Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched Prime Minister’s Initiative for Women Empowerment under which various steps involving a cost of 10.4 billion rupees will be taken. Addressing the  ceremony, Prime Minister has stressed upon provision of equal opportunities to the womenfolk. He said the country’s womenfolk are an effective and…

Foreign Secretary Dr. Asad Majeed Khan will lead the Pakistan delegation at the 30th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), being held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 12-14 July 2023. The meeting will be attended by the Foreign Ministers and Representatives of the 27 ARF member countries and theSecretary-General…

Prime Minister has thanked the  thanked the Saudi leadership for depositing two billion dollars with the State Bank of Pakistan to help secure a deal with the International Monetary Fund. He was talking to Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmad Al-Malkiy, who called on him in Islamabad on Tuesday.  Shehbaz…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed that the government and relevant institutions will have to work together to trigger the second agriculture revolution in the country. Addressing the National Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security is being held at Jinnah Convention Centre in Islamabad on Monday, he said the Gulf…

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has termed digital economy as vital to ensure sustainable development of the country. Speaking at the panel discussion titled: “Industrialization & Digital Era Connectivity,” organized by the China International Development Cooperation Agency in Beijing today, he said industrialization and digital-era…

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has emphatically stated that those involved in malicious campaign against the state institutions will not be spared and taken to task as per the law.   Addressing a news conference in Islamabad this afternoon, she said there will be zero tolerance towards these wicked…

A three-day International Gandhara symposium is commencing in Islamabad tomorrow to showcase treasure trove Gandhara Civilization and Buddhist Heritage in Pakistan. This was announced by Chairman Prime Minister’s Task Force on Gandhara Tourism Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, flanked with a delegation of Budhist monks from Vietnam, in the federal capital…

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbassi has said that the acquittal of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shahbaz after that of PML-N Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif proves that the cases registered against them were baseless. In a statement today, he said the cases made to remove Muhammad Nawaz…

Sindh Governor Mohammed Kamran Khan Tessori called on President Dr. Arif Alvi in Karachi. According to a Governor’s House media cell, they discussed ongoing projects in the Sindh province, cooperation of the federal government, measures pertaining to the restoration of metropolis infrastructure and other issues of mutual interests. Kamran Tessori,…

Women Media Forum, Pakistan (WMFP) condemns the attack on journalist Yelena Milashina in the strongest terms and stands in solidarity with her. Such brutal attacks on journalists are a direct attack on freedom of speech and WMFP condemns it and demands that journalists, especially women journalists be allowed to work…

A supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been found guilty by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court of criminal damage to the Pakistan High Commission after launching a violent attack on the premises — nine days after the arrest of Imran Khan on May 9 in Islamabad. Aamir Wasim Chaudhary, 51, of…

At least five people died and 15 others sustained injuries when a three-storey building collapsed due to a powerful gas cylinder explosion in Jhelum on Sunday. According to initial reports, the three-storey hotel located on the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab’s Jhelum collapsed after a cylinder exploded in the kitchen.…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has vehemently condemned social media campaign about a murder attempt on Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir and expressed the resolve to crush every conspiracy against Pakistan and the state institutions. In a statement on Sunday, the prime minister directed the relevant authorities to…

Pakistan and Switzerland have agreed to work together to enhance disaster management capabilities and share best practices in the field. It was decided during the meeting between Chairman NDMA Lt. General Inam Haider Malik and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Islamabad today. The Chairman NDMA appraised Swiss delegation of…

President Arif Alvi held telephonic conversation with the families of Major Saqib Bajwa and Naik Ali Baqir who were martyred in Balochistan earlier this month. He paid tribute to the martyrs and appreciated their services. The President also expressed his condolences to the relatives of Sepoy of Gul Rauf, who…

Advisor on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that Indian brutality and violence for seven decades in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have failed to dampen the morale of Kashmiri people. In his message on the occasion of the 7th martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri leader Burhan…

Pakistan and Switzerland signed a Memordandum of Understanding in Bhurban today for promotion of cooperation in the field of disaster management.    The MoU was signed by the visiting Foreign Minister of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis and Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik. Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Shehbaz…

Normal life was severely affected in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir due to the shutdown, on Saturday, on the 7th martyrdom anniversary of popular youth leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani. Call for the shutdown was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference to pay tributes to Burhan Wani and other…

rime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited Swiss companies to invest in renewable energy and IT sectors of the country. He was talking to Swiss delegation led by its Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Islamabad on Saturday. Both sides agreed to use G2G and B2B channels to build collaboration in tourism…

Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin has expressed his resolve to take terrorism related cases to their logical conclusion. He was chairing a meeting in Lahore today to review the so-far progress on legal proceedings against the miscreants of May 9. It was decided to file appeals to revoke the bails…

At the United Nations, Pakistan has stressed need for effective measures to eliminate Islamophobic incidents. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Khalil Hashmi said heinous act of desecrating holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden represents growing religious hatred under government license. He said absence of…