ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday was advised by leaders of the allied parties not to take a hasty decision on the subsidies on petroleum prices and rather wait and buy time till conclusion of US visit of foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and DG-ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum …
Read More »Pakistan’s export of sesame seeds to China increases to $46 million in first quarter
Pakistan’s export of sesame seeds to China achieved a historical figure of $45.99 million, rising by 102.49 percent in the first quarter of 2022, said Badar-uz-Zaman, Commercial Counselor of the Pakistani Embassy in China. He told China Economic Net (CEN) that according to the General Administration of Customs of the …
Read More »At least one killed, 11 injured in Karachi blast
At least one woman died and 11 others sustained injuries in a blast near Iqbal Market in Karachi’s Kharadar area, police said on Monday. According to reports, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted in a motorcycle to target a police vehicle. The police cordoned off the area and started …
Read More »OIC expresses concern over India’s delimitation exercise in IOK
The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday expressed “deep concern” over India’s attempts to redraw the electoral boundaries of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), altering the demographic structure of the territory and violating the rights of the Kashmiri people. In a statement shared on Twitter, the …
Read More »Female suicide bomber planning to target Chinese motorcade arrested from Hoshab
ISLAMABAD: The Counterterrorism Department (CTD) Monday arrested a would-be woman suicide bomber planning to target a Chinese motorcade in Balochistan. According to the CTD, the female suicide bomber belonged to the Majeed Brigade wing of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). It was the BLA whose female suicide bomber had …
Read More »Shehroze Kashif summits world’s 4th-highest peak
Climber Shehroze Kashif summited the world’s fourth-highest peak, Mount Lhotse (8,516m), in Nepal on Monday. Kashif was part of the Seven Summit Treks expedition team which summited directly from camp 3. The young mountaineer and his team had started the summit push on Sunday. He has made history by being …
Read More »Imran, establishment were not on same page: Pervaiz Elahi
PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi has said that former prime minister Imran Khan and the establishment were not on the same page when it came to the foreign policy of Pakistan. Talking to the Voice of America Urdu, Pervaiz said that there were several issues which created differences between the former …
Read More »Govt to move anti-corruption dept against Buzdar: Tarrar
PML-N leader Attaullah Tarar on Monday said that the government has decided to move the Anti-Corruption Establishment against former chief minister Punjab Usman Buzdar. In a press conference, the PML-N leader said that the ex-chief minister deprived the poor masses of their rights and “ruthlessly plundered the resources of the …
Read More »Recycling plants at service stations hit a snag
The Rawalpindi district administration has failed to ensure the installation of water recycling plants at car wash service stations. In 2018, the district administration had geared up a crackdown on some 110 car wash stations in the city which had failed to respond to the notices and install recycling plants …
Read More »Imran says won’t accept ‘imported govt’, calls for snap polls
Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday reiterated his demand for early elections, saying that his party will never accept the “imported government” which he claims came into being after an alleged foreign conspiracy. “We will never accept these criminals who have been imposed upon …
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