Category: Pakistan

LAHORE : Renowned Chicago-based Pakistani poet Abid Rashid has been honored with the prestigious Seerat Award by the Government of Pakistan for his fourth collection of Naat, titled “Khair-ul-Bashar.” He received the first-place Seerat Award directly from Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif during an official ceremony commemorating Eid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi. Prior to this, a special launching ceremony…

MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has officially released the list of its party ticket holders (“Jiyala” candidates) for the upcoming 2026 Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections. The party leadership has finalized names across multiple key constituencies, including Mirpur, Kotli, Bagh, Poonch, Sudhnoti, Muzaffarabad, and the reserved seats for Kashmiri refugees residing…

Former Federal Minister Calls for Decentralized Governance and People-Led Local Governments in Pakistan LAHORE: Former Federal Minister Asad Umar, while speaking at a seminar of the Empowered People Movement at the Lahore Press Club, said that the governance problems in Pakistan are due to an overly centralized system, where public services are controlled by distant…

Hira Farman and Masooma Ibrahim’s Victory Sparks National Excitement,Call for Government Support to Improve Education in Ganche District GILGIT-BALTISTAN: In a historic achievement for the remote Siachen region, two female students from Quaid-e-Millat Public School, Amirabad, have secured top honors at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2025, bringing international pride to Pakistan. The students, hailing…

The Government of Pakistan’s remote polling ensures fair representation for all citizens, wherever they live. Across Pakistan today, millions of citizens live far from their ancestral homes. Whether in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, or other major urban hubs, they are driven by the pursuit of education, employment, and business. However, when election season arrives, these citizens…