Category: National

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): The session of National Assembly started here  Tuesday at 10:30 am with recitation from the Holy Quran.

GILGIT, Nov 24 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Tuesday witnessed the oath-taking ceremony of the new Governor of Gilgit Baltistan Mir of Hunza, Ghazanfar Ali Khan here at Chinar Bagh.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has expressed deep sense of grief on the sad demise of Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistan’s renowned Urdu poet and writer.

PESHAWAR Nov 24 (APP): The Governor Khyber Pakthunkhwa Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan gave assent to Civil Servants (Amended) Bill 2015 after it was passed by the Provincial Assembly.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Tuesday administered oath of office to Raeesuddin Paracha as Insurance Ombudsman in a special ceremony held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): Member National Assembly of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Muhammad Talal Chaudhry Tuesday underlined the need to introduce reforms in government departments to curb the menace of corruption.

President Mamnoon Hussain said the institution of Ombudsman is not new in Pakistan’s culture. This concept has been present in our society since centuries and has manifested itself in many ways but it has taken a codified shape and form only recently, he added.

LAHORE,Nov 24 (APP)-Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has ordered immediate inquiry into the gas leakage incident at a cold storage factory in Badami Bagh area.

FAISALABAD,Nov 24 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif arrived here Tuesday on a special aircraft from Gilgit-Baltistan and held a brief meeting with local and divisional administration in the presence of parliamentarians from Faisalabad division.

LAHORE,Nov 24 (APP)-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan would address Insaf Youth Convention to be held on Wednesday here at New Campus ground.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): A Pakistan Air Force (PAF)’s FT-7PG aircraft while on a routine operational training mission crashed near Kundian, Mianwali on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has issued challans to over 500 drivers including motorcyclists during last month for using cell phones while driving as it diverts their concentration.

KARACHI, Nov 24 (APP): Sindh Minister for Health, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has directed officials of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI-Sindh) to ensure easy availability of TB vaccines for children in Badin.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): Minister of State for Water and Power, Abid Sher Ali Tuesday urged the international community and human rights organization to take notice of terrorism and extremism activities in India.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Monday said that Muslims around the world should work with unity and mutual harmony to counter propaganda against Islam and Muslims for which the platform of Muslim World League (MWL) was appropriate.

LAHORE, Nov 23 (APP): Federal Minister for Planning Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal has said that peace of Balochistan is imperative for ensuring progress and development in the country.

FAISALABAD, Nov 23 (APP): Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan said here on Monday that accused involved in committing blasphemy in Jehlum had been arrested.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (APP): The National Assembly Monday offered “Fateha” for the departed soul of late Member National Assembly Makhdoom Amin Fahim who passed away yesterday.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (APP): Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan Monday said that global warming could only be prevented with planation of trees.