ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan opened the Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway in Islamabad on Wednesday. The prime minister remarked during his remarks at the inaugural event that the highway will bring wealth to the backward districts that had been overlooked by previous governments. The eastern route of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according […]
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‘I welcome ECP’s scrutiny of PTI’s funding through donations’, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s investigation into the PTI’s funding from overseas Pakistanis and said he looks forward to similar investigations into two other parties. PTI’s funding Imran Khan added that factual clarity about the PTI accounts will emerge as more of their accounts are investigated in a series […]
Supreme Court bars cantonment boards from sealing private schools
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday forbade cantonment boards from closing private schools on their property. The appeal against the closing of private schools in the country’s cantonment boards was heard by the SC bench. The counsel representing the private schools told the court that there are around 3.7 million children enrolled in the […]
Number of oil carrying vehicles strand in Balochistan during heavy rainfall
TURBAT: According to reports on Wednesday that a huge number of oil transport vehicles were stranded in Balochistan due to severe rain. During heavy rains, over 1000 oil-carrying cars were trapped at Abdoi, near the Pakistan-Iran border. According to a source, people in these vehicles are suffering from the bitter cold. People trapped with their […]
PM urges UN to take action on India’s war crimes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the international community, particularly the United Nations, to act against India’s war crimes and crimes against humanity in illegally seized Kashmir. PM Imran Khan said the Hindutva Modi government is blatantly violating UN Security Council resolutions, international humanitarian law, and international conventions, including the 4th Geneva Convention, […]
Positivity rate for COVID-19 rises to 1.8 percent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 898 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. According to the latest numbers released by the Countrywide Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 49,673 samples were tested during this time period, with 898 proving positive, resulting in a national positivity rate of 1.8 percent, up from 1.42 percent […]
NED University and Global Soccer Ventures sign to build soccer stadium in Karachi
NED University of Engineering & Technology (NED) and Global Soccer Ventures (GSV) signed a 10-year deal on Tuesday in Karachi to build Pakistan’s first soccer city stadium. The German engineers will design a series of football infrastructure projects in Karachi, including the construction of a state-of-the-art football stadium, under the terms of the deal. All […]
Lahore reports 19 more cases of Omicron in last few hours
LAHORE: In the previous 24 hours, the provincial health department in Lahore has treated 19 additional Omicron variant cases. In Punjab, there are already 177 confirmed instances of the Omicron form of coronavirus. The majority of these incidents have taken place in the provincial capital. Provincial Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid, on the other hand, […]