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

Tariq Malik, the chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), resigned on Tuesday. During a meeting at the PM House, he presented Shehbaz Sharif with his resignation. According to sources, the FIA added his name on the no-fly list, preventing him from flying internationally. The FIA and theContinue Reading

Jahangir Khan Tareen suffered a setback when former MPA Lala Tahir Randhawa announced his departure from the “grandiose” party on Sunday, only days after the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) was founded. While meeting with Mr. Tareen, Mr. Randhawa made it obvious that he supports the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He alsoContinue Reading

On Sunday (today), the event’s principal organiser and senior vice president of the PML-N, Maryam Nawaz, will deliver a speech at a youth convention in this place. For the gathering that will take place there, the football pitch has been readied. Information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted about the address ofContinue Reading

Following an improvement in the law and order situation, Islamabad and the Punjab administration decided to end the military presence on Saturday. In the public interest, the Chief Commissioner’s office wrote to the Ministry of Interior, requesting that notifications of military deployments issued on May 10 be removed. According toContinue Reading