Category: National

ISLAMABAD, Jun 20 (APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged solidarity, compassion and action in his message for the World Refugee Day to be observed on June 20. “On World Refugee Day, we must all think about what more we can do to help. The answer begins with unity and solidarity,” said a press… Continue reading UN chief urges solidarity, compassion, action in message for World Refugee Day

ISLAMABAD, Jun 20 (APP):Prime Minister Justice (R) Nasir-ul-Mulk will visit Karachi today and chair a meeting on law and order, the PM Office said on Wednesday. The Prime Minister will visit Mazar-e-Quaid to pay homage the founder of Pakistan. Besides meeting with Governor and Chief Minister Sindh, the Prime Minister will chair a meeting on… Continue reading PM to chair meeting on law and order in Karachi today

LAHORE, Jun 19 (APP):Lahore-42 PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, PTI Chairman Imran Khan, PTI leader Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed, PTI leader Abdul Aleem Khan and his wife Kiran Aleem Khan on Tuesday got clearance to contest elections from Lahore. The nomination papers of… Continue reading Shehbaz, Imran, Maryam got clearance to contest from Lahore

RAWALPINDI, Jun 19 (APP):The nomination papers of candidates of different political parties including Pakistan Muslim League PML-N, Pakistan People Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Mutihada Majlis Ammal (MMA) and Awami Muslim League (AML) were accepted here on Tuesday. According to details, the nomination papers of PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, PTI Ghulam Sarwar Khan,… Continue reading Scrutiny of candidates for Rawalpindi seats completes

ISLAMABAD, Jun 19 (APP):Returning Officers throughout the country on Tuesday completed the process of scrutiny of nomination papers filed by candidates for upcoming general election 2018. According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a total of 21,482 nomination papers had been filed across the country for the national and provincial assemblies. As many as 6,063… Continue reading ROs complete scrutiny of nomination papers

LAHORE, Jun 19 (APP):Nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif have been accepted by the returning officer for NA-132 (Lahore) here on Tuesday. The returning officer announced the decision which had been reserved after scrutiny of nomination papers earlier. Shehbaz Sharif’s counsel and representatives appeared before the returning officer during the scrutiny… Continue reading Shehbaz Sharif’s nomination papers accepted for NA-132

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP):Officials of the Ministry of Human Rights Tuesday briefed Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk about the working of the ministry, its role in protection and promotion of human rights and fulfillment of international obligations of the country in safeguarding human rights and protection of the vulnerable groups. Secretary Human Rights Rabiya Javeri… Continue reading PM gets briefing about role of human rights ministry

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP):Prime Minister Justice (R) Nasir-ul-Mulk was briefed on Tuesday about the performance of Pakistan Railways at the Prime Minister Office. The briefing was attended by Minister for Railways Mrs. Roshan Khursheed Bharucha, Secretary to the Prime Minister Suhail Aamir, Secretary Railways Muhammad Javed Anwar and senior officers of Ministry of Railways. The… Continue reading PM briefed on performance of Pakistan Railways

SIALKOT, June 19 (APP):: The nomination papers of Khawaja Muhammad Asif have been accepted by returning officer for NA-73 Sialkot-II, on Tuesday. The Returning Officer has also cleared the nomination papers of PTI candidate Usman Dar in the constituency after listening detailed arguments from both sides. Later, talking to the media, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, former… Continue reading Nomination papers of Khawaja Asif cleared

PESHAWAR, Jun 19 (APP):Caretaker cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday decided the formation of a cabinet committee to be headed by the Caretaker Chief Minister and comprising of the two ministers, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) FATA to identify problems and legal anomalies emerging out of the merger and finding suitable solution for the smooth transition. The… Continue reading KP Caretaker cabinet forms panel for transition of FATA merger

ISLAMABAD, Jun 19 (APP):The government of Pakistan has approved a project to improve food security and increase the resilience of livelihood of the livestock farmers to animal disease threats. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Ministry of National Food Security and Research signed the USD 6.6 million project agreement in Islamabad… Continue reading Livestock departments to work with FAO to help control food, mouth disease in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 19 (APP):The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has disbursed a sum of Rs 168 million among 9,798 minority students on merit in last five years. The financial assistance to minorities had been enhanced to Rs 10,000 from Rs 5,000. Minorities are also being provided Rs 50,000 as marriage grant. A sum… Continue reading Religious Ministry disburses Rs 168 mln among 9,798 minority students in last five years

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP):The Kashmir delegation to Human Rights Council informally met Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to thank him for his historic role in the release of the first-ever UN report on Kashmir. The report has reaffirmed the international status of Kashmir as a disputed territory and censured… Continue reading Kashmir delegation meets UN High Commissioner for HR Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

ISLAMABAD, Jun 19 (APP):The Election Commission of Pakistan has appointed one hundred and eleven monitoring teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to monitor election campaign for general elections-2018. According to an official notification, the teams will monitor election campaigns of the candidates both for the National and Provincial Assemblies, Radio Pakistan reported.

ISLAMABAD, Jun 19 (APP):More than 1.25 million people were arrested in Saudi Arabia for violating residential, labor and border security regulations during the Kingdom’s months-long campaign, Arab News reported. The crackdown, which started on November 16 last year and ended on June 14, saw the arrests of 1,251,966 people in the joint security field campaign… Continue reading More than 1.25 million foreigners arrested in KSA for flouting residential, labor laws

LAHORE, Jun 18 (APP):The Supreme Court of Pakistan Sunday set up a special committee to ensure issuance of Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to transgender persons within the stipulated time. A two-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar toook the decision while hearing a suo motu notice case over non-issuance… Continue reading SC sets up committee to ensure issuance of CNICs to transgender persons

ISLAMABAD, June 18 (APP):National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal Monday said the Bureau had adopted the policy of ‘seeing case not face across the board under its “Accountability of All” policy. The NAB chairman, in a statement here Monday, the Bureau was committed to nab corrupt, proclaimed offenders and absconders with iron… Continue reading NAB adopted policy of ‘seeing case not face’ : Javed Iqbal

PESHAWAR, Jun 18 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s caretaker Chief Minister Justice (retd) Dost Muhammad Khan has directed the heads of public sector institutions to remove obstacles in holding of smooth, timely, impartial and transparent elections in the province. The departmental heads should indicate the problems obstructing smooth elections in the province and make all-out efforts to remove… Continue reading KP CM directs removal of obstacles in holding of fair, transparent polls

ISLAMABAD, June 18 (APP):The percentage of filing nomination papers for the upcoming general election has witnessed around 24.28 per cent decrease as compared to the election held in 2013. According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), as many as 21,482 candidates have filed nomination papers to contest upcoming elections for National and Provincial assemblies as… Continue reading Nomination papers’ filing ratio decreases by 24.28%