Murtaza Wahab, the recently elected mayor of Karachi, and Salman Murad, his deputy, will take their oaths of office at the Gulshan Jinnah Polo Ground in Karachi tomorrow (Monday). The mayor and deputy mayor of Karachi will take the oath of office from Sindh Election Commissioner Ijaz Anwar Chauhan. MurtazaContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD – As over 290 Pakistanis are presumed dead in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece, National Assembly Speaker Raja Parvez Ashraf has urged the government to take tough action against people traffickers. During a session of the assembly, the chair voiced sadness over the deaths of migrants inContinue Reading
LAHORE – Punjab Advocate General Muhammad Shan Gul has chosen to resign for personal reasons. According to sources, he resigned from his position as interim chief minister to Mohsin Naqvi for personal reasons. He said that it was difficult for him to continue doing his tasks. Despite his resignation, GulContinue Reading
MULTAN – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed on Saturday that he never supported and had nothing to do with the 9/5 occurrences. However, he reaffirmed that he was a PTI member. He claimed that several cases had been filed against him, but that none of themContinue Reading
Senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Maryam Nawaz, arrived in Islamabad on Thursday to participate in the party elections. Ms. Nawaz will attend the PML-N’s central general council meeting, according to the sources. The party constitution was also likely to be changed at the conference. The socialContinue Reading
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the leader of the Awami Muslim League (AML), expressed worry on Friday about election transparency because he believes there was irregular activity in the Karachi mayor election. The former interior minister claimed in a series of tweets that time will show the PPP what it had missedContinue Reading
Khawaja Asif, the defence minister and head of the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), apologised for his comments on university vice chancellors in his budget address on Friday, although the speaker afterwards removed the offending phrase. Asif apologised at the beginning of the National Assembly session for labelling the vice chancellors “robbers”Continue Reading
Following a thorough deliberation, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved Pakistan LNG Limited’s (PLL) Wednesday request to execute the proposed framework agreement with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Trading. According to a press release, the ECC, which met in person with Senator Mohammad IshaqContinue Reading
On Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan conducted discussions on a variety of topics pertaining to their countries’ ties as well as regional and global concerns and came to an agreement to strengthen bilateral trade and military cooperation with a particular focus on energy. InContinue Reading
On June 14 and 15, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Azerbaijan for a two-day state visit at President Ilham Aliyev’s invitation. The federal cabinet members who represent the key sectors of cooperation with Azerbaijan will go alongside the prime minister, according to the Foreign Office. With President IlhamContinue Reading
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