KARACHI: Hafiz Naeemur Rehman was on Thursday elected as the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) for a five-year term, till 2029. Over 45,000 members of the party cast their votes and over 80 per cent was polled in favor of Rehman. Earlier, the election committee of the JI had announced the names of Sirajul Haq, Liaquat […]
ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation from the US embassy in Islamabad on Thursday visited the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, according to media reports. The delegation consisted of one American and two Pakistani employees of the embassy. They held a meeting with a murder convict in the office of the deputy jail superintendent for about 30 minutes.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the government was taking steps to reduce inflation and create employment opportunities for the youth. He stated this while chairing a meeting of the cabinet today. He expressed satisfaction over the gradual decrease in inflation. He said steps are afoot to reduce inflation and alleviate unemployment and
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said the judicial murder of Pakistan\’s first democratically elected prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a conspiracy against democracy and independence of the country. He stated this in a statement on the 45th death anniversary of Mr Bhutto who was hanged by military dictator Gen Ziaul Haq on April
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CHITRAL: The construction of a grain godown in Broghil valley of Upper Chitral has been left incomplete for about seven years. Umar Rafi from Broghil in a statement said the PTI government in Khyber Pakthunkhwa had approved the construction of the godown in Chilmarabad Broghil in the year 2017 at a cost of Rs15 million.
CHITRAL: A team of doctors from Peshawar is in Lower Chitral to monitor typhoid cases reported from different areas such as parts of Kalash valleys and Ayun. The outbreak of typhoid was reported a few days back from Rumbur in Kalash valley and adjacent Attani village of Ayun after which the district administration had sent
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LAHORE: An amount of over Rs1.2 million is being spent on the security of Imran Khan every month in the Adiala jail of Rawalpindi. This information was placed before Lahore High Court by the attorney general for Pakistan during hearing of a case related to security arrangements for the PTI founder in the jail. The
LAHORE: Special speedy trial courts are being set up in Punjab for sexual and child assault cases. The decision was taken at a meeting of the provincial cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. The chief minister said that though the speeding courts pulpetrators will be brought to justice without the cases lingering on. The
CHITRAL: A new district police officer (DPO) took charge in Lower Chitral on Tuesday, the police said in a statement. Iftikhar Shah, BPS-18, replaces Qamar Hayat who was recently posted out of Chitral and appointed as the DPO of Battagram. Iftikhar Shah was earlier posted as DPO Bannu, according to a notification issued by the
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday postponed polling for the vacant seats of Senate in the KP assembly on account of delay in oath taking of members on reserved seats. The election for the Senate, meanwhile, continued in the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Sindh. The government of
