KARACHI: The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has chosen to pursue legal action against the workers who are protesting the national flag carrier’s privatization and asking for pay increases. ARY News was informed by sources that the PIA administration had finished its legal due diligence before acting against workersRead More →
(The Web Desk) – On Friday, a gas explosion at Lasbela Chowk in Karachi wounded nine people and destroyed many stores. The event occurred on a sewer near where the stores were constructed. The explosion was confirmed by officials and eyewitnesses. Residents in an adjacent building were evacuated as aRead More →
ISLAMABAD – Protests over high power rates are taking place in major cities and towns across the country, including Karachi, Lahore, and Peshawar. Heavy bills and levies have pushed people to go to the streets following a significant hike in power costs across the country.Businessmen are protesting against the highRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court deferred hearing on the PTI chairman’s appeal for a stay of execution in the Toshakhana case on Friday due to the absence of Election Commission counsel Amjad Parvez. The appeal for suspension of the PTI chairman’s sentence was heard by an Islamabad High CourtRead More →
KARACHI – Asad Umar, a former federal minister, has refuted the reports of his imprisonment. Asad Umar, a senior PTI politician, said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had not actually detained him and that the story of his detention was inaccurate. Asad Umar said in an interview with aRead More →
BATTAGRAM – Eight schoolchildren and two teachers who have been suspended in midair on a chairlift since the morning in Allai Jhangray Pashto in the Battagram region have been rescued by a helicopter dispatched from Peshawar, according to witnesses and rescuers. The chairlift’s broken cable finally became caught in theRead More →
ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi handed over the services of his secretary Waqar Ahmed to the Establishment Division on Monday, as the debate over the signing of laws pertaining to the Official Secrets Act and the Army Act heated up. “In light of yesterday’s definite statement, President’s Secretariat hasRead More →
LAHORE – The Punjab President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, was not to be arrested in any unnamed case, according to a single bench decision that was restored by the Lahore High Court on Monday. After hearing arguments about the issue of giving bail to former chiefRead More →
(Web Desk) – Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister and vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been placed in the care of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for a four-day physical remand in a cipher case. The remand was ordered by a special court in Islamabad thatRead More →
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Consumer price inflation in Sri Lanka fell to 4.6 percent year on year in July from 10.8 percent in June, thanks to lower food costs, according to the statistics department on Monday. Every month, the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) reflects broader retail price inflation and isRead More →
