ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to continue its proceedings against former Prime Minister Imran Khan and other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders- Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry, in the cases related to the contempt of the ECP. Disposing of the ECP’s petition, a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising […]

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan has summoned provincial assembly session on January 9, according to the PA secretariat. “The Punjab Assembly session, which was scheduled to be held on January 11, will now be held at 2pm on January 9,” the notification said. On Dec 22, PA Speaker Sibtain Khan adjourned the session of […]

KARACHI: Former Senator and Chairman of Water Environment Forum Pakistan Nisar Ahmed Memon said on Tuesday that Pakistan’s contribution in greenhouse gas emission is less than one percentage but it suffers a lot from climate changes and for which mainly the superpower countries are responsible. He said this during a lecture delivered on “Coastal Climate […]

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI senior leader and leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh said on Tuesday that the country was facing more crisis with every passing day and people were protesting over price hike, but the ‘imported rulers’ were least concerned about the pressing problems. Addressing a press conference in Sindh […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division Engr. Khurram Dastagir Khan on Tuesday said that currently no large-scale privatization of power distribution companies (DISCOs) is on card, however, efforts are afoot to control power sector losses. Talking to media persons after the federal cabinet meeting, he said various technical functions including meter reading and collection of bills […]

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the enforcement of Energy Conservation Plan with immediate effect. Sharing salient features of the energy conservation plan at a news conference here in Islamabad on Tuesday, along with other cabinet members, Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif said under the […]