Global social media company Twitter agreed to pay a $150 million fine over the alleged misuse of personal data over six years in order to help sale of targeted advertisements. “From at least May 2013 until at least September 2019, Twitter misrepresented to users of its online communication service the …
Read More »Hike in fuel prices challenged in LHC
Hike in the prices of petroleum products has been challenged in Lahore High Court. Along with OGRA, federal government and other concerned authorities have been made party in the petition. In the plea submitted by advocate Azhar Siddique, it has been prayed that the prices of the petroleum products has …
Read More »Imran says ended long march to avoid bloodshed
PTI chairman and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Friday rejected the reports about PTI’s deal with government and said he decided to end the long march to avoid the bloodshed. Talking to the presser in Peshawar, PTI chairman said the ‘imported government’ was imposed on us,adding that …
Read More »Govt plans to appoint former bureaucrat as NAB Chairman
Federal government has planned to appoint a former bureaucrat as chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) rather than appointing a judge for the slot. Sources privy to the discussions on the matter said that a meeting took place between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Opposition Leader Raja Riaz to consult …
Read More »Govt decides to impose permanent ban on entry of rallies in Islamabad
The Interior Ministry on Friday has decided to impose a permanent ban on the entry of rallies in the federal capital Islamabad. Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah chaired a PTI Long March law and order review meeting in which details of the loss of life and property across the country, …
Read More »Qureshi expresses concern over bill to bar overseas Pakistanis from voting
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday expressed concern over the passage of a bill in the National Assembly to abolish the former government s election reforms giving expats the right to vote through I-Voting and the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in …
Read More »Famed Pakistani mountaineer Ali Raza Sadpara passes away
Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Ali Raza Sadpara passed away in the wee hours of Friday at the age of 55. Ali Raza Sadpara had suffered critical injuries after falling from a mountain during a routine climbing practice near his village in Skardu. He met an accident while pre-expedition preparation of his …
Read More »Imran Khan slams ‘imported govt’ over petrol price hike
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan slammed the ‘imported government’ over hiking the petrol and diesel prices up to Rs30 per litre. Imran Khan said in a Twitter thread, “Nation starting to pay price for Imported govt’s subservience before foreign masters with 20% / Rs30 per litre hike in petrol …
Read More »Two killed as roof of hotel collapses in Karachi
At least two people were killed and two other were wounded when roof of a hotel near Chief Minister House in Karachi collapsed on Thursday night. According to details, roof of a hotel, located near CM House, suddenly collapsed, burying four persons under the debris. Rescue teams reached the spot …
Read More »Seeking reset of U.S.-Pakistan ties, Bilawal says they agree on far more than they disagree on
WASHINGTON, May 27 : Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for a reset of the strained US-Pakistan relations through engagement, saying he believes the two countries agree on far more than they disagree on. “The way in which this relationship progressed in recent years doesn’t serve the interests of …
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