KARACHI: Estranged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain has passed away in Karachi on Thursday, ARY News reported. The disgruntled PTI lawmaker was found unconscious at his residence and shifted to a private hospital in a critical condition by his servant. The famed TV host and MNA was …
Read More »MOODY’S CHANGES PAKISTANI BANKS’ OUTLOOK TO NEGATIVE FROM STABLE
ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the B3 long-term deposit ratings of five Pakistani banks but changed the outlook on the banks’ long-term deposit ratings to negative from stable. The banks included Allied Bank Limited (ABL), Habib Bank Ltd. (HBL), MCB Bank Limited (MCB), National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and …
Read More »SHARIF FAMILY’S PEON MALIK MAQSOOD AKA ‘MAQSOOD CHAPRASI’ PASSES AWAY
Sharif family’s renowned servant Malik Maqsood famously known as ‘Maqsood Chaprasi’ passed away on Thursday. Maqsood was nominated in the money laundering case against Shehbaz Sharif and his family, ARY News reported. According to sources, the Sharif family’s peon Malik Maqsood has passed away due to a cardiac arrest. …
Read More »SINDH BUDGET: ART, MUSIC TEACHERS AMONG 3500 RECRUITMENTS PROPOSED
KARACHI: Sindh government has decided to announce 3500 recruitments in the provincial budget for FY2022-23, including the hiring of arts and music teachers in the education department, ARY NEWS reported. According to details, the provincial budget for FY2022-23 will be presented before the Sindh Assembly on June 14 and will …
Read More »IHC RESTRAINS FIA FROM HARASSING SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVIST MARIAM MALIK
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from harassing social media activist Mariam Malik, ARY News reported. Ms Malik appeared before the court of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah with her advocate Imaan Mazari. The bench ordered the FIA to record the petitioner’s …
Read More »PM vows to strengthen Pakistan-UK trade, investment ties
ISLAMABAD, June 8 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday expressed his government’s resolve to further strengthen Pakistan-UK bilateral relations in diverse fields especially in the areas of trade and investment. Speaking as chief guest at the 75th Coronation Ceremony of Queen Elizabeth here at British High Commission, he referred …
Read More »TEXAS SCHOOL MASSACRE: YOUNG SURVIVOR TELLS CONGRESS OF DAY’S HORROR
A fourth-grade survivor of last month’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school told U.S. lawmakers that after the gunman murdered her teacher and friends, she dabbed blood on herself in a desperate bid for survival. Miah Cerrillo and the parents of multiple young Americans killed and wounded in recent …
Read More »TWITTER PLANS SHAREHOLDER VOTE BY AUGUST ON SALE TO MUSK
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) plans to hold a shareholder vote by early August on its $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, as it continues to work “constructively” to complete the deal with the world’s richest person, the social media company’s top executives told employees on Wednesday. Musk’s lawyers warned Twitter on Monday that …
Read More »MOTORWAY POLICE FOIL ABDUCTION BID OF GIRL IN KARACHI
KARACHI: The motorway police have foiled a bid to abduct a girl on Lyari Expressway near Karachi’s Hassan Square, ARY News reported on Wednesday. According to details, unidentified persons – travelling in a car – attempted to abduct a girl, identified as Gul Sikka, from Lyari Expressway near Hassan Square. …
Read More »PIA RESUMES FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO KUALA LUMPUR
KARACHI: The national carrier, Pakistan International Airline (PIA), on Wednesday announced to restore flight operations to Kuala Lumpur. PIA had suspended flight operations to the Malaysian capital as a measure to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the national airline flag carrier spokesperson, the PIA will start …
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