DHAKA (Reuters) – Telecommunications and television news channels in Bangladesh were largely blocked on Friday due to violent student protests against government job quotas, which have resulted in nearly two dozen deaths this week. The authorities did not immediately provide an update. According to the French news agency AFP, 32Read More →
ISLAMABAD: The Power Division was contacted by the Senate Standing Committee on Power to provide information on the payments made to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) during the previous 20 years. The committee requested information about the payments made to IPPs by sending a questionnaire to the secretary of Power Division.Read More →
ISLAMABAD: According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD) forecast, the majority of the nation is predicted to experience hot, muggy weather during the next 24 hours. However, isolated locations in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Potohar Region, Islamabad, Punjab, southeastern/upper Sindh, and northeastern Balochistan are likely to see rain, windstorms, or thundershowers.Read More →
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission will convene today (Friday) to discuss the appointment of ad hoc justices to the Supreme Court of Pakistan for terms of three years. At 3:00 p.m., Qazi Faez Isa, Pakistan’s Chief Justice, will preside over the meeting. The Supreme Court’s ad hoc judge appointments will beRead More →
Former foreign minister and vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Shah Mehmood Qureshi, was transferred from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi to Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore on Thursday. According to sources, the PTI leader who is now in custody is scheduled to appear before the anti-terrorism court at KotRead More →
ISLAMABAD: The legislators who took an oath on reserved seats earlier have chosen to address the court in their individual capacity. These MPs’ memberships were later suspended in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reserved seat decision. The Peshawar High Court’s decision to deny the PTI special seats for femaleRead More →
Butler, Pennsylvania (AP) – With a large backpack on his back, the young man was walking around the perimeter of the Donald Trump campaign rally, scanning the roofs behind the stage where the former president was scheduled to speak in just one hour via the lens of a rangefinder. DueRead More →
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Gohar, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), declared on Thursday that the government would fall if the PTI was outlawed. After attending the PTI and Sunni-Ittehad Council (SIC) joint parliamentary party meeting, the PTI chief, along with PTI leaders Omar Ayub Khan, Shibli Faraz, and Asad Qaiser,Read More →
LAHORE: A request for the assembly session has been presented by the opposition in the Punjab Assembly. The parliament’s opposition members have turned in the call for the meeting to the secretariat of the assembly. The six-point agenda for the Punjab Assembly session has been written by the opposition. PunjabRead More →
LAHORE (APP) – Pakistan Railways has declared that, starting on Friday, July 19, all trains will have higher fares. A press release distributed on Thursday announced a one percent fare hike for all postal, express, intercity, and passenger trains, including those that use contracted services. The justification for this modificationRead More →
