Pakistan

Web Desk — PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto declares war against the government. Addressing a meeting on the anniversary of Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khudabakhsh, he said it was time for the puppet goernment to leave. In Garhi Khudabakhsh, while addressing the PPP Jiyalas on Benazir Bhutto death anniversary, Bilawal fired arrows of criticism at the government. He said that the …

Web Desk — Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday reserved its verdict on petitions filed against PTI senator Faisal Vawda demanding his disqualification due to concealing his dual nationality. In January 2020, the News reported that Vawda was a dual national at the time he filed his nomination papers to the ECP to contest the 2018 general elections. Vawda …

Web Desk — The Punjab interagency on Saturday said the removal of a sticker, which contained religious writings on it, was used as an excuse to lynch a Sri Lankan manager who was later set on fire in Sialkot. According to the Punjab interagency report submitted to Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, the apparent grudge was that of the manager …

Web Desk — On Tuesday, the Sindh government announced new curbs against Omicron, a new variant of Coronavirus. Sindh’s Home Department announced that the National Command and Operations Centre had classified Karachi, Sukkur, and Sanghar in “category B” (cities with good vaccination progress), while other cities fell into “category C” (cities with low vaccination progress). Taking into account the NCOC’s …

Web Desk — Asad Umar, Federal Planning Minister, has warned that the new COVID-19 variant will inevitably come to Pakistan due to the alarming surge of cases of the new coronavirus strain, Omicron, around the world. Asad Umar, speaking at a joint press conference alongside Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, said the country has …

Web Desk — In order to stop spread of the new coronavirus varinat ‘Omicron’, the Sindh government has decided to make booster jabs mandatory. Health Secretary Zulfiqar Ali Shah said that it had been decided to make the booster dose mandatory across the province to curb the spreaf of the new variant. He said that the Pfizer vaccine would be …

Web Desk — Former chief justice Supreme Court, Justice Saqib Nisar has denied the authenticity of the audio clip attributed to him saying he never directed subbordinate judges for Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz sentences. Saqib Nisar was reacting to a recentely leaked audio clip in which he (allegedly Saqib Nisar) could be heard saying that in order to make …

Web Desk — Despite intense protest by the opposition, the government on Wednesday managed to amend the Election Act 2017 during parliament’s joint session, allowing the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and giving overseas Pakistanis the right to vote in general elections. The joint opposition led by PML-N president and opposition leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif rejected …

Web Desk — A joint session of the Parliament is being held today at 12pm as government plans to pass several bills while the Opposition is all set to give full resistance to the government. The joint sitting has been convened as the government has apparently convinced its political allies — including the PML-Q and the MQM-P — to give …

Web Desk — Students who passed their matriculation and intermediate examination with grace marks as per government’s corona policy find themselves in a serious problem. It has been reported in the media that all government colleges in the Rawalpindi district have denied admission to students who passed their matric/inter examination with grace marks. In Rawalpindi, government boys colleges’ merit for …