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ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that the public gave the opportunity to all three political parties in 2013 to form government in their own provinces. Speaking at a news conference in Punjab House Islamabad, he maintained that every party should present its performance in the court...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday sent a summary to President Mamnoon Hussain, proposing three dates for holding the upcoming General Elections 2018. The commission has proposed three dates from 25th July to 27th July to the president to decide on which date the next polls are...

Pakistan Peoples Party finalised two names for the interim PM: former PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf and Jalil Abbas Jilani, a former Pakistani ambassador to Washington. Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto finalised the names. Zardari called the two nominees of the party on phone, telling them that they have been...

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court has barred private schools in the federal capital from receiving fees for summer vacations. While hearing a petition on Friday, the court ordered that amount already paid by parents shall be adjusted against fees for the period after vacations. During the hearing, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui...

KARACHI: The holy month of Ramazan will begin in Pakistan from Thursday, Chairman of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman announced today. The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee led by Mufti Munibur Rehman met today for sighting of the Ramazan moon. The meeting was held at the main office of the Meteorological...

Islamabad: Pakistan will observe 18th May (Friday) as "Palestine Solidarity Day" on the directives issued by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. A statement issued by the PM Office media wing on Tuesday said that "Yaum-e-Yakjehti-e-Palestine" ("Palestine Solidarity Day") aims at demonstrating complete solidarity with the Palestinian brethren. On this day,...

A technical fault at the Tarbela power plant early Wednesday resulted in the breakdown of electricity in most of Punjab,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and The Capital City Islamabad. According to details, the breakdown occurred owing to tripping of Muzaffargarh-Guddu main transmission line. the federal capital Islamabad was also left without electricity as the...

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that national security issues must not be exploited for political point scoring. Speaking in the National Assembly today( Tuesday), he clarified that the Indian media misreported statement of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Mumbai attacks for their own designs. He said the...

Pakistan Television (PTV) state owned Television has skipped Prime minister Khaqqan Abbasi's Press conference on Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on Mumbai Attacks after NSC meeting took place earlier today. On further digging into this issue, when we asked our senior correspondent the reason behind not televising Prime Minister's Press...

Islamabad: The National Security Committee (NSC) meeting on Monday termed ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s statement about the 2008 Mumbai attacks as “incorrect and misleading”, said an official communique released on Monday. In a one-point agenda meeting pertaining to the remarks made by Nawaz, multiple members of the Pakistan Army,...

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that he is not the first one to have accepted these facts. He was referring to his recent statement in an interview regarding role of Pakistan-based non-state actors in the Mumbai attacks. “I had asked a question. I need an answer,”...

Islamabad: Pakistani citizens can now take advantage of visa free entry into Qatar. The Gulf country is inviting Pakistani tourists to explore its culture and heritage with added benefit of visa free entry. According to Qatar Airways website, the Pakistani citizens can be granted a visa waiver for a period of 30 days on...