ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath to Asif Ali Zardai at a ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad on Sunday. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, former Prime Minister and PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif, parliamentarians, political leaders, Services Chiefs and other high officials attended […]
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday was presented a farewell guard of honor at the Awane Sadr, marking the culmination of his term. Contingents of armed forces presented the guard of honor which was reviewed by the outgoing president. The farewell guard of honour was given a day before the next presidential election scheduled
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced the establishment of Pakistan Education Endowment Fund to enable high achievers to continue their studies regardless of financial constraints. Addressing an event in connection with International Women Day in Islamabad, he said all resources will be utilized in collaboration with the provinces for this purpose. He said
ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan and across the world, women and girls face inequalities that increase their risk of diseases, disability, gender-based violence and mortality. For example, women are more likely to be blind, but men are twice as likely to have access to necessary eye care as women. And for many women, getting their health issues
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has decided to restore free healthcare services under Sehat Card Plus initiative from Ramazan 1 for whole population of the province. The decision was made at a meeting held here on Thursday with the chief minister in the chair. The participants of the meeting were told that Rs5
PESHAWAR: An amount of Rs30 million has been released for calamity-affected area of Upper Chitral, said the director general of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Thursday. He said the relief fund was provided under the directive of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. The amount has been released for relief and rehabilitation activities in the
PESHAWAR: The high court of Peshawar on Thursday extended its stay order on administering oath to newly-selected members of the KP assembly on reserved seats for women and minorities till March 13. After the Election Commission of Pakistan rejected a petition of Sunni Ittehad Council, seeking allocation of reserved seats on the basis of the
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday suspended the perpetual warrants for the arrest of Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, sons of former prime minister and PML-N supremo, in two corruption cases. Judge Nasir Javed Rana earlier had reserved judgement on their applications and later announced that the arrest warrants stood suspended. The applications on
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority Director General Fouzia Iqbal said automated deduction of sales tax will eliminate errors as the tax will be automatically deducted and submitted to the authority. She was speaking at a workshop on automated deduction of sales tax on services through the Financial Accounting and Budgeting System (FABS) organized for officials
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PESHAWAR: On the special instructions of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, Rs39 million have been released for financial assistance to the heirs of victims of various incidents caused by recent torrential rains and snowfall in the province. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, cheques have been disbursed amongst the heirs of
