LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) has declared an emergency across the department on the instructions of Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi to keep train services safe. According to a statement issued by PR headquarters in Lahore on Saturday, all leave for field officers has been cancelled for three months. “Officers have also been told to visit the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has revised the cost of the under-construction Mohmand Dam to Rs666 billion, a 115% increase over the past eight years. Officials mainly linked the rise to the fall in the value of the rupee since 2018. Mohmand Dam is one of three major reservoirs being built to increase Pakistan’s water storage. The new…
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif had meeting with newly appointed Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Rajeh Albugamy and warmly welcomed him, congratulating him on assuming his diplomatic responsibilities.The chief minister appreciated the ambassador’s diplomatic services and expressed gratitude to the Saudi leadership for its economic and financial assistance to Pakistan. She described the…
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf recently met with a delegation of the Pakistan Kisan Labour Party, led by Chairman Mubasher Majeed Dogar Advocate, to discuss key concerns regarding Hindu Auqaf (Trust) lands. During the meeting, Chairman Dogar proposed establishing a clear, transparent policy for these lands in the Nankana Sahib district….
LAHORE: PML-N UK Women’s Wing Senior Vice President Bushra Anwar has emphasized the critical importance of financial independence for Pakistani women, stating that the primary mission of their initiative is to enable every woman to start her own business and manage her household effectively. Speaking during Press Conference in a Lahore Press Club, Anwar Bushra…
ISALAMABAD: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Thursday rejected Indian claims that a former Pakistan Army soldier had been killed as a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He presented the man alive before the media and called the incident another Indian “false flag…
ISALAMABAD: Security forces killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday. Sources said a large amount of weapons and ammunition was recovered. Security forces also destroyed hideouts used by Fitna al-Khawarij in Mir Ali and nearby areas. Fitna al-Khawarij is the term the state…
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday that Pakistan’s wish for peace should not be seen as weakness, warning that Islamabad would respond to any attempt to disrupt peace in the country. “Any attempt from Afghanistan to disrupt peace in Pakistan, these attempts to make Pakistan unstable have been answered and will be answered,”…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has again approached the United Nations, asking the Security Council to call on India to fully follow the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and comply with decisions made by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). Islamabad warned that any attempt to stop, divert, limit, control or otherwise interfere with the water that the treaty…
RAWALPINDI: About 32,000 police officers brought from other parts of northern Punjab and sent to different locations in Attock district to stop the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) long march are reportedly facing a lack of basic facilities. They say there are too few toilets, not enough drinking water and poor-quality food.Meanwhile, reports say senior officers sent…
