BEIRUT: Deputy Head of Mission Umar Hayat in Damascus accompanied 350 Pakistanis (including 245 pilgrims) who were stranded in Syria to the border, where they were received by Nawab Adil Deputy Head of Mission here on Wednesday (11th Dec, 2024). They will be brought back home Thursday (12th Dec, 2024). Meanwhile, FO informed the Senate […]
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KARACHI: Ali Khursheedi, MQM-P’s Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, announced the formation of a Special Committee comprising journalists and MQM parliamentarians to address the challenges faced by the media community in Sindh. In an exclusive discussion Khursheedi emphasized moving beyond rhetoric to deliver practical solutions for journalists: “This initiative aims to identify […]
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RAWALPINDI: Annual 3-week-long Sino-Pak Exercise Warrior-VIII concluded on Wednesday (11th December, 2024). Personnel of Pakistan Army and Chinese Peoples Liberation Army took part in 8th such exercise designed to train the troops in Counter Terrorism. DVD ceremony of the Exercise was conducted at Tilla Field Firing Range. Conspicuous among others there were Corps Commander Lt. […]
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ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman MNA Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, speaking on the National Assembly floor on Wednesday (11th Dec, 2024), has asked the government to have courage to give answers apropos alleged massacre that took place here 26th November, 2024: “Even if bullets have been fired, there should at least be the courage to give answers, […]
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ISLAMABAD: While the government wants to register all madrasahs the way it had 18,600 so far (with an ultimate aim of bringing them under the Ministry of Education) JUI-Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (who is running an enormous number of such seminaries and is against such documentation) accuses it of deception. Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman had a rendezvous here […]
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ISLAMABAD: Lt. Gen (R) Faez Hameed, who worked as DG ISI, was in contact with fifty politicians (mostly those associated with PTI). According to Army Act he was not supposed to engage in any political activity for five years after his retirement. Nature of his links with PTI founder Imran Khan is still being probed. […]
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PESHAWAR: During a session with Deputy Speaker in the Chair, the MPAs of KP assemblies have asked the government to launch a probe to figure out how terrorists manged to cross the border and carried out attacks killing citoyens in Kurram recently. PTI MPA Abdul Hadi while talking about the recent skirmishes in Kurram has […]
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD: Following the lifting of ban imposed on PIA (four years ago by EC and EASA), the national -flag carrier is all set to commence operations to Europe from 10th of January, 2025. Initially, two flights will be operated weekly which will gradually be increased. It is pertinent to mention here that Sarwar Awan (then) […]
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KARACHI: Italian Floating Embassy, the 93-year-old tall wooden ship Amerigo Vespucci, reckoned as the world’s most beautiful vessel, took a taste of Italy on its 20-month long circumnavigation around the globe, visiting 36 ports in 32 countries, adding a new page in the art of navigation. Amerigo Vespucci moored for three days at Karachi Port, […]
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RAWALPINDI: Many top PTI leaders, including Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub and former provincial law minister Raja Basharat, who were taken into custody on Thursday (5th Dec, 2024), have been granted post-arrest bail by ATC here on Friday. A day earlier an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Amjad Ali Shah had indicted PTI […]
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