The National Assembly (NA) has passed the contentious Finance (Supplementary) Bill, sometimes known as the “mini-budget,” in the penultimate hour of the day, in a longer session with fierce resistance from opposition benches.The NA approved the governm…
Islamabad:With the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic intensifying, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decided on Friday to lower the age limit for a Covid-19 booster dose. The decision was taken at a meeting of the country’s nerve centre for Covid response in Islamabad. Citizens aged 18 years and above will be eligible […]
LAHORE:National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has successfully completed and energized the 133 km long 2nd phase of 500 kV Neelum Jhehlum Double Circuit Transmission line and energized it successfully. Now the power generated through 969 MW Neelum Jhehlum Hydropower Project will be dispatched directly to 500 kV Nokhar (New Ghakkar) Grid Station which […]
ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Kham has directed for solution of the members’ issues about their constituencies, provision of development budget and completion of the public welfare projects in the stipulated time. He directed this while talking to Special Assistant on Political Affairs and Chief Whip in the National Assembly Malik Aamir Dogar, who called on him […]
Lahore:Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) held its 15th stakeholders meeting in Lahore to further the cause of trade and economy as well as to include all stakeholders playing critical role in trade with Afghanistan. According to a press release issued on Friday, Waqas Mughal, Member Executive Committee and Convener Export Development […]
ISLAMABAD:The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) will hear on January 17 a set of petitions challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, for being repugnant to the Islamic injunctions. Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan will assist the court on these petitions, in which one section of the society believes that the […]
ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Pakistan is pursuing Engage Africa policy to strengthen its relations with all the African countries. He was talking to the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who met him here at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday. The Foreign Minister said Pakistan […]
LAHORE:A security guard died after a pistol accidentally went off while shooting a TikTok video in Lahore’s Sundar, police said on Friday. The incidence of deaths due to the adoption of new ways of making videos for social media through TikTok could not be reduced, the passion for making videos in a unique way took […]
