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Following a dramatic three-vote victory against PML-Q and PTI joint candidate Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz on Saturday took oath as chief minister of Punjab. Governor Punjab Baligh Ur Rehman finally administered the oath to Hamza Shahbaz. The oath-taking ceremony took place at Governor House and was attended …

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Friday approved the federal government’s request to charge end-consumers of all power distribution companies, including K-Electric, a uniform tariff and collect the newly-increased base power tariff of Rs7.91 per unit from the consumers in the Financial Year 2022-23. Early this month, the government …

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Pervaiz Elahi has strongly rejected the Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari’s ruling in the chief minister (CM) election, saying that the latter has committed treason. Talking to journalists outside Supreme Court’s (SC) Lahore Registry, Pervaiz Elahi said that he had a clear majority …

LAHORE: Son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA, Muhammad Ghiyas ud-Din, sustained injuries in a firing incident in Shakargarh city in Punjab’s Narowal District According to details, unknown assailants opened fire at PML-N MPA Muhammad Ghiyas ud-Din’s son in Shakargarh city within the limits of Durman Chowk City Police Station. …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported as many as two Covid-related deaths while 693 fresh cases of the pandemic have been reported in the country during the last 24 hours, the data shared by the National Institute of Health (NIH) said Saturday. According to the NIH report, 23,423 Covid tests were conducted across the …

Actor Muneeb Butt trolls PML-N government by sarcastically stating that he will use the Rs. 2,000 subsidy to marry off his daughter. Recently, Muneeb Butt made a special guest appearance on ARY for an interview with host and journalist Waseem Badami. During the interview, the actor took the opportunity to …

Police personnel decided to come up with a “unique solution” to compensate for the absence of a lady police constable so that they could capture the picture of an arrested woman. A policeman decided to wear a female constable’s uniform to stand alongside the woman, who was arrested in the …

Renowned mountaineer #SaminaBaig added another feather to her cap by becoming the first Pakistani woman to scale the world’s second highest peak, #K2, on Friday morning. Baig summited what is also known as savage mountain (8611 meters) this morning at 7:42am as she along with her team stopped the push on Thursday due …

Pakistan recorded a slight increase in fresh COVID-19 cases as the virus claimed seven more lives during the last 24 hours, the National Institute of Health, Islamabad’s (NIH) data showed Friday morning. According to the NIH data, during the last 24 hours, 23,035 diagnostic tests were conducted, out of which …

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, the White House confirmed. In a statement, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the 79-year-old president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two COVID booster shots, is experiencing “very mild symptoms.” According to CNBC, Biden has begun taking an antiviral …