ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reconstituted the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) and appointed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail as its chairma The Cabinet Division has issued a notification about the reconstitution of ECNEC. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail …
Read More »COURT ISSUES NOTICE TO FIA OVER PLEA AGAINST DANIA MALIK
KARACHI: A Sessions Court in Karachi has issued notices to Director Federal Investigation Authority’s (FIA) cybercrime wing and other respondents over a petition against Dania Malik, the third wife of PTI MNA and TV Host Aamir Liaquat Hussain, The petitioner’s counsel Advocate Amir Jameel requested the court to order the …
Read More »DUA ZEHRA: SC TO HEAR PLEA AGAINST SHC VERDICT ON THURSDAY
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed a plea challenging SHC’s verdict in Dua Zehra case for hearing, ARY News reported on Tuesday. A three-member bench of SC will hear the plea of Dua Zehra’s father on Thursday. Last week, Dua Zehra’s father challenged the Sindh High Court’s verdict in …
Read More »Record Drought In Italy’s Po Valley Threatens Water Supplies And Food Production
By: Kazim Raza Bhatti Pride News Italy’s Po River, a vital source of water for drinking, agriculture and energy production in northern Italy, is suffering its worst drought in 70 years.The record low water levels have prompted emergency measures to be imposed across theregions of Piedmont and Lombardy. After …
Read More »Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades
LONDON – Britain’s railway network this week faces its biggest strike action in more than three decades in a row over pay as soaring inflation erodes earnings. Rail union the RMT has said that more than 50,000 workers will take part in a three-day national strike, coinciding with major events …
Read More »PTI, MWM reach agreement over political partnership
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) have reached a comprehensive agreement on a formal political partnership. A delegation of MWM led by the chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas called on PTI Chairman Imran Khan, PTI Vice President Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Senior Central Vice President Dr Shirin Mazari and others. …
Read More »Poor to get subsidy on five essential items through utility stores: PM
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday decided in principle to provide subsidy on five essential items including wheat flour, sugar, ghee/edible oil, pulses and rice for the poor and backward segments during the next fiscal year. The said subsidy, a major relief for the poor and backward segments, will be …
Read More »Former Wapda chairman Gen Muzammil Hussain appears before NAB
Former Chairman WAPDA lieutenant general (retd) Muzammil Hussain on Monday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) where he would be grilled over the delay in the Tarbela Fourth Hydropower project that caused losses of millions of dollars to the national exchequer. A single-member team of the NAB will grill …
Read More »Rajanpur man sells his sister for Rs400,000
In a shocking incident, a Rajanpur man sold his sister for Rs400,000 with help of his accomplices. According to the local police, a man named Bilal with the help of his accomplices sold his sister for rupees 400,000 in Rajanpur’s Jampur area. The case of the incident has been registered …
Read More »New NAB law will protect white collar criminals from accountability: Imran Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan while declaring June 20 a black day said that the National Accountability (Amendment) Bill 2022 will protect white collar criminals from accountability. In a series of Tweets on Monday, the former prime minister highlighted that Rs1,100 billion of the Rs1,200 billion that was …
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