Significant progress has been made in the investigation of corruption case against Farah Gogi, a friend of Bushra Bibi. A spokesman for Anti-Corruption Punjab said that the record of Farah Gogi’s construction company has been sought from the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). The record of Farah Gogi’s …
Read More »“Migrants, the boy fleeing Togo and that little girl at the mercy of the sea”
By: Kazim Raza Bhatti Pride News The boy from Togo with the 4-month-old baby on his shoulder leans against a plank of the sunken dinghy. They both survived. In the Mediterranean, each rescue is different from the other. They all look the same, perhaps because on land they are told …
Read More »PM’s directive: NBP to launch online system for government payments
On the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will launch online system for citizens to make government payments without additional charges. The system will start working soon after Eid-ul-Azha, Head of PM’s Strategic Reforms Salman Sufi said Wednesday. Sufi said efforts were afoot to …
Read More »United States Donates Four Mobile Laboratories to Strengthen Pakistan’s COVID-19 Testing
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), presented four mobile laboratories valued at $4.6 million to Pakistan’s National Institute of Health to strengthen Pakistan’s capacity to diagnose COVID-19 and other communicable diseases. The state-of-the-art facilities will improve the accuracy of diagnoses, reduce …
Read More »YouTube in India bans short film highlighting HR abuses in IIOJK
Keeping up its practice of gagging freedom of expression, the Indian government has persuaded YouTube to ban a nine-plus minute short film “Anthem for Kashmir” in India which highlighted the enforced disappearances and fake encounters in India Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). A product of award-winning documentary filmmaker Anand …
Read More »President approves appointment of Balochistan HC’s additional judges
President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday approved the appointment of the additional judges of Balochistan High Court. The appointed additional judges include Advocate Iqbal Ahmed Kasi, Advocate Shaukat Ali Rakhshani, Advocate Gul Hassan Tarin, Muhammad Amir Nawaz Rana and Sardar Ahmed Aleemi. The president gave the approval on the …
Read More »PAKISTAN, TURKEY VOW TO FURTHER EXPAND MILITARY TIES
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and Turkey have vowed to further expand military-to-military ties, particularly in training and counter-terrorism domains, Inter-Services Public Relations said on Tuesday. An understanding to this effect was reached during a meeting between Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Commander Turkish Land Forces General Musa Avsever and in …
Read More »PPP ANNOUNCES CANDIDATE FOR NA-245 KARACHI BY-ELECTION
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced its candidate for the by-election in Karachi’s constituency NA-245 According to PPP Sindh General Secretary Waqar Mehdi, the party has nominated Muhammad Danish Khan as its candidate for the NA-245 by-election. Waqar Mehdi further said that Danish Khan was the former president of …
Read More »PTI ANNOUNCES NATIONWIDE PROTEST AGAINST IMRAN RIAZ KHAN’S ARREST
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced a nationwide protest against the arrest of journalist Imran Riaz Khan In a statement, Former Planning Minister and PTI leader Asad Umar said that the party would stage a nationwide protest against the arrest of the ‘prominent’ journalist. The PTI Secretary-General urged the party …
Read More »IT sector offering incentives to attract FDI: Amin
Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque on Tuesday said the IT sector had vast potential and incentives to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). He made these remarks in a meeting with the representatives of the Norinco Group China, said a news release. They discussed …
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