January 13, 2019


 PM Imran forms committee to consult opposition on military courts extension
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a two-member committee to look into the matters of extension in military courts.....Full Story


President reconstitutes 10-member NFC
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has reconstituted the 10-member National Finance Commission (NFC) under Minister for Finance Asad Umar that will kick-start deliberations.....Full Story


China declares region bordering Pakistan open place
ISLAMABAD: Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang has announced that its far western region’s Xinjiang is an open place. The spokesman this said in a briefing in .....Full Story


Pakistan's financial position strengthened: Rashid
LAHORE: Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Saturday said the financial position of the country has strengthened before the International Monitory Fund (IMF) with...Full Story


Poet Ahmad Faraz remembered on his 88th birth anniversary
ISLAMABAD: The 88th birth anniversary of renowned poet Ahmad Faraz was observed on Saturday (January 12).....Full Story


NAB has no affiliation or link with politics, political party: Justice Javed Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal Saturday said the watchdog has no political affiliation with any group or political party....Full Story


Not even 15 PML-N workers showed up when Nawaz Sharif shifted to Kot Lakhpat jail: Fawad
MANGLA: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Saturday said that people were not heeding to opposition's calls as evident from the fact not even...Full Story


Cabinet decides to retain the names of 172 persons on ECL
Cabinet-decides-to-retain-the-names-of-172-persons-on-ECLThe federal cabinet on Thursday decided to keep the names of 172 persons on the exit control list (ECL) until......Full Story


PTI retracts disqualification reference against Zardari
Untitled-1Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday withdrew a disqualification reference filed in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against Pakistan People’s.....Full Story


ThinkFest featuring noted scholars, analysts, journalists begins from tomorrow
The schedule of the third edition of the Afkar-e-Taza Think Fest is now official. As with previous years, dozens of scholars, thinkers and opinion makers from the world’s leading.....Full Story


President accepts Swati’s resignation
President Arif Alvi has accepted the resignation of Azam Swati as federal minister for science and technology, said a notification dated January 9.The resignation has been ....Full Story


Sindh CM urges early CCI meeting over gas crisis
The government and the opposition benches in Sindh Assembly unanimously passed a resolution against gas shutdown in the province, on Thursday....Full Story


It’s better to shut down schools if unable to give back fee: CJP
Saqib-Nisar-CJPChief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Thursday expressed his annoyance at private school owners’ reaction to the Supreme Court’s order of 20....Full Story


Baldia factory fire: German court dismisses survivors’ appeal
Baldia-factory-fire-German-court-dismisses-survivors’-appealA German court Thursday threw out a lawsuit by Pakistani plaintiffs against clothing retailer KiK over a deadly 2012..Full Story

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