ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been re-elected for the seventh time to the United Nations’ Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The election took place at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations in New York. The Committee is an intergovernmental body that oversees the implementation of the legal framework governing NGOs’ participation in the […]

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Javed Iqbal said on Thursday that NAB has no affiliation with anyone except with Pakistan, In a media talk after attending the Public Accounts Committee session, NAB chief said the anti-graft watchdog has nothing to do with the political engineering. Commenting on any amendment in the NAB law, he […]

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed Sunday said that it was a prerogative of the National Assembly speaker to convene the assembly session after March 15 and added that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s position would be clearer in the following two days. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the interior minister expressed his respect for […]

ISLAMABAD: PAJCCI’s recommendation to extend suspension of EIF and E form accepted by National Security Adviser Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has recently submitted detailed report on high impact issues to Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Speaker National Assembly, National Security Adviser and relevant ministries. A statement issued on Sunday says to deliberate […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the reported shutting down of Darul Uloom Khadija tul Kubra, an educational institute in IIOJK. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Foreign Affaris today, the Indian occupation forces gate-crashed Darul Uloom, insulted and maltreated the female students and forcefully evicted them before sealing the educational institution. “This […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Hafeezur Rehman Chaudhry and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon are convening a joint meeting of the representative bodies of the federal and the provincial bar councils as well as the high court bar associations on March 16 here at the SCBA premises. The joint […]

Washington DC: A leading American Muslim woman’s rights activist has said that the US lawmakers should stand up in support of Indian Muslim women being forced by Hindu extremists to remove their religious clothing. According to a Kashmir media report, at a Congressional Briefing, Linda Sarsour, co-founder of Women’s March and an award-winning activist for […]

ISLAMABAD: An appeal challenging the acquittal of nine accused nominated in the Noor Mukadam’s murder case was filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday. The appeal was filed by Noor’s father, Shaukat Mukadam, through senior advocate Shah Khawar. Besides the acquittal of six Therapy Works employees including its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tahir […]