ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of the country, two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday were retired through a draw. Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza, using…
–Punjab CM approves ToRs of council LAHORE: Punjab government on Friday notified the formation of the Executive Council on Creation of South Punjab, headed by former National Assembly member Chaudhry Tahir Bashir Cheema.…
ISLAMABAD: The members of the National Assembly standing committees will be elected till September 17 by the house and each committee may have 20 members as per law, official sources told APP on…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders who have been displeased with the party over the award of tickets for the forthcoming elections on Thursday presented a charter of demands seeking the formation of…
–Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar to head privatisation ministry, Interior Minister Azam Khan to supervise housing ministry ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the caretaker federal cabinet…
WESTMINSTER: As Prime Minister, Theresa May’s minority government pushes crucial Brexit legislation through parliament, British MPs cannot afford to miss a vote – even if it means taking their babies with them.…
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday designated as global terrorists six individuals accused of supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network in Afghanistan, and stressed their links to Pakistan, reported by The Washington…
MADRID: Former Catalonian vice-president Oriol Junqueras, former cabinet member Joaquim Forn and two leaders of civic groups ANC and Omnium Cultural, faced with charges of sedition, have been refused bail, Spain’s Supreme…
WASHINGTON: Continuing his outreach to key members of Congress, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Chaudhry had meetings with Senator Joni Ernst (Republican), Congresswoman Karen Bass (Democrat) and Congressman Chris Stewart (Republican). Senator Ernst…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Maliha Lodhi has said that additional permanent seats in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) would be contrary to the universally agreed principles of democracy, accountability…
The four new members Wednesday took oath as the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan administered the oath to the new…
A parliamentary committee in a meeting on Monday finalised four names as members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The committee nominated four members of the election commission, one from each…
Govt tells SC to hold their horses as the constitution allows 45 days before appointment of ECP members, a period that expires on July 27 CJ says appointments should’ve been made before…
At least five people of a family drowned after a jeep crashed into the Swat River at Kedam area after plunging from Kalam road on Saturday. According to Bahrain police, the unfortunate…
Afghan Foreign Ministry says ‘giving sanctuaries to terrorist groups on Afghan soil is contrary to anti-terrorism policies of Afghan govt’ Senior Afghan military officials have told their Pakistani counterparts that sheltering Tehreek-e-Taliban…
Three Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) members of Punjab Assembly have resigned from their memberships, stating conflicts with the party as the cause. Private TV channel quoting sources said three PPP lawmakers including…
The quest for increase in permanent seats in the Security Council suffered setback when the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) informal interactive debate in the UN Headquarters in New York leaned clearly for an…
