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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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday said that the incumbent government wanted to take all the stakeholders along for inclusive development in the country. The prime minister, in a meeting with the President of Awami National Party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter Aimal Wali Khan, said it was inevitable to make …

ISLAMABAD, May 27 : Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the government being fully cognizant of the deprivations of Baluchistan was taking measures to remove them on priority basis. The Prime Minister was talking to Minister for Narcotic’s Control Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, who called on here. During …

  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will on Friday address the nation amid an ongoing political and economic crisis. Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail confirmed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the nation. He said that even a slight increase in the price of petrol would increase inflation, adding that …

The government on Thursday jacked up the price of petrol by Rs 30 per litre with immediate effect. Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail told a press conference that the IMF program could not move forward without raising the prices of petroleum products. Earlier today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged …