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 […]
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations has said Pakistan is committed to the fundamental principles of the UN Charter; self-determination of peoples, non-use or threat of use of force, sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, and pacific settlement of disputes. This he said in a statement on Wednesday at […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) successfully knocked down February revenue target of Rs441-billion, posting a robust growth of 28.5 percent. In his tweets on Wednesday, he said the government is able to subsidize petrol, diesel and electricity and give relief to the people because of this performance […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood along with Minister of Culture of Uzbekistan Mr Nazarbekov inaugurated the renovated corner of Uzbekistan on Wednesday at the Central Asian Link Passage here at Pakistan Heritage Museum, Lok Virsa. Speaking on the occasion, Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood said, there were so […]
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office has said that the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of Pakistan’s Embassy in Algeria have been hacked.
In a tweet on Wednesday, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said all messages being posted through these accounts…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said loans worth one thousand billion rupees will be provided to four point five million deserving households under Kamyab Pakistan Program by next year to lift them out of poverty and enable them earn their livelihoods. He was addressing a ceremony in connection with launch of disbursement of interest […]
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the PM on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Ayub Afridi visited OPF Valley Zone-5 along with MD OPF Dr Amer Sheikh to evaluate the development progress of the housing scheme. According to a statement on Wednesday, he said that the previous governments looted our Overseas diaspora and wasted their investments for […]
