ISLAMABAD: Right to Self-Determination Day is being observed by Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and the world over today (Wednesday). It was on the 5th of January 1949, when the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution supporting the Kashmiris’ right to decide their future by themselves through UN-sponsored plebiscite. […]
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for collective efforts to ensure women’s inclusion to economic development process and inheritance rights, health, education, violence-free environment and equal opportunities. Addressing an event here on Tuesday, he said financially strong women can significantly contribute to national developmental and their empowerment. He said the government was committed to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea seeking withdraw of its earlier orders for demolishing the Madina Mosque built illegally over an encroached land at Tariq Road Karachi. The plea was moved by Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan stating that the demolition orders were leading to a ‘religious tension’. The Attorney […]
ISLAMABAD: NEPRA Tuesday allowed the K-Electric to raise power charges by Rs1.07 per unit under the monthly fuel adjustment charges. According to a NEPRA notification, in the month of October, the electricity rate will be hiked by Rs1.07 under the fuel adjustment. The payment for the monthly fuel price adjustment charges will be taken in […]
ISLAMABAD: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and the world over will observe the Right to Self-Determination Day tomorrow (Wednesday). It was on 5th January in 1949 when the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution supporting the Kashmiris’ right to decide their future by themselves through UN-sponsored plebiscite. The day […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the despicable and totally unacceptable harassment and insult of Muslim women on the internet and purpose-built online application in India. The Foreign Office in a statement on Tuesday said that in a completely obnoxious and repugnant act, aimed at humiliating, harassing and insulting Muslim women, their doctored images have been […]
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Governor, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has urged the international community to support Afghan government on humanitarian grounds. He expressed these views while addressing a joint press conference along with member of United Kingdom Board of Trade Lord Daniel Hannan at Governor House in Lahore on Tuesday. The Governor expressed hope that Pakistan’s GSP plus […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi has announced that the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) has undergone increase in its net profits to Rs19.76 billion which is a 29 percent rise during the financial year 2020-21. In his tweet on Tuesday, the Minister said that expenditures of the seaport have dropped by 2.18 percent, […]
