrorist-e-Insaf (PTI) rulings next week. Election regulators ordered
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that while it is true that illicit financial flows negatively affect rich countries, that battered money movement is "devastating developing countries" worldwide. The prime minister was addressing an event called "High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development" at the United Nations in New York, on the sidelines of
Acting Foreign Secretary Moazzam Ahmad Khan informed the resident ambassadors of P5 countries (permanent members of the United Nations Security Council) in Islamabad on Thursday about the recent propaganda emanating from India against Pakistan, he said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO). "Referring to the intensified and concerted Indian campaign against Pakistan, especially in recent
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government to support its Ehsas initiative on poverty alleviation, under which it will provide Pakistan with an amount of $ 200 million. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at a meeting in New York. Prime Minister Imran Khan and
A model court in Multan on Thursday reserved its verdict on the murder case of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch. Judge Imran Shafi reserved the verdict after the prosecution and defense completed their arguments in the case. The suspects, including Qandeel's brother, the main defendant, Muhammad Wasim, his other brother Aslam Shaheen, Mufti Abdul Qavi,
At least 67 people suffered minor injuries in Azad Jammu and in the city of Mirpur in Kashmir after a shaking earthquake struck Mirpur on Thursday. Further, Pakistan Radio He reported that tremors were also felt in Jhelum and adjacent areas. According to the medical superintendent of the Divisional Headquarters Hospital in Mirpur, Dr. Farooq
